you log in:
telnet fibs.com 4321
put guest as your username, which will then prompt you to register a user/pass. do that, and you'll be dumped into the main lobby.
type help to get a list of commands, help [command] to get help on the command.
actual helpful documentation is here: http://www.fibs.com/CommandReference/index.html
you probably want to immediately do this:
> toggle report
> toggle notify
> toggle silent
> set boardstyle 1
The first three turn off spammy messages when people start/end matches, log in/out, or shout to the server, which a lot of the bots do. The last command sets the board style to something a human can read.
next type who and you'll get a list of who is online including bots. It'll look like this:
23 P BlunderBot_XI 1515.82 10025 16:49 0:04 47.199.51.61
24 P BlunderBot_VI 1517.63 12321 15:47 0:00 47.199.51.61
25 R BlunderBot 1523.95 13277 16:49 0:21 47.199.51.61
26 P BlunderBot_X 1530.96 12439 15:47 0:43 47.199.51.61
27 P BlunderBot_IV 1549.17 13111 15:47 0:08 47.199.51.61
28 P BlunderBot_VII 1550.74 12297 15:47 1:52 47.199.51.61
P means currently playing, R means ready to play. Pick a bot like BlunderBot who is ready to play and type invite [name] 1. The 1 means it's a 1-point match.
You'll see something like this:
> invite BlunderBot_XII 1
** You invited BlunderBot_XII to a 1 point match.
>
BlunderBot_XII wants to resume a saved match with you.
Type 'join BlunderBot_XII' to accept.
> You are now playing with BlunderBot_XII. Your running match was loaded.
turn: tinysubversions.
match length: 1
points for tinysubversions: 0
points for BlunderBot_XII: 0
+13-14-15-16-17-18-------19-20-21-22-23-24-+ X: BlunderBot_XII - score: 0
| O X | | X O |
| O X | | X O |
| O X | | X |
| O | | X |
| O | | X |
v| |BAR| | 1-point match
| X | | O |
| X | | O |
| X O | | O |
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7--------6--5--4--3--2--1-+ O: tinysubversions - score: 0
BAR: O-0 X-0 OFF: O-0 X-0 Cube: 1 You rolled 6 1.
>
>
BlunderBot_XII says: We have a saved match, please resume it now.
>
I rolled a 6 and 1. To move I'll type
> 13 7 8 7
To move a piece from the 13 to the 7, and from 8 to 7. You have to enter both your moves at the same time (I think). Then the bot will autoplay a new turn. It looks like this:
> 13 7 8 7
+13-14-15-16-17-18-------19-20-21-22-23-24-+ X: BlunderBot_XII - score: 0
| O X | | X O |
| O X | | X O |
| O X | | X |
| O | | X |
| | | X |
v| |BAR| | 1-point match
| X | | O |
| X | | O |
| X | | O |
| X O O | | O X |
| X O O | | O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7--------6--5--4--3--2--1-+ O: tinysubversions - score: 0
BAR: O-0 X-0 OFF: O-0 X-0 Cube: 1 turn: BlunderBot_XII
BlunderBot_XII rolls 6 and 5.
>
BlunderBot_XII moves 12-18 12-17 .
+13-14-15-16-17-18-------19-20-21-22-23-24-+ X: BlunderBot_XII - score: 0
| O X X | | X O |
| O X | | X O |
| O X | | X |
| O X | | X |
| | | X |
v| |BAR| | 1-point match
| | | O |
| | | O |
| X | | O |
| X O O | | O X |
| X O O | | O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7--------6--5--4--3--2--1-+ O: tinysubversions - score: 0
BAR: O-0 X-0 OFF: O-0 X-0 Cube: 1 turn: tinysubversions
You roll 5 and 2.
Please move 2 pieces.
>
If you have a piece on the bar you type bar 22 13 1 (to move from the bar to row 22 and from 13 to 1, for example). To take a piece off the board at the goal, type 24 off for that move. If you roll a double just enter 8 numbers for all four moves.
That's... basically it? Give it a shot.