Creatures not tapping after regenerate is used

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Kill a drudge skeleton, he'll regen and block an additional target.
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Skeleton should tap, ai taps for regen, then blocks a second creature

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Psp 0.17.0
Please provide any additional information below.
Playing with prebuilt R/G deck, playing against badlands

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tjburchf...@gmail.com on 12 May 2012 at 8:35

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I have seen things like this many times, the AI has assigned a blocker with 
regen, after the point at which blockers should be committed, the AI 
regenerates the creature and then changes blocking assignments.

Original comment by Dansi...@gmail.com on 15 Aug 2012 at 6:38

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the topic to this does not match what you are trying to report. Skeleton should 
tap, ai taps for regen, then blocks a second creature....

do you mean in cases of first strike and double strike? you need to be more 
specific with this report becuase I stand to screw up alot of function if you 
don't provide a more accurate report.

and as it stands i can not reproduce it at all....which means i can close this 
as invalid, but i will wait until you can give me more info before doing so....

is the ai changing his minds about who it intends to block after it uses regen? 
is the ai changing the block assignment in the damage step? or just before 
switching.

just a little info about regen and ai...ai can and will change block assignment 
on a creature that just gained regen during blockers step right before entering 
damage step....reason being that it decided on the block assignment, regen adds 
a new aspect for ai to consider and it will change the block order keeping in 
mind that the creature is no longer going to die blocking either something it 
considered more dangerous or something that can clearly kill the creature.

changing block assignment during blockers is a totally legal move, and if it is 
doing what i think you are saying, then it should, can, and will do it :)

however, if you mean it is happening with first strike damage and double 
strike, where ai is reassigning blockers in any step other then blockers, this 
is what i need to know.

i should not have to fish for info, please be as specific about this as 
possible. regenerate is one of those abilities that are deeply integrated into 
the combat steps. like i mentioned if there is a problem I need to know where 
it is happenning and when otherwise i will end up screwing up stuff just trying 
to chase a wild goose.
thanks in advance.

Original comment by omegabla...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2012 at 9:39

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dude, i never mean to give any programmer issues, in fact i do my best to help 
programmers....but you're asking me to remember exact situations from 3 months 
ago. 
i believe i blocked, paid a black, selected to regen the skeleton, from here i 
know there was an issue, but it was too long ago for me to remember. i think 
when i regened the skeleton, it's supposed to tap the skeleton, but it untapped 
it instead.

Original comment by tjburchf...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2012 at 9:45

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Zethfox, I know exactly what be is talking aboit, and the issue is valid. The 
problem is that the ai gets to choose its blockers several times during the 
combat phase, even when it is not allowed to. Lets chat about this if you need 
details.

Original comment by wagic.the.homebrew@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2012 at 11:24

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:) dont take my comments personally, i appreciate the reports people do, just 
need more info on this bug...when i got to this bug i had already brain mashed 
like 30 other issues in the bug tracker...yes wololo i need a repro method for 
this actually. 

currently this issue can be happen from way too many places, I'm just trying to 
narrow it down to something i can recreate over and over.

Original comment by omegabla...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2012 at 12:51

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also, I only ask for super specifics on this bug becuase regenerate is handled 
in about 7 different major functions and even through a function in 
MTGCardInstance...
I might consider recoding the regenerate handling into a rule, removing the 
scattered functions that handle it. though if wololo saids ai is choosing 
blockers in illegal phases, then we have a much larger bug in our hands.

Original comment by omegabla...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2012 at 12:55