Author: John Dahlem
Date: 19:24:21 05/19/01
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On May 19, 2001 at 21:51:18, stuart taylor wrote: >On May 19, 2001 at 21:28:25, Eric Tom wrote: > >>On May 19, 2001 at 19:06:11, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On May 19, 2001 at 15:34:15, william penn wrote: >>> >>>>i suspect that cm6555 would still score among the top three, even against the >>>>best and newest programs. Cm8000 is a rip-off since there is a noticable >>>>decrease in strength from the previous more strong version 6000 >>> >>>On what do you base that? >>>And is it stronger than 6000 or 7000? >>> >>>And if it is a rip off, can there be any compensation, or money-back? >>> >>>S.Taylor >> >>Compensation? Maybe the recent amazing personalities, such as CMUtzinger and >>CMFun can compensate, I don't know. I've recently fell in love with >>CM8_Bendorz. >> >>Regards, >>Eric > >A clear weakening of playing strength makes it questionable as an "upgrade" in >my opinion. >All other extras and improvements should NEVER be at the expense of playing >strength, Unless specifically made clear. If it's simply not improved, that's >also not so good, but if it is EVEN WEAKER, then patches must patch up atleast >that! >I don't know if any other program was that much weaker than TWO upgrades >earlier! >S.Taylor It's a _different_ engine, I don't know if they ever claimed it was stronger, and if they didn't, there is no reason to even _think_ of compensation. If they did, I personally still wouldn't feel cheated as long as the thing isn't some random mover or something like that (they added features, that is enough to call it a new version). Also, I haven't seen any cm6000-cm8000 matches published, and until someone does, I suggest everyone stop assuming 8000 is weaker than 6000 anyway. John
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