Author: Roger Brown
Date: 18:58:47 09/01/05
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On September 01, 2005 at 21:22:34, A. Cozzie wrote: >A few things: > >1. This may surprise you, but I have never said Zappa was the best thing since >sliced bread. I've said that I think its WCCC performance was very strong, but >lets face it: its only 11 games. To be honest, I just feel that Zappa on my >quad with Erdo's tournament lines can hang with any program/book out there. It >might win, it might lose, but it won't get crushed. I agree with your assessment.... > >2. I really don't care about equal hardware strength. I've put months of >effort into making Zappa run well on my quad, and a lot of money into buy >hardware and trying to find sponsors. So has Bob. So has Vincent. So has >Stefan. So has Chrilly. If your program can't run on big hardware, its because >you didn't make the effort. If single cpu is your game, I won't stop you. But >its not mine. Here I agree as well. A creator should be free to create. Let the users sort it all out. We are going to do so in our own way anyway... > >3. Leo isn't getting a copy of Zappa 2.0 for the next edition because no one is >going to get a copy until the GUI is ready. It really shouldn't be much longer. >As soon as Zappa 2.0 is released, Leo can buy a copy and update WBEC, or he can >tell me he bought a copy while pirating it and update it for WBEC. Possibly he >can get a free copy from Vincent. Its up to him whether or not to do it. This is where I take serious issue. Leo is a friend of mine and I have never had occasion to ever question his integrity. I have observed with some distress the "pressure" that some fans seem to be putting on yourself and I have even written here about it. I wish you all the best with Zappa, really I do. Leo has *always* bought his programs - the commercial ones - as that saves him any possible conflict of interest issues. Trust me, Leo is not a pirate. You freely enter or leave his contest as you like. he seeks no entrants. There are usually enough programs anyway... I understand that the "Zappa this Zappa that" may get to you but take this from someone who knows: If Zappa were worthless crap then no-one would comment on it. Just ask the authors of Tiger, Crafty, Junior and Ruffian to name four engines most criticised/commented on in this forum. It is a backhanded compliment if you think about it. :-) You have arrived sir. Welcome to the big leagues. All the best to you and you future endeavours. Just do not insult my friend is all I ask. Later.
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