Author: Marc Lacrosse
Date: 22:47:10 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 do not feel anything else and always highly praised the quality of the play you showed in Iceland > >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. > Most amateurs have simple monoprocessors at home. I do not say that this is better or worse.It is a fact. The majority of those who will buy your product _will_ have zappa 2.0 running on a monoprocessor. Shredder plays in both kinds of competitions and this has contributed to establish him as the reference for us all. Because of the terrific improvement of your play between Zappa 1.0 and 2.0, I am sure that most people really would like to know which part of this success comes from the program or from its hardware. >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. I really cannot see the point here. Do you mean that Leo is not trustable ??? >4. You seem to have a had a serious chip on your shoulder regarding Zappa and I >really don't know why. Are you still upset that you were tricked by Erdo? You >tricked him in the Blitz tournament, so I would think that would satisfy your >taste for revent. I have never posted anything derogatory about Fruit - I have >only respect for Fabien and his program. I am not so upset at all (this was very well done by Erdo and yourself) and I cannot see the derogatory character of my 11 lines post where there was only one line about zappa : "_where_ is zappa 2.0" Now we have the answer. >I just don't understand what I have >done to deserve this persecution. Is the success such a difficult thing that you can not anymore accept a simple question ? Is a question a persecution? An important and highly-praised tournament is about to begin. You decide not to participate. That's your right. Shredder will be in, Fruit will be in. Fritz and Junior won't. I just liked to hear your point-of-view on this. Marc
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