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Subject: Re: A few programs fear to play at WBEC-Ridderkerk ?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 07:19:10 09/02/05

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On September 01, 2005 at 21:58:47, Roger Brown wrote:

>On September 01, 2005 at 21:22:34, A. Cozzie wrote:
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>>A few things:
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>>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.
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>I agree with your assessment....
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>>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.
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>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...
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>>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.
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>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 think it was an attempt at humor.
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