Author: Ramón Martínez
Date: 06:40:57 12/22/99
Go up one level in this thread
On December 22, 1999 at 04:19:53, Ed Schröder wrote: >On December 22, 1999 at 00:10:40, John Warfield wrote: > >>On December 21, 1999 at 23:27:52, Bob Riley wrote: >> >>>On December 21, 1999 at 22:06:23, robert michelena wrote: >>> >>>>I just received rebel century and followed the instructions. After the install >>>>benu popped up which prompted me to hit any key, nothing happened. >>>> >>>>Is this typical ?? I would appreciate any help before sending the cd back as >>>>defective. >>>> >>>>By the way, I cannot run the program from the CD either. >>> >>>Hi Robert, >>> >>>My suggestion is that you go to the Rebel board (www.rebel.nl) and post your >>>question. Ed Schroeder or someone else on the Rebel staff will quickly post a >>>knowledgeable response to your question. I am sure that they will have a >>>helpful reply. I personally had no trouble installing Rebel Century (AMD K6-233 >>>MMX with onboard ATI Rage 3+ video. I do have to run from the "No VESA" option >>>to avoid crashes, however. >>> >>>You'll find an answer, and you will love Rebel Century's playing style - try >>>"club player" mode. >>> >> >> >> Yes I agree, this is a vice nice feature. At this club level it feels very >>much like i am playing a human near my strength. I think this is one of the >>best features of rebel century > >I am really glad this is noticed. I have been working on such a feature >since many years with varying success. With the club level I for the first >felt some satisfaction as the playing style remains sometimes making a >deliberate mistake but never comprimizes to make weird moves, the program >still keeps playing chess. > >As a producer one often wonders how many people are interested in the new >stuff you program. Is it used or not? I personally loved the "Blitz-fun" >option we made in Rebel10. But from the Rebel10-poll we noticed only very >people used it. Horrible... :-) > >Ed > >>>Merry Christmas. >>> >>>Bob Riley Ed: I just received my copy of Rebel Century and I can tell you that the Club Player level is maybe the best handicapped mode I have played. For example, the 1600-1900 Chessmaster personalities tend to play really weak on the middle game and then play quite good endgames. Hiarcs 7.32, rated at 1800, makes weird moves (it submits itself to a kind of voluntary Zugzwang). Fritz 5.32, rated at 1850 plays terrible endings. Rebel's Club Player personality is, by far, the most realistic and fun computer opponent I have found so far. Vicente F. Herrasti
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.