Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 07:54:30 12/22/99
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On December 22, 1999 at 09:40:57, Ramón Martínez wrote: >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 :-) Thanks. BTW: my first attempt to weaken Rebel was with the Mephisto Polgar, 1988 I believe. You can not imagine how hard it is to weaken a chess program. This is NO joke. It is also the world upside down. Ed
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