Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 03:34:01 10/15/00
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On October 15, 2000 at 04:00:09, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On October 15, 2000 at 03:19:12, Jason Williamson wrote: > >>Heh, not to be picky, but you were sorta doing the same thing with Gandalf. :) >>Maybe not to the same extent, but close. > >I really don't think so. Not close at all. I can't recall praising individual >games or commending other beta testers on their awesome achievements, or >starting threads for that purpose. I've answered questions and posted what >Gandalf thought about various testpositions whether it solved them or not. > >Furthermore, I didn't post any games nor did I claim that Gandalf was the >strongest program overall. Just mentioned that I thought the data indicated that >Gandalf was the strongest WinBoard engine and that I liked the way it plays >chess, win or lose. > >If you can recall anything that looked like dubious or insincere behaviour, >please let me know. > >Mogens. Well, I guess I mean you, and other Gandalf beta testers were hyping it a bit. Then agian so was the Chessbase 8 Beta Testers, and others too. Not many people are innocent of this. You have a neat toy that no one else has, so you naturally want to brag or just plain show it off. Nothing wrong with that. But, I agree there is a point when it become blantantly overdone. JW
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