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Subject: Re: A comment :o).

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 03:48:37 10/15/00

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On October 15, 2000 at 06:34:01, Jason Williamson wrote:

>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.

I think it is perfectly innocent. You get a new program and if you like it a lot
you want everyone to know about it. At times you focus on it too much and lose a
bit of perspective. Happens to the best.

>You have a neat toy that no one else has, so you
>naturally want to brag or just plain show it off.

I don't think it's that.

> Nothing wrong with that.
>But, I agree there is a point when it become blantantly overdone.

It is called overenthusiasm. I understand it well, although I guess it can be a
bit irritating.

Enrique

>JW



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