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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