Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 21:50:45 12/05/00
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On December 06, 2000 at 00:31:14, John Merlino wrote: >On December 06, 2000 at 00:24:32, Michael Cummings wrote: > >>On December 05, 2000 at 21:13:15, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On December 05, 2000 at 20:39:31, Michael Cummings wrote: >>> >>>>On December 05, 2000 at 20:35:15, Steve Shook wrote: >>>> >>>>>What is the strongest chess software available that allows you to import PGN >>>>>games. It must be IBM home computer compatible and have nice graphics also. >>>>>Based on the criteria I mentioned above, in your opinion what chess software is >>>>>the best? >>>> >>>>Well I think chessmaster 8000 is the best looking and can import PGN, and I will >>>>make the prediction like I did for CM6000, that the CM8000 king engine will be >>>>the best very soon. >>>> >>>>When I make these statements about the engines I am usually right, even though >>>>99.9% of other people here will laugh. But all those people will once again be >>>>humiliated like they were when CM6K topped the lists. >>>> >>>>The King Engine is simply the KING !!!! >>> >>>CALL ME SHOCKED AND STUNNED!!! MICHAEL IS BACK ON OUR SIDE!!! WOOHOO!!!! >>> >>>;-) (Glad to hear it, and I'm sure the development team will be happy as well, >>>when I tell them). >>> >>>jm >> >>John I wrote about my first impressions on a freinds system, and there were a >>few hicups, and people started calling me a cry baby. This even though >>everything was working fine when I loaded the program on my system, which was >>great news, I choose to keep quiet. >> >>I have kept quiet cause there have been a couple on here who seem to forget or >>simply do not know what support I gave this program in the past, and have >>responded to my posts as though I am the Number 1 enemy of chessmaster, which of >>course I am NOT. >> >>That said, since CM6K, there has not been another program by chessmaster that >>contained a new engine since CM8K, and any new king engine will be a great >>engine, So my verdict is a thumbs up for the program, once I get my hands on >>some of the more later programs and do some testing, I will be back to post how >>CM8K is wiping butt of the other programs, which it will of course. > >I'm sure you understand that we (me and the development team) never figured you >were the "Number 1 enemy of Chessmaster". You WERE very unhappy with CM7000, and >voiced your concerns, which were legitimate. Of course, every version of every >program will always have detractors, but since you were previously a strong >proponent of the Chessmaster series, it was a tough(er) pill to swallow. > >We STILL expect to hear from all sorts of people (including you, most likely) >about things in CM8000 that (supposedly) don't work right or things that were >left out or things that didn't need to be put in. You'd be SHOCKED at some of >the e-mails the team receives. But, that's the software business.... Bring 'em >on! > >jm CM6K is a great program, CM7K without any new engine and very buggy, was a waste of space :) CM8K I am happy to say is putting things back on the right track, and you can tell any people there, that I do support fully CM8K. All I can say to keep me happy, is to release a program with very few bugs, and to always give us a new engine which hopefully is stronger than the last. That is why when CM7K came out I was not a happy camper. All we need now is for KK to come back and start his old "Chessmaster is a toy" thread which hopefully still holds the record for the longest thread, and we can all start getting back to the stage where chessmaster dominates these pages, as it is slowly beginning to do once more. Then we chessmaster people can start bashing all those who want to pick on us :)
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