Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 13:11:10 12/16/00
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On December 16, 2000 at 15:40:26, Mike S. wrote: >On December 16, 2000 at 15:19:40, Amicitia Stone wrote: > >>Hi Tim. >> >>>I already tried to get Mr. Ed Schroder and Christophe Theron to submit their >>>chess programs to Microsoft for consideration of mass distribution but they >>>balked at the idea. It does seem like life is not fair. >> >>Hmm. I think starting off with Microsoft distribution is a little advanced. I >>say start off slow by getting some publicity and reviews on popular websites. >>Micosoft comes much later. :) > >I'm afraid it is quite hopeless to wait for chess programs being reviewed in a >reasonable way, on gamer's pages alongside with action games, adventures etc. >These are two different worlds. Rebel, Shredder and the like are for us experts, >enthusiasts and people who know what en passant means in chess. Chessmaster is >one of the view which has a clearly visible strategy of suiting a larger >audience. You already more or less have given the answer yourself. Rebel, Shredder, Fritz etc. are no "gamer" programs. Ed >I know this issue from the (seldom) german games magazine reviews of chess >programs (those which write about all the other popular pc games). While they >are experts in various categories like action, sports and so on, I don't think >they could determine a substantial difference between Tiger, Shredder or Fritz. >Or if they can, it won't appear in the article - because they would have to >explain every single computerchess term to their readers (that's why they >obviously like to talk about graphics, sound, and haver never shown a single >chess diagram or move in those reviews). For them, it has to fit on half a page >with a screendump. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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