Author: Harald Faber
Date: 15:21:26 10/22/01
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On October 22, 2001 at 15:14:33, John Merlino wrote: >1) Which ratings ranges of personalities do you use or play against? strongest >2) Do you play Rated Games in the Tournament Room? no >3) Do you create tournaments in the Tournament Room? If so, do you include human >users (like yourself) in these tournaments? no >4) Do you think there should be more "human" personalities, less "human" >personalities, or do you think the number of these personalities is just right? enough available >5) Do you wish that you were able to create larger tournaments (i.e. more than 8 >players in a round-robin tournament, or more than 32 players in a Swiss >tournament)? If so, how many would you like to include in these types of >tournaments? not necessary >6) Have you ever gone to the Library? what is that, library?? :-) no >7) Have you ever used the Opening Book Editor? If so, have you ever wished that >you could create books with more than 64K moves in them? because of unconvenient handling and size limitations only tried it 1 or 2 times. yes, I'd LOVE to have a better book (!) and book editor! >8) Do you play chess online? If so, have you ever used Chessmaster (any version) >to play chess online? no >9) Do you own Chessbase (any version)? yes >10) Have you ever gone to the Classroom? no >11) Have you ever imported an XBoard compatible engine into Chessmaster? If so, >what did you think of the import process and the overall XBoard support? no >12) Do you wish that there were more or less chess sets and boards to choose >from? more and better! look at shredder, chesspartner, chessbase, they are excellent examples. >13) Have you ever changed the "wallpaper" for any room? no >14) What setting do you use for piece movement sounds (Spoken Move >Announcements, Thematic Sounds, Simple Sounds or No Sound)? simple >15) Does it bother you that Chessmaster 8000 requires the CD at all times? If >so, how much (on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is you are VERY bothered)? 4-5 >16) Have you ever created a personality? sure :) >17) Do you think there are too many personality variables, not enough variables, >or just the right amount of variables? right amount >18) If you think there should be more personality variables, what would you >suggest? n.a. >19) If you owned Chessmaster 6000/5500/5000, what do you think of the interface >change for Chessmaster 7000/8000 (the "room metaphor")? I find it a bit confusing, not easy to navigate between the rooms and find the right one for the purpose at the special moment. I always have to look up where the book editor is. why do I have to change the room for that when I am already in game room? why doesn't opening book editor have to do with this? >20) What resolution do you use on your monitor? one second...1152x864 (19") >21) What windows do you REGULARLY have open in the Game Room? moves, clock, thinking lines, shortcuts, board of course :-) >22) Do you think there are too many "Windows" available in the Game Room? no >23) What chess set/board combination do you prefer to use? black/white metal 2D >24) Do you wish that there were larger chess sets/boards included in the game? >How about smaller chess sets/boards? no, it is ok. >25) If you have an official chess rating, what is it? If you do NOT have an >official chess rating but play a lot of chess, what do you estimate your rating >to be? German rating DWZ is about 1850 which should be around 1950-2000 ELO. >Many thanks for your time! > >jm Hope it helps. :-) You forgot: 26) Would you like to have autoplayer232-support in Chessmaster? Y E S ! ! ! ;-) The points which I find need most improvement: opening book (quality and size), automatic game/database analysis (see Fritz), a nicer chessboard (although there are several, there is none really fine, usable yes, but not fine) and a less playmobile-GUI. (and of course auto232) :-)
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