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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