Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 17:09:20 10/22/01
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On October 22, 2001 at 15:14:33, John Merlino wrote: >In deciding what sort of additions and modifications to make to the next version >of Chessmaster, I thought it might be a good idea to ask the users on this board >(who are a decent representation of the "computer chess enthusiast" community) a >few questions. These questions are in no particular order.... > >Please feel free to either answer them here, or via an e-mail to >jmerlino@ubisoft.com. > >1) Which ratings ranges of personalities do you use or play against? 1700++ > >2) Do you play Rated Games in the Tournament Room? Yes > >3) Do you create tournaments in the Tournament Room? If so, do you include human >users (like yourself) in these tournaments? I tried it once but to wait for the personalities to play each other, wasn't what I was looking for. I would have prefered that only games where I was in was played and all the others results was choose (drawing) by odds. > >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? > More is better, but I'm not finnish with they who allready is in there. >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? No > >6) Have you ever gone to the Library? > Looked at some games, but I use CA as DB prog. >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? > No, but I might use it to make thematic openings. >8) Do you play chess online? If so, have you ever used Chessmaster (any version) >to play chess online? > Not Chessmaster Live but I tried TheKing once for testing :) >9) Do you own Chessbase (any version)? No > >10) Have you ever gone to the Classroom? If so, what portions of the curriculum >have you COMPLETED? (to the best of your recollection -- please don't bother to >take the time to look unless you really want to.... ;-) > Yes, the Josh course is nice. I have also tried some of the Nunn puzzles and Match the master. >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? > Yes. The import process is so easy that you could have added a initstring box in addition. Then it would have been easy to make personalities out of the Winboard engines too. >12) Do you wish that there were more or less chess sets and boards to choose >from? > I have found my prefered set. >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)? > I did not get the thematic sound to work, so I use the spoken sound. >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)? > 5 (So much that I took the trouble to get rid of it) >16) Have you ever created a personality? > Only changed the hash for the default. >17) Do you think there are too many personality variables, not enough variables, >or just the right amount of variables? It should be enough to make different peronalities, but I have not played with this. > >18) If you think there should be more personality variables, what would you >suggest? > >19) If you owned Chessmaster 6000/5500/5000, what do you think of the interface >change for Chessmaster 7000/8000 (the "room metaphor")? > >20) What resolution do you use on your monitor? 1024*768 > >21) What windows do you REGULARLY have open in the Game Room? Board, game status and shortcuts > >22) Do you think there are too many "Windows" available in the Game Room? As long as there is a 'x' that I can click on it don't bother me. > >23) What chess set/board combination do you prefer to use? Board: 2D Maple Pieces: Black and White Figurind > >24) Do you wish that there were larger chess sets/boards included in the game? >How about smaller chess sets/boards? Larger > >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? 1500 (national + 150-200 for USCF) 26) Which OS to you prefer. Win 2000/NT > >The more answers I get, the more useful this will be. I'd like to get at least >50 responses, so tell your friends.... > >Many thanks for your time! > >jm Odd Gunnar Malin
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