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Subject: Re: A questionarre for all Chessmaster users

Author: Jorge

Date: 19:52:34 10/22/01

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1) Which ratings ranges of personalities do you use or play against?

None

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?

At times, yes-but excluding myself.

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?

About 50% Less.

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, it's fine the way it is.

6) Have you ever gone to the Library?

Yes- usually before exams. hehe (Whats that??)

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

8) Do you play chess online? If so, have you ever used Chessmaster (any version)
to play chess online?

No--Yes!

9) Do you own Chessbase (any version)?

Chessbase Engines.

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.... ;-)

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?

Yes

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)?

Spoken Move Announcements

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-however I like the theme song!

16) Have you ever created a personality?

Oh, Yes by all means!

17) Do you think there are too many personality variables, not enough variables,
or just the right amount of variables?

No- could use more variables though.

18) If you think there should be more personality variables, what would you
suggest?

Optimized for Blitz games; suited for Longer Time controls, etc

19) If you owned Chessmaster 6000/5500/5000, what do you think of the interface
change for Chessmaster 7000/8000 (the "room metaphor")?

It's good, however I dont really go for all that glitters.

20) What resolution do you use on your monitor?

800x600 pixels

21) What windows do you REGULARLY have open in the Game Room?

Game Status, and Thinking Lines.

22) Do you think there are too many "Windows" available in the Game Room?

Not really, since we can shut them.

23) What chess set/board combination do you prefer to use?

B&W Metal, and Figurines

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?

Probably 1400



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