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Subject: Re: A questionarre for all Chessmaster users

Author: Wilhelm Hudetz

Date: 07:15:50 10/23/01

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

All

>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?

yes, but no human

>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?

for me its ok

>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?

yes. 50-100 for bullets

>6) Have you ever gone to the Library?

yes

>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

>9) Do you own Chessbase (any version)?

yes

>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?

yes, import is easy, engines work good!!!

>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?

yes, Iremoved them

>14) What setting do you use for piece movement sounds (Spoken Move
>Announcements, Thematic Sounds, Simple Sounds or No Sound)?

I wish sounds like Fritz, sorry

>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)?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 555555555555555555!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>16) Have you ever created a personality?

yes, many

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

for me its ok

>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?

1280x1024

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

thinking, moves, pieces

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

no, if i want, there is the X

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

custom,

>24) Do you wish that there were larger chess sets/boards included in the game?
>How about smaller chess sets/boards?

yes, I wish 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?

~1300

>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

very nice would be to include one or two older engines like cm4000 or so!

with kindly regards

Wilhelm



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