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Subject: Re: CM Q for John M - what happened to CM 2003?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 14:10:16 06/08/02

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On June 08, 2002 at 12:59:05, John Merlino wrote:

>On June 08, 2002 at 01:24:39, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>John,
>>
>>Did I imagine it or was the ChessMaster brand going to start following the years
>>i.e. 2003
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve
>
>You have a good memory. That was originally the name of the program, and all of
>the artwork was already done with that title when it was changed less than three
>months ago.
>
>Basically, it was an "old habit" issue. Retailers and reviewers literally kept
>asking "so, when is Chessmaster 9000 coming out"? They had already made the
>assumption that it was going to be called CM9000, so Ubi Soft felt that calling
>it CM2003 might be confusing.
>
>jm

So this begs the question:  When will CM10k coming out?  ;)



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