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

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:46:49 06/08/02

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On June 08, 2002 at 17:10:16, Slater Wold wrote:

>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?  ;)

I beg to differ! It does NOT beg the question at all! ;-)

jm




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