Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 20:55:35 09/18/02
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On September 18, 2002 at 14:30:23, John Merlino wrote: >On September 18, 2002 at 04:49:33, Aaron Tay wrote: > >>On September 17, 2002 at 22:12:32, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 17, 2002 at 21:59:48, Aaron Tay wrote: >>> >>>>On September 17, 2002 at 18:42:11, John Merlino wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 17, 2002 at 17:02:59, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>John Merlino, sorry for this, but let me say it is a shame that we cannot get >>>>>>CM9000 in ICD, the host of this site where me and you has room to talk, ask and >>>>>>answer about the same CM9000. >>>>>>More: if you try to purchase the stuff in ubisoft outside USA, you cannot. >>>>>>So my question is: what kind of marketing policy is that that keeps the most >>>>>>prestiged shop without the stuff and keeps rest of the world without the stuff? >>>>>>Are we compelled to purchase in this or that general store where we never >>>>>>purchase nothing because you have a deal with it? >>>>>>I think I will not purchase the bloody product. I will redirect that part of my >>>>>>budget to chessbase or Rebel. Too much URSS kind of burocracy for me in your >>>>>>company. >>>>>>My best >>>>>>Fernando >>>>> >>>>>I am very sad to hear this. However, I must say that the product is not yet >>>>>available outside North America at all. <snip> >>>> >>>>Funny, I just bought it a few days ago, here in Singapore. The local distributor >>>>is New Era, >>>> >>> >>>Fascinating.... If you have a scanner or a digital camera, could you send me an >>>image of the box, please? >> >>Got to wait untill the weekend..SInce I don't have a scanner here. >> >> >>>If not, could you at least describe the packaging? Does the packaging look like >>>the kind of box shots that you see at chessmaster.com? >> >>It looks much like the screenshots , coming in a small box. >> >>Differences >> >>1)On the top left corner I don't have that black thing saying "Pc cd-rom". The >>red bar saying "The world's most popular...." goes across the whole box. >> >>2)Below that is a yellow logo saying "Official US Chess Championship sponsor.." >> >>3) On the same line as ubisoft on the bottom to it's left there is a logo saying >>"2 Cdset" and to the extreme left there is a logo "Everyone.. content rated by >>ESRB" >> >>4)Also sticker added saying "Another premium Product exclusively distributed by >>New ERA entertainment Pte ltd"... with address and url www.neweraonline.com >> >>> >>>We would like to determine if this is "grey market", "black market", or >>>whatever.... >> >>Sigh . Here we go again.. I have bought games from New era many times. It's >>quite reputable. It has the manual, the pamplet about joing www.uschesslive.org >>etc.. >> >>Price is comparable in terms of US$... >> >>The last time I bought from them (New Era) was Age of Wonders 2. It had patching >>problems, and the developer of AOW II also initally thought it was a pirated >>copy..Turns out New Era had the rights to distribute but they goofed by pressing >>a pre-release version!! >> >>Thankful, no such problems for Chessmaster 9000 here... >> >>Am I supposed to think this is a black market copy? >> >> >>Aaron > >Probably not. It was probably just a special deal that some UbiSoft sales people >had with New Era, which appears to be a legit company. However, I will have it >checked out to make sure. > >What version does your CM9000 say when you go to "Help -> About Chessmaster >9000". Also, what are the dates and times of the files in the "Chessmaster 9000" >folder. Most of them should be 7/29/2002 at 1:00:00 am. Yes it says version 1.01. and the files are mostly dated 7/29/2002 at 1:00 am seems to have patched properly. Aaron >jm
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