Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 12:01:41 09/09/98
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On September 09, 1998 at 13:52:47, Moritz Berger wrote: >I feel very sad because I was already looking forward to do testing with Rebel >10 on the autoplayer vs. assorted opponents. > >No new features in Rebel 10 will be good enough to make up for this >diminishment >of the joy I take in testing computer programs. - As far as I am concerned, I >will never ever do manual testing against other programs on tournament level >(where Rebel excels!), if only for the reason that I don't have that much time >to throw away. > > >Does anybody actually like the political decision to remove auto232 support? >Please speak up, maybe we can stop this nonsense! (sorry for the strong words, >but I simply don't get it). > > >Moritz I will not be buying Rebel 10, because of the loss of the autoplayer support. I do not like the loss of TASCboard support either, but since TASC has never helped anyone work with their board, I can understand it. But Rebel 9 will be my last Rebel until autoplayer support is put back in. Rebel 9 is far stronger than I am, and so I do not need to upgrade to play a stronger program. The only reason I have to upgrade is to play it against other programs, and I do not have the time to do this manually, either. Removing features is not a way to get people to upgrade. Only one customer, but... kp
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