Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 11:04:49 09/11/98
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On September 11, 1998 at 04:14:32, Bert Seifriz wrote: >Without seeing it, without testing it, I predict that >you will never see the slightest difference in playing >strength. Play 100 games against CM 5000 or 5500, >and play another 100 games, and the results will be >different a little bit with each set of games. >And you will get no clear picture, I am sure, >even if you play 10 000 games. Testing this >is a waste of time! (With one exception, of course: >in case they blundered and built a major bug in it, then >this would be different.) CM5K is a funny product. It is the big mass market program in the US. Playing strength wouldn't be very important for it, I think that if it was remotely competitive, and had good features and a good tutorial, it would sell almost exactly the same number of units than if it had the absolute best engine. bruce
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