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Subject: Re: We are the testers, my friend...

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 15:34:12 06/04/03

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On June 04, 2003 at 13:26:32, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>On June 04, 2003 at 12:54:16, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On June 04, 2003 at 12:02:16, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>>
>>>From the Chessbase vocabulary: tester = customer
>>
>>No. They just define tester different than you and I do. ;-)
>>Tester nowadays are the guys who produce many many games and results of the
>>engines with short time controls. Then they count the beans and say: This
>>version is 14 ELO stronger/weaker than the predecessor. Use it/Throw it. With
>>this method they absolutely have no chance to find or even see e.g. the time
>>control bug in Junior 8.
>>Sad, isn't it? But it is all partly our own fault. Everyone's crying for fast
>>results after an engine has been released. This is only possible when playing
>>very short time controls. So you want it, you get it. You want fastfood, no
>>problem, they produce fastfood. And beta-test fastfood. :-))
>
>
>Yes, and if you don't like fast food, you can go to a classy
>restaurant and if you find a fly in your soup there what will happen?


They will say your lucky!
Normaly, we don't serve that much meat in the soup.

I am for can not be blaimed for
 the lack on good beta testing.
500.000 computer games don't say a thing in my book.
Only strong games take my intrest.
Besides good operating of the program it self.
Marc



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