Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 01:00:48 11/11/98
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On November 10, 1998 at 00:17:47, Micheal Cummings wrote: >I think SSDF's decision to only test programs with Autoplayers is a Joke, As I >posted earlier regarding Chessmaster. > >I think CM6000 is easily in the top 5 of the strongest programs, but hey we will >never know because SSDF who brings out this unoffical listing saying which is >the strongest program has decided, well if the programmers are not going to put >in a feature that makes things easier for them, then to hell with that program, >what RUBBISH, what GALL. > >I already think SSDF ratings are a bit off sometimes, well maybe one reason that >I do not pay to much attention to them anymore. They are not really a reflection >of the strength of computer programs today. They are a reflection of a select >group of programs that have a feature (Autoplayer), and well if you do not have >this feature and even if you have the strongest program, then you will not get >on their little list. > >Until I can see a whole new approach to their rankings then I am not going to >pay to much attention to them, at the moment they are rubbish. The rubbish is elsewhere. There are only a "select group of programs" that do NOT support the autoplayer that the SSDF tests with. CM6000 is one of them. So, some constructive criticism seems to be in order. Here are two ways you might promote the inclusion of CM6000 on the SSDF list: 1) Lobby Mindscape to implement Auto-232 autoplayer support, or 2) Join the SSDF and play the 100 necessary tournament-length games, by hand. Dave Gomboc
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