Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 01:33:54 12/04/98
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Very good & funny:) pionts - I like that! I thought up another feature a program could have, because of my experiences on the ICC; After the program beats you 3 or 4 times in a roll, meanwhile adjusting your rating downward, it suddenly types into your screen, 'Well gotta go', and then logs off, while your muttering to yourself, "I want my rating points back"... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On December 03, 1998 at 05:08:18, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dear Larry and other CCC members, > >Remember Boris the chess computer that scrolled out phrases or the Fidelity >talking chess computers? Imagine a computer that screamed obscenities or begged >for mercy when you were winning or laughed sarcastically when you made a boner. >I have some simple strategy games like Othello that I have substituted the wav. >files on that are hilarious. The one that I really like is the voice of the >Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz, shrilly crying "I'm melting, >.....melting.(with the sizzle of water on a hot plate) The contrast is a sultry >woman laughing at me. When I make a mistake a little girls voice comes on >saying, " You made a boo boo" This is very similar to the Battle Chess program. > >I think that most of us are really violent and use chess as an escape valve. >That is why games like "Quake" and "Duke Nukem" are so popular. As the >computers become more potent and the OS more sophisticated ie. 64 bit systems >coming out next year, we shall have both strong programs and human-like >interaction. If it becomes too human like it could possibly, as you say, drive >us more mad. > >Then again, I would love having Helen Hunt as a virtual opponent speaking softly >to me. What would our wives/girlfriends think????
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