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Subject: Re: Nolot # 1 - The Game ...

Author: Dan Ellwein

Date: 14:41:59 02/08/04

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On February 08, 2004 at 12:22:37, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On February 08, 2004 at 06:55:43, Eelco de Groot wrote:
>
>>Hi Christophe,
>>
>>Success with Chess Tiger X! Does it still use the hybrid set-up, I mean with
>>part of the engine not knowing all the rules of chess?
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>Yes, it is a faster engine.
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>>I know it is not the way you have been working on Tiger, but I still wonder if
>>people would be interested in having someting like a personality editor for
>>Tiger. I know I have had a lot of fun with that in Rebel but maybe that is
>>personal. Still, I think it is worth considering for the future? Personally I
>>don't find the SSDF numbers most important, less important than the quality and
>>"feel" of the analysis lines, which is not exactly the same thing?
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>I consider that a personality editor would be a nice thing to sell more, but it
>is a gadget. I focus on improving playing strength. A personality editor would
>please people who would create a new personality, play a 20 games match against
>whatever, and claim they have found a significant improvement for Chess Tiger.
>It is a feature designed to please the ego of the user, who would think that he
>is able to improve a chess engine without actually knowing anything about the
>inner workings of that engine.
>
>So you see, I do not have a great opinion of this feature, but I might add it if
>it can help to sell more.
>
>Sorry for being a little rude, I'm just trying to express my opinion honestly.

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Christophe

Agree with you... but I still like tinkerin' with the Chessmaster settings...

:)

but you are right...

it is an ego thing...

Dan



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