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Subject: Re: Komputer Korner calls Chessmaster 6000 a TOY program

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 21:19:50 12/16/98

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On December 17, 1998 at 00:02:53, Mark Young wrote:

>On December 16, 1998 at 17:11:20, Komputer Korner wrote:
>
>>This is good news about the CM7 opening book editor, but if they don't also add
>>the capability of analyzing in player player mode with the engine showing on
>>screen analysis and score eval while taking back and moving forward moves, then
>>ChessMaster will still remain a toy program. This is the single most important
>>feature in chess programs which all the high end programs have.
>>--
>>Komputer Korner
>
>I would have expected better from KK. To play off peoples prejudice about
>Chessmaster by calling it a toy is a very misleading and low blow. People
>already have a hang up about Chessmaster because of its low price. To suggest
>that Chessmaster is nothing more then a toy, does everyone a disservice.
>Chessmaster lacks in some areas, and excels in others, like all programs. I
>would suggest that Chessmasters deserve respect just for it is playing strength
>alone. Moreover, would never tell anyone this program is just a toy.
>
>Mark Young

I fully agree with you, it is a degrading post, and is nothing short of saying
that the program is a piece of Rubbish, because when you use toy in that figure
of speech that is what you are putting across.
And if you say you are not, then you are wrong, because I read it and see it
like that. and I asked my girlfriend who has a degree is mass comunication to
read it, and told her to tell me what it is saying to her, and she said he is
portraying that it is rubbish nothing that is worth considering. Wrong choice of
words KK for trying to put your view across. Wrong figure of speech.

And this post maybe should be removed because I think it is the same as saying
for example "'Chessbase is a toy and made by a toy company. Which is the same as
saying Chessbase is pathetic and so is the company."



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