Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:53:00 12/17/98
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On December 17, 1998 at 00:19:50, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>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."
When we start removing on-topic opinions about a chess product -- even on-topic
and *harsh* opinions -- then this group has lost all usefulness. I think
everyone is reading _way_ too much into this "toy" thing. This is not a
personal slam against anyone. It is KK's _opinion_ about a particular
*product*. It's not libelous or slanderous. It's just a strong feeling about a
certain lack of features. I happen to agree. Probably even more happen to
disagree. What's next, a list of adjectives that are acceptable? "Joe used a
word not on the list! Pull it! Ban him!" [FCOL]. Any and all reviewers look
at a product and tell us what they like and what they dislike. A sensible
person will look over the list and match up that data with their wants and
desires to see if they want to persue further. KK's review of the product was
hardly scathing. Now that he has used it a while, he finds certain lacking
features annoying {I'm reading between the lines a bit here -- obviously}.
Anyway, it's an opinion. About a product. Why not just take it or leave it or
say how *you* feel.
IMO-YMMV.
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