Author: Mike S.
Date: 03:11:24 09/10/04
Go up one level in this thread
On September 09, 2004 at 09:58:09, Stuart Cracraft wrote: >It seems to me that the bulk of this board's contents these >days is non-programmer, i.e. "I have this program which I didn't >write and I am going to play it against that program which I >didn't write so I can prove absolutely nothing but look like a >computer chess programmer in the process, which I'm not." > >Personally, I'd favor a board that is programmer's only. To get >in, you have to have created a program *** from scratch *** >and be willing to talk about it and help otherr programmers >as well. Seemingly you don't need the "user," the in-depth hobbyist who is a fan of computerchess. Even more, you don't want him to participate in a message board like this. And whom do you call "Wannabes"?? It's quite clear who is a programmer and who is not. I've never seen a "fan-only" claiming to be a programmer, just because he reads and posts here. I wouldn't see the sense of doing so. (I'd rather be a wannabe racing driver or a wannabe astronaut. This would probably impress people more, than when I'd be telling them I'm a chess programmer. :-)) This always was a board where the audience, the fans (and possible future customers) could not only meet each other in an international surrounding (which is also attractive), but **meet the programmers** too, ask questions, get firsthand information about engine details which isn't available easily elsewhere, etc. It provides a big **publicity value** for any chess program(er) who communicates here, too. Here, a programmer can inform the core of computerchess enthusiasts around the world and be in **contact with the fan community.** You are obviously missing the value of all this... (No, all the other programmers aren't the whole computerchess world. That must include the thousands of fans and customers.) What's a novel writer without any reader and/or book buyer...? If you reduce CCC to programmers only, it will be like a **secret guild** who occasionally meets in a bunker, and nobody sees or hears anything about it except themselves. IOW, virtually non-existant in public. Regards, M.Scheidl (evil bandwidth waster, because not a chess programmer :-))
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.