Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:12:15 10/18/04
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On October 17, 2004 at 16:33:06, Derek Paquette wrote: >I was debating with fellow board members about the significance of Bilbao, >WCCC2004 and other tournaments. So I'm asking you people, so I can see it all >in one thread, what makes you buy your programs? I'm going to list a few things >and hopefully you can pick one of them, or just tell me in words. > >a) The program wins or comes 2 place in a WCCC or other 'high end' computer >tournament. > >b) The program defeats a grandmaster in a series of games > >c) The program has a good past history of always increasing its elo relative to >SSDF by a significant amount > >d) You enjoyed other versions of the program and can only hope that future >versions are just as enjoyable > >e) You talked to the programmer or tester of the program and can only hope that >his or her boasting turns out to be true. > >f) A popular person in this 'community' recommends it. > >g) Its distributer/sponsor/owner > >h) Its price. > >if i missed one, let me know! 1. I don't have it [I don't go around buying stuff I already got for free] 2. I like the programmer (that is why I bought Deep Sjeng and Ruffian) 3. I have money to burn, and it is searching for the hole in my pocket ;-) >so what makes you buy a program To quote Flip Wilson: "The devil made me do it."
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