Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:27:36 02/23/05
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On February 23, 2005 at 20:04:38, Steve B wrote: >Can i Ask a Question to those who do > >what exactly is the thrill or competitve feeling one gets if they are not the >Author or have in some way contributed to the program? > >i of course can fully understand the pride involved for the author or for >someone who contributed the opening book or made refinements to the program even >in some small way > >but to simply load up someone elses program and be the operator ,having had >nothing to do with the program at all..and if somehow this program should place >high in a tournament or even win..does the operator get a sense of >accomplishment or feeling of pride? > >if so,please explain exactly why that would be because i just dont understand >this >perhaps it is the hardware they are contributing to the contest? >would there be a sense of pride here? > > >perhaps i could see that I operated Crafty in the Komputer Korner Kup II (a correspondence tournament). I enjoyed it immensely. I fretted and steamed when the eval fell below zero. I felt incredible elation when the eval soared. In the end, it was a draw. I did not offer any suggestions to the crafty code base by that time. But crafty was (and still is) my favorite chess engine. I felt pleasure when my favorite engine did well. I don't think that is hard to understand. I did not feel that I offered anything to the mix other than a bit of time (and that was not difficult since it only ran at night.).
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