Author: Clive Munro
Date: 23:58:55 02/23/05
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> >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 > >Best >Steve Hi Steve I thought I had better contribute to this one. I can quite understand how you can get pleasure from playing one programme against another online or in a tournament. If you have a very strong programme and you have seen it demolish everything you have had in the past you begin to think it is invincible. So you enter into a tournament. Now you may or may not win but the thrill of seeing “your” programme winning against other top programmes is a buzz even if you haven’t programmed it. I expect if you are the programmer or have contributed to its code then the buzz must be ten fold Of course once a new version of your favourite programme is released and is found to be better (even by 1 elo) you then take on a new favourite or not as the case might be. It’s a bit like what has been already said. If you watch an amateur boxer come through the ranks beating all asunder and then he goes pro, you get a buzz out of seeing him win. Even if you have nothing to do with the bloke. I might add a flip side to the coin in that although I have a small collection of dedicated M/Cs, these are all in constant use by me in tournaments. If I have played with a particular M/C for a while and am fed up with it or see a chance to purchase a different one that I have not tested then I sell it. I can’t see the point in collecting them just to gather dust and look at or store away. And I certainly can’t see the point in purchasing two of the same M/C! So maybe we should be asking collectors to explain why they collect! Best Clive ;-)
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