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Subject: Re: Advice to Newcomers

Author: Jim Bond

Date: 20:33:47 07/01/05

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On July 01, 2005 at 21:39:35, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>If you want to seem a pro-member of this site, it is prioritary to do this each
>time a new engine land in this place:
>a) If the new program is presented with a new, original GUI, you must ask if
>they will also deliver the engine to work with Winboard or UCI.
>b) If it is already a winboard engine, you must urge the prorammer to produce
>one in Xboard also
>c)If coming in Xboard, you must ask impeatively if it will be possible to make
>it work in Chessbase environment.
>d) If works in Chessbase, do not forget to complain beause lack of chance to
>play in the Chess Assistant Gui.
>e) If the engine works in every and any of those, say the engine should run in
>CM environment.
>f) If it does so, ask for a Mac capability.
>g) If even that is conceded, be disdainful because it does not work in Palm OS.
>h) If it does work in Palm, remember to all here it would be better if running
>in pocket PC.
>i) If running in Pocket PC, you always can claim if has not devices to organize
>program Vs programs matches.
>j) If everything is given, remember the stupid programmer that an ending
>database is a must these days.
>k) If it brings the database for 4 pieces, say that 5 is the number to get by
>now.
>l) If even that is granted, you always can say the game database is
>preposterously tiny.
>m) In any case, a claim that the engine is a clone of Crafty sound always good.
>
>With this you will be considered an experienced member here.
>
>Fdo.

Is that what you do Fern?  You might have forgotten to include n) make up some
threats to sue the program from outer space if your friendly match had turned
ugly in its favor.  Now you are a real pro (^^).

Jim




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