Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 21:38:02 08/03/05
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On August 03, 2005 at 18:30:32, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On August 03, 2005 at 15:39:57, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: > >>Eduard, >> >>switch on your brain. Your "Nibelungentreue" is neither needed nor helpful. >>Any argument would do. Thus there is no need for unintelligent flaming. >> >>Reinhard. > > >Reinhard, > >I felt extemely bothered by what Eduard wrote, exactly Eduard! > >Let me summarize my point for you. Hello Rolf, Eduard is a strong chess player, which often has invested time and suggestions in testing SMIRF beta versions. But since I voted for a more tolerant handling of Chess960 OTB castlings and new Shredder for FRC has been available, he has switched into a blind follower of SMK's attacks against compatible Chess960. >For a long time now I can observe your debates with people who are trying to nag >you. To me it seems that you are one of those who are trying to give more than >normal people could accept. You not only create tools and programs but you want >also that people understand your motivations and thoughts behind your creations. This is something it is very strange to me. It seems as if any new idea could be misinterpreted as an attack against tradion. But such new creations simply are invitations, not devaluating the status quo. Thus nobody is forced to leave his old traditional chess or to move to 10x8 chess. It should be: live and let live. >One must admit that this only leads to patronizing processes or blind hatred. >It's as if users couldn't just enjoy creativity but must tear down inventors >down to their own low level. Instead of showing a minimum of admiration the >naked user is a "Raubtier= wild animal" who can't spend his time for such >petitesses like thankfullness. Because that would be misunderstand as guilt. I do not claim to be positioned at a "higher" level, though I may be somehow productive with my ideas. So Chess960 also is not introduced as a "better" chess, but as a chance for people, which love to be creative playing chess instead of memorizing and reproducing well known openings and foreign knowledge. That way young people again might get into contact with chess, no longer being forced to study libraries of books on opening experiences of big masters, before becoming able to perform a satisfying chess game with more experienced players. >I can only confirm you, that your presentation is one that will last many years >longer than the little Scharmützel of your (ab)users. The ones who understand >your attempts admire you for your sincerity and seriousness. I (mostly) try to stay near the theme basing the discussion instead of joining a low flaming level. But sometimes it is unavoidable to give some "feed back" to such unnecessary attacks. But it is of course very disappointing to see, that a serious discussion e.g. on which FEN should be selected for Chess960 seems to be made impossible by blinker wearing fans not being able to understand or even see the kernel of the problem. >Please continue this way and let yourself not be taken on side roads. Actually I am somehow frustrated. I restarted thinking on Go game which paused for years. Smirf could be downloaded and tested free until end of September to enable people to work out whether my arguments would hold or not. But instead of using that possibility it seems to be easier to flame without being based on any facts. There is no chance to create a homo novus out of a blind ignorant. >All the best to you, > >Rolf Thank you for encouraging. Reinhard.
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