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Subject: Re: Will we be seeing any new versions of The King in Chessmaster?

Author: Georg v. Zimmermann

Date: 07:04:42 01/01/00

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On December 31, 1999 at 04:24:54, Harald Faber wrote:

>On December 30, 1999 at 16:53:37, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On December 30, 1999 at 16:25:09, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Well, Mr. Merlino, maybe you could tell the development team to come here from
>>>time to time to get some new ideas. If there is a site where chess comp fans
>>>gather is this. Let them know.
>>>Fernando
>>
>>I tell them everything that happens here regarding Chessmaster, and I come here
>>almost every day. The team are quite aware of this board and definitely listen
>>to everything I tell them. Unfortunately, as many people here have pointed out,
>>the people who post on this board are a very small minority of the people who
>>buy Chessmaster. So just because it seems like an obviously required feature to
>>somebody here, it is possible that the TYPICAL purchaser of Chessmaster couldn't
>>care less about it.
>>
>>That's just a generalization, but I'm sure you understand.
>>
>>jm
>
>Oops, that makes me fear that CM8000 wil contain some AVIs, maybe with some
>cheerleaders, or contain some anthems that are played for the winner...and so
>on. Uh, bloody mass market.

why not? a program selling 4m copies means 4 million people playing chess, maybe
lots who havn't played before. Thats great, isn't it?

Georg



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