Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:57:25 01/04/00
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On January 04, 2000 at 15:03:40, John Merlino wrote: >On January 03, 2000 at 19:47:08, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On January 03, 2000 at 15:44:51, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>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. >>> >>>Don't laugh. CM7000 had 3 AVIs (one intro, two of Josh) for a total of 23 megs. >>>I, personally, didn't like the videos of Josh at all. As for the "anthems", the >>>development team laughed when I told them that, because it was actually brought >>>up in the brainstorming session this year! Of course, that doesn't mean that >>>they're going to do it. The brainstorming session is just blue sky stuff -- >>>let's get every idea we can think of out on the table.... Wish I could tell you >>>more, but I don't want to get anybody's hopes (or fears) up. ;-) >>> >>>jm >> >> >>Hello John, >>I guess you work on the CM progam in some way. I have not purchased it since it >>does not have auto232. Is there any chance of auto232 showing up in a patch? >>Chessmaster is a great program but I have CM6K and see no reason to purchase >>anymore unless auto232 is incorporated. I also see no reason for SSDF to waste >>valuable time testing CM7K without it. If you guys want to advertise the >>program as leading the SSDF list you should get with the program! >>Jim Walker > >I do not work on Chessmaster; I merely have an "in" with the development team. I >can tell you that auto232 will not show up in a patch, but it has been discussed >for the next version. It's one of those features that very few people would use, >and usually doesn't make the cut because of the short development time that the >team is given (usually 9-10 months for each new version!). With a new version of >The King coming in CM8K (or whatever it will be called), I would say that there >was a GREATER chance of auto232 being present, but probably not a GOOD chance. > >jm Hello John, That's too bad! ChessMaster is a great program in my opinion. Problem is, it's not going to teach me to play chess and I'm not going to beat it. So the only pleasure I get is watching it play games vs other great programs. It's not so pleasureable when I have to enter the moves manually. Manual entry ruins blitz games and sitting in front of the computer for 8-10 hours for a 40/2 game is just too much time. So for me, no auto232, no buy. Thanks for the info John. Regards, Jim Walker
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