Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 15:57:27 01/24/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 15:51:32, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 15:07:49, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 14:17:16, Eelco de Groot wrote: >> >>> >>>On January 24, 2000 at 12:30:19, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>On January 24, 2000 at 09:43:11, Michael Cummings wrote: >>>> >>>>>Having had a go at writing a review on Chessmaster II for the playstation, I >>>>>think that anyone here if they spent some time could write and edit a review or >>>>>article about Computer chess. >>>>> >>>>>I spent an hour doing mine, which was not long, and I am certain that maybe >>>>>spending a small amount of time over few days writing some drafts then making it >>>>>sound better and posting it is not to demanding. >>>>> >>>>>I am sure I could have done much more and better if I spent a small amount of >>>>>time over a few days to expand on what I had. >>>>> >>>>>With Fritz6, Rebel Century, Chess Tiger, CM7K and other on the market, I think >>>>>it would be good if people here tried at writing something. >>>>> >>>>>Then maybe they will be good enough to get the Chess reports section happening >>>>>again. >>>>> >>>>>I say just have a go, and post it on here. >>>> >>>> >>>>Dear Pal: >>>>I did more than my share in WCCR, without an adquate feedback. It is like what >>>>you writes does not matter to almost anybody. But there is one more reason not >>>>to do it: in a place like this, where anythig abut a proram is discussed even >>>>before release, there is not much room for an article where you would just say >>>>things known lot time before. Articles were OK in pre-internet, pre-ccc times. >>>>Now it is >>>>somewhat obsolete. >>>>Fernando >>> >>>I'm sorry that I can't agree with you here, Fernando. I kind of liked Michael >>>doing a review and we wouldn't want to discourage him? I don't know much about >>>ChessMaster and it is always nice to see that people can be enthusiastic and >>>want to share that with others. At least our own opinions are an offset to the >>>mediahype we sometimes have to read. So by ways of feedback:"I would like to see >>>more posts like Michael's ChessMaster for the Playstation review. Thanks". >>> >>> Eelco >> >>If somebody felt like organizing such an effort, maybe CCC could have a page >>where members could submit their own individual reviews of a program. For an >>example of how that could posibly work, see this page from Harmony Central where >>people can submit reviews of guitar amplifiers, this is a good thing because it >>gives musicians a wide variety of opinions before plunking down their hard cash >>for a major investment: http://www.harmonycentral.com/Guitar/Data/ >> >>It's a great resource for opinions on music equipment, probably not such a bad >>idea for Chess software. >> >>Pete > >Hi pete: >That space already exist and it is WCCR. And I tried hard to keep it alive. If >you look at it you will see literary dozens of articles writen by me, >interviews, reviews, funny comemnts, etc. And beside I almost implored people to >add his efforts and the same did steven and nobody answered, except half a dozen >freaks like us. So my purpose is not to discourage Michael, but just explain him >that such effort never will get into the heart of most people here. Yes, they >maybe are prepared to read, but surely not for writting. >fernando Well I made an attempt to write a review. I said a while back on this issue about the reports section, one reason why people never will write reviews is because they think they will never be good enough to go into reports section. And I wrote this in the hope to get people started so that I might one day read some more reviews about Chessmaster 7000 or Rebel Century from people like you and other members. Since you run the Reports section and clearly now seem to want to give it the electric chair there is pretty much no way anyone will bother anymore since everyone including you have given up on it. I was thinking people could write their reviews or articles , post it on here, and who ever was in charge of the reports could just add it or edit it to correct some mistakes and add it to the reports section. Either way you have now stated this will not happen anymore, so any reviews my eager members will banished only to the CCC post archives. No matter, I will write more reviews when I get programs about chess and just post them on here.
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