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Snowie vs. Jellyfish

From:   Gregg Cattanach
Address:   gcattanach@prodigy.net
Date:   26 September 2000
Subject:   Re: Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Forum:   rec.games.backgammon
Google:   8qq1mq$6mla$1@newssvr05-en0.news.prodigy.com

IMO, Snowie is worth all $380, but I'm very serious about this silly game :-) The choices, options, and user interface are vastly superior in Snowie vs. Jellyfish. Also, it is pretty clear that Snowie continues to be developed, where Jellyfish hasn't had any new work done (other than an improved user interface in version 3.5). Snowie's last 3.0 was a huge step forward in including cubeful results in all analysis. The myriad of rollout choices and ability to analyze entire matches in a single step makes Snowie a superior analytical product. As to the prices vs. chess software, the size of the market is the main factor that keeps Jellyfish and Snowie rather highly priced. Gregg Cattanach Zox at GamesGrid, Zone http://gateway.to/backgammon ICQ #2266410 gcattanach-SKIP-@prodigy.net

Michael Howard writes:

Oasya claim Snowie 3-ply to play around 2100 which is corroborated by play on the Online servers. Jellyfish is purported to play around 2000 which is again proved in practice. My experience in playing the two myself and playing them against each other indicates Snowie to be stronger by about 100 Elo (IMO). A 10 x 25pt match series between the two was played and is documented on the web (just look via the various BG portals). Snowie won 7-3 which again could justify 2100 vs 2000 ratings respectively. They are both very strong. But positions posted here where they disagree, when rolled out, usually show Snowie to evaluate more accurately. We eagerly await the long overdue JellyFish R4. Michael Howard

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