Klondike Pro - Players' Forum
All interested parties are encouraged to provide any inputs they wish.
And please, keep it clean, keep it nice :-).
Since I dont get to read this Forum as frequently as I'd like, (other priorities),
if you have a problem, its probably best to eMail me directly here.
------- Player's Feedback ------
Brown Dawg writes.
If there were national telecasts, say, on CBSSports Klondike Sunday, I'd be playing for sure:
"Gee, Jim, it looked like Brown Dawg really was going to lose that one when he missed that black seven play, but I think our viewers know now it was no accident."
"Right you are, John. That allowed him to unbury that king that the other players missed, bringing the queen off the long stack, pulling that ace and it was just out of the park after that."
"It looks like this isn't the first time Brown Dawg's seen a Klondike layout before, John."
"From the looks of things, Jim, I'd say he's wasted about half his life playing the durn game. Probably one of the reasons his dawgs starved to death just outside his computer room door. I mean, that's just TOO engrossed in the game, some people would say."
"Well, John, I'd say when you can play like this, it's worth it, don't you think?"
"I'm envious."
Date: Mon Mar 3 10:17:57 2003
Handle: Vagabondo
Comments: Welcome to this latest (and, no doubt, final) version of Klondike Pro. Some old time players have complained that they notice little different except that its now shareware rather than the old freeware version. The significance of the changes dont tend to show up until the higher ranks where the Bonus points can make or break a match while providing a "floor" under a string of bad luck (or bad play).
Brown Dawg play-tested this version and writes about showing the game to a friend...
"I'm sitting there showing this guy how to play a hand, and going, 'Now, I've got two red sevens up and the best thing to do is play the one with the most undercards. I don't want to play the black nine down now because if you remember, there's a black nine on the first flop and that will move the deck down a card the next time through the deck and I need to do that to get that last king out...'
"And he's going, 'Jeeeezus Christ, how long have you PLAYED this thing?'
"Too long. Much too long." :-).
Date: Tue Mar 18 20:58:45 2003
Handle: tweekit2004@rap.midco.net
Comments: My wife Love to play the klondike Pro- and itis very challenging
We Like to Thank you Donald & Bobbi Rauscher
Date: Thu Mar 20 15:19:23 2003
Handle: maureen
Date: Sat Mar 29 13:53:23 2003
Handle: rdb
Comments: I first started using this program about seven years ago. I liked the national listing and saw my name on top for a little while but than because a lot of people cheated I was knocked off that list. I have made several sugestion to improve the program which have been ignored. There are several things I do not like about the new program. Cheating is still easy to do, no names for players means each player must have their own version, ease of play-right click on card should play that card if legal play is there, with no national standings local standings would be nice, no internet support such as playing against another player using the internet,nuggets won over 100 should stay at the next level-this would help alot more than the bonus points. I know you wrote open klondike because people did not want to write the cards down. This version brings back that complaint. I believe this program was written before windows 95 was written, and it would be a large job to entirely rewrite the program but with you wanting $20 I believe it should be done.
Date: Mon Apr 7 16:16:35 2003
Handle: Vagabondo
Comments: rdb...
Glad you bothered to check back on the website here and always appreciate your comments and suggstions.
I realize that cheating is still possible but have given up on trying to police the problem. But that old news.
I dont much like the idea of carrying over excess nuggets to the next rank. After all, what other 'sport' carries over scoring margins to the next game? Also, in the early, lower ranks, yes, the Bonus points dont help much. They get pretty important when struggling to make Wizard rank and gain Gold leaves, however.
I disagree on the idea of click-to-play-anywhere even tho it seems to be a popular feature with other's games.
The question of an Internet version as well as a Windows version is a fair one but I'm a bit too long in the tooth (I'll be 77 this summer) to undertake the considerable learning curve required to port the game there. Its a matter of not being able to teach old dogs new tricks, something in my youth I would have scoffed at. I'd rather just add whatever enhancements seems appropriate to the DOS version as time goes on.
As for the $20 registration fee to play past the Fellow level, not everything needs to be entirely free all the time. And players should not pay if they dont think they're getting fair value.
Finally, I do plan some new features (but make no promises) so players should check back periodically and download the latest version which should install without disturbing their existing rank or registration status.