Evaluation copies
zengrifter said:
Okay,here's the deal: We need an unbiased member to review the Playing21 app. My choice for review would be Jack Jackson, Mimosine, BJ Bob or Kasi.
Scott will provide a free review copy to the reviewer, right Scott? zg
As you may or may not know I also have a program. I have provided free copies to Sonny, Kasi, jack,jackson, sagefr0g, Canceler, and Ken Smith if he chose to download it. It's a mathematics based program and uses simulation only to deal randomly in order to display expected values dynamically as the cards are dealt. Any of the above members are free to give any opinions of the program, good or bad.
Last I heard Canceler was having trouble getting the help system to work in Windows Vista. However it works for sagefr0g in Vista and help also works in Vista for a friend of mine. I'd like to know exactly what needs to be done in Vista to get help (WinHelp) to work so I could pass along the info.
Getting back to the original subject of this thread, it sounds to me that Scott's program may have some validity to it. My opinion is that as long as some validity exists it is not wise to diss too quickly. I don't know how many times I have read that if one purchases a book on blackjack and learns just one new thing from it the purchase was well worth it, but it is a lot. I don't think Scott posted the availability of his program in an offensive manner. What I don't like is someone posting outrageous claims with nothing substantial behind them.
The politics of blackjack are brutal. Generally it is assumed that anything offered for sale must be some sort of scam. It is wise to be skeptical but a true AP should be able to have the judgement to ferret out what is not a scam and has value to some more or less extent. Over time as I have read posts it seems to me that true APs are few and far between. Wannabe APs with the wrong attitude are more likely to be scammed than to actually become APs. The right attitude is probably something that can't be taught. You either have common sense or you don't.
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