Originally posted by divegeesterhttp://web.archive.org/web/20010304170336/http://www.redhotpawn.com/
Where can one find out about how the site started, who the pilgrim members were, why it all went so horribly wrong...(joke)
Who was here first?
Back when Russ went by 'Ruzz' and Chris went by 'Chrismo'.
Although this is probably more useful - http://web.archive.org/web/20010402045409/http://www.redhotpawn.com/
Ironmike been here ages.
Originally posted by KewpieI believe that was a test thing between Russ and Chris before the site actually went live. That's why I added the second link - the first one looked a bit too historic.
Whatever happened to the Drone Player they're talking about on the first page?????
Love the players table:
Name Rating Won Lost Drawn Last Move (BST)
satri_tar_1 1655 70 3 3 Aug 01 15:22
Kingsize-Bishop 1637 98 2 5 Aug 01 11:46
oongaano 1637 82 1 0 Aug 01 16:40
bessyboo 1635 96 3 6 Aug 01 15:05
kmf 1588 57 0 1 Aug 01 13:34
ViJay 1558 46 2 2 Aug 01 13:08
hschmidt 1552 64 8 2 Aug 01 04:53
Monti1959 1521 74 5 3 Aug 01 16:05
stefanb 1519 69 8 5 Aug 01 16:43
Kingprawn 1467 26 1 1 Aug 01 13:04
docafrica 1465 30 1 0 Aug 01 09:51
wolfman1 1464 84 9 0 Jul 31 23:08
Burrich Chade 1463 28 2 1 Jul 31 21:47
monkeyman 1461 26 3 1 Aug 01 14:02
samkon 1460 30 7 0 Jul 30 02:19
GrayKnight 1454 35 6 2 Aug 01 16:11
IMNOHERO 1448 18 0 2 Aug 01 05:02
pinzinfr 1444 51 11 5 Jul 31 13:07
rigamortus 1432 22 0 0 Aug 01 14:28
Eknight 1423 36 14 2 Jul 29 21:37
Originally posted by KewpieThe Drone Player was an online version of a chess program called Rival Chess.
Whatever happened to the Drone Player they're talking about on the first page?????
Rival was written by Chris, or maybe Chris and Russ worked on it together. I think writing that program was a university project for Chris before they put the RHP site on the internet, if I remember correctly.
Anyway, if a member wanted to play against the chess program instead of playing another member, that option was available. It was a "ready opponent" back in the days when there were just a few members here.
This might be a useful link if it works for you. Some of the individual links allow you to access some of the original forum pages, player tables, etc. On others I had problems connecting to everything, but it does give you a little glimpse into the early days of this site and relive some of the "drama".
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.redhotpawn.com
Originally posted by mwmillerRival is about to live again! But not on RHP.
The Drone Player was an online version of a chess program called Rival Chess.
Rival was written by Chris, or maybe Chris and Russ worked on it together. I think writing that program was a university project for Chris before they put the RHP site on the internet, if I remember correctly.
Anyway, if a member wanted to play against the chess program i ...[text shortened]... vailable. It was a "ready opponent" back in the days when there were just a few members here.
We have been a bit "off mission" recently, busy taking a good look at Android.
An android version of Rival Chess will be released...well, ASAP, really. We will release a fairly basic version initially (the engine is solid though) with the intention of developing it further if it gets any interest. Much of the code can be used for a future native Android RHP project, should we choose to do one.