--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Cohen <brucedcohen2002@...> wrote: I like it.
It would be fun to use it on Paymar's or other's VP software, too.
You reminded me, when you used the word, "fun", what inspired me to work on this little project. I met two nice retired couples from Canada a few weeks ago that were keeping hyper accurate tallies of all their made hands, SF on up to RF, and of all the 1 cards draws they made. My first thought was that they were wasting their time. I asked one them if he was doing it because he doubted the honesty of machines and he told me "no", it was just fun. It added a level of competitiveness (albeit random) to their play. They'd play next to each other and bet (a quarter) on who could get the most of a particular hand that day, and they got all excited when one of them would pull into the lead on let's say, "dirty royals" for the night.
It really seemed to add a level of fun and entertainment for them and I would imagine they aren't alone.
I asked him if he used the data to check for anything and he admitted that no he hadn't bothered. I guess he had originally intended to use it for checking, but had run so good on Royals, he never got around to it.
Anyway, I have it on the best of authority that recorded keeping like this can add fun and excitement to VP play for some people and anything that can make the same activity more fun seems like it's worth spending the time on.
To increase people's fun is therefore my ulterior motive for working on this utility. I hope it does exactly that. ~FK
