Forget Joe DiMaggio... where have you gone Bill Cooper?

[mark at 10thumbs.org]

I'm curious if -- for the benefit of those new(er) to the list --- anyone
has an old Bill Cooper game summary, either in their email box or one
online.  I don't see a post going that far back on the igtc.com archives
but it might be kinda neat to see.

(the other) mark

>David J. Boutte wrote:
> > Ahhh, Bill Cooper's summaries!!  Did it get any better than that?
> >
>Did anybody ever find out what happened to Bill Cooper?

As best I can recall...and it's hazy for me, so I may be
wrong...there was a combination of contentiousness on the list
(basically too many mini flamewars out of control) and real life
obligations that caused him to gradually stop doing the summaries and
leave the list.

That was how the CBW got started.  He asked for volunteers to review
some games in 1999 and I signed up to do a couple.  The first few
were done here on the lists, then I started the CBW.  I credited him
on the site with his amazing inspiration for game reviews, and agree
he was a master of the form.

I have no idea what happened to him since, but I miss him, too.

Snoopy the Celtics Beagle