That is ugly compared to todays, but leaps and bounds better then the 1982 overlay in white and black I got...
Anyway, here is an interesting off topic tid-bit, did you know that hate and anger can be a great motivator if channeled in the right direction?
Ever heard of Enzo Ferrari, after WW1 he tried to go work for FIAT (you know that stands for right?) and they told him to piss of, he got anger, pissed and hated Fiat and vowed revenge, well you know the rest of the story.
Today, the powers that be try to teach the young ones that anger and hatred are bad, if channeled properly you could become the next Enzo Ferrari.
Just saying....
I've been saying for years that the best thing anyone can do is to find themselves a Mortal Enemy...not to punish him, but to improve yourself.
I agree completely; the trick is to channel the creative energies properly. When Mark published his scenario design guide, I attempted to provide some feedback on the book in open forum (more constructively than my not-very-nice review that I published). The feedback was, perhaps understandably, ignored. I was piqued at that, as silly as that is to report, so I thought - why not take my constructive ideas and see what I can do with them? The result was my own publication and both our books are currently in the top 800 on the publisher's sales charts, if I am reading the numbers correctly.
This is what I was getting at with my earlier comments. You can cyber-stalk WBW all you like, and complain and criticize, but if anyone is really all that concerned about someone else's business - the solution is to try and do better. There is a Vietnam ASL yahoo group; anyone is free to join it and be constructive and give ASL players a better option. Given the collective brain power on this site, there is nothing to stop anyone from coming up with a better solitaire system. Publish it. Give the money to charity or rake it in for themselves. Whatever.
Mark has already acted constructively in publishing review material on his site; it's an important step in helping consumers make an informed decision. I honestly think that's as far as you can lead the horse into the water. Once he's at the trough, in fact, standing up to his neck in it, you kind of have to conclude maybe he's just not thirsty after all.