Author: Marc Plum
Date: 18:02:28 06/13/00
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On June 13, 2000 at 06:32:06, Adrien Regimbald wrote: (snip) >I truly don't understand the people who like Blitzin - the last time I tried it >out, I thought it was absolutely putrid. I'd never willingly choose to use it >as a GUI! > >As to the issue of features - both servers are full of features. Perhaps ICC >has more of them, but FICS is always developing, and is not lacking any of the >"major features" while at the same time having various features that ICC doesn't >have. > >I don't think that ICC has any significant edge over FICS in terms of features - >and considering the fact that there is an equivalent free service, paying any >ammount of money for ICC seems like an incredible waste to me. > >Would you pay fifty something dollars a year for a service when you can get a >comprable service for free? I can assure you that I wouldn't, even if I had >money to burn! > >Well, that's just my $0.02 > > >Regards, >Adrien. I know there are those who have tried both FICS and ICC and are satisfied with FICS. No point in arguing. My experience has been that it is much easier to get games against opponents who I find challenging (other than computers) on ICC. My subjective impression, unsupported by statistics, is that FICS has crashed more frequently, but others may have had a different experience. FICS admins have been extremely unhelpful whenever I had any question or issue; again, just my personal experience. They've been a lot more helpful and professional on ICC. I do wonder, though, which version of Blitzin struck you as "putrid", and exactly why you say this. Did you find it ugly? Was it missing features that you wanted? Couldn't you configure it to suit your tastes? Was it hard to use? I have used a number of versions, from 1.4something to 2.30, and they have all seemed very attractive and easy to use, with ever increasing numbers of useful features. I've tried Winboard and CClient on FICS; both are good interfaces. Of course, both can be used on other servers (including ICC!) and Winboard can be used by computer accounts, but I haven't read any other convincing reason why either should be preferred to Blitzin. Marc
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