Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 05:20:20 06/15/00
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Ok here comes my personal view: :) > >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. That is probably true. But it can only be solved by getting more people to play on FICS. The same for too few titled players playing on FICS. I agree that its interesting to watch GMs play on I$$. >My subjective impression, unsupported by statistics, is that FICS has >crashed more frequently, but others may have had a different experience. Not recently. Try again :) > 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 have personal experience with - let me count - 5 Fics admins, and they have ALL been VERY helpfull and friendly. Just my experience. On the other hand, something has do be done about how help (channel 1) is handled on Fics. This DOES look unprofessional. > >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. Blitzin looks ugly IMHO. There was another threat about it I believe. Georg v. Zimmermann Tecumseh @ Fics
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