Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:22:57 01/24/01
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On January 23, 2001 at 16:00:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 23, 2001 at 15:51:10, John Smith wrote: > >>And they are free. >> >>:) >> >>I tried ICC and I didnt think it was all that great. In yahoo you can come up >>against powerful programs and setups (typical is now AMD 1.1, 256mb). True, the >>most prevelant programs are Fritz6, but you still encounter the occassional >>Junior6, tiger 13, gambit tiger as well as chessmaster8000; including Shredder >>4. Shredder 5 is the only program I have yet to encounter in yahoo. >> >>All for free. Can't beat that. > >The chief value of ICC is (as I see it) it's function as a whinging twit filter. > If someone has paid a small sum of money they will be a bit less prone to act >in such a way as to be removed. > >If you can get on for nothing, whinging twit behavior is without restraint. And >since there is no fee, even if you get kicked off, you can just come back under >an alias since there are literally dozens of free email accounts to be had. This is true to a point. But the "WT" factor still is present on ICC. It is amazing how many daddies (and mommies) in the world will fork over 50 bucks to keep "junior" amused. Without knowing what "junior" is doing. And since it really isn't "junior's" money, the inhibitions are absent. Not as bad as free servers to be sure. But still annoying...
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