Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:31:44 01/18/05
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On January 17, 2005 at 20:46:39, Jason Kent wrote:
>Good read.
>
>I've used all three servers and USCL. I've even been a short-time paying member
>to the three that cost money. I think FICS is a better choice than it appears
>reading your review. Free is free, and I have played 1200+ games on FICS in the
>last year with very few problems from cheating.
>
>Yes, some players -- and admins -- are immature and sometimes rude on FICS. The
>language allowed on the server is also not up to my standards. Does ICC and
>Playchess protect the chat on main channels?
>
>I don't like the chessbase interface at all. Even if it were bugless, the
>design does not appeal to me. Blitzn is apparently full of spyware and
>background processes that monitor your usage of chess programs while on the
>server. It doesn't sound overly pleasant to me. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
>playchess and ICC only allow one free choice for a GUI?
As requested, you are wrong. ICC allows for numerous free GUIs, as well as paid
ones of course. Personally, I use Chess Assistant 7, due to its easy way of
handling multiple boards at the same time, and telling you which boards received
new moves. It also automatically forwards chats sent specifically to you in all
chat windows, etc, etc. You can see this with CA7 Lite, though it only supports
2 open boards at a time. Still, it's free. I'm sure if you do a search you'll
find others. I remember finding some 5-6 when researching the matter a few years
ago.
Albert
> This is a major con! I
>could talk on and on about how much I like babaschess but I won't. :)
>
>If asked by friends who are learning chess, my recommendation is to start with
>FICS, and babas. :)
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