🚀 go-pugleaf

Scott Bogert wrote:
> 
> Syed Yusuf wrote:
> 
> > what is the POINT?
> >
> > FICS is FREE, has friendly admin, has a superior rating system, has a
> > MORE
> > STABLE server,
> >
> > what does ICS offer that FICS doesn't?
> > GMs get free membership? (all membership is free at FICS)
> > live simulcasts of World Tournaments? (FICS has this)
> > "instructional games" play a team game at FICS and listen to higher
> >    rated's analysis of the position.(ICC has this also)
> > ICS's only other claim to fame is "most games played"

actually no, ICC has more titled players, more players total, weekly 
simuls where lower-rated people get to play strong titled players...
> >    I'd rather stay at FICS where I don't have to turn the "shout" off
> > the minute I log in to avoid a sensory overload (even with an
> > interface)(I never have to do that on ICC)
> 
> > FIDE is the chess mafia,

What does FIDE have to do with this?
> > ICS is the AOL of the chess servers.ICS=Internet chess server
> 
> i don't know if i had the right place, but i decided to check out the
> FICS and what i saw was a joke.  isn't there an actual chess board (not
> just a bunch of ASCII characters), and how does one move the pieces?
> people actually play blitz on this?!
> 
> and by the way it's ICC (or as it used to be called AICS)