04 Jun '06 06:43>
Why is that?
Originally posted by Knight SquareGameKnot plays okay for free (if you don't mind pop-ups, invasive ads, and a small board). The forums are anemic and hard to find, but sometimes offer quality. The paid memberships are the highest priced available, and the administrator is paranoid. They booted me without explanation, although it's likely because of some comments I made in the forums. Don't waste your time there, they are likely to fold in the nest few years.
Well, I've been on Gameknot and it plays well, just like redhotpawn.com does. But Gameknot is not as great as redhotpawn is.
Originally posted by buddy2With Babas at FICS, I can add laggers to my noplay list. It grows quite long.
Yea, the size of the boards are an issue. You'd think the designers would take eyesight into consideration. Especially when some players are working off of already small screens. I enjoy FICS because i use Babbaschess interface which allows some nice free downloadable chess sets. The only thing about Babbas is the lag time. Playing blitz, you don't reall ...[text shortened]... oping everything out. I never heard of Queenalice before. I'll have to look that one up.l