why icc is worth the money

Yes its usable online, no lag at all. Although I wouldnt recommend using it in bullet and blitz. Good for slow games if you cant be bothered to setup a chessboard tho 🙂

Originally posted by Bedlam
Yes its usable online, no lag at all. Although I wouldnt recommend using it in bullet and blitz. Good for slow games if you cant be bothered to setup a chessboard tho 🙂

Originally posted by Bedlam
Im guessing you havent seen the F9 GUI 😛

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/fritz9/screensaver01.jpg

Thats an in game screenshot. I cant see ICC ever coming slightly close to that.

Originally posted by exigentsky
Not only have I seen it, I own it. And yes, Fritz has great 3d sets. However, most people prefer 2d sets online. When it comes to those, BabasChess has the best imo.

Apparently ICC is coming up with an awesome interface called Dasher soon.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Yeah, the new babas chess is nice. Not as great as I thought'd be though.

Originally posted by exigentsky
Why? What's it missing?

BTW: Try the Office 2007 R1 style, it's nice and shiny. :p

Originally posted by exigentsky
Not only have I seen it, I own it. And yes, Fritz has great 3d sets. However, most people prefer 2d sets online. When it comes to those, BabasChess has the best imo.

Originally posted by Bedlam
Most people are tasteless pillocks 🙂

You can pick a wide range of 2d pieces on Fritz and any colour at all for for the pieces or the board. You could have white as purple playing against yellow on a green/brown board.

Originally posted by Bedlam
Im guessing you havent seen the F9 GUI 😛

Originally posted by cmsMaster
How? I don't see that in themes..

Originally posted by wormwood
fritz 9 graphics are 10 years behind. and it's just full of incredibly amateurish kludges. other GUIs are even worse (haven't checked that babas beta yet, but the stable version has the best graphics yet, by far). I'm always amazed how bad the usability & graphics are in any chess software. it's just horrible.

(yeah, comp graphics major, I'm a 'bit' sensitive with these things... 🙂 )

Originally posted by Bedlam
Given how you can skin the fritz GUI anyones who graphics are 10 years behind needs to woo at the options a bit.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
I personally like them both 😛. (FICS and Playchess)

Originally posted by Bedlam
ICC would be ok if it wasnt for the admins going off on power trips.