Here are eight login screens that I designed for FICS. These were last updated on January 15th, 1999. I'd love to see one or more of of them used as the opening screen. 1) __ __ _ _ \ \ / / | | | | \ \ /\ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_ ___ \ \/ \/ / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | __/ _ \ \ /\ / __/ | (_| (_) | | | | | | __/ | || (_) | \/ \/ \___|_|\___\___/|_| |_| |_|\___| \__\___/ ______ _____ _____ _____ ,::::::< | ____|_ _/ ____|/ ____| __ __ __ ,::/^\"``. | |__ | || | | (___ | |__| |__| | ,::/, ` o`. | __| | || | \___ \ | _ _ _ _ _ _ | ,::; | '. | | _| || |____ ____) | \ __________ / ;::| \___,-. c) |_| |_____\_____|_____/ | ======== | ;::| \ '-' | | ;::| \ | | ;::| _.=`\ the Free Internet Chess Server | | `;:|.=` _.=`\ at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 /_ _ __ _ _\ '|_.=` __\ |__________| `\_..==`` / /_ _ _ _ _ _\ .'.___.-'. Visit our website at _| |_ / ... \ http://www.freechess.org | Login screen | ('--......--') |_ by EdCollins _| 2) __ __ _ _ \ \ / / | | | | \ \ /\ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_ ___ \ \/ \/ / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | __/ _ \ \ /\ / __/ | (_| (_) | | | | | | __/ | || (_) | \/ \/ \___|_|\___\___/|_| |_| |_|\___| \__\___/ ______ _____ _____ _____ _ ,::::::< | ____|_ _/ ____|/ ____| | | ,::/^\"``. | |__ | || | | (___ | | ,::/, ` o`. | __| | || | \___ \ |_| ,::; | '. | | _| || |____ ____) | _ ;::| \___,-. c) |_| |_____\_____|_____/ |_| ;::| \ '-' ;::| \ ;::| _.=`\ the Free Internet Chess Server `;:|.=` _.=`\ at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 '|_.=` __\ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - `\_..==`` / (Login screen designed by EdCollins) 3) Welcome to FICS, the _______ ______ _______ _______ |FFF____|| _ \ | ____|| ____| |FF|__ | |_) | | |__ | |__ |FFF__| | / | __| | __| |FF| | |\ \---.| |____ | |____ |FF| | _| `.____||_______||_______| __ __ __ ________ ______ ______ __ __ ______ ________ |II| | \ | | | || ___|| _ \ | \ | | | ___| | | |II| | \| | `--| |--`| |__ | |_) | | \| | | |__ `--| |--` |II| | . ` | | | | __| | / | . ` | | __| | | |II| | |\ | | | | |___ | |\ \---.| |\ | | |___ | | |II| |__| \__| |__| |______|| _| `.____||__| \__| |______| |__| ______ __ __ _______ _______ _______ /CCCCCC| | | | | | ____| / | / | |CC,----' | |__| | | |__ | (----` | (----` |CC| | __ | | __| \ \ \ \ |CC`----. | | | | | |____ .----) | .----) | \CCCCCC| |__| |__| |_______| |_______/ |_______/ _______ _______ ______ ____ ____ _______ ______ /SSSSSSS|| ____|| _ \ \ \ / / | ____|| _ \ |SSS(----`| |__ | |_) | \ \/ / | |__ | |_) | \SS \ | __| | / \ / | __| | / .----)SS | | |____ | |\ \---. \ / | |____ | |\ \---. |SSSSSSS/ |_______|| _| `.____| \__/ |_______|| _| `.____| at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 Visit our website at http://www.freechess.org ------------------------------------ Login screen designed by EdCollins ------------------------------------ 4) __ __ _ _ _____ ___ ____ ____ \ \ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_ ___ | ___|_ _/ ___/ ___| \ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | __/ _ \ | |_ | | | \___ \ \ V V / __/ | (_| (_) | | | | | | __/ | || (_) | | _| | | |___ ___) | \_/\_/ \___|_|\___\___/|_| |_| |_|\___| \__\___/ |_| |___\____|____/ ,::::::< the ,::/^\"``. F r e e I n t e r n e t C h e s s S e r v e r ,::/, ` o`. ------- --------------- --------- ----------- ,::; | '. ;::| \___,-. c) at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 ;::| \ '-' ;::| \ ;::| _.=`\ `;:|.=` _.=`\ Visit our website at '|_.=` __\ http://www.freechess.org `\_..==`` / .'.___.-'. ------------------------------------ / ... \ (Login screen designed by EdCollins) ('--......--') ('--......--') 5) __ __ _ _ ,::::::< \ \ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_ ___ ,::/^\"``. \ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | __/ _ \ ,::/, ` o`. \ V V / __/ | (_| (_) | | | | | | __/ | || (_) | ,::; | '. \_/\_/ \___|_|\___\___/|_| |_| |_|\___| \__\___/ ;::| \___,-. c) ;::| \ '-' _______ __ ______ _______. the ;::| \ | ____| | | / | / | Free Internet ;::| _.=`\ | |__ | | | ,----' | (----` Chess Server `;:|.=` _.=`\ | __| | | | | \ \ at '|_.=` __\ | | | | | `----. ---) | freechess.org `\_..==`` / |__| |__| \______| |______/ 164.58.253.13 .'.___.-'. / ... \ ('--......--') -------------------------- -------------- /'--......--'\ | Visit our website at | | Login screen | `"--......--"' | http://www.freechess.org | | by EdCollins | -------------------------- -------------- 6) ____ __ ____ _______ __ ______ ______ ___ ___ _______ \ \ / \ / /| ____|| | / | / __ \ | \/ || ____| \ \/ \/ / | |__ | | | ,----'| | | || \ / || |__ \ / | __| | | | | | | | || |\/| || __| \ /\ / | |____ | `----.| `----.| `--' || | | || |____ \__/ \__/ |_______||_______| \______| \______/ |__| |__||_______| ________ ____ _______ __ ______ _______ | | / __ \ | ____|| | / | / | ,::::::< `--| |--`| | | | | |__ | | | ,----' | (----` ,::/^\"``. | | | `--' | | __| | | | | \ \ ,::/, ` o`. |__| \____/ | | | | | `----.----) | ,::; | '. |__| |__| \______|_______/ ;::| \___,-. c) ;::| \ '-' ;::| \ the Free Internet Chess Server ;::| _.=`\ at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 `;:|.=` _.=`\ '|_.=_ _ __\ Visit our website at http://www.freechess.org `\_..==`` / --------------------------------------------- .'.___.-'. (Login screen designed by EdCollins) 7) ,::::::< __ __ _ _ ,::/^\"``. \ \ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_ ___ ,::/, ` o`. \ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | __/ _ \ ,::; | '. \ V V / __/ | (_| (_) | | | | | | __/ | || (_) | ;::| \___,-. c) \_/\_/ \___|_|\___\___/|_| |_| |_|\___| \__\___/ ;::| \ '-' ;::| \ _______ __ ______ _______ ;::| _.=`\ | ____| | | / | / | __ __ __ `;:|.=` _.=`\ | |__ | | | ,----' | (----` | |__| |__| | '|_.=` __\ | __| | | | | \ \ | _ _ _ _ _ _ | `\_..==`` / | | | | | `----. ---) | \ __________ / .'.___.-'. |__| |__| \______| |______/ | ======== | / ... \ | | ('--......--') | | /'--......--'\ the Free Internet Chess Server | | `"--......--"' at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 /_ _ __ _ _\ |__________| /_ _ _ _ _ _\ _| |_ Visit our website at http://www.freechess.org | Login screen | --------------------------------------------- |_ by EdCollins _| 8) ____ __ ____ _______ __ ______ ______ ___ ___ _______ \ \ / \ / /| ____|| | / | / __ \ | \/ || ____| \ \/ \/ / | |__ | | | ,----'| | | || \ / || |__ \ / | __| | | | | | | | || |\/| || __| \ /\ / | |____ | `----.| `----.| `--' || | | || |____ \__/ \__/ |_______||_______| \______| \______/ |__| |__||_______| ________ ____ | | / __ \ -------------------------- ,::::::< `--| |--` | | | | | Visit our website at | ,::/^\"``. | | | `--' | | http://www.freechess.org | ,::/, ` o`. |__| \____/ -------------------------- ,::; | '. ;::| \___,-. c) _______ __ ______ _______ ;::| \ '-' | ____| | | / | / | ;::| \ | |__ | | | ,----' | (----` ;::| _.=`\ | __| | | | | \ \ `;:|.=` _.=`\ | | | | | `----.----) | '|_.=_ _ __\ |__| |__| \______|_______/ the F r e e I n t e r n e t C h e s s S e r v e r ------- --------------- --------- ----------- at freechess.org -- 164.58.253.13 (Login screen designed by EdCollins)