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Any old Yahoo chess player moved here on Lichess?

Hello there, I was wondering if there's any of the old Yahoo chess players (advanced lounges players) moved here on Lichess after Yahoo Games server was shut down? I played a lot of bullet there (mostly 1 minute only), rotating tables were awesome, I miss those times a lot. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? lol
Sure! I used to play there. Then I discoverd Chesscube. But Yahoo was my first chess playground. I used to spend hours playing and trying to get a decent rating. I considered those 2000 players gods, lol. Man, that was centuries ago! I'm getting old.
I played a little on and off many years ago. I remember it was an awful java applet and that the rating categories were color coded.
Yes, the red ones were over 2000. I wonder if I would be red now since I got much stronger. Maybe an orange?
Tell me about yahoo chess. I only played on lichess for a few months now so I dont know what that is?
@Dixie2011 it wasn't that awful imho, maybe cause I was used/addicted to it I guess.
It was just a little, you know, deprecated, cause it was never updated during the years, it stayed the same for like 15 years haha, but the chessboard was cool for me.

@todo_pro not really, red rating was over 2100 points, I could remember rating quite well, it was:

Provisional, grey color (20 games)
0-1119, green
1200-1499 - blue-sky
1500-1799 - violet
1800-2099 yellow/orange
2100+ red

from my point of view Yahoo Chess had its strenght and its weak spot compared to Lichess.
So... I'm guessing noone here ever played to a 1/0 table with 20 people rotating?
Memories, memories...The Alligator Tunnel, the Zebra Cove, the Walrus Rock, the Hippo Swamp, the Lobster Lagoon, the Amoeba Drop...Those were the days....
Yahoo was really good- I often wonder why they closed it down. I remember you could choose an avatar also such as an alien face :). And the room names were pretty cool.
I used to play there, long ago. Early 2000s and possibly late 90s. Was it around in the 90s? Cant remember.

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