These are really good games. It brings back the topic of how anonymity (spelling) in online poker makes worse play. When you dont personally know the people you are against or they are not seeing your face in person, you often have the tendency to make some plays that you never would make if you were to see that person face to face. I think by knowing everyone on these chip games and the fact that they all know you in the forum makes everyone more concious of their decisions. I mean think about it... Their has to have been a time when at one point in a hand you didnt want to call down and reveal you were drawing or you called pre-flop with a horrible hand, in fear that the person will see you as a bad player for the rest of the time you know them.
Anyways that is just my 2 cents, as i know i play better in the chip games, as apposed to any other regular game online (unless i am playing for a huge prize). And yea, eejit does cash sometimes without even playing a hand, but thats just eejit he finds a way to cash during everything and i mean everything.