problem with 3dfibs-any advice ?

[dno]

afternoon all
after some lurking and reading about fibs on here i decided to take the plunge and downloaded 3dfibs.i've been playing for about 18 months or so ,mainly against gnubg and thought it was about time to pit myself against some real players(and no doubt take a few good whoopings along the way  ).
so,after downloading 3dfibs i tried to sign in using my username and password from here-didn't work,ok so tried creating a new account,but both times a window pops up telling me i've been disconnected and to restart to reconnect  
anyone got any advice or tips on how to get going with fibs ?
any suggestions gratefully recieved.
cheers
dno


edit- just got it sorted-apologies if i've wasted anyones time.
well looking forward to maybe playing some of you in the future,hopefully my playing will be better than my computer skils 

[ah_clem]

If you've been playing against gnubg for 18 months and analyzing your matches to find the errors, you'll probably be giving a few good whoopings.

Welcome to FIBS.  Read the threads about avoiding the droppers.