I just played my first (excluding Thursdays)
pokerstars CC freeroll today after joining freeroll club late last week. I've played a lot of tourneys on stars and
888 between $1 and $2.20, and I would say the standard of the CC freeroll today seemed slightly higher than the many of the players on those micros. Felt a lot less like a lottery and like decent play was being rewarded, and I could recognise the thought processes of other players through their actions. Rather than thinking wtf is going on here a lot. Smaller field of what seemed mostly decent players is a much different experience than playing a field of 500+ with maniacs, uber nits and everything inbetween. Much more fun.