Mousetrap: Forget what I said about the smilies. I had been playing arround with the browser tools switching things off here and there and I just switched it all back on again and the smilies work lmbo, so that was my fault sorry.

Fencer: I am not against dating, but against the obvious pictures that use in this ad. By turning them off they still make an impact on BK. That has nothing to do with complaining; but with genuine concern!

joshi tm: Very well, you are a smart person.

Radiant2007 :-): "BK should be free from any of these type of ads" - why? What is wrong on dating? It is not against a family orientation, at least from my point of view. I understand that different people can treat this thing in different ways but no solution can be good enough for everyone. That's why there is the option to turn off the ads at all. Who does not want to do it, should not complain about it.

Fencer: Luckily, I do not see any ads :)

Fencer: I don't know why there are suddenly ads on this site; that must have been agreed upon while I was away for several months. Just recently, since Dec. I came back on to play a few games and i never really bothered the ads, Mostlly about cell phones etc.. but last night I played a game and I suddenly saw two people kissing and it looked like an adult movie! There were also movie kind of pictures of young girls showing their bodies half naked. If this was just a date site, i should have perhaps not bothered it when i just would have seen pictures of their faces or fashionable dressed up ladies. I spotted those after midnight and was NOT happy to see them there!

If you are not aware of what the ad-companies are putting in their programs what they show online, I am glad I saw that to inform you. Don't you like it to be informed of what is been seen on your site? Especcially when others DO seem to bother as well? Please act accordingly!

Wr to the ads: as a Bishop <b>PAID</B> membership I cannot remove the ads. But I won't remove them; because that is NOT the solution to this issue! BK should be free from any of these type of ads.... aren't we a FAMILY ORIENTED game site?

Anyway, I am not going to discuss this matter any further. Less then a month from now my membership is due and I will not renew it.

Please act accordingly.
Blessings, Radiant

Radiant2007 :-): By the way, have you ever bothered to visit the, as you say, profane sites? You would know that there is no porno, just a dating service, and it's not a bad thing.

KotDB: It's funny to read "there has been noticeably less emphasis on improving the quality of the gaming experience" from someone who never spent a cent to support the site, uses its services for free and has no idea about the work behind it. And, what is even funnier, who has absolutely no idea about the real purpose of all this.
Yes, I expect to lose some users, especially the common complainers. That the "problem" will be solved.

Radiant2007 :-): Are you kidding? Using an advantage of the paid membership is not putting a head in the sand. However, if you feel like that, do what you want to do.

KotDB: I havent seen the ads in question but do agree with you on this...Instead, Fencer seems to be focusing much more on finding ways to increase revenue etc etc etc.

What used to be a person/man you could talk to is now fairly unapproachable when criticised...oh well....will have to buy the games and play at home LOLOL......not long to go....

Fencer could use a different advertising service. It's not true that offensive ads cannot be stopped. A reputable advertising service wouldn't even offer those kinds of ads.

Antje: A filter will never work because the advertisers know about them so find ways to get around them. I have noticed a distinct drop in their appearance though. They were constant for a bit but now most of the advertising is violent sickly green flashing that "this is no joke you have won" right under my move buttons.

Radiant2007 :-): Fencer is trying to stop those ads by using a filter, somehow they must still be sneaking in, it certainly isnt what anyone wants here.

King Reza: Nevertheless, Radiant2007 :-) has a valid point. Ads such as the one she described are inconsistent with the spirit of General Guideline #3. Perhaps you are not offended by the ads since you can turn them off, but that does not make Radiant's position unreasonable. Also note that most users do not have the option to disable ads. The analogy with an ostrich burying its head in the sand is apt.

A year or two ago, Fencer was working hard to make BrainKing into a great gaming site, and making admirable progress. But for several months now there has been noticeably less emphasis on improving the quality of the gaming experience. Instead, Fencer seems to be focusing much more on finding ways to increase revenue, through tasteless ads and other things unrelated to BrainKing's main purpose as a gaming site. He should expect to lose some users.

Has anybody who runs fellowships or members of fellowships, noticed posts disappearing since the new style BK started.

Radiant2007 :-):  Not really.  In many countries they show things like that on TV too.  Those who don't wanna watch, don't turn on their TVs in those hours.  I think Fencer has no control over what ads ar eput on the site.  He needs them to make money.  I, due to my certain religion, don't watch those things, so I have the ads off and I'm not offended that they exist if I turn the adds on.  It would, however, offend me if there was no way to shut them.  

Radiant2007 :-): When you surf the net you kinda need that sandpit otherwise you would be offended by probably more than half the sites you might come across. In the settings page you can display the ad on the bottom of the page only or like King Reza said just turn them off.

The more sensible option would be to talk to your kids before allowing them anywhere near the net and explain that no matter how careful they are they may see things that are not particularly savoury. Being open and honest with your kids and keeping an eye on their surfing habits will still only protect them so much. Those sort of ads are rife and you will never stop them.

King Reza: That would mean that i put my head in the sand? So, everybody here is putting their head in the sand??? How offending & insane!

Radiant2007 :-):Why don't you turn off the ads?  I think that should solve the problem.

I just was playing a game and looked at the top of my screen at the commercial that was on display there:

an add to check out COLLEGE GIRLS' profiles accompanied by moving photo's from young girls hardly dressed; kissing....

I had no idea that BK was supporting or is supported by these kind of profane commercials. Doesn't it say anywhere on any board, that we need to be careful what to say, because this site is being visited by children??? And now this!

WOW!! I am really shocked... I will just remove my profile here; I cannot and will not support a site having these kind of commercials running on their screens!    

    

I just ran out of time on a game that said before I went out to a meeting I had about 11 hours to play. The times are screwed up lmbo! The meeting can go on a bit but not 11 hours lmbo!You prolly already know that but just thought I would mention it lmbo! Also my smilies will no longer work properly. You have your work cut out lmbo!

King Reza: I didnt take offence to it, that was why i laughed i thought it was funny

Oceans Apart:I was only joking.  I meant no offense.  

King Reza:, funny though lol

TarantinoFan:No tourism related advertisements, please

Well thankyou Fencer for fixing the spelling on the capital of South Korea in the clock settings. I wait patiently unitl you can see your way clear to correcting the spelling for the capital of my lovely state. (Sydney) Capital of the First State of Australia and one of the best places in the world to live!!!

BerniceC:

TarantinoFan: be careful LOLOL....you arent supposed to criticise, what you think
doesnt matter according to Fencer addressing me on general chat, but it is what you do.
I had the same problem with the clock and it has been the same since forever...you get to put yourself in another time zone each year LOLOL (its like time travel) HAHAHAHAHA

Fencer: yes, thats the white. it was once gray for me

Antje: You mean the white background on one of these pages? Hyper backgammon (Fencer vs. AlanP)

BG:  I don't see any more detail than before.  I think "No Fonts" is going to be my favorite.

BG: i dont want it simple, i like the new look, i just dont like the white on the game board pages, its too bright.

Can I second what Anjte said? I'd like to have the old, simpler layout which I found much easier to read. Even switched to simple, there's too much detail on the new pages for me.

Well, at least the site has caught up with my local time now :-)

 Gabriel Almeida:

Fencer: Not A capital, but THE capital... it's the only one, they don't have any more! ;)

i liked my gray background with the old style. but i like the new castle style, however with my games, its now switched to a white background. for some reason, its a bit glaring, and i would prefer to have that gray again. is there anyway i can do that?

AbigailII: Just goes to show that you really should be more careful with your spelling! 13,000km is a big detour!!!

Fencer: Ok I read the blog. I don't understand ( I thought all clocks worked off Grenwich Mean Time the site clock tells me that I am +10 hours from GMT. What does CET have to do with me setting my site clock from GMT) I guess I will just have to tell my site clock that I live an hour west of where I really do live.

And I know that Seoul is the capital of South Korea. The clock lists "Soul". I was picking at the spelling mistake again!

AbigailII:

TarantinoFan: More people make the same mistake.

AbigailII: Yes, it would be possible.

TarantinoFan: The site clock is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. I've written something about it yesterday in my blog.
What's the problem with Seoul? It's a capital of South Korea.

PS. I know this is picky but I am proud of my country and like everyone to get it right.

Sydney is spelt with 2x y's not with an I as it is shown in the clock settings.

Would it be possible to add a setting where one can enter a URL for a custom stylesheet - and if this setting is set, it's treated as another style to switch to? (Looking at the logic of styleswitcher-1.js this doesn't seem like a major change). This would make developing alternative styles much easier.

For instance, if I were to set the setting to 'http://www.abigail.be/style/brainking.css', I could work locally to develop a different style and if done, present it to Fencer as one of the user developped styles.

The site clock is still not doing what it is supposed to do. Australia went back to Eastern Standard time on Sunday morning at 2am but the site clock (if set on Brisbane,Sydney,Melbourne,Vladivostok) still reads an hour ahead. The actual time here at the moment is 12.20am on March 27 but the clock tells me that if I live here the time should be 1.20am????

BTW. Where the heck is Soul?????

Fencer: Much better. Thanks.

Fencer: much easier to see thanks

AbigailII: What now? The no fonts style.

AbigailII:But on my screen, it's a grey rectangle on a beige background!