^5 b-b. I started to go without saying anything. But, I have to say if I said anything to the whiners here, it would be so harsh I could probably never show my face again. So, I'll abbreviate and just say: games=fun.

Me too. We carry six shooters here in Texas, and I'm more used to that. *smirks and walks out*

^5 eddie

I haven't the foggiest, so I have to take whatever solution I can get. I prefer to play through. Some people don't like that, but I haven't run into it with any of my opponents. So, I can just sit here, fat, dumb and happy, playing games I've played before, and still have fun. The marvelous thing about senility is that you can delight over and over again at the same thing. §: )

Me either, Bernice. I'm offering to resign, or play through, whatever my opponents want to do. It doesn't matter, it's all games to me.

What a question! Haha! I think you should forget you know Slam until we start playing the mid-October games. That's my vote.

I didn't know IYT had a rating system at all. When I asked them about it, they said to go to my profile and put anything in there I wanted to. Since it was meaningless, I didn't bother. Besides, I'd have to consult with somebody to figure out what to put.

mrloupcity, wait! Don't go away angry. I don't know if you haven't gotten an answer out of neglect, or if no one knows. Maybe you could PM the big boss of the fellowship that was sponsoring you, and ask them? Was that BBW? He could even be checking into it for you. It would be a pity if you went away mad, and it wasn't necessary.

Ooops, while I was typing my rather wordy response, harley answered the question. Well, so it's a little hectic today. I'm leaving what I said up there.

Now, has anyone actually played in IYT today? EVERY play, I get an error. They say they know about it, and it will be fixed in a few days. But, it seems that no one is exempt from problems.

Hahahaha! I'm with Slam. Pardon me while I roll on the floor where the furniture was laughing myself silly. I missed you guys.

Hi High Tide. *tries not to be redundant* Nice to see you on the boards.

You got up to 2156 beating me, b-b? Man, I gotta pay attention. I lost rating points too, but I don't care. I'll just have to find somebody like me to pick on.

*sigh*

Rose, I think that's a great idea. I'd like to donate my 3 months back.

As far as remembering who won or lost games, I can't remember my own name, much less....now who are you? I'll vote for just starting from here. As a matter of fact, I'm willing to just resign all my games, and if my opponents don't want to agree to a draw, they can have them. If we were playing for permanent things like Master Points (Duplicate Bridge), I might be a little testy. But, I just can't get up any anger about this.

jason, honey, don't be cross. Fencer and Liquid are doing everything they can to insure this will never happen again. Let's just start here, and go forward. What is behind us is a wasteland, but we have each other. We can laugh and get through this.

It is, but I don't care. I'm sending some more money to Fencer to help defray costs. During this time off, I realized how much I really love and appreciate you people over here.

Yikes, Eriisa. We'd better be careful about where we are seen hanging around.

Pawns are where our future members come from. We should encourage brain pawns to play all they want. But, I agree with BBW. It's all up to Fencer, anyway. I'd just be willing to give a little extra money to get a faster server for us.

I tend to agree with you, Dmitri King. But, many of the pawns will eventually succumb. However, IYT's limited moves got me to join there. Gold Token's withheld games got me to leave there. But, Brainking's overall community, and good will got me to send money. Unfortunately, not all people feel that way - it's the old "Everything should be free on the net" mentality that started in the mid-late 90s when it was a work in progress.

I still think contributions, not changes in memberships, will accomplish what we need, and maybe, until we can afford the space needed to accomodate the pawns, we could limit their moves.

So, great minds think alike. I don't come to this board often, because I have enough boards on which to bore people.

But, I've been thinking if we all kicked in a little extra, we could achieve a new server faster. But, Fencer needs to put up some number for us to shoot for. I thought maybe if we all just kicked in another $5 for an infrastructure development fund it would kick it up a little. Whaddya say, Fencer? What does it take? I'm in. Like eddie, you'll have to ban me to keep me from playing here, and I DO pay my dues.

Gold stars are good, and could be permanent additions to those who pay a little extra. Those who don't aren't to be ostricised, I think we all understand limited budget. But those of us who can (I am grateful to be in that group - Lord knows I've been on the other side) should put our money where our mouths are.

If we didn't add any levels, just made contributions, no changes would come to the structure as it stands. And, we wouldn't have to pay more forever, because a better, faster server would mean more people would join. I know pawns who aren't joining because of the connectivity problems. As the site grows, economies of scale take place, and we level out.

I am grateful to you, Fencer, for all you have done for us. This is a great site, with LOTS of great people, and I want to hang out here for a long, long time. My laptop will be in network with eddie's from the grave.