Im also having problems :-(...I won this game but its still showing up on my main page as an active game..

I would have thought five in a row counts?
I'm sure Fencer will have a look when he comes on, and at your game too, Jules.

i guess u gotta get 4 in a row.. not 5

dogdog....very strange. Looks like you should have won. If Fencer doesn't see your message, send him a private message.

OK, what is wrong with this site now?? on Game# 170774 i should have won the game when i played E-4 on move #27, right? but it didn't end the game and the other player won at e-5 on move #28. so i got a lose when it should have been a win? can someone please look at the game and tell me why this happened. it's bad enough when hours of moves are removed and have to be replayed, but now a win is a lose... you have a good site, but the bugs are taking over. ;o(

... http://www.brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=158767

It's now on it's 33 move? I've not had this before!!

Is it a bug?

Jules :)

Angus, the swap dice option disappears when the other die would not allow you a valid move.

I can understand why some of the GUN players on here NEED to play 500-600 games at a time...it creates records etc that can be bragged about at a later/current date.
BUT when someone starts a "FAST GAME OF FIRST FIVE SIGNED UP" anything, and then proceeds to only move twice in 2 weeks......WHY BOTHER...
take the time to play your own tournaments...it is giving me the Sh--ts....waiting for the smart ones to move :(
sorry but had to say something

Hmm, I don't know BBW, I'll monitor it more closely - I don't have enough experience to see whether that's what's happening. Thanks for the suggestion!

Doesn't the "swap dice" disappear when you have a piece on the bar and can only bring that piece out with one of the dice? Could that be what you are seeing?

Fencer, on some of the regular backgammon games, the option to "swap dice" has disappeared.... that has to be the only explanation for my losses.. ;o)) Could you check that please? Thanks!

MM "It's just a step to the right.....
& then a jump to the left.....etc..."

thanks BBW you have answered my Q

Yes, your rating should change for a timeout.

Here are 4 resons as listed in the FAQ:

- Both players did not perform at least two moves. It can happen when one player loses the game by a timeout at the very beginning.

- You won a game with an opponent whose BKR is significantly smaller than yours. If we would apply the formula exactly, your BKR would have to drop. But BrainKing.com uses the rule that your BKR cannot drop after you win the game, therefore it remains unchanged. The similar rule applies if you lose a game with an opponent whose BKR is significantly higher than yours.

- The game have been defined as "unrated game". Such game is not calculated for BKR.

- The game is a part of a match which is not finished yet. The match is treated as a single game which consists of several sub-games. The statistics (number of won, drawn and lost games) and BKR of both players is changed after the whole match is finished and the result is based on the match result itself, not on the results of its sub-games.

Q Should a time out effect ratings? Reason I ask is a game I was winning (my opinion only lol) was allowed to time out by my opposition. This wasn't credited as a win or loss. Is this always the case, cause it seems unfair in allowing anybody to time out as opossed the losing the game.

Harley, you singing the time warp song again?

Radiant, I thought your rating was 2333.. ;-)

Fencer, my rating used to be 1333. Can you please restore that for me as well, concerning Game ID 93890?

Cheers :-)

The ratings aren't saved...if you want your rating restored, you have to know what it was for Fencer to change it :-)

Of course I should say: "Shouldn´t I get more BKR now?" Sorry for the confusion :-)

Thanks Fencer, but could you also check out the ratings? I have still the same ratings as when lost the game.. shouldn´t I get more ratings now?

Done.

Hi Fencer,

can you please check out the above Game ID? I won a tourny game against panda and finished it last night. Then today I received a message, that panda won. Could you please reset that game into my advantage? Sorry, panda :-) I know i didn´t win the tourny, but I can use the BKR ratings ;o)

Thanks for your help, Fencer,
~*Radiant 36:9*~

I just found the Poetry board,,,thanks Harley :)

It is brilliant but on the wrong DB, you see (hehe). LOL

Thats great GrassHopper! But this isn't the poetry board! Click on 'discussion boards' in your menu, and you'll see a list there of all the boards... 'poetry' board is listed there :o)

Ode to a Data Base.....

"Here we have a data base,,,
that erases all the moves we make...
We try again, again, & again,,
& then we Win again, & Again..."
(My attempt at poetry......) :)

For budding poets and poet-lovers alike there's a brand new DB here on BK for just that purpose. I'm certain there is talent here just waiting to burst out of the woodwork so don't hesitate to enrich all of our lives with your original stuff and/or your favorites. The board awaits your creative touch. Enjoy.

P.S. Thank you Fencer!!! :o)

Is that legal? Sounds rude to me.

Database deamon only decided to restart itself. Uh-oh. Liquid is tuning its parameters.

yes twice in three days ;( also when you get the games back in games like backgammon it gives you differnt dices , so we cant even stick to the same moves ;(

Has something just happened to the site again in the last 5 mins. I have just had games come back that i have moved in already, messages return that were deleted & tournaments finishing for a second time ????

Fencer, have we just had another little 'time jump'?! This is a bit like being in Dr Who's tardis!! :oD

Bernice, you should be able to pay for 6 months membership already. On the paid membership page, next to each type of membership you should have the option to purchase 6 months or 12 months?

Please don't growl moi :) hehehehe
but I thought I would try and pay for a 6 months subscription in 2 lots...your payment "thingy" only gives an option of a ONE YEAR purchase :(
At nearly $50 australian this is too much for me
can you suggest another way of doing this...
Im sorry to be a nuisance...but 6 months paid in 2 lots would be good for me :)
If this is too much trouble then please ignore me and I will just have to let my "prize" subscription run out :( :( :(

AND HAHAHAHAHAHA @ bumble....poor Fencer :(

Sorry, Fencer. You had a few hours off yesterday. That WAS your vacation! :)

I've turned off the database replication, no other "phantom" data storing should happen again. Bloody computers! I need a vacation.

Hold on. I don't know what happened, I wasn't here during yesterday's night. I'll check it.

I have played games over today as well... But I thought I was losing my mind today... (Nothing unusual)..... lol :)

You know I was wondering about that also awhile back. There are plenty of regular tournament, and some people call their tournaments "Championship", but I think it would be cool to have anouther OFFICIAL BrainKing tournament - hopefully get some of the best to enter the tournament. (Possible have about a month to sign up so pawns will have some time to get through current tournaments before it starts)

Hey Fencer - want to start another "Official" tournament? :-)

Will there be the 2nd Official BrainKing.com Tournament anytime soon?

it's the 2nd time that it happened since I've been here ... ~*~

yes an explanation would be nice , not only moves was lost i for one had sent invites out and had to try and remember who accepted them after they had vanished , (is this likely to keep happening ?)

Fencer any explanation on why our moves from today are gone and we lost them all and have to redo most of this mornings moves? What Happened?

LOL @ BBW, yip I guess that would just about do it!!

Easy way to be removed from this site: Stop putting "brainking.com" in your web browsers address bar! :-)

I wouldn't worry to much, dogdog, we're all in the same boat, I certainly can't remember all my moves, even those I just did tonight! If my opponents can remember and its important to them, then I would hope they will prompt me.
Jason, all my games seem ok loading in, have you tried leaving the site all together then coming back on? Maybe it just needs a kind of big refresh?!

well i have games that wont even load up properly (things missing from boards )

Thanks for the reply harley,

I lost two days of games about a week or so ago and they have never come back so i guess these will be lost as well. i wish i could remember all the moves i made, but i'm way toooooo old for that. i just hope the other players understand that and don't blow a fuse or two if i make different moves than i did this morning.

Uuum, not necessarily, dogdog. This has happened once before and unfortunately the games could not be put back. Hopefully your opponents will be good sports and do the same moves as has already been made.