there is a link to an article on the blog site on top of this board. you dont have to search for the 3 links in fencer's post

you can post your complaints in here
there are other subjects on this board though which might be buried when everytime when someone encounters a slow connection to brainking posts a message about it ... this other subjects deserve some attention as well

when posting it on the blog site it will be summarized, everyone can get a quick overview and its even easier to see how many people have problems with the connection to brainking (those posts wont be buried by other posts on this board)

i hope its clear now that you can post your complaints on here, but its more structured to post it at the blog site, and other subjects on this board might also come in view that way :)

NOT a floosie: Well, it does keep it off the main page here where prospective members might see it and change their minds about becoming a member.

Its hard to tell for sure, but you make it sound like that is a bad thing?

Wouldnt someone want to know, and have a right to know, before they purchase a membership, that any problems they may have encountered are inherent in the "system of the internet" and are not "fixable", at least from the Brainking end, and they will likely continue into the future?

Thats why there is a free level on this site, to give someone the opportunity to see if they like it here or not, before they buy into it.

Some might think that any perceived "slowness" might be something temporary, when in fact it is likely a permanent side effect of the internet itself.

I think it would be a good idea to even have a few things posted, maybe on FAQs page or the paid membership page, things like what browsers work best with Brainking, which ones dont, that if you live far away from the Czech Rpublic and you use a slow dial up service and you prefer IE then you are likely to experience certain "problems" etc., these are all important notices for any prospective paying member, dont you agree?

Andersp: Better tell most of the worlds goverments that then. They love to do it.

Jules: I would hardly think that Filip Rachunek could be classed as, or even compared to a "world government"....in fact in the world of business/government he is a very small fish indeed LOL.....

Bernice: Yes this is a small bit of the cyber world yet it means so much to many. You can't argue with that.

Andersp: beside the extra hassle of having to create another account, and going to a different site, there's another reason why people may not want to post a comment at brainking.info: if you post there, your name will link to your email address, something that is hidden from other users at the brainking.com site.

AbigailII: Ouch, I hadn't noticed that ! Now that is a real problem and will certainly stop me from posting there. , but third-party products suck !

AbigailII: Just delete the email address before posting. It's not mandatory.
That's what I do every time I comment (I just wish I had an option to turn it off completely)

pauloaguia: Well I can still read your e-mail address from your two last posts.

nabla: I could swear it didn't used to...

nabla: if you click on the name of the person making the post it comes up with an OE window and shows the email address....not a good idea really

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the site seems to be working better (faster) the last couple of days.. im almost afraid to mention that in case it changes back again, but some of my opponents (who dont read the boards) have mentioned that as well... i feel like im holding my breath, but i sure do hope it will stay like this, im back to the top (almost) of the list again!! how are the rest of you doing? those that have been plagued by the slow performance, is it better for you all too?

Antje:
I agree with you. It has been much faster yesterday and today almost as good as new, or would I say old?

Antje: Shusssss!

Antje: it has been faster for me also,but like yourself I was waiting for it to perform at that level over a period of time before breaking out the champagne

Jim Dandy: I too had noticed , and did not dare to jinx it either!

Much faster as well.. but, do we have our Web Users back? Could it be we have to compromise something for another?

wetware: 5 days ago this line was published in the BK.info blog:

<quote>However, there is something ... (to be continued)</quote>

I wonder...

the fact the yesterdays top movers were from Poland, USA, and Germany and the czech republic doesn't come in til 4th says something. Although I havn't noticed that the site's been any faster for me. I just had a lot of time, and played 2 games at once in different tabs on firefox.

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Is there any setting available that allows for us to not become involved in any games with anyone who is not even willing to offer a pleasant 'good luck' or 'congratulations'?

Czuch: Sometimes I say those things. Sometimes I say much more. Sometimes I go a whole game without saying nothing at all...

Should such a setting let me play against you or not?

pauloaguia: The answer to you is yes!

But if your settings allow for you to not even have a message box, then the answer is clear that you do not wish any congrats or good lucks.....

If I play you and you refuse to offer any greetings or whatever, then I can always put you on enemies list as to not have to play against you, I suppose this si still possible if i come across someone who has no box present, but why make it so hard?

Czuch: I think my average of in-game messages is about one message a year, if even that. I don't care about in-line chit-chat, I play too many games with a too slow time control for chatting to be relevant.

If I want to chat, I use IRC.

AbigailII: I personally think that every opponent deserves some sort of hello and thank you.... sometimes I forget, if I get playing too many games too fast, but if I have the option turned off, well, that is just plain rude to me

Czuch: how funny..I was just talking to someone about this...how hard is it to put a GL,or GG on the darned message to the person your playing against..

I find it funny how some people just can't have a fun game without someone saying good game, or good luck, or even the short-cut versions of gg / gl. On another site, I even had someone quit our games because I did not say it. (one thing I like about IYT - it automatically puts good luck at the start of the game, and send good game with the finished game message.)

I often try to send a "Good Luck & Have Fun! ☺" message at the start of my games - which I have easily put in my profile so I can quickly find it to copy-paste it. But many times when I play, I stick my keyboard on the floor so I have desktop space for papers and other stuff I work on.... while playing games with my mouse, so typing is something I don't..... I mean this is a game site - a game site is a place to play games, not chat. Chatting is an extra and a lot of people like it - but to be upset with others who actually come to a game site to play games......????? Anyway, this is not directed towards anyone, but thought I would let you know how I feel about the situation.

I think to type good luck/good game etc. is common courtesy. We are all here to play games but I don't take them so seriously that I can't extend a greeting to my opponent. Sometimes a little thing like that can bring a smile to someone's face and it only takes a couple of seconds.
Thank you for the time you spent reading this!!

coan.net: I understand what you etal are saying... , but to use the option of totally removing the message box is totally rude and uncalled for, IMO!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1063

The above link is a great firefox extension that will take care of the problem for most people. who like me and BBW, dont have access to our key boards for one reason or another..... dont let the name fool you, I put in a few different greetings, for example good luck, or congrats great game, I even paste in greetings in different languages, then they are all just one click away from being pasted into any message box!!!!

(the only problem I have is that when I say hello to someone in their native language, I end up having to try and explain that i dont really speak their language!)

Anyway, instead of taking advantage of this "new" option to remove chat options, try this extension instead, like doolittle says, its only a common courtesy!

coan.net: but to be upset with others who actually come to a game site to play games......????

. I mean this is a game site - a game site is a place to play games, not chat.

Kind of an ironic comments coming from someone who volunteers to watch over and moderate every public board on this site?

Czuch: How is it ironic? When I play games - I play games. When I discuss on the discussion boards, i discuss. I don't like to play games on the discussion board... and I don't like to chat too much during the games.

That is just how I feel. Others can do what they like.

coan.net: Its ironic because you seem to be able to find your key board plenty when it comes to playing on the discussion boards, but when it comes time to play your games, all of a sudden it is buried too deep to make a decent "hello" or "good luck"????

Anyway, I have offered you a nice way to say hello without using your key board, but I wonder if it was merely an excuse, or if you truly care to give any time to a greeting in your games?

Czuch: I've already said how I make a "Good Luck & Have Fun! ☺" - I go to my profile, copy and then paste. It's not a top priority for me to do during a game, but like I said - i try to do it since I have found it makes some people happy.

  

coan.net: Thats nice, and this extension makes it even easier, not to mention, you can make more options for you as well! Why waste time going to your profile or notepad everytime you want to paste soemthing into a game note???


BTW, how do you find time to unbury your keyboard when you need to use it for a discussion board, but cant seem to do it when playing games? Please... maybe you could make life simpler for the rest of us mortals?

Czuch: Sorry, done playing this game with you. I could again repeat myself how only sometimes I don't have access to my keyboard... or repeat myself on how I normally send an opening game greeting..... So before you decide to reply, feel free to read what I've already posted. Honestly - it should not change.

coan.net: You are done with telling me this... yet you are still telling me this??? hahhahahah

Okay, back to your 500 plus games and your enormous duties of monitoring all of the discussion boards..... good luck keeping your key board handy!

Czuch: Oh,I would never quit a game JUST because someone didn't say gl,lol....I guess my point to this is that in todays sociaty (oh hell,I can't spell that word tonight to save my life,but you know what I mean,lol) I guess that people just have no manners anymore...you hold a door for someone at the store and they blow past you like your invisible..I still say.."Oh..your welcome!!!" I say bless you when you when someone sneezes and they look at me like I just pulled a gun on them.My last job,at a deli,nothing major,but I liked it I suppose,lol...how hard is it,when I would walk up to a customer and say"hi,how are you?" How HARD would it be to say fine,thank you...or hello....instead I get.....give me this and give me that like I never said hello in the first place?? Just some common curtosy...thats all,not asking for your life story or anything. hello,good luck,good game

anastasia:

All hail!!!

regardless of all other uses - i think the new chat option would be a great safety feature for parents with kids who play here....

redfrog: heh, my parents have no idea what I do on this site, all they know is that I play too many games than is good for me they also know I have some sort of paid membership that I paid for myself, but have no idea how much it set me back. Honestly I don't think most parents would be able to figure it out unless of course they played here themselves.

nodnarbo: i totally agree - i was talking in reference to families that play together - im going to guess that there arent many 9-11 year old kids that have found this site on their own and play independently of mom and dad - maybe im wrong - but anyway - i was talking about the scenario where a parent that plays here and gets their child involved....

other than that scenario - id have no use for the new chat option...

9-11 year kids are playing RuneScape or somthing like that.

My parents don't even know about my internet surfing behavior.

Another one for you : ;)

When I look at the Statistics page, a I filter the averages to only those who played every game (1/1 # of games) then I see they should have 108 established BKR's to fit the filter. If you count the numbers at the new game pages together, you come to 107.

That can be only one thing, there's somewhere a game hidden! But where? And what will it be? A Ludo/Jungle proposal? A cool Chess variant (please let it be Knightmating, Ultima or Superschaak) or FINALLY International Checkers ;) ?

joshi tm: And if set up game 107 (Triple Dice Poker 6D), when you get to the next page, change the number at the top in the URL to 108, guess what, you have BIG Jungle

What a clever Chimp

MadMonkey: But why we have to sneak in? Why it isn't public?

And why there is still no international Checkers?