Fencer: We're good

Thanks for your patience players invitation to me for games but now I can not accept them until it was paid member.Thank you all participated in discussion. According to me is not possible in any event to create bug appears and igra4ka be recorded . since Igra4ka is one of the organizers of the Bulgarian discussion site probably enjoys some advantages , that knows the program code of system.Friendship is friendship , but the cheese is money / Bulgarian proverb / .As is so eager to play in tournaments to pay like everyone.Interesting why not respect the organizers of the Bulgarian company and website on brazen respect to all registrants in BrainKing.
I suggest that the organizers of the Bulgarian discussion site to change and reprogram the system with more safeguards to no such problems in the future.

Fencer: Hi Fencer
We have also the issue in Crowded- and Cloning-Backgammon. The additional or cloned pieces aren't counted for a gammon if still outside at the end of the game. It means i got 2 points instead of 3 or 5 for a gammon. BK makes a difference if the pieces outside are catched or cloned/additional... Do you have a possibility to fix that?

Fencer:  thanks fencer  that would be really nice if you could do that fix regarding tournaments

The Col: I've just added a YouTube link to your profile, so it obviously works.

Fencer: I submitted a youtube link for my description

The Col: I don't see any changes at your profile. Are you sure you have submitted them? What exactly have you tried to change?

Fencer: Yes, the mods have informed me that you apparently are the only one who can either see, or update my profile submissions.I have just submitted an update ,can you please do the deed

Hmmm, it's really sad (but not too surprising) to see that some people will always try to exploit the system. Very well, it can be fixed this way:

1) A user cannot have more than, say, 100 tournaments in the "open" section of the Tournaments page. Do you want to create more? OK but wait until some of your tournaments start.

2) If a user membership expires, tournaments created by them (in the "open" status) will be automatically deleted, except the prize ones with prizes already provided.

3) Regarding the single eliminations tourneys, that might be a bug because pawns should not be allowed to sign up for another tournament if they are already playing (or signed up) another one. But the code is really old (8 years?) so I am not sure about that. I'll look at it.

Anything else? Sorry, I am totally consumed by other projects so I could easily miss other issues mentioned in this conversation.

beach: "Now the tourney section is a joke, you cannot find any tournaments and they stay on the list for 30 days after they start. "

Actually you can find new tournaments still, you just have to be a bit more creative in your search terms than before.

Every day when I log in (when I remember anyway!) I now visit the tournament page, and then modify the "Created in last" to 2 days (I am not sure what it means by 1 day or 2 days...is it the last 24 hours for a day, or the last Czech time zone day. Therefore I pick 2 days).

The list is usually(!) very short, and I never have to scroll to see what else is out there....

coan.net:  lol I spoke to fencer months ago when I noticed the problem, and ask if he could fix it,  He told me he would try but that he was very busy with other things.  Nothing ever got done so I gave up asking

The Col: I'm number 437. Hum.... how did that happen?

coan.net: re : I know Fencer hasn't been in the programming "mood" lately, but I'll make sure he know about this bug, maybe there will be a quick fix that he can make.

Take a number

There may be a bug then. I know in regular tournaments it will kick them out, but single elimination tournaments were created after the "normal" tournament, so possible that pawn/free game "check" isn't there.

I know Fencer hasn't been in the programming "mood" lately, but I'll make sure he know about this bug, maybe there will be a quick fix that he can make.

coan.net: For a while, although obvisouly the tourneys are set up before they expire! It seems to be just single elimination which they can still play in though.

furbster: Have they just recently downgraded to a pawn, or have they been a pawn for awhile?

coan.net: except single elimination seems to be an exception to the rule, and i'm guessing this is why we have a million of the same type of tourney set up in the tourney sections!

Emerald00671: As the tournament starts, the system checks to see the status of the player & should kick him out of the tournament since he will not have enough free game slots left.

Since he signed up for the tournament while he was a member, it will still show him in there - in case he does get a membership before the tournament starts, it will still start as normal.

One of the "bonus" of being a member is you can continue to play in all games/tournaments already started when your membership goes away, but NEW tournaments should not start.

Profile Igra4ka a pawn for a long time but continued to record in tournaments!
Is it fair to all / pawns / players online and how long will injustice continue?

Welsh Coast: it has been a nightmare this morning.....thank god for Automatic Vacation

Anyone else notice the site is terribly slow the past few days

Bwild: this time I might buy something and maybe run a tourney

Bwild: this time I might buy something and maybe run a tourney

Bwild: but soon...another easter egg drive....oh yeah

The Col: I feel your pain.
Though I'm sure he's busy with BrainKing ver.3.9080706, and he'll get to your problem and the problems of others then.
Just over a year and a half ago...he was 30% done with that project. lol

Well, it seems indifference is the culprit in regards to my profile issue.The mods have actually been fairly helpful in trying to rectify the issue, but it seems the only one capable of addressing the problem is Fencer, and he doesn't seem to care.So there you have it, is it that important to me that the issue be fixed? not really , I'm here to play board games.I do find it does give me an indication of the interest level of the site owner in customer satisfaction though.I have never met the man or had words with him positive or otherwise , he was alerted to the issue weeks ago though, and I have not receiived any communication regarding the issue from him. Interestingly, there was no issue accepting my money when I recently extended my membership.I guess we live and learn folks.I will not bring up this issue further.

Hey brainking players, please sign up for my ponds as they are past due for the start. Just a need a few more players.

aaru: i think fencer should restart both games and take back the rating as it was before the time out. did you write him?

Aganju: Be aware that BK stands for BugKing.

Aganju: That is not how it works. The system records the times in both of your games in your records as if the game occurs between two players in the same time zone.

Next time that an opponent of yours plays a move in a game of yours, check out the clock in the upper right of your screen and then click on that game and you will see that it was played only a few seconds earlier, regardless of which time zone your opponent was playing in.

Pedro Martínez: for me, the difference shown is 18 hours plus some minutes. Be aware that the time zones of the two players are potentially different.

aaru: Why? b/k

aaru: You were robbed! Looks like someone bought a counterfeit Swiss timepiece perhaps?

Cloning Backgammon (speachless vs. aaru)
Cloning Backgammon (speachless vs. aaru)

2 games with FC: 21days/18hours/31days23hours
- Last move of my opponent - 2 march 2014 1:56am. My timed out - 2 march 2014 8:30am.
- Last move of my opponent - 2 march 2014 1:56am. My timed out - 2 march 2014 7:40am.
Why?
I should have minimum 18 hours for move

Marshmud: YES! I knew PBarb.

Marshmud: I knew a Barb from 10 years ago. She was/is a nice person. Real chatty. There is a Missing People board here. Might be worth a post,

Purple: Her name at Bk is Pbarb2

Purple: I think he is talking of someone else. Barb use to have The friendship club 2 which is now the international friendship club. She has friends here from over 10 years ago. A very kind person

JerNYC: A ton of us play on GT. Was that her username? There are tons of Barbs.

Purple: Oh, this was on GT, not BK. Thank you, though.

JerNYC: Give us the name and someone will research it if possible.

Bernice: Wow, I was just looking at a wiki page on GT for missing players. Nothing to do with the woman mentioned here, but just in general. It's always a little troubling when someone you've gotten used to on a game site suddenly (and often times, inexplicably) vanishes. I'll never forget about this one guy. I hated him as an opponent but we were such fierce rivals. Many of our games ended in draw. I was always up for the challenge. Then he wrote on his profile that he was embarking on a short vacation. Didn't think anything of it. One month passes. Another month passes. He's timing out in our games. This is odd because he was paid up well in advance. He was such a methodical and regular player. Never showed up again. Four years already. I always had a bad feeling something befell him. I'm glad Barb has such nice friends to think of her and keep others posted. Hope she recovers soon.

rod03801: Yes

Bernice: Is that pbarb2? great GREAT lady. I've wondered what became of her, if it was her. Sweet person.

This message was on Facebook and I know she had a lot of friends on here...

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This is Barb Schroeder Peterson daughter Jean. I wasn't sure if everyone saw this post or not, so wanted to put it on Mom's FB page. This is what my sister, Julie had posted earlier today. "My father asked to post this status on here. My family is dealing with a lot right now and prayers are in great need. My mother was at the rehab center for care after her surgery and this morning she had a medical episode and was taken to the hospital. She is in critical care right now and the next 48 hours will tell what will happen next. I am sorry to post like this but it is to difficult to contact each person right now. Please pray for mom." We ask that everyone keeps her in your prayers.
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Papa Zoom: You might. I know I am tied for the least number of icon changes at zero. I am not sure if I have the longest time without one. :)

I wonder if I hold the record for the most changed profile icons? Maybe there could be an award thingy for that. ;)