thisbeme: "Some games don't end if you can't move, you have to pass! e.g. Lines of Action/backgammon/Ludo"

And if the rules claimed those games used "standard CHESS rules", your point might actually be relevant.

Stalemate is in fact quite common in chess. It's the most common cause of draw with the exception of agreement to draw between the players. There are entire books written on how to cause stalemate and how to avoid it. It's a basic rule of the game.

If you block someone, Can they see your posted
games ?

I want to keep the games I currently have with this person.

Bluefin: hi bluefin, i have tried it out and if you block someone, he will not be able to see your new games waiting for opponents. but if you open a tournament, you need also to ban him from tournaments you open, both links for doing it are in the players profile that you want to block...

speachless: Thanks, that will work.

how can my time ran out when i have some vacation days left and use automatic vacation?

suentun: If you mean this game, it says "no vacation days" in the time control 

I sent a draw offer in one of my games, and then got a message that my opponent had sent me a draw offer... but when I looked at the game, there was no draw offer. Did my offer get sent to me instead of my opponent? The game is obviously a draw, but I'm not sure if my opponent got my message or not.

I hope it's just a small hic up in the system and doesn't keep going like this, because as of today we now have only our Kings. lol

Iamon lyme: Most 'draw' message texts are the wrong way around, but it worked for me many times.

Thanks for the draw info, I suspected it might be something like that.

I have another question. I'm playing someone who tells me one of her games has no time limit, and her opponent stopped making moves over a year ago. Can she get an administrator to step in to void the game? I would like to know too, if something like this ever happens to me in an obviously drawn game that never seems to end.

Iamon lyme:
From the FAQ's :
3.1.2) I play a game with no time control and my opponent stopped moving, so it seems that the game will never finish. What can I do now?

If it is really clear that your opponent will not play the game anymore (for instance, he stopped logging in BrainKing 2 months ago), please send a message to the administrators and the game will be deleted. However, it is recommended to think twice before accepting a game invitation with no time limit and that's why a warning in bold red letters is displayed at the game invitation page, so you always play such a game at your own risk.

rod03801: I suspect this is the game and person that lamon lyme was talking about.

plouzilka beta

Chess (plouzilka beta vs. Jasmín Tchoř)

Looking at the date the person joined BrainKing, the date he last logged in, and the number of moves played would seem to make this a slam dunk to have the game voided.

Thanks, I'll pass that along to her. I told her about this board for asking questions, and now I know about the FAQs page.

I switched it off some weeks ago. The smileys dissapeared not immediately but after some days. About a week ago I switched them on again, but they are not yet displayed.

If they are switched off, there should be at least the number of the smiley displayed, and not just nothing.

Filtering the list of one's ongoing games by opponent does not work also, since some months.

Thom27: Can't say anything about the smiles, but the filter is working fine for me (both in my main page, as well as in yours ongoing games)

El Cid: If I try with your ongoing games list, it works, but not with my own games. When I click on the "opponent" selection box, there is only a line displayed: ----------

Thom27: It really looks like a bug. I will look into it.

Thom27: I've found a small bug that causes the list to be empty if you have no friends here. It will be fixed soon. In the meantime, adding at least one friend should be a temporary workaround.

Fencer: Thanks! And about the smileys?

Thom27: I don't see anything wrong with the smileys, even when I log in your account. Aren't they blocked by some Firefox addon?

Fencer: I'm very sorry: I found that I had a filter active that blocked the BK smileys. I couldn't remember to have it activated.

But: un-checking the "show smileys" option in my settings does still not work. They are shown anyway.

Almost brainking's 10 year anniversary, anything interesting going to happen?!

furbster: cake?

I have a question about an old trny I am in and not sure what board or dicussion group to put it in. Its an old trny that has not had a move in it since aug of 2007. I am trying to get rid of all my trnys and I have very few left. This is one of them? Any ideas?

Its Stingy's gameroom Dark Battleboats started in May of 2007

Gammonator: Looks like the second round didn't start due to a bug.

Also looks like your opponent hasn't logged in since last year.

If Fencer doesn't reply to your post in the next 24 hours, just email him and he should fix it so that the next round starts.

Once the round starts you may win by timeout within a couple of weeks (damn vacation days!) if your opponent doesn't log back in.

Gammonator: Can you post a link to the tournament?

Fencer: I'm not gammonator but here it is:

Stingy's game room

Fencer: Another one -> JoshiTM's all open single game Eliminator 8 #5

WASSAIL

Started in Dec 2006 still going

Game Addicts Ludo & Backgammon Mania # 1

Nov 2006 no one has moved in years.

anyway to restart these old trnys? Just wasting space and clogging the network Or just get rid of them

Gammonator: nice!!! that means i am still in the running for a prize :)

and the last match of round 1 is almost finished

Gammonator: 5 wins match with like, 15 or so sections??? No wonder it's been going on for 6 years! lol Why would anyone design a tournament that would take so long? I don't get it. :P

Fencer (or anyone),

Can you please tell us which game/match has been running for the longest time. Are there any games/matches still running started in 2007 or earlier?

Thanks!

Thad: This game, perhaps? Anti Backgammon (UNICORNKRIS vs. Mousetrap)

Fencer: It's a pity that BK doesn't display a timestamp with each move.

rabbitoid: Timestamps are stored in the database but I don't think there is enough space to show them next to the moves.

Fencer: I didn't mean that. Have a look at GT, any game. There, when you click on a previous move, it displays the timestamp for that move. Here the timestamp displayed is always that of the last move in the game.

rabbitoid: I see. Sure, that could be done.

Game Addicts Ludo & Backgammon Mania # 1


the last two finished in 2007 and it still hasnt generated the next round.

Fencer: Thanks. I get curious about that from time to time. ;-)

Thad: And while at it, add a global counter, a line in the game such as

time taken: white: 6 hours, black: 3 years, 2 months, 24 days, 1 hour

would be a real help, if we can't have a simple "beware, turtle" label on the profile :)

There is a checker game that has lasted over 9 years between Stardust and 3334. Insanity..it is a mathamatical draw but they are both too stubborn to end it.

Purple:

yikes!

ketchuplover: One piece in opposite double corners for both players.

Purple:

coordinates please. tia

ketchuplover: If you play there pull up Stardusts name and it is her only game. Badger could declare it a draw but I think she is preserving it as a museum piece. lol

I completely missed that you were referring to goldtoken

I'll check it out-thanks

ketchuplover: Worse than I thought. I just checked and the game started in Oct. 2001.

NLStardust I sent both of them a message.