me too ;))

Is the membership of BrainKing increasing, decreasing or remaining more or less static?

it can do nothing but increase, since there's no way except divine (fencer) intervention a user is ever deleted

Increasing.

Thanks. The recent observation of 300+ members online certainly suggested as much.

I would have to search back a ways to see when I last posted these numbers, but I'm almost positive they are now higher.

Users active in the last 24 hours - 1,400
Users active in the last month - 2,700

... having around 1,400 users active in the last 24 hours is a very big number to me, and shows how this site is growing in popularity

out of that 1,400 only 295 was paying members

BBW-- those 1400 users are all different users? or the same user logging on at different times?

Different users. (You can go to the Player List, and you can sort by "Last Action").

but they can be the same user with different ID's and they would be counted separately.
For example, I know someone who has at least 3 separate ID's. These would be counted as 3 and not 1 by BBW's counting method.

Are you suggesting that the figures reflect an increase in multiple identities and that there is no increase in actual individuals using the site? To test such a hypothesis only requires eliminating "pawns" from the study.

good point,after all, it is all about money.
If paying membership increases, that is generally a good indication. It may happen where one or two people may have two paying memberships at the same time but this would be highly unusual and would not affect the numbers to any significant amount to be regarded.

Most of the time when I am setting up new games, it's not just 1 or 2 games....usually 5 or more..
I think it would be helpfull to have it to where you could add on as many games as you want, without haveing to go back again and again to the 'new games' section.

I dont get you? One can set up nine at one go at present.

I think it's time for Fencer to delete those who have registered on this site and have not played within the last 2 years under their registered ID. That would be a benefit in two ways...#1 to Fencer and the current registered users knowing who is online and available or possible game invites. #2 It sure would make the sorting through "Players list" alot easier!!!! If those who registered and are dropped in the future....let them re-register and not be able to use the same name again EVER!!!!

Do you mean delete those who have never played? If a player who has played is deleted will their games be lost from the archive? I have various games with Danoschek that I wouldn't want to be deleted along with his no longer active account.

I mean any players who registered on this site when first started. If you take those who have registered on this site and who have not played one move in over two years...It's time to delete them from the roster of players. If they should care to re-register on this site, let them pick a new user name and start fresh....two years without play....DELETE THEM!

I know Fencer knows who supports this site, but play isn't counting for a whole lot unless those who registered became paying members. Fencer knows all of this, but maybe it's time us paying members started a boycott and play only paying members after say.....a six month period of registration, which each member would have to check out every once in a while by clicking on a player's profile!

But will that mean we lose their games?

I don't see any harm on leaving in-active accounts on the site (Other then one of them might have a good "name" that another user might want - but if that is the case, i'm sure Fencer could fix that.)

Otherwise, if you start to delete account, you then have to check to see if they had played any games - make sure not to delete the games or the results for other players.

They take up very little disk space, and would probable (in my opinion) be more work to delete them, then there would be to just keep them there.

If you are playing a non-paying member and their games are current....No, you will not lose their games. I'm talking about getting the "deadbeats" off the player list....those who registered, maybe played one game or so and never returned to this site under the same ID

I dont want to lose from my records games that I've played, even if the opponent has only ever played one game, I dont want that game deleted.

Go down the list and see how many pawns registered on this site one day, played one day and left two years ago. Those are the players I feel should be eliminated from this site's "player list"

But will we lose their games?

Star - Why? What is the harm of an in-active account sitting there?

I mean it is not losing the site money - it is not taking away the game play of current players. They are just names sitting there.

One of the strongest tablut players is Skalpone, due to the situation at his university lodgings he has no internet access for at least this year. Why should he be deleted on account of this circumstance that's out of his control? And I definitely want to keep the eight or so games that I've played with him.

Why not have their names removed from the master list and moved to an "inactive" list after 6 months of inactivity? Let inactive accounts that have played games stay but take them off the main list and put them on the inactive. If they play again, they can move automatically to active.

old accounts not used should die also and be buried...AMEN!

Nice idea but space is space and an "inactive list" takes up space. I can understand having an "inactive list" for those who have not played for 6 months. There may be very good reasons why they haven't. THERE IS NO EXCUSE for those who have registered on this site over two years ago, maybe played a game or two and have not been seen or heard from since. Those are the users who need to be eliminated from the Brainking Player List....non-active players up until May 8, 2002 (No active move for two years.) Don't get me wrong on this...I played as a pawn on this site for over a year before I parted with a buck and joined. Part of my reason was all the problems I had accessing this site using a Webtv Plus during the infancy of Brainking. I still have some problems, but this site has made such wonderful inprovements. I finally parted with my buck, and I haven't been sorry since!!!

I take it you didn't like my idea. :)

space is space - What space? A name and an account take up very little space. I still have not heard a good reason on why inactive accounts should be removed - other then you think they should.

A few reasons they should not be:

1 - more work for Fencer to code and remove account

2 - Have to make sure old games, and game results, and tournament results don't get deleted.

3 - If an account is removed, and their games/results are left, then you have to put some kind of "name" in there - and I would hate to see it like IYT - where they have something like ID11782718 as names for players that were removed from the site.

4 - Having an inactive account takes up very little disk space.

Hello, am I invisible here or what?!!

I'll pick "what?!!"

lol OK, forget that. Can I count on your vote in November?

President of what? The "AD Fellowship"? :-)

Who cares, I give kickbacks :)

HOW??
I set up i game...then I have to go in and set up another...then again and again...what am I missing?

Never mind....I really never saw that option before...

To do list:

1) Change name to 'duh'....

2) Buy stronger glasses...or rather wear glasses while playing.....

Thsnks, ughaibu...if you hadn't written that, I'd still not have seen it..

Cole: When you choose what game you want (e.g. Crowded Backgammon), then who you are playing (or leave that open for the Waiting room) you have the screen entitled 'Select this game parameters'. On the right hand side you will see a box asking how many games you want to create.
Hope that helps :o)

Thanks MadMonkey!

I must learn to type faster LOL

This board is not for personal attacks. Anybody who tries to continue in it will be blocked for posting.

is it fair to ask if tags after one's name is now ok? I and a few others am under the impression that it is not but there seems to be some confusion in the matter.

Thanks

Suffixes after a name are not illegal in general.

can I count on your vote in Novemeber or will you still be mad at me?

:) j/k

Unfortunatelly I cannot vote :-)

I have connections. I can make it happen. :)

(last election my mother was able to vote for me three times!)

in Florida, no doubt

chad...chad...where for art thou, chad...

Sounds like a new poll question - Should AD be President. Yes or No. :-)

Ah what the heck, he's got my vote. Just remember the little people down here in Florida when you win. I'd like the position of Sec. of GPATDN (get's paid alot to do nothing) please.