SL-Mark: If you're in the top 10% by BKR for any of the listed games, then you can play in any of the tournaments. So you could be top in Grasshopper, but bottom 1% in BG and still enter the BG tourney.

They're great tourneys. I used to love playing them when I was a more active Rook.

SL-Mark: I am also puzzled by that. Maybe I am wrong?

He does have a time control that punishes slow players though. It is a red dot time control of 3 days with a bonus of 3 hours per move made, with a limit of 10 days. Woe to anyone who lets his time left roll down to a low number, then moves, then logs out for the night!

happyjuggler0: Thanks. If BKR only, then I don't understand why he equates players who have a high BKR with speed. This is just not the case and therefore we should be afraid of endless games!

SL-Mark: It's not speed, it is BKR. I don't know if he goes by active players or inactive players to determine the top 10% cutoff.

I personally think he should just have a rating cutoff where you can't even sign up if your BKR is too low. That way no one gets booted from the tournament just before it begins.

TC: Do you mean :
a) the 10% in move speed, or
b) the 10% in BKR?

If a) then how do I know if I am in this top 10%?
If b) then all the people that have already signed up for the Backgammon tournament are ineligible to play. (564 active backgammon players * 10% = player 56 who has a BKR of 2310). So if I don't have a BKR > 2310, then are you saying I can't play?

Open Invite: Top 10% Faster Backgammoners for 2014 11-12

Hi, to 'The Best and The Fast Backgammon Players',

This is an opportunity, check your weight against to other best and fast backgammon players if you inside the top 10% any type of Backgammon Games.

Don't be afraid of endless games and tournaments! If you don't like to join to the Backammon Tournaments without end (related with the move time of the tournament or players), our games finish to the next coming tournament.

We choosed publicly announce this in past popular Tournaments here, in the tournaments discussion and some fellowship groups to all the best and fast players who are inside the top 10% of any type Backgammon Games.

Inside the top 10% any type Backgammon player (Back, Nack, Crowded, Race, Hyper, Anti, Cloning Backgammon, Grasshopper, Plakoto, Fevga), is eligible to join to all other games in this Tournaments before the begin time.

To check where you are in the ratings click to the related links:

Backgammon, Nackgammon, Anti Backgammon, Backgammon Race, Crowded Backgammon, Hyper Backgammon, Cloning Backgammon, Grasshopper, Plakoto, Fevga

Others, outside of top 10% players, will be deleted before the tournaments begin without excuse...

Match type: 5 points match with doubling cube
Tournament type: one match for each two players
Maximum number of players per section: 20
Final match type for two players section: 5 points match with doubling cube
Time control: Time: 3 days, Bonus: 3hours, Limit: 10 days, no days off (red signed)

(That means after beginning you have 3 days (72 hours) for your first move. Per your another move, you'll have 3 hours bonus for your other move time. 10 days is limit time for the opponents, after the move of other side.)

Please click to the Tournament addresse and 'feel free to join to any type of Gammon Games'. You are eligible to join, to all Gammon games without restriction, only if you inside of top 10% in any Gammon Games';(for now we have only ten types of Gammon games).


2014 11-12: Top 10% - Faster Backgammoners 2014 11-12

With your join to this Tournament, hope to play good matches and enjoy!

*********************************************

Thank you!

P/S: Don't forget to click to: 2014 11-12 : Top 10% - Faster Backgammoners 2014 11-12
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Since "Endless Madness Elimination" was very popular in November 2013, here is another one in Nov 2014: 10 win matches to reduce coincidence!

Never-Ending Madness - November 2014

Tell me if you need an invite!

come and play  Spooky Games

looking for players  Feeling the chill

Antje: we are signed up! Thanks!

Looking for one or better yet 2 players to join the Sunshine Club Fevga team for the upcoming tournament that starts Oct 10. Please join and let me know!

We only need ONE more Team to get the Crazy Screen Chess Team Tournament started, surely, there must be a Fellowship that can muster up 4 players


Sept 2014 Crazy Screen Chess #1

Also, the Espionage Team Tournament starts on Friday, and we are very short on Teams (of 5 players) for that

Oct 2014 Finding James Bond III (Espionage) - Espionage - Start: 3rd Oct

More Team Tournaments coming up:

Oct 2014 Fevga #6 - Fevga - Start: 10th Oct

Oct 2014 Spider Linetris Bash III - Spider Linetris - Start: 15th Oct

BIG BAD Bark BattleBoats Birthday Bash5 - Dark BattleBoats - Start: 19th Oct

Oct 2014 Catch 3 Kings Dice Chess 10x10 #4 - Dice Chess 10x10 - Start: 25th Oct

FrightNightKnightFight7 - Knight Fight - Start: 31st Oct

Nov 2014 R-A-N-D-O-M (all games) #2 - Random Game - Start: 7th Nov

furbster: Nice turn out (over a 100 participants), good job Furbster!

2 more days to sign up for the hyper tourney!

1 year prize rook to the winner!

Hypergammon blast for a rook!

To tenuki for winning the prize in this tourney!

Random games

anyone interested in playing  please join  Fall Fun Tournament

Can we find one more Team for this Cam Tournament ?

Sept 2014 I think I Cam... I think I Cam #2

Then it can get under way.....

Also, all the upcoming ones are very short on Teams as well

Crazy Screen Chess, Checkers, Espionage, Fevga, Spider Linetris, Dark BattleBoats, Dice Chess 10x10, Knight Fight & Random Game

Looking for 2 members to join the Sunshine Club Fevga team so we can compete in the team tournament . Anyone interested, let me know!

ThunderGr: Thank you.

crosseyed:

"Start Tournament of the brain in a few hours!

* Play for big packet # 14

There is one vacancy in Ludo

Very well is filled Logik and Nackgammon, certainly also starts Fighter backgammon.

In contrast, only 1 player games to Fevga and Crowded Backgammon, and 2 player into the cloning backgammon"

Courtesy of google translator. I assume "Fighter Backgammon" should be "Hyper Backgammon" :D.

R.A.D.Y.: English please.

Start turnaje o Mozky za pár hodin!

* Hrajeme o velký balík #14

Zbývá jedno volné místo v Člověče nezlob se

Velmi dobře je zaplněn Logik a Nackgammon, určitě odstartuje také Stíhací backgammon.

Naopak 1 jediný hráč do her Fevga a Přeplněný backgammon, a 2 hráči do Klonovacího backgammonu

come play   Fall Tournament

DeaD Man's GaMeS to StarT SePtEmBeR 1

13 games the DeAd MaN
# Dice Chess nd 5
# Dice Chess 10x10 nd 5
# Backgammon nd 5
# Nackgammon nd 7
# Backgammon Race nd 6
# Crowded Backgammon nd 7
# Hyper Backgammon nd 6
# Battleboats Plus nd 6
# Dark Battleboats nd 7
# Ludo nd 6
# Logik nd 6
# Knight Fight nd 5
# Triple Dice Poker nd 7

Will take any help to get the game started.

And Yes, I will try to make my games to move faster. Or if the players want I can remove me...

13 games the DeAd MaN
# Dice Chess nd 5
# Dice Chess 10x10 nd 5
# Backgammon nd 5
# Nackgammon nd 7
# Backgammon Race nd 6
# Crowded Backgammon nd 7
# Hyper Backgammon nd 6
# Battleboats Plus nd 6
# Dark Battleboats nd 7
# Ludo nd 6
# Logik nd 6
# Knight Fight nd 5
# Triple Dice Poker nd 7

Will take any help to get the game started.

And Yes, I will try to make my games to move faster. Or if the players want I can remove me...

DeaD Man's GaMeS to StarT SePtEmBeR 1

# Dice Chess nd 1
# Dice Chess 10x10 nd 1
# Backgammon nd 1
# Nackgammon nd 3
# Backgammon Race nd 2
# Crowded Backgammon nd 3
# Hyper Backgammon nd 2
# Battleboats Plus nd 2
# Dark Battleboats nd 3
# Ludo nd 2
# Logik nd 2
# Knight Fight nd 1
# Triple Dice Poker nd 3

Will take any help to get the game started.

And Yes, I will try to make my games to move faster...

vstjrt: Maybe he just doesn't know how to play and is an experiential learner, learning as the game progresses. Over time, a player will learn when they are beat, some will resign and some hold on hope for the win by time out.
I for one know nothing about the game so I would end up playing until it was obvious to me (a beginner) that I was beat. Most experienced players know when a game is won long before the novice, and it doesn't really matter what the game type is.

TC: No offense meant, of course, and it is a lot of work for the organizer of the tournament to take care of just before the tournament starts. The 10% stroke me as an oddity and, of course, there is the issue with the inactive top players :).

Perhaps "unfriendly announcement" was a wrong term. As I said, no offense meant.

vstjrt: The fastest way to end a game is to resign.
If you think you are the one winning, just keep passing.
Each stone he places, deprives him of winning space.
Every player is entitled to playing the game to the end. I would hardly call this "stubbornness". We are humans and humans make mistakes.

Noone, ever, won a game he/she resigned.

ThunderGr: Yes, it is very hard to fix, perhaps impossible the requirements when you want to announce 10 backgammon games in one tournament group!

If you are not an admin (I am not!) in brainking.com game server, you need some magic (more busy) or team imembers interested to arrange this type tournament!

Hopefully, you can offer better than this one, and more friendly!

In GO tournament I play and wait for next round there is a player that stubbornly or just stupidly play and play and play and play. I messaged to him with request for ending his game, but after weeks he still play and did nothing. His game is obviously ended and he can do nothing fair(waiting for his opponent death is undoubtedly not) to win this game.
This man have "3 kyu" and game is here: "http://brainking.com/en/ShowGame?g=5457769".
Are there some possibilities to end this game(maybe sending message to admin) or cases like this are hopeless. This game can take many many months before finish.

TC: Top 10%? This is quite vague. Perhaps you should define positions. Besides, the ratings change all the time. In fact, someone can meet the criteria when joining and after the start of the tournament but not just before the start of the tournament.

At any case, I hope you enjoy the tournaments despite the rather unfriendly announcement.

Have fun!

Just over a month before this starts!

Hypergammon blast for a rook!

Aug 2014 64 Battlefields XII (Chess) - Chess - Start: 22nd Aug

Aug 2014 Mike Wazowski's Frog Finder #7 - Frog Finder - Start: 29th Aug

Sept 2014 One-Two-Three-Four-Five-In-Line#8 - Five in Line - Start: 5th Sept

Sept 2014 I think I Cam... I think I Cam #2 - Cam - Start: 12th Sept

Sept 2014 Crazy Screen Chess #1 - Crazy Screen Chess - Start: 19th Sept

Sept 2014 Crowns of Checkers VIII Checkers - Start: 26th Sept

Oct 2014 Finding James Bond III (Espionage) - Espionage - Start: 3rd Oct

Oct 2014 Fevga #6 - Fevga - Start: 10th Oct

Oct 2014 Spider Linetris Bash III - Spider Linetris - Start: 15th Oct

BIG BAD Bark BattleBoats Birthday Bash5 - Bark BattleBoats - Start: 19th Oct

Oct 2014 Catch 3 Kings Dice Chess 10x10 #4 - Dice Chess 10x10 - Start: 25th Oct

FrightNightKnightFight7 - Knight Fight - Start: 31st Oct

Nov 2014 R-A-N-D-O-M (all games) #2 - Random Game - Start: 7th Nov

Open Invite: Top 10% Faster Backgammoners for 2014 9-10

Hi, to 'The Best and The Fast Backgammon Players',

This is an opportunity, check your weight against to other best and fast backgammon players if you inside the top 10% any type of Backgammon Games.

Don't be afraid of endless games and tournaments! If you don't like to join to the Backammon Tournaments without end (related with the move time of the tournament or players), our games finish to the next coming tournament.

We choosed publicly announce this in past popular Tournaments here, in the tournaments discussion and some fellowship groups to all the best and fast players who are inside the top 10% of any type Backgammon Games.

Inside the top 10% any type Backgammon player (Back, Nack, Crowded, Race, Hyper, Anti, Cloning Backgammon, Grasshopper, Plakoto, Fevga), is eligible to join to all other games in this Tournaments before the begin time.

To check where you are in the ratings click to the related links:

Backgammon, Nackgammon, Anti Backgammon, Backgammon Race, Crowded Backgammon, Hyper Backgammon, Cloning Backgammon, Grasshopper, Plakoto, Fevga

Others, outside of top 10% players, will be deleted before the tournaments begin without excuse...

Match type: 5 points match with doubling cube
Tournament type: one match for each two players
Maximum number of players per section: 20
Final match type for two players section: 5 points match with doubling cube
Time control: Time: 3 days, Bonus: 3hours, Limit: 10 days, no days off (red signed)

(That means after beginning you have 3 days (72 hours) for your first move. Per your another move, you'll have 3 hours bonus for your other move time. 10 days is limit time for the opponents, after the move of other side.)

Please click to the Tournament addresse and 'feel free to join to any type of Gammon Games'. You are eligible to join, to all Gammon games without restriction, only if you inside of top 10% in any Gammon Games';(for now we have only ten types of Gammon games).


2014 9-10: Top 10% - Faster Backgammoners 2014 9-10

With your join to this Tournament, hope to play good matches and enjoy!

*********************************************

Thank you!

P/S: Don't forget to click to: 2014 9-10 : Top 10% - Faster Backgammoners 2014 9-10
**************************************************************

* Hrajeme o velký balík #14

Entry fee only 5 Brains!!!

1. place 70 Brains
2. place 30 Brains

happyjuggler0: I have only shown the duration of the tournament and there is still the fourth round!

arpa: The good news (or bad news depending on your perspective) is that all players who will or can advance to the next round are still active players as of this month.

No one will time out because they haven't logged in in a few years....

*edit: There is more good news. All the players who advance will play in a single section, so with any luck there won't be a round 4!!!

Universal Eyes: The first doubling cube tournament

August Games   looking for players

DeaD man WalkiN: we cannot read your events, even with the link - they are private. So I have no idea what you are trying to point out.

Days after the deadline before a tournament with not enough players is deleted: 13

Nackgammon (2 - open) - you are signed up
Backgammon Race (2 - open) - you are signed up
Crowded Backgammon (2 - open) - you are signed up
Hyper Backgammon (2 - open) - you are signed up
Battleboats Plus (3 - open) - you are signed up
Dark Battleboats (2 - open) - you are signed up
Ludo (2 - open) - you are signed up
Logik (1 - open) - you are signed up

http://brainking.com/en/ReadEvent?evid=4623464

Vikings:

Vikings: Glade I'm not in eather one of those tournaments. Will we even be here in 28 more years...

Papa Zoom: I calculate 28 years