alanback: yeah :( *comfort*

i think we should have a tournament bkr in which you also get points for being 2nd in a tournament, or when you reach a next round :)

Hrqls: That's a good idea. They do that at Vog for one of their tourney types. It's done as the percentage of the track that you succeeded on, so the winner gets 100%. The percentage for the rest depends on the number of rounds. A semi-finalist in a 4 round tourney will get 75% (25% for each of the three wins), a 2nd rounder in a 5-round tourney gets 20%, etc. As there are automatic byes you can still pick up points even if you lost your first (but 2nd round) match. It's not a flawless system by any means but it does add to the competition.

That points for tourneys. A rating for tourney play would be the average position (percentage0 reached. Over 50% is good, while 70% is phenomenal.

alanback: Not as much as i hate this:
Since you cant make a legal move...blablabla!!

Andersp:  You're right.  Maybe we should suggests to Fencer that he incorporate some sort of "autopass" feature ;-)

alanback: Autopass!! Wouldnt that be nice!! ..i buy you a "bishop" if you can convince him LOL

Andersp:  If I can do that, you should buy me the Pope!

Andersp: If you're a FireFox user and would like the next best thing to a BrainKing Autopass ... there's the AutoPlayer which does forced moves (passes or where there's only one move possible) on your behalf (unless there's a message from your opponent or other reasons why the game needs your attention). For instance

playBunny: Thanks..im not using Firefox but ill check it out :)

AutoPass even works with lynx. Just tested it. :)

fakarten, Andersp: Doh! Silly me. Yes, the AutoPlayer action is done by Hexkid's server and the user's OS and browser don't matter when it's in use. It's the other BK goodies that he's developing for Firefox. Thanks for reminding me. Your browser does need javascript for registering. There's a bit more information in the FAQ.

There ya go, Anders! Hexkid's got you covered!

playBunny: Thanks again :)..but dont you think there is a risk that Fencer will make this feature "disabled", we know how much he loves "empty clicking"

Andersp: All the more to see the adverts! I guess you could enjoy it while it lasts. Who knows, if we capture a fairy and squeeze out a wish, maybe Fencer might even take hexkid's method as a simple but effective way to implement autopass within the BK server. ;o)

playBunny: Could Fencer prevent it if he decided to? I don't know the ins and outs of how it works that well, but I like it! Go hexkid!!

Thad: I can't see any advantage for Fencer in doing it but it's possibly by blocking the IP address of hexkid's server. But there are ways round that blockage and ways round the ways so we could see a technowar between the two whizzes as hexkid tries to fire his autoplays into Fencer's server while Fencer tries to bat them away into the null regions of cyberspace.

Thad and playBunny: http://hexkid.eu/BK/AutoPlayer/help.php#A10

hexkid: The White Flag!! And I was so looking forward to the War of the Whizzes. :-(

Thad: I don't think Fencer minds, but be aware that using hexkid's stuff is "outside" of the brainking system, so let say if it messes something up - like resigns a game automatically, it is not something that Fencer is responsible for or would fix - BUT that is just an extreme example - hexkid & others have been testing their system for awhile now..... but it is a case of "use at your own risk".

alanback: Subject: You are not the tournament winner

Lol. I quite agree. Why not pour cold water on me while you're at it!

I think it should be
Subject: Woohoo! You came second in a tournament.

Well done, Alan. You came second. ;o)

playBunny: Well I think it should be:

subject: you're a loser

You failed, yet again, to win a tournament. Give up and stop embarrassing yourself.

grenv:  You can have that one, I'll take PB's ;-)

alanback: LOL. Especially when you *are* the winner! I've just seen your bug report. ;o)

playBunny: I didn't c heck the S-B myself, but another user pointed it out to me, so I felt it my duty as a good citizen to report it ;-)

alanback: Your S-B looks correct to me. You lost to a weaker player, arpa lost to a stronger player (namely you).

jryden: It's wrong. arpa's S-B should only be 4.

jryden:
It's true that arpa lost to a stronger player, but this is not relevant for the Sonneborn-Berger calculation. What matters is that alanback defeated a stronger player.

arpa's and redsales's S-Bs were computed incorrectly. The correct result is:

Section 1 	BKR	1	2	3	4	5	Points	S-B (?)	Order
1 mrbugs001	2040	 	 0 	 0 	 0 	 0 	0.0	0.0	5.
2 alanback	2004	 1 	 	 1 	 0 	 1 	3.0	5.0	1.
3 arpa    	1961	 1 	 0 	 	 1 	 1 	3.0	4.0	2.
4 Ebru    	1840	 1 	 1 	 0 	 	 0 	2.0	3.0	3.
5 redsales	1732	 1 	 0 	 0 	 1 	 	2.0	2.0	4.