Dragon: you said: Like what knowledge do you have of my experience, ability, etc?

I see one completed game in your profile... Am I missing something? Nothingness has been playing this game for like 5 years (on IYT). I would think his knowledge/experience far exceeds your one game! Then again I could be wrong?

Bdilly. Yes you are missing something. Play me and find out.

So you have "checked me out" as it were. Having judged the book by the cover, how many pages did you find?

maybe this conversation needs to go to PMs?

Dragon: Exactly what I was hoping for... Consider it done!

Remember other IYT converts ahve changed there names such as lightningbolt who is jonaron. So be mindful my young apprentice! LOL couldnt resist.

Don't worry I have some Jedi mind tricks I learned from you... I am interested to see who this is though!

before i turned back from the dark side to teh good side i decided to keep my original name. so have other such as hannelore, nuno miguel and others.

heres a tip for the beginner espionage player. you will notice that some players will trade their 5s in exchange for their opponents 4s. This is not a mistake. Many feel that they are of equal value when in fact they are not, but it mainly depends on the situation adn your playing style. you can play a 3 vs a 5 fairly well if your an advanced player. Also be cautious about giving away your spys. they are your most prized pieces!!! No eyes no fight!

I get the 4's and 5's confused. Which are generals? 5's right?

5 are the highest

1,2,3,4 and 5 are all generals. jsut its one star general through 5 star generals.. and only a spy can capture a 5 star general.

Nothingness: Only a *sapper* (minesweeper) can capture a 5. ;-)

... or another 5

my bad thats what i meant....getting stratego mixed up with espionage/sabotage

Who is the best of the best??

I have created an Espionage tournament set to begin March 15 2005. It will consist of each Espionage variant and it will have a 3 day per move time limit. The goal is to get as many people to sign up as possible. If we can get enough people to play I am hoping we can guage who the better players are and crown a champ in each variant. If anyone wants to give any feedback please send me a message. May the best player win!!!

BDilly: March Madness Espionage Tournament

im in an elspionage tourney which is still in the process of be completed and looks like it is in no way going to be completed by march. bu ti will gladly enter the others.

ROOK! ROOK! ROOK! ROOK! ROOK!

Pedro Martínez: ????

money money money MONEY money!!!!

Who's you Daddy???

Sorry! Couldn't resist...

i jstu played 3 games and got nothing for my trouble! grrr.i shouldve gotten something. 2 of them were rated palyers/

Nothingness: play 1 more and you will have a rating

i meant for example.... i was rated 2100 in say espionage. i played 3 guys who were rated about 1500, 1200 and Unrated. after each of those wins i got ZEro ratings points. why is this?

Nothingness: thats because your rated so far above those players, tehrefore your obvisouly quite a good player, and so you don't take as many points or in your case none.

BUT ZERO !!! goodness.

its not exactly zero ... but less than a whole point .. so you cant see it as the bkr you see is shown in whole points

in the FAQ section you can find an explanation of bkr

Here you can find more about the formula used

I think BrainKing uses a less transparent rating system than that: http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings/approx/approx.html

i think the max of bkr is 2700 ? (as i saw 4? players with a bkr for a five in line or line four)

BuilderQ is correct. That is the formula used here for computing BKRs. I translated it into Czech for Fencer so I know.

Hercules - yes, 2700 is the maximum BKR.

Don't forget to sign up if you want to participate... So far we don't have the turnout I had expected. If there is a problem with the format of the tournament please feel free to express your concerns and I will do my best to accomodate everyone... Is the time limit too short? too long? etc. I am trying to get some friendly competition going aside from regular games. I think people try harder and the games are better when there is something on the line. We have 2 weeks to get this thing going let me know your thoughts...

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7575&trnst=0

I am confused about one area of this game. It says in the rules that a sapper if attacking a general the sapper wins, and if the general attacks the general wins, well I attacked a 5 with a sapper and my sapper was removed from the board. Isn't this an error? What does beat a 5 other than another 5?

Backgammonfan28: In a five-vs-sapper attack, the attacker wins. Are you getting sappers mixed up with spies? Just a guess.

I don't believe so. Sappers are also the only piece able to destroy mines correct?

Backgammonfan28: yes the Sapper takes out mines and 5 generals. When the Sapper is the one who attacks the 5 general. If the 5 general attacks the Sapper then the 5 general wins. If you did attack a 5 general with a Sapper and lost the Sapper this is incorrect and you might wish to bring it to Fencers attention to be corrected.

Backgammonfan28: This never happened to me...are you sure you attacked the 5 with your sapper and not a spy?

reviewing the game is the only way to clarify the situation.

Im trying to set up espionage games. where i only want to face people of certain ratings. but it does not work for me. what am I doing wrong. for example i want to play a game of espionage against poeple with ratings of 1900 or higher. HOW EXACTLY DO I DO THIS!!!!? Ive tried it before and Unrated players still are able to challenge me. Could anyone give me a step by step tutorial of how this is done. I need to know each button click exactly how it is done. Dont just say go to this and click this... i need a thorough explaination.

Nothingness:
Click "New game"
Click "Other"
Click "Espionage"
Change the drop down box set with "100," to "1900"
Uncheck the "Include unrated players" box
Click "Continue."
Click "Send"

i currently have two games in teh waiting rooms now done like this. hopefully it worked.

Today (3/14) is the last day to sign up for the March Madness Espionage Tournament. The tournament will start 3/15/05. Good Luck to all of the participants!

im trying to set up my pieces and they seem sto be missing. first i was missing a bomb(mine) then im missing my 3 and sapper. what is going on . it let me submit the gmae without having them on the board.

Maybe you're just having picture problems. It seems there have been some problems lately. If on the place where they should be, your cursor turns into the hand, then there's something on that square even if it seems empty and you're not submiting a board with less pieces but a board where not all pieces are showing. A refresh may reveal those...

well it let me submit a gmae whre two different pieces were not placed. and there were 6 empty spots instead of 4... ill find out once i get the return from my opponent.

I don't know what the game is... but you can always post a bug for Fencer to take a look at it.

It's probably this one....
http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=705057

and there is another one that im still waiting to get send back that has 2 pieces missing.

awesome thanks....

Fencer,

On the set-up screen of each Espionage (and small & fast) board could the Load Position radio button be turned on by default, please.