furbster: Looks like the servers need a little tuning or whatever. We'll look at it soon.

Czuch: Yes ultimate slowness here, have only just been able to get on, the pages were taking so long to load, i was getting website not responding for ages.

Anyone else observing slowness with this website right now? The rest of my browsing seems fine, just here the pages are slow to load,...is Fencer up to something today????

I'mgetting this when I click on my Message Box also when I tried to report it as a Bug : Any suggestions please?

HTTP ERROR: 500

com/brainking/server/beans/CategoryBean
RequestURI=/en/MessageBox

Caused by:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/brainking/server/beans/CategoryBean
at com.brainking.server.dao.mysql.MySQLMessageDAO.getFolderList(MySQLMessageDAO.java:1852)
at com.brainking.server.dao.mysql.MySQLWrapperDAO.messageBoxWrapper(MySQLWrapperDAO.java:1886)
at com.brainking.server.actions.html.MessageBoxAction.execute(MessageBoxAction.java:62)
at ControllerServlet.processRequest(ControllerServlet.java:746)
at ControllerServlet.doGet(ControllerServlet.java:791)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:487)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:362)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:726)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:196)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:324)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:505)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:828)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:514)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:211)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:380)
at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:395)
at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:488)
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1926: That just means they have put you on ignore so that you can never converse with them again. Lucky you!!

Hrqls: Interestingly all the old messages in that game have been deleted (including my "good luck") and the message box is now gone.

Mousetrap:

Snoopy: They even try to rejoin the Fellowship they have been kicked out of. Only thing to do is ban them from the Fellowship or just leave them hanging arround and ignore them. I agree with ScarletRose. The iyt ignore feature is the only good thing about iyt

Mousetrap: the other annoying thing ive found is these ppl know they blocked but join stairs your on and start games with you knowing you delete the game and they move up a rung
ive had to leave nearly all the main stairs i was on because of it

Mousetrap: That's the main reason why I asked why they didn't have the ignore feature similar to IYTs.. for the idiots such as that.. and there are several on here that outright abuse the site. They either take on too many games to keep up.. and they power invite and then never play them. I get upset when I watch tourneys that I sign up for and then at last minute they sneak in them.. I usually am having to play against them. It's annoying as all get out..

Mousetrap: It sounds like the same experience I had and sounds like the same individual.....She sent me numerous invites to play and I accepted several of them.....of which she resigned after the first move....She turned around and then sent me more invitations. After consideration that she may have had a problem with her games, I went ahead and accepted....I don't like to hurt anyone's feelings.....needless to say she resigned again in the same manner. Then more invites.....I refused.....I will not accept any of her invites anymore or play in any of the hundreds of tournaments that she has posted on the tournaments page.

Snoopy: It is a nusience. I can still read messages in Fellowships from someone who I have on block. They were not rude or anything just sent me game after game request than resigned after the first move. This person currently has resigned thousands of games. I once sent a message asking why they were sending me game invites then resigning without try. No answer. The only conclusion I came to was that they were either a kid or an idiot and I put them on block. It would be nice if we could not see any messages from them at all.

1926: its not normal behavior ... you could take it up with her personally or put her on your blocked users list .. or just ignore it :)

Hello. I just started a hypergammon game with an opponent I've never met before. I wished her "good luck" in English on my first move. She replied in French "shut up ........" (the third word had probably a typo in it). I said nothing thinking I had probably misunderstood or my opponent was not fluent in French but in the next move the message was "le petit con" ("the stupid jerk"). Is this normal and acceptable behavior here?

if you have someone on your blocked users list
why are they still allowed to send public friends request?

and also once youve refused them could we also have someway to block future requests from them please

coan.net: Correct, although there is no need for a check now as Pawns are removed from Teams automatically, BUT sure, once a Team is signed up, that is how they stay.

Hopefully, if Fencer gets time, while designing BK 3.0 ( 'Manatee' as i have named it, all good projects need a name ) there will be a system for substituting players or even just replacing them BEFORE any games are started. Maybe at the Tournaments waiting to be started stage it could check for Pawns and notify Team Captains or Bosses if any show up. I think also it should check to see that all players are active, say just last 2 weeks and also inform those involved.

Of course the ultimate is to be able to substitute players before any moves by that player have been made

Anyway, who likes 'Manatee'? ....... people think that the manatee is just a big, ugly creature, but actually the manatee is the most harmless and graceful of all the big animals....... i think that should define the next BrainKing

Roberto Silva: I'm pretty sure (well 90% sure) that once a fellowship team is signed up for a team tournament (both Fellowship vs. Fellowship & Site team tournament) - it will run with the player who might drop down to a pawn level before the tournament starts.

(The "check" happens when the team is put into the tournament I believe.)

... again, not 100% sure.

MadMonkey: Just curious, what happens if a team signs up for a tournament, and one of the players' membership expires just before the tournament starts. Does the team get booted out of that tournament?

SL-Mark: Its is a odd point really.

Once a player becomes a Pawn they are removed from the Teams within any Fellowships they are in, but have to be removed from the Fellowship by the Boss (or Little Boss). So in other words they can not join any upcoming Team Tournaments / Challenges.

BUT as i say, if they are already in a Team Tournament / Challenge that has started, they will carry on playing in that.

MadMonkey: Thank you.
Wasn't really thinking about myself. Essentially then, a pawn cannot play in a team tournament. Your caveat understood.

Yes, my membership will be up for renewal at the start of next year. Hopefully Fencer will have another bonus run over Christmas

SL-Mark: NO, a Pawn can not join a Fellowship.

ONly Bishop, Knight or Rook (and those higher of course). If you have joined and your membership runs out, you are still in that Fellowship until you are removed.

Also, if you are in a Team, in a Tournament or Match at that time, you will still carry on playing even though you are a Pawn.

Is it possible for a pawn to join a fellowship? Asking as I believe this is the only way team tournaments can be played, i.e. between fellowships.
In other words, what I am really asking is, can a pawn play in a team tournament?

furbster: I sended request to aissi/pouloaguia
Thanks

aaru: Are you a member of the 'Aventura' fellowship, i believe pauloaguia is going to be creating one soon. you have to sign up for all games :o)

ScarletRose: I think the only fair way would be something that if you put person A on your block list, and both you and A sign up for a tournament, you would be automatically withdrawn. Otherwise, it's too easily abused.

OTOH, I wouldn't mind if tournament creators could have a list of people that are prohibit from signing on. Currently, one can already remove signed up players, but that's an almost impossible task if you have many tournaments.

I'm looking for an opponent for all 128 games (2 single games in all)

OK thanks so much :)

Bernice: Your opponent will go forward, since she has the lowest BKR, from you two

Dice Poker (apricose vs. Bernice)

how is this?

it is a drawn game but who goes forward, or do we both go forward?

alanback: oops....I will se if I can do it another way

Bernice: We can't see your messages.

what happen here? can anyone tell me...

http://brainking.com/en/ReadMessage?mi=13230034

I understand it is a draw but who goes forward?

rod03801: I agree. There's no bug about it just bugged out people. Blocked on here or any other game site simply keeps a person from verbally abusing you and also keeps them from grabbing your games in waiting and from sending insulting messages to you. Tournaments and ladders are different ,you still dont have to listen to their crap but could easily have to play them.Remember Tournaments and Ladder games are ranked different than a casual game and thats why you may get stuck playing them. But they will be muted fools though if you're stuck playing them. And if they're blocked why waste your time worrying about what they are doing on the same game site?!

Hrqls: Right. Can't see how it would have even worked anyplace else

DamnCat: there is also the bug that allows you to become a friend of person then block them which allows you to keep track of said person but you dont have to put up with any in game nonsense

rod03801: and suppose you both make it to the final ... what should happen then ?

ScarletRose: That would be abused and not fair. What's to stop someone from putting someone who is better at a certain game on block? Never have to play them and thus never lose to them? Tournaments shouldn't be that way.

If you have them blocked you cannot see what they say, what else matters?

DamnCat: I wish that Fencer would set it up like another game site I used to play in the past.. If I put someone on ignore.. or Blocked in this case.. Then I shouldn't even have to play against them in a tourney. I think if he had that option. A few of the peeps would not have anyone playing them as we would have them on ignore.. aka blocked..

DamnCat: yes you can and it has happened to me....numerous times, and she won all games against me because I left/resigned/etc...

Pedro Martínez: OK, so I can end up playing a game with a person that I have blocked... That's good to know :)

DamnCat: Now, when you have a person blocked, that person can't see you on the game site, right?

Right, with one exception. They can see you on the page of the game you're playing with them, while you can't see them. I have reported this bug bazillion years ago, but it still remains to be fixed. :)

And he/she can't invite you to any games nor accept any games that I post to the waiting games?

That is correct.

What about the scenario I described then?

Such a scenario can easily happen. :)

I've been thinking about this subject for a while now. Let's say I have a person here blocked and we both sign up to a tournament, and we both end up in the same section. Now, when you have a person blocked, that person can't see you on the game site, right? And he/she can't invite you to any games nor accept any games that I post to the waiting games? What about the scenario I described then? Or is that "taken care of" so that I won't end up in the same section as a person I blocked when it comes to tournaments?

Dunno... it could have been just my machine, I was just checking if there was a site problem.

All seems fine now this morning, so i guess i got a 'ghost in the machine'

(V): what problem exactly ? i have no problem with posting it seems (using the reply box now)

Nope.. it seems to be all the ways of posting, a case of it might work, or it might not!!

Is their a glitch with posting via the box option Fencer??

Bluefin: You're welcome.

It is spelled Konecne, and my opponent told me it was Slovak. Thanks again everyone.

gogul: No, it's not French. Look elsewhere.

It's French by the look of it. And it's best not to translate it on a public board at all.. again by the look of it.

(V): Did you take your comment from a Monty Python scetch? Figuratively it looks like 'silly walks' or the rest of the jokes we know about british wiggle wobble upper class