grenv: Because the Pawns can post moves again. Pawns were before eliminated by posting an easy bet of 1 more of their last bet.

joshi tm: I'm afraid I didn't parse that explanation, can you try to phrase differently?...

you are saying that pawns and non-pawns had different rules about what they are allowed to bet.. but that could be solved by just making the rules the same for everyone? Therefore I presume you meant something other than what you actually said?

grenv: Pawns were not allowed in ponds. If someone became a pawn, part way through a game, then they stopped being able to bid. It was a known strategy that if you saw someone become a pawn, you knew they couldn't bid anymore, so it was safe to bid one point above that player.

The point is, to make sure people realize that this strategy would no longer work, because pawns would now be able to bid.

rod03801: seems like a programming bug.. if you start a game you should be allowed to finish.

grenv: No, that is how it was intended.

rod03801: Still a bug, just injected in the design phase :)

grenv: No, at the time ponds were a "member exclusive feature" - so when people dropped their membership level, they are no longer able to play. (just like pawns are no longer to do much in a fellowship once their membership drops.)

I think it is found now that ponds are a little "stale" with all the same players, so allowing pawns to play a limited amount - in my opinion - will be a nice thing. (again, like others said - Fencer needs to make sure people are aware of the change since it can affect game play in a big way as explained already.)

coan.net: You guys can try to convince me all you like, but I think such a rule is silly and wrecks the game, not that i care since becoming a pawn myself, just an observation.

grenv: Here ( Chugach #5 ) is a good example of how that works. Already three rounds can one go for 246 points, a bit boring, huh?

grenv: I think you are missing the point. No one is complaining about the change. People just want it announced, when it happens, so they know not to play that way. It is a major change.

grenv: "wreck the game": No. It's one of the factors to be taken into account. Same as, for example, if you are in a 2-day pond, checking people's profiles to see if they've been online the last 2 days to place their bets.
By the way, it can backfire: I remember a pond where I placed a "surefire" bet and found myself swimming along with others when the so and so renewed his membership an hour before deadline

rabbitoid:

I think a better rule would be that if someone doesn't play then force a maximum possible bet for that player - which would reduce their total to 0 next time giving everyone equal information.

Games really require everyone have equal information to be a good game and since there are different time zones and everyone has different ability to be online a different amount of time - there is not equal information in this regard, giving some people an unfair advantage.

grenv: As i see it.To many pawn,s have dropped done from a higher membership.Creating problems all over.

Howdy,

Any plans on plans on expending the availability of shogi variants on BrainKing like Chu Shogi?

grenv: The rule of taking a persons last bet if they time out was put in as a way to compensate for not allowing vacation days in the game. Big ponds can take months (and even more then a year) to play - and since you can't use a vacation day on a pond while you might be away, many will plan ahead and place a slightly "higher" bet that will hopefully keep them in place for the rounds they will miss, and hopefully be around when they get back.

I guess there is a concern about "equal information" - but the problem is in many games (like Battleboats - I can look at my opponent past games to figure out if they like to place boats near each other - if they normally place them near the edge - figure out where they normally like to shot at first so i don't put my boats there, etc...). I guess the good solution would be to jut place in the dark ponds if you really worried about this.

coan.net: you're right about dark ponds... that would be my choice. I think we should also have separate ratings for the 2 variants :)

grenv: There are separate ratings for Ponds, Dark Ponds, and Rain Ponds

I had a thought which is a rarity. :) I suffer from CRS [Can't remember s*... err stuff]. But like when one folds the cards they had disappear, I like to still know what i had as watching the end of round whether i folded and make a poor choice then mumble to myself about it. But like say when ya fold the cards you had would shade a little to still know what you had. Most likely more ppl remember but after minutes of betting and such its hard to recall. Thats just me, however i thought i mention it. I said once this is great work getting the game up and kudo's. If i wasn't so finiancially embaressed i'd get a membership today.

Press_Play: good remark.
I'd like to propose another change: currently, the only thing that indicates the player who's turn it is to act is the counter. It would be nice to highlight "your turn, DO SOMETHING!!!" in a better way.

rabbitoid: Thats funny, or how bout the numbers get in center of box thats a little larger,,,and maybe the numbers start as green,,then yellow midway,,,,then red.... all this i know may be hard or not worth implementing

how about red numbers next to the link to poker tables indicating players/observers

Vikings: total? or highest for one table?

How About Some 15 second tables the time is too long and players make the tables run slow and forever..i mean if ur gonna play poker play it and not 5 other things at same time to hold up the game

BadBoy7: not as long as the poker games keep freezing!

BadBoy7: Right now there are a couple of 30 second tables - once out of "test" mode, there can be some 20 second or even 15 second tables. (could even go down to 10 seconds)

rabbitoid: total, that will tell me how much activity there is without having to click on the poker table list, it is already broken down into each table at the poker table list

I found in an old Hoyle rule of games book and found a version of backgammon called snake an odd variaition...

Rainbow Road:
Here is a link on the Snake version.

Artful Dodger: That is a good set up for Snake.. The one version I have has alot more pieces on the board... Snake would be cool here

Rainbow Road:looks interesting  (hint Fencer :)

Mad Monkey had a great idea regarding dice chess... why not have a random dice chess variation or a crazy screen dice chess 10x10 variation... this way, people could place kings in opposite corners, etc

cd power: Nice chap the MadMonkey

I think Dice Chess is great fun, and can be a touch annoying (in a nice way lol), why not have a few different versions

Where a person can select to not get fellowship invitations from a certain user, ie an addition to the block system so that in effect a user is totally blocked. As at the moment, a blocked user can still send you an invite to their fellowship and talk to you even though you have blocked them in all other ways (like hide).

When we post a link to a message (or click on the Link on the top right corner of one) we go to a page that displays that message as expected.
However, I think it would be better to be forwarded to a page where all the messages around it were also displayed, like this one.

My feature request is more modest - show the "Context" link underneath it like when we do a search.
Using the thread is not always the answer because it only works when people reply to the message, sometimes the thread is broken and looking at the context just makes more sense and is the only way to get it all...

How can i get my games showing the least time left.I've tryed everything since i came back.i get games all over with different times on them:))

"GERRY": towards the bottom of your settings page, set it for "time left" and "ascending"

Vikings: Thank's but that is what i have had it set on for a long time

"GERRY": Also, at the top of your list of games, click on the column "Time Left". If it then lists them as Most time left to least time left, click the column again, and it will be from Least time left to most time left.

"GERRY": try going to your main page and clicking on "time Left" on the column above your waiting games

rod03801: great minds think alike

rod03801: Thank's Rod they show in right time now i don't have many there right now but i ihope that got it LOL:))

"GERRY": Vikings Thank's to you also All is good now:))

On Main page we have a few lists of games: Your turn, Opponent's turn and Invitations waiting for response. First two lists can become shortened (Settings -> General -> Number of games shown on the main page -> "all", "5", "10", "20"...) or even hidden (Settings -> General -> Show games where it is opponent's turn to move on the main page -> "x").
Is it possible to do something similar for the list of created games awaiting opponent? A simple "hide" would be sufficient. Thanks.

When we get the option to edit a created tournament could we have the following option added please.

For games with a random start position generate
* the same position with all opponents
* a random position with each opponent

I recently set a Knight Fight Tournament up, and it was pointed out to me i had not checked the right box, but i was not allowed to edit it, so now all games are the same. Its only a practice for the Team Tournament coming so not greatly important this time, but would be normally

MadMonkey: The only small issue with that is if I sign up for a tournament with random position with each opponent, and then after I'm signed up - the tournament creator changes it to something I don't like (like same position with all opponents) - then that would not be too fair to the users signed up.

coan.net: But surely the difference between "random position for each game", and "random position repeated over the whole tournament" is way smaller than the difference between "one game match" and "10 wins match" the tournament creator can make for the final match anyway. Not to mention a difference between "max 4 people per segment" and "max 20 people per segment".

IMO, only three kinds of tournament editing make sense:

1. No editing allowed at all
2. Only allow editing things that don't affect game play (name of the tournament, days after deadline, early start, add/delete game types)
3. Edit anything (time control, match types, number of participants/section, autopass, etc)

Brainking allows more than 2), but doesn't allow you to edit everything.

Fencer: When looking through Team Tournaments myself (and another) asked for some changes to make sifting through Teams & Tournament players easier. Please consider them if you have not already (see below)

If its no, could you at least provide a direct link from the Team Tournaments (as in where you enter a Team) page to the relevant Team in the Fellowship.

At present we have:Your team: Monkeys Swinging Madhouse but that is only there if i am in a Team. A link just for Big Bosses to click on would be so useful when trying to sort Teams out

(previous idea Feature requests (MadMonkey, 2009-02-21 13:02:22) , they would be great)

I think we need a foyer or something similar for players who are looking for others to play a game of poker. You often see people observing rooms that are empty, just waiting for an opponent or you get players pop into a room to leave a message about starting another game at another table etc... there is no where for anyone to post a message about looking for a game without checking every room that may have a player in.

I will think more about this.....ideas welcome

Would it be possible to have a reminder message sent to the relevant Team captain (or Big Boss) 24 hours before a Team Tournament is about to start, so they can enter there Team (if not entered already of course).

Would be so helpful

I'm near the 50-game limit of my Brain Knight membership, and I realize that I'm still in several tournaments where I've finished all my games and am waiting for the next round to begin. As far as I can see, there's no way to tell at a glance how many slots I need to keep open to be sure there's no problem when the new rounds start. I need to click on every running tournament of mine, see which ones I'm advancing in and tally up the slots I'll need. It's not too convenient since I'm in 17 running tournaments.

It would be nice if there were a way to see from the tournament list in my profile which tournaments are waiting to start a new round and how many slots they need. Maybe the tournament list could have an extra column showing whether I'm advancing, eliminated, or if it's still undetermined, and another column showing how many slots the tournament needs.