Can I add a request that the backgammon and variants ratings be changed to something more suitable for the game ie: the fibs system. The current ratings system just doesnt work well for backs, the fibs info can be found here http://www.fibs.com/ratings.html

I know harl I have never had this much patience in my life!!! I guess any of us who can get in are lucky as a ton of ppl cant even access the site at all. I mean not even to the opening page.

Its very hard for me to bite my tongue here as I asked a ton of questions about site slowness before I bought my membership and was told it wouldnt happen! I went ahead an bought a top membership then this happens.. But I remain hopefull this is going to be rectified soon... arggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Rigattoni.. you're lucky to get 10 goes before you get the upgrade or page unavailable page! I get 3 or 4 turns at the most before being booted! Very frustrating!

Hi Fencer its day 7 of the site being laggy and next to impossible to get in to certain times of the time not to mention that there are still people who cant get in to the site. Can we get an update from you on just how the progress is going? I know half the people I play are very frusterated at how long it takes to access the site or send a move only to play a turn an have it not register then have to play it again when the site is back up.. yesterday the site was down ( for lack of a better word) 15 times while trying to play. I would play 10 or 15 turns then get that white upgrade page.
I am asking every one if they get it. and no matter what part of the world you are from they are getting it whether its North American or Europe.

shaggath: I've never read the rules on chessvariants.com. Just take it as a different chess variation.

That's one of the beauties of this game! I remember an early game where I promoted to a queen, only to see it taken by a rook!! More careful nowadays.

u should check the rules at www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/crazyhouse.html or http://www.uschesslive.org/help4/cl_crazyhouse.htm

shaggath: I don't think so. When a player captures an opponent's piece, it is his extra piece and doesn't matter if the piece was promoted or not.

i think there is a problem with Loop Chess rules. When a pawn promote and be taken later, the opponent have the piece avaible to drop and he should have only the pawn.

actually... its a 9x9 board :-)

Fencer: Nice site. But how about a "pro" version of 5-in-a-line which has a limitation to white`s second move. Check out IYT`s "Pro gomoku" to see what I mean. 15x15 board size would be perfect.
I know many top players who rather play the pro version than regular.

Thanks! :-)

Just in case you can't find them anywhere, try
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/Fischer_Random_Chess.html

rabbitoid: Where can I find the rules?

Fischer random chess, which is not to be found on IYT nor GT

The variants are good. Some new graphic options would be better. :)

A great big (((((( Bear Hug )))))) for fencer !
can now play my fav game. Thx

I will fix them.

To turn the points off in backgammon race? If the points are going to be incorrect why bother having them?? :-)
Thanx..

Fencer: Wow that is phenominal that you can get so much done and not work around the clock. You do know what you are doing!!!

Stingeroni: BYTE ME!!!! ;-)

Thanks Rose :-) But I relax every day. I am connected to BrainKing only 2-3 hours daily and I work on BrainKing new features no more than 6 hours a day. It is like a normal full-time job.

SHUT UP ROSE!

I want to know when you will take a break and take a few days off! You are so generous to everyone and every day I see people throwing ideas your way... How about you take a few days off and relax for a change!!!

Please fencer ! how much longer in suspense before getting my fav game of Halma .
regards . John

That's perfect. :)
And I don't believe it's a rule, just a convenience. :)

Ah-ha! Now I understand. I didn't know about this rule :-) Okay, I can do it. But if you cannot make a valid move with the first die, the dice are automatically swapped.

i agree, that would be much better.

Sorry, a misunderstanding here. I mean that on each turn, the high dice is automatically the default move. So if you roll and 3 and a 5. The dice show the 5 first, and that is your default move. Many of us are used to the other backgammon sites where this is how it is played, so when we click on a piece to move, it just moves the highest dice number first. (Does this make sense?)

I think that this is already implemented, isn't it? Or am I missing something? The first dice roll shows which player starts a game.

I know your feature request list must be getting huge, but I'm sure looking forward to the day that when I play the Backgammon games (and variants) the high dice defaults to the first move. :)

Absolutely correct, Kevin. Forget my request, fencer; silly of me.

tonyh: Then what if the player decides they don't like that move after they have already seen the location of some of their opponent's pieces that they weren't supposed to see, and then decide to undo the move and do another one, so they eventually just about know their opponent's whole setup without making a move? :-)

Fencer - would it be possible to add a little drop down list for us gaming nutters who create more than a one of the same game at one time for the Waiting room. Maybe in the parameters section & default it to 1 game up to 10 for example :-)))
Just save all the backwards & forwards bit etc....

Please could you show what opponents' pieces are threatened, etc., immediately we make a proposed move. Then we may update Notes, before submitting that move.

anyway ya can put peoples average moves per day on our profile pages...just average it out, you have the list daily..this way when ya look at someones profile you see how active they have been...

Hi fencer, any chance on International checkers, it is the same as Czech checkers but the pawns can capture other pawn also by jumping back (zee the rules at IYT)

Yes they all speak english.

Thanks,Fencer...I have a friend waiting for this game so I thought I would ask:)You have a wonderful site and it is very popular:)

Have never seen a foreign language section or in this case discussion board at any other game site.Iyt boasts of 1 million plus users, surely not all speak english.

Lindalou: I don't have any translation program and that would cause a terrible server overload. Maybe later.
Emma: Yes! I'll update the TODO list.

NOt sure if this was mentioned before...are you planning to add this game to your list???

Why not have something that translates what you type into different languages??? For all to read instead of having for example different languages on separate boards... Instead of grouping people together.The whole idea of playing people from around the world is lost here, unless they speak your language.Not only would you be able to play with opponents from all over the globe,you could make pen-pals and get a culture lesson at the same time... Linda

Have you checked out: http://www.chessvariants.com/multiplayer.dir/4players.html
There are some interesting boards concepts that might be neat to play on this site.

It's still not visible, but the message line is there!!

Nothing, it's not there! I was disconnected so I'll check on it again!

I can view it fine...what is it doing?

The game is not visible so how can I play? Can it be fixed?

yes cause am thick as pig dirt in backgamon and havent the foggest how to play it but been a paddy wot do you exspect

I'd like to see that here too, but surely if TOO much is added and there are loads more members things will slow down here too? Hopefully not but isn't it possible?

Wow, I just noticed that the waiting games now are all grouped together by game type. Much easier to spot the game that you want. Thanks