BrainKing - Diskusní kluby (Feature requests)

Subjekt: Re: Fischer-clock minutes bonus

Změněno uživatelem AbigailII (21. července 2005, 22:57:54)

playBunny: You can't check time outs with each move. You want the time out to happen approximately when it happens (and 10 minutes after is close enough when you have a few days per move). But if you check the time out when someone moves, games that are being played by people never returning to the site would never time out.

21. července 2005, 23:48:22

WhiteTower

Subjekt: Re: Who's Fischer?

AbigailII: Please do not assume that all jobs require that you work all the time - mine doesn't. Secondly, for security purposes, most firewalls block any and all non-HTTP-related connections, regardless where they are initiated, therefore that point is moot as well.

22. července 2005, 00:15:41

grenv

Subjekt: Re: Fischer-clock minutes bonus

AbigailII: I believe checking every 10 minutes AND when a player moves would suffice.

22. července 2005, 00:22:41

Subjekt: Re: Fischer-clock minutes bonus

AbigailII: I don't remember saying that the per-move checking was a replacement for the periodic checking. The need for the periodic checks is obvious. ;-p

22. července 2005, 20:34:48

Subjekt: Re: fencer I have an idea!!! commnet:A 40 move game could last 5 years.

AbigailII: I think multi player games & many 2 player games that by their nature have many moves could/should be encouraging to move along a little faster by:
1-eliminating the possiblity of a game time of more than 10 days.
2-eliminating the possiblity of a game bonus time to longer than 10 hours per move.
3-allowing really fast games but the time out penalty could be loss of turn instead of loss of game(optional)

22. července 2005, 20:39:07

Subjekt: Re: Chouette.

playBunny: ty 4 the link looks intersting will ck it out.

22. července 2005, 20:40:47

coan.net

Subjekt: Re: fencer I have an idea!!! commnet:A 40 move game could last 5 years.

nobleheart: Instead of trying to get everyone else on the site to play within the time limits that you like, why not leave all the time limit options available and each person can join what most fits their needs.

22. července 2005, 20:45:37

Subjekt: Re: fencer I have an idea!!! commnet:A 40 move game could last 5 years.

BIG BAD WOLF: of course its all optional

22. července 2005, 20:48:35

Subjekt: re game times

maybe this could help
you could specify in your preferences a range re how fast you like to play.
if some one invites you,the could get an automatic message saying "whatsisname likes to play with a gamretime of from X to Y.would you like to alter your invite?"

22. července 2005, 20:51:48

I dont beleive in being anxious about playing fast.
after all ,we are here for fun & recreation.
but I also see no reason for games to last longer than a hollywood marriage.

22. července 2005, 20:52:15

Subjekt: Re: re game times

nobleheart: What about this? Invite him, and if he declines, send him a PM and ask him what time limit would suit him...isn't that easier?

22. července 2005, 21:24:34

Subjekt: Re: re game times

Pedro Martínez: what would be the point of waiting for unesseccary messages to be answered.the player could answer it once in his profile.auto messages could cover the rest.
example:
I play scrabble elsewhere.were you specify what dictionary you prefer,in your profile.
if an invitation is sent,it will prompt you with"this player prefers the sowpods dictionary,would you like to sent you invite anyway or auto alter it?"

22. července 2005, 21:29:59

note as per my example:
it preserves free choic.
but provides info that helps expedite the situation.

22. července 2005, 21:30:57

Subjekt: Re: re game times

nobleheart: It just looks on me like too much work for Fencer with almost the same result as the present situation.

22. července 2005, 21:46:43

yes changes=work undeniably.
fencer has always had a great site & a good nature.
I hope he has helpers

22. července 2005, 21:49:50

Expired

Since I have recently noticed that there's teh limit of 65535 charecters on sending messages, I suggest that a counter be added to the site so that when we type, or copy-paste from other places, we can understand how much space we have left. I just lost almost half of one of my messages because I wasn't aware of the limit.

22. července 2005, 21:54:48

no need is there? mods will truncate anything lenghty rant wont they?

22. července 2005, 21:57:32

Subjekt: Re: 64K limit

reza: Hell of a loss too :-( unless it was a cut and paste job from other sources.

Advice for after the horse has bolted:
I've got into a habit of composing long messages in Notepad or some other editor and only copying them to the BrainKing page when I'm done. This is mainly because the message box size is too small, sometimes it's because I might work on a message in two separate stages. But it also means that I tend not to lose any messages.

22. července 2005, 22:35:23

Orlandu

Subjekt: Tournament Final Round Change...

Just finished a tournament...
Safe Havens backgammon tourney No. 2...
Round 2 had 3 players... 2 players tied with 3 points a piece...
I believe that the should go to round 3 and have the best of 3 games as the tourney shows... but it ends here...
I think tourneys should have just one winner...
than more than 2 in the case of a tourney in which a 4 way first place...

Daniel Snyder

23. července 2005, 01:38:37

ScarletRose

If your posts are going to be that large.. wouldn't a link to a web site be more respectful.. and if they are from your written words.. then perhaps creating a website to link to would be fashionable..

23. července 2005, 02:11:01

I agree ScarletRose
if it is data froma webpage,a link is sufficient.that way it is optional for anyone to view it or not.
I would feel a little embarassed posted a huge message.

you all know that you can ever pinpoint a paragraph on a webpage-in a link,right?

23. července 2005, 02:15:28

coan.net

I believe it is his own posted words - in a discussion in the Debate Club - Religion fellowship board. If I remember correctly, reza has to pay for each minute he is online so I would guess he types most of his post off-line, then pastes it when he is on-line.

My suggestion would be if you know your post is going to be large, just make 2-3 smaller post that way you will not run into that situation again.

23. července 2005, 08:39:22

Expired

Thanks for all the advice!

23. července 2005, 23:26:49

Subjekt: Re:

BIG BAD WOLF: ah yes... I have unlimited time online.but I do know people who because of cost,have limited online time.
there are many ways to work offline if you are creating a .txt OR .doc OR .html file.
then you can upload or cut/paste them when you are online.

24. července 2005, 01:26:24

Subjekt: Invitation schemas

6 x {Backgammon, no unrated, 2200+, 1 day per move, fixed holidays, alternate colours, normal game, "Nice fast game :-)"}

Save as "playBunny's Backgammon Feast"

Recall when I've digested the previous lot.

24. července 2005, 09:33:38

Subjekt: Re:

Změněno uživatelem Spirou (24. července 2005, 09:35:04)

BIG BAD WOLF: If someone like Reza pays for each minute online, wouldn't be a good suggestion to have the option "Display the position in the email inviting to perform the move"? So he may think his next move before connecting to BK.

24. července 2005, 09:41:21

Subjekt: Re:

Spirou: The problem is that if you want to access e-mail, you usually have to get on-line first.:)

24. července 2005, 09:43:31

Subjekt: Re:

Pedro Martínez: Correct! Though you could then disconnect and meditate on the position ;-)

24. července 2005, 09:46:01

Subjekt: Re:

Spirou: That would cost reza more than continual access, I think. I used to have such type of connection also, once you're on-line, use your time as much as possible. Every dial-up costs you a lot of money...:)

24. července 2005, 09:48:43

Subjekt: Re:

Pedro Martínez: I didn't knew. I give up :-))).

24. července 2005, 12:32:32

WhiteTower

Subjekt: Re:

Spirou: Maybe you didn't understood (sic) it either?

24. července 2005, 12:35:11

Subjekt: Re:

WhiteTower: Possible. But I don't understand what I could understood :-P

24. července 2005, 18:43:34

Purple

Subjekt: One Only?

I posted a link to a checker tournament on Checkers DB and it went up fine. I tried to post the exact same link on Tournaments DB and it came back "invalid request." Are we only allowed to post an advertisement in one place?

24. července 2005, 19:03:55

Fencer

Subjekt: Re: One Only?

Purple: Obviously it wasn't the exact same link.

24. července 2005, 19:06:49

Purple

Subjekt: Re: One Only?

Fencer: It wuz it wuz! LOL. Will try again.

25. července 2005, 12:51:24

mook53lhd

Subjekt: webtv

i`m tired of seeing you printing tips with the addendum .does not work for webtv .get it to work mook53lhd

25. července 2005, 17:36:49

ScarletRose

Subjekt: Re: webtv

mook53lhd: Tip for mook53lhd.. Get a computer. Throw out the webtv.. LOL

25. července 2005, 18:46:30

Subjekt: Ratings graph

Změněno uživatelem playBunny (25. července 2005, 22:43:07)

It would be interesting to see a graph showing the distribution curve of all players' ratings for a given game. The player's own position could be shown. Perhaps, too, anyone in their Friends List.

25. července 2005, 21:45:50

Subjekt: Re: Ratings graph

playBunny:
they have one for each game for each player at :
www.littlegolem.net
-
here:
http://us.bugcafe.net/language/en/
you can download a .pdf file of all your past games
-
these are nice features,but they require work.

25. července 2005, 22:12:34

Subjekt: Re: Ratings graph

nobleheart: Er, these sites do graphs of the BrainKing backgammon and hypergammon ratings, and record my games for me???? ;-)

25. července 2005, 22:24:16

coan.net

Subjekt: Re: Ratings graph

nobleheart: Yes, paid members also have access to ratings graphs very similar to LittleGolem - where you can look at the history of one game to see yours or someone elses history.

26. července 2005, 08:33:27

Hrqls

Subjekt: Re: Ratings graph

i think playbunny means a graph of the distribution of bkrs over all players with a rating on a specific game type

like the backgammon rating in a graph

that way you can easily see how far ahead the top players are from the rest of the group (bkr-wise)

so it would just be a visualisation of the rating list of each game type

26. července 2005, 16:47:15

Summertop

Subjekt: Politics vs. General Chat

Too often the General Chat board is inundated with politics. Quite often political discussions turn into heated arguments. I know you (Fencer) are trying to limit the number of general message boards, but could we PLEASE have a "General Politics" board? I can't be the only one that is getting tired of people arguing politics (in the General Chat).

26. července 2005, 17:08:14