When Ellie said IM I believe she was referring to Instant Messanger. if you shut your modem down you cant connect to the net nor here

Thx for your response to this.
I am merely trying to detect if the problem was on here or its my ISP giving me grief again as usual.
I agree, fencer do need a break & could do with some appraisals from us all for what he has achieved here. I think he is a great guy & has created the best site on the net.

thankx ellieoop...by shutig down my im...does that mean internal modem...are you saying my cable box...slash webtv will actually become faster on the system or just faster to respond on the uploading time ????

i have had no problems at all, i'm moving right along, i'm on a classic webtv. i know if you shut your im off, the longer it's off the faster it becomes.

Fencer needs to take a holliday People so lets try to give him as little as possible to worry about...I'm sure we can take at least one day to let Fencer do NOTHING. CleverHunk seams like we need a few more crazy and/or bizzarre jokes and/or tall tails.Radiant give us a passage...
Maxxina help me here...
DreamBear,Hannelore,ellieoop and the rest of you others what have you seen or heard that would give us a break from the troubles that Fencer has for just one day.

I'll second that, it was worse yesterday.

I am using broadband ( cable) also. I've had this same problem for 3 days now. Its becoming frustrating is'nt it ?.

same here, I'm on cable modem.

DreamBear: i'm having the same problem, can't even get to my Friends list etc...(just blank page) But even moving from games to main page is taking ages :(

Fencer, I am experiencing severe slowless on here & very often get just blank white or grey screens. Is there a server problem on here ? Just thought I'd check before I jump on my ISP's back again.

no, it is displayed as
100 < BKR < 2700
or
100 <= BKR <= 2700

the 100 < BKR < 2700 can be rewritten as two restrictions
100 < BKR
and
BKR < 2700

Therefore, 100 has to be less than BKR, making the BKR above 100, and BKR has to be less than 2700, giving you a rating between 100 and 2700 :-)

If all else fails, the first number is the lower limit, the second number is the higher limit.

(by the way, to enter the "<" or ">" symbols, type "& lt ;" or "& gt ;" (without the spaces).

<Just under...
You can also set additional conditions to fit your requirements of opponents. If you don't want to use them or they seem to be too difficult, just click on "Continue" button and leave the rest of this form unchanged.

...in a game invite, you can play against rated players that match these settings...could someone explain this, because I think it should be...

100 => BKR = 2700
not
100 = BKR = 2700
As it doesn't make any sense to me.

Thanks
Dave

ok,I was told I should share this story with you all.it i not made up,I found myself suddenly in this situation a few years ago.funny how you can find yourself in a weird scene so quick.anyway,my best friend natasha went a waterfun park.went down the fast waterslide ahead of natasha.after landing laughing,we noticed she was topless,bikini top had come undone/off/was lost.she grabbed me pulled me ito her,hugged me.we had to stay like that till we found the top.by which time our friend cindy was i stitches.

Someone special forwarded me this site!! It is a true gift to have :-)

http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html

Please have a GREAT GREAT day ((((everyone)))))

God bless you,
~*Radiant*~

Thank you

ellie: Done.

lol what great imagination funny...

LOL..smarty.

Hey !! at last a way to beat you ellie LOLOL :-)

could you please fix my bg game# 41742, it's only showing one dice, and says i have no moves.
thx. ellie

Hannelore,you have just stumbled onto the truth.the pillsbury dough boy is the alien leader of a plot to take over the earth.he & his agents are from the planet "generalmills".like in the invasion of the bodysnatches.reports of people being attacked by grand bisquets,buttermilk biscuits or dinneroll tubes have been have been reported in canada & the USA.infected by this alien dough,people are turned into fashion & decorating zombies.
caution,watch for symtoms of:
wanting to move furniture.
increased desire to shop at escada & the gap.
thinking donna karan is kool.
understanding calvin klein.
awakening desire to see martha stewart topless.
using the expressions "la dolce vita","chic" or "pret-a-porter".
this did not work on you Hannelore beacuse you aleady have great buns.

My dear friends,
I must share this story.
          This morning I went to the store to get some much needed items, and of coarse things I didn't need too.
          With coupons in hand I proceeded down Isle one. With my coupon for Pillsburry Grands Bisquets, I went to reach for one, when suddenly there was a loud explosion and I was hit in the shoulder. Hard enough to be jolted back. I thought I had been shot! As I looked at myself, checking for blood or what ever, I find myself covered with dough. People surrounding me to see if I am ok. The manager and employees instantly there. Everyone asking me if I am ok. Mainly because I was crying. Needless to say, I was laughing so hard I was crying. ROFLMAO is what I was doing. I had to assure the poor manager that I was not sueing anyone, I am not hurt, just had the living crap scared out of me, and probably will be laughing about this for days to come. They picked up the other end of the tube 20 feet away. I only thank God that it was not some other person shorter than me, being 5'8" tall, that it could have hit them in the face and really hurt someone. Still LMAO
The only thing that hurts now is my abdomen from laughing so much.
NO CLEVERHUNK......THIS WAS NOT A BLONDE MOMENT.
LOL

No , he hasnt , he is doing everythink alone . Yeaa on server he got help , but fencer is programming everythink alone.

I hope fencer has a helper or two,he sounds busy.

I will add some system to delete unused accounts. Later. I am really overloaded with more important requests.

I mentioned this WAAAAAYYYYY down the board, about people signing on and never playing here. I also suggested that they be deleted if they haven't played in a certain time. I suggested this during the time when the site was down, up down.....

I think login names not used in 120 days are deleted at some places.is this not true?

NightHawk1958.. even if Fencer was to try & be fair by allowing us 1 paid & 1 unpaid membership for a partner or other member of family etc, no doubt there will always be the sad ones that like to cheat & spoil it for most of us honest supporters. maybe someone out there has an idea to help overcome this problem without it getting too complicated ?
I have 2 pc's , 1 of which I use with membership & the other my partner uses. see we could have 4 memberships at once with no problem !!

Fencer...we all seem to agree with DreamBear,but how can we help solve the problem,I've looked at the "who's here" list and there are those who have signed in signed out and that's the last of them,they're taking up space to were other could be...we know the the more names you have the popular the site becomes,but if your not going to to participate then you souldn't be here and if your using more then two names (BOTD) then you should be as most of us two people...DreamBear i to belong to IYT and know that one payed/one non-member should be enough for some,but it seem some people are just plain greedy.

Thanks for the reply, RR. After clicking this and clicking that, I finally figured out how to post a game to the waiting room.

hi Mo. click on New Game to the left of your screen.. it takes you to the list of all the games here.. choose a game then click the blue link at the game u want to send an open invite too.. if its say chess you will see the game board an word Chess in blue.. click that blue link.. it takes you to the area where you set up your invite.. Hope this helps!

I'm brand new to this site (a regular player on the IYT site) and I've started a game from the Waiting Games but what I would like to know is how do I put a game in the Waiting Room? I've looked around alot but have been unable to find the info about it..........including the FAQs. Thanks in advance!

blondes rock
natural blondes rule
natural redheads are goddesses

HAHAHA.i write Limericks, but most of them are slightly on the "cant put on the board" side LOL, I also write poetry, and have been published and won prizes for same :) *showing off*

take no offense,please,we should all not take ourselves to seriously & have the ability to laugh at ourselves.it shows character.I have several close friends who are blonde or redhead,all are bright & fun to lick at backgammon[wink].
check out:
http://www.funny-blonde-jokes.com
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~scook/html/blonde.htm
http://www.redheadjokes.com
and here is some men jokes,to be fair:
http://www.aarons-jokes.com/men-jokeshome.swipenet.se/~37418/menjokes.html
http://www.deeplake.com/men/jokes/index
PS there is also a hilarious book"jokes men won't laugh at".
hey anyone know any good limmericks?

Ratings can change from a draw, if one player in considerably higher rated than the other :-)
(they won't change as much as a win-loss, though)

Yes but do you see what I mean, it could be one person using two memberships. But as you say, if someone really wants to cheat so badly they'll find a way, but they're only cheating themselves at the end of the day. What happened to just having fun in an honest way? It makes you feel so much better!

Yellowlab and myself were wondering about Draws I told him I had a draw and I didnt think points changed, was I wrong or right.

not sure how iyt.com can tell what IP address using but they can !!
You each have your own id & all rules for each membership still apply. Don't think we will ever stop ppl cheating whatever system is used.

Dream Bear, wouldn't that encourage cheating? Some people may not use it honestly like you and your wife.
It just gives the paying member opportunity to play double the amount of games (if they chose knight membership) and tournaments. Or have I got that idea wrong somehow?!

Yes what a good idea dream bear :)

On iyt.com it is policy that if you have a paid membership for yourself,you may also have another free membership using same IP address for your partner or such. This I know as is the situation with my partner & I. Maybe we can do it on here then encourage the free member to purchase a membership at a later time ??

Thanks Fencer for letting me know, was not sure if it was at my end or yours :)

dream,I agree,mult-ID uers are cheating.
www.itsyourturn.com is an example of a bad policy choice tho.I am a member,I use/and have friends that have no home PC,so must use - a public use computer at schools,libraries,community centers.
many young adults & computer newbies start off at at such places.
so you find the situation were many users who dont even know each other,are using the same IP address.
IYT has a policy of allowing one user per IP address.so it creates a problem for public users.usually they end up emailing the help area of IYT,explaining the situation.IYT then makes allowance.
but in many cases,people just give up on IYT.
this is not a good policy for business,as it discourages people from using the site.
I wrote to IYT about it,suggesting,maybe they think about a better solution.brainking is my fav site,if they decide on a policy re multi-users,I hope it is done in a way that will not discourage users.

Fencer is anything is place to prevent people from playing under multi ids? It seems to be the commonest form of cheating at other sites and can affect the best players list a lot.

when i click on the 'who is on-line' i don't get a black screen, however, it is just a blank page.

Nikki: Just take them as your personal regular vacation days, nothing more.
MadMonkey: Try it now.

Fencer..Do the weekend days go by our individual time?

MadMonkey: Damn it! Give me several hours ;-)
jenny wren: Yes, it is caused by a database driver. I will replace it ASAP.

Hi fencer, wondered if you could help everytime i click on whose on-line, my screen goes black, also wondered if anyone else had same problem