Andersp: Is there even a way to know if we are playing with auto pass? there really needs to be some way to be informed that a move has been auto passed back to us, so that we may continue to play it if we choose to!

Family Man:  I have no idea,   think you need to ask Fencer :)   ..as i said im not using it.., its only confusing to not know if a game is with or without autopass, better not use it imo.

Andersp: Well, I was under the impression that ideas and complaints etc about specific games belonged on that games own public board, but i dont think fencer has been to this one lately, and I dont want to spam every board looking for his attention.

It is a shame that you were one of the main instigators to get this auto pass option, but you were duped into thinking that it would be implemented they way you would like to see it implemented.

Family Man: Fencers does look at this board when he is logged in.

Family Man: Yes there is, first of all if you WANTED to use auto-pass then u would go to your settings and select it ( bottom left hand side). If you are sent a invite for a backgammon varient, if u scroll down the invite u will see it reads, "This opponent has selected autopass.....continue if u agree", i presume if u dont agree you would uncheck the box.

Oceans Apart: I am using auto pass and know how to activate it, but I am playing backgammon in the stairs format, and you dont have any choice to lay or not.

I obviously dont mind paying with auto pass, but if you are playing through your game list and some of them are using auto pass and some are not, i think there has to be a better way than to examine every game before every move to remember if it is an auto pass game, or to have to play and stay here on every move to find out if a game has been auto passed back to you or not?

Family Man: I don't see what the problem is. Whether it comes back straight away or drops to the bottom of your pile, it's still a game for you to play - and you turn comes around again a lot faster than it would if your opponent has been off line.

pgt: Its not really a problem, its just that I have it in my head that I want to play my turn in auto pass games through until it is not my turn again, and I agree with grenv that it should be the default to have an auto passed move come straight back to you, thats all.

Family Man: I want to play my turn in auto pass games through until it is not my turn again

That's how it works at GoldToken and DailyGammon and it's a very natural way to play. I second the idea of being returned to the game if an auto-pass occurs but not as a where-to-go-after-moving option. It would be better as an independant setting alongside the main auto-pass one. http://brainking.com/en/Settings?p=3

playBunny: Regarding how you know whether a game is played using auto-pass.. If it is then it's shown in the blurb with all the other match info.

I believe Fencer sets tournament games to auto-pass but others are a joint decision. This is fair enough, though frustrating if you want it and your opponent doesn't. The trial for auto-pass was hexkid's service and one of my opponents used it. That was good for a fast plaer like me as he was (still is, and will be for a long, long time, yaaaaawn) a tortoise, but then he switched it off saying that he preferred to see each move, including the blocked moves. I understand that but personally I'd prefer auto-pass to be automatic for everyone and for people to get used to it, which they would pretty quickly.