If you have any vacation days they are used for every game i believe ..

Okay, I'm having a brain cramp here. I can't seem to remember whether vacation days can be applied to tourneys or not. I'm inclined to say they cannot... seems like I read something to that effect.

Am I right?

Dark Chess Number 3
Extinction Chess Number 3
Gothic Chess Number 1
Yep, added Gothic Chess. It's a good game. Lots of power roaming the board.

Hey! I'm offering a prize in the Dark Chess tournament. Winner, if not me, gets a one year Rook Membership. If I win the tournament, the person that defeated me and finishes highest will get a six month Rook membership or a one year Knight membership their choice. Details on the sign up page. Dang, I still don't know how to make the link, but it's there on the tournament page.

Gothic Link
Gothic

Extinction Chess
Extinction

Dark Chess
Dark Chess

I will post notices on the respective boards now and when the time draws near. Hope to see you there.

I see now, I never thought of people playing at work, I wish I could play games at my job :o(

When the internet first started becoming a common thing, most people had access at work, but not at home. That's why many game sites set up their systems to not timeout over the weekends. I don't think we need implementation like that much anymore, since most people have access from work, home ,and even elsewhere (friends, palm pilots, internet cafes, etc.), but that's generally how it is. Maybe keep it in place for 1 & 3 day move limits, but get rid of it for the longer limits.

Thad

I agree with you grenv but I do not make the rules, If people go away sometimes on the weekends that is what vac. days are for.

actually i was thinking most people have a job during the week! And all you need is to log in once during the day and make a move or three.

The weekends is the time I play the most but I think other people have a life and go out and do things.

what is it about weekends that cause people to be less likely to be able to get to a computer?

ImUpChucKing: If a game were to time out on Satuday and it was Thursday (2 days away) but Saturday and Sunday were days off it would say there was 4 days until it timed out. In other words, days off and vacation days are added to the time left as necessary so the time left actually is the time left until time out.

Quiet day at work, Backoff? lol

Tired of getting down by the big guys ??? This tournament is for those of us rated between 1800 and 2300 to practice vs people of our own level !!! Small sections , 3 days per move. Good luck !!!!

Starting August 5th, is the popular "All games for dummies" tournament!

All games for players rated UNDER 1500

Unrated also can join (but don't join if you are an expert at the game)

Great way to learn a new game

Great way to play a game without being "killed" by high ranked experts

NOTE - Since ratings do change, before the tournament starts, i will remove anyone who is way over the 1500 limit.

S I G N - U P - H E R E !

... and have fun!

Thanks Jason...

So, it seems, that weekends dont just keep you from timing out in a game, but actually stops the time from moving at all? For example, if there are 15 days left to time out, and you have a weekend, there is still 15 days left after the weekend?

Thanks Bwild, great match :o)

Congratulations to Stevie for winning this tourny!!

IMupChucKing if you had a one day tourney you have one day to move untill it get to friday then it moves to three days , so it you have a seven day one i believe it would be nine days before you had to move , so a 21 day tourney most likely is 27 days ;)

Why not an all games team tourney... really keep em hopping :)

Question.... In a 21 day tournament, it does not include the weekends? So it is really a 27 day event? Is that how it works?

Or does the weekend only come into effect at the end, to save them from a time out? Thanks :)

You're certainly keeping big bosses on their toes, Fencer!
Anyone want to play for HOME in this tourney?!

Anyone up for Dark Battleboats team tourney? :-)

Yayy! I now have 3 people for the spider line four tourney!

Anybody else want to play for HOME team? Drop me a line!

Yes.

Can knights join in a team tournament if they are already in a 'normal' tournament of that game type?

I need players and captains for teams to join team tournaments....
Thanks :o)

Crissie's Clubhouse

I am not getting better with age; just worse. I am also not doing so well on IYT. I do not know if altzheimers is creeping in or senility or what. I am really trying to study the board more but I keep making stupid mistakes. Oh well, I am not so concerned about BKR as I am in having fun and meeting some very nice people here on this site.

Head games.... yeah I can see the scheme-ing look in his face in his piccy now too LOL

LOL Stevie...

Well Harley, there may be no rules against it, yet, but I think by purposly not moving in games that would have normally timed out had it not been for the timer to be defused is no example for anyones game playing (except maybe 'head games')

Yeah, awkard bugger those rules eh, and those that use it to be awkward buggers too LOL

LOL Steve!! BUT what?! BUT, he plays within the rules?! ;oD

captains should lead by example, gawd help us if they follow suit LMAO

I know that, IMupChucKing! I'm just saying his speed of play is unimportant to me. I only commented at all because Steve started with "Kevin as captain...". Since I made him captain I felt obliged to reply!

Yes upchuck thats what I menat, he may be a good captain with motivation etc ....BUT

LOL @ BRY.... ver here, to 'plug' someone is a sexual inuendo :)

Harley... I think Steve was commenting on his speed of play, not his suitability as a captain....

Anyone wishing to join a team for 5-in-line, we need players in Monkeys Swinging Madhouse! I'll join the tournament as soon as I have the numbers.

Sorry Stevie, I didn't see anywhere that said captains must play at least X amount of moves per day! Kevin is an excellent captain, he motivates people to play and is a very polite and kind person. Thats all that matters to me.

LOL Stevie....

Kevin is captain......if he plays , that tourny will be one of those 3 year ones :o(

i'd plug Musiclover too.... she's a lot better than her BKR suggests...... I know from the old IYT days..... and here.. believe me!!

Thanks IMupChucKing for the plug.

I know musiclover, who mostly plays 5 inline, is interested in playing as well, if anybody want another player...

Cheers, Harley......

If you're interested, Bry, just contact Kevin, the captain :oD

We do we do!!! HOME team needs another player!

I'm not in a Five-in-a-Line team in the up-coming "Team" tourney. If anyone out there needs an Average player to make the numbers up, i'd be happy to join... please let me know.....

How about crushed by 1000 players?!

Well, Jason - my Bud - had to laugh at ur 1day/30 day Jibe at LongJohn - class.

Re: Time limits..... I play here everyday (other than when I am not at home) and have usually 250+ games on the go. I only choose to play long-timed games so there is no effect if I lose my service on AOL for a bit, or BK crashes. When BK1.0 crashed a few times last year, did loads of you lose games on Timeout???? and have to apply for them to be re-instated??? I didn't.....

If you ask other regular players who enter the tournaments (usually Rooks - so they have the capacity to play enough games without having to waiting for others to move), such as Arpa, Jason, Ms Delete, Hannelore, Vikings etc,,,,,, they regularily enter long timed games (such as the ones I create) and they are finished well within 3 years or so like others calculate. I have ran 30+ Five in a Line tourneys with the time limits as 21 days and if you look at the last one that is running, (where the winners are stated) there have been loads completed so far.

Anyway, what I am trying to say is that if you have enough games going, and you are not making moves on here for 8 hours + per day, you have enough moves to make before you log off without worrying about anyone on vacation or has not moved for a while.....

Comments welcome..... ;0)

Got anything for those of us that get crushed by 1200 players? :o)

lol, well us 2000-2250ish players are getting crushed by the 2300-2600 players so just made something up for us :)