BrainKing - Diskussionsborde (Feature requests)

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

King Reza: grenv is right, Ambiguous Chess (Atomic Chess too) is a perfect information game, you get no extra information after playing your move, you have to wait for your opponent's move to get this information... exactly like in standard chess ! For all these games there is no special interest in selecting "move and stay here".

31. August 2006, 22:56:58

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

Tilpasset af King Reza (31. August 2006, 22:57:57)

grenv:Oh sorry. My mistake. The question meant immidiate showing of the result after a player moves. In Ambiguous Chess the result is not shown immidiately. I somehow understood the question incorrectly. Thought it meant the result is shown after a player moves, no matter 'how long after!'

31. August 2006, 22:51:39

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

grenv:Well, when there are more than one piece that can move to a certain square, and you choose that square, you cannot see the result unless your opponent has made a move!

31. August 2006, 22:29:00

grenv

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

King Reza: Ambiguous chess? Assuming you weren't joking, you can't see the result until the other player makes a move.

31. August 2006, 22:03:32

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

plaintiger:Dark Chess and somehow Ambiguous Chess.

31. August 2006, 22:01:14

plaintiger

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

Tilpasset af plaintiger (31. August 2006, 22:02:50)

grenv: ah, okay. thank you. it still seems an obscure thing to me, but i'm glad it got implemented for those who value it.

nabla and pauloaguia: thank you. the more games it applies to the more practical the feature will be.

anyone: are there still other games where a player might want to see the results of their moves but can only do so after the move has been submitted? Atomic chess shows the results of the move before the "move" button is hit, right?

31. August 2006, 18:02:08

pauloaguia

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

nabla: Espionage

31. August 2006, 17:44:46

nabla

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

plaintiger: Yes, I like your request, it seems logical for all games where you may get an info after you moved, so also for Dark Chess (are there others?).

31. August 2006, 17:42:40

grenv

Emne: Re: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

plaintiger: I play backgammon and chess variants. I like to play one or the other sometimes, so i'll run through all the backgammon games and leave the chess until I have time to think about them.

31. August 2006, 17:39:38

plaintiger

Emne: "move and stay here" for battleboats variants only

first a small rant: i personally don't see the usefulness of the "play next game of battleboats plus" link - why would it matter whether the next game you move on is battleboats plus or not? it's not like playing a different type of game between two battleboats moves can break your concentration - battleboats doesn't involve concentration!

i understand that the feature was implemented because people asked for it - i just don't understand why they asked for it.

:: end rant ::

now then: what i think would be a *real* improvement would be the ability to set "move and stay here" as the default action for battleboats variants only. that would save me having to manually choose "stay here" from the popup menu after every battleboats plus move while allowing me to keep the default for all my other game types as "move and go to next game."

thanks, Filip!

31. August 2006, 16:22:37

onigoroshi

Emne: mini shogi

yes! another vote for mini shogi, or even micro (poppy) shogi:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/geodun/poppy/shogi.htm

31. August 2006, 00:04:49

plaintiger

Emne: new mail functions

re: "mark as unread" and "delete and next" buttons: go, *Fencer!* yesssss! thank you!!!

30. August 2006, 20:21:42

Carl

Emne: Re: new games

pedrored: Plakoto.Yes please,better than any of the others... >:0)

30. August 2006, 20:07:05

coan.net

Emne: Re: new games

Jason: http://www.bkgm.com/variants/Plakoto.html
http://www.bkgm.com/variants/PlakotoExpress.html
http://www.bkgm.com/variants/Moultezim.html

Maybe it's time to start discussing good possible gammon variants again on the Backgammon discussion board - I know there were a few good suggestions on the board awhile back.

30. August 2006, 19:59:25

Jason

Emne: Re: new games

pedrored: where could i see these versions ?

30. August 2006, 09:06:57

pedrored

Emne: new games

What do you think about backgammon variants PLAKOTO and MOULTEZIM?

29. August 2006, 02:57:55

coan.net

Emne: Re: "Play later" and ...

hexkid: If you make it look like the "move" button, too many people will start clicking on that thinking they are taking a move. I think the way it is now where it will go to the next game as it is set up in your setting is good enough for the "play later" option. (in my opinion)

28. August 2006, 22:28:37

hexkid

Emne: "Play later" and ...

Tilpasset af hexkid (28. August 2006, 22:30:40)

When viewing a game where it's our turn to play we have the option to "Play later". In the interest of completeness it could have a dropdown with the options available on the "Move" button when we're submitting a move.

[Play later] and * go to the main page
                 * stay here
                 * ...
                 * go to the next game with Fischer's clock

EDIT: LOL

[Play later] and * stay here

26. August 2006, 19:08:32

tazman7474

While the "show time between moves" feature is a good idea, this isn't a place to pick apart other players.

26. August 2006, 12:45:31

filidoor

Emne: New game proposal: mini shogi

I would like to propose a new game on Brainking: mini shogi.

The game is played like regular shogi with these exceptions:

it is played on a 5x5 board (instead of 9x9)

promotion is possible on the last rank only

The begin position is as follows:

R,B,S,G,K

_,_,_,_,P

_,_,_,_,_

p,_,_,_,_

k,g,s,b,r

So there is no knight or lance and only one pawn each.

There are some advantages of mini shogi as a first introduction to shogi:

games do not take many moves, so it is better for beginners

the basic characteristics of shogi are maintained (dropping, promotion)

you should play very actively or you get overplayed

it is an interesting game in its own, also for skilled players

The game was introduced in the seventies by a Japanese professional.

Hope to see it some time on Brainking.

Filidoor

25. August 2006, 19:31:57

Emne: Re: Average time between moves

alanback:

25. August 2006, 19:21:00

alanback

Emne: Re: Average time between moves

King Reza: Love your photo, very topical :)

25. August 2006, 19:11:30

alanback

Emne: Average time between moves

Tilpasset af alanback (26. August 2006, 19:29:24)

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to see a statistic that would tell you the average time it takes a player to move, from the time the move appears on his move list to the time he submits a move?

*Edited to remove names

23. August 2006, 22:01:06

tazman7474

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

rabbitoid: wouldn't that be a "play my games for me, while i go get a beer" feature?

23. August 2006, 20:39:20

rabbitoid

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

Fencer: may I at least have a "move and go get me a beer" choice?

23. August 2006, 19:41:52

Maxxina

Interesting idea : Do it

23. August 2006, 18:31:21

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

Tilpasset af Fencer (23. August 2006, 18:31:58)

BIG BAD WOLF: I could add "move and go to the page which contains the secret action points".

23. August 2006, 18:23:28

coan.net

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

Fencer: Oh, can you add "move and go to next game with a Canadian" - it is um... needed!

23. August 2006, 18:06:12

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

rod03801: It should be added now.

23. August 2006, 16:01:38

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

Czuch Czuckers: You should read the blog more carefully, I wrote about "move and go to the next game of this type and player", not "most moves".

23. August 2006, 15:46:43

Emne: Re: Age limit ?

Amandakmg365: There is no age limit. In both directions :-)

23. August 2006, 15:03:21

Amandakmg365

Emne: Age limit ?

Hello: Is this site available to teens and kids? If it is them maybe you could try to add board and other games that they like to play. Adults could try to play them too.

23. August 2006, 14:40:36

Czuch

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

rod03801: Im not sure what the "new" one is ( I read the blog too) but the one that says "move and go to the next game with the most moves" is not even necessary, since we could already order our games by the most moves then simply use the "move and go to the next game" option!

I agree, the one we really need is the "move and go to the next fischer's game" option!!!!

23. August 2006, 08:24:43

FilsdeTycho

Emne: ¨Pahtum Plus

A Pahtum variation with points also considered on diagonals would be funny, I think.

23. August 2006, 08:06:44

juha

Emne: Multi-game tournaments

I don't know if there hes been thid kind of request, but I'd love to see multi-game tournaments. For example, every players play all games against each others, or different games in different rounds etc. (To have very hazard tourneys: different games to different people) :)

Is it hard to implement? What do you think of idea?

23. August 2006, 05:37:35

Emne: Re: "move and go to" menu

rod03801: I agree with Rod! That is an excellent suggestion! Wait... I've used my idea already... This one is Rod's idea!

23. August 2006, 04:22:44

rod03801

Emne: "move and go to" menu

Tilpasset af rod03801 (23. August 2006, 04:56:48)

Hey Fencer, while your adding things to the "move and go to" menu, how about move and go to next fischer clock game?? It is "absolutely necessary" too! (I read the blog.. lol)

Actually, another thing I would like to see is for each game to have a check box that you can click, and have that game or those games always come to the top of your list, no matter how you have your list ordered. This is good if you have certain people whose games you always want to move on as soon as you can. Friends... Especially interesting games.. or pawns.. (when I get ahead, I like to try and help my pawn opponents out and move more quickly on their games since they are limited.. though I haven't been "ahead" in a while! lol) ..

It could either be set up as the game automatically going to the top, or as an addition to the move and go to menu as "move and go to next checked (or special, or chosen or whatever term) game."

23. August 2006, 00:00:28

Emne: Re: discussion boards on a tourney page

rednaz23: All right, create a nice comment to the article.

22. August 2006, 23:52:10

Emne: Re: discussion boards on a tourney page

Fencer: I appreciate that! This should add a little spice to every tourney!

22. August 2006, 21:50:01

Emne: Re: discussion boards on a tourney page

rednaz23: All right, man, create a new tournament and try it.

It should be working.

22. August 2006, 09:14:48

Emne: Re: discussion boards on a tourney page

rednaz23: Actually, the system is prepared for a discussion board associated with a tournament ID.

But somebody must code the remaining implementation.

22. August 2006, 08:14:13

FilsdeTycho

Emne: Gigamic games

An "official" letter has been sent in July to the French society Gigamic who commercializes some interesting games (Pylos, Quarto, Quoridor, Goblet...), in order to obtain the authorization to program their games on Brainking.
Unfortunately, a negative answer has been obtained.

22. August 2006, 02:59:55

Emne: Re: discussion boards on a tourney page

WatfordFC: Well, thats sort of funny! I just picked a tourney I was in... I just think a DB on a page like that would be cool! It would give people a place to talk about their specific tourney. There is no such place now for anything. You could make it so that the DB is closed once the last game is completed. It could work and I personally would like to see it.

Please Fencer? This would count as my one "request" that a black rook gets... No? Yes? MAYBE! All right!

On that note... I thought of this... "More like one in a million..." "One in a million... so you're telling me there's a chance!" What movie is that? LOL

22. August 2006, 02:41:13

Adaptable Ali

Emne: Re: discussion boards on a tourney page

rednaz23: Not much to discuss there , he just resigned his games.

22. August 2006, 02:29:03

Emne: discussion boards on a tourney page

How about a discussion board on a tourney page? For instance... a discussion board on a page like this.

21. August 2006, 20:38:05

BuilderQ

Emne: Result of last game of a match

In the message sent when the final game of a match has been completed, no mention of the game being part of a match is made, yet the match result is stated as if it were the game result. Could this type of message include separate mentions of the game's result and the match's result?

21. August 2006, 17:03:39

goodbyebking

Emne: Re: BK ranking list

emmett: I know that we can choose the number of games rankings shown, but I would like to be able to choose which game ratings are shown.

21. August 2006, 17:00:26

goodbyebking

Emne: BK ranking list

There is a list of our BrainKing ratings rankings on our main page. There is currently an option to have them there or not. I am wondering if it is possible to offer us the choice in Settings to choose the game rankings that are listed. I have ratings in a dozen games or so. I would like to be able to choose about half of them to be displayed. The reason for my request is so that I don't have to scroll down to see if an opponent has moved. I still like the rankings shown at the top, however.

21. August 2006, 15:48:20

MadMonkey

Emne: Re: New games

Fencer: I know LOL, thats nice to get an email to say someone has responded back. I think it will work well

21. August 2006, 15:46:05