No, we're talking about that number of vacation days, not the amount of time on individual games. If he gets to 0 vacation days he shouldn't get autovac.

His time on the games ticked over yesterday, but he still has 21 days of vacation left. These games will never end!!!!!

yes, but the opponent i'm talking about has 0 days left. she used her last one yesterday, therefore i should of won today?

furbster: must be a bug in the system as the same has just happened to my opponent - the game had 20 mins left for them to play and they had no vacation days left - now its just jumped to them having 24 hours to make their move - this is a tournament game and the person hasnt been online for over 2 weeks so getting very annoying

yeh, mine are all tournament games too :o/

mine too. And my opponent has been online almost every day, but hasn't made a move in about a month. ?!?!?

Could it be because it's a weekend day?

no there mon and tues

furbster: i think we may be talking about the same person

quite possible, i'll check your games lol

yes your playing her to

furbster: i thought so lol

has anyone checked the bugs tracker to see if this problem has been addressed/reported already?

Think I am playing the same one..like 5 games! When will it end?

maybe it is monday where they live

i think it's still 1950 where thay live.

Searching for the features that are being requested and buried in the trivia....

well I will post a new request.

I would like to have an option to opt-out of the "send to all members" messages that BIG BOSSES send out to all their members in the fellowship.

I mean for me, if a BIG BOSS needs to tell people of the fellowship something important, there is already a way to do that by posting in the fellowship message board, and will even give me a red (1) next to the fellowship name.

Since it was introduced, I have recieved 15+ "spam" messages - all which are nice messages from nice BIG BOSSES, but nothing important enough that could not have just been posted in the fellowship board itself.

BIG BAD WOLF: I disagree. I like he feature and just because some BB's don't use it more prudently is no reason to discontinue it. For example I used it to send out an Easter greeting and I was able to hear from people who never post and it was good to hear they were still active. I got many personal replies.

Are there any Amazons variants? How about one where you can pass through the arrows you shoot but not your opponents' arrows?

Maybe call it "semi-zons" or something

BIG BAD WOLF: This is why I'm a member of exactly 9 fellowhips. So far nobody has sent me spam in the manner you describe.

Purple: Oh don't get me wrong, I see some good things that this feature can be used for - I would just personally rather not get all the spam message, and would like an option to "opt out" of them - not take the feature away or anything like that.

Opt out would be good.

BuilderQ: Very perceptive on the format of a business letter having the adressee's name followed by the colon. However, since these posts are not in a formal format, I think the comma is still more appropriate.

How about having the same go-to-options when resigning as when making a normal move?
Resign and go to next game of this type, etc.

How about Opt out of the messages of specific fellowships. I wouldn't necesarilly want to opt out completely. But I have a couple who are starting to send out too many... (Doesn't bother me THAT much, but I see it could be developing into a pattern..)
And I wouldn't want people in my fellowship to opt out, just because of certain ones sending out too much..

One of the things that was also suggested was that when someone does send a message to everyone, that it is also automaticly posted in the fellowships board - that way if someone does "opt out", they will not miss messages in case there is something important.

And option to opt out of individual fellowship messages is a good idea..... if it does not take too much extra work. (I'm up to over 20 messages in the past week which I don't consider important - that is messages which could have easly just have been posted on the fellowship board, and not put in everyone's message box.)

EdTrice: I suggest the name mcguyverzones then ... . ~*~

We have Cylinder Chess, how about:

Cylinder Line 4
Cylinder Froglet

I cant see any indication included with bulk fellowship mail identifying the fellowship from which it originated. Big Bosses be aware, write the name of the source.

BIG BAD WOLF: Cylinder 5-in-a-Line....?

Cylinder anti-backgammon??

5 variants:
Cylinder, loop, anti, berolina and extinction Gothic Chess

how about auto vacation which actually times out when someone has no days left instead of keep adding more time everyday

i recently have 'won' 4 tournament games (2 different players) where my opponent either timed out or resigned (i forgot which) at the first move

because it happened within 2 moves my bkr wasnt changed

i would like it better if the bkr does change on time outs and resignments .. but not on deletion of the game (within 2 moves) .. which of course isnt possible in tournaments

i think those 4 games did add to my win/loss ration though .. is that correct ?

i would love to be able to show only my best # of established bkrs on my main page .. or split the established and provisional bkrs into separate parts

(yay! i got 11 established types ;))

Hrqls: You can already determine how many of your bkrs are shown on your main page.. You can change it under "Settings"

Hrqls: No, all games except those marked "not counted" and deleted ones are counted in your stats.

rod03801: He probably wants to filter out provisional BKRs and show the established ones only.

Fencer & rod03801: *nod* so i can see easily what my lowest established bkr is .. to improve my average established bkr ;)

Fencer: *nod* thats what i noticed as my win/loss ratio improved ... but my bkr didnt change (i think .. as it wasnt shown in the post i received .. i didnt check the actual bkr though)

does a bkr change if a game is timed out/resigned within the first 2 moves ?

Hrqls: No.

Fencer: ok thats what i remembered .. i kindly request to make resigned and timed out games (within the first 2 moves) to count for the bkr though .. :)

Hrqls: Ehhh, Errrr, and I kindly request that Fencer not accept your request! (I think based on what I have learned on English grammar, I have used the correct phrases, is that right? Especially about the part 'fencer not accept.' )

reza: 'that Fencer does not accept' is correct.

And I agree with you.

rhiannon: I don't want to argue and I know, I know, .... this is no grammar class, but you say :

" I suggest that Fencer (she/he) be at the party " and not " .... IS at the party."

" I suggest that he not visit the doctor " and not " ......... doesn't visit the doctor."


Am I right? If yes, then is there any difference?

And I pre-appreciate your reply. may be you'd rather send me a pm, huh?

reza: You are correct.

"...kindly request that Fencer does not accept" is incorrect.

grenv: Thanks grenv. Thansk very much.

reza: it would be too easy though to perserve (or even raise it) your bkr in tournament games ... like when i am playing a chess tournament .. at which i can only win against a few other players .. and will lose the most .. i can know already when the tournament starts which games i will lose ... i will them let them time out (or resign?) within 2 moves .. thereby my bkr wont drop by those games ... i will only play the games which i think i can win .. thereby giving my bkr a chance to go up .. and 'never' go down

i only suggest this for tournament games .. as you are put against an opponent .. instead of chosing it yourself

i can imagine people making use of this

as games timed out (and resigned) after the 2nd move are calculated into the bkr .. why not the ones before the 2nd move ?

games which are deleted before the second move are something else .. that is the solution to games which are started by accident
(and you cant delete tournament games (i think))

Bry: You know I thought about Cylinder 5-in-line, along with some other games having cylinder versions - but for 5-in-line, since the board is some-what big already, I don't see a cylinder version being much different then the current game.

After looking at all the games offered here now, Cylinder Line 4 and Cylinder Froglet are the 2 which I personally think will be different enough from the original to make the games worth making.

Hrqls: The problem with that logic is that those players you know you can't beat are probably rated way higher than you (else how do you know?). This means that losing against them won't affect your BKR anyway. Winning against low rated players doesn't help your rating.

BIG BAD WOLF: what about cylinder battle boats ?