Fencer: still too many IMO....

I know that Chessmaster1000's prize contest is over, but at least one person could not bring up the context page because it was hosted at angelfire, which is blocked by his country's government! I have obtained Chessmaster1000's permission and posted the same page on my site, http://www.thad.com/brainking/puzzle.html, for anyone who is still curious to see the questions.

Thad

PS: Mods, sorry for the off-topic post, but this is where the thread was yesterday. ;-)

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Volant - LOL.. Harley - LOL

Bry: I had to double check that you had actually agreed to do an intervew!! Don't do that to me!

Bry: allright everyone, lots of questions for Bry. You know the ones

harley: I aint answering any questions !!! LOL

Only limit is lenght - 65535 symbol or something about that

Jason: thanks

volant: I believe fencer said that there was no limit

Is there a limit on how much we can put in the notepad? If there is what happens if we put too much?

Hmmm, interesting link! I was not aware of it......Its position is well hidden
Now i understand the interview matter.........

Chessmaster1000: To find out what these interviews are all about just follow the link that says Interviews! at the top of this page where you'll find previous interviews...

Hrqls, no, they're kind of kept as a surprise for the person being interviewed.

harley: is there a way to see which questions are already submitted ?

Chessmaster - Bry is a global moderator, and as such was chosen to be interviewed. Its just a way of getting to know people here on BrainKing. Its fun, and everyone can get involved by sending in questions.

Who is Bry and why you will take an interview from him....? Is he, any popular person behind the "Bry"....???(Michael Jordan perhaps.
I don't understand the whole interview thing?!?!

Bry!!!

Send me questions for Bry - no question too silly or too serious! Get your thinking caps on send me your questions for this Northern bloke!

http://brainking.com/game/Profile?u=2053

Ever wondered what colour socks he prefers to wear? What he has for breakfast? Just ask! Send me your questions!

Czuch Chuckers: Thats a feature request! ROFL! Just kidding!!

harley: Sorry Harley, I know, its hard to tell, but I was just joking around, you do a great job! (whoops sorry off topic, there must be a board for compliments?)

Its not really censorship, Czuch. Just keeping boards in order, keeping information & questions in the right places. Its a time saver for people wanting to know about certain subjects. If you had a question about computers, imagine how frustrating it would be to scroll through dozens of feature requests or tournament news. Keeping things to the correct boards helps everyone.

Alas, censorship exists in all types of societies...

Thanks reza

Just as I was expecting! a moderator finally came up. OK harley. no more talk on this from me

This might be more appropriate on the computer board? Someone there may have a better idea why its blocked.

ScarletRose: Sorry. I was offline when you posted this. Yes, could be because of that.

Whatever they're using it's quite strong in blocking the sites. I don't know weather it is sensitive to words related to sexual cases or just knows what sites are related to that. I suppose it must be the first one since it's hard to feed the system with ALL site names related to sexuality.

bry, the last few days my game moves take ages, this is especially irritating in backgammon.. sometimes 2-3 mins, per roll

stevie with a stella....

Right, must just be my aol connection at the moment then. Never mind...

its fast for me still also

Youll have to sort out the slowbies LOL

Stevie: Absolutely not, it's fast for me even on very slow GPRS line. Bry probably hit a peak time.

Bry: could be the reason :oD

reza: could be blocked?? Could it not??

Is BK running slow for anyone else? in between making moves on games?

Actually angelfire is a set of "free websites" which anyone can go and set up a website for free - so you can guess many "bad" sites have been made in the past - which is why I would guess someone in Iran just blocked "all angelfire" sites to be safe.

Antje: LOl! don't be too picky. Yes, that's it and I still can't see the site. There must be something there that the blocking system in Iran has discovered is not 'good' for me to see!

In anycase, thanks for the reply. I bet right now a moderator comes and says : OFF TOPIC

if its angelfire you mean, Reza, its about photo sites and blog builders. nothing pornographic or chess related that i saw!

here's the link http://angelfire.lycos.com/

haha! the most interesting part is that when I click on the link for the questions, I go to no sites!

the browser shows a windows saying : Dear customer, accessing that site is impossible.

Is that site related to sexual or pornographic things?

those sites are blocked in Iran.
Can someone tell me besides chess, what other topics are available on that site named 'anglefire'

But at least this way it gives everyone the option and oppurtunity.. for those that wouldn't normally look at the chess db's. The prize may be an incentive for some to get interested in it, and as pafl said, it was only one post

well, i agree with chuck, as it is highly unlikely that anyone will get this correct who does not play chess.
therefore i can see why it maybe a better idea to post it in teh chess secion of discussion boards

Czuch Chuckers:
1) Similarly you could say not all feature requests are related to BK as they deal with various games that we do not even know
2) It is only Chessmaster's business what kind of contest he offers
3) The contest is a good thing for the site and the players too, perhaps and opportunity to start studying gothic chess for some and to have the biggest impact it should be posted here not only because
4) it is just ONE post

I had to respond because I think your critique is very unfair.

Chessmaster1000: This doesnt relate to the general Brainking population. Most/many of us have no idea what gothic chess is, much less able to answer some unique problem related to the game. Maybe you could offer a contest that is more appropriate to the whole Brainking population, or keep it to the chess/gothic chess boards only :)

Well since last time nobody succedded, i will increase the prize..... So here is your chance to win a one year membership here, with a lot of effort of course........

The first one who will post at
Gothic Chess discussion board and only there, the correct answers to the above 4 questions, will win a 1 year Rook membership...........

The 4 questions are here.


***If there are no answers or any correct one until 10/02/2005, there will be no winner.......
***If someone posts more than 1 answer, then the accepted one, will be ONLY his last one. That means even if someone posts a correct answer before everyone, but posts another one later, not correct this time, he would not win as the accepted answer will be the last one. Even if anyone else hasn't answered correctly.......
***In the extremely rare case when there will be 2 or more correct answers at the exactly same time, the winner will be the one whose post will appear first at the Gothic Chess discussion board.
***I will post if there is a winner or not at 10/02/2005.

arghhh what is the matter with this site this morning, it keeps going off and now when I open my games there is nothing there

using the back button after visiting links still works for me

I generally open in new window now. But Most of the time till recently Ive just clicked links...then used back button. It always seemed to work the way that Bernice would like it to for me :oD But not done recently..so dont know if it doesnt work now

Btw, if you use Firefox (recommended), you can open a target page in a new tab by middle-click on the link. Very handy feature.

Thad: Thank you and Harley as well....HTML i am familiar with but PC short cuts i have never been interested in before...thanks...Im sorry Fencer if i have caused you stress in your terribly busy life:( this is one thing fixed...for me at least :)

BerniceC: Sorry, let me try to explain what I meant before a little better...

When you click on a link from a discussion board, hold down the option key (or whatever the proper key is), so that the link you've just clicked on opens in a new window (like having the target="_blank" tag, even when there isn't one). Won't that solve the problem you have?