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Thanks to everyone :-)
About flipping the board, it is not supported yet. I'll add this feature later. But if you play backgammon in real, the players sit at the opposite side of the table, don't they? So one of them can see the bearing off on the left and the opponent on the right. Or am I not right?
Oh, sure :-) Sorry, I'm a little tired, I was finishing Backgammon etc.
About GT, I've just tried to log in and it really shows that their database is down. Strange.
Tony: Monthly, for the beginning.
About site down yesterday - there was a non-planned malfunction of our server-housing provider and we did not know about that because it happened during night [of our time zone]. I apologize for that.
Mom: Yes, it is a drawback of non-paying members. And tournament games don't override normal games, this is just a special situation for this first tournament only. Shortly, everybody could join a tournament although lots of players didn't have enough empty slots. But there will be some restriction check on next tournaments. I have to think it over.
Rose: Yes, for this very first tournament. The next [regular] tournaments will probably follow some restrictions according to the game limit of any particular membership.
MadMonkey: Exactly. I think that it is better than remove such players from the tournament because of not enough empty slots.
And upgrading is a good idea :-)
Thanks Reds :-) Good news is that the Backgammon implementation is done and the game will be added within several days. It took so much time because the model is far different from "normal" games [chess, reversi] but it is finished. At last!
Kevin: Favorite Discussion Boards should be sorted alphabeticaly. I'll check it.
About Player List - yes, you are right, I'll probably give it a higher priority at my TODO list ;-)
I don't know. As I remember, there was a problem with draw offers but it is already fixed.
Actually, no site is totally flawless. It is impossible. Nobody can test all features and combinations.
tonyh: No, there is not an automatic draw. But maybe I should add it. I'll add some notes about it to Tablut rules ASAP.
About BKR, it is re-calculated everytime when a game/match is finished. But sometimes it is not changed [see FAQ].
lwmc: Don't worry about that. It is legal to share a computer when playing on BrainKing.com. Everything you have to do is to click on "Logout" link before another player can log in. That's all :-)
AAaaaaaahhh! I've found it! It is influenced by your time zone :-)) But it is only a display problem, the value in database is correct. I'll fix it ASAP.
Niki: As I can see, your profile shows 27th December. And when I look directly at the database, you really have 27th December 2002 there. Are you sure that your profile shows 26?
Aurora: As I can read on Line4 discussion board, you want to create a Line4 fellowship, right? Then you should really consider to upgrade to Brain Rook ;-)
Of course I know that. It is applicable e.g. for a situation with king, rook and bishop against king and rook. The other possibilities are:
1) King and two knights against king and pawn.
2) King, rook and pawn against king, bishop and pawn.
But there are more restrictions for the last two situations, especially about pawn positions.
Why do I write the rules when almost nobody reads them? There is a note about writing to info@brainking.com with a request to finish a game with some draw situation.
(peida) Oled väsinud mängu algul laevade või Spionaaži nuppude pealepanemisest? Sa võid "Mängude kujundamine" kaudu oma lemmikseisud salvestada. (pauloaguia) (näita kõiki vihjeid)