alanback: However sometimes it's usefull to go thorugh them all at once (like before going on vacation, for instance) and it's good to know that all those settings exist in case you need them ;)

Czuch Chuckers: I think that happens if you choose the "time left" setting instead of "time of last move"
(sorry if the english version is different but I'm not in the mood to go back and forth between portuguese and english )

SunFire: I think you can do that by going into Settings and then, on "Sort next game by" choose "time of last move" ascending.
Haven't tested it though because I don't have any waiting games right now

mr. shumway: As a paying member you have the option to have a combobox stating which game you want to go to.

Fencer: I think Vikings is talking about the ability to add secret notes, visible only to one self, like other games have (those that were recently upgraded )

WhiteTower: You need as many games slots as there are possible games to be created. On a tournament that has a max of 4 players per round, you'll need 3 free slots (single game between each 2 players) or 6 slots (2 games between each 2 players).
These values are maxed at 5 and 10 respectivelly. So, in case of a tournament with max 8 players per section and only 1 game between each 2 players you'll only need 5 free slots.

playBunny: there is a difference - there can be only one winner per section

Fencer: If there is a network or a connection problem, you couldn't reach the fault page anyway. It would make no sense.
Yes, but it would allow us to know the difference between a "programmed" downtime or server maitenance or something like that (BK error page kicks in) and a network problem (standard "cannot display page" error)

alanback: Or, at least, the search feature on the top right of the board could search on message subject's as well... (and maybe even author name?)
Probably simpler to implement, and just as usefull

Jump This: Well, you can always ask them directly... it just won't be available to everyone else, but it will satisfy your curiosity

alanback: It would also be nice if the current score (Ex: pauloaguia: 5pts - alanback 6 pts) would also appear in the message sent when each game ends...

Fencer: you cannot always deduce dice roll from a (pass).
But then again, what do I know about game notations?

Fencer: Ok, thanks for the reply. It's not a very strong necessity anyway

Fencer: Could you point it out to me? I still think those charts have too many points

Well, is it easy to do? Or would it take some more work?

Fencer: Maybe... but how do I know which of those many points is the one for the game I'm looking for?

Can we see how many points each of the opponents won/lost on finished games? I mean, I don't keep them all game over messages but every now and then I'm curious as to the outcome of this or that game in terms of how many points I won / lost with that particular game.

Is this possible? (this has nothing to do with the recent changes - it's a wish that comes from some time back and has just been remembered in the portuguese forum)

Could there be a filter for "Post bugs posted by me only" or something? Sorting by poster and then finding my name in th middle of the message bulk is not a very satisfactory solution...
I'd like to keep track of the bugs I posted to see if they are doing well or if some more info was required and I just missed it or something...

rabbitoid: That setup is one of the many possible with Fischer clock. Just set it to <TOTAL_TIME_PER_PLAYER> / 0 (no bonus) / <anything>

Spirou: That would require people creating multiple accounts to use the same real name in both of them - which is doubtfull will happen very often ;)

Recently RSS capability has been added to the DB's.
Maybe it could be added to the BugTracker as well? It would help people monitor bugs they could be interested in following up on without having to post in them to receive mail notifications or adding them to the bookmarks...

Fencer: Thanks, and that's a preety good example, yeah ;)

Can there be an option to hide the game notation or something? For longer games and slow connections, it makes the page take ages to load, puts unnecessary strain on the server and makes my bandwith quota go away faster...
I'm thinking of games like Anti-BG, where the game notation can represent more than half of the page source code.

Then again I can see the usefulness of displaying the last few moves to help you quickly review the last moves. So, instead of hiding it entirelly, maybe just display the last 5 moves or so and a link to show the rest of the notation, if wanted...

Anyway, the idea has been thrown to the arena, do with it as you see fit ;)

nobleheart: Damn, you were faster

But now that I think about it the more people ask about it, the more likely it will happen. I'd like to see it too ;)

playBunny: pawns have the hability to search DB's (at least they did until 1 month ago...)

playBunny: ~If you want to see the players from a specific country in the Player List just select that country's name in the combobox at the top and click the search button.

On the main page there is a line saying something like "Total number of started games: 22 (you have 28 free slots)".
The number 22 here equals the number of ongoing games plus the number of ongoing ponds.

Id like to request that this number also includes the number of pending invitations (from me to someone else) since these games actually influence my hability to start new games.

Purple: I've seen it when the player never even logged in the first time. Don't know if there are other situations...

playBunny: You're relativelly new to the site, so you probably don't know how many people would be upset if the dice rolled whitout them triggering it (hey, don't ask me why, but there are really quite a few).

playBunny: The dice won't roll until you load the game page. And without a dice roll, there's no way to know if it will be your turn or not.

AbigailII: aggreed that the time displayed isn't necessarilly the total game time left.
But as it is now, a value is still displayed, and it's the value that is valid at each moment.

Anyway, my point was to have an indication that allowed us to distinguish between the two type os time control. How it is done and it's full implications I'll leave it to Fencer ;)

On the Main Page game list, each game has a reference to how much time there is left. But there is no distinction between time left for the move or time left for the game. The later definitelly need some special attention and shouldn't be mingled between the rest of the games (and only come to the top of the list when their time is running out).

Can this information please be added? Some suggestions:

• New column with indication of "type of time left" (game or move). This would allow to sort by this property
  
• On games running on Fischer Clock, add a red dot next to the time left with the legend on top (game time left)
  
• Separate this type of games into another table
  

I personally prefer the second and hate the third (but I always add even the ideas I hate - it may trigger some good ones as well).

Fencer: I had never noticed that :)
I was looking for something that was more immediatelly visible but this could do for now. Thanks!

With all the new languages the number of DB's named BrainKing.com is growing. And I've added a few of them to my favourite DB list. The problem is they are all named the same. So it's getting confusing to know which one is which.

Could the names please be changed so that they have a change in them (maybe BrainKing.com/pt? or similar)
Another alternative would be to have the flag next to their names.

rod03801: There was none... It didn't start as a feature request (I think).

To settle everyone, there is a bigger majority than the US. Pawns are the majority in this site. No matter how you define that!

chessmec: I think that the holidays are set according to the czech calendar... so it probably has nothing to do with USA's independence day.
But I'm only guessing, as I don't know why it would be an holiday in czech republic either...

Jason: What if the person you were looking for wasn't in the top 100? or even the top 1000? ;)

The description text area in the edit profile page could be a bit bigger... or it's size be associated with the new setting for the new message area size on this page.

Could there be a way to filter the pond list by game type, please?

Fencer: Ok then...

Any chance the link at the bottom of the page for the web usage statistics goes to an english version of the statistics site?
Or there isn't such a thing? :(

Is the site really getting 28000 page hits at peak hour? (over 7 pages per second, if I got it right)

What do 'Zobrazené stránky', 'Návštěvy' and 'Návštěvníci' mean? (just curious that's all)

Czuch Chuckers: I think it was a fellowship at one time... but I'm not sure, I was a pawn at the time and didn't pay much attention to it...

Czuch Chuckers: no game should time out on that day. Not necessarilly in the next 24 hours. If autovacation only kicks in in a game at 23:00, a game at 01:00, next day will still time out (or trigger another auto vacation day).

grenv: 3 minutes is to little - between the time you reload a page and the time you think and the time you play, usually that time has elapsed.

This one hour limit would be a good way to prevent those "1000 moves Anti-Backgammon games" though . The player who can stay awake the longest wins!

furbster: I've allways been a member . I just didn't have a paying member status - some patriotic feelings tricked me into it now

Just pick another site language that isn't so complicated and your worries are over

playBunny: I once said that displaying a sample of the BKR history graphics could have the same effect. Everything that is visual is so much more appealing than a description of the feature...

Maybe not as interesting, but seems like a nice game as well: cromophage

On the portuguese DB, a new game suggestion has been mentioned: attaxx.

It's a reversi type game, with several variations. Maybe it would be a good adition here as well for when new games are added.

AbigailII: No, the current language has a black border (or at least dark grey). I'm using portuguese and can still see a border on the white part of the czeck flag...
anyway, this is just a detail. Probably the only ones that should be upset by it are the slovaks(?) and they see the black border anyway ;)