Princess Alison: I really wonder why nobody's heart ever goes to those 1000+ poor people of Iraq who have recently died in missle attacks and other explosions and also because of lack of food.

I would just like to say, and i am sure my thoughts are echoed, here, in the UK, our thoughts are with all American people during this very difficult and traumatic time.

BIG BAD WOLF:
Please list any members that you know of that are missing on that board, maybe someone else has heard from them or has a way of contacting family that would know!

I was just looking, and notice that Fencer made a new board: Missing people - This is a temporary board to post information about the members who are missing since the hurricane Katrina which hit hard several states in the USA

I usually try not to post information on multiple boards, but I thought many people would be interested in this board.

OK thats enough please. About brains and all off topic subjects. General chat is only a click away!

Tuesday: But i just looked on your page, and u havent got any

Jason: I know, but I will prolong it next year:)

you cant refer anyone now only at the time of creating membership

BK was recomende to me by someone on IYT with nick "thissitesux" so I dont know how person I have refer:)

wellywales: By the looks of things they arent many people on here that does have brains............

lukulus: I have just checked Fencer, he has no brains, who is doing all the work

ZOMBIE: GIMME YOUR BRAIN

Princess Alison: check out my profile...I have no brains either...but I still manage to win a few game ;)

Fencer. Any chance of getting some new smiley's the ones we have now are getting old hat

Fencer: If u get extra income from the google link , does that mean u can give me my brains back

ClayNashvilleTn: Time-control indicators on the game list :-)

I saw the question one other time but not the answer

What do the little dots next to games we are playing on our game list and what do they mean?

sorry, wrong board, the description of this board mentioned features.

Is it possible we could get a feature that would let each players color be chosen randomly once the game starts? I really hate having to choose wether im white or black, I'd like it to randomly pick for me at game start.

lukulus: *
3**3
*

Fencer: So we now know why is Fencer so bussy - he is clicking on google banner

plaintiger: So what? I have nothing against people trying other game sites as well. It doesn't matter if they find an URL here or elsewhere. But if they click on the ad here, I can get some extra income from Google.

plaintiger: Google Ads works by reading the page that will contain the ads and deciding which are the key words. It then hauls out one of a selection of ads based on those words. I don't believe participants in the scheme have much control over what Google chooses though it would make sense, as you point out, not to have competitors advertised.

um...new question: why are there Google ads for other gaming sites ("Play Backgammon with Us!") out on the login page? isn't that a bit self-defeating? wouldn't Filip rather people came and played backgammon *here*?

volant: excellent - that's just as i hoped. thank you!

It is kind of amazing that this referral program has generated such heated debate!? It's an imperfect system, that doesn't seem to be in doubt. But in the blink of an eye, Filip could just as easily scrap the whole thing, and we'd all have "no brains"! Not that he'd want to necessarily, he has his own reasons for it being there, but he could do away with it.

For example, over two years ago, when I was a pawn, I referred a player who immediately became a Rook, and that player referred several other players of a specific game type who also became Rooks, but I got nothing. I later became a Knight, then a Rook, then back to a Pawn, then a Knight, but there was no retroactive payment for my referral; just the way it goes.

There seems to be about five times as many Rooks as Knights, so it is obviously the optimum choice for those who do pay (or get a membership via grant). However, this is common knowledge, so retroactive rewards do not seem in order, but that is Filip's domain, so I'll say nothing more.... I'd become a Rook again, except that with over 50 games going, I cannot devote enough attention to each and play as sharply as I'd like, although this may not be of concern to many other players that just to have a lot of games going. The main drawback of the Knight membership is having to wait for other players to finish their games before another tournament of that type can be entered, but by trying new games I have adjusted to that somewhat; also, I look for events with shorter time limits.

After experiencing many different internet games sites over the past several years, I believe beyond question that this site is by far the best, all things considered.

ScarletRose: My heroine

Princess Alison: I am so sorry to have upset you.. and yes.. I didn't think of how the outcome would be. For I really didn't have the intentions of it being taken personally as you had.. please pardon.. and I will remove that post promptly..

plaintiger: The next news item will show up on your main page when ever Fencer posts one

got a question: i've just clicked the "remove" link at the bottom of Fencer's latest news post to make it go away, but having never used that link before, i don't know: will the next news Fencer posts appear when he posts it? or have i just turned his news off until i turn it back on again somewhere?

thank you! :)

FEW nice people??? sheesh.. there are lots of nice people on this site. wow..

I'm sure she didn't intend to, Princess Alison. But either way its probably best addressed in private or at a board like general chat.

harley: Well maybe a certain somebody shouldnt leave remarks that can actually hurt somebody's feelings

What Jason said...

Princess Alison: You are most welcome, it peed me off quite a bit too!

Lamby: I am fuming over that remark Lamby. Thanks for your support

Princess Alison: I agree with you! Some people should think before they speak! Its not about 'skimping' How rude some people are!

reza:

playBunny: Scarlet Rose, mabe you she read all the entires properly so u will understand what is going on here before u accuse people of "skimping" I was not skimping at all, so get your facts right please.

playBunny: Or who have money, but cannot pay online!

Princess Alison, ScarletRose: I'll second that. It's not cool to make fun of people who lack money.

ScarletRose: Excuse me its not a case of skimping.

Purple: But u shouldnt have to do that, i should have got the brains, end of story. But thanks anyway , you r one of a few nice people on here that support one other

Fencer: Perhaps the Knights could be allowed to enter up to 10 tournaments of any type or just remove the tournament game type restriction completely instead of limiting them to 1 of each type. Seeing how they are limited to 50 going games total, that should be plenty of tournament admissions. I also fail to see why a Knight is limited by what type of game the tournament is. The total number of games going should be the limiting factor. If someone only wants to play Backgammon, why not let them?

Another thing that can be done, would be to lower the fee for a Knight membership while leaving the restrictions in place and the create a new membership category priced at or near the current Knight membership that would have the restrictions removed and increase the number of going games to 80 or 100. It could be called a Bishop membership and would fit right into the scheme of things. This would give people an extra choice to choose the membership that best suits their needs.

playBunny: I believe that a member is allowed to pay the difference of the price of a Knight member to a Rook membership prorated for the remainder of the Knight membership and get the upgrade in membership. The difference between the two is about 10 euros for a whole year, isn't it? Maybe you can check into that. It doesn't seem like it would cost you much more and your friend's gift would still bare most of the cost.

eagle eye: True.. haha

ScarletRose: ... or pay nothing and enjoy whatever is free :-)