Vikings: doesn't the auto pass here work only when there is no possible move to make? regardless of the dice?

That is not correct. That was my initial thought as well, but it turn out that fencer made it to auto pass any time when a person cannot move, and he changed it so the dice are rolled directly after a persons turn instead of when the player who's turn it is goes to the game. So in an auto pass game, if I "move and stay here" I will see my opponents next dice already. ( not sure if the same is true for non auto pass games though)

Anyway, in my game the auto pass should have ping ponged us back and forth, with neither of us seeing the game until one of us had a move, and that did not happen!

Family Man: could someone double?

Vikings: I dont think auto pass is used in cubed games.

Family Man: Yes it is.

Fencer: Maybe a FAQ or a blog entry should be posted about how AutoPass works, and when it doesn't and stuff like that. Seems like there's still too many questions about it.
And while you're at it, maybe extend it to the rest of the games. I'm tired of passing at Ludo and having to go through a series of forced moves at Anti-Chess when the outcome is already obvious...

is it possible to have this feature on the resign game to please

Why when someone times out on a game, they still have the same amount of vacation days?

Dolittle: Well, if they timed out, they didn't use a vacation day. Otherwise, if they hadn't timed out, a vacation day would have been used. Unless I'm misunderstanding you.

You mean if their time runs out and they go back to having 24 hours to play, no vacation days are used? I thought that is what vacation days was for.

Dolittle: I think it depends on how the game is set up.  I think some of them are no vacation days allowed.

NOT a floosie: Ok thanks, I didn't check that!!

rod03801: Ahh. So they didn't ACTUALLY time out then? I misunderstood ya. I don't know then.

rod03801: It says standard vacation so I really don't know either.

Dolittle: The other possibility is that earlier in the day, they already "timed out" on other games and the vacation day has already been taken. (At midnite Czech time). So of course an additional vacation day isn't taken for each individual game.

Dolittle: You only use 1 vacation day a day - so once a vacation day is used, any other games with standard vacation days that time out in the day will get 24 hours used on that same vacation day.

Ok, thanks guys...I appreciate your answers!! I just didn't understand but then it is late and my eyes are at half mast!!

the auction thingy appears to be working...would you consider doing a "bit" on the side and opening a mini "ebay" for members to sell useless/junk/heirlooms/ etc....seems like it could be an extra "income" for you....it would keep people honest being under a threat of "banned" if they didnt pay etc, and could give us something interesting to talk about for the next few years LOLOLOL

Bernice:

Fencer: LOL..silence is golden :) and I must have read your mind ROFLMBO :)

Fencer: Incognito????

Fencer: of course....a "banning" would also have to apply if the "purchased Piece" wasnt posted to the purchaser...Ive seen me wait 4 months for stuff from the USA...they are too mean to ship air/express, and by the time I get it I have forgotten I have purchased it LOLOL.....

Bernice: Well, that's more a matter of agreement between the seller and the purchaser. We can hardly track packages.

Fencer: of course :) but what exciting things are happening here :)

Bernice: If they use the Post Office, it should get better from the USA. They changed and now International packages seem to be only Express or Priority.

Course, the tracking still isnt so hot with them. Most of my packages to AU get there within 2 weeks.

Eriisa:
i remember getting a Christmas present send from the states mid December i got it May 15th..lol
why first it got stuck in American customs then it was held up 3 months in English customs
crazy or what!!!!

"Snoopy": oh, trust me, I believe it!!!

Dolittle: i thought vacation days went on forever. Even games that are suppose to be moved in three days. They last forever too!! :)

I just had a message about a finished game report, and it didnt show my change in BKR like it normally does? It was a game my opponent timed out on, I dont know if that is what is different from other reports that tell me the change in my BKR?

Family Man: it was probably part of a multi game match. Or it was the first move...

Family Man: Games that finish before 2 moves don't affect your BKR

pauloaguia: What about a stairs game? Do you advance in the stairs on a game that times out with less than 2 moves?

Family Man: yes

Family Man: but since most stairs are 2-game matches, you must wait for the second game to finish before you are declared the winner of that match.

One question: in a pond (run around the pond) an opponent has 0 points for the current round. If I use 1 point will I fall to the pond? The next to the last player has 41 points...

inpassant: If an opponenet has 0 points left, their bid for the next round will be 0 - so any bid of 1 or above should stay in until the next round. Don't forget about highest bid still gets the 500 point bonus.

More questions? Check out the Run Around the Pond Board: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=77

coan.net: Thanks. I haven't seen the pond board.

I bet those questions have been already asked, but... in my opinion, Brainking should have the possibility to take back last move, as in Kurnik (of course, if both players agree with it), such as the possibility to re-instate the game lost for time-out (once again, depending to both players agreement). Don't you think?
Fencer, is this a possibility in the future?

Gabriel Almeida: It could be possible only if BKRs are not changed by the timeout.

Gabriel Almeida: Nooooooo. Then you will get people calling other people names because their moves aren't granted to be taken back.

AbigailII: Yes, that's true. Some people forget they are ASKING something to his adversary. Anyway... well, I admiss this could be a "trouble-maker". I always accept a re-instate or a take back move, in those other 2 sites. I see no merit in winning points for distrations or for time-out, and I now much other people think like me, so it's hard for us, when we are playing, that we not even have the possibility to do it. There are advanges and disavantages on those stuffs, I know. Just wanted to know what's the "oficcial position" of Brainking.

Gabriel Almeida: The official position is to make the auction system first.

Gabriel Almeida: I am afraid that Abigail is right, it would be a real trouble-maker. The problem is that people have very different definitions of what a "distraction" is. For some, it would be to leave the king en prise in a chess variant without checkmate. For others, it would be to lose a pawn to a 5-move combination.

nabla: Yes. I think an interesting "increase" in this hpothetic-possibility could be that a take back move should be asked before the next move of the other player. Sometimes it happens to me, speccially in checkers variants: notice a big mistake just after submiting my move!

Gabriel Almeida: I've got also that problem, clicking faster the submit button than thinking. But on the other hand, at real life Chess tournaments the rules are clear, touching a piece === moving that piece, if allowed.

I do not like to win for time outs, but to play the long forgotten games over goes too far.

There's another problem, Extinction Chess still hasn't a colored border. It looks just like ordinary Chess, but last night I lost because I thought I could trade queens. I would like to play those games over, if my opponent would agree :(. And of course a disco flashing popup that says: ""WARNING THIS IS AN EXTINCTION CHESS GAME!!!!"" or a colored border is enough. :).

joshi tm: yes... I never understood why Amazon Chess has a coloured border and Extintion Chess doesn't. The first one has no special rules to play (except for a different piece, which is rather obvious) while the second is easilly confused with regular chess...
But it's probably an extremly hard thing for even Fencer to change because, though it may seem like a simple request, many have asked for it befor, but to no avail...

pauloaguia: Yes, it is. I still don't know the right colour.

pauloaguia: I think it was because colours are a matter of taste and he knew that some people would complain whatever the colour. But now you have made it a much simpler feature request : swap colours between Amazon Chess and Extinction Chess. No new colour involved, no complain - hopefully :-)

Fencer: Sorry that I answered in your place

pauloaguia: Just send me a RGB code. Black is not good.

nabla: good idea

Fencer: you read fast... I deleted my previous post after reading nabla's.
Will #eeeeff; do?