BrainKing - Discussion boards (BrainKing.com)

Subject: Re:

Justaminute:

It is not part of the game to win on time with a lone king,

It is irrational to award a timeloss if that if playing the worst possible moves would still win or draw.
You can claim a draw in a quickplay finish, if the player isn't trying to win by normal means.

7. March 2011, 04:05:39

Subject: Re:

lukulus:

3 fold repetition can/has to be claimed of this site?

Me personally I don't think there is much benefit to 50 move/3 fold repetition claims not being handled automatically on the server. If you reach a position where you have a valid claim that can be made against you the odds of you winning are very tiny anyway.
If there is a claim draw button, I haven't noticed it.

7. March 2011, 09:17:01

Subject: Re:

thisbeme:
Dude.
Lukulus gave you a clear explanation how it works here.
Please accept it and stop spamming. Nobody is going to change it.
Thank you.

7. March 2011, 14:50:00

lukulus

Subject: Re:

thisbeme: You have PM to fencer. Its same as in OTB game when you call referee and in correspondence chess when you write to tournament director.

Of course, there is benefit. If you are trying to win you have more time to do it if defender wont claim the rule. In OTB game I claimed 3fold repetition in very bad position, so my opponents' chances to win were very good - but you are right, my chances to win were tiny:)

19. March 2011, 03:53:56

pgt

How do I move in this game where there is no "submit" button, and no "roll dice " button. The only way I can see to get out is to offer a draw or resign. HELP!
Game ID: 5086246

19. March 2011, 04:01:04

pgt

Ignore previous post - finger trouble!!!

21. March 2011, 00:06:08

Bluefin

Looking for the page to set up vacation days
Can't find it this time ??

21. March 2011, 00:10:37

Pedro Martínez

Subject: Re:

Bluefin: http://brainking.com/en/News

21. March 2011, 00:18:41

Bluefin

Thanks, I missed that one.

28. March 2011, 18:24:53

MadMonkey

Why do Teams keep removing themselves from my Fellowship

It's easy to re-create them i know, and have them back, BUT when i do that all the players have gone............

28. March 2011, 19:39:47

Subject: Re:

MadMonkey: Teams cannot remove themselves. It is always triggered by a user.

28. March 2011, 19:51:49

MadMonkey

Subject: Re:

Fencer: That is what i thought, as we would have to check a box to confirm it

Is it only Big Boss & Little Boss that can ??? most odd

29. March 2011, 00:52:00

Bwild

Subject: Re:

MadMonkey: gremlins!

29. March 2011, 01:22:11

ellieoop

Subject: what happened???

i clicked photo album by mistake and it says that it is my album. there's lots of pix but i don't know any of these ppl., i have seen some of the names on the site. any explanations?

29. March 2011, 01:37:26

Subject: Re: what happened???

ellieoop: If you clicked from the side menu (left), yes indeed you see most recent albums of other people, and most recent comments. To see your OWN album, you need to do it through your own profile.

29. March 2011, 03:22:43

ellieoop

Subject: Re: what happened???

rod03801: thx. rod. i surely wouldn't have know that.

29. March 2011, 15:56:52

Subject: Re: what happened???

ellieoop: I was inaccurate, though. At the very top of the page that you go to from "Photo Albums" (from the link on the left), would be your own albums, if you had any. THEN under that are the latest albums from other users.

1. April 2011, 07:37:32

Subject: Dweebo's

I have not been able to log onto pente.org for the last couple of days. Is anyone else having that issue?

Jaqueline

1. April 2011, 09:44:20

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

jouer: There is a Host Tracker link at the top of this page, which is recommended to use if someone has connection issues with BrainKing. It works for any other sites too and now it shows "Connection refused" error from all worldwide nodes. It means that pente.org is down and everyone has the same issue.

1. April 2011, 10:38:27

MadMonkey

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

jouer: This is also handy place to try http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Just put pente.org into the box and see what it says....in fact i will

It says It's not just you! http://pente.org looks down from here.

1. April 2011, 12:02:37

s3v3n

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

jouer: according to what Brf wrote yesterday on SPP fellowship's board, it is only temporary downtime..

2. April 2011, 22:02:15

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

D0 we know how long 'temporary" is? And do we know why it's down?

2. April 2011, 22:04:42

happyjuggler0

Brf's 5th Annual St. Pat's Pente Tourney

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

jouer: Check out the discussion board for this tournament:

2. April 2011, 22:15:32

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

happyjuggler0: Thanks HappyJo...:)

5. April 2011, 00:19:29

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

jouer: Does anyone know if it's possible for Peter to restore the turnbased games that may have expired while pente.org is "down and out"?

5. April 2011, 00:30:56

Subject: Re: Dweebo's

jouer: This conversation would be better suited for our "Other Game Sites" discussion board : http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=54

This board is about brainking specifically. Thank you.

5. April 2011, 08:51:01

Bernice

anybody else having probs connecting to BK....anything up to 2 mins for pages to load...on the home page the dragon flies across before anything else even loads...so annoying, cant log in...takes ages...all other games sites are fine

5. April 2011, 08:52:52

aaru

Subject: Re:

Bernice: me too

5. April 2011, 17:25:32

Subject: Re:

Bernice:
Yes I have lost many games because I have a limited time to make moves so if Brainking doesn't load or takes forever to load when I am able to make moves then I lose (uaually the games I least want to lose).

6. April 2011, 15:48:53

Hrqls

Subject: Re:

Bernice: i also have some problems connection to brainking.nl .. sometimes it brings me to google where i can click on the link and the connect without problems (this indicates a DSN problem on my site) ... but today often that doesnt work but brainking.com always seems to work for me

6. April 2011, 18:11:42

toedder

Subject: Re:

Bernice: Have you tried switching to the "Simple" layout? And to activate the "lightweight" version in your settings?

6. April 2011, 23:42:56

Subject: Re:

toedder: I have had intermittent problem even in simple layout!!

7. April 2011, 14:56:08

Mort

..... Compared to dial up days...

11. April 2011, 05:10:31

Bernice

I thought people were only supposed to be "BigBoss" of 2 fellowships?

how come there are some out there with 3?

11. April 2011, 05:51:30

Subject: Re:

Bernice: Black Rooks are allowed 3. If it is a non black rook, perhaps they had 3 before the restriction came to pass.

16. April 2011, 14:20:13

julie67660

quand on refus une demande d'amis publique (sans le faire exprès) on peu plus recommencer pour accepter ?

16. April 2011, 17:47:13

rabbitoid

Subject: Re:

julie67660: Non. Il faut recommencer l'invitation.
Le forum en Français est ici

17. April 2011, 14:57:52

alexlee

Subject: Moving on games?

After playing on a game neither the option of going to main page or picking a game from the drop down list works? No matter which I choose the first game on my game list is what I get?

17. April 2011, 15:00:03

s3v3n

i have the same problem

17. April 2011, 15:18:06

http://brainking.info/

17. April 2011, 16:05:15

Subject: Re: Another mess.

Fencer: You know the old saying ? If it ain't broken don't fix it. Why do you keep making changes? I can't see if my friends have made their moves anymore. None of the commands work either. Are these temporary faults?

17. April 2011, 16:07:25

Sometimes I don't know why I even bother to write news and blog posts.

17. April 2011, 16:11:50

Subject: Re:

Fencer: Perhaps it's because they are boring and too much crap to read.It is better straight from the horses mouth so to speak.

17. April 2011, 16:12:48

Pedro Martínez

Subject: Re:

Modified by Pedro Martínez (17. April 2011, 16:13:33)

Fencer: Be careful, or you'll be accused of discrimination against the visually impaired…

17. April 2011, 16:15:22

Subject: Re:

crosseyed: If it is boring, than no other response would be useful to you. The purpose of blog posts is to summarize all important information at one place, so smart people could easily find everything there, while lazy people just keep asking one by one.
If you call it "too much crap", you can hardly expect any further help from me.

17. April 2011, 16:16:30

Subject: Re:

Pedro Martínez: I am used to be accused of even worse things here.

It's a pity that some people are too selfish to see things from a global point of view.

17. April 2011, 16:16:53

Subject: Re:

Fencer:

17. April 2011, 16:18:08

Subject: Re:

crosseyed: Thanks for a valuable response.

The "problem" is solved.

17. April 2011, 16:22:01

Subject: Re: Problem solved.

Modified by crosseyed_uk (17. April 2011, 16:24:04)

Fencer: Thank you. I do love those smileys and was sad when you stopped producing anymore.

17. April 2011, 16:27:45

Doris