Yeah, I read it all.. Still didn't see the answer to my question. Are you going to bring MadMonkey back or not?

I did post this at another board because Harley said it wasnt to be spoken of here...But seeing you have bought it here Fencer i would ask this question???

I would like an answer please and so would a lot of other players who have games just sitting....
Please can anyone answer my question? **EDIT** these figures for timeouts were of 5 hours ago

Steve R is going to start timing out in 28hrs, is there any idea how long it will be till Steve R is reinstated, if he is going to be????

OOPS....my Q also applies to Mad Monkey but I dont know what his timeout situation is :)
I have since read on another site that the timeout for madmonkey is 30 hours

Thanks Fencer....it doesnt answer all questions but it does answer a few :)
Please bring back SteveR and MadMonkey :)

Okay, let me SHORTLY answer some questions:

1) About allowing pawns to post on boards - NO. Not before BK 2.0 with new anti-spam functionality developed by myself is ready to be launched. Otherwise it would be too risky. You know why.

2) About banned users - yes, I did it. The reason is partially The Cave, partially other things that would be too difficult to explain to everyone. Yes, I can hear protests like "what other things?" and "explain everything!" but the things are far more complicated than they seem to be, especially during several past days. It's not just about two or three users, it's about the whole BrainKing itself. And BrainKing as a site for everyone [EVERYONE!] is always my top priority. And everybody knows that it doesn't mean just pressing the BAN button and forgeting, I always look for the best solution. Even for certain former user who is successfully trying all possible ways to forget about him forever.

3) About Harley and speculations about her - yes, I've asked her to help me. Why? It's dead simple - I cannot do everything at once. However, nobody [NOBODY!] has an access to my message box or any other message box, such speculations are ridiculous [and not for the first time, remember?]. You can imagine that my message box is really full or questions of all kinds, it's impossible to answer everything and have some time for work. Moreover, Harley is better in English than me [obviously] and when I ask her to reply to several questions instead of me [with no private information released, of course], it can be only helpful, especially when my misunderstanding of one of Steve's questions was an unwanted source of the mentioned speculations.

4) About The Cave - yes, I've deleted it. I admit that mistakes happened on all sides but after posting several warnings and expressing my displeasure with its content, I've been expecting that the fellowship creator will ask me to "clean up" its membership and leave only "hard boys" there. Unfortunatelly it never happened, the hints were probably not clear enough. However, lots of frequent boards are to be kind of cleared as well due to technical reasons [BrainKing database is growing too fast and we don't have unlimited resources].

5) About me playing games - is it a crime to play games on my own site? That's one of the main reasons why I had created it :-) And I am used to work and play at once, fast playing without complicated thinking is the best way for me to work more effeciently, whether you believe it or not. Furthermore, I've read that some users think that it's the reason of me not answering some messages. Wrong. I've answered so many questions and messages inside and outside BrainKing that I would deserve a month vacation. And not everything can be answered immediately.

6) About relationships among men and women - yes, it's very complicated, especially here where a number of different cultures meet at the same place. I've been always giving my best efforts to make it easier for everyone and that's what I am doing now although for some users it doesn't look like it. Everybody knows that everyhing I do here is what I think is the best for BrainKing, not for any particular user. From a long term point of view. That's what is called "responsibility". It's sad that certains users never tried to look at it from my point of view.

7) About outcries of type "majority of users wants this!", they are kind of pointless. The real majority of BK users never [or very rarely] posts on any discussion boards, they are happy to play games and that's exactly what this site is for. It's not a public and unmoderated chat room where everything is allowed.

8) One more thing - it's interesting that there was never such a problem with Czech users. Czech fellowships and discussion boards are full of normals posts, nobody offends anybody. So I could say "okay, let's make BrainKing Czech only, it will solve everything at once!" because number of Czech paying members increases each day.
Of course I won't do it. I like you all. And BrainKing is an international site. But it won't be better with your current attitude.

Phew, it's much longer than I expected. Thanks everybody who was so patient to read it all :-)

u said that u was removing the post with the 2 names in it. I just want to know why was mine removed. All I did was as a question. It did not have a thing to do with those 2 people. I did not want to think that lots of people where right. You must have a big power trip.

I know Kevin :( but....do you feel I should just let it go on??? for another6-7 months LOLOL or even longer...if the ONE game took this long how long would 3 take LOLOLOL

It only affects the two players, and both are rooks so it really shouldn't be a problem - if one of them does move really slow again these two players will just have one more game to play for a while :-)

I deleted this way down and brought it to the top because i didnt want it to get lost

Query???

I have a tournament that has been running since last August to my knowledge:( ...it is called Bernice's Best BattleBoats Bruhaha (Battleboats)

Now the first round has just finished, there were only 14 players and it was a 5 day mover.

Im reluctant to start the 2nd round owing to the fact that ONE player has taken since forever to make their moves. This will be a 3 game match...Can someone change it to a sudden death playoff, and I will start it. other wise how can it be deleted with 1/2 tournament win give to the 2 people concerned.

thats funny,

lol
my pm will make you laugh harder :)

I went half the day that way thinking the feature was shut off to calm down some of the conversations, even though the db's were working fine. silly me

I only knew because that same thing had me stumped a while ago :)
Glad I could help

that was it, thx. I must have hid it by accident

I'll look, thx

I just checked mine and it is fine.
I did that once where I clicked "hide message archive"
See if there is an option to "show message archive" that might help.

Is it just me or has everyone lost all messages in there games?

Backoff....I agree, but as in many other places, it is asked to please stop talking of it, as it is not for this board...

Remember the "I hate so-and-so" board....MY GOD...didnt the poo hit the fan because of that....many were abused for joining, so we need a board of that type for everyone INCLUDING pawns.

Oh !and one with 2-4 Moderators, and a suggestion you keep a copy of your post incase it gets deleted ;)

I think general chat would be the best place, but this topic covers so many different angles. Fellowships, etc. It's hard to label it as just one problem. But I would still say general chat is most likley the best place.

Im dissapointed to see my post removed from here as I thought it was a BrainKing issue. I have noticed that it has been referred to as a fellowship issue but no-one knows just where to post about this delicate subject.
Please ask Fencer to open up another PUBLIC board where EVERYONE including pawns can post about THINGS in dispute that have no other board to go to.

Once again, Can I have an answer please? If the subjects in question are not returned to there former status, this site WILL lose paying members, then what?

BBW, I wish one single board WOULD be decided on because every board I've been to today has had posts about this and I'm sure I'm not the only one fed up with it. Thats why I asked this board be kept clear.

BrainKing.com Moderator: harley
Board for everybody who is interested in BrainKing.com itself, its structure, features and future.


I have a question about the future of this site. How many people will continue to pay money to this site just to see BS like this happen???

Where would the best place be to discuss this issue. Instead of just saying go elsewhere, maybe we should decide on a board to talk about this issue which means a lot to many users here.

I think it should be a public board so everyone has a chance to read it, and now I believe the Moderators of both Fellowships & this board does not want it here.

Andersp - I think the decision from Fencer to not punish the person who removed the post from the cave is proof enough that you can copy and paste anything you want anywhere!

Can I ask somebody to PM me and explain to me why those two whose names cannot be said on this board were banned? I went through the General Chat and did find something about some "leak" or what, so please, if it doesn't bother you too much. I would really like to know what's going on. Thanks in advance.

I said you're being ridiculous if you seriously think that I, alone, requested that Steve and MM be banned, and Fencer did it. Or words to that effect :o)

Now I won't ask again, please no more on the subject here, it will be deleted.

The crux of the matter is not if it is one person but who that person is, or so it would seem.

well,far be it from me...to spoil your agenda.

bwild I will hide your posts if you continue to post about those two. Its covered on every other board, I ask you to at least leave one free for other discussions.

Last I checked....197 brainking members want Steve and MM back!
that seems like a brainking.com issue to me!!

I never removed my post about your discesion to do this...Is that because Fencer finally answered my message?

Nope, just posts about Steve and MM have gone.

Looks like you have removed more than Steve and MM ... ahhhhhh ... feel that power of the Moderator!

I'm removing every post to do with Steve and MM on this board. It has been covered extensively on all other boards.

Positions on your profile shall be available in BK 2.0 :-)

I finally caught up on them..

very nice job!! and who interviewed Harley.. I thought the page was nicely done, was it you Fencer?

I dont think its lazy

Yep, put me in that category.

yes you can see your ratings there (but when i click on profiles its slow to load up ) also you cannot see your position ... looks like well have to wait to get it back on the main page (for us lazy ones ;)

DOHHHH.....
Thanks Nikki :)
Thats pretty clear cut, and easy to see.... even those lazy ones out there shouldnt have too much problem with that one !

When I look at your profile page, I can see them.. along with your wins and losses for finished games.. in a box at the bottom of the page :-)

Is it just me? I dont see my ratings on my profile page...

sweet, I didn't realize that. Thanks Fencer.

You can see all of your ratings at your Profile page.

My guess is they were removed for performance reasons. It would be nice to have a link you can click on to see all of your ratings.

p.s. If you click on any game (completed/unfinished), you can see your current rating.

True Steve, but at least the tables still exist if you are curious about where you stand in a game. My backgammon rating has been on the increase as of late so it is nice to look at that after a game is done.

i for one miss the table on the main page , its hard to see a differnce in my bkrs (im too lazy to look on the ratings page)

Thats not the point, Its nice at a glance to see all your own ratings :o)

If you go to the ratings at the top of the page you can still see the tables for any game you wish.

The interview with zetes has pleased the masses greatly.

Guess like most things going in here I have no idea what is going on. So guess I will just keep tring to get some of these games off my main page. So that way maybe the for can come back to some of the people that think I have takin away.