Hey, its not that big a deal. Please don't leave over such a minor thing.

today is the FIRST time since the crash that i have had the....Too busy...cant get in signal :(
Last night I was told it was me...tonight i refuse to believe that...anyone???

It was not a crash, only a short inactivity because of firewall management. I am sure that 20 minutes of server being down is worth improving the overall security.

OOPS.....I wasnt talking today :( i was talking theother month :( crash that was longer than 20minutes....and yes your are right....20 minutes to repair and upgrade and clean up is worth the wait....sorry :)

Today and late last night, I found at home and work, that each time I open internet explorer I have to log in to get a server not found page, then go back and log in again before I can get into BK. My wife has had the same problem

no way into brainking.
steve's trick seems not being working for everyone.

Steve: That was probably because of Liquid tuning the firewall. I had the problems too.

Its been ok since just after that message thanks Fencer :o)

for USA it isn't okay, still. (status from 10 mins ago)

I'm USA and I havent had any problems today.

Ditto Eriisa

on the Pacific coast. :0

bk very slow today

Which 3rd-party affiliates are
allowed to set cookies via brainking.com?

Haven't been online much today here in New Jersey.. but no probs, Fencer :-) In addition to that info: I am using the new.brainking.com site.. YOu go mAn! ;o)

I am presently here on the "old" Brainking.com. When I try to access this site on the "new" Brainking, I get a pop up stating that "This kind of information can't be used". FYI, I use WebTV. Is this a problem with my system or yours? I have been using "new" Brainking with no problems until today. Thanks.

No need to use new.brainking.com anymore.

I used to be able to look at the fellowships page and new ones would be at the end.. now new ones seem to pop up elsewhere in no particular order. Is this just a glitch please ? :-)

Errrrm, it seems that I forgot to add some "sort by" clause ;-)

ha ha ha! does that mean you are 'human' fencer.. not a machine as some think you are?! lol

Actually chatty, I have heard that Lenka thinks he's a dishwasher...

LMAO@ bumble! ;)

can someone tell me if I play a person rank 2370 and my rank was 2075. the person resigns the game but my rank only went up 11 points, is this right?

Yes.

Yet another party pooper....

along with deadend same day same time someone called pap 26. November 2003, 13:33:39
joins deadend 26. November 2003, 23:26:05
and I wonder how many more inbetween. Joins enters 3 tourneys and then lets them all time out

Suggestions as to how to end this sort of abuse were made... may I ask which if any are to be implemented

Is there anyway to know if someone has them on their enemies list?

If you go to the persons profile that you think has you on their enemy list you will notice you cannot send them a personal message

Thanks Rose. (How did you know I was talking about me?) haha :)
I tried sending them a message, but didn't know if it was actually sent. I guess if I was allowed to send it, I must not be on their list!

LOL upchuck, if you can see the link called send message on their proffy then you arent on their enemy listage! guess it was a hunch u meant you! hahah

hello LOL....great reception....no problems...dont know what Fencer and Liquid did but they did a Bloody good job :).....thanks...take out bloody and insert DAMN if it isnt allowed....or jolly good if damn isnt allowed HEHEHEHHEEW

There is a person on this site, who keeps creating new identities (the current is "3030", it used to be "orion", "ares" and many more such as "abcd", etc. some time ago). He usually has a sentence "standard chess only" in his profile. He creates new public invitations (a few games of chess and a couple of 3-win chess matches) with each new ID. After you accept one of these, he deletes the game or gives it up after a couple of moves.

I am posting this as a warning for those who would accept his invitations - it is just a waste of time and game slots for pawns.

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I initiated 2 tournies at my Fellowship: Glibby Glub Glooby etc..
When people try to sign up for the backgammon tourney, it takes them to a chess tourney where they cant sign up :o(

I don't know what is happening here, because I see no problem. Thanks for your help!

~*Radiant 36:9*~

Radiant: There is no backgammon tourney, only two chess tournaments.

I'm able to sign up for the "backgammon" chess tournament.

To me, it looks like possible you that you did not change the game type to "Backgammon" before you made the game. (And just clicked "Add Tournament" under the Chess area)

I have put the Game List page in as a favorite. Yet when I click it I get sent to the login page first.
Is there a way to avoid having to log in every time I want to check things?

Jack, turn on Auto Log-in. Click on "My Profile". Then click on "Edit"... Then scroll down and click on "Enable Auto Log-in"

Ah, very good. Thank you - Thank you.
I've even tested it and it works.
:-D

Let me tell you what I did:
1) I created the chess team
2) in the scare there I could click on Define new tournament
3) I defined the new chess tourny
4) then I clicked on Create the Backgammon team
5) in the square that i got I clicked on Define New Tournament
6) so I did define the backgammon tourny

What did I do wrong? :-) And how can I correct the mistake??

maybe delete the 2nd one and try again...

To create a backgammon Tournament.

1) In the "Select a team" section, choose Backgammon and click "show"
2) Once the Backgammon "team" comes up, you can click on the "create a tournament" there to create a backgammon tournament.

I'm not sure what had happen before, but my guess is that you created the Backgammon team, but the team still showed the "Chess team" and that was how a second chess tournament was created.

So the best solution is just to delete the extra Chess tournament you have now, and try to make the Backgammon tournament again.

Hey.. I guess I haven't dealt with a lot of games where draws are very common.
If, in a game such as Tablut, both players keep making the same move, moving back when the opponent makes the appropriate defensive move, then the opponent moves back, and it starts all over again? Is this considered a draw? If so, after how many repeats is it appropriate to ask for one?

LOL.. did that make any sense? I think it's snowing in my head too...

I'd ask for a draw as soon as its obvious that you're at a stalemate, that nobody can win. Definitely after no more than 2 or 3 moves!

In chess, if the same moves are repeated 3 times, it's a stale mate. ( same as a draw )

Does anyone have any more questions for Liquid? Send them to me, and say if you want your name added to the questions or not :o)

I think forced draws (in the manner of perpetual check) in tablut are nonsense. A voluntary draw in which both sides willingly repeat position indicates a mutual desire to draw, neither side thinks that they can win but in tablut white, in an otherwise lost situation, can force a repitition to avoid losing. The fact that this can be done in chess has no bearing on the situation in tablut. On the tablut rules page there's a statistic that at BrainKing white has won 60% of the games, this is already a large enough advantage without adding the extra resource of being able to force a draw (black can not force a draw). For black avoiding a draw is as big a challenge as is trying to win. I dont know if it would help to remove the draw as it might make it too easy for black to win but as the present situation is unfair I suggest that games that end with white forcing repetition shouldn't count as a result but instead should be replayed with the colours reversed.

I can't access my game of reversi, I get a pop up saying this is a kind of information I can't use. verything else seems to be working fine. Thanks

IMupChucKing... I can see your game OK, but I've had a similar problem. I thought it was because I was on AOL! I logged out of BrainKing, cleared my cache and came back, then it was fine.

Thanks Harley... I am WebTV... I turned my power off and unplugged for a few and when I came back it was fine also.