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Subject: FENCER regarding backgammon

just wondering if in the near future you will be programming the system to return the move automatically to your self when your oponent does not have a valid move
regards Buz

7. June 2007, 12:05:25

inpassant

Subject: Youtube videos

Nice feature, Fencer.

5. June 2007, 19:10:42

joshi tm

Subject: Re: Auction

coan.net: I could not see the Auction's results, for the light bulb disappeared.

5. June 2007, 18:54:49

Andersp

Subject: Re: Auction

joshi tm: -

5. June 2007, 18:54:00

coan.net

Subject: Re: Auction

joshi tm: Looks like they chose to be private - http://brainking.com/en/Auction

But if you see a new black rook pop up soon, that may be a clue I would think.

5. June 2007, 18:09:47

joshi tm

Subject: Auction

Who has won the Auction?

4. June 2007, 03:00:30

srnity

Subject: Re: Apologies

TarantinoFan: Thought it was awfully quiet lately

4. June 2007, 02:54:33

TarantinoFan

Subject: Apologies

I was offline for a couple of days with a corrupted hard drive! Some of my games rolled over on auto-vacation (some with only one losing move left

)

I would just like to offer my apologies to any of my opponents who have been waiting patiently for their games to be returned to them (or for their winners notice

) I should be back to making my average amount of moves for the next little while. Thankyou so much for your patience!

3. June 2007, 19:04:03

Bwild

Subject: Czuch's interview

just had the oppurtunity to read it. great job and time well spent.

2. June 2007, 19:46:03

stegosaurus

Subject: Re: Large tournament sections

Modified by stegosaurus (2. June 2007, 19:46:41)

When I was a knight/pawn, I calculated like this:

For tournaments with 1 game for each 2 players:
X = M - 1

For tournaments with 2 games for each 2 players:
X = (M - 1) * 2

M = maximum players per section
X = number of slots to set aside

2. June 2007, 18:26:59

Subject: Re: Large tournament sections

coan.net: Yeah, I want to do something like that.

2. June 2007, 18:25:47

goodbyebking

Subject: Re:

Dolittle: Good question.

2. June 2007, 18:12:29

Dolittle

Why are the interviews taking so long?

2. June 2007, 17:28:41

coan.net

Subject: Large tournament sections

First idea is on the tournament description, start putting a line that says: "Pawns, Bishops, & Knights: XX Game spots are needed to start this tournament"

Currently - section size of 4-8 = 5 spots free (10 spots for 2 games per.)

Why not just do the following.

Section size of 9-13 = 10 spots free (20 for 2 games - which for a pawn, means NO current games)

Section size of 14-16 = 15 spots free (30 fo 2 games - with pawns not able to join)

31. May 2007, 07:28:08

Subject: Re: Action points

"Snoopy": They rest in peace.

31. May 2007, 05:37:22

ScrambledEggs

Subject: Action points

anyone know what happened to them?

30. May 2007, 15:31:33

Subject: Re: game invitations filter

Jason: No, it's not.

30. May 2007, 15:19:08

Jason

Subject: game invitations filter

Is the game invitation turn off working correctly ? i have been trying for days to turn off all invites

30. May 2007, 15:16:32

AbigailII

If the border has a class name (different names for different games), people can change is to whatever colour they want with style sheets. ;-)

30. May 2007, 15:12:34

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

Fencer: good enough.
For future decisions like this one, if you want light colors, you can always pick the letters of the game name that are allowed in hex format and see what color comes from that.

30. May 2007, 15:08:24

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

pauloaguia: Too late, I've already used the Amazon Chess colour.

Not activated yet.

30. May 2007, 15:07:05

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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

30. May 2007, 15:04:34

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

nabla: good idea

30. May 2007, 15:04:19

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

pauloaguia: Just send me a RGB code.

Black is not good.

30. May 2007, 15:00:11

nabla

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

Fencer: Sorry that I answered in your place

30. May 2007, 14:58:33

nabla

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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 :-)

30. May 2007, 14:56:15

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

pauloaguia: Yes, it is.

I still don't know the right colour.

30. May 2007, 14:55:12

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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...

30. May 2007, 14:17:43

joshi tm

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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. :).

30. May 2007, 13:41:24

Gabriel Almeida

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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!

30. May 2007, 13:14:26

nabla

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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.

30. May 2007, 12:50:47

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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

30. May 2007, 12:49:19

Gabriel Almeida

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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.

30. May 2007, 12:39:25

AbigailII

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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

30. May 2007, 12:26:44

Subject: Re: Take back move and re-instate game

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

30. May 2007, 12:25:17

Gabriel Almeida

Subject: Take back move and re-instate game

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?

30. May 2007, 02:16:58

inpassant

Subject: Re:

Modified by inpassant (30. May 2007, 02:18:11)

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

29. May 2007, 23:51:11

coan.net

Subject: Re:

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

29. May 2007, 22:29:55

inpassant

Modified by inpassant (29. May 2007, 22:32:36)

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...

29. May 2007, 13:29:05

Subject: Re:

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.

29. May 2007, 12:21:55

Vikings

Subject: Re:

Family Man: yes

29. May 2007, 12:09:03

Family Man

Subject: Re:

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

29. May 2007, 11:40:03

Subject: Re:

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

29. May 2007, 03:06:40

rod03801

Subject: Re:

Modified by rod03801 (29. May 2007, 03:10:18)

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

29. May 2007, 03:02:37

Family Man

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?

29. May 2007, 02:40:25

pattypoo

Subject: Re:

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

28. May 2007, 17:12:27

Eriisa

Subject: Re: Customs

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

28. May 2007, 14:52:20

ScrambledEggs

Subject: Re: Fencer

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!!!!

28. May 2007, 13:35:29

Eriisa

Subject: Re: Fencer

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.

28. May 2007, 11:08:18

Bernice