ClayNashvilleTn: You have to be made a captain of a backgammon team before you can enter a team of 8 players.

Since you are the BIG BOSS of the fellowship for the team you belong to, you must make yourself captain of the backgammon team first.

(Then you need to find a total of 8 players to join your team and play in the team tournament.)

If anyone is interesting in trying out the 5 new games, I've created a tournament with just those 5 games:

► 5 NEW GAMES! ▼ Legan Knight Grand PahTum Hasami◄

# Legan Chess
# Knight Relay Chess
# Grand Chess
# PahTum
# Hasami Shogi

Pedro Martínez: Well that is pointless! If I wanted to resign from games in the first section, I just would not sign up for the tournament in the first place!

Fencer: Um..... I think I will have to disagree with Fencer on this one!

I just resigned 3 games with no moves made (3 win match), and I lost BKR points and the other person gained BKR points!

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Londo is the winner.

Londo: old BKR = 2487, new BKR = 2488 (+1)
BIG BAD WOLF: old BKR = 2061, new BKR = 2059 (-2)

Game type: Froglet
Tournament: Frogazons Plus Fellowship - Froglet II

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.... not that I'm worried about 2 BKR points, but you do still lose BKR points if it's a tournament game! (no matter what Fencer says!)

fungame: I still don't think I understand what you are trying to say.

So for example, a game where each player will have a total of 2 days to make his moves (weather he makes them in 1 hour, or starts to make them after a day. = = = Fisher's Clock: 2/0/2

So for example, a game where each player should never take more then 5 hours after the last player played to make a move = = = Fisher's Clock: .5/.5/.5 (or course this could end up taking longer then 2 days)

fungame: Just set the bonus in a fischer's clock game to 0 - then the time will be for the complete game for one party (since no bonus time will be added for each move.)

mrloupcity: Looking at your games, I'm guessing you are talking about the "1.st Liberals & Talent Tournament - Crowded Backgammon" - http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?tri=49714#1

If that is the case, then the time is using the new Fischer's clock time control, which in all Fischer clock games - holidays/weekends/vacations are not used. (That has been listed in the Time Help Section since the Fischer's clock was introduced.)

But because all of those games did not have days off, Fencer at first did not have the red dot next to those tournaments - since all would have no time off it did not make a difference. But I believe he added them recently so it would be easier to see by everyone since not everyone will go read the help about the new time control.

So you are right that it probable did not say "no time off" when you signed up - but all games using Fisher's clock has not vacation or weekend days.

mrloupcity: Tournament creators have no way to change the type of days off a tournament has - so all tournament should have the same "days off" rules that where there when they started.

If you see something you think has been changed - it may be a bug, but nothing should be changing after it is created.

rod03801: I agree. I think it would be easier to just show the (let say) 50 tourtnaments/ponds on one page (and still let people see the tournaments/ponds which start later.

Yea, the automatic vacations can be a great feature - for people who may lose internet access or some other emergancy keeps them from their games, but it does seem that it gets abused more then not.

At some point Fencer plans on putting a limit on how many auto-vacation days can be taken at one time (so for example - only 5 auto-vacations at one time) can be taken - but this is NOT IN PLACE YET since Fencer has had other issues to take care of, but I do believe it is on his 2-do-list.

Czuch Chuckers:


First, it is a 2 hour limit - meaning up to 4 hours of playing (2 hours for each player).

And don't forget to let players know if 6 or more players join the tournament, there will be multiply sections - meaning if you win a section, you will have another 1 hour wait from when the first round is complete, then up to an additional 4 hours for the 2nd round to play.

The #10 for dummies tournament is ready for sign ups.

ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #10

For players rated 1500 or under

For unrated players

5 days to move, standard days off

GREAT for someone learning a new game

GREAT for someone to play without being "killed" by experts

To start around July 10.

Good Luck to all!

Grim Reaper: The option is only there when you first set up the tournament. Once the tournament is setup, you can not go back and change the days off settings.

When setting up a new tournament, you will be given 3 choices:

standard vacation
fixed weekend only
no days off

Backoff: I'll break it down for you.


Section #2:

Player 1 - 2 wins
Player 2 - 5 wins
Player 3 - 2 wins
Player 4 - 3 wins
Player 5 - 5 wins
Player 6 - 0 wins
Player 7 - 3 wins

So so to figure out S-B's
Player 1 - won against player 4 & 6. Player 4 had 3 wins. Player 6 had 0 wins. So 3+0 = 3. 3 S-B

Player 2 - won against player 1,3,5,6,7 = 2+3+5+0+3= 13. 13 S-B

Player 3 - won against 1,4,6 = 2+3+0= 5.

Player 4 - won against 2,6,7 = 5+0+3= 8

Player 5 - won against 1,3,4,6,7 = 2+3+3+0+3= 11

Player 6 - no wins = 0

Player 7 - won against 1,3,6 = 2+3+0= 5

jfa: First you need to add a team to the fellowship.

Then after you add a team (for example, Backgammon team) - you will see a link to add a tournament.

NOTE: After you create a tournament, you can safely remove the team from the fellowship if you do not want it - but you need to at least add it to create the tournament.

Thad: Actually, only you (Thad) should win the section. jack will have the same points, but will not have as high of a S-B as you.

A question I get every once and awhile is how the S-B works in tournaments, and it is pretty simple once you know how it works - so I decided to just post a good expination here for everyone to read who might have questions.

First, I picked a tournament as an example: THIS TOURNAMENT

Now first, the points are figured. You get 1 point for each win. So:

(1)arpa - 3 wins, 3 points

(2)zockerdotcom - 3 wins, 3 points

(3)SMART ALX - 0 wins, 0 points

(4)Ladybird68 - 2 wins, 2 points

(5)Merrily Watkins - 2 wins, 2 points.

Now once all the games and points are figured, this is where the S-B is figured.

The S-B is the SUM of the points of your oppenets that you won against. So:

(1)arpa(3 points) - had win against player 3, 4, and 5. Player 3 had 0 points. Player 4 had 2 points. Player 5 had 2 points. So 0+2+2=4 [4 S-B]

(2)zockerdotcom(3 points) - wins agains 1,3,5. So 3+0+2=5 [5 S-B]

(3)SMART ALX(0 points) - [0 S-B]

(4)Ladybird68(2 points) - wins against 2,3. So 3+0=3 [3 S-B]

(5)Merrily Watkins(2 points) - wins against 3,4. So 0+2=2 [2 S-B]

So first the person with the most points win. In this example, both arpa & zockerdotcom have 3 points each. At this point we look at the S-B. zockerdotcom has 5 S-B, while arpa only has 4 S-B, so zockerdotcom gets the win for this tournament!

IMPORTANT NOTE: The winner of a tournament is the one with the most points. In some cases, the person with the highest S-B will not have the most points, so does not win. Only time S-B comes into play is if there is a tie in points.

Hope this helps everyone!

First I had a few people ask me if I was going to make more of the "Fast Start - First 5 to sign up" tournaments like I've done in the past - well I've started them back up - And this time to make the games a little quicker, NO DAYS OFF has been added to the games - meaning no weekends and no vacations. 3 days should be 3 days!

Check out the Tournaments to see what is currently up. When I see one get filled with 5 players, I start that and make a new tournament.

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Second, since the last "dummies" tournament did very well - almost had enough players to start every game! Anyway, The #10 for dummies tournament is ready for sign ups.

ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #10

For players rated 1500 or under

For unrated players

5 days to move, standard days off

GREAT for someone learning a new game

GREAT for someone to play without being "killed" by experts

To start around July 10.

Good Luck to all!

3 days left to sign up for the 9th "for dummies" tournaments

How to qualify:

Rated BELOW 1500.

Unrated (as long as you are not too good)

5 free game slots

Who is this good for:

Players who like to play, but don't want to be "killed" by experts

Players looking to try a new game (without being "killed" by experts

All game choices - Games need to have at least 4 players to start - Many games now have only 3, so MORE PLAYERS ARE NEEDED!

SIGN UP HERE

SIGN UP HERE

SIGN UP HERE

Mike UK: Your right - It looks like all the games are complete, but the scores were not added up for a couple of the sections.

HEY FENCER - Can you take a look

http://brainking.com/en/TeamTournaments?tri=31&trnst=10

fungame: .... so what you need to do is the combo box on the top, choose one game (Froglet), then in the checkboxes at the bottom - pick the other games you want to add to the tournament (anti-froglet)

... if you leave "all games" in the top combo box, it will create all games tournament - no mater what is marked below.

Fencer:

Battleboats Plus: "Just Try To Sink Me"

Small Espionage: "The Mini Spy"

- - - or - - -

Fast Expionage: "The Fast Spy"

Would love to see a new Battleboats Plus team tournament (6-8 players per team.) - Since both the dark & Plus team tournaments are complete.

Would also like to see either a small or fast Espionage team tournament (small 4-5 players per team). Have had a regular Espionage team tournament, but never a small or fast one.

The 9th "for dummies" tournaments is now accepting sign-up's.

How to qualify:

Rated BELOW 1500.

Unrated (as long as you are not too good)

5 free game slots

Who is this good for:

Players who like to play, but don't want to be "killed" by experts

Players looking to try a new game (without being "killed" by experts

Signup NOW - Tournament to start early June

SIGN UP HERE
SIGN UP HERE
SIGN UP HERE

Even if a fellowship gets deleted, the games & tournament are still completed with the players that were on the team.

If you check out the "Player results" on that page, you will find the players in the fellowship that was deleted (no fellowship team listed.)

now having said that, it looks like all those players have already completed their 12 games for this team tournament, so it looks like there is a bug that is not recordng their wins/loses correctly. It will have to be something Fencer needs to look at.

I know for any of my "tournament for dummies" for players rated 1500 or below, about a day or so before the tournament starts, I actually go through manually and kick out anyone who is way above 1500. (If someone now has 1525 or something close I usually let them stay - but if it's like 1700, then they are gone.)

But even then, some are unrated and even within hours of it starting they can shot from unrated to 2100.

I just gave you the answer below about IYT:

If the rounds at IYT go for a bit, and someone asks the owner there to end the tournament instead of starting new rounds, it is done. Otherwise, the computer there will continue to make new rounds forever.

SunFire: If the rounds at IYT go for a bit, and someone asks the owner there to end the tournament instead of starting new rounds, it is done. Otherwise, the computer there will continue to make new rounds forever.

Your welcome.

SunFire: All 3 of you were awarded a win since you all tied.

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=8241&tri=37773

Yea, it's just how Fencer has it programed - to make it easy, it just looks for 5 free game slots for "1 game per 2 players", and 10 free game slots for "2 games per 2 players" .... even if more or less game slots are needed.

(So a pawn may have 10 free game slots, start a tournament and add 14 games bringing the total to 24 games, which they would then need to get the total back down below 20 before starting any new after that.)

Jason: http://www.xe.com/

50 USD = 26.2595 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds)

I was just looking through the team tournaments, found it interesting that the top 3 teams from the first Backgammon team tournament will be back in the 2nd team tournament (along with 1 new team) Will be nice for the previous 3rd place team to get some "revenge" and take the top spot.

But in case Fencer is looking for some more team tournaments:

Spys & Bombs - Fast and/or Small Espionage Team Tournament (Never had these games yet)

The Revenge of the Dark pirates - Dark Battleboats (First tournament is almost over)

Splish Splash II - Battleboats Plus (First tournament is almost over)

Yet again, the race is on - Backgammon Race (First tournament is almost over)

ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT TO SIGN UP!

ALL games for dummies #8

Well you don't have to be a dummy to enter this tournament, but is a GREAT tournament for us that like to play games.... but maybe just not as good in a certain game - OR, a GREAT way to learn a new game!

For players rated 1500 or under

For unrated players (but don't enter if you are an expert)

All Games!

Start date: April 10

... and yes, I will be removing players from the tournament about a day before the tournament starts that is WAY over the 1500 limit to keep it fair for everyone.

Good luck to all!

Oh, yea - maybe a link to the tournament would be good:

► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄

Something you do not see very often:

The team which won the most games is not the team that won the tournament. (Congrats to the winners by the way)

http://brainking.com/game/TeamTournaments?tri=22&trnst=10

TEAM TOURNAMENT REQUESTS:

Would love to see a second Spider Line4, along with a fast and/or small Espionage team tournament.

.... and if board, another Dark Battleboat Team tournament would be cool also. (1st one is almost over.)

OK, it is BACK!

ALL games for dummies #8

Well you don't have to be a dummy to enter this tournament, but is a GREAT tournament for us that like to play games.... but maybe just not as good in a certain game - OR, a GREAT way to learn a new game!

For players rated 1500 or under

For unrated players (but don't enter if you are an expert)

All Games!

Start date: April 10

Good luck to all!

Oh, yea - maybe a link to the tournament would be good:

► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄
► ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #8◄

I have created a special #2,000 tournament! (It is actually #2,011 - but lets not be picky) Just a few more days until it starts!

All games

3 day limit (not too long of time)

5 per section (not too big of sections)

To start on St. Patrick's Day - March 17, 2005

► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄
► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄
► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄
► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄

Good Luck to all!

rod03801: yup.... unless Mary Jo win the last 3 games, then they would be the winner!

Bry: What prize was offered for the pond game? None was listed.

UE has always made good on all his prize tournaments which advertised a prize, heck I even won one which I then turned around and made a prize tournament out of. So everyone should feel safe to sign up for UE's tournament.

Link for UE:

Sign up for Prize Hypergammon Tournament

Jason: Taking a quick look at yours Jason, plus your 1 fellowship:

161 total tournaments

67 regular tournaments
94 fellowship tournaments

Jason: Yea, like harley said - tournament created by me - All (finished, running, etc...)

Then what I did was highlight my complete list and paste it into an excel spreadsheet. (Plus also copy-pasted fellowship tournaments into the spreadsheet.) Then I could easly look at how many lines there were to easly see how many tournaments I had created.

Did you know that I have created over 2,000 tournaments on this game site? (Probable more then double anyone else - even though that is just a guess). Well now you do!

Anyway, to celebrate, I have created a special #2,000 tournament! (It is actually #2,011 - but lets not be picky)

All games

3 day limit (not too long of time)

5 per section (not too big of sections)

To start on St. Patrick's Day - March 17, 2005

► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄
► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄
► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄
► Tournament # 2,000! - ALL INVITED! ◄

Good Luck to all!

You know it really does not matter since it never said what the prize was - maybe the prize was "The pleasure of playing in his pond".

Now if it said something like "Prize for 6 month rook", or some other object - then I would agree that it is wrong to change it. But it never said what the prize was so it really does not matter.

Billmo8: That tournament is currently in the "waiting" stage - which basicly means it should start in the next hour.

It looks like you are signed up so in an hour or so, games from this tournament should show up for you. Good Luck!

Still have about 2 days left to sign up - Goal is to have at least 50 players, already up to 40. (Last tournament had 99 players!)

Anyway, still 2 days to sign up:

►► HYPERgammon (part 2) - 50+ Players Needed! ◄◄
►► HYPERgammon (part 2) - 50+ Players Needed! ◄◄
►► HYPERgammon (part 2) - 50+ Players Needed! ◄◄
►► HYPERgammon (part 2) - 50+ Players Needed! ◄◄

aere: As a pawn, you can be in 1 tournament - Check out the "Tournaments" link HERE

You can also "filter" the tournament list to just show Battleboats Plus games - HERE which there are a few to choose from.

Stevie - I deleted your last post - if you have a problem with someone, take it up with them.

redfrog: Don't worry about it - The people Stevie usually picks on are not on-line now, so he is just picking me today - not worth arguing about it.

Stevie: Yea, and I've tried to explain myself to you many time before, yet you still like to cause trouble. O'well. This is getting way off topic of tournaments so if you want to continue with your complaining, general char or others would be good.

Stevie: have 400+ moves so far, so I'm not sure what you are talking about - other then purposly posting to bait me into repling to your childish comments.