I did read it. My suggestion was to expand the concept.

I while back I purposed a whole "brain" game system - that is you could win brains by winning games, tournaments, etc...

Then you could also "bet" or wager brains, or buy things with the brains like special icons next to your name, extra vacation days, etc.....

It was in a lot more detail - I believe if you search or scan through here far enough you could find it.

And so you don't have to search, here is what I had at the time. This is just an outline, and more details may still need to be worked on.

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Game Rules:
- Only Knights and above can earn Brains.
- If your membership expires, so does anything you have previously purchased. If you re-purchase a membership, you will be given back what you had before.
- Rules, prices, store items, etc... may change at any time.
- If you are found cheating in ANY WAY to gain more Brains - all your Brains will be taken away, and your privledge of playing with Brains will be taken away.

How to earn Brains:

1 Brain - for each TOURNAMENT game win. (Not sure if a rule can be put into place of limit 2 Brains per day against same person - to help curb any possible cheating)

2 Brains - for each tournament win (for tournaments with total 4-8 players)
3 Brains - for each tournament win (for tournaments with total 9-15 players)
4 Brains (16-25), 5 Brains (26-35)... and so on

SITE Tournaments ran by the site may contain EXTRA BONUS brains for tournament wins.

USER Tournaments can also include EXTRA BONUS brains which has to be "paid" for with users own brains.

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Brain Store

10 Brains:
- Post in different color
- Change background color in post
- Post in a ONE SIZE bigger font

25 Brains:
- Include different colors in profile
- Include different font sizes in profile

50 Brains:
- Add 1 Vacation day to total
- Add an icon (From selection of 10-20 different icons) to a post or message.

75 Brains:
- Have a tournament placed on the top of the tournament page list. (1 week max)
- Add an icon (APPROVED - user choice) to a post or message.

100 Brains:
- Add APPROVED (user choice) picture to profile (Max of 3 pictures - 300 Brains)
- Make your knight/rook icon different colors! (Choose between 5 regular color icons - red, blue, purple, orange, yellow)

200 Brains:
- You will not have the ability of your "smiles" to automaticly turn into cute smiley Icons forever! (So when you type :-) - it will show up as a small smile icon in any post or message!)
- Make your knight/rook icon different colors! (Choose between 4 cool animated icons - Glittery, flashing, tie-dye multi-color, spinning)

300 Brains:
- Extend Rook membership by 1 month (2 month for Knight)

500 Brains:
- ADD SPECIAL ICONS next to your name! (have a choice of 4-5 different small cute icons which will sit next to the rook/knight - and if user has enough Brains, can buy more then 1!)

1000 Brains:
- Add an APPROVED message to the "system news" which will show up on everyones main page for 48 hours.

I bet that when God decided to create the world and everything in it you'll find that BBW will try and prove that he actually had the idea first. :D

Anyway, Fencer awards all these brains for tournament wins and spends time creating these extra icon, but what does he actually gain from it? I mean, he isn't getting any revenue from the idea. It looks to me that Fencer loses out.

LMFAO!!!! What a great way to start my morning :)

Actually back when it was first talked about, Fencer liked the idea - like creating a new game on the site - the "Brain Game".

But other things could help Fencer out for example now he was a store that sells items, bonus brains for items bought. bonus brains for extending your own membership maybe. bonus brains for donations. So lets say you want someone on the list but don't have enough brains to buy it - maybe a donation of every dollar gets you 10 extra brains - which would in turn get Fencer extra $$ in return for brains - which in almost all cases does not really buy anything that will hurt Fencer or his goal to make this site self relient when it comes to $$ income.

Also another things that Fencer would gain is pawns would be watching some of the cool things paid members could do like post in different colors, etc... which I believe would get some more pawns to buy memberships. The more "fun" you can bring to the site, the more people you will get to support the site.

My point exactly. I also believe that it would increase activity on the site which could increase advertising revenue.

Yes, these are very good ideas :-)
However, I will finish 9 new games first, they are almost done [only Jungle and Espionage pieces are missing].

Plus if anyone has any suggestions, ideas, etc... for the "brain Game", you can also send me a private message - I'll keep the list of ideas in my Notepad and edit it with other idea until a time Fencer is ready for it - and should give him a good base to work from if he does end up wanted to do this!

9 new games???? YEEHAW!

*dances around the room*

But I thought there were more important things and bugs to sort first?

Priorities are always a subject to change.

I understand

:)

Extra! Extra! Stevie agrees with Fencer.

How exciting!! Just can't keep up with all the changes!!

I should have signaled it as sarcasm then Ughaibu, thats how it was said

I would like to see a feature where you can HIDE anyone's posts and not have to look at them. Others can see the post if they have not elected to hide them. That way, you can avoid reading what certain people are posting, possibly reducing flame wars drastically.

Ed - Use the "hide" button next to the users name, it will hide them so you don't have to read their post on that board.

Such feature already exists. Of course, it's available for paying members only.

the additional feature that people you do hide see that, hence refrain
from a senseless attempt to texting your ears stuffed, could be nice yet ... ~*~

Opps - forgot it was for paid members only.

Well, I am beating Tripel 2-0 in a 3 wins match where the winner gets a Brain Rook membership. I will not become a 'paying member', but I will become a Rook.

enhances the attractivity of a server, that is kinda payment too :) ... well done ... ~*~

Could we have one?
This is a world wide site and much diferences in these subjects from country to country. Would be nice to be able to learn and exchange.
Would cover anything from land to sea to air

That is payment, if he gets the pawns to create hits on the banners. I hit on the ones I like, and Fencer gets a lot of good ones.

Sure. Send me the board description.

Please no!!! I come to this board to get away from my in-laws watching/talking about NASCAR!! :)

<shock>Thanks, pm sent :o)</shock> ;o)

sports cAn take 2-3 boards ...
else the convo could become crisscroos fuzzy ...
I second ... :) ~*~

I think every time a new public message board is added (that isn't related to the game site), it detracts from the value of buying a membership. Paid memberships allow you to join/create any board (fellowship) you want.

Steve, I like the topic for a discussion board, I just think it should be done as a fellowship. However, It's not like it will keep me up at nights. Just thought I would voice my opinion.

Oh...do not remove the board now that it is created...again, just voicing my opinion.

Summertop: That won't be right when I release a rule of max. 2 fellowships created by one player.

for three per member ... ~*~

I did have a fellowship for it, but removed it quite a while ago to cut down to 2 fellowships as per Fencer request

What about three for golden rooks? Heh :-)

fencer: Just curious, what about those that already have more than two?

They will be asked to make the Big Boss someone else.

I hope that rule doesn't go into effect, until the team tournaments is finished.

sounds fair ... eheh ! hmm still pondering that versus maharajah, now my thoughts
circle around possible virtues of a hypothetical brain-chancellor to middle the gap ... ;) ... ~*~

Are you also going to make it so 1 fellowship can have multiply discussion boards? One of the reasons I have 3 fellowships is because the games played in each are very different - All gammon games in 1 fellowship, all boat games in 1 fellowship, and a mixture of "newer" games in the 3rd fellowship.

Now that I've fallen in love with my 3 fellowships, how about a limit of 3? :-)

Danoschek: If you want to be a Diamond Rook, just name the price :-D

Is a diamond one special by being hidden? LOL

I shall have to check the financial times and
ask my monetary counselor first, I fear ... :b
but indeed 'staged' rooks seem better than new 'ranks' ... ~*~

Looks like we are getting close to "feature auction" now...

50 bucks for "you know what" :)

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*pulling Anders backwards, heaving feet up at doorposts*
he might say, per month ... >:) ... ~*~

cant make bg too fun, then his favorite frog game might lose the "most popular competition" :)

I'm playing froggy too already, the ladies seem to like it very much *wink* I haven't seen
the kissing frog thusfar that makes them *PLOP* sixpacks hehehe ! and about that not really fair competition (no doubler) I too almost became a yankie at the bk-board ... ~*~

Wouldnt having more than one discussion board per fellowship defeat the purpose of limiting feelowships?

pays a bit more - gets away with less style,
3rd fellowship like the golden rook even with an
extra tissuebox for the customary metamorphosis ... ~*~