playBunny: To get carrots, I'm sure.

crosseyed: Sometimes, I forget where I put it and some people take advantage of this situation.

playBunny: Did you borrow my magic wand ?

crosseyed: Ah yes it's true. It's twisted but possible !

My opinion (and only my opinion) : I'm ok to block someone for a private game with me, or for a private message to me. I don't agree to block or to be blocked on discussion boards. I want to be able to defend myself if someone says something wrong about me. Anyway, if the discussion was wrong about me and if I couldn't see it, I'm sure that my friends told me or made a copy for me about what it said. So, I'm sure that the idea to block on a public board isn't efficient. Furthermore, it would be also very complicated for the boards of team games or boards of ponds where everyone can say something. Also : I am always respectful with people on public boards so I have no problem. I think that the real problem is the respect for others.

cd power: Yes, I agree with you. I prefer new games too.

rod03801: I totally agree with you when you say that "no time control" shouldn't be allowed for tournaments. I must admit that sometimes I forgot to look at the time control and I could join this kind of tournament by mistake. It's not a problem for me because I'm a rook and I'm not limited in the number of game, but it could be a real problem for someone which makes the same mistake and is bishop or knight.

Black Sunshine: I'm in great shape.

Just think about this : a site needs to evolve, so a few changes are always positive : that's avoids the boredom.

Chaos: I agree with you : " it's very difficult to find a specific smiley because you have to go through the whole list to find it ", to file the different types of smileys is a good idea.

Black Sunshine: You're welcome. I share your opinion.

grenv: I'm a paying member so I think it gives me a good reason to give my opinion and to suggest what I'd like. If you were only free members to play here, I'm sure that this site couldn't offer so many possibilities for the games, tournaments, f/s, etc... so, please, let people talk about their preferences, even if they aren't the same as yours.

nodnarbo: I agree with Black Sunshine : I'd like to see other smilies. I'm rather a big user of smilies and many smilies that we have at our disposal are difficult to put in a conversation like this one for example.
It means that, in reality, we don't use 1278 different smileys but less. Yes, of course, Fencer has priorities but I think that his 1st priority must be to satisfy the users of the site. And Black Sunshine is right : there's a long time that we have the same smilies, her request (which is mine also) is reasonable.

drainking: If the invitation doesn't suit you, you can reject it, and negociate the adjustments of the game with the opponent. I do it when someone invites me without vacation days.

Undertaker.: My point of disagreement was about the examples : I woudn't like to play a game with a BKR 2200 and a BKR 1600, however my position may be : 2200 or 1600.
But, I must admit I hadn't thought to the " terrible " example you mentioned : " In past, I remember I was the player with best BKR of my team and the weakest opponent player had a BKR more high than me ".
This confirms my idea : a team with several and different BKR and no possibility to play when the difference in ratings between 2 players is too big.
But this is also a little restrictive.

Undertaker.: Team tournaments are my favorite and I don't like your idea (sorry !).
I explain why :
I know these 2 situations : to be the highest BKR of the team and to be the lowest BKR in another one.
When I'm the highest BKR (so a rather good player), I prefer to play with an opponent with a similar BKR because a closed game is more interesting than a game where I'm sure to win easily.
When I'm the lowest BKR, I always hope to have an opponent with a similar rating so as to have a chance to win, because it's very sad to play a game with no possibility to win.
I imagine your idea differently :
So as to " mix " the teams, we could do like that : it would be possible to play with an opponent only if the 2 players have a difference of BKR below 150 (for example), so all the teams would have players with low, medium, and high BKR.
The choice of the difference could be an option.
Like that, the teams would be more well-balanced.

MadMonkey: Oh yes, I agree, I like very much this idea.

talen314: If you want tournaments with fast players, you can create one with no holidays and one move/day, for example.
I think everyone is free to play or not and is free to choose his speed for playing. So I think that players who join a tournament must not be removed from it, the creator has to choose the right adjustments.

Tuesday: I agree with you : I'd like to see where the boats are.

Undertaker.: I agree with you.