Congrats to everyone still alive in The very first run. We are half way!

If we chanted 10, do you think it would help?

HEY NOTHINGNESS, IF YOU THINK I'M CHEATING, OFFER SOME PROOF. IF YOU CAN'T, THEN SHUT THE **** UP!!

how can u cheat in a pond?

i believe it was meant to be ironic, perhaps funny. I think Thad has an irony deficiency though, hence the reaction.

Thad: I'm with you. I knew 11 had a chance of falling this time. I had been betting 13 and wouldn't have gone near 11 ( as per my post on discussion board).

Lady's only Mothers day prize.....

hahahaha.....Pedro, Maxxina and Vikings...please remove yourselves hahahaha.

This is a prize tourney for the ladies and the prize COULD be a pair of lacy knickers LOLOLOL...now wouldnt you all look nice in them ROFLMBO :)

Thank guys for understanding :)

hmm first Czechs only, now ladies. It's good to be a lady Czech on this site!

redsales:
awwwwww *pout* i ran an easter pond...next holiday is mothers day....actually for aussies and kiwis the next holiday is anzac day...but I wouldnt get enough players....I have already run one lady's only...and had no responses, but then I didnt check it out before it started either LOL...this is a prize tourney and there fore I will be checking it closely

***EDIT*** oh and if a man slips through and wins it...NO PRIZE

well, i guess it's all about segregation here now! am i the only one that has a problem with this?

It's always been like that - heck, Ponds are only for knights and above, and pawns are not allowed.

the thing is, anyone of any race or gender can obtain a knight or above membership. Calling different membership levels segregation is a bit of a misnomer.

redsales:
I could have said nothing and just deleted them fron the pond...I thought i was doing the right thing and asking them to remove themselves voluntarily or I will do it the day before and keep checking...I am not segregating Red and you are just nitpicking.LOLOL
If you were a woman you would be welcome LOLOL...what happens when Fathers day comes around...???? would you be interested in that...I will set it up now for next September if you wish...:(

Maybe I'm a cross dresser

Well you do know redsales you are in a men's only fellowship called the cave - is that segregation?

.... yea I know, getting off topic from Ponds now...

done, just a sugestion, in the description, you could announce that no men are allowed since you have invited us in previous games titled ladies only

Vikings:
cross dressers are only allowed if they are female and dress as males ...not the other way round...
and BBW...CAVE = segregation...thanks :)

Vikings: I have gone and changed the description, but it did say from the start ladies only :), and thanks for understanding :)

If Fencer set up a tournament for just one group of players, then I might have an issue with it. But if a member wants to hold a tourney for certain other members, I don't see the harm. I could hold a prize tourney just for my friends here, so why not one for just the sexy redheadded ladies, or just the guys who like the same football team I do, players under 6 feet tall (sorry, I don't know the metric equivallent) or whatever.

BIG BAD WOLF: that proves my point exactly. So I guess I'm not the only one who has a problem with this? Aux pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois!

redsales: Why have a problem with it? You're in a Dark Chess tournament right now that excluded me from playing just because I had too high of a rating. Ponds doesn't have a rating system, so that's one type of segregation that doesn't apply to it. All the others are still available. I like how Thad summed it up, though I don't see why Fencer couldn't have a tournament just for his friends or other invitees too. If it's my tournament, I should be able to have in it who I want to and will have an invitational. If I don't care, or if I want anybody that's interested in playing, I have an open. Simple enough, so where's the problem?

Walter Montego: Of course discrimination exists on this site as it does everywhere else in the world. But I contend that discrimination based on rating is an entirely different ball of wax than segregation based on nationality. If you equate these two, i'm afraid nothing else I say will be of any value to you. So the Dark Chess tournament, had you been excluded on basis of being American, it would've been the same?

<Simple enough, so where's the problem?>
Oversimplification is the problem, and I do not see all types of dicrimination as ethically equal, even though they are functionally equal.

UMMMMMM....read the "SERVER NEWS"

Luisifers (sp) conditions....ask him not Fencer?....same applies here LOL(OL

There are plenty of other ponds, tournaments etc., to sign up for. Why be bothered by it?
People who create ponds/tournaments should be able to set whatever parameters that they want.
It's only a game site! It's not deciding who is going to get subsidized housing or something like that!
I say, lighten up.

have fun with the tournies!!

When/Why were you removed as a moderator of this board?

Czuch Chuckers: he doesnt need to be, as he is a Glob :o)

redsales: I didn't say I agree with someone not allowing me into their club because of some quality about myself I have little choice in or don't want to change. I said a person should have the right to set up those things for their tournament and exclude me. It's their tournament, it should be their choice. So they purposely make it so I can't play, that might not be fair to me, but thems the breaks. In a world of plenty I can go somewhere else. As rod says, there's lots of Ponds here. In a world of scarcity such discrimination can hurt and I may or may not take action against it. Aren't those the major causes of peace, war, strife, and famine? Almost seems like these games sites/ discussion boards are a little microcosm of the world as it is. When California launches its attack against Czech Republic because of the ongoing pattern of the discriminatory use of prize funded tournaments here, then I might worry about it. In the meantime, let them have their club. It's one of the good features of the site. I'm surprised it bothers you as it's the very same thing as if all the members of a fellowship that you are a member of that doesn't have open enrollment decides to have a prize tournament. I wouldn't be able to play in it, nor would anyone that wanted to that the Big Boss of the fellowship wouldn't let join his fellowship.

prize tourney...start on August 1...a small prize for the winner for Fathers Day....

http://brainking.com/game/Pond?g=256&trnst=0

Maxxina has finally gotten his easter hamper prize :)

All prizes given in Ponds have now been received, thank god the post is reliable...I hope you all enjoy your given prizes :)

Bernice : YEAAAA :D I enjoy it very much :D

Stevie: Have all Globs been removed from moderators of public boards? Or as main moderator, you have access to add/remove mods at your own discretion?

Czuch Chuckers: I dont see the need for this conversation unless you are trying to stir things

Stevie: I was just curious if it was a whole site thing going on to not use Globs as regular mods (as that was an idea I put forth many months ago) Plus I was curious if all mods of public boards were given that honour by Fencer or if it was only the 'main' mod and that the other mods were the decision of that main mod?

I wasnt trying to stir, but now that I see your defensivness on the subject, I assume that something between you and BBW must be going on?

Stevie: I will continue this at a more appropriate board now.... sorry!

Czuch Chuckers: thanks

I have made it to the final round of a pond for the first time..

I'm sure there is something I'm not seeing, but doesn't the person with the most points in that round automatically win?? I mean, all they have to do is bid one more than what their opponent has?

I'm sure this is really stupid, and there is probably something obvious I'm not seeing.

rod03801: no, its as obvious as it seems :o)

furbster: then why bother with the final round???

I suppose you could mistype or something ?

There are many cases where the winner is determined many rounds before the end. there are mathematical formulas that can easily work out when this is the case.

I would suggest that the winner be crowned as soon as the victory is inevitable.

Victory is never inevitable. A player could be way out front, but for whatever reason, stupidity, error, carelessness, etc., bid zero.

If the rule said that a player has to get such an advantage to win, then he couldn't lose.

It is possible for a player with K-Q against K to lose the Queen, or even time out and lose! In reality the lone king always resigns.

grenv: Always?

I think the last round makes sense. as Thad said its never enevitable.

It's like saying there no need to remove the last piece off in backgammon when you opponent has 15 left. It still has to be done

There is no need to move the last piece off, the other player should resign. I consider it a little inconsiderate to continue playing. What is the point?

Hey..........I don't want to cheat but what tactic do you use if there is three people left you all three have close to the same number?

when you loose all your points your out right?

Is there any way to beat the guy that is in first place?

if answering is cheating then just tell me that?

what pond, Zorro?

Pond of Faith, This is the longest I have ever been in and have no idea what strategy to use!