My problem was viewing tournament games in progress. I've used other websites, and developed certain habits. It's kind of like learning a new game. All I wanted to do is play chess. I don't mind getting familiar with a new style of site, but when people assume that I must know something because announcements are viewable only when you click on certain buttons, there ought to be a way for newcomers to get up to speed, especially when they are complete idiots like me! You wanna play chess with a complete idiot? You're on!

Make that "Moderator Fencer" and "Most Active Player Steve".

Thanks. I'm starting to get into some games now. Like ughaibu says, a list of game types would help. It could only be one link on the Main page, like "Click to browse tournaments in progress by game type" or whatever.

Another thing I find difficult on BrainKing is when I'm reading a reply to a particular message, it's hard to find the message to which it was replying, especially when several conversations are going on at that board. I'm used to having a thread feature, where the computer finds the previous msg in the thread, which could be several days previous. Some people do not check their messages every day. Even if I want to, I might not get the chance to access and internet computer each day.

Every time I log on to view tournaments in progress, I cannot find any to watch. I see messages on this board and on others that seem to indicate that people can view tourneys in progress, but I do not see any instructions anywhere on BrainKing describing how one can look at boards in progress. Is there some big secret here, or is it just me?