BrainKing - Diskutaj forumoj (Feature requests)

Temo: all things sphere

sphere battleboats plus you can put your boats over the edges

10. Decembro 2005, 20:01:09

Temo: Re:

rod03801: ya that would be kind of cool.

10. Decembro 2005, 19:59:19

rod03801

No, the edges are "connected", so basically no edges..
Oh, I see what you are saying.. I guess it would be more "cylindar line 4". Only the sides connect, not top and bottom. (Another site has this variant).

10. Decembro 2005, 19:55:57

Temo: Re:

rod03801: how would that work? start in the centre?

10. Decembro 2005, 19:55:09

rod03801

I'd like sphere line 4!

10. Decembro 2005, 19:03:08

grenv

Temo: Re:

Fencer: You should have underlined tha reply for emphasis.

10. Decembro 2005, 19:00:58

Temo: Re:

mctrivia: No.

10. Decembro 2005, 18:59:52

Allow <U> </U> html tags

10. Decembro 2005, 17:52:38

Temo: Re: Sphere Backgammon

WhiteTower:

10. Decembro 2005, 17:49:15

WhiteTower

Temo: Re: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

playBunny: Oh COME ON!!! Better to have that circular monstrosity proposed earlier in this fine board :)

10. Decembro 2005, 17:47:00

Temo: Re: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

Fencer: Aye, actually I was thinking that 'cos it was too coincidental otherwise. You've already got the Froglet and the wrap-around experience from other games so all the ingredients were there for the new recipe.

Er, can we have Sphere Backgammon, please?

10. Decembro 2005, 17:34:49

Temo: Re: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

WhiteTower: Well, actually I started to implement it just after the post of diogenes, otherwise I would postpone it to January, at least.

10. Decembro 2005, 17:33:13

WhiteTower

Temo: Re: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

playBunny: I think Fencer was keeping Sphere Froglet from us until its well-known (?) canvasser (sic) came out with his triggering (and, eventually, final) plea ;)

10. Decembro 2005, 17:06:46

Temo: Re: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

diogenes, Fencer: A miracle of timing, or is this a double act?

10. Decembro 2005, 13:00:11

Temo: Re: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

diogenes: Sphere Froglet.

10. Decembro 2005, 09:09:01

diogenysos

Temo: Froglet-Variant... (again and again...)

how i would loooove to see zylinder- (or sphere-)froglet here... . it would add that wonderful chaos to this game... fencer, plz tell me

- wouldnt that be possible???

10. Decembro 2005, 09:03:34

WhiteTower

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

Walter Montego: Me too.

10. Decembro 2005, 03:28:43

Walter Montego

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

takodori: I fail to see what is so complicated with answering this question. There's two choices, right? The Japanese characters or the ones with the Roman letters and piece direction movement indicators on them. Why not just ask Fencer how many people have chosen which ones they want to play with? Though some people may not be aware that they now have a choice, it should at least give you figure that you can then argue about.

By the way, I prefer the one with the Roman letters and directionals on it.

10. Decembro 2005, 02:08:22

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

takodori: I use traditional pieces in Japanese, even though I am an anglophone. I often ask people which they prefer, and I consistently get "traditional" as an answer. I think what stops the average Westerner from playing more is simply ignorance. There is no popular forum in which shogi is usually introduced. I am from Canada, and am playing on BK because no one else in most cities I have lived in has even heard of shogi. When I play go in cafes, people always think it is pente....

9. Decembro 2005, 16:57:28

tinksbell

Temo: Re: Tournament lists

Fencer: Oops, Thanks :)

9. Decembro 2005, 16:50:15

Temo: Re: Tournament lists

tinksbell: Profile, for example?

9. Decembro 2005, 16:42:30

tinksbell

Temo: Tournament lists

Is there any way, besides notepad, to have a list of tournaments signed up for, playing, etc...?
Thanks.

9. Decembro 2005, 05:44:22

mctrivia: LOL. Aye that makes much better sense.

9. Decembro 2005, 05:17:02

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

frolind: lol well in that case I totally misunderstood.

9. Decembro 2005, 05:14:45

frolind

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

He was talking about the choice of appearance of the pieces. In shogi you can either have traditional or westernized pieces.

9. Decembro 2005, 05:09:41

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

frolind: Well that is one thing. Being able to use that information to your advantage is also important. Never played shogi though.

9. Decembro 2005, 04:57:41

frolind

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

If that's what makes a good player, I think fencer is very underrated in shogi. :)

9. Decembro 2005, 04:57:32

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

takodori: That's such specialised knowledge that it makes no sense for BrainKing to provide it. Among the difficultes would be what "preferred" means. How is it judged? It's likely that it's something with a fuzzy definition and probably you'd want to play with it until it gave what you considered the most meaningful results. I imagine that the best solution, though practically impossible, is that of writing a program to do external analysis of the games.

9. Decembro 2005, 04:47:08

Temo: Re: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

takodori: Being able to figure out statistics like that on your aponent is what makes a good player. If the site gave it to you it would be taking a way a little of the skill involved.

9. Decembro 2005, 04:34:15

takodori

Temo: Stats of Westernized or traditional pieces

If possible, I would like BrainKing.com to have statistics of what piece users have preferred to in each game by users' country, especially in Japanese chess and Chinese chess.
It will give some data in terms of the assumption that traditional piece prevents Westerners from learning an oriental board game.

8. Decembro 2005, 12:14:36

Vikings

Temo: Re:

Fencer: yes, just like other games , there are some things that it would be nice to keep track of and this would be the most convienent way,

8. Decembro 2005, 10:35:33

Baked Alaskan

Temo: Re:

Vikings:

I like this idea

8. Decembro 2005, 09:56:22

pauloaguia

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Fencer: I think Vikings is talking about the ability to add secret notes, visible only to one self, like other games have (those that were recently upgraded

)

8. Decembro 2005, 07:46:29

Temo: Re:

Vikings: What notes?

8. Decembro 2005, 06:09:29

Vikings

I would like to be able to make notes visible to only myself in the pond games

7. Decembro 2005, 16:10:24

coan.net

Temo: Edit Stairs

I would like to request that when you edit stairs (Fellowship stairs in my case), that you would also be allowed to add/remove different games from those stairs.

For example, in my ◙ The Gammon Cube ◙ Fellowship, I have stairs with all 6 gammon games. If you were to add a new gammon game to the site, it would be nice if I could add the new game to the current stairs which is already well on it's way.

(This might also be helpfull on site stairs for when you add new games to the site and would like to add them to the already made stairs)

6. Decembro 2005, 21:43:51

ColonelCrockett

Temo: Re: Battleboats

rabbitoid: but it can only go the limit of a single time control (not time control plus a few minutes like normally, or potentially two full time controls)

6. Decembro 2005, 19:43:56

rabbitoid

Temo: Re: Battleboats

emmett: If you're fast, and the other one takes his time deciding, it'll still be a wait, whether you do it simultaneously or not.

6. Decembro 2005, 18:05:14

Temo: Re: Battleboats

ColonelCrockett: I don't know would have to ask Fencer.

6. Decembro 2005, 16:19:58

ColonelCrockett

Temo: Re: Battleboats

mctrivia: that's interesting, I could see where such a feature would be good . . . however, with the two player structure of the games here . . . is it possible?

6. Decembro 2005, 06:10:32

Temo: Re: Battleboats

mctrivia: Good point. I am currently waiting for my opponent to set up on our first game of Espionage. It is a long wait.

6. Decembro 2005, 06:07:22

Temo: Battleboats

To spead up game play a little it would be nice if once your apponent accepts a game both players can set up there boards right away. Instead of player 1 seting up his then player 2 seting up theres.

6. Decembro 2005, 05:57:57

You're right about the tourney enticer. Thanks for your feedback, pB.

6. Decembro 2005, 05:03:29

Temo: Re: Moving the refresh rate link

emmett: A difficulty with that, perhaps, is that the area is also used for a one-line tourney announcer/enticer. However, I have that 'tourney tip' turned off and I've not changed the refresh period in months so I second the request.

6. Decembro 2005, 04:51:18

Temo: moving refresh rate link

Is is feasible to move the "Refresh" link to the bottom of the active games on the main page, rather than where it lives at the top right? It would provide an extra line or two with which we can see more of the games without scrolling down. It would be useful for people who can only play up to 20 games.
The feature doesn't get changed much once it is established, so that makes it low on the priority of visibility on the main page.

6. Decembro 2005, 01:38:30

nobleheart

Temo: Re:

MidnightMcMedic: If ever a scrabble clone game was to appear here.
It should be accompanied with the choice of the official recognized dictionaries databases:
OWL/TWL98, OSPD2, OSPD3, OSPD4 and SOWPODS.
see:
http://thepixiepit.co.uk/scrabble/dictions.htm
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also to service al of our community.
online are availalbe dictionary databases for:
Languages available: Dutch, English, French, German, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
--
I have no doubt that if fencer has ever considred this,he has thought of all this.

6. Decembro 2005, 00:38:35

Temo: Re: Logout link

wellywales: You mean I'm being nice for nothing? Gah! Well that only leaves tidy-mindedness and that's not even half the reason that the other was. I feel all let down now!

5. Decembro 2005, 23:40:42

WellyWales

Temo: Re: Logout link

playBunny: and if you just close the browser it stays on for 5 minutes

5. Decembro 2005, 23:38:57

Temo: Re: Logout link

Fencer:

I hope so!

Grenv: It's part of a tidy-minded attitude but it's also a courtesy to my opponents. While I'm "browsing main page" they might expect me to make a move sometime and thus hang on when they could have gone and done something else. If I log out then my little green light goes out too and they know not to wait.

5. Decembro 2005, 23:23:36

WellyWales