Dryznik: The IYT Ladder system allows you to challenge 2 people within 20 places above yourself and have 2 challenges from other people below.

The BrainKing Stairs allows you to choose from 4 Steps (your own and the three below). That can mean a greater or lesser choice of players depending on how many people there are on those Steps. The fact that you look down rather than up to choose an opponent is a new perspective. It's too early to say how well it's going to work.

The GoldToken Ladders are the real "program induced" ones. Players are assigned to play one other on their current Step at random. That's neither a good thing nor a bad thing.

Fencer doesn't intend to sound rude when he says suck it up or go away... lolol.

playBunny: Fencer does sound like he is the lone King Of The Hill. ;) It has been a long time since I played Ladders and I'm done with IYT. I just have to get used to Stairs and this site. Most everything is improvable in kife and play. Thanks for all comments. ;~)

Dryznik: i'm somewhat new to brainking, but i'll take this site over iyt

Dryznik: Actually, as site owner, financier, developer and host Fencer probably really is the lone King of the Hill :)

Is anyone having problems with games loading?

Kipling: If you are in the UK yes!

I was yesterday, but not today

Princess Alison: You left the UK today?

alanback: pardon??

alanback: I think Princess Alison meant she was having problems with the site yesterday..

Kipling ~ "Is anyone having problems with games loading?"

Princess Alison ~ "I was yesterday, but not today"

ScarletRose:

This must have been asked - and answered - several times before, but since browsing through 300-odd pages is well-nigh impossible, hope someone will whet my curiousity:

In the Waiting Games page, below some games one finds in parantheses "nx", like (3x), (22x) etc. What does the number n stand for? Thanks 4 an answer from anyone.

dams: It means that there are 22x games with the same characteristics waiting (same challenger, color, period, etc).
If you accept one of those invites, it will decrese (to 21x in your example)

dams: the only silly question is the un-asked one!

Where do the avatars come from?

The storkatar brings them.

pauloaguia: thanks tons, & tazman too - i'll try to remember your advice, though not act on it too frequently! :)

alanback: LMAO

Pioneer54: You just find your own and send it to Fencer. Photo or any picture you like.

Pioneer54: I made up some extra awhile back (already correctly sized) and open to anyone to use:

http://coan.net/2/

I actually have about 10 more that I made that I have not added to the page yet. When I change mine, I normally make a few to see which one I like best sized that small.

Again, the ones in the link are open for anyone to use if they want.

BIG BAD WOLF: Very nice. And to get one displayed, you just send it to Fencer?

alanback: Yes, for the small picture - you can e-mail it to fencer at fencer@brainking.com - make sure you include your user name (and user # is also helpful if you know it.)

40x50 pixel picture - jpg format.

If anyone does not know how to do that and would like to use one that I set up - I'm pretty sure if you send Fencer a PM and let him know the page I listed below, and let him know which icon you would like to use, Fencer can pull it from there himself.

BIG BAD WOLF: but with some of those you would have to be aware of copyright??

BerniceC: As far as I know, when I got the images there were in the public domain free to use. So as long as money was not made from them, they should be OK to use - again, as far as I know.

BIG BAD WOLF: it is just that Walt Disney is very touchy about usage...but if they were in public domain I guess it could be alright :)...just a query :)

BerniceC: Walt a pity. But Disnay worry me so far. ;-)

(I know, I know ... poetic licence)

playBunny: I read your message with Disnay. I fear you are a Lyin' King. Or else you're just Goofy.

playBunny: OMG....you 2 are so funny lOLOL

alanback: LMFAO

Long time Fencer

Anyone else experiencing that the page loads takes 2-3 minutes, with "Connecting to pagead2.googlesyndication.com.." in the status bar?

I've never noticed any ads here after logging in.

frolind: I came on about twenty minutes ago thru Google (my Home Page - pop ups blocked tho) - no problems here - played my games, looked around, etc... :)

frolind: Don't use Internet Explorer.

frolind: I've got google ads blocked. I'd tell you how but you've got me blocked! Lol.

playBunny: lol

Fencer: I dont remember all the whys and where-fors. Can you re-explain why FireFox is better than IE?

Fencer: I use Opera. Works fine again now, other google services was just as slow at that time.

playBunny: That's trivial.

This could be discussed in more detail at the computer board...

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=52

harley: It could. But who'd want to miss out on posting here???? lol

Fencer: I use "firefox" and get the same message :(

Eriisa, harley: lol

Eriisa: Basically it's more secure. But it has many other advantages too. Check out the website below and check it out for yourself. I use it exclusively and like it. I have had no problems with the switch from IE to FireFox.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Groucho: There are quite a few places on the Web where you will find that Mozilla doesn't work, because the sites were designed to use features that are exclusive to IE. This is true on the Microsoft sites, of course, but I encounter such situations frequently. Still, I use Mozilla for most of my surfing, and activate IE only as needed.

alanback: That has been my experience as well. I'm only guessing but I suspect that the Mozilla developers will continue to make improvements where needed and perhaps make it more compatable to those other sites.

I particularly like the tab feature of FireFox and the search function is much better. As for its compatability with Brainking, I haven't noticed any problems.

Groucho: The one feature I like in Opera that Mozilla does not have is the ability to make each tab refresh itself at stated intervals. Of course, with BrainKing that is not a problem.

Groucho: I use Firefox exclusively for Brainking, and as a primary browser. I still use IE though for certain sites, and for downloading.

12 Languages and still no Spanish(Espanol)...?

Socrates: I would like to release Spanish but it must be finished first. Still 331 entries left.