mako887:

I've been here a while. Really enjoy it. Like the "unlimited" moves for even non-paying members. That seems fair.

Fencer, did you decide what to do with pawns who have more games(from being an ex-paying member)?

Czuch Czuckers: Yes, besides other things.

Fencer: Trying to create a high volume to test the server capabilities?

Fencer: LOL To tell you the truth I deleted it accidentally ..No wonder I don't know what is going on. Sorry..
Thanks Vikings.
Oh by the way I love the idea of using Pay Pal, again..Thanks Erlisa..

Pbarb2: Deep in the fundamental heart of mind and Universe there is a reason.

Pbarb2: it's the contest that showed up on your main page july 1st. you can win a 1,2 or 3 year membership or 200 brains
Fencer July Action 2006/06/30, 17:01:09
Modified by Fencer (2006/07/01, 00:46:13)
1) Good news! Thanks to Eriisa we could reactivate the PayPal option, so there are no more problems to use PayPal for any payments on BrainKing.

2) July Action! Let us try something different this month. In order to test what our site is capable of (and to give our users another chance to compete), July is the Month of Action Points. If this test period produces good results, the system of points can continue in the following months as well. And let us start with some attractive prizes:
1. place: 3 years Brain Rook membership
2. - 3. place: 2 years Brain Rook membership
4. - 5. place: 1 year Brain Rook membership
6. - 10. place: 200 Brains
Please read the rules and other information here. As you can see, the system works separately for paying members and pawns, which means there will be 20 prizes to award. It is also possible to give the prize to another user if you win and do not want to use it.
And, of course, suggestions to improve this system are welcome.

I have no understanding what this is about. What do these points do? Is it just something to keep busy or what?

who is collecting action points

by resigning a game that won't be over for 10-12 moves is only costing me points! please don't resign anymore games!

Vikings: bingo, thank you too!

Czuch Czuckers: thx for giving me a new post to read. 2 points

volant: I didnt want to give everyone more posts to read! LOL

Czuch Czuckers:

volant: I did a few....:)

Czuch Czuckers: the least you could have done was post something on all those empty boards as you passed by

Czuch Czuckers:

Stevie: Im still upset that i stayed up all night to read every DB and join all these fellowships and read all those boards etc and accumulated a lot of points, only to wake up and have them all removed!

Czuch Czuckers: Are you bored Chuck? hehe

On the first day of this action I went to every single DB, since then I just counted about 90 boards that have not been posted to since that time. Like PB said, there are only so many boards with any action on them.... so even if you have 20 boards with action every hour and you check them every hour for 24 hours straight, that is still only 960 points!

playBunny: Not a big deal. I still think it's not a bug but I can check.

Fencer: How can that be correct? The vast majority of the boards haven't been posted to and you can only get 2 points per board per hour. GC, BK, Birthdays, Music, Jokes, and a small handful of others have been posted to. I'd guess 15, maybe 20 boards at a maximum, but some of these have only been posted to one or twice all day, though others like GC and BK usually get something per hour. In 9 hours there's no way that these few boards can provide 1200 points.

WellyWales: This is what it say:-

To anyone who may be wondering:


* Yes, there is a bug which affects the July Action (or there was when I wrote this).

* Yes, most of my board points are the result of this bug.

* No, I am not attempting to cheat. Even if the bug remains unfixed and I finish among the top ten, I will not accept a prize as long as I have any such unearned points.

Fencer: Read his profile http://brainking.com/en/Profile?u=21647

playBunny: Enough to reach this status.

Fencer: Yet since then he's gone on to reach a whopping 1204 points just from board posts. How many posted-to-board-hours have there been since server midnight? *4*

KotDB: The database says you have visited 121 boards. That makes, multiplied by 2, 242 points. Not a bug.

pawnme: if you read on your settings page about auto-refresh, it says that auto-refresh works on main page or game page, it will not work on db pages

And knights are chanceless in the other list.

gambler104: there is no way for a (regular) pawn with 20 games to win against a (ex-rook) pawn with 100+ games... mathmatically impossible :o)

WellyWales:lol

pawnme: no fair way, i ggree but nothing is fair.,only ones trying to beat the system from the start, so when all bugs are worked out it should start from the beginning for all.

Czuch Czuckers: lol, to many brain point will burn you out.

Ok, I just ran the test, I left multiple boards open for over an hour and I did not receive extra points, so this modified system is definately better.

Fencer: I think there's still a bug. I've acquired 242 board points in the past 30 minutes.

I have given up on it already.... it wont be long and someone will open up many new accounts with them getting the credit etc... also, I would have to move more than my maximum moves per day so far for every single day and I still wouldnt get the amount of mover required, and what am I going to do with 200 brains anyway

nice

pawnme: I agree completely. I suggested the point for a win to Fencer and haven't heard back yet. I might like to see a cap on points for discussion boards at 60 for viewing and maybe create something for posting.

King Reza: I agree with that. I would like to see something like: points for moving (as is now) but points for every win and points for a draw and even a point for a completed game (but this may also leave the door open to someone resigning games continuously to acchieve points). As for discussion boards, I understand the motivation to get everyone involved with Brainking, but I don't know if there is a "fair" way to moderate this.

pawnme:Suppsedly yes.  I cannot think of another way to get the maximom points.  But I still find this kind of acheiving points rather funny!

pawnme: yes, but it will only create a minimal advantage.

deadbunnysRfun: This is true, but... if you keep all the windows open lets say for a month straight, will one achieve max points?

doesnt realy matter how fast u r couse any one can go through all the boards in less then an hour so u dont need a window open for them all

but, does it still go by reading "new messages" or just spending time (one houre) looking at each board? Like I said, it wouldn't be difficult to open up every discussion board in different windows and walk away from my computer for an hour or two.

gambler104:Agreed!

King Reza: true, but not all boards get updated each hour, and it takes five or ten minutes max to go through them.

gambler104:I think he means different boards.  Instead of going to them one by one, going to all of them at once.  By putting the refresh time on one hour and opening all the boards in different tabs or windows, you can be real fast!

pawnme:I think this means EXACTLY that!

nope, you get 2 points for one visit to each board an hour. If you go there 200 times, you still only get 2 points.