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Fencer: In the Single Elimination Tournaments are the pairings done by taking every two BKRs (ie the top and 2nd, the 3rd and 4th, etc..) or by folding the top half onto the bottom half (eg, in a 8-player tourney, the 1st and 5th, 2nd and 6th, etc)?

1. Febrero 2006, 11:25:43

oldhamgirl

I have just renewed my membership and got 6 extra months, thanks

1. Febrero 2006, 11:22:41

Asunto: Re:

Pythagoras: Precisely.

1. Febrero 2006, 11:17:34

Chicago Bulls

I did just now.....

So Plaintiger renewed his membership for 1 year and been lucky enough to be at the good-50% winning another 6 months, right.....?

1. Febrero 2006, 11:10:54

Asunto: Re: First winner

Pythagoras: RTSN!
Which means "Read The Server News".

1. Febrero 2006, 11:08:09

Chicago Bulls

Asunto: Re: First winner

Fencer: What is "membership bonus".....? And how Plaintiger won it....?

1. Febrero 2006, 10:10:42

plaintiger

Asunto: Re: First winner

Fencer: yay, me!

thanks, Filip! :)

i will say that now that i understand the new prize with an entry fee tournament model, i discover i would have liked winning those 200 brains as well!

that kind of tournament sounds like fun! :)

very cool improvements about the place, sir. and thanks again for the bonus! :)

1. Febrero 2006, 09:44:27

Asunto: First winner

Congratulations to plaintiger for being the first one who won the membership bonus. He's been given 6 free months of the Brain Rook level.

30. Enero 2006, 05:40:47

Vikings

Asunto: Re:

Salkkuman: Pond games with negative numbers will cycle at aprox. 5 mins. after the hour

29. Enero 2006, 23:55:56

Czuch

not more than 1 hour, i think.

29. Enero 2006, 23:49:56

dameningen

Modificado por dameningen (29. Enero 2006, 23:55:43)

How big can the time out or pond time be in negative, normally? I got now -42 min in Pond. I would like to go sleep put i have to move in that first

29. Enero 2006, 21:11:31

playBunny

Asunto: Re: Strange action reporting

Stevie: It does look something like that - the profile info's fallen behind again...

Profile: JMDLOVESNirvana
Last action: 29. January 2006, 20:05:25 - viewing profile (Andre Faria)

Posted in the Flame Pit:
JMDLOVESNirvana (hide) Re: [something or other] 29. January 2006, 20:08:50
Blah, blah...

29. Enero 2006, 21:05:43

Asunto: Re: Strange action reporting

Stevie: and then after it turns an hour,, he shows oonline again now... was it the site hourly catchup script that put it right?

29. Enero 2006, 21:03:57

Asunto: Re: Strange action reporting

playBunny: and he has made at least 6 posts in between 19:39 and 20:00

this is what i see with many players at times

29. Enero 2006, 21:02:36

playBunny

Asunto: Re: Strange action reporting

Stevie: Yes, I can confirm that.

Profile: JMDLOVESNirvana
Last action: 29. January 2006, 19:39:33 - browsing main page

Posted in the Flame Pit:
JMDLOVESNirvana (hide) Re: 29. January 2006, 19:56:00
"Blah, blah..."

Both of the above were copied at 20:00 and the profile information is clearly out of synch.

29. Enero 2006, 19:21:15

Asunto: Re:

harley: what ive seen is even after that Harley,, they will go to another board and post and still not show..

But anyways.. as soon as the person submits th epost, then surely at that point, it should then update the list?

29. Enero 2006, 17:01:57

harley

If they're writing a long post on a board, it might show them as being offline (they drop off the list) because they haven't changed a page for a while, they've been incative, even though they may be typing or doing something else. But as soon as they hit 'send' it should show them as being on that board again. I haven't noticed anything wrong with my friends list lately.

29. Enero 2006, 15:27:56

Asunto: Re:

Tuesday: I know, thats after about 10 or 15 minutes.. That should then correct if they come back on or move etc etc..

When it does this,, i will look at a new post on a board and find someone is online.. and th efriend list etc will still say they are no etc

29. Enero 2006, 14:16:43

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Fencer: yeah that page and the list on main page..
Youll think your friend has signed out or just shut window.. then they will post on a board fo rexample, and if you check th efriend page or list, they still say something they were doing a whiole ago, or the main page list still doesnt even show them online as if the 1o or 15 minutes time has passed that says they have been inactive..
Im not the only person who has had this

29. Enero 2006, 14:08:41

Asunto: Re:

Stevie: If you mean the Friends page, it is correct. It simply shows last actions of your friends, no matter when it happened.

29. Enero 2006, 14:03:47

Asunto: Re:

Fencer: the friends list is all out of sync a lot of times,, you can have someone post on a board etc and it will still be showing them as doing something 5, 10 , 12, 15 minutes ago sort of thing.. I havent noticed any common factor yet cos when it happens, its as if all the friends list freezes compared to what they are doing on the site.. it gets back into shape by itself.. i dont know if that corresponds with the hourly site cathup script etc that checks tournys ready to start etc etc

29. Enero 2006, 13:59:19

Asunto: Re:

Stevie: What is not working right?

29. Enero 2006, 13:56:14

so I take it that the fact the friends list isnt working right doesnt matter then?
Either that or Plaintiger has a knack of asking questions etc in a better way than some of us lol

29. Enero 2006, 11:10:53

plaintiger

Asunto: Re:

Tuesday: right - that's what i mean about being idle.

Fencer: cool. i like that. you really think of a lot of great little touches. :)

29. Enero 2006, 08:22:42

Asunto: Re:

plaintiger: Yes, it's exactly as you write.

29. Enero 2006, 04:58:57

plaintiger

i notice the order in which people appear in my "friends online" list changes from one page refresh to the next. this correlates with their activity, huh? people are moved to the top of the list every time they perform an action on the site?

it seems that way because people always seem to move to the bottom of the list just before they disappear, which i figure is the five minutes between the time they perform their last action and the time they show having logged off or gone idle.

28. Enero 2006, 17:04:13

harley

You could get some tips at the chess variants board for anti-chess (among others);

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=6

and the chess discussion board;

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=5

28. Enero 2006, 14:14:50

furbster

i suck at both Tuesday lol

28. Enero 2006, 11:59:48

Expired

Asunto: Re:

Matarilevich: Now that's some logical point of view ....

28. Enero 2006, 11:28:47

Kili

Asunto: Re:

Tuesday: You can excel at anti-chess (and chess too, why not) but having not knowledge about chess is not a help for playing well antichess. There isn´t a logic relation between "i am bad at <gameX>" -> "i am good at "anti<gameX>" This implication is false (generally) It´s just a matter of practice. I´m sure you could play very well, play and learn.

26. Enero 2006, 19:17:00

Asunto: whats wrong with the friends list

for months now, ive noticed the friends list on main page etc, and friends list will show people doing something 10 minutes or so ago, or even show they are not online, and still says that even though they may have just posted on a board etc....
I did bring this up ages ago, but nowt was said.. others have noticed this recently also

26. Enero 2006, 18:18:35

Asunto: Re: Statistics

estanto: Not a bad idea.

26. Enero 2006, 18:16:01

ghardh

Asunto: Statistics

I've noticed, that the list of the best players regarding the sum of their established ratings is calculated including games in which the player has been inactive during the last 6 months.
Is that really intended? Wouldn't it be better to exclude such games (as done for the game specific lists of best players)?

I would also wonder, whether Pools should count for this list.

26. Enero 2006, 02:02:28

Czuch

Asunto: Re: heres the running games Chuck

Stevie: ahhh, thanks! I knew it was here somewhere! Looks like over 50 thousand games going at any given time!

26. Enero 2006, 01:53:11

Asunto: Re: heres the running games Chuck

Czuch Chuckers: http://brainking.com/en/Statistics?p=2

26. Enero 2006, 01:49:59

Czuch

How many total started games are going on any given day? How many moves on average are made on any given day?

25. Enero 2006, 20:18:49

Asunto: Re: Slovaquian flag

Marfitalu: Maybe the file in your cache is corrupted. Try emptying the cache.

25. Enero 2006, 19:53:17

Asunto: Re: Slovaquian flag

Marfitalu: I see it next to noker and cvopa

25. Enero 2006, 19:52:46

Asunto: Re: Slovaquian flag

Marfitalu: I see it everywhere also, including that page

25. Enero 2006, 19:50:47

Asunto: Re: Slovaquian flag

Marfitalu: Where? I see it on the main page and on game pages when I play Slovakian opponents.

25. Enero 2006, 17:38:11

Asunto: Re: Fencer said it a few months ago

Walter Montego: Case in point: http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?tri=63846#1

I've finished 8 of the 12 11 point matches with 7 day time control. But there are 2 in which my opponent and I have made only 11 or 12 moves in almost 3 months of play. At that rate, the first round will take 5 or 6 years.

25. Enero 2006, 10:48:58

harley

Asunto: Re: Draughts

saii: Please post at the checkers board;

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=9

Or put a game in the 'waiting games' where you can choose the ratings of your opponent.

25. Enero 2006, 10:47:07

saii

Asunto: Draughts

Sophisticated contestants please message me to arrange faster matches.

25. Enero 2006, 10:43:44