I'm fairly new on here( about a month ) but i've been haveing trouble with my screen whiteing out when i hit one of the submit options.also there are times when it wont let me back on, i keep getting a pop up that says "brainking is to busy and to try again later"..i was hopeing this game site would be better then IYT, but guess not.

Its great now Fencer, are you reinstating timeouts? I couldn't stay awake to get through all my games they were taking so long :-)

On the more then 4000 players!!! PARTY!! :DDD

thanks :)

it takes a short while for your membership to take effect, definitely within 24 hours and probably sooner.

Its lightening fast compared to yesterday/last night Good Job Mr Fencer Sir!!!! Was this considered growing pains?

The site was slow here too, looks like the problem is fixed. Fortunatly no time outs for me, as I only play the game at hand:)

Loads better for me :o) Much faster, its not like swimming through mud now!

Is it better now?

I too find the site very slow and I cannot get into 'My Profile'.

Is anyone else finding the site slow today, I have trashed cookies ect. and everywhere else is quick...oh woe and to have 109 games to get thru as well :-)

5 or 6 screens, at a time..? hmmmmm, must be nice to have a PC..!!! I'll trade ya my web-tv for it.. LOL...
speaking of slowing down the site, anyone notice it being slower more recently than say a month ago..? At least it seems to me that it takes longer for things to load..!!!

no problem Christine.. and you're welcome.. :-))

perceivable here as well ... :/ ... timed out a game, as it seemed
to take several minutes until submit was validated - even via dsl -
when the mainpage finally loaded I found the game lost ...
slowdown started about 20.00 h CET, Thursday ... ~*~

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Can someone help me? I've had a lot of difficulty just getting on this site; but am finally able to play. However, when I make my game move and click on any of the three 'move' choices, all I get is a blank page. I have to go back to my e-mail to click on the link to get back on the site to make another move. Has anyone else had this problem? I've wracked my brain trying to figure out what the problem could be. My temp files are clear and so are my cookies! And I don't have this problem with any other sites, just this one. HELP, please! lol
HAS NO ONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM??

Thanks for explaining Mistery Man. I figured it had something to do with week-ends and holidays, but it seemed like it was calculated differently with every game.

Fencer, the small pente and keyro pente games look fun.

Love the alternate colours option and ability to set up more than one game invitation at a time when creating new games. That's great and will save alot of time when setting up the games!

Also, congratulations on exceeding 4000 registered players - this site is ace!

Blaze

The current sorting order is by the last move date and time. Better ways are under development. When it's done, it's done. I never forget about any suggestion :-)

I would love to be able to go to the next game according to time also - as I suggested once before, but it was then explained to me that it would slow the server down a little to recalculate each time someone plays a game (So I would rather have a fast site then this option if I had to choose)

How I get around it: Sometimes when I busy, I will only have about 10 minutes to sign on and play a few games - what I do is if I have a few games that need to be played now, I just open each game up in a new window - so I will have 5-6 screens with 5-6 games that need to be played. This saves me from having to submit each move, go back to the main page (wait for it to load), and then choose the next game.

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

Christine, it also depends on what days you chose as your week-end days..

THIS may be a bit long, BUT may also be beneficial..
Now THIS, I do believe, is a good subject to kick around a little.. :-))
Hi Fencer.. I have been wondering the same thing for quite sometime.. I know I would very much like to be able to go to the next opponent (when I submit my "Move and go to next game") that I have the "least" amount of time left on, before I time-out.. It is a (BIG) hasle to have to return BACK to the main page and "manually" click on my next opponent in line "time-wise".. If I have 20 games, then that's not only 20 extra click-ons, but extra scrolling (at least I have to) as well and this all takes up a lot of extra time to do..
So yes Fencer, I have to agree to what "kygal" is getting at.. Is there something you could implement on either the games that could give us an option for what games we wish to play next..
OR, set a choice in our "settings";
-like the way you have it set now (still can't figure this one out) or..
-according to least time left to play (like GT or IYT) or..
-opponent's nic in alphabetical order or..
-type of game you're playing (maybe in ABC order as well) or..
-etc, etc, etc...
I think this would be of interest to everyone that plays here. ESPECIALLY "paid members" that have a lot more than just 20 games like myself.. I can't EVEN imagine having 100 games or more and have to go through an EXTRA 100 or more click-ons and scrolls just to get to your next opponent with the "least" amount of time left..
....and ahhhhh btw, where's my sabotage..? :-(( lol..

On your main page, it calculates the time remaining using days off, vacations, site holidays, etc. So a 5 day limit will be affected by the 2 days off, making it 7.

It doesn't matter what day it is started, it just matters what day it is, and what days your opponent has chosen for days off.

If I invite any user to a game of chess with a time limit of 5 days, it automaticly becomes 7 days. Is that because of the weekend days? Can anyone tell me how that is calculated. And is there a difference if you start a game lets say on Monday or on Wednesday?

Thanks Harley!

I should think the match will end on what the scores are now. If you have 1 point each then the whole thing would end a draw.
If there has been a game or two completed in the match then yes, it would affect ratings.

Thanks Harley and Blaze - what I meant if you have already started one or two games, will it effect either player's rating if you then delete the following games when they come up? Sorry, I wasn't very clear. ;)

No, I think you're right Blaze, you'd have to resign individually, Angus. But if you resign then you'd lose overall, can you delete the game instead? Then it would have no effect of your rating. Other than that, if its a 5 match game, when you have resigned each one, it will be counted as one loss for you. Thats my understanding of it anyway.

Angus, I think you have to resign each individual game in the match separately. When you resign the first game in the match, the next game will appear on your status page. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong here. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question?

Blaze

What are the consequences of resigning multiple game matches as the new games begin? I mean after you have started the match already.

Fencer,where it says...You can also set additional conditions to fit your reguirements of opponents. Would it help to have a separate continue button under there instead of having to click on the continue button for use this form to create a new game with non-specified opponents name. Sound a little silly to click there after I just specified and the form does say, where it can be picked by any player...

thanks. it worked.

This is the last not-fixed-yet bug which I keep in my mind [and buglist]. I'll try to do some tests to find out what is wrong.

I put a game in the waiting room with a rating limit and people are accepting with a higher rating... How do I do this??? I know this has been asked before, couldn't find it. This should be in FAQ..

Dave392 Wrote:-
"Finally we are back to a normal DB again... Its about time too... I was tired of reading all the trashy (flame filled) posts... Keep up the great job Michelle"!! :-)

Ditto. :)

Click the My Profile link on the left of the page.

Click the Edit link.

There you will see a dropdown menu for "Select your Country".

Select your country, then click Submit.

Hopefully that should give you a flag.

Blaze

ouspensky: let me know your country & i will try to sort if for you :-)
(with Fencers help of course lol)

i didn't get a flag. does anyone know how to get one? thanks.

kygal: No, the column to order by has nothing to do with "Move and next game" action.

OMG who put a woman in charge ( only joking harley xxx )

On the main page, over our game list, where we can click on like opponents and it brings up your opponents in A-B-C order.. or click on game and they would would appear in A-B-C order and clicking on something else there at the top would put them in some kind of order as well, right? NOW, when this was first set-up, by clicking on one of these, wasn't this suppose to reflect what game would be played next when you clicked "move and go to next game" after playing your turn on a game?

Thanks everyone.. hopefully now we'll have a nice pleasant place to chat about our favourite site again :o)

Finally we are back to a normal DB again... Its about time too... I was tired of reading all the trashy (flame filled) posts... Keep up the great job Michelle!! :-)

i think Fencer had another good idea. Good Luck Harley.

All the best to you PMP and come back to us soon.
Here's to hoping Harley can sit back and do nothing,if we do it right...Good luck to ya :D
Catch ya all on the GC LOL

Harley sitting quietly and just listening? I think I'm gonna faint! :D

LOL, thanks but I wont be deleting anything posted before today! I'm hoping it wont be necessary for me to delete anything at all. I'll just sit quietly in the background and only pounce if someone gets too out of hand! LOL!
Sorry jon, I'm all out of favours!! But if you want to chat about the structure, features and future of BK I'll be very happy!! :oD

Harley, then delete away, with abandon! Good hunting and have fun.

We couldn't ask fr a better mod. Now... what sorts of favours can you get us???

Thanks jondownie, hope everyone else is too :o)

Shortphuse, just this board!

It will be great to see some normality return to this board. Best of luck Harley :)

Will you be moderating the General Chat board and other boards too, or just this one?

Linda aka Blaze