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9. Septiembre 2003, 21:42:54
Jason 
just an idea , they would stand out from the crowd so to speak more easily , also prize tournaments seem to have extra restrictions

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:40:40
Andersp 
Thats ok Fencer..i know you think its fair that pawns can win $3000 but not a married paying member...you have your opinion and i have mine.

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:38:10
Fencer 
Andersp: What about tournaments like "only for girls, only for boys, Europe players", should I forbid them? The membership description says that you can play as many tournaments as you want. There is nothing about "all possible tournaments, especially prize ones". I would also have to add something like "you can create your own tournaments but these tournaments must be open to everyone, you cannot add your own rules". It doesn't seem to be logical to me.
jason: Why prize tournaments should have their own page?

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:37:11
Purple 
Asunto: Re:
I am going to be starting a prize tournament with something like $25 to the winner..open to paying members only. There will be no limit on the number of nics they can purchase a membership for to get a crack at the $25. Fencer shouldn't mind that. :o)

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:29:09
Jason 
maybe prize tournaments should have thier own page ... away from standard tournaments ,what do you think fencer ?

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:28:56
Andersp 
maybe you should add :

"but if you are married there are some tournaments only one of your wife and you can join" :)

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:27:11
Fencer 
How would you change it?

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:21:46
Andersp 
Brain Rooks

"The player is not limited by number of started games at once nor number of moves per day nor number of joined tournaments"

Hmmmmmmm ? maybe this should be changed?

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:05:43
danoschek 
Asunto: Age Restriction :D
That's okay - we call that business-entry age
and 12-14 years are tolerable as limit ... ~*~

PS e.g. the father who has signed for his 5 years
old girl being brainknight merely be excluded ...

9. Septiembre 2003, 21:01:03
Grim Reaper 
Asunto: Re: Danoschek's remark
I just have to disagree with this on principal, since money is at stake. If you are going to sit there and tell me a 5 year old girl is not going to get input from 'daddy' when there is a chance to win $3000, then you have to ask yourself what planet you are from.

If you want to play in a tournament with your kids, there are plenty out there for them to experience.

Read the rules for just about any contest here and you see ONE PER HOUSEHOLD.

It is not possible to AUDIT online participants. I suspect several of the pawn IDs that were made on the same day the tournament was announced are really duplicates of the same person.

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:57:56
Andersp 
Sorry Fencer, you are the genious..not me :)

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:56:47
Andersp 
LOL Jason..guess who my favorite opponent is?..and
in Eds tournaments im not allow to whupp her!! :)

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:56:04
danoschek 
Asunto: Re: The rules
No !
especially the spirit of those so called rules makes no sense altogether.

As previously ignored, CaoZ' siblings are strong enough
to play any tourney here on their own strength ...

and who could stop anyone from cheating anway ...
ever've heard of telephone ?? ( basic technics in Europe )
it cAn deprive you from the need of living
in the same household with any imaginable helper ...

Again I second the idea to exclude pawns from the Championship,
3000$ should be luring enough to afford 10$ for a Knight-Strike ...

or - as peacepickle said - revealing sensible personal data
prematurely should (if anyway) be obligatory only for pawns ... ~*~

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:55:45
Fencer 
Andersp: How would you cover all "cheatholes"? Please give me a 100% working solution and I will use it.

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:54:25
Jason 
i have a question while on this subject , we have two paying members here me & judd on separte pcs, so with some of the comment maybe people think we cheat ??
i assure you i kick his backside as much as possible lol its the only way he can improve in his games , when he starts to win me i have achieved my goal ..... not because i let him win

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:50:44
bumble 
Andersp: but it is Gothic Inventor's tournament.
'He who pays the piper calls the tune' - or, he who pays the winner makes the rules.

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:46:00
Andersp 
Fencer, my suggestion is that "cheatholes" should be covered in advance.
If Eds 8 family members are paying members at BK they should have every right to play in ANY TOURNAMENT.

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:41:19
Grim Reaper 
Asunto: The rules
The rules are made just to frame the context of the event, and prohibit those from abusing them. Suppose all 8 of my family members were in the tournament, wouldn't people be a little suspicious? Could not one of my children say 'Daddy what would you do in this position?'. Would I have to audit every one of the games in the tournament to make sure I was not accidentally helping one of my own kids win?

Just think about it for a minute, and I am sure the SPIRIT of the rule makes sense.

If you agree with the spirit of the rule, I can extend acceptions. Like Fencer said, it is my tournament.

I just want to close the doors on cheaters.

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:26:40
Fencer 
Andersp: I don't think it's fair but it is not me who provides the $3000 prize, I simply cannot order Ed to change his rules. It's his money, not mine. Or what do you suggest?

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:13:50
Andersp 
Fencer:
So you think its fair that non paying pawns can play but i cant if my wife signs up.
Thanks for your answer

9. Septiembre 2003, 20:11:30
Fencer 
Andersp: There are no limits for standard tournaments. However, every tournament director can define his own additional rules. If somebody doesn't like his rules, can sign up for another tournament. As a Brain Rook you can start as many tournaments of your own choice as you want to.

9. Septiembre 2003, 19:14:24
coan.net 
Even though I can not speak for GothicInventor, I would think if you discussed it with him, and he knew exactly what is going on - he may allow it - but again, you would probable have to talk to him.

He is a nice guy, but at the same time he does not want people who are trying to cheat in the tournament. :-)

9. Septiembre 2003, 19:07:19
Andersp 
Have no intention to play in the $3000 tournament but for future similar tournaments i would like to know:

My wife and i are both paying members (rooks) but only one of us is allowed to participate because we are in the same household.
This means that one of us paying members cant play while not paying pawns are welcome?
Doesnt make sense to me.

9. Septiembre 2003, 17:23:33
WhisperzQ 
Asunto: Re: F*** - in - LINE....1800+
I think it was farce but they couldn't count the asterisks :)

9. Septiembre 2003, 16:54:20
coan.net 
Asunto: Re: F*** - in - LINE....1800+
I miss all the good stuff!

Now I'll never know what "F***" was - it will be bothering me all day!

Fork-in-line 1800+
Food-in-line 1800+
Face-in-line 1800+
Flip-in-line 1800+

.... ugh!

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF) :-)

9. Septiembre 2003, 15:57:30
Purple 
Asunto: Re:
This is not the first time Fencer has stepped in to stop that kind of thing before it got started. A lot of folks may not know but his vigilance has spared the site some very unsavory stuff. Our thanks.

9. Septiembre 2003, 15:23:22
sandra... 
thank you fencer

9. Septiembre 2003, 15:19:43
Fencer 
Asunto: Re: F*** - in - LINE....1800+
I've just removed the "F***" word and sent him a warning.

9. Septiembre 2003, 15:18:38
Grim Reaper 
Asunto: Re: F*** - in - LINE....1800+
I can't believe a BrainRook that has been around since April would create a tournament name like that. What was he thinking?

9. Septiembre 2003, 15:08:48
Fencer 
Another place to apply my filter.

9. Septiembre 2003, 14:52:23
Andersp 
Asunto: F*** - in - LINE....1800+
Nice name for a tournament ?
Didnt someone say we should protect underaged players?

8. Septiembre 2003, 21:55:05
danoschek 
Asunto: Janus and Fortress, Prize Tourneys terminated.
My apologies to all who had patience for quite a while ...
But after almost a month without the required 15 players
signing up, I sadly had to close them now ... :/

The Janus Tourney will be re-opened around end of october ...

To attract a higher number of occasional players I'll create
a Crowded Backgammon Prize Tourney (Pawns only) ...

For more paying members on a site worth it. ~*~

8. Septiembre 2003, 13:21:59
Stevie 
Asunto: BEST NAVY TOURNY
Running out of time to sign up for my best navy boats tourny.
UK is full, 2 more needed for USA/CAN ,4 more for Europe, 5 more KM's and none yet for the rest of world. :o(

8. Septiembre 2003, 12:58:10
WhisperzQ 
Asunto: Re: Fencer's taxes
At least you will get to deduct the cost of the new server(s) from your Swreg income (LOL)

8. Septiembre 2003, 11:00:30
rabbitoid 
Asunto: Re:
I suppose I'd have to declare it here. R i g h t, I'll do my best not to win anything :)

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:54:46
Fencer 
rabbitoid: My BrainKing income is collected on Swreg.org which is a part of Atlantic Coast [a British company]. When I ask [usually once a month], they send me the current amount via wire transfer and don't charge any taxes. It is always a subject to tax here in Czech Republic.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:48:23
rabbitoid 
...my salary, which is being taxed like hell...

mine is as well. this is one area where France is not far behind the US...

however, I have no idea how anything on the internet is taxed, and by whom.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:42:13
Grim Reaper 
All I know when I am on travel ouside the US, my salary, which is being taxed like hell, is not subject to tax, so the more often I am away, the more I get back on my tax return.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:39:04
Fencer 
Asunto: Re: The form
On the other hand I am not sure if it is applicable for anything else than "art royalties". Maybe Ed could bring some light to this dark area :-)

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:38:34
Grim Reaper 
If you are outside the USA, you are earning your money beyond the boundaries of our tax jurisdiction, and you are not liable for any tax.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:37:10
rabbitoid 
Asunto: Re: Gothic Chess World Championship
sorry, I posted before I saw fencer's answer.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:36:07
rabbitoid 
Asunto: Re: Gothic Chess World Championship
I sympathise with your tax law, but again, what about us non-gringos? we don't have an american SS number.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:35:03
Fencer 
Asunto: The form

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:32:54
Fencer 
Asunto: Re: Gothic Chess World Championship
rabbitoid: About SSN, I used to have this problems two years ago when MP3.com wanted to send me a check for my music because we also don't have anything like social security number. It was solved by sending a filled W-8BEN form for taxing purposes. I don't know all background of these things but what I am sure about is that I never had any more problems with that.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:28:21
Grim Reaper 
Asunto: Re: Gothic Chess World Championship
I would be LIABLE for paying the taxes of the winners if they do not pay it. I have given out my ssn# to casinoes, chess tournaments, poker tournaments, and I have never had a problem.

If you don't like the US Tax Law, join the club. But nobody is getting a check without their SSN being reported on a standard 1099 form.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:27:31
Fencer 
I think that a note about "any suspicious IDs will be removed from the tournament with no explanation" should be sufficient. Especially in today's situation when anybody can have any number of free e-mail addresses and can use anonymizers and proxy servers to mask his IP address.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:25:17
rabbitoid 
Asunto: Re: Gothic Chess World Championship
... Before you win any money, you will also be required to submit your social security number for tax purposes ...

Ed, I have a serious problem with this for several reasons.

I have nothing against giving you my name and email address to check against cheating; I consider that a least precaution.

but I, for one, am an extreme paranoid in anything concerning transmitting any personal information to anyone. such as physical address, ID numbers, bank account, whatever. much more so transmitting such information to someone on the world wide sieve...

and by the way, non US citizens (there are some around, me for example) don't have a US social security number.

this is really putting the cart before the horse, since I probably stand very little chance of winning anything. but the principle bothers me.

8. Septiembre 2003, 10:15:53
Grim Reaper 
I was talking about prior to the start. The concern is that people have multiple IDs to try and increase their chances of winning.

8. Septiembre 2003, 08:52:47
Fencer 
After the tournament is started, nobody can be removed. It would require deleting all generated tournament games, recreating all sections [without deleted players] and starting the tournament again.

8. Septiembre 2003, 08:46:32
Grim Reaper 
Maybe all pawns who suddenly became incarnate the day after the tournament started can be removed. This way, pre-existing pawn at least have the benefit of the doubt

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