I might be a bit thicko but how can i change my user name
regards ....... John

BerniceC: Try it now, it should be working.
I didn't expect there was something like "pjpeg".

Fencer: yees that one was but I tried another one and it wouldnt accept it :)

thanks anyway :)

BerniceC: The crazy frog icon upload was successful, at least. I think I'll add a MIME type of the submitted file to the error message, so you'll be able to report it and I'll know what is wrong.

wetware: Lol! I,m glad its not me after all! I have not been able to upload an icon pic at all.

Fencer: Im also getting the same message and have tried it as a gif and a jpeg, with the same message both times.

wetware: Send me the image to info@brainking.com and I'll check it.

Fiona: Try png

wetware: i had the same problem where it wouldnt accept any JPEG file so i altered it to a GIF file and then it worked but the clarity of the pic isnt as good

Would Ludo be more skilful if we did not have to throw a six first....maybe we could have another version ??

Shouldn't cheaters just simply be banned from the site completely, also?

But let's not start a debate like this on this particular board, please.

Awesome new feature Fencer, as usual. :-D

maybe cheaters could also be banned from any games where the BKR of their opponent will be affected, as if they have falsely built up their BKR and an opponent loses to them in a legitimate game then that opponents BKR would go down more than it would of done if they hadnt hyped up their BKR - hope that makes sense lol

great new feature banning cheaters, could there be a link added in the BKR charts that would show who the banned players are?

Marfitalu: to speak english ım turkish

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MadMonkey: or corner lines of action would be good (6 pieces each in opposite corners )
or even a fast version of the game only 8 pieces each instead of 12 each (4 on each side of the board ) more people might play this one because it would be a quicker game . ps this one could also work for a fast scrambled version .

BIG BAD WOLF: I like the idea. Lines of Action & Scrambled Eggs are both great games and could have many good variations.

I was thinking of a variation, that would place a certain ammount of random holes on the board. In other words squares where neither you or your opponent could go. Obviously your gameplay would have to change for every game then, as every board would be different.

Sorry, no link to this game since it is something I've been thinking about for awhile.

Game: BrainEggs (or Scrambled Brains)

Board: Same as Scrambled Eggs (or Lines of Action)

Goal: To capture all your opponents pieces. (instead of just connecting all of your own) With it's unique way of moving pieces, I believe this would be an interesting game.

alanback:  Another feature from DailyGammon which might be a bit more difficult to program, and which also reduces the need to swap dice, involves entering from the bar.   A player who must move his piece from the bar is not required to do this as his first move, as long as he does it during the current turn.  For example, I have a piece on the bar and the dice are 5-2.  I could enter with either the 5 or the 2, but I prefer to enter with the 2 and use the 5 elsewhere.  DG allows me to move the 5 first, after which the only permitted move will be to bring the piece on the bar in with the 2.  This does not effectively violate the rule requiring the piece to be entered from the bar before any other move is made, because the two moves are unrelated.

alanback: I completely agree with you. It would cut down on about 80 or 90 percent of the swap dice that we have to use.

On Dailygammon, as here, the server presumes that you intend to play the first (left-hand) die first.  However, if you click on a piece that cannot move the number of points shown on the first die (e.g. because the destination point is blocked), then it automatically moves the second die instead.  (Mechanically this is accomplished by inserting a link on the board for the second die when the first die is blocked, rather than inserting no link as is done here.)  This saves a lot of "swap dice" clicks.  Could that be implemented here? 

pauloaguia: Yes, thats exactly what i mean. At the moment it looks like the game number corresponds to the number below it, where it doesnt. With the game numbers in the centre column and the Game score either side so they will still total up to the Match score at the top.

MadMonkey: Why not just keep the game links on a separate column. Something like

1909255 kid_game_2001 0:1 MadMonkey
1909256

(or games in a right column or something other)

hexkid: Either that or have the Game No.s centralised one above the other, with the score either side. Like this:

Korg Triton (Gaming Palace vs. Blizzards)

kid_game_2001      0      1909255      1      MadMonkey
                          1909256

In a recent thread in the BrainKing.com board, MadMonkey said "Maybe [the team match page layout] could be set out different".

I suggest using italics / normal font to distinguish between finished or ongoing games :)
[EDIT] as can be seen in this screenshot.

Mousetrap:  Good luck :-)

alanback: I am going to try and solve it on my side and get it uploaded somehow lol! If not I will just have to give up on that particular icon and try again with another. Thanks very much for all your help! You too Fencer!

Mousetrap:  Well, you have basically two options.  One is to insist the problem is on the server side and never get your icon uploaded.  Or, you can try to solve it on your side.  Try re-saving the file in one of the other accepted formats (e.g. gif) and uploading that file.  Or convert it to another kind of .jpg (e.g. by changing the level of compression, size, etc.) and make sure it is re-saved as a jpg before uploading.

Fencer: Ok it can be viewed in adobe and in my photo editor for my scanner and it is a jpg file on a floppy disc and can be viewed as such.

Mousetrap: It means the file is not recognized as a jpg, gif of png image. Please make sure it can be viewed in some image editor before you upload it.

I am having trouble uploading a jpg icon.
It does not matter if it is the required size of 40by50 or 200by300 or 100kb and below It still says this file cannot be supported. Where am I going wrong?
Thanks very much!

Jason:Thanks Jason, it must be how I've got my page set up.

skipinnz: If you mean the number of started games in our profiles its ok for me .
Personal data | Finished games | Started games (20) | Tournaments | Fellowships | Stairs | Boards

The number of started games is great idea, but can it be moved, so that it's on the same line. I hope it's not the way I've got my fonts set up but it, is on the line below started games next to tournaments.

I'd like games such as backgammon and its variations which depend a lot on luck to use a different formula for the calculation of their related BKRs.  I know it has been asked already, but I thought I'd remention it.

Fencer: Like lots of Rooks i have alot of games, i also try to play Pawns and new players. Would it be possible to have a option/tick box to move games against Pawns to the top of our Next to play list, they tend to get a bit lost in all the other games.
As a Pawn can only have 20 games max, it can get rather boring for them to wait for games against Knights, Rooks etc...to come back to them.
This can work for good, by trying to urge them to get a paid membership, or bad just totaly put them off all together. To me the more games they play or different types of games they can play or learn, the more chance there is of them buying a paid membership.

is it possible to add Back, Forward and Refresh to the BK-context menu?

MadMonkey: thats a great Idea madMonkey

mctrivia: Thats what was mentioned before, to set tournaments, invite & accept members etc.... It would hopefully save having to find a temp boss if the Big one was away etc...

MadMonkey: Would be good to let the big boss chose what powers the mini-boss and other membership levels have. Would be nice if I could set it so all members could invite people into the fellowship unless I had banned that member.

Fencer: Some months ago there was a discussion about having the option to have a Mini-Boss in a Fellowship, that would have all the power of the BigBoss except being able to delete it. Is this still going to go ahead when you have time

alanback: Maybe two dropdown lists of your normal option so you can set one to move to next game of this type. And the other to move and stay here or any other 2 combinations that you do all the time.

pauloaguia:  No, I see now it apparently can't be done.  I was working from memory (having no waiting games) so I couldn't check the screen before posting.  Looks like you can only change the default setting for one of the two boxes, the other by default will always be set for "next game".  I don't find it burdensome to pick a game off the drop-down list, but then I almost always just play them in the order they come up.

However, the left hand menu always includes a link to the Main Page, so I don't see the problem even now.

alanback: Could you please explain how?

unikum:  Aren't there two buttons  (Unless you have no more waiting games)?  You can set one to stay and one to go to the main page, by default.

I would like to have two buttons. One stay here and one go to maín page when i do my move. Its a bit annoying to change what i want in the scroll list. When i play dark chess or battleboat i want to stay. When i play normal chess or ludo i want to go to main page.

While we're at it, add ongoing games alongside wins, draws, losses on that table (yes I know it's called the "Finished games" table)

alanback: It would be nice to sort the played games table by its columns. That would provide what you requested and other information too

It would be nice to see a list of a player's top BKRs when viewing his or her profile page.