I'd like to get a message when a pond is finished. I think now you only get one when you splash into the pond or get the bonus for the round.

Can we get an option to switch colors in reversi, just like the new option in checkers?

Or better yet, make black move first as default like it is supposed to be.

I'd like to see the new number from title moved to someplace else. For example: "BrainKing.com - Discussion boards (Feature requests) - (39)". Or even "your turn in 39 games" instead of the "(39)".

I always have lots of tabs open in my browser, so each tab only has like two or three characters available for the title. Now i only see "(39..." or similar in the BK-tab instead of "Bra..." before. The new number makes finding the BrainKing-tab lots harder than before.

Title tag should be used to identify the contents of a page. Starting the title with a obscure number is hardly doing that.

6 months sounds reasonable. Also if one has a ongoing game of that type, his/her rating should not be hidden.

Players who have not played any games of any type could be hidden from all rankings after shorter period of time though.

A game could go on for a lot longer period than three months. Someone could be hidden from the ratings even if they are actively playing a game of that type.

Also someone like me who has ratings in lots of different games might not play some gametype for a long time. Even if you are playing actively there are too many types of games to keep on playing all of them all the time :) I wouldn't like it if my rating was hidden from a game i play rarely.

thanks Fencer :)

And while i'm it, another annoying feature: when i resign a game it goes to main page. I'd prefer going to next game instead.

I would like to have a "delete and go to next unread" button in messages. I always get a bit annoyed when it goes back to messagebox after deleting a message :)

I would also like to see tournaments played until there is only one winner. But of course there should be some exceptions to avoid endless tournaments. Like a maximum of two rounds with the same players. For example: a,b and c have made it to final round, if they end up in a threeway tie another round is started. If they all end up tied again on that round, they'll be cowinners of the tourney. But if a&b beat c and tie each other then a and b would advance to next round.

That could even be automated. I guess BK server will beat most of the tournament creators in maths :)

I'm also sure my rating has not changed after a draw even if there was a big difference in our ratings. This has happened several times, actually i don't think i've noticed my rating changing after a draw even once.

Extinction chess needs a color code. I've screwed up several times there because i thought it was regular chess.

tonyh: If there is a chance to win resigning should not be "forced" with doubling. I agree that sometimes the games drag on pointlessly when other side has no chance whatsoever. But determining when a game is decided is not that easy on many games. If doubling was there many endgame turnarounds wouldn't happen. For example in a game of reversi 10x10 my situation looked really hopeless after move 36 (and even before that). I was thinking about resigning and surely my opponent would have doubled at that point if the option would have been there. Then resigning would have been the only sensible option for me to do. However i continued to play and managed to clinch victory with a few points margin! It was a great match and it would never have happened if doubling was there. Many such games where other side has definite advantage would end prematurely if we could double. Here's link to the game.

But gammons are a different thing. The doubling cube belongs there and should be implemented as soon as possible.

No doubling for other than gammon games please. Doubling when in a clear lead position will "force" the opponent to resign even if he has a little chance to win the game. Who would risk losing "two" games if there was only a small chance to win.

Autopass would not stop one from seeing the opponents moves. Of course the moves would be recorded as usual and they could be seen in the game notation. There should be a automated message sent to player after autopasses telling you had to pass and instructions on how to check what happened since your last move. I can't see how that could be very confusing for anyone.

Auto-pass would be a good feature in reversi too. And probably in other games also.

And it is impossible to make an agreement that black goes first :) The openings look weird when the colours are switched. I'm sure "pro" players in any game wouldn't like if the wrong colour had the first move.

I have to agree that implementing the official rules should be top priority as far as reversi goes. I know few reversi players who abandoned this site because of the ruleset used.

Fencer, are players divided to sections randomly in tournaments? In dexters 6x6 reversi tournament there is seven 1900+ rated players and 5 of us are in the same section. And in another section the highest rating is 1600ish. I'm not complaining, I just love to play lots of high rated players. But i think it would be more equal to everyone if in the future tournaments players with high rankings were divided more evenly to different sections.

Fencer: I would also love to see Go implemented. Here is a Go development kit: http://playgo.to/GDK/ It's in java but it might be helpfull anyways.

I think the message sent with invitation should be added to the message archive when the game starts. Any change to see that in the future?