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.

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

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

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

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

Marfitalu: I see it next to noker and cvopa

Marfitalu: I see it everywhere also, including that page

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

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.

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.

Sophisticated contestants please message me to arrange faster matches.

I see.

Fencer: I think Marfitalu is requesting for the match games table to include the current game... maybe with something like "game in progress", instead of the winner name

Marfitalu: No, every game of a match contains links to all other games of the same match.

Marfitalu: No, you need a game ID.

alanback: Now that you mention it I think it's almost 210 days for the weekends if you and I have different days set.

Fencer: Yes, and if I shave my head, I won't need a comb!

playBunny: It took me awhile to figure what was going on! September 2005!? Even molasses on a cold day moves faster than that. :)

Pedro:

alanback: If you play with the Fischer's clock, no vacation days of your opponents can bother you.

I'm taking bets on when will this game end. Any thoughts?

Walter Montego: Wouldn't that be 104 weekend days? And yes, my games list is living proof that some matches can last virtually forever.

Walter Montego: lol, I was looking for that, but didn't go far enough back!

Fencer Re: can people buy vacation days ? 20. August 2005, 04:48:07
Jason: Well, it wasn't officially announced yet but if you extend your membership by another year, the vacation counter would be reset to the original value (30 for Brain Rooks, etc.) instead of waiting for the 1st January.

How do you guys make those neat links to the exact posting?
Ah, the context button.
http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=1&bscx=382336#382336

This would seem to answer it from the top. It also says that on January 1st all the BrainRook counters get reset to 30 days. Someone asked if you could exceed 30 days and Fencer answered no to that question.

Let's see there's 52 weekend days off. 30 vacation days. Plus a time limit of 7 days. In theory two players could take the whole year to move a couple of times, eh? And I've seen 30 and 21 day limit tournaments. Amazingly, quite a few of them have finished. It gets down to the people involved more so than the rules and parameters.

Vacation days are renewed at the beginning of each year, but as BBW and a few others pointed out around 15 December 2005 on this board, if you renew your membership in the middle of the year, the vacation days are reset.

I renewed in November and my days reset to 30.

I had asked this some time ago:

>I haven't renewed my membership and i had 0 vacation days. But now i see that i have 30 new ones. Why is that? I guess because of the start of a new year. So is it true that vacation days are initialize to 30 at the start of any new year?

Also if at the middle of a year someone renew his membership, will vacation days also be initialized to 30 again?

Playbunny responded:
Yes and yes.

Nobody argued about that. So it is true.....

im sure that i am correct

Jason: I think it´s just only 30 days for all year. If you spend your vacation days, you will not get more when you renew.

fismoluni: as i believe its 30 days in the new year and then if you use them all up you can get another 30 days if membership is renewed later in the year

fismoluni: http://brainking.com/en/PaidMembership
Tells u on here

ah sorry for the stupid question, i could now easily answer it by myself, its max 30 days it seems.

fismoluni

hello, just wanted to know how much vacation days the different users have? do some player have endless vacation days?

thx for the answers,
fismoluni

Mrs.Reeves: It might be better if you use a proper board next time - Backgammon or Tournaments. This board should be reserved for more general questions.

i have cancelled the other one

Fencer: Thank you, ive done it now, but for some reason it defined 2 tournaments, i only want one lol

Mrs.Reeves: Go to the Tournaments page and click on "Define a new tournament".
I'll make it better highlighted soon.

Excuse my ignorance but how do i set up a tournament?

Thank you , i understand now.

Mrs.Reeves: From the rules page:
"Crawford rule: If a player reaches a score which is only 1 point away from winning the match, the next game is played as a Crawford round. In a Crawford round, the double cube is not used. If this round is finished and the match is not completed, the doubling cube can be used in all following games of the match."

That match is 1 point away from over. So the Crawford rule applies I think

Fencer: GAME ID is 1338754 MATCH ID is 62964

Mrs.Reeves: Tournament is irrelevant, you must post the game ID.

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?tri=80655#1

I am currently playing the above tournament, but it isnt offering me or my opponent the cube choice, when it should be. Any advice why this is.

ScarletRose: heh...yes, Lady. :)

plaintiger: Yes.. just like Windows XP allows me to separate the HD into different sections..

ScarletRose: ahhhh, i see, Lady. :) i wondered how You distinguished between the purposes of Your various Brains.

plaintiger: Yes.. I bought some for christmas prezzies

ScarletRose: okay, i'm confused. oh! do You mean You've bought three memberships this month?

رضا: lol

ScarletRose: I'll treat it for 10000 ones of those Fencer sells.

رضا: Well that is the most powerfull of all brains..