Will it be any more friendly to the webtv users? or are the white pages something you can not prevent?

It should be.

big bang!!!... I was hoping for inter-fellowship matches, not the end of the universe as we know it!!!

Right so there is a problem, will BK2 be any less strain on the server?

It is a normal behaviour of overloaded servers.
Do you want an absolutely reliable 24/7 service? Give us, for example, 30,000 EUR and you will have it :-) High-performance hardware costs some money, as well as their maintenance.

well it chucked me and others off around 11am BST today

Nothing unusual is happening to the site at the moment.

Can you tell us what is happening to the site at the moment? the last few days weve had blips and time warps etc. Will this be sorted at the same time or before hand etc?

The date of big bang is 5th June 2004.

lets see if someone else asking will get an answer LOL

Fairy....Its Customer services testing its games etc at the moment and testing the new arch moderator admin out

I was wondering when we are going to get the newer version of BK, as it seems that some people already have it????

it's impossible to cheat at Backgammon here by controling the roll of the dice.

That said, however, it is possible to increase your chances of rolling more doubles.

It's all in the wrist. :)

mrloupcity, I thought we were answering your question.

guess I will just go back to my corner and keep my mouth shut. I see enought fighting going on here to start up anything more. So later everyone. If you care to find out what I was asking feel free to send me a messare to my box...
:o{P``````

Thanks Bumble... I guess I never did read the rules before :)

LOL @ Harley, This discussion should move to the Backgammon board...Then posts again on the subject... Cracked me up!...

That's it, harley. You must use the higher of the two if you can.

So the rule not supported here is that a player should use the higher number, if either dice can be used, but not both..?

I still don't know that rule properly. I've probably broken it a few dozen times at least without realising. I know theres more information about it at the backgammon board, this discussion should move over there really.

A player must use both numbers of a roll if this is legally possible (or all four numbers of a double). When only one number can be played, the player must play that number. Or if either number can be played but not both, the player must play the larger one. When neither number can be used, the player loses his turn. In the case of doubles, when all four numbers cannot be played, the player must play as many numbers as he can.

I am not familiar with that rule....what does it state?
Thanks :)

the dice here do not support one of the basic rules in backgammon about use of the dice when only one can be moved... some people consider it cheating.. others consider it legal because this site supports it... i try to play according to the rules...

I dont get the cheating question iou...
There is no way to cheat in backgammon, as there are no moves 'in poor taste" as Sharon contends...

What am I missing here?

Are you trying to say that "swapping the dice" is somehow cheating or in poor taste?

This time it makes a change, they are also a Rook now, so they can no longer say its a member privaledge to get better die. LMAO

Lets hope thats a good enough answer for them anyway

I've commented this ridiculous issue many times and I'm not going to do it again.

I think its only Fencer they will listen to though

Steve, I don't know how many times a day I get accused of this! It is impossible to change the dice at backgammon, they are completely random and theres no way to alter that.

if you were able to move the 6 and moved the 3 instead .. than that move would be in poor taste.... but since there was no move available for the 6 then only thing you could do is move the 3 .. which is a legal move...

I need you to inform the players here that there is no way that I can cheat by arranging the dice to roll what I need in backgammon.
I am fed up with one going on and on about me cheating

Thanks, Fencer...now about those 40 games that timed-out. Do you want to get the numbers from my message box?
And I assume my membership time will be extended accordingly?

bumble: Here ya go.
I wonder how you managed to insert vacation days with 0000 year ... ;-)

I understand this right. In 1 of my games I have all but 2 of my men in home. My last two are close but on same spot. I roll a 3-6. I could have moves the 3 with 1 of my men in home but then would not have been able to move the 6 cause my oppent has that spot covered. If I would have done it that way it would have been said that I was cheating for not using both dice right? If that is so then I'm glad I did not do it that way...

I apologise to the following members of whom whose games I've timed out due to circumstances beyond my control.
These games will be reinstated one day and the tournaments may progress normally.

Erika, munwest, gasper, Antje, sissie44, Stinger, Stingers Girl, zetes, myfanwy, DesertStarr, BBW, StarOfDarkness, rhiannon, Watson, Ophelia, TIGER0005, Merrily Watkins, harley, pawnme, Nightstorm, Molly, cattallac1962, WizardII, NOT a floosie, faith, loggerhead, mrbugs001, Goonerg, Stratman71, DrRobinson, Goldame.

Golden Maharajah? Hah! I'm the first BrainGhost. I can go everywhere and see everything but I can do naff all!

Perhaps the configuration of bumble's Golden Maharajah symbol is conflicting with something? LOL

I don't know what is wrong. It is under an investigation. Like many other things.

Is there any chance you could sort out my account today? I have 145 games to move in and I can't and, as you know, I haven't been able to for over a week. This has resulted in my timing-out in 36 games - which I want reinstated.

It's really of no interest to me that everything in my account in BK2 is fine. There's never anyone there when I'm there. Maybe I should invite a few people over?

You all know I was a direct victim of ChiefKM's (Purple GZ) manipulations and internet fraud. I continue to be a victim of Purple through the spreading of more lies. But with Usurper, it is a very different story. If anyone has a reason to hold a grudge againts Usurper, it would be me. However, I have been in contact with him since his return and consider him a close BK friend. I believe everything he says on his profile and my trust in him, and my friendship with him, has been fully restored. Welcome back Usurper.

AD

As many of you would have seen Usurper (Greg) is now back using his old i.d.
As he can not post on boards being a pawn, he has asked me to post for him.
To all of his old friends and game players, please would you spare a minute to read Usupers Profile

Maybe members would use the bank if they had full facilities like everyone else

lol I need to make a withdraw. send cash to backoff, 123 main........

LOL - may need them at the end of June :o(

Your credit limit is 1000 Brains. How you use them is up to you :-D

Great - whats my Credit Limit ROFL
oh, and can a have non-returnable loan as well :o)

BK credit card :oD

HTTPS isn't really needed here, unless you open a savings and loan branch of BK

Personally i would say its not realy worth it Fencer. With all the copy/pasting that goes on and people allowing others to access there accounts here, is it really worth it ?
Although saying that, $199 spread over all the Rook members is less than a dollar a year.

Bernice's question brings up another topic, related to a security and privacy. The point is that your private data are mostly vulnerable not here on our servers but on the way from your computer to us. HTTP is not a secure protocol and it is possible [I don't say it's really happening but technically it is possible] to grab the data somewhere in the middle [proxy server, ISP] and read them.
Of course, there is a solution. Instead of insecure HTTP, a secure protocol [HTTPS] can be used. However, in order to do it in this way, we would need to buy a certificate which costs $199 a year [or more, I am not sure]. And somebody has to pay for it.
My question is - is it really necessary to support a secure protocol here? Would anybody use it? If so, what about to make it available only for users who pay some extra small fee as an addition to their normal membership fee?

ROFLMBO

Sure but GMT doesn't change so why does my clock change when it's set for GMT+9? These messages are timed at about half past one for me on this page whereas the time is only half past midnight.