This is what has inspired the creator of backgammon  and what design has invested in the construction. ....
At the core of the game is put the time : That 's a tray - symbolizes the unity of the year. Four corners of the box - a symbol of the four seasons . Opposite 2 x 6 compartments inside the panel - are actually 12 months a year. The sum of all pieces of 30 - as is the average number of days in one month. The color of the pieces - black and white , represent day and night. And opposite 2 x 12 units - are 24 hours a day.

likewowman2cool: You are correct it is 6 months

skipinnz: Are you sure about those limits? This page says 6 months, not 3: http://brainking.com/en/OldFAQ?ht=11

skipinnz: Ah, I had no idea; thanks!

Carpe Diem: There is a time since you last played that type of game for a pawn it is a month before you're removed and 3 months for paying members before they are removed from the rankings.

I'm wondering what prevents someone from being ranked in a game. For example, I noticed that Tenuki, who has excellent ratings in pretty much every game, is ranked in very few of them.

Royal__Flush: me neither.

I've had no site speed problems for months

this site is not fun any more to slow

Fencer: perfect

The Col: It's there.

Fencer: I just sent you the page link
If you could embed it, it would be even better

The Col: I've just tried some YouTube link to ensure that nothing is broken. So if you send me the correct link to post to your profile, I'll do it.

Fencer: I just checked the link, I assumed if you posted the link, it was the correct one.Adelle - Skyfall? not the link I sent, but I do appreciate a good sense of humour.Can you please correct it with the 10cc video link I sent.

Fencer: We're good

Thanks for your patience players invitation to me for games but now I can not accept them until it was paid member.Thank you all participated in discussion. According to me is not possible in any event to create bug appears and igra4ka be recorded . since Igra4ka is one of the organizers of the Bulgarian discussion site probably enjoys some advantages , that knows the program code of system.Friendship is friendship , but the cheese is money / Bulgarian proverb / .As is so eager to play in tournaments to pay like everyone.Interesting why not respect the organizers of the Bulgarian company and website on brazen respect to all registrants in BrainKing.
I suggest that the organizers of the Bulgarian discussion site to change and reprogram the system with more safeguards to no such problems in the future.

Fencer: Hi Fencer
We have also the issue in Crowded- and Cloning-Backgammon. The additional or cloned pieces aren't counted for a gammon if still outside at the end of the game. It means i got 2 points instead of 3 or 5 for a gammon. BK makes a difference if the pieces outside are catched or cloned/additional... Do you have a possibility to fix that?

Fencer:  thanks fencer  that would be really nice if you could do that fix regarding tournaments

The Col: I've just added a YouTube link to your profile, so it obviously works.

Fencer: I submitted a youtube link for my description

The Col: I don't see any changes at your profile. Are you sure you have submitted them? What exactly have you tried to change?

Fencer: Yes, the mods have informed me that you apparently are the only one who can either see, or update my profile submissions.I have just submitted an update ,can you please do the deed

Hmmm, it's really sad (but not too surprising) to see that some people will always try to exploit the system. Very well, it can be fixed this way:

1) A user cannot have more than, say, 100 tournaments in the "open" section of the Tournaments page. Do you want to create more? OK but wait until some of your tournaments start.

2) If a user membership expires, tournaments created by them (in the "open" status) will be automatically deleted, except the prize ones with prizes already provided.

3) Regarding the single eliminations tourneys, that might be a bug because pawns should not be allowed to sign up for another tournament if they are already playing (or signed up) another one. But the code is really old (8 years?) so I am not sure about that. I'll look at it.

Anything else? Sorry, I am totally consumed by other projects so I could easily miss other issues mentioned in this conversation.

beach: "Now the tourney section is a joke, you cannot find any tournaments and they stay on the list for 30 days after they start. "

Actually you can find new tournaments still, you just have to be a bit more creative in your search terms than before.

Every day when I log in (when I remember anyway!) I now visit the tournament page, and then modify the "Created in last" to 2 days (I am not sure what it means by 1 day or 2 days...is it the last 24 hours for a day, or the last Czech time zone day. Therefore I pick 2 days).

The list is usually(!) very short, and I never have to scroll to see what else is out there....

coan.net:  lol I spoke to fencer months ago when I noticed the problem, and ask if he could fix it,  He told me he would try but that he was very busy with other things.  Nothing ever got done so I gave up asking

The Col: I'm number 437. Hum.... how did that happen?

coan.net: re : I know Fencer hasn't been in the programming "mood" lately, but I'll make sure he know about this bug, maybe there will be a quick fix that he can make.

Take a number

There may be a bug then. I know in regular tournaments it will kick them out, but single elimination tournaments were created after the "normal" tournament, so possible that pawn/free game "check" isn't there.

I know Fencer hasn't been in the programming "mood" lately, but I'll make sure he know about this bug, maybe there will be a quick fix that he can make.

coan.net: For a while, although obvisouly the tourneys are set up before they expire! It seems to be just single elimination which they can still play in though.

furbster: Have they just recently downgraded to a pawn, or have they been a pawn for awhile?

coan.net: except single elimination seems to be an exception to the rule, and i'm guessing this is why we have a million of the same type of tourney set up in the tourney sections!

Emerald00671: As the tournament starts, the system checks to see the status of the player & should kick him out of the tournament since he will not have enough free game slots left.

Since he signed up for the tournament while he was a member, it will still show him in there - in case he does get a membership before the tournament starts, it will still start as normal.

One of the "bonus" of being a member is you can continue to play in all games/tournaments already started when your membership goes away, but NEW tournaments should not start.

Profile Igra4ka a pawn for a long time but continued to record in tournaments!
Is it fair to all / pawns / players online and how long will injustice continue?

Welsh Coast: it has been a nightmare this morning.....thank god for Automatic Vacation

Anyone else notice the site is terribly slow the past few days

Bwild: this time I might buy something and maybe run a tourney

Bwild: this time I might buy something and maybe run a tourney

Bwild: but soon...another easter egg drive....oh yeah

The Col: I feel your pain.
Though I'm sure he's busy with BrainKing ver.3.9080706, and he'll get to your problem and the problems of others then.
Just over a year and a half ago...he was 30% done with that project. lol

Well, it seems indifference is the culprit in regards to my profile issue.The mods have actually been fairly helpful in trying to rectify the issue, but it seems the only one capable of addressing the problem is Fencer, and he doesn't seem to care.So there you have it, is it that important to me that the issue be fixed? not really , I'm here to play board games.I do find it does give me an indication of the interest level of the site owner in customer satisfaction though.I have never met the man or had words with him positive or otherwise , he was alerted to the issue weeks ago though, and I have not receiived any communication regarding the issue from him. Interestingly, there was no issue accepting my money when I recently extended my membership.I guess we live and learn folks.I will not bring up this issue further.

Hey brainking players, please sign up for my ponds as they are past due for the start. Just a need a few more players.

aaru: i think fencer should restart both games and take back the rating as it was before the time out. did you write him?

Aganju: Be aware that BK stands for BugKing.

Aganju: That is not how it works. The system records the times in both of your games in your records as if the game occurs between two players in the same time zone.

Next time that an opponent of yours plays a move in a game of yours, check out the clock in the upper right of your screen and then click on that game and you will see that it was played only a few seconds earlier, regardless of which time zone your opponent was playing in.

Pedro Martínez: for me, the difference shown is 18 hours plus some minutes. Be aware that the time zones of the two players are potentially different.

aaru: Why? b/k

aaru: You were robbed! Looks like someone bought a counterfeit Swiss timepiece perhaps?

Cloning Backgammon (speachless vs. aaru)
Cloning Backgammon (speachless vs. aaru)

2 games with FC: 21days/18hours/31days23hours
- Last move of my opponent - 2 march 2014 1:56am. My timed out - 2 march 2014 8:30am.
- Last move of my opponent - 2 march 2014 1:56am. My timed out - 2 march 2014 7:40am.
Why?
I should have minimum 18 hours for move