Not perfect huh LOL :oÞ

And you are dead right Rose, it (with an sh) happens. I have at several times in the last 5 years lost data permanently, and I DO HAVE all the things that Filip would like to have in place on my system in work. Hot Swap SCSI drives, RAID 5, resilient back-up nightly and I still lost data, if its gonna go, you can not (will not) prevent it :o( it is the nature of the beast im afraid. And 6 weeks is nothing on the grand scheme of things LOL I lost 8 months once (try explaining that to the boss LMAO)

Computers are man made.. Men arent perfect (Sorry Steve-O and Aragon but it's true, men arent perfect! :-)) Why ppl are so upset and so angry over this makes no sense. Everyones home computer has gone.. scuse the expression "tits-up" at one time or another.. Did you blame your self over that? Highly unlikely. This site is so much better run then any other turn based site right now. The feed back you get from the site owner is second to none. Crap happens

is this going to be a bi-monthly thing now ...the site losing all the memory of games i mean....how about making monthly game leader boards...then maybe at the end of a certain amount of time the leaders in that span play each other for a champion...just trying to think of a new system here....the one in place doesn't seem to be working with all the gamesite alzhiemers that happens

I agree a new start and Filip, no Hurry I am very busy right now but can you just delete all my games with no penalty to either myself or my opponent... BKR's will sort themselves out again in due course...
The chess club ladders, tournaments and the interfellowship match will have to be restarted from scratch

I ment games that I have started and finshed after 15 Sept.

I for one to prevent this resigned ALL my games, even ones i knew that i won prior. A clean start is far better than the hassle :o)

I have played a number of quick (Over 20) games which have gone. I was 1st in battle boats BKR but cannot remember how many points i had. I have all so lose my BKR ratings in 3 or 4 diffrent games. How can you fix games that?

yes i am coming across a few bad sporstmen too , having to play games that they knew they had lost and will still lose , there are some good sportsmen too so thanks to the ones that have resigned ;)

i must be playing with alot of bad sportsmen because i haven't had one player resign a game that i had won...the funny thing is how the games came to my gamesheet...the ones i won are muddled up back in the mid to start of the game but the ones i lost are one or 2 moves from being over....no second chance for me in any....if people are supposed to resign games they know they lost it better be posted somewhere. the thought never crossed most peoples minds.

just a question ... how can you restore bkrs ? if this starts happening i will end up in a worse position than i am now , i do know what my bkrs was on some of my games , my question is how can people get thier bkr back and still be 100 % fair (this isnt aimed at anybody) but if i start to go further down the list then i would want and my finshed games deleted and mr bkrs restored to what it was before the crash

For anyone who missed it the first time, heres the link to...

INTERVIEW WITH.... FENCER

I stored all the questions received so far for CaoZ on my PC, so those are not lost :o)
I am still taking questions though, so send them to me! State if you want your name with the question, or if you'd like to stay anonymous.
Thanks :o)

Thanks for updating my bkrs Fencer :o) I am surprised you are awake anyways after the long days you must of had , being a shift worker, I sympathise <sp>
Ill put that on here so as not to clog your inbox :o)
Steve

Whoa! Over 200 requests handled this morning and more than 100 waiting in a queue. I'm taking a rest, will be idle for at least one hour ;-)

Easy solution, think hard. If you know you lost a game resign it, if your not sure ask your opponent, if neither are sure play through. A good sportsman would not take advantage of the situation by trying to win a game they already lost. I have resigned numerous games that i know i lost, big deal there just games. Instead of going on and on about it just figure it out. Fencer has a few more important things to deal with and we should just be glad we have the chance to play or resign games at all.

ellie: I don't know if there is another solution. Or do you suggest something else?

what an absolute breathe of fresh air LOLOL
I just love your senility definition...it sorta fits at this end as well, BUT i draw the line at previously played games :(
It is sort of like having yesterdays dinner again to day, except it isnt as fresh or as tasty :( LOLOLOL

i don't quite understand, when you say, play all started games, does that mean every game that's on my gamesheet from sept.?

I haven't the foggiest, so I have to take whatever solution I can get. I prefer to play through. Some people don't like that, but I haven't run into it with any of my opponents. So, I can just sit here, fat, dumb and happy, playing games I've played before, and still have fun. The marvelous thing about senility is that you can delight over and over again at the same thing. §: )

It's not easy to make an universal conclusion. Well, the easiest way for me is to let people continue with the started games. But if you are sure about correct results, I can finish these games.

yes you dear thing :) you even gave me proof...not a problem...it is the "ones that have no idea" like myself that amaze me...just get rid of all games:) Start afresh

that would be a good way to do it, the only games i know for sure if i won or lost are battleboats, cause i have those written down, i have no idea what i did in the other games. i'm waiting for Fencer to say if we are going to start from now before i play any games.

I dont believe what I am seeing here ROFLMAO
"I dont believe in draws" from one person and the particular game was unrated hahahahahaha
"Why dont you just resign" from another who I thought of as a good sport, but then if I resign.....they get the points......get rid of all games after the Sept 11th???? oops sorry Sept 15th and before November 4th/5th (guy Fawkes day)....let no one take aedvantage of this unfortunate happening

LOL :) good advice

Me either, Bernice. I'm offering to resign, or play through, whatever my opponents want to do. It doesn't matter, it's all games to me.

I cant remember any of the games win lose or draw...im offering a draw to EVERYONE :) at least we all get something then

I would think that all go for the gold, go for the wins, and do not care to loose the record we have set in the files or ourselves.... but for the price we pay to play, we must now just accept the lost games as practice ones, and enjoyable at that.... I for one like the games, as for back in august I pinched a nerve in my back and my right hand has had two numb fingers since then.... go the the doctor for two hour test tomorrow... but spending time with you folks has helped pass the bad nights.... typing this in with my left hand, but you must play with the hands you are dealt.... other then Jason showing me no mercy, thanks to all of you for beginning on the challenge to me, hopefully... again other than JASON I may of brought a small challenge to you..... keep up the good work, and once again.....LET DA GAMES BEGIN

I think you people are freakin nuts, and harley, well, never mind.

What a question! Haha! I think you should forget you know Slam until we start playing the mid-October games. That's my vote.

*gets an umbrella and continues dancing* rain on the parade all ya want. It hits the umbrella and rolls off and goes away :)

I didn't like you much pre-September 15th but about mid-October I changed my mind cuz everybody else loves you so what the heck. So now, should I just like you like everybody else (post mid-October change) or should I go back to my pre-Sept 15 feelings?

i'M cOnFuSeD

..with unexpected change, i suggest a book..a short called "Who moved my cheese?"

wHy dOEz iT MaTtEr?
tHeSe..oThErz..tHaY aRe gAmEz, jEFf...gAmEz.

these games all over? just cant seem to get myself to do it, but i dont want to forfiet all the games either. is by any chance everything going to be reset?

To all those that entered.

Here follows a copy of the message that i`ve posted on my tournament page concerning EBT.

(NOTICE)4/11/03 Because of all the site problems i have decided to cancel this tournament with immediate effect. If players wish to continue with the tournament then please feel free but please be aware that NO PRIZE will now be offered since i intend to re-run the whole tournament at a later date when all the site faults are corrected. Sorry for the disappointment that this may cause.!

I have done this because of the difficulties that may arise from having moves "Rolled back" to the the earlier date with a good example being possible different results than they where originally.!

I will not be deleting the tournament, so please feel free to continue if you so wish.

Thanks.

anybody that has a game with me that they know they won me on 100 % please message me so i can resign the game , im working my way through the ones i know of , would be nice if other people did the same .(could save months of redoing games that should already be done )

As soon as Fencer logs back in your upgrade will be a done deal mrloupcity. The list of sponsers and those to be sponsered all got lost in the crash and I'm trying to reconstitute it. It's a big job because I can't get hold of everybody and can't tell what payments have been sent in and which haven't. Working on it though.

I'm not mad. If u read my first note i said the games was just like spilled milk and water over the dam. All I have been asking if someone on the 1st paid a membership canit and will it be found.
harley as to asking Chief KM, I was hoping that they may read my question or the person that sponsor a pawn may also read it here. But guess this is not the place to bring it up. Yes I will ask Chief about it. I just wanted to know if it maybe found but, I guess by all the notes here it will not be.
Again TYVM for everones time.
:o{P```````

their apology from yesterday is still valid I guess,
not only slow loading (on 1.5mps) also lots of errors ~*~

its your turn is working fine for me shes,school,tex lol , i do get an error page every now and again but a refresh usually gets rid of it

I didn't know IYT had a rating system at all. When I asked them about it, they said to go to my profile and put anything in there I wanted to. Since it was meaningless, I didn't bother. Besides, I'd have to consult with somebody to figure out what to put.

mrloupcity, wait! Don't go away angry. I don't know if you haven't gotten an answer out of neglect, or if no one knows. Maybe you could PM the big boss of the fellowship that was sponsoring you, and ask them? Was that BBW? He could even be checking into it for you. It would be a pity if you went away mad, and it wasn't necessary.

Ooops, while I was typing my rather wordy response, harley answered the question. Well, so it's a little hectic today. I'm leaving what I said up there.

Now, has anyone actually played in IYT today? EVERY play, I get an error. They say they know about it, and it will be fixed in a few days. But, it seems that no one is exempt from problems.

Maybe a temporary catch of reason could be
to create a brainking down hateletter board ...

I admit it's not easy for me either to look at
the brainking page now without tendency to nausea.

As again perhaps only the biggest nerds are
granted to draw advantage of a data-crash like
it happened the last time ... no need to name.

For a serious, competitive player it's just worse case period
while those who are here just to share their neat reviews
of history would be comfy with any chatroom.

But it's the day after ( dejavu ? )

Fencer is worn out most likely and, maybe
just Captain America yet would perform then
full of patience and composure, when commenting.

There will be still some workout,
the bk neon sign shines again, after all ... :)

please take it that your one-arm bandit did
not freeze at jackpot during the power-outage :D

and po-lease you very few nohew try to be sportsmen this time.

Good evening America, good night Europe - uhmm and good morning Rod :P ~*~

mrloupcity - I apologise if you thought I was ignoring you, I'm trying to do a lot of things at once! I did answer your question by email the other day, the person to ask is Chief KM, he is the 'main man' of the KM's and can help you with your question. :o)

LMAO! Oh slam you are on fire today!

iT iZ BeTtEr 2 Be Pee'd ofF tHAn PEe'd oN.

...ReLaX...Be@1w/yOUrsELf.

HARLEY OR FENCER
WELL, I SEE AS A PEE-ON AND A UNKNOWN I CAN'T GET AN ANSWER. MOST EVERY TALKING AND GETTING REPLIES. SO I GUESS I WILL JUST GO BACK TO SHUTTING MY MOUTH. AND PLAY MY GAMES.
TYVM EVERYONE FOR THE TIME AND FUN.

guess we are all in the same boat! ;o) Goodluck everyone to reach for your high BKR once again..

i'd just like to know why there is a rating system at all...!!??....apparently nobody takes much intrest in it....IYT has a % type rating and it seems to work there....if everybody is so casual about how the ratings can just wipe away 2 months of rating points why not the entire amount....go to something different....what a good time to do that....make it interesting again...maybe think up something all together new....

i think clouddog and spyder joined in oct so i gues i have to wait for them to re enroll

Hahahaha! I'm with Slam. Pardon me while I roll on the floor where the furniture was laughing myself silly. I missed you guys.

Hi High Tide. *tries not to be redundant* Nice to see you on the boards.

You got up to 2156 beating me, b-b? Man, I gotta pay attention. I lost rating points too, but I don't care. I'll just have to find somebody like me to pick on.