If you have started a retirement on a stair, and you win the game that was still open, will you still move up a rung? I assume so, just wondering.

dmk: Good question. I'll have to look at the code.

When I was on a step, there was no one to challenge, is there a way we can get a PM when there is someone to challenge

wellywales: Why? Before you read it, the free player can be picked by someone else, so it would be a false alarm.

Fencer: Yes true, it is I just forgot to go back to see if there was any one to challenge

wellywales: I find that one eventually solves itself when I look at my games list and think "Hmmm, not a lot of Stairs there".

playBunny: That won't work for me. My stairs games get buried in all the dang Tourney games I signed up for.

Eriisa: True, true, true, 'Tis a sea of blue.

I have added the way to see if you have any current stairs in which you can challenge up above in the board header.

If you go to the main stairs page, and click on "Show your stairs only" - the ones in bold means there is someone there that you can challenge.

Hi you guys!

If you are looking a good backgammon match, please send a challenge to me in slow cube stairs! I have no that type of match there just now.

One solution would be to put a red number in parentheses beside Stairs on the main menu, when there are stairs on your list available. Clicking the red number could take you directly to your personal list of stairs. The red number could disappear if it becomes unavailable.

Just a thought..

rod03801: Excellent idea!

rod03801:

Eriisa: Please change your picture soon?

Czuch Chuckers: Lol. This is rather the wrong place to be asking that. But as it's here, my vote is to keep it. I love that splash of colour, it's great!

lol, looks like something out of a strange horror movie

More stats: How about a table, per Stair, showing the top players in terms of how many days they've been on the top step?

playBunny: I'd be opposed to anything that would reward stalling.

Is it not possible to start 2 game matches at the same time, to speed up game play

Marfitalu: How then ?

Marfitalu: I meant in stairs

wellywales: you can play 1 game in which you challenged your opponent, and you can play a second game in which your opponent has to challenge you .. this makes a maximum of 2 games at the same time in the same stairs

Hrqls: Welly's talking about this:

Match type: 2 games match

playBunny: Yes! thanks, why can't we play both games together, don't see it is a problem

Fencer: If there are only two people on a Step can each challenge the other or is only one match allowed between them?

playBunny: Good question. But I think the system should allow two matches.
Try it and let me know.

Fencer: Lol. I haven't come across the opportunity yet but I'll give it a go. I noticed Alanback and Pedro were sole occupants on a Step but they've only got one game going which led me to the question. I'll see what Pedro says.

Fencer, Bunny: The system doesn't allow me to challenge alanback here:
http://brainking.com/cz/Stairs?trg=5&tri=232

6) You cannot play the same person if you are already playing a game with him/her in the same Stairs or if you finished a game with him/her in the same Stairs within recent 14 days.

playBunny: ah! didnt think of that .. would be nice indeed :)

Does this ( -/5 ) mean that the player is using retirement?

Andersp: Yep.

any reason why these are the only stairs w/ 1 game per match? any chance we could have it switched to 2 like the rest of the stairs are?

J5o: The reason is very easy. I did it. No chance you could have it switched.

Fencer: why did you decide on 1 game for fischers but 2 for others? just personal preference?

J5o: Have a look at these..

Fast Stairs (Backgammon)
Very Fast Fischer's Stairs (Backgammon)

You'll see that the Fischer's Stairs have risen more quickly. That's an indication of the turnover rate and that is partly the result of having only one game. And that helps the Stairs live up to its name of "Very fast".

At least that's what I assumed when Fencer first created these Very Fast Fischer Stairs. It's nice to see it working out, at least in Backgammon.

J5o: Because many players complained that 1-game matches are too slow. Fischer Stairs are for very fast players who want to see the results as soon as possible.

Can i challenge someone who has me on block?

Andersp: I just did a quick test, and would have to say: yes you can challenge someone who has you on block

BIG BAD WOLF: thanks,,i couldnt test because the only one who has me on block (as far as i know) is using retirement in the stairs where i play :)

Fencer: I find that the fischers stair games I play, where the time goes up 3 hours every move, I actually can play those games slower than normal games I play!

Czuch Chuckers: That's, of course, your right to play it as you wish.

Sophisticated contestants please message me to arrange faster matches.

Fencer: That wasnt the point.... its more like they (fischers games) should be the faster games, but because of the extra time added after a move, they tend to get longer limits than most of my other games.

Czuch: Aye. The name "Very fast" is being let down by these Stairs being only about as fast as standard Stairs (at least in Backgammon Cube).

Fast Cube Stairs Rule Ok.

To speed up the games in fisher, how about Auto Resignation, that has recently been introduced to Daily Gammon,
I never know when to resign and it could be an option

Is BKR calculated on Stairs games?

tenuki: yes

we could use some more anti-froglet players in the very fast fischer's stairs, if anyone's interested...

are the names of stairs in which it's my turn to challenge somebody supposed to still be turning bold to let me know it's my turn to challenge somebody? because mine haven't been. i have to look through all my stairs every so often to see if i need to challenge anyone. it's really tedious...

i thought that turning-bold feature was brilliant, but it seems to be gone now.

thanks. :)