Oh and what happens to me that have not even one of those 'brains?'

Oh well, I actually hav eone, but it's up here in my skull, can't take it out, it's stuck .....

plaintiger: well actually I have 1050 in brains.. but, only 600 towards that new tourney thing..

ScarletRose: lol...to do what with??

I have 600 brains delegated to the New Wave Tourneys!! LOL

Fencer: February special! that works!

I still agree with plaintiger that a tiny hint about this new system would entice more people to take advantage of this offer! (It might work on me! :-D

darn, I figured it was worth a try! lol

Eriisa: No, it must be a "real" payment.
Next time I'll make the announcements more accurate.

--- Everybody who pays for any kind of membership (or extends the current one) and makes it to the end of January 2006,---

Does this mean if I pay on my membership with my previously earned brains, will apply???

rod03801: Absolutely wrong! But that's a part of my plan as well.

Fencer: Hmmm.. that's not how I read it. The way I interpret it is, that if you buy membership in the month of January, you get these 200 brains. Maybe you meant to say "and make it to January 2007"?
So are you saying any memberships bought in 2006 get 200 brains??? I'm confused! LOL (possibly not all that unusual for me!) :-D

RoastedParsnip: If you click on someone else's profile, it will also have an area saying "Use brains for membership for this person" (or something like that), with a drop down menu with what you have enough brains for.

rod03801: Yes, I know. But my plan is for the whole year, not just January.

Fencer: I think his point is, that if there was more of a hint (not a full description, necessarily), more people would add to their membership to take advantage of this offer. :-D

plaintiger: If it means nothing to you, wait for the Februay Special.

the news has for some time said: Everybody who pays for any kind of membership (or extends the current one) and makes it to the end of January 2006, will automatically receive 200 free Brains to be used in the new tournament system, which is planned to be released in February. All details will be posted on the Brains page in advance.

it occurs to me that if we had some hint about the nature of this new tournament system, and what part Brains will play in it, the offer of 200 Brains for extending membership might be a bit more enticing. until we know what this new tournament system is, and what Brains are going to have to do with it, we don't know what value to place on that offer. am i going to have any interest in participating in the new tournament system? what does 200 Brains get me under this system? i don't know. therefore i don't know if the offer of 200 free Brains means a lot to me, or nothing.

LuckyCat9: heehee...i *did* look at "his" profile too - i just didn't notice the sex.

Don't you people ever look at profiles? He's a female! lol du mass

RoastedParsnip: maybe english isn't his first language and he uses "sophisticated" to mean highly-rated.

pure conjecture on my part...

saii: What does sophistication have to do with playing games ??

Sophisticated contestants please message me to arrange faster matches!

Eriisa: Ah yes, thank u very much.

I believe so...

"What can I do with Brains?
You can use the Brains as a virtual money to pay for your membership on BrainKing. The amount is equivalent to the amounts in CZK. For example, if you want to buy one-year Brain Knight, you must have at least 500 Brains. When you have enough Brains to buy the particular membership, a new form will appear on the Profile page of the user you want to buy a membership (yours or anybody else's) and you will be able to use this way of payment."

Check your profile page. It will tell you if you have enough.

Can i use some of my brains to purchase a knight membership for somebody??

harley: "live and let live"
now theres a laugh.

TexasToest: I should find a time to finish the Help system soon.

Matarilevich: Thank you.

TexasToest:
Time per move and vacation modes
# Fixed weekends only - if a game is created with this option, the player's weekend settings are ignored and the standard Saturday-Sunday weekend is used. Moreover, no other vacation days are calculated for this game time. Such game invitations or tournaments are marked by a green dot.
# No days off - this game is played with absolutely no days off and the time range between moves is never longer than the defined days/hours per move value. Such game invitations or tournaments are marked by a red dot.

Fencer: Thanks, Fencer. I looked in FAQs, but didn't see a logical topic on the index. Oh my! Do we need a searchable FAQ? Or, do we already have one?

TexasToest: http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=24

Stevie: So, red is short play, and green is long play?

Toestie: Thats to indicate what sort of game time limits is in use on that game matey

What do the little dots (some red, some green on my game list) to the left of the time left mean?

harley: oh. i see. i'm one of those people who's never managed to fully internalize the "it's just a game" sentiment...i agree with those who think the behavior we're discussing is rude, and while i wouldn't say it *hurts* me, i do find it very annoying. and i think it's interesting (in an annoyed kind of way) to try to figure out why someone would do that. but i can see Your point of view too...not everybody cares about such things.

and maybe that's our reason why right there.

plaintiger: Avoiding conflict? Not at all, man. I just live and let live. It doesn't hurt me if someone resigns, its just a game.

Eriisa: oh-ho! good point! i did forget about that little aspect of it.

it's still downright rude to one's opponent though, at least when no attempt is made to explain the resignation.

still, the ratings hit is a consolation. thank You for reminding me about that.

plaintiger: If they resign halfway through a game, doesn't that ruin their BKR? They are only hurting themself in that case....

At least, that's how I see it.

harley: of people putting a lot of games in the waiting room and then resigning halfway through them, You say, Why try to make sense of it?! It takes all kinds, I'm sure they had their reasons even if we can't understand them.

You're advocating complacency. You're saying, "the hell with etiquette, polite behavior, principles...people should be allowed to do anything they please, and no-one should ever complain about it, because the perpetrators must have their reasons."

that's a blanket excuse for any behavior at all. Hitler, Qadaffi, Jeffrey Dahmer...they all had their reasons. i'm not equating the behavior of game-bailers with the behavior of those three, but the principle is the same. if certain codes of behavior are simply ignored, a civilization, be it that of a country or of a gaming site, falls apart.

it's possible to go too far in one's efforts to avoid conflict, Lady, and i think that's what You're doing here.

wetware: And to complete the set there are:

6x6: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=106
10x10: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=96
Other Variants: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=45
Chinese: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=92
Japanese: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=94

There are also some German speaking boards and maybe other languages too.

Cheers ... WQ:)

harley: Great recommendation. That 8x8 discussion board will suit me perfectly! Thank you.

wetware: If you like three checks chess yu might find this chess variants 8x8 discussion board interesting;

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=6

Or maybe the chess variants 10x8;

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=34

Matarilevich: Thanks so much for the prompt reply! ww

wetware: The board fot this question is chess variants.
A double check counts as one check in the global sum of checks in a game of three checks chess

Feel free to move this question to another area, if there's a more appropriate place. Does a double check count as one check or two, according to the BrainKing software? My guess (and preference) is "one", but I need to know in order to choose the proper continuation in a current game. Thanks in advance!

doing good here as well

everything seems fine on this side of the pond

Stevie: Likewise. For me the problem is highly intermittent and most accesses are behaving. Then a big hesitation or several little one occur. UK problem, I guesss. [shrug]

playBunny: what are you on? Im on 2.2Meg broadband dsl

Stevie: Reeeeeeaalllly slow response times here as well.