First I view Tournaments page, then I view tournaments created by me only.

I then choose to see ALL tournaments (sign up, waiting, running, finished). In the "Running" tournament section, it use to be sorted with the newest tournament on the top, the oldes on the bottom. But now, some of the newest tournaments are now at the bottom of the list. Can we get this back to it sorting by newest to oldest?

We agreed to a draw in a checkers game (me & zetes) and the e-mail has the following stats:

BIG BAD WOLF: old BKR = 1986, new BKR = 1986 (0)
zetes: old BKR = 1699, new BKR = 1734 (+35)

Only problem is the names are switched around. zetes has the 1900+ BKR, I have the 1699/1734 BKR.

Battleboat Board - Yup, 1 board for all the Battleboat games. (I added the other 2 game types to the description of the board since I think it would be best to have 1 board for all the boat games.)

That is correct.

You get as many shots as you have your boats unsunk. So you start the game with placing 5 boats, and get 5 shots. if your opponent sinks one of your boats, you only have 4 boats left - leaving you with 4 shots left.

Tip for Battleboats Plus - If you find one of your opponenets boats, the quicker you can sink it, the better - because it will take away one of their shots.

(Note: Dark battleboats you always get 3 shots no matter how fast you sink the ships)

The game looks OK to me, and looks like you do only have 1 boat left that is unsunk.

First 3 moves of the game, you got to take 5 shots each turn because you had 5 boats that were unsunk.
Turn 4 you had 4 shots because you only had 4 boats left unsunk
Turn 5 you had 3 shots because you only had 3 boats left unsunk
Turn 6 you had 2 shots because you only had 2 boats left unsunk.

Now turn 7, you only have 1 boat left unsunk, so you only get 1 shot.

Walter - It also depends on how many games you have finished & how many games your oppenent has finished. In thery, the more games you have completed, the more "stable" your rating will be.

3 game Crowded rating - You should only get a rating after 4 games. By any chance did a game of crowded get timed out, then restored? (UPDATE: Yea, your game with "JustTina" which was timed out, giving you a rating - then it was restored, but the computer kept your rating viable instead of putting you back to "unrated".)

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I also some-what question some of the rankings - how in the new battleboat games for example, everyone's ratings started really low - even if you won all your games, you were still in the 1500-1700 range. Yet in Amazons, a few quickly jumped to the 2000+ range in no time at all. (Sorry, I can't check myself because I can't see what everyone's "unrated" rating is.) :-(

polls - If you make that be "moderated" or ran by a person, i could run polls for you! (And I would not even ask about auto-passing!) :-)

What I meant harley was to not be able to "hide" an ad on one of those pages so I can go and click on it to help support this site.

But I don't like to keep the ads on my main pages so I have hid them. So what I request is have a page (like Support us, or the Store) where the ads always show without the option to hide them. (That way I can still go and click on them to help support the site, but not have them sitting in front of me all the time.)

Google is strict on how you get people to click on ads, and if google finds out a site is giving incentives to clicking on an ad, Google will terminate the contract with brainking. (Which a "contest" to see who clicks it the most would most defently be a no-no.) If Fencer could, he would probable put a big "CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT OUR SITE", and also encourage all users to click on a banner once or twice a day - but again, google frowns on this.

I like the idea that I can help support the site by clicking on the banner once a day or so - since it is a way I can help support this site without sending more cash (which I don't have.)

But I don't like having a banner sitting across the top of my page during the whole day that I play, so of course I clicked "hide" right away - so my problem now is if I want to click on an ad again, I will have to either go change the settings, or logout and back in as a guest. (which is too many steps for a lazy person like me!)

How about having a page like "Support us", or "Store" have the banner up all the time? That way I know I can quickly go into one of those pages and quickly click an ad to help support this site.

When playing in the Battleboat games, there are times that I go through the past moves to see which boats were hit, and which boats are left.

When I'm done and ready to make a move - I use to be able to click on the oppenets last move which would take me to "my current move" - now it does not. For me to make a move, I have to go back to the main page, and then re-choose the game again.

Any way to fix this?

I like the recent change where the "Move and Go To" box list the games in the same order as the main page (which can be by time), but recently I've been playing with the setting of "Move and go to next game of the same type."

Anyway, what I think it use to do is go to the next game of the type which has been sitting the longest.

now it does not, which means if there are a few people on-line, i only play those games - and the games that have been waiting the longest are still waiting even longer.

So is this how it works now? Plus is there a way to sort the main page by "how long the game has been waiting"? I like that option so I can keep playing all my games, and not just those lucky enough to keep jumping in front of those that have been waiting for awhile.

Once time is turned back on, the games that show "0" time left will time out. All other time will stay as it is now. (no extra time added.)

Pioneer54 - I know I've had a problem like that before (not on this site, but elsewhere), and I've been trying to remember what I did to stop getting those messages.

Try to go to Tools, choose Internet Options

Click the "Advanced" tab

The 4th & 5th option under browsing is about displaying script errors - UNCHECK both of those boxes and see if you still get those error messages. (Note: depending on version of IE you are using, will depend if the instructions above are exact or not.) :-)

Hey Fencer, I love stats - Care to give us some new fun stats?


old stats:

Top 30 posters (as of Dec 2003)

user_name post_count
harley 3064
Aragon KM 2524
Fencer 1866
Steve R KM 1725
bumble 1634
MidnightMedic 1600
chattytea 1558
lilac fairy 1387
Chief KM 1057
BIG BAD WOLF 1001
bwildman KM 935
Usurper KM 928
Princess Kam KM 909
NOT a floosie 839
ArtfulDodger 785
Rose 776
Eriisa 767
TexasRose 741
MadMonkey 731
Radiant 36 9 634
cariad 546
Linda J 543
backoff KM 539
sLaMdAnCe13Km 536
Stardust KM 526
danoschek 511
Lamby 508
GothicInventor 502
jason 476
Kevin KM 419

A time out is a lose no matter how close they are to a win.

If you resign, that will mean you lose.

No one has timed out because time is currently turned off.

A couple of small things i still see a problem with.

1) Images in the Battleboat instruction does not show up for me.

2) Country flag for Grenada does not show up also

I really like the number next to the fellowship name since before I had 30 favourite boards, and 30 Fellowships (or around that number) - which was just taking up a lot of room since now I don't have to like the fellowshop board in my favourite list.

The only problem I have had so far is that I changed so only the red number come up for the board in my language (Option in Settings before someone asks) - which is English, but I forgot I'm in one fellowship which only has a czech board, so now I miss anything that is posted in there..... not that I could read most of them anyway so that is something i could live with. The rest is great!

OK, as long as you found the problem I don't really need the ones I have fixed. thanks

bwildman - Yea, I like that - you were banned because he brought up the subject, and you replied to it. (Not sure why he did not ban himself for bringing up the subject, but whatever - I stoped playing that game.)

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New (sligtly different bug)

had a message in my message box about a finished tournament, and like normal it said "null" for the name (known bug) - BUT NOW, When I click on the "null", it does NOT bring me to the correct tournament like it did in the past.

I currently have 5 BrainKing windows, 1 DailyGammon, 1 GT, 1 IYT, 1 "start page", and my mail.

Is there any way to actually see what an "unrated" players rating is?

Why I ask is for example, in Dark Battleboats - I have a 13xx rating, and I've won a couple more games against unrated players and both times my ratings did not change - If there is a way to see what a current unrated players rating is, I could do my own math and double check my rating.

update: So I won 2 game, rating did not change. Lose 1 game, rating drop almost another 100 points. (of course againts an unrated person so there is no way for me to check it for myself..) :-(

At least you have a rank - in Amazons, I have a rating, but no rank! :-(

(Bug where rank is not updated if rating does not change, and my rating changed from "unrated" to XXXX - but moved "0" and hence not really "updated", hence not given a rank) :-)

ellieoop - You may want to wait and ask Fencer - because isn't there less paypal "fee's" if only 1 big payment is made, and not 2 smaller payments?

I believe it would be $34.50 US total. (Prices for the membership, and "store" are all in EUR - so the US price will always be going up & down.)

I followed the link in the "Paid Membership" area (without actually sending a payment), but my total was around $34.50. Take a look again to make sure what total is actually shown.

Well you can view the current conversion rate at www.XE.com - and I just checked on PayPal, and the total that I was shown was around 34.50 US$ (28 EUR)

The only place I seen "37" was next to the "sellers" name, but that has nothing to do with the price.

Actually the current exchange rate would make it around 34.50 - but PayPal does not always us the current conversion rate.

Yes, the price is now in EURO - So $28 (US) will be around 37 EUR

or 20 EUR (Free shipping!)

Gothic, when you post things to public boards, everyone becomes involved remember.... private messages, private matter. Public board, everyones becomes involved.

And thank you for explaining that it was a joke, I did not take it that way. Pats Gothic on the back and heads off. :-)

Gothic, maybe I'm missing something, but who said anything about investigating you other then yourself? Am I missing a post or something?

Well I just created a Spider Line4 team in one of my fellowships, then joined another team in a different fellowship, and the original team stayed there. (But did not enter a team tournament.)

Question: Does a captain of a team have the option to remove a team from a fellowship? (All teams I'm captain of I'm also the BIG BOSS, so I'm not sure.)

Fellowship Red Number - If you only want your MAIN LANGUAGE discussion board red numbers to be next to the Fellowship name, you can make that option in Settings (Bottom of page)

Picture of user - it is for Knight & above membership only. (And for those people, you need a 40x50 jpg picture, and send that to info@brainking.com along with your user name.)

Plus if you don't know how to resize a picture, post on the Members only board and one of us can help get a picture ready for you.

Yes, i send myself messages all the time - But some sort of note-pad would be good.

For example, I sent myself a lot of the special characters (♪, ♫, ☼, ►, etc..) that way is I need one, I can just look in my Message box and pull that message up and copy-n-paste. Other times I have used it is if I want to keep an eye on a tournament, I'll message myself a link.

When you get a chance Fencer, try to post a "known bug list" that way we will try not to keep sending you notes about the same bugs.

LongJohn - There is a difference between offering an alternative and attacking another persons tournament.

Yes, I have not signed up for that other tournament mostly because I don't want to play in a tournament that has 2 backgammon games (too many games), but I found it really funny how you complain about how long his tournament will last, but you have in the past at the last minute switched a tournament with MANY MANY pawn in it to 30 days per move just because you could....... which is the reason I will not join your tournament. It is nothing I would have brought back up normally, but find it funny how you complain about the exact thing you have done in the past.

Universal - You forgot to mention how LongJohn changed the time limit to 30 days per move, then took away the prize, then started it without anyone having a chance to find out about the new setting - and having many people & pawns stuck in the tournament - some still stuck, with his words of why he did it as "because he could."

.... but this discussion should really be moved off this board to another board like General Chat, and keep this board open to new bug reports & BK2.0 questions.

2 extra page loads (without auto-pass) I can live with, but 4 extra page loads (without auto-pass & "move and go to" button) is a little too much - The server is stressed enough! :-)

Update on a "bug" i posted about earlier.

I've noticed on all the boat games that when you set up a board, you don't have the "Move and go to" option. (only the Move option)

Also on games where you don't have any moves, so without auto-passing - it also does not have the "Move and go to" button, only the Move button.

Before, a Pawn/Knight needed 5 spaces free for any tournament (10 for the 2-game tournaments).

Is that still the same? Or has it been changed to depend on how many games are started?

Well with the recent conversion, and other bugs - they are probable busy.

Login situation - are you talking about the no auto-login situation. Well you can stay with your option to leave, get a browser which has a password manager, or change your password that is something easy to type in each time.

I believe that those types of messages were either invites to fellowships, or games which no longer exist - or something like that.

Yea, I think that has to do with the known bug of the numbers next to the discussion boards - my message box number is up to 22 (no new)

Small Bug: Just noticed that the images in the Battleboats Rules are not showing up.

I will also edit the list below with anything else I think of (or someone else points out) - but again, that list is not everything. I think I remember Fencer telling me that he looked at every single page, and made changes on almost all of them. (And a lot of the code that we don't see.)

Yes, Fencer has done a good job. A few minor bug here and there, but nothing that is hurting game play!

Just noticed a small bug - If a BIG BOSS changes the name of a fellowship, the name on top of the Fellowship Discussion board still shows the old name.

Ugh, I knew as soon as I posted that I would see something else! (Message Box - can now go to NEXT/PREVIOUS message from within a message)

BBW's incomplete list of BK2.0 improvments

Below are just some things I have seen.

Games:

1) 3 new games - Battleboats Plus, Dark Battleboats, and Amazons
2) User pictures are now next to their name during a game.
3) Players rank is also next to name during a game

Message Box:

1) You now have the option to save messages you sent in the "outbox"
2) Message box has been split into different pages
3) When reading a message, you now have the option to go to next/previous message

Tournaments:

1) Tournaments now start automaticly when the time deadline is reached.
2) Next rounds will start automaticly
3) Tournament winner will recieve an message if they won a tournament.
4) You can now filter/search tournaments by game type.
5) Team Tournaments - Fellowships team captains can add their team to a team tournament. (Still a work in progress)

Discussion Board:

1) Boards can now have multiply Moderators
2) You can now search posts.
3) When a post is edited, you will see when it was last edited (and who edits)
4) Picture of person will show in the post next to name
5) Moderator has 3 options for each board
---- Everyone can post
---- Pawns must be approved
---- Everyone must be approved.
6) Moderators can now edit the description of each board.

Fellowships:

1) When a new post is in the Fellowship Discussion board, it will show in red next to the fellowship name in the list. Both languages will show, but you can choose "Your language only" in the SETTINGS
2) Fellowship tournaments can now have multiply games in 1 tournament
3) Member list is split down to 50 at a time.
4) BIG BOSS can remove members of their fellowship.

Misc:

1) Friends online now have an "envelope" next to their name were you can send them a message right away.
2) Won Tournaments (WT) can now be seen in a person's profile.
3) Top Activity can now be seen in a person's profile
4) Winners page is now easier to read - plus able to filter by game type.
5) Fellowship list can be filtered by game type.
6) Fellowship list shows how many members are in each fellowship
7) Paid membership list now shows the latest paid members (Great for BIG BOSSES looking for new members!)
8) Pictures for profile/post - 40x50 JPG sent to info@brainking.com (Paid members only)
9) List of active users (moves per day) now has the top 50 of all time.

OK, That is all for now. Again, this is just a list I got together of major things I see!