yes, relative URL is "relative" to the web address you are currently at.
For example, we are already sitting at http://brainking.com/ and the extension can be relative to where we are

http://www.afl.com.au
Quite handy if you want to quickly copy/paste links.
Doesn't look as pretty though

Bernie had that problem too so she might be able to help you

he has a point though, it is ridiculous theat Stevie and his puppet Rose are moderating a BK board. All public boards should be moderated by impartial moderators and we all know that they are NOT impartial

"This is a BK issue and therefore belongs on this boards"

I thought it was like that, the puzzling thing to me though is that if someones timeout triggers it and there was another game to time out an hour later, I would have expected the game with an hour to immediately change to 25 hours since the vacation day has already been marked. Instead, the system still lets the 1 hour to go game run down and then bops it up by 24 hours.
This is good but unexpected

how does the auto vacation thing work for mutiple timeouts.
ie If my game with klokan is about to time out now, and then does but his auto vacation kicks in and extends the game length by a day, does it subtract one day vacation off his remaining total?
If so (I assume it must) what happens to the next person on the list 1 hour laters whos game times out with Klokan and then gets extended? Surely the system wouldnt charge him 2 days for the extension. but I have noticed in all cases that the system will always wait for the time to drop to minus time before extending.

Can you shed some light on how this works Fencer?

Note that I am Pro auto vacations and this is by no means a complaint, but it would just be so handy to see how many vacation days left someone has. I think this should be publicly viewable as it is not private information and effects no one.

Thanks

Yes, special in that you have to pay for it.
Free pawn accounts cannot post pictures.
Membership is very cheap

cool

In Oz we have a couple of weird ones to.

You have Buckley's chance or varieties such as "Buckley's and None" etc meaning you haven't got a chance in hell.

Also, when you are incredibly slow, you are said to be as slow as Brick Bradley

Hogan's Goat is code for Shagon Tago, a feared but very slow preditor of Leopards suffering from influenza

LOL @ Purple.
I remember my first day at boot camp and they eventually managed to form us up in thre ranks and then when we marched off, rather than saying "Left right left right" like I expected, I heard this ridiculous "Owf Ite Owf Ite" I think that was the last time I actually smiled until about 8 weeks later

Hogan's goat?
Never heard that saying.
Does it have anything to do with Hogan's Heroes or is it another Hogan?

if it is on different sites same problem, suggests a problem with your own PC or your own ISP I would imagine

no probs here Bill !!!
All is loading fine

the one thing I found the best about the graph is it actually shows what your highest ever acheived rating is. I dont believe before we could tell what this was.
Thanks Fencer, great feature !!!

he can see my posts Harls, he is just trying to pretend no to.
We all know he could never let a post go unread LOL

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typical answer from a person who obviously intends to live this life getting far more than giving.
Dont come around this neck of the woods at christmas time please LOL

Poll?

I would like to propose a poll
Should pawns [edited] be allowed to post on the boards?
My vote would be no. Dont get me wrong, I love pawns LOL But not being able to post would force more of them into deciding to purchase membership hence aiding all of us in the long run.
Lets all us members stop carrying the weak. They have unlimited moves per day in 20 games for free, that is already more than most sites offer. If they want to post, pay up

welcome Harls

Once again IMCK, you get targetted for being right
You may be direct, but you are usually right. I have certainly learnt that about you.

thanks Harls
seems some of us cant even post something nice these days without being jumped on by certain people

**edited as requested by moderator**

I have no idea what you are talking about?
I wasnt trashing anyone and it WAS a nice thing Kevin did for BerniceC. I know, I have sponsored some people also.

I would assume Kevin would be the moderator of the Trax discussion board !!!!!!

Yes I have to agree that it did seem that Bernie was being sarcastic. It is certainly how I read it, kind of like rubbing it in.
Interesting though that she pointed out that Kevin did sponsor her first membership. Makes me see him in a different light supporting folk less fortunate than most of us.
Good job Kevin.

its a great idea for paying members who often never get a chance to use up their vacation days but have the peace of mind to go and take vacation whenever they wish knowing they will not time out.
A very good addition to this site by Fencer for paying members

I personally think the rating system is just fine the way it is.
There will always be points of contention, but it basically works and gives a good indication which is all we really need right ?

let it go bwild
bringing that up is very childish

I agree BBW 100%
You should know what you are getting into at the start of the game and it should be set then

Wouldnt the programming possibly be easier for that too? Set up a table that is created at the start of the game

he has a point the Harls.
Fact is, some members jump on every post a few other members make and it is becoming very tedious indeed

even though it looked like Dan was asking for someone to pay for his membership, he just sent me a pm thanking me and also making it clear that he does not want anyone to pay for him. In fact he said that he has paid for numerous people himself on other sites so I think that really sets everything straight.
Yes UE, I agree that what Fencer gives people for free already is very generous considering the site

Unfortunately Dan these days there are far too many multi nicks for someone to go out on a limb and sponsor you I would imagine.
You also draw attention to yourself a little too much by losing your patience with your subtle hints and coming right out and blatantly asking people to sponsor you and pay for your membership.
Danger Danger Will Robinson. Warning flags are going up all over the place.
I also noticed you chose to ignore one particular part of my previous post stating that at Pocket-Monkey there is free unlimited games and unlimited moves all day. Sure the site does not offer anything as good as this site, however, for someone who cant afford to pay, it is the perfect solution and also means you are never in need of a game due to the unlimited games on that site.

PLease do not take this personally as I am not accusing you of fraud. I just wish to point out why people would be hesitant to sponsor you.
Have fun!!!

I see on your profile that you also play at Chessworld.net, IYT.com, Pente.net and Chessmaniacs.com.
Do these sites have limits on your number of games? I would have thought that all sites combined would give you plenty of games to play.
Other sites such as Pocket-Monkey.com give you unlimited games for free, although the site is far from as good as this in most areas, however, if your problem is not having enough games to play, well I think we have just solved that one for you :)
Cheers

Click Here
That will help you get membership :)

the extra 48 hours is added to the time initially before the weeken is even reached.
for example, if you are playing a 3 day game and you just made a move and it is Friday and your opponents weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the time left will "immediately" show 5 days and not 3

once again you are trying to stir up trouble Stevie
I think we have all had enough of this
you have a filthy mouth but no doubt you will delete your posts again like you did last time
sigh

weekend cannot do that
he said that the time changed. If it was a weekend, the time would have already been greater.

probably the auto vacation option
haven't you read about that??????????????

Thank you for deleting your insulting posts Stevie.
It is always good to see someone see reason ;)
I am sure those insults directed towards Purple have no place here anymore.
Thanks

you dont need a fellowship board on your faves anymore anyway. If there are new messages, they appear in red numbers and you just click on the number and you are there. If there are no unread messages, you have to make 2 clicks to get there, but why? you have read all the messages anyway so this would be used infrequently

thanks for the PM IMCK
it is of course best not to talk about those things publicly.

maybe banning would be more appropriate but that is up to the moderators.
It does seem that he is put on hide or banned more than anyone else over a long period of time though. That might suggest something

I sometimes toggle between using the option of "longest game waiting" and "next game to timeout"
They are both great depending on how caught up with your moves you are.
Certainly they are features that fencer has introduced that greatly increase the quality of the gaming experience

that sounds fair.

I personally think it is unfair to keep attacking Purple on a regular basis such as you are doing now.
He is supporting BK with extra funds for a Gold Membership which indirectly will flow back to better resources for all of you on this site.

I think Fencer should do something about these constant personal attacks on people such as Purple and others.

Keep up the good work Purple. We are all reaping the benefits of your generosity

my suggestion would be to take the tags off already

Not quite true BBW
I just created a tourney called Tournament and used the HTML Bold Tags for the heading. I never selected the "prize tournament" checkbox and yet it still shows up in bold.
I could easily do this and pretend it was a prize tourney and no one would be able to tell the difference I think but it would still be able to start due to no programming restrictions as the checkbox for prize was never checked.

Thoughts on the matter?

me too

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it is not showing an image on the rules as indicated by the source

seems Skyking deleted his question again and made everyone looks silly LOL