bad luck LongJohn...as the saying goes ....you made your bed...lie in it. (in regards to your tourneys)

But I must agree with you the waiting is a pesky thing :)

But may I enquire (without getting into a slanging match) why it has been that your holidays have extended from mid february up until (at the moment) June????

you did say it was because of the kid, but it is way past and nearly out of napkins hahahahaha...why do you have such long holidays LOL :) :) and out of curiosity...how the hell do you do that....have months of extended holidays hehehehe...please explain

And that's why I forfeited my games in that tournament.

I would rather not have a time limit, but I've found that a good number of players need it to prod them into moving. When something comes up and you can't make it to the computer, I can understand. But some people have the "wait until the last minute every move" strategy and it's very annoying to play this type of player. It might be within the rules of play, but it's certainly not in the spirit of the game.

Instead of a fixed time limit for each move, I'd like an average time limit per move. That way I could play a lot one day, and then skip a few days and not worry about it. The average could be figured by the time after my opponent enters his move until I enter mine. That'd be my average. His would be based on the time after I enter my move until he moves. Seems like it'd work. A 15 move per month game would be the same as a move per day. There could be a buffer time at the start of the game so a timeout wouldn't happen in the first couple of moves, and then it'd be enforced. It might take a wide spread of averages to get the feel of which times I'd like to play, but after awhile I'd know. Both systems could still be offered, and it might even be possible to combine them for a hybred of the two.

That was just in completely bad taste, LJ.

well u r the 1 that changed the days. So maybe these players r upset over u changing things without tell any1 or letting them have a chance to remove themself from long playing tourneys. So like people tell me " just deal with it now ". Well back to my corner hehehe
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very very good, BBW!

yup, thats the one

LJ - Which tournaments are those

Is it the ones which you offered a prize with the quote of: "would not start until XX people sign up", plus had it for 5 days per turn ----

And then when you switched it all around and made it a non-prize tournament, changed the description, changed the time to 30 days per move, and then started the tournament before many of the people who joined had a chance to see the new "rules" and have a chance to leave the tournament..... which now did not have a prize, had a very long time limit, and was nothing like what they signed up for?

or is it another of your tournaments you are talking about?

If anyone is interested, I just thought I would list a few notoriously SLOW players that are holding up a lot of people in some of my tournaments.
I will say though, I am not suggesting that they are breaking any rules, however, if people wish to finish their tournies in a timely and fun manner, do not allow these people to play.

Goonerg (Not too bad but slower than most)
PUPPETMASTER (8 moves in 40 days)
Eriisa (11 moves in 40 days)
Princess (4 moves in 40 days)
mysticdragon (8 moves in 40 days)

Congratulations! Maybe you'll win the 50$ too!! )

Well you are in the right position Fencer to be able to choose a pawn that isnt the same IP as a Rook and know it LMAO

ROFL Not you. You only have 1 lifetime membership.

Ha, I won a membership! :-)) Any idea who could use it?

Congratulations to Fencer for winning his section in the Fund raiser tournament.

Stevie want 2 Get more interested in anti Reversi

As it says, I wan to get more of you interested in anti reversi so you all want to join Aragon and my ladder tournament too :o) pawns and knights be sure to have space to play.All known frequent last minute movers will be removed before tourny starts Have fun and enjoy :o) Steve

One Way Checkers Tourney
Just tried this game, wasn't very good at it so must mean it's tourney time :)

Although the tourney is not over yet, Pedro Martínez has already won it so he gets 50 Brains.
Congrats.
A message has already been sent to Fencer to credit you. Well done

and my 2

yep and the Canadian families 1000 ;oÞ

did you take into account my 1900 id's?

Oh yeah, 600 members x 4 = 2400 divide by a couple and adjust by a tad, 9000+ - result

ummmmmmmm 2000+ then

I was referring to active non-multi ID pawns :)

only 9000+

we will have no pawns left at all soon :)

Yep that makes 5 so far with a long way to go. ;•)

wow !!!!!

Yes ;•)

is that 3 knight memberships?

Section 8 has been completed with drgnrdr, Gror & Angelmouse tying for the win of their section. Congratulations to all of you. Good luck in the rest of your games towards the $50.
Thanks for participating in this fund raising event. ;•)

3 more in my under 1300 for Extinction Chess Tournament. Please join if u care to help out

The delete option isn't all bad. Sometimes we say things in the heat of anger and immediately regret them (right -after- hitting send). An immediate delete in such cases can be a lifesaver. But, once a post has replies, deleting single posts and leaving replies to the thread is just ill-mannered, IMHO.

If the boards were somehow threaded, it might be easier for Fencer to implement something like that: Allow deletion by creator only up until a reply is made. Hrm...

not having autopass is ok, so the delete option must be also :)

I often talk to myself and your posts make perfect sense. ;)

I don't really like it either and will use the edit feature only. But until Fencer changes it, it must be ok. What other reason for it can there be?

Well I hate the delete option - now my post look like I'm talking to no one (So now I need to go edit my post to point out that they were in reply to Andersp's post that were deleted) :-(

there was nothing said that was wrong. Andersp actually brought up a good question. His question is completely on topic (unlike my post now) There was no need to delete anything but no big deal that he did either.

BTW, I wrote a poem on the whole thing and it's in Debate. Go there...it's a bit rough but you can work it. :)

And Bernice, get busy on that game. I think I'm catching on!! :)

I thought that things sounded a bit gobbledegook....why must people do that...why post and then delete...so childish :(

I think the delete opton should be taken away and just let the moderator delete what he wants :(

How convenient. :/

I saved Bumble..my posts are deleted

I think Bumble is going to tell us to move on. :) So, let's go to the debate club. And those that want to follow it, have to join! woo hoo we'll double the size of the group. :)

I think a disscusion about that too has been at the debate club when the boost a pawn program 1st came up.

(UPDATE: This post is in reply to Andersp post about "everyone can afford to pay since they can afford a computer" post that was deleted by Andersp) -- BBW

Afford to pay vs. able to pay

Almost anyone who visits BK would be able to pay if they had to. BUT can they afford it is a totally different question. They could do without food, or insurance, or shoes, or gas to get to work - and would be ABLE to pay, but possible not actually be able to AFFORD it.

I really can't afford to extend my membership which is why I was waiting until the last minutes before I worried about it. (which until recently, i thought I only had a couple of days... now I found out I have about a month before I worry about it.) I really can't afford it, but since I do enjoy the site so much, I will probable be able to pay.

Just because you can? Didn't say you couldn't, but that doesn't mean everyone can. The computer could have been donated, or could have been purchased in a time when finacial condition was sunnier. Or even.. *gasp* that pawn might play from a library!

I've always understood it to be a pawn winner. That is the point of the tourney (ok, the real point is $ for BK, but the pawn thing is part of the big picture).

Andersp, you have a -lot- to learn about life.

Fund Raiser If you enter this tournament a fee of $5 will be charged once we have enough participants to make it worthwhile. Thank you very much. Prize money will be $50 Each section winner will recieve a 6 months brain knight membership. Enter to win.

Linda: Sorry. I thought I'd seen it in the description. Must have been from one of your early posts somewhere. The point, of course, was that the membership going to pawns was pretty well advertised. :/

I do it for BK. I like giving stuff away. Anyone want an old cat? =^0-0^= (wears glasses)

I have some great news. MORE PRIZES
Each section winner will receive a 6 month brain knight membership. This applies only to pawns.

I'd give it away. :) I just need to find a nice pawn. Winning it is award enuf for me. woo hoo!

I want a recount!! :)

Anders like I said, I said repeatedly all over these boards about the pawns. Here's one example from March 30, any others and you scroll for yourself. :•)
Absolutely nothing has been changed or erased from this tournament. I resent the accusation.

The following is a copied post from this board.

Ask me if I'm tired of writing the above?

A little info on the tournament.
The tournament has started! 100 people are playing. 20 different sections which means 20 pawns will become members with a winner in each section. More if there's a tie.
Fencer was extremely generous there.
I have 99 people down as paid with 4 still having money on it's way for a total of 103 people paid.
No total yet on amount of money collected.

I think this tournament was a huge success. Thanks to everyone that entered or donated to this event.
This ones for you. ((((((hugs))))))
Lot's "O" Luck in the tournament everyone. Have fun. ;•)