Rambo37: Plus take a look at this board from the start. Many tips here & there have been posted here which might help you get started.

Rambo37: you are correct, only the lowest is eleminated each round, the trick is to bid just higher than that. You can also get a bonus of 500 points for having the highest bid but you really don't want to bid more than 500 points higher than the lowest bid because you don't gain anything. you also have to remember that your 20,000 points has to last you the entire game. Bids usually increase each round for example a bid of 45 may fall in the 1st round, 86 the 2nd, 135 the 3rd, 278 the 4th and so on(these were only examples) what I suggest is that you look at the ratings page http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=1000 and pick out higher rated players that have played quite a few ponds and then join a pond that has moves at 1 day and study how they they bid. To get you to last at least 5 rounds you could bid 74,130, 150, 330,and 700. These wouldn't probably put you near 1st place but they are safe bids so you can study them. This is a game that takes a little time to get used to, be patient and good luck.

here is where you can read the oficial rules http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=21

Can anyone explain how PONDS WORKS please,I beleive only the lowest number is eliminated,but what is the hishest number you can select.Are there any other things i should know other than stick to snakes n ladders..............R37

Thanks. My old brain works once in awhile

SPRINT in the Rain! #2

Run? This is a SPRINT !!!! 10 hour Rain Pond

Pedro Martínez:True Pedro

SPRINT in the Rain! #2

Run? This is a SPRINT !!!! 10 hour Rain Pond

Sundae: nope. Only Knights and above can join ponds.

Are there any ponds that a pawn can join?

SPRINT in the Rain!

Run? This is a SPRINT !!!!

Maxxina: Well, she had bet 5 in the previous round, so I thought she would do it again. All I could lose was 1 place and it was worth the risk...

Rose: ohhhhhh ! LOL, I didn't think to look at the previous round. duh

Eriisa: cuz harl had 835!

Maxxina: wow! and how did everyone know to bid 836 ????

Pedro , how you know harley is going bid that low ? http://brainking.com/cz/Pond?bms=39&g=98

WhisperzQ: Yes, this happened to me also. Thankfully only in one pond. I ended up falling in, in the first round because of the downtime! My BKR fell significantly also. (I don't remember off-hand how much)
Both ponds and Fischer clock games need a different handling when there is site downtime. Especially when it's a lengthy one like 30 hours!

WhisperzQ: Heartless!!!, read it again, the very first thing I said was sympathetic, the very second thing was supportive

Vikings: You have missed the point!

We both know that 59 is a dangerous bid first up but is usually successful (as it was in this game). Bernice's point is that she would not have bid (or left her bid at) 59 on the second round except that BK was down when she tried to get on. There were a few others who also did not bid, I expect for the same reason.

I think, especially for ponds, there should be a mechanism to either discount or ignore results of ponds which are effected by BK going down. When game time is suspended (or BK goes down) then pond time should also be suspended.

Even my bank is not as heartless as your comments Vikings!

SPRINT in the Rain!

Run? This is a SPRINT !!!!

Some folks are on all day long, leaving only to sleep. Lets see just how well we can keep up!

I made it a rain pond to make it even faster, and just throw in one more twist.

BerniceC: thats too bad, 2 or 3 top 3's should get you back where you were, anymore 59 is a dangerous bid on the first round, let alone the 2nd

http://brainking.com/en/Pond?g=1677&trnst=0

this pool was one of the ones where I fell in because of the nearly 2 day down time of BrainKing

If things could be checked it would be seen that in all the pools I have played in, this one is the only one EVER with * besides the bet :(

If the loss of points had of been a couple I would not have worried, but 125 is a hell of a lot of ponds to try and make up :(

have been set up for a whole month in advance, to cover my period of absense.Have a nice swim!

SueQ:You can remain at 0 but the next bid you'll have to bid 0,lol
No one knows what to bid now,the'll all try and keep it low someone will be to low.
Sorry i see it already happened,shoud be an interesting finish,same situation.

BerniceC: Yea, with the holidays and such - anything less then that is too short for me.

BIG BAD WOLF: awwwww signed up for the Elite Pond II and realised it was for 4 day moves....sorry...takes too long to play :(

I have created 3 new "elite" tournaments. Around the top 40 players are allowed to play.

Ponds removed. Some were offended that I was trying to offer special and different ponds then all the rest, so instead of worry about it - I just removed them. Thank you for you interest.

Before the ponds start, I will go through and remove players who do not belong. I will also remove any players that are known to play as teams since this is unfair to everyone else. Please feel free to PM me privatly if you see someone who fits in that I may not know about.

Thanks, and as always - have fun!

SueQ: yup. The last player will automaticly have a bid of "0" next round, so anyone who bids higher then that (1 or higher) will be safe.

SueQ:no matter what, player #11 will fall in next round

Pedro Martínez and Vikings: Thanks...here is the game.

http://brainking.com/en/Pond?g=1255

So, I guess this does mean I can bid one next round.

SueQ: they can stay in with zero points left as long as their last bid wasn't the lowest but the next round they will fall in

SueQ: I went through all of your ponds but didn't see anything unusual...

I have a pond going where someone has zero points left. How come they didn't fall in the pond? (I don't play ponds very often so I might be missing something.) Is this a mistake or can I bid one on the next round?

just as I was deciding that I suffer from a severe overdose of ponds... I entered yours, of course

BIG BAD WOLF:What if several people joined an unlimited pond,then they were divided into brackets of 16 with the the top 4 advancing to the next round or last round.
Would make for an interesting finish,especially if there was 3-4 left in the final round.
It would only take 4 brackets (64 people)to fill a complete final round of 16,with all brackets going at the same time or,alternating every day.
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