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Kevin and Linda both have their tourneys on the MAIN page as an advertisement.....what about SteveR??? His is admirable as well because this is costing him his OWN money...and he only needs 22 more players to start LOL
Stevies Dollar Donation per player Reversi Creator: Steve R
Hi all, for every player who enters this tourney ,I will donate 1 dollar to Brainking. So more pawns and Knights can join in, I have set 1 game each and max 5 slots needed (means 2 games each colour too). If less than 15 players, I will donate 2 Dollars per player. Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
*sigh* Slow players don't "ruin it for everyone else", they ruin it for you. I don't mind a bit, I adjust -my- games for my benefit, not requests others modify -their- schedule for my benefit.
rod03801: One of the most popular (and irritating) myths today is that the desire for 'privacy' equates to 'secrecy'. Just because I don't want anyone who feels like it to go nosing into my business (or personal life) does -not- mean I'm trying to hide things. Perhaps some people just don't like feeling like they're under a microscope.
LJ: No one suggested it be removed completely, just that it be an option to turn it off. For those mentioned in the paragraph above.
And please stop with the 'get back to your games' BS. I have games that aren't played. I'm not going stop reading just because you're in a hurry. BBW isn't under your requirements, either.
I also use multiple windows (tabs, actually, in my case). Just because you look when he's posted doesn't mean you know what he's doing, nor give you the right to call him a liar. It's his business.
I also agree with the 'if you turn on privacy it's a two-way street' idea. It's kind of like some of the MUDDs ... If you want to ask where someone is, you must let them know where you are, as well.
I have some great news. MORE PRIZES Each section winner will receive a 6 month brain knight membership. This applies only to pawns.
Your chances to win are great. Please enter.;•)
As we say in my area the pot just got sweeter.
*Note* If you are a pawn or a knight you can still enter this tournament even if you are already in a tournament.
There are plenty of sites where you can play in complete secrecy if you so desire.. It is something unique to this site, part of its personality.. It would be a shame to make it just like the rest..
I get 400+ moves when I have fast internet connection (which is about 1-2 times a week)
But out of the past 5-6 times I had fast internet connection, only once was BrainKing not down! It will all work out, and soon I'll be down to 100-150 games total (that is my goal)
You know, if people are so worried about me posting here, if you quit posting messages to me, then I would also stop posting! :-)
rod03801 - Good idea - if a person does have it turned off, that means they can't see what others are doing also - Great idea!
Someone posted that they would leave this site if that feature was removed - well I wonder how many people have already left because that feature was here??
Come on BBW, that's silly about publicly posting CC #'s... it is NOT the same thing at all..
If it WERE an option to turn it off (which I also hope ISNT an option), then I would hope that person would also NOT be able to see what others are doing while they have it turned off.
BBW. connection seems quick enough to set up tourneys in one window (4 more just appeared) , post on boards on another window, and play the odd game in another. Maybe if you only had one window open at a time like most of us, the site may run a lot quicker and youd get your moves done, and LJ would be happy ;oÞ
LJ - It's just getting old. You can believe what you want, that is fine - but it's getting really old that you feel the need to watch over me and stalk me and post about me "making moves" every time I make a post.
Another reason to have the privacy issue removed - to keep people from stalking you!
Steve R - I have admited many times that when I learned I was losing my fast internet connection, I completed many of my games.
BK went down, and we lost 3 months worth of game - 3 months of my finished games, which now meant I had all my games back without fast internet connection. Yes, it's my fault for having that many games - and I will get them played, but I did everything I could to get them played - I'm sorry I have no control over BK and it's backups.
And I'm all for Fencer not removing this privancy issue, I'm just hoping it will be an option for the people who like to stay more private.
Heck, if you want to be so open - why not let Fencer also post your Credit card numbers, and all your other personal information!
LJ - I've explained this to you many times, can't you remember?
I have a slow internet connection now - which means I have multiply windows open. I read and post on the message boards while other windows proccess my moves.
EVERY time that the site stays up when I have faster internet connection, I have always had more moved than you.
I think you are the one that need reminded since you can't seem to remember this!
I hope it's NOT an option in the new version.
It is one of the things that makes this site feel like a real community. Sort of all being in the same virtual room.
I don't understand the need for secrecy here.
It is one of the things that attracted me to this place..
Not trying to argue with anyone, just stating my "vote"
Actually, I don't like the fact that anyone can see what I'm doing - If I had the option, I would turn that off. It's really no one elses business to know which games I'm playing, which boards I'm reading, or which profiles I'm looking at. (I'm hoping it will be a feature in BK 2.0 to turn it off)
I do not wish to speak out of turn, but as I understood it, there was 2 options that had different prices. In the condition that the database server currently is, the $4000 server is the better option. The other option was a higher price tag.
I'll still be taking questions for zetes for another couple of days, please send any questions to me, and state if you want your name put with the question or not!
I don't know about you, but as for me, and I suppose many other payers, many of the games are against pawns. so what would be the point in allowing us to play, but locking the pawns out?
Fencer... while BK has a strong social infrastructure it is still fundamenatlly a commercial concern.
It follows that the paying customer should take precedence over those being served "pro bono".
I noted when the new configuration was originally discussed that access priority would be given to paying members.
I cannot see why by the simple expedient of logging out pawns based on length of time logged on when the system gets busy cannot be used to ensure paying members can always get access.
Ultimately the loss of a few disgruntled pawns does not outweigh the possibility of losing just one paying member.
More a public statement that this was to happen may encourage some of those to take up paying membership.
I believe it will show you the last action I did. (or went through the system)
So for example, sometimes I may want to look at someone's profile but do not want them to know I'm looking, so I will open that person's profile, and very quickly make a move in another window - that way if they look, my last action was making a move, even though I'm back at the original window looking at their profile. :-)
(nascondi) Se sei interessato all'andamento del torneo a cui stai partecipando, puoi discuterne con i tuoi avversari nell'apposito forum di dscussione. (HelenaTanein) (mostra tutti i suggerimenti)