Rose: Yes, italic means provisional, regular means established. It says that in the help or FAQ somewhere (don't remember which).

If you want to give it away I would like it. I don't have a credit card so that I could pay myself. But if you want to play chess, I will. Chess is one of my favorites, as long as you are talking about the regular chess and not all those other versions.

Please look in your message box.. :-//

P.S. I asked fencer for a refund but he is refusing so far...thus my need to sell or give it away. Thanks!!

I paid full price and have not been happy here. All my chess teammates left for various reasons that were not fixed promply and now I am here without my team...but have this membership. You can change the name once you get my password...any offers????

I noticed in my left hand list of games I have played that also shows my ratings I see some of the ratings are in italics and others are not.. Is it the ones NOT in italics are your BKR ratings after provisional rating?

Thank you Gamester I'll do that!

it appears to be working today,for whatever reason it wouldn't yesterday,it has corrected itself...thanks!

i seemed to be having trouble getting into some of the games i get the msg page to big to load is it a problem we all have or is it just me ..i'm trying to accept a game but all it saying page to big or webyv users only allowed to play certain game any help would be welcomed thanks

prqiewis1: This problem has been discussed before, there is not a thing the site can do to help you out concerning the page too big problem. The fault lies with your classic unit, it seems some people has more trouble with the page too big than others but the classics are bad about it. The reason why it is happenning to you so much MIGHT be that you have a slow connection rate. Do you know how to check it? All you do is go into settings, then mail, then click on word list. Then click add word and what you do is type &rate; make sure its the ; at the end, then click done. Now when you check it will show at what rate your connected to, it could be anywhere from 24k to 56k, the higher the better. But even after doing all that there is nothing that can be done to help you out. Just a thought, if the rate is real low try to call webtv and ask them if your 56k modem is activated, they will check and do it for you and that might help. Other than that i don't know any more...

I haven't had exactly that problem but I have had some problems when hitting the go to next game it will sometimes take me to a blank page instead of the next game. I usually reload the page and then it seems to stop. You might try the same. When is it that you are getting this page? Maybe you have your settings wrong. I'm not a whiz just know what I would try. LOL

I really like playing this game and I also love this site, but everytime I play Five in Line I get "this page is too big" (webtv player). I did what was reccommended if you have webtv the first day I started playing and it helped but I still get "this page is too big" all the time. Is there anything else I can do? Does anyone else have this problem. I know I can just quit playing this game but I hate to have to do that!! It's the only game I have trouble with. Thanks for help in advance!!!!

yep yep :-)

And you can always define an unrated game if you want to play a friendly game with no BKR change ;-)

yeah mom... its all about fun win lose or draw... just friendly games with alot of nice ppl :-)

And if you don't click on the links in the e-mails and just open the BrainKing.com URL, does automamatic login work for you?

I didn't have the box checked,but even after doing so,I can't enter on the emails or directly to my game page, still have to log in..

I won't say how many I have lost (you can see for yourself! LOL) but I think that's what makes this fun. Is trying to win. I agree with you (Dave) on the user name.

it seems to me that this 20 yr old female is unhappy due to her lack of winning... she won 1 game and lost 4... but there is no need to use such a foul user name... lol

I have webtv. as well and know how it is. Do you have your settings on this site to where you are automatically logged in? If you do then I'm not sure why you are having this problem. If not then this may be your problem. Hope this helps some. :)

I mayhave missed a reply to this question before,so if I'm repeating it I'm sorry! When I click on my emails,instead of bringing me to the game it brings me to the log in page..Why?
Also when I've tried to copy my game list to a "F" key,it also brings me to the log in page,other sites I use let me bypass the log in page..using a webtv if this makes any difference?

Ok Mr. Potty Mouth...Are we a little "Scrooged" after the Holiday??? ;o

Then just dont bother coming back

i want my membership cancelled!!! i dont want to play on this thing no more!!!!

Fencer: Yes sir, I do believe it's the "white" that's too "bright", and I'm sure they will all thank you for that added option.. (I as well so I won't lose any more clients from it). lol...
Do you know how soon it will be, before it's activated..??

Yes , that would be great Fencer , as i hope that everyone had a nice Christmas eve :)))))))))

Do you mean the "global" brightness of the white background on all site pages?
I will add a new option to set a bg color by a user.

Does anyone have sensitivity to the brightness that the back-ground here gives out..? I have 2 players that love this site, but won't play anymore because they say it's too "bright" and hurts their eyes far too much to continue.. Is there a choice of back-ground shade or color on here we can choose from..?

Sure. Set the same e-mail for all players who log in from your computer.

I have set my setting so that I will be emailed when it is my turn, but is there a way where you could get one email instead of 30 because I don't check my email before I login on brain king and by the time I do check my email I have a mess of them.

tonyh: No, there is not an automatic draw. But maybe I should add it. I'll add some notes about it to Tablut rules ASAP.
About BKR, it is re-calculated everytime when a game/match is finished. But sometimes it is not changed [see FAQ].

lwmc: Don't worry about that. It is legal to share a computer when playing on BrainKing.com. Everything you have to do is to click on "Logout" link before another player can log in. That's all :-)

In tablut, is there an automatic draw if we repeat moves several times?
Next, if I play a 2 game match and we draw, will ratings change. I ask, because mine never has and I must have had around 10 draws.

I am not a member yet. But Eddie told me about this site and I like it alot. It beat itsyourturn in my opinion, and it has some things goldtoken doesn't have and vise versa.
Anyway.
I will be staying with a friend that has a computer and I told her about brainking. And what I want to know is:
If I play on her computer using my username and password will it mess her up. Because I did with itsyourturn, and her son did also. So there were three people and they evedently thought she had several accounts so she could play more games.And it mess her up and she could not move.
If this will mess her up I guess I will have to play it on my laptop. Please reply.

lol :-) And i hope to keep it that way!!

Shame it didnt take your piece in our game of maharajah chess kevin cos i cant seem to lol xx

Ah-ha! Heh ;-) There is a little bug at the message system. I'll check it.

I got all my pieces taken?? lol :-)

that'll be cool.. I'll give it a look-see, and thanx Fencer.. :-))

I can highlight one the the boxes to make a visible difference.

Fencer, not sure if anyone else is having this as a problem, but is it possible that you could make a simple change with the "note-box" like putting it as a "clickable link" to bring UP the box instead of just having it there..? or maybe just make it a different shade of color might work.. Sorry, the reason I'm requesting this is because there are several times (feeling like a fool here) I have found that I have wrote my message to my opponent in my note-box instead of where it should have been.. then turn around and have to re-write it over again..
also, could you add an "edit" and a "delete" button to it as well..?

And what did you do, then? ;-)

A checkers game i lost came with the message:

You captured all opponent's pieces. (Checkers)

When in fact i did not capture all my opponent's pieces! lol.

Oh brilliant, mystery solved! Thanks for sorting that out Fencer! :o)

AAaaaaaahhh! I've found it! It is influenced by your time zone :-)) But it is only a display problem, the value in database is correct. I'll fix it ASAP.

Lamby: I see 27 and 30 on your profile. Strange. Could you make a screenshot of your browser window showing your profile and send it to me?

Yes I have done the same as Niki, I ticked the 27th as a holiday & on my profile it says the 26th...???

Fencer : thanks for looking into this for me .. I have double checked my profile this morning and it does definitely say that my vacation day is the 26th. On the calendar the 26th is already a holiday, so I've definitely ticked the right one.
:0)

That's why there is a capital "B" ;-)

i still have no brains but hey ive been told that for so many years i mine as well start believing it...haha