Cranky Franky: Yes

Evil Bratt: Yes, but you will need something sharp to scratch it with.

Sorry, I came straight here from the jokes boards...

Do you mean build it from stratch? Using parts to build your own PC?

Can you make a PC with scratch?????

mrloupcity: That is so sweet of you- I couldn't accept that- for the same reason you can't buy more. It wouldn't be fair to the other players, but it's very nice of you to offer. Thank you! I used them- I should have paid better attention. And the good news is that people playing against me know I'll be moving very quickly!!!LOL
Thank you again- that was very thoughtful!

I like the 'get out of jail free card' idea!

baddessi: I would be glad to give u like 5 of my vacation days, if that would be ok with THE BIG BOSS
I just think they should make a get out of jail free card for BG games, so when u get locked on the board. hehehe
:o{P

Pedro- you're dead!!! LOL!!

Whoops! I didn't realize that Black Queen was Black Brain King's wife....guess I'm disqualified.
I just liked the sound of it- sounded kind of 'dangerous'.
And it's also a very good song written by Stephen Stills- one of my favorites : )

How 'bout White Queen? *runs for shelter*

Black queen? I LIKE THAT!

LOL at Pedro- I was gold for a bit..I save up my lunchmoney and do it for as many months as I can at a time. It's a little tight at the moment. But I will be gold again. People have worked hard to keep this place a positive one and it shows!

Fencer- I know it wouldn't be fair. In case anyone should misunderstand, I was only joking

Fencer: doesn't that come with unlimited vacation days? lol

Pedro Martínez: Black Queen position is open too.

baddessi: Right. It wouldn't be fair to other players.

baddessi: That's correct, Barb...:)
BTW, what are you planning uprgrading to? Golden Rook or Maharajah??? :)

Fencer: I don't suppose you get more when you upgrade, do you?
No more till January 1st, right?

Fencer: thanks Fencer. Bummer!

baddessi: No, the database records say you really used all 30 days of vacation this year.

I recently noticed that I no longer have any vacation days. I have had a busy week with some things preventing me from playing as often as I normally do, but I still managed to log on every day and move the quick games that were getting ready to time out. I may have had one or two in the red, but not that many that I know of to have used all my vacation days.
But last I looked, I had something like 17 vacation days left and now they are all gone.
Has anyone else had this trouble- is there some sort of bug?

bwildman: I thought we already had the daggers LOLOL

It's really interesting to see the male/female points of view about the cloak mode!

I still don't see any difference in 'cloak mode' .... I can still see what everyone else is doing .... not that I want to!

Im hidden on members board, shame the person who done it ... dont have the balls to pm me to let me know

bwildman: LOL and rename the site MEDEVIL TIMES he he lol

Andersp: "Cloak" seemed to me strange, too. (But, my opinion should not count in this matter, because I'm no English man). - For Esperanto I translated it with "hidden mode".
Btw., at first it seemed strange to me, why I should see, what my opponents are just doing. Then I thought it over, and now I compare it with a tournament room, where everybody can watch each other. - So, I have no reason to use the cloak mode. My secrets are outside of this room. ;-)
So

Pedro Martínez: Yea..has to be something like that, cant use what first comes to my mind when i see "cloak" :)

Andersp: In Czech, a "masking mode" is used...

Pedro Martínez: trying to translate BK to swedish and cloak is the most difficult word to translate LOL

Andersp: that's how cloaca smells in the Czech Rep. also...LOL

Walter Montego: Do you think it could work to ask an opponent to "uncloak" while we are playing a game? I agree 100% with you, who cares what people are doing but while i play a game and he/she is online its nice to know if i can expect moves back (checking opponents on line).
I support this new feature 100% but i think its very sad that it was needed...in Sweden kloak smells like this

cloak is a perfect name....now all we need is daggers

harley: I thought this site was fine without it, but that's not how it is any more. It seems more balanced having the cloaked ones not being able to follow people around as they aren't letting themselves be seen. As paranoid as I am, I think the whole concept of it is silly. I could care less where someone is as long they would just make their moves when they log on. The cloak did interfer with me playing fast with some people, but most of my fast playing opponents shunned the cloak option and stayed visible. Perhaps with this change a cloaked person might toggle it back and forth depending if they want to play faster or not?

Yes, I read the arguments of AbigailII and pgt. Both of them made valid points for me to consider. I'm glad the cloak has been modified as you say it is now, though I'dve just as soon it had never been installed in the first place.

Walter Montego: Yes, thats how it is now. Personally I don't mind either way, I never used the cloak mode and I didn't mind cloaked people seeing what I'm doing. Nor did it bother me that people are cloaked (even though my friends list went down to three people who were uncloaked!).
But I can see the logic in hiding uncloaked people from cloaked people.

harley: Is that how it is now? Good. I'm no fan of the cloak system, but if there's going to be one then it seems fair to have its use come with some loss for the user too. I mean, if I can't see you, then you can't see me and it is up to the user to use the cloak or not and I can be left out of it completely.

tazman7474: Have a look at feature requests, Fencer says; "Who wants to be hidden, shouldn't have an advantage to see others."

why was the cloak mode changed so that i can no longer see what uncloaked players are doing while i'm cloaked?

Fencer: ah great! thanks :)

Hrqls: Nothing happens. Once the tournament is started, the participating teams become independent on any further fellowship changes.

what happens if you leave a team which is still busy in a team tournament ?

what happens to the games you are still playing, do they still account for the team ?

what happens if the team which you just left moves on to the next round .. will you still play in the next round ?

streetrodder: i have turned on automatic vacation as well

for my planned vacations (or other days when i known i cant be online) i set real vacation days though as that will also add a day to my other games which wouldnt time out on that day

only in some rare cases i would turn automatic vacations day off ... for example if i only have 1 game running .. and only 1 vacation day left .. while its only august .. and know that i will need that vacation day later that same year for a planned vacation day .. then i might take this 1 timed out game .. and preserve the vacation day for the other day which could save more than 1 game

but thats about the only reason i might want to turn it off .. normally it doesnt hurt when its turned on :)

furbster: lol - blame the cat - I always do when there is a smell knocking around...

ah thanks fencer it worked, and i was blaming my cat lol

furbster: Try ctrl and mouse wheel.

hi i duno what ive done but the text on teh site has gone smaller does any1 knwo how to biggen it up again

ScarletRose: as I was just informed, and it is the way to set up your vacation days, go to settings, and click on calendar, tick automatic, or choose the particular days on the calendar that are needed..

uptowngirl: "vacation days can someone tell me where i find out how to use them please"

Just call a travel agent.. I am sure they will give you great ideas for vacations..

BuilderQ: Ok, Thanks :-)

Bluefin: As stated on http://brainking.com/en/Help?ht=10:
6) The player who does not make a move before the current round deadline (similar to a timeout), automatically uses the same amount of points as in the previous round. Warning! No days off (weekends, vacations, holidays) are applied in this game.

How would vacation days work with pond games ?
Do you have to put in your bids in advance ? I'm refering to games with 1 day move time.

uptowngirl: happy to have been able to help :o)

Fiona: thanks for that

uptowngirl: go to 'settings' on the main page then choose the calender tab then you will see them - just select which ever box you want as a vacation day

can someone tell me where i find out how to use them
please