Once we get enough people interested we can give out more info on how to pay by pay-pal fees are charged. We first have to see an interest. :•)

How will you accept fee? Ithought it had to be over certain amount due to admin fees etc on paypal and so on. Or am I getting confused with something else Fencer was on about?

BTW I am not whinging, I have signed up :o)
and ideas only come from talking about it

BK Fund Raiser
Instead of talking about it all day, we're doing something to raise money. We are trying to set up a prize tournament to raise money for BK. The tournament will be backgammon with an entrance fee of $5 with all proceeds going to BK. The prize will be $50 to the winner. Get a chance at $50 and help BK all in one. You will be asked to pay the fee of $5 once we know we have enough interested players. All entrance fees will have to be collected before the tournament can begin.
In order for this to work well we are hoping for at least 100 entrants which would be $500
$450 would go to BK and $50 to the winner. Please only serious entrees please. If you sign up for this tournament we will take it that you will be willing to pay the fee.

You can sign up for this tournament
Here

If you do not play backgammon and would like to donate please send me a pm. Thanks :•)

Yea I did ask it before, but it got "buried" without an answer - and the pawn in question has been watching this board for an answer. The pawn has already found 5 free slots, but just in case trying to find 2 more if needed.

So I figured I would repost it in case Fencer missed the first post. :-)

BBW: Yes, exactly.

Have you asked this in the last couple of days BBW?

I think I know the answer, but I just want to confirm it.

I have a tournament which is one game per 2 players - Max of 8 players per section.

The computer only checks to see if the pawn has 5 game slots open, correct?

So if a pawn has 15 current games, the computer will let him in even if it might give him 22 total games, correct?

I just want to double check so I don't accedently mess up a pawn which wants to be in my tournament, but needs to finish a couple of current games first.

Thanks!

It must be an echo in here LOL

How did that happen ????? ROFL
Well if i could enter more than once i would, if only to get $30 off LJ.

Only one entry per player MM LMAO

OK LJ - If it helps Brainking im in :-)

OK LJ - If it helps Brainking im in :-)

Ive removed someone because i have maybe stipulated it was only for dummies, not experts, and have had 2000+ join...they didnt come back to me on it, so i assumed they were just removed:)

There will be a nice form in BK 2.0.

Fencer, If I remove someone from a Tournament using the "remove link" Does it let them know they have been removed by pm etc? or will they only find out if they look at the tourny again?

make them earn it! It doesn't have to be really difficult things, but enough so they will appreciate it.

LOL I'm not going to ask!

gee, when my kids would give compliments, I usually would end up wondering what they were about to ask for.... wink

Thanks BBW.

(ROFLMBO @ the rest of the comments! How am I ever going to live up to this! Thanks BWild! ROFL)

you setting yourself up for some ribbing in the cave Bwild LMAO

this doesnt suprise me in the least!
Not a Floosie is the best...no...greatest backgammon player I have ever met! Her skills far exceed those of any other opponete I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.Her game skills,along with her intellect and bright wit...make every game a true pleasure.
hehe:)

Congrats to NOT a floosie.

First winning #35 of the "Fast Start" Backgammon tournament, which then earned them a chance to join the CHAMPIONSHIP Invitaitional 31-40 which is now complete with NOT a floosie the winner!

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

New tourny posted Stevie's Anti isreveR
Please take note of the tourny description.

Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
Steve R

Thank you :o)

Fixed.

Yeah, it timed out and was restored. I dont think LongJohn started the next section? I don't have a maharajah game with Nightstorm.

Did a game time out and get restored or something?

And in the process, LongJohn tried to start the tournament or something?

Ohhhhhh, thanks, BBW, I see whats happened now. Fencer, this may be one for you! I hadn't realised that maharajah game was the decider in this tourney. Sorry!

harley - talk to LongJohn

H E R E

I've had a +1 on my amount of games for a few days. Has anyone forgot to start a second round of a tournament?

Londo is the winner of the January Jubilee Five in a Line Tourney...WTG!!!

Last chance to sign up for my checker tournament. Message me if you fancy playing.

I believe it is something on Fencer's to-do-list for after version 2 is done (or possible for version 2) - which is to check to see if the tournament is complete enough to go ahead and start next round.

Not to ruffle anyone's feathers, but in reading over the latest notes, I agree more with what Imchucking said, but I don't believe that most (notice I said "MOST") slow players are sitting there watching the minutes tick away before submitting a move, although I know of a few who I am sure were doing exactly that!

But something else bothers me, a problem similar to this discussion. In quite a few tournaments I am in, I am poised to go on to the second round, and the winner of the opposing section has been decided also, but some other insignificant game is keeping the second round from starting. I appreciate that the game is important to those playing it, but it is not consequential to the procession of the tournament, and this is the only site I have ever played on that did not have a constant recalculation process (after each finished game) to move the events along expeditiously.... Well, I can live with it, but it is a definite deterrent to enjoyment, always checking to see if one of these games is over, or how near it may be.

As for opponents who take too much time, whether by accident or design, I don't really believe there is any remedy, since there is no clear infraction of the rules.

everyone is invited:)

My tournament post got buried. :•)

To help celebrate Mardi Gras I started a Mardi Gras tournament. It's all games with 3 days per move. Sign up please.
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

Thanks to everyone that signed up. We still need more players. This is all games so please choose the ones you like. Thanks & good luck everyone.

All the checkers players on this site who are either good/learning/new players, but so few joined up to these tournies :o(
Go on , sign up and either learn the games in a tourny or show us how its done :o)

Stevies way to learn Turkisheckers the hard way ;)

Stevie's Gheckers #3

Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
Steve R

i can remember having this very same conversation 12 months ago, and nothing changed then so nothing will change now...just wear it

I gotta agree with whispers, I think he's nailed it. I don't come here to finish as many games as I can. If I did, I wouldn't play so many anti-back games. :P I don't 'purposely' try to take as long as I can, but sometimes I -do- take a while to get to certain games, especially when I have a lot of other games with shorter time limits. -I'll- decide if I have 'more than I can handle' or too little or just enough. I come here for fun, not blood. For that I'll go to RavenBlack.

Some games take longer - that's cool. Some people have other things to do, other priorities, and that's cool, too. It's not up to you, Upchucking, to decide what's best for everyone. You -are- trying to change the nature of the site. Peer pressure is NOT a good thing. Neither is public humiliation. Both say a whole lot more about the pressurers and humiliators than they do about the targets of your animosities.

I don't feel a -need- to 'wipe my slate each and every day'. If I did, I'd only choose games/tournaments with a one-day limit. If you want a 'cushion' of time 'just in case', then be prepared to play slower games. It's that simple.

Like Everest .. you play in the tournament because the tournament exists ... I play in all the Tank Battles, Atomic Chess, Tablut and Maharajah Chess comps I find that are 3 days or more, never know, might win one :) I don't go looking for other ones but if invited will consider them.

Who can resist the challenge?

I wasn't going to say anymore either, Harley, but it has to be said.

I am not complaining that people in a 4 day tournament don't move in 2 days.

I am complaining about the few people who consitantly move in 3 days and 23 hours.

These people either do it to annoy others, or they have so much going on they can only play games which are ready to time out.

I am through trying to speak to the people who do this to aggrivate others.

For those who for whatever reasons are only able to play their games which are ready to time out, I ask them to be conciderate of others, and not play in tournaments with short time limits. Thats all. If you are seriously a leisurly player, what do you care if it is a 7 or 10 or 100 day tournament????? You shouldn't care at all, you are just playing leisurly. I don't dislike you for that, why should you dislike me for wanting to play in tournaments which don't last several months?
What is so difficult about that? If you want to move every 4 days, why can't you do that in an 8 day tournament or a 100 day tournament? Why do you insist on a 4 day tournament, if what you claim about not caring really is true?

IMupChucKing: Pay full price and the rest of your current membership will be used to extend the new membership.

LOL Fencer!!!!!
Maybe I will take you up on that :)
How does it work, if I upgrade in the middle of a membership? Pay full price, or start the time a new, or what?

You are correct Jason, I am feeding right into their sicko, selfish, borish, and neurotic behaviors.

Honestly, I haven't even had much of a personal problem with these types. Only one Battle boats tournament in fact. But just wanted to try to rally the troups to see if something can be done about it. I guess not. Ignoring it, and them, may be the best solution.

its called,taking a little bit of bad with alot of good. Most adults realize they cant always live in a perfect world..but they adapt to be as comfortable as possible.

why did i bother ??
""People who have responded who play slow, have stated many "reasons" for doing so, but won't admit they do it as a form of sick personal entertainment! hose are the people I disdain.""
well if thats the case you are entertaining them well

ps , i also like to play games quickly ....but sometimes i like to play slowly ..checkers&reversi i can leave on my main page for days because sometimes i just cant get my head round them , so i leave them there and do other games .

IMupChucKing: You can also create a private tournament and send invitations only to "really fast" players of your choice. Of course, after you upgrade to Brain Rook :-)

Why did you bother Jason?

One of the points I have been making on this subject is that people do do it on purpose. People who have responded who play slow, have stated many "reasons" for doing so, but won't admit they do it as a form of sick personal entertainment! hose are the people I disdain.

I agree that people have a s much right to move as slow as possible without timing out, as I do to move as fast as want.

I'm just asking for some common courtesy. "we are all here to have fun is what I hear. Whether you play fast or leasurly, you should agree that people who play slow to purposly aggravate others, is not fun and should not be tolerated or supported.

I wasn't going to say anything more either... but it has to be said, a 4 day tournament is just that, 4 days. a 10 day tourney is 10 days, not 5! You can't sign up for a 4 day tourney and complain if people don't move in 2 days. Sign up for a 2 day tournament if thats what you want to move in... any emergency and you have holiday days. But at least you'd know your opponent would have to move in 2 days.
And the idea of making lists of slow players will only antagonise people. I'm a fast player, and I've had people apologise to me for taking a while to move - my reply - take your time! Its a game, not a race. Move when you feel ready, if you're not ready when the time limit is up, book a holiday day! Its a game! I have plenty of others to keep me going!

i think you will find that any tournament you enter in the future will be slow , because you have spoken about the time limits people will do this now to wind you up ,
some of what you say i agree with but if i sign up for a 4 day limit tourney then if i dont feel like moving untill the last day then that is up to me .... talking about it will not make /force people into moving faster ,it most likely will have the opposite effect .

i wasnt going to join in this topic because its getting boring now.

Ug.... don't know why you really care... you are not on any of my lists either, you are not the problem.
One problem not yet mentioned, is that faster players have no choices lower than 2 or 3 day limit games, one day is is not realistic, for time out purposes. Slower or leisurly players have a lot more choices. You can play games with a hundred day limit if you choose.

All I am asking is that if you prefer slower games, stay out of the 2 to 4 day games, they are for faster players.

I know that will piss you off, but if you are not willing to do that, as a slower player, you are being selfish, an your selfishness is being a bother to the faster playing players.

What is wrong with a little common courtesy? You ask me to stay out of games with slower players, but when slow players join games with 4 or less day limits, I don't have any options left. Is that fair to me? If you truely like to play leisurly, you shouldn't have any problem playing longer limit games and leave a few tournaments open for those of us who like to play faster.

Whisperz was able to understand this point. I surmmize that you do also. Why then do you have to be so obstinent?