It'a a recommendation but it will become a rule.

Keep the first one and delete the others.

The Hit Man: One "open to the world" fellowship is sufficient. I would appreciate if you delete the other ones.

Hmmm, good question. Of course I don't remember how I had programmed it more than a year ago :-) I'll have a look at source codes tomorrow.

Most likely.

Because you forget to log out.

Brains of Space need 2 more Froglet players :-)

It's not in place yet but will be. Some day.

No.

Yes.

I have no idea. I change my plans very often.

Will you dedicate it to Astar, Focus and Ludo as well? :-)

Done.

Who is it? I will remove her.

You must go to the discussion board page and click on Edit at the top.

No.

Yes, it is applicable to all boards.

I knew you would like it :-D

In case you didn't notice that, Steve, he was banned as well. For a while, just like you. That's the real pattern :-) It's always the same. Maybe I could add a smart auto-ban feature to save my free time. I always wanted to implenent an AI here :-D

Don't start it again Bernice.

Will have this power in BK 2.0.

It has nothing to do with me.

WhisperzQ: How could I answer this? For example, "the strategy is still being formulated" :-D Just kidding. Everybody knows that no site can keep everybody and lose nobody. It's just about compromises. BK 2.0 should be really helpful in this task. Give me more time.

Okay, can we delete all off-topic posts here?

Not yet, Bernice. This functionality is prepared for BK 2.0. Unfortunatelly, my work on BK 2.0 is very slow because I have to solve many other problems at the same moment.

And since Fencer is very busy with development and related things, Harley has a right to explain and comment all Fencer's actions.

Fencer has a right to do anything he wants to do because it is his site and he is responsible for everything. That's why he is choosing the easiest solution which is the best for BrainKing, not for any particular user.

That's why I prepare several significant changes to discussion board system. For BK 2.0.

And my little daughter loves to click on little tanks :-D

Steve: Unfortunatelly for you, I am in a very bad mood today, so I have no time for long stories. I've just made all your posts hidden on all boards until you come to your senses again. I don't want to see such words anywhere on BrainKing.

Please consider to rename the fellowship immediately. It's not good to have more fellowships with the same name.

It's no cussing, just a Czech translation of bumble's post. Yes, I have a strange mood today. But nothing is tragic :-)

Nefunkcni, mrtvy, odepsany, expirovany, vymrely, neoperativni, neplatny, kaput, neexistujici, zastaraly, pase.

Done. PHEW! Am I fast?
:-)

Hell, I've accidentaly clicked on "delete". SORRY! I'll try to find the message in the database backup and restore it.
Damn it, something safer must be implemented.

I am developing my own system and, actually, I don't like PHP board system. Liquid was doing some experiments with it but my impression was not good.
Moreover, I don't like using third party products unless it is absolutely necessary.

Limit of 2 seems to be a good compromise.

What about a possibility to have more than one internal discussion board within a fellowship? Then you'll be able to separate these groups by their memberships in teams and they can use only discussion boards of their favourite games.

I still don't see the reason. My understanding of a fellowship is an electronic version of, for example, real chess club. I used to be a member of one chess club 10 years ago. There were very good players who participated in local league team tournaments. There were also beginner players who simply wanted to learn how to play. There were almost all kinds of players and I've seen no problem with coexisting these people in one club. Why couldn't it work in fellowships as well?

jason: And will it be a big problem to merge these two approaches to one? You can create both rated and unrated tournaments within a fellowship. If there is something else what makes this idea impossible from your point of view, let me know, I am always open to discuss. Maybe, with your suggestions, we will improve the fellowship system to make it better for everyone.

ughaibu: When a board is created as readable for public, its content must be acceptable [no rude words etc.] because this site is visited by children and I don't want to make people think that anybody can post anything to be readable by anyone.
On the other hand, when you create a really private board where only selected users can read/write, you can write anything you want. Until somebody makes a "leak" and reposts some of possible problematic content to any public board.
Please keep in mind that BrainKing is still mostly a site to play games. Discussion boards are only an addition and nobody will be allowed to ruin our good reputation misusing them.

jason: What is the difference between these two fellowships, the games in the first one are rated and the other games are unrated? Or anything else?

Ehm, it is the first version. I should change it a little. Nothing is "definitive" until it is officially announced. There was no official announcement of User Agreement yet.

Well, maybe "private" is not the best term. I mean that a special page similar to "Discussion boards" page will be created and any member of Brain Rook or higher level can create new discussion board(s) and set some restrictions for it [for example, to make it readable for everyone but writable for selected users only].
Of course, the board creator will be responsible for the board moderation. Boards with an unacceptable content will be deleted etc.
How would you define a "group" to dominate the fellowships?

There is also an idea to allow each Brain Rook member to create only one fellowship [mainly for game playing - internal tournaments, internal ladder, inter-fellowship team matches] and unlimited number of private discussion boards [not related to that fellowship].
How does it sound to you?

The new fellowship system will be tightly related to the new discussion board system. The goal is to eliminate all non-games fellowships and turn them to private discussion boards. Of course, this change cannot be done immediately because a new system of monitoring must be developed as well.
However, some specific rules for these private boards will be created, similar to our User Agreement.

Hey guys,
it's Christmas time and I really don't want to make a final solution right now. When can I have a rest?
Anyway, I would like you to know that I don't like the idea of having a special KM fellowship of each game type. The purpose of fellowships is to assemble players, to make a community and create internal teams of any game types the members like. I say again, internal teams. The list of fellowships is already very long and although it needs some reorganization, there are some fellowships that should be deleted.
Let's have no more than one KM fellowship, as a start. And let's do it before the end of this year.

The lock has been removed.

I've deleted all off-topic posts and corresponding responses.
Now, let's have some rest. Nobody is allowed to post on this board until I remove the write lock. Let's try this new method of "calming down".

There must be a small bug, I will check it.