emmett: I also don't miss the flags. Plus every time I use the new setup, it remembers that I had it in simple mode - not sure what you are saying about being a permanent setting.

When using the style no-fonts, which now applies to the Message Box list. There is something still makeing the message list really small - which then transfers over and makes the favourite boards & Fellowships list in the right column small also. Can we get out that small font from the discussion board for the no-font theme also? Thanks.

Fencer: Darn - it works now.

I had hoped you would say I would have to live with it, then I could then say if I have to live with Castle, I would tell you I would then need a quick submit button near the top of the screen - Feature requests (BIG BAD WOLF, 2007-03-16 04:36:48) (Which of course I still want very much - but don't have a good excuse now...)

I'm guessing this is what the problem is - but when I choose the no-font style that I like better, and go to another page - the page loads completly with the castle theme then after it is loaded then switches to the nofont theme that I like. I'm almost positive it did not do this before - and a reason I pick the nofont is so it will load on the screen faster without having to load and display all the different images - and having it load completly with the castle theme first and then suddenly switching to the correct theme on every page load - that will start to get VERY old VERY fast. Any way we can have it load the theme we like from the start?

"Snoopy": I like the idea of creating some sort of smiley filter so we don't have to look through 400 smileys when I wouldn't use 50% of them.

Speaking of that - Fencer, is there a way that you can see how much each smiley is used? That is, is there a way to see if certain smileys have not been used much if any during the past 30/60 days? I ask since I'm sure there are some that could be removed and most users would not even know what is missing.

Also a suggestion - would be cool if a user could upload 5 personal smileys that only that person could use. For example I could upload Good Game smiley - http://coan.net/bk-smile/2/very-favorite/goodgame.gif - where only I could use it. (Of course each smiley needs to be approved before being uploaded - like user icons) (and of course limit it to a very small size)

krybulon: Well first I would say that ponds is just another game on the site just like Chess, Backgammon, Jungle, or Frog Finder.

I would also say Stairs is just a different way to compete - kind of like Tournaments. There is another site I play at that I was a free member, and only once they started to have regular tournaments - I upgraded to a paid membership. Heck, on of the main reasons I purchased my first membership on this site was so I could create my own tournaments. Yea, the games I liked got me here - but a non-game thing like being able to create my own tournament was the biggest reason I paid for my first membership. Going along with that, having a template to create my tournaments would be very welcomed (that is if i could also add tournament name & description to template - otherwise they are worthless to me).

I would still love to see the brains / action points turned into it's own game type system - that is do something like you earn points for moves, wins, etc - but be able to use those earned points to put up for prize, wadger in game against others, trade, give away, purchase items like a personailzed rook icon (maybe a purple rook), or purchase the ability to have your own unique smiley to use that no one else can use. I could be a very nice system which the brains & action points just scratch the serface. But a system like that would also be something that would keep users here longer.

For example - what is better: (1) a user who comes on once a day, plays their 20 games then leaves until tomorrow, or (2) a user who comes on and plays their 20 games, then checks out the discussion boards, then does some other stuff, then plays a few more games since they are here, and etc.... leaving them on the site longer giving this site more opponents online at one time. Because without the "extras", people would play then leave. After awhile with no one around that gets a little boring. I can think of a couple of site which I like their games, but nothing "keeps" me there - so I slowly grow away from the site where I don't even start new games there.

I love the idea of tournament templates - I started to play around, but it looks like it does not save tournament name or descriptions (which is the hardest part for me)

Any chance we can be able to have this information also saved in the template? For example, I would like to save in the tournament name "Fast Start - First 5 to sign - Backgammon #" - where I can then just add the next number myself.

Plus the description is always the same also, and would make since if someone can save that information in the tournament template also.

Thanks for posting about this - I thought I had disabled all of my invites, but after reading this I found that they were all still there - since I guess it did not accept it when I chose to show no invites.

So I just made it so only 1 game is shown - even though I will reject those invites also. Would also like to see it possible to turn off all invites instead of the all but 1 invite.

pauloaguia: He's talking about the option is Settings - in which even if you remove the auto-pass option, and click to save settings, it will still stay set. (so yea probable a bug)

kid_game_2001: As long as Fencer does not care, I don't care - the only other thing I would like is maybe to post these on General Chat so we don't have 2 new post a day on this board, with each one of them being outdated within 1/2 a day.

alanback: On your profile, at the top there is an option called "Order List" which I think says the current status of orders.

If something seems out of place, sending a personal message to Fencer would be the best (Since a message on the boards may be overlooked or buried from other posts before Fencer gets a chance to see it.)

chessik: All I know is I'm never paying for a membership on this site again! EVER!

Oceans Apart: Only paying members can disable the ads in settings I believe.

MadMonkey: I love the ability to just hover over the tournament while in a game to see current standing.

... and I always find myself doing the same in the finished game messages - which of course don't work. So I would also love to see the hover trick work there too if possible.

Preachor: What browser are you using?

TexasToest: I have not seen anything strange on this (or any) site. On the http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=52 discussion board, there are a couple of links on the top about checking for spyware and such which is always good to run those every once and awhile. (Which reminds me it's about time for me to do the same.)

I know some places play a small strait at 1-2-3-4-5, and a large strait as 2-3-4-5-6. So for players who are use to playing with those rules, it can be a little confusing.

On this site - small strait is 4 dice in a row (1-2-3-4, 2-3-4-5, 3-4-5-6), and large strait is 5 dice in a row (1-2-3-4-5, 2-3-4-5-6)

In settings, you have to have this set: Number of my best BKR shown on the main page:

I had it off, that is why I could not see anything.

Gabriel Almeida: I don't think that is it - I'm looking at my Gammon Cube fellowship, and I don't see anything. Even tried loging off and back on to see if the helped. Only thing I have not tried is a different browser (Firefox right now)

MadMonkey: I seen it on Feature request also - but I can't see anything different anywhere - where is it exactly?

Fencer: Ahhhh... it's just Fencer messing with everyones mind....

Pioneer54: I'm not sure what you are talking about. The winners link just show total tournament wins. Or are you talking about moves today - which look normal to me also.

furbster: The way those site tracks is from IP addresses - so it depends on where the IP is registered to that you connect through. The company I get my internet through now is local, but I use to use one where it would show me from about 200 miles away from where I'm actually at - because that is where there "home" office was and where their IP was all registered at... and all traffic would be routed through there.

BerniceC: The details page of the Paid Membership page has a comparison of the different level of memberships - http://brainking.com/en/PaidMembership?p=1

It's a little out of date - does not have bishops and such, but does give a pretty good idea of the different limits and such.

solan109: If i remember correctly, I believe you have to have at least 1 of the ad options on to use action points. I keep my bottom & right on (turn off top ad)

heavenlyemma: Yes - and I have already said that I will make sure to label things that are not serious - not true - and are meant to be only taken as a joke and funny as such that way when someone can not tell the difference between a joke and serious comments, then hopefully there will not be this confusion in the future. Again, not sure what else I can do other then what I have already said I will do. Apologizing and already saying I will do better in the future - sorry that I'm not fighting anyone over this issue, I've already apologized the best I could. I was wrong in not labeling the joke as such since some users can not tell the difference. I'm sorry - I will do better in the future.

Czuch Czuckers: Well a few thought it was funny - can't please everyones since of humor. So again, I apologize for your confusion in this mater.... not sure what more you want me to say.

Czuch Czuckers: Sorry I did not make clear that the story was just a joke - something that was suppose to be taken as something funny. I do not believe that, nor do I actually believe that I know what Fencer dreams about - it was something that was suppose to be 100% fake and funny. Next time I will make sure to take extra care in labeling what is just a joke, and what is suppose to be serious for those who can not tell a difference. Again, I apologizes for your confusion in this matter.

MadMonkey: What Fencer dreams about?

Well I can see it now - there is Fencer, our leader floating in a pool on a very nice tropical resort. Just then some idiot user comes along and says "HEY, I have a stupid question" in which drives him a little nuts. Just then he jumps out of the pool and runs into the jungle. While running through the jungle, he watchs out for the snakes and spiders. He soon finds himself in middle of a green swamp with frogs everywhere. He finishes off his dream by shooting all the frogs he can find.
... opps, looks like he hit a monkey also. Opps.

Czuch Czuckers: He said it was not transferable - what more do you want? Just because you may not be caught does not make it right. Just like people who use computer programs to play Chess or Checkers on here - just because they may get away with it because it is hard to prove, it still makes it against the rules.

Matarilevich: Just for finding all the opponents frogs, you get 2 points. On top to the 2 points, you get 1 point for each frog your opponent did not find.

joshi tm: I posted a quick overview on the frog finder discussion board: http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=132

Fencer: I have not checked myself, but does the system allow you to click "roll dice" if you have no dice chosen?

If so - put a block - that way if someone does double click, the second click would be with no dice marked, and should not count as a roll.

ßăķëď Äłáşķǻñ: I think the map is also cool - and can't wait to see it on the main game site also.

Even though it would be interesting to see who is from what area, I think that would cross the privacy line - where some users may not want others to know where they are from.

MadMonkey: We been talking about the Cheversi one on the Bug Tracker - http://brainking.com/en/ReadBug?bgi=1106

alexSandra: It's also been slow for me today - haven't been booted from the site, but have had a few times where the page would not load, but a refresh and a little longer then normal wait brings the page around.

Pbarb2: You can't "delete" boards - but you can do what you said (change name of board to "." - so most will not find it.

To delete all messages, either click delete on all messages, Ask Fencer to do it for you, or probable the best - click "Edit" and change the read access to "Brain King" - that way not even you can see the messages in the board (so it looks like everything is gone)

Then just post in the description of the board "This board is closed." or something like that.

MadMonkey: what is the difference if your opponenet uses the king or knight first? both give 8 points, and both you can't block any of those 8 points - so no matter if white started with king or knight, it should be the same or very close to the same.

As a side note, I've played with the king-queen rule in 3 test games, and I was still able to win all 3 games as black. (just a lot closer) Of course there are a few other rules on how spaces are counted that was not in place at that time.

Jason: Yesterday for about 1/2 hour, and today off and on for less then 10 minutes at a time, connection problems - all other sites work well.

Don't think it is a BrainKing issue, but a connection issue (since I could not also connect to brainking.info, which is on a different server if I remember correctly.)

danheg: Actually I'll give a 4th things that will happen.

The new rook membership will be the primary one right away. Then after 6 months after your rook expires, what you have left on your Knight should be waiting to be used at that time.

(I think Fencer can put 2 months of Knight into 1 month of Rook membership extension - but you would have to ask Fencer about that.)

Czuch Czuckers: I don't know the whole story - but with his old account, he lost access to BrainKing for a while (over a month?) and timed out on a lot of games - so when he came back, he wanted to start fresh without all the timed-out loses. I believe he only plays the "expired" account to finish the games which did not time out, but has not started any new games with that account. Again, don't know the exact story, but that is what I know.

danheg: I just took the names off the Wiki page - I'm actually not a Bond fan, and maybe seen the newest 3 movies and that is it.

emmett: 1 month for pawns, 6 months for bishop+

http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=11

joshi tm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_bond

There is a list which list the 21 movies. Right under the list, it also mentiones 2 movies not on the list

Casino Royale (1967 version) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_%281967_film%29

Never Say Never Again (1983) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Say_Never_Again

Both are considered "unofficial" Bond movies because they are non-EON Bond films produced

Of course if Fencer needs some more names, could also use the names of the 6 bonds:
* Sir Sean Connery (1962–1967; 1971)
* George Lazenby (1969)
* Sir Roger Moore (1973–1985)
* Timothy Dalton (1987–1989)
* Pierce Brosnan (1995–2002)
* Daniel Craig (2006–present)

Jason: It's still unlimited - but would still support a limit of 5 auto-vacation days in a row (making a week when 2 weekend days are added) - most "emergencies" will allow a person to make it back on within a week.

of course you can set your vacation days for more then a week a row - just talking auto-vacation.

mybirthdaysoon: Bishops should have the same rights as Knights - limit one.

joshi tm: Speaking of Froglet - SMALL FROGLET - I rarely play Froglet anymore because it takes so long - a smaller board version would be a nice variant.

As for Ludo - I would like to see 2-dice version - that is you roll 2 dice every turn. You get our of "home" with either a 1 or a 6. And you then move pieces with the 2 dice your roll every turn. You can also split up the dice - so if you roll a 2,6 - you can move 1 piece 2 spaces, and move another piece 6 spaces.

hexkid: How is that?

Gordon Shumway: Sphere Line4 - interesting. So in Sphere, do you mean left-right AND top-bottom. That would be interesting. Still start placing pieces at the bottom, but now once the columns make it near the top, you have to be carefull with connecting to the bottom of the page to make a line.

Lets see - 10 games that I would like to see - My Wish List:

1. Yatzee type dice game
2. mastermind type codebreaker game
3. Double & Triple choice Backgammon ( Backgammon (BIG BAD WOLF, 2006-12-20 00:41:30) )
4. Sphere Battleboats Plus (We need another battleboat game)
5. Another game which I made up
6. One of those Checker games some have been wanting.
7. One of those Chess games some have been wanting.
8. Ludo Variant - Ludo is very popular, so why not a variant of some sort.
9. A Word Game
10. A card game - like Texas Hold'em or Rummy