Bernice: Yeah, it must be. I just noticed my Event box only goes back to Nov 11. I couldn't remember when the Event box started, so I checked Brainking.info, and it was Oct 21 or so. So, yes, automatic deletion must be happening. I would guess it only keeps things for a month.

rod03801: yes but it doesn't give me back the results I have lost....thanks for your help

Bernice: Won't the archive box work?

rod03801: thanks....:( that must have happened...I would rather go back to the old system...

Bernice: I believe Fencer contemplated having some sort of automatic deletion in that box, but I don't recall him saying he had programmed that. I see there is an "Archive" box there. I would recommend sending those you want to save to that Archive box. (If that's the one you meant they disappeared from, then I don't know what to say! lol)

in my events box (in box) I only keep the tournaments I have won, the achievements I have won and the ponds I have won.

Can someone tell me why half of them are missing? NO I HAVNE't deleted then accidently.

I really like the fact that is will add 1 hour to ALL GAMES - and not just the ones that timed out.

Even though it hasn't been a problem for me for awhile since I got my game count down - when I had 1,000+ games and something would come up and I was unable to play for a few days - having the time only added to games that timed out mean all my games suddenly had less then 24 hours to play... meaning sometimes it would take me a couple extra vacation days to "catch up" to normal play.

I agree with you Fencer, less options makes an automated system less abusive. Keep it that way. Even for a turned based game-site , set rules for those who have never seen a real gameboard in their life or just people trying to abuse the system. Internet has given these options, But we / i also want to keep; a nice pace, stay interested in the games, not losing the flow, the feel and emotion of a game while waiting for an opponent.

nodnarbo: When people cannot set any options, they can hardly abuse a fully automatic system.

Fencer: You haven't learned yet? there is no ultimate solution...nothing is idiot-proof to a sufficiently talented idiot.

Fencer: great idea regarding the new vacation days, I think it will help to solve the abuse of the system

Good decission made concerning the vacation use /abuse, lets see how it works out.

happyjuggler0: You might decide it's not worth using up lots of vacation to save one or two games from timing out, when you might need the vacation later in the year to save many more games from timing out. This could happen if you're desperately trying to finish your games before going away, but due to a slow player or two, you don't quite make it.

happyjuggler0:
Because of the reason Fencer is changing it. Some like to pick their own vacation days...then cancel them so they get the extended time to play but NEVER actually use a vacation day

alexlee: Why would anyone want to deactivate automatic vacation time?

Fencer:
All vacation will be automatic, which also means that the calendar would be removed from Settings page (it should disable all attempts of cheating by periodical setting/unsetting of scheduled vacation days, as we could see in the past). Users of all membership levels will be allowed to activate/deactivate automatic vacation anytime.

*Users of all membership levels will be allowed to activate/deactivate automatic vacation anytime.* If we choose to deactivate automatic vacation would we then be able to schedule vacation days like before

cd power: I think it could be the ultimate solution.

Thank you, Fencer, for changing the vacation rules so that vacation can no longer be abused. I look forward to January 1.

thisbeme: i must be magical or a witch, i posted and poof, timeouts were suspended..
it certainly will make alexlee happy.

ellieoop:" BrainKing has detected that the site was inaccessible from 1. December 2010, 02:26:49 to 1. December 2010, 03:27:35. In order to avoid timeouts in started games, the timeout checking process has been automatically suspended. It will be reenabled as of 2. December 2010, 03:27:35. Thank you for understanding."
I think your friend should be ok

thisbeme: i couldn't get on and alexlee was trying to get on but had to go to work. she has some 1 day ponds and maybe other games that's she's worried about.. she would hate to lose those games.

Bernice: I couldn't connect about 20 minutes ago, was close to timing out as a result!!

is any body else experiencing delays/unable to connect?

I used the "down for all or just me" and it wasn't me."

Again you're welcome for the upgrade. And yes thats true in a way, i am nr 4 now in keryo :) I hope you challenge the other players as well to see where you are standing :) Good luck and have fun m8 ! :)

rod03801:

Ok, I messed up the first time that I tried to make him a public friend, but I got it right this time.

I think that what I did the first time was click the wrong button after clicking the lock, and as a result I actually removed him from my friends list. I had to put him back on the list again, which I thought was odd at the time....

3minus2:

Wow, another membership! Thanks once again, that is generous of you, especially considering that thanks to our games together I took your number 2 spot in the keryo pente ratings list, for now anyway....

You're welcome happyjuggler0, now you have a Knights account. Kind Regards,
Mark

happyjuggler0: Yup, it's been asked many times.

rod03801: Thanks rod, your instruction was perfectly helpful; now I have to wait for him to agree to allow me to put him on my public friends list.

I never saw that padlock before. The way this is set up is totally unintuitive.

rod, I don't know how to add a submission to the "tips" list, but I suggest that you do so. I can't possibly be the only person who had that question before....

happyjuggler0: Go to your friends list. (From the link on the left, under Profile section) You will see a little padlock next to his/her name. Click that.

A few days ago someone bought me a membership, so I put him on my friends list. When he is online, the right side of my screen shows his name.

However I don't see his name on my profile as a public friend. Why not? What do I have to do to make that happen?

Thanks,
happyjuggler0

El Cid: There will be 13 groups and 11 subgroups of game types in the next BrainKing version, so I guess the "go to next" action should be a little more meaningful.

thisbeme: According to brainking they are all of the type "other", but yes, maybe 2 or 3 division in the "other" type would be more than welcome

Apparently Jungle, Assimilation, Dice Pokers, Mastermind, Frogs Legs/frogfinder, Mancala, Froglet are all of" similar type".
To my mind the relationship isn't obvious. When I want to go to a similar game it is from triple/not triple dice poker 6d to dice poker 5d not mancala/assimilation/etcera!

Roberto Silva: thank you, Roberto. no wonder i couldn't find it...seems to me a weird place for it. but yes, it would be nice to get Ludo on that list.

Roberto Silva:
I agree I timed out with 1 legal move! in couple of games!
Checkers/chess/knightfight could also have autopass/automove for the situations where there is only one legal move!

plaintiger: Settings --> Game filter --> scroll down

Currently only available for backgammon variants. We definitely need an option for Ludo as well.

it seems to me there was an "auto-pass" feature on the site a while back; i never knew what it was for, but i think i've figured it out: i'm playing a game of Ludo; would auto-pass prevent me from being notified that it's my turn when i can't make a move, and just pass the turn for me? and if so, where is the auto-pass setting? i want to turn it on!

thanks.

to the big boss Fencer

coan.net: Ok, I'll do it next time. Thank you for the information, I didn't know it was possible.

Mélusine: Once any fellowship tournament starts (team challenge or site team tournament) - you can LEAVE that team at any time and join another fellowship's team. There is nothing keeping you on that team once the tournament starts.

I just tested it - I was in one fellowships for the Knight Fight team - I had already removed myself from that team (continuing to play the games for that tournament), and joined another team. Not sure about the issue when a fellowship is deleted, probable just a bug in programming, but for normal running fellowships, you shouldn't be trapped and should be free to join another team if you want.

And I don't speak about games (in team tournaments) you play for f/s which have been deleted after the beginning of the tournament.
For what I said before (a team with less than 4 players) you can hope to find another player, but when the f/s is deleted : you're convicted ! : you have to wait the end of the tournament (shall I speak again about slow players ?! ).
But, in this case, you're also punished ! : at the end of the tournament, you're blocked and can't join no more teams for this game. Luck is with you because Fencer had the good idea to create a bug tracker and each time I asked, this problem has been solved (thanks to him).
But I must admit this irritates me a little and I've actually this problem with 4 games and I've not informed, so I'm blocked for these games.

" it has been requested before, that there should be a way for players in teams to either make themselves available or not without having to leave & rejoin teams " : I totally agree with that.
And I'd like to be able to join several teams for the same game. Because when I like a game, I'd like to play it more often. I understand that it can make a problem when the 2 teams where you are play together, but in this case, only one choice would be possible (for the player) for example.
I say this, because sometimes you join a team, you play several tournaments and suddenly (I don't know why) many players leave the team and you're now less than 4 in the team, so you can't play other tournaments (because not enough players) and you can't leave the team for another because the tournaments aren't finished (even YOU have finished).
And we'll speak again about slow players.... (it will remember something to Gouwe gover and Gabriel Almeida - a discussion we had on another board).

coan.net: OK, so how about by default the Big Boss of every Fellowship should be in the Teams (that have been created) and then also made Captain, then if someone would like to take over it is easy, BUT to have the Boss join Teams (even if he does not play) just so he can put the Teams into a Tournament is pretty stupid really
You know the Madhouse tries to enter a Team all the time in any Tournament that is there, but getting players is one thing, trying to fins a Captain is something else (though i have to admit, i do not know why).

Gouwe gozer : It is simple, if you want to play in a Tournament, join that Team, once the team is entered, then leave....no problem.

Fencer : I am Captain of many of my Teams, BUT i do not always play, simply for a fact as that it is a game i can not play or i am crap at, but i make myself Captain just so we can take part.

ALSO, it has been requested before, that there should be a way for players in teams to either make themselves available or not without having to leave & rejoin teams. A better way would be able to set your own parameters for a Tournament in your settings (i.e. you will play if it is 5 days, standard vacation etc...).

coan.net: Good to see that I'm not the only one with that opinion, like in the other board I wrote my opinion/thoughts and don't want to repeat it over and over again like some others do I am here to play my games and not to write a book on the boards

Gouwe gozer: I agree - I only stay in teams that I'm a captain... so when team tournaments come up, I will sometimes join the team and just hope that I'm not put into a tournament with a time control I can not play... and then remove myself from that team. A solution (lots of work for Fencer) would be if each person could choose the types of tournaments they can be put into to. Since there is a lot of different options a tournament can be ran with, there would be a lot of option a person can choose - by default everything turned on like it is now - but for example, I don't play red/green dot games so I would remove those so I could not be put into those... and same with anything less then 3 days. And of course if that happened, the team captains & Big Bosses would have to be able to see those also so they know why they can't get someone signed up. Of course as I said, my simple solution right now is just remove myself from any team that I don't captain. (Plus I've also tried to make clear for those that I do captain that I would not sign anyone up for anything with red dots and/or less then 3 days and/or without vacation days without first asking each person.... but I know many captains who will just sign up everyone to anything without thinking.)

Another idea might be whenever a fellowship challenge is signed up, the tournament stays in a "waiting" status for 24 hours before starting. During this time, each player chosen for the tournament on each side is left a message allowing them to STOP the tournament. If any ONE player does not want to play, the game challenge goes back and the captains can then choose other players if needed and start it back up. If someone just does not reply within 24 hours, the tournament just starts (like it does now.)

Fencer: The reason I could think that a team might not have a captain is if the BIG BOSS does not play that certain game type, and none of the players want to be captain, so having the BIG BOSS be able to sign up a team could be helpful in those situations.

Gouwe gozer: Oh yes, I agree : it's the only thing I don't like in team tournaments. The best thing to do to avoid this is to be captain ! But yes, it's a lot of job.
I do with this because team tournaments are really my favourite tournaments.

Mélusine: Thanks, glad you understand it now

Gouwe gozer:
I meaned before the rewriting.

Mélusine: I don't play in no team anymore
Very surprising to have suddenly x-games to play with a time-respond I don't want (= like) or even with a red spot (see our other board-discussion LOL). So I stopped all my teams