Undertaker.: Provisional ratings are VERY inaccurate and should not be taken too seriously. Established ratings should be always used to compare skills of players.

MrWCF: Welcome to BrainKing my friend.

I disagree with this rating calculation, because is very unfair. In Plakoto happened me the same thing. I did 4 games against players
with weak BKR and now i have 4 games, 4 victories and 2457 points. For me, a player with 4 games cannot be in first place.
This way is very easy to be in first places without big troubles. This isn't my idea about competition. For me, to be the first is need play many games and beat the best players and this don't happen here.

Constellation36: yeah con i can vouch for u with elizabeth she is a brilliant player but doesnt say a word not too sure about the others

Bernice: I didnt look too far but he has only been playing with people from Estonia.....there is a pisipaddy and a pisipaddy2...multi nic? seems a bit strange but he/she might be legit.

Let me tell you something. I'm playing with both elizabeth1932, pisipaddy, sema, NODDY and i can tell you that the playing style is the same, the time where these players are online/offline is the same, the behavior of these players is the same(they never talk a word).
Conclusions are yours.

Yet there is the slight possibility that they might be a couple of friends that come along and decided to play together here. But i doubt because of the playing style which is the exact same for all these 4 players.

And if you look at pmvaht's opponents where he obtained the 3000 rating in Backgammon, you will see that his opponents were the 4 players i have mentioned and been playing.

Can someone explain one aspect of ratings calculations to me?  How is an initial provisional rating calculated after four rated games have been completed? 

In the game of Cam, Jannssen has a provisional rating of 2100 after four victories, zero defeats, and zero draws.  Those four victories were against players with ratings of 1341, 1094, and unrated (2 of them).  How is a resultant rating of 2100 possible? 

Let me hasten to add that this is not to cast aspersions on Jannssen's Cam skill level.  For all I know, he is a world-class Cam player.

alanback: I didnt look too far but he has only been playing with people from Estonia.....there is a pisipaddy and a pisipaddy2...multi nic? seems a bit strange but he/she might be legit.

It's so impessive..until you take a moment to see how it came about.

Then, the only thing remarkable about it is that it's been allowed to stand.

SORRY I did not look at the set days off.

Hrqls: when the person doesnt time out but no vacation days are use .. then it might be that he has that day set as his weekend... or that a previous game has already timed out that same day and the day is already set as vacation. If people monitor the opponent's vacation days only just before the game between them times out, it may appear that the opponent didn't loose any vacation days when autovacation kicked in...

DeaD man WalkiN: when the person does timeout then he doesnt uses his vacation days automatically (its a setting wether you want it or not)

when the person is using automatic vacation days but still times out .. then he might be in a game/tournament which doesnt allow vacation days (red dot)

when the person doesnt time out but no vacation days are use .. then it might be that he has that day set as his weekend

Bluefin: found here:  Calendar

Bluefin: Settings / Calendar?

Will someone please tell me how to schedual vacation days ? Thanks.

Fencer: Mine is gone too. Thanks. (though I'll miss that link. It was a fast way to the discussion boards link. ;)

Fencer:

cd power: And you also have an answer.
http://brainking.info/archives/582-Achievements-some-additional-information.html

I have a question... do achievements on certain games only start when the achievement feature was added (April 5)?... I have a dice chess 10x10 game that satisfies 2 achievements, but yet I was not given credit: Dice Chess 10x10 (cd power vs. janka) This game shows all 3 kings captured by the same piece (one achievement) and I did not lose any kings (another achievement). Additionally, maybe it should be another achievement in which the only pcs that I captured were three kings only! Can I at least get credit for the first two achievements mentioned above?

Also, I have won several games in maharajah chess as the white maharajah, check-mating my opponent's king... but I was not given credit for that achievement?

In fact, I have satisfied achievements in several other games (dice poker, etc) in which I was not given credit.

Fencer: Looks normal again.. thanks! :)

Fencer: Mine are gone as well...

ScarletRose: And now?

Bwild: I ended up getting a little bug too.. can barely talk.. but, hubby thinks that is Great! LOL

ScarletRose: its a new achievment....most bugs that are easily fixed, but not!!

El Cid: i think i saw them when you go to achievements then click on games and then dice poker.

jessica: I missed that, because it didn't show on my recent achievements, and I'm allmost sure I have at least one of them I need to check them
Edit: They were even on the same game Póker de Dados Triplo (El Cid vs. Vasr)

El Cid: i think Fencer has already implemented that.

coan.net: On max score for triple dice poker, or triple 6d, I would suggest win the game with the three bonus scored, or win the game with points in all the squares (including the bonus ones)

(V):Good advice:  "Oh Fencer!" 

Artful Dodger: Just ask Fencer, he'll fix it easily. It just happens

.... Ghost in the machine and all.

 (V): It is a bug of some kind.  I'm at my daughter's and get the same thing from her computer.   But it's not a big deal as it doesn't affect anything else on BK.  I'll probably miss it when it's gone.  

alexlee: Yeah.. but it's happened to a few people. It's a fixable bug

Artful Dodger: I have none listed twice

Czuch:There's a glitch somewhere. 

Artful Dodger: I have the cave fellowship listed 3 times like that

Artful Dodger: i only have a few boards from fellowships appear more than once ... which is when i added more than 1 language of that board/fellowship

nodnarbo:Strange.  I've just noticed it in the last few weeks.  Scarlet has the problem X2 and you don't at all.  Maybe I'll put it in the bug fix but it may only apply to isolated users so not to sure about that.  It doesn't effect anything it's just annoying.  (my wife says the same about me sometimes!  )

Artful Dodger: I don't have that problem, and never recall having that problem

Artful Dodger: The last on my list is "World Of Arts" and it is listed 4 times.. been that way for months.. and when I asked it was never addressed.. of course.. you said it much more clearer..

Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me.  On my Favourite boards list, the final board is listed twice.  Like this:

Debate Club
BrainKing.com
Debate Club - Religion
Debate Club-Politics
Field of Dreams
General Chat
My 2nd Fellowship
Poker
Politics
Tournaments
Tournaments

When I remove the tourney board, politics is listed twice.  The second link takes me to the Discussion boards.

(V): LOL he has already been modified once today.Maybe i won't need a reply;))

"GERRY": Getting a reply on the decision made.... You might have to bug a bit.

Fencer: Thanks a lot!!

Pedro Martínez: Thank's for info:))

"GERRY":
User Agreement:
"...Grievance Procedure…... Firstly, you must contact the Moderator concerned by PM in a calm manner with your complaint to try and sort the issue out. If this does not work, and you feel you need to take the issue further, you should PM one of the Global Moderators with full details of the issue concerned and copies of all communication so far. The matter will be raised in the Global Moderator Fellowship, discussed and a decision made. The decision is final."

Fencer where do i go to to deal with a problem with a global moderator?

joshi tm: What link?

joshi tm: try this one http://brainking.info/

Fencer: The link to the blog does not work...

Dolittle: Brain Knight or above.