Please update the new game page so that there is no upper limit of 2700 for filtering candidate players. Make it 3000 or 4000 at least, to cover any future freak situations :)

WhiteTower: Yes, it's already filed in the Bug Tracker :-)

Fencer: Yeah, and don't forget the created, but not started tournaments. They should be updated as well.

Marfitalu: Of course, when the Spanish translation is finished.

In an number of discussion boards people have suggested reading "page 40" to find some information. That doesn't work except at the moment of posting and even then only for someone with the same number of messages per page as the poster. Another mistake of referral (and one that I've been making myself) is to use the timestamp of the message, but that's no good for anyone in a different timezone.

Hence, could there be a way to reference an earlier message or even better to be able to make a link to it?

One possible implementation is to display a Message Id (perhaps to the right of the Delete link) for textual references, eg "See message 9356". For the linking part of the request each message could be given a named anchor and the displayed Message Id could be a link to that anchor. This would have two benefits: firstly it could be 'Copy shortcut'ed for referencing elsewhere, and secondly, clicking on it would put that message at the top of the window.

playBunny: Yea, that would be nice.

Right now if you want to do that, you have to "trick" the system.

For example:

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=3&bscx=383873

That link will take you to Board #3 (Feature request), and put the post #383873 (a post by me a little ways down) to the top of the list.

Of course that is a lot of work, but it should work if you REALLY want to do that.

BIG BAD WOLF: Hey, the message id and named anchor are already there. That's excellent! The only bit Fencer need do then is put that same link on the message itself, as suggested in the feature request.

For anyone who would like to know how to use BBW's method:
1) Do "Copy shortcut" on the Reply link of the target message.
2) Paste it into your new message (or Profile page or wherever).
3) Change the &brt= part to &bscx= ... and Bob's your uncle.
4) Optionally do the <a href="...">A better title</a> thing around the new link.

, that's super and just what I want.
Thanks


[ps. Just out of curiousity, how did you discover that it's bscx?]

[ps. Just out of curiousity, how did you discover that it's bscx?]

Because I know everything!

Oh, and if you do a search for a message, and when those messages come up, there is a link that says "show message in context" - that will put that message (BSCX=) as the first post showing the rest of the messages under it.

... since you asked.

BIG BAD WOLF: Lol.
Ah yes, of course. Well spotted. :-)

playBunny: that has been mentioned.. I know this cause I believe I was one that requested numbering the messages also.. :)

BIG BAD WOLF: What about http://brainking.com/cz/Board?bc=3&ngi=383873 instead?

Fencer: Ohh... neat.

*runs off to notepad*

Why not to add a "random" colour for game definitions? Brainking decides randomly the color, between White and Black. This is kind for single matches.

Nine men morris or Abalone...
These are some good games...

Daniel Snyder: Abalone ... is it patented or not?

chessmec: I think so... but I have found that someone programed the game...

first I want to say,it is fencer's site.we may make requests,but we are in no position to tell him what to add or change.I just dont want anyone getting the wrong idea.

secondly tho,he seems fair minded & considers the thoughts of the community.
I think this is good for the commuity for so many resaons.I would list them,I sure we can all think of a few.

thirdly,a way of getting feedback without a lot unneeded posts(not that there is anything wrong with that) might be that fencer might have a page were he might take a poll on a subject or question say weekly or monthly.
he could provide several answers we could all get a turn to check one.

this would be a simple data input page..would be very easy.
what do you think fearless leader?

Fencer Would it be possible to sort the tournamentlist after the names of the creators...A-ö?...Takes forever to find a running tournament now

we all love chess like board games...many new variations have come out that explore new strategies..keep the classic games fresh,but most are on a board made of squares.
have you ever thought of a game based on hexagons.
strategy based on the hexagon as a base for moves is quite interesting.

nobleheart: Inventing a game is a very different challenge to "simply"
implementing a developed game with established rules. It probably takes an order of magnitude longer.

If you want different games then bring forward the name of the game and its rules and I'm sure Fencer would be interested. Just a desire for (maybe) hexagons isn't quite specific enough. ;-p

When posting "data" the spaces are pretty much filtered out and the columns are not maintained. Would it be possible to support TABLE html tags within posts?

playBunny: Best known chess variant with hexagonal board is Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. It was very popular once upon a time, with 100.000 board sets selled.

Grim Reaper: Until <pre>, <font> and <table> are available for formatting, the best you can do is replace the spaces with &nbsp;. You'll still lose columnation because of the variable font, but at least you'll maintain some separation of the values.

Fencer Is it so difficult to give an answer?

Andersp: Is it so difficult to be more patient? Of course it would be possible. Everything is possible. But I cannot promise any exact date.

Fencer: did i ask for a date...takes 5 seconds to type yes or no...sorry for being impatient..i can see that you are busy

Andersp: I read everything :-) But if I give no answer, it means that I am still thinking about it or I am not sure what to decide.

Fencer: Maybe it would be a good idea if you gave a short reply to peoples requests to avoid starting discussions on this board? Then your moderators dont need to jump in and show their power.

Andersp: If I am online and don't have any more important things to do, yes.

Andersp: :)

How about a Selected Opponents list which, for each of a player's opponents, would show the game types and the wins for each player? I know that played games will show this value, but it would be great to have these listed in one place so that a player can see how they are doing against their chosen rivals. Ideally the game type would be selectable as well.

I think it could be interesting to if such pages were publicly viewable from the person's Profile.

playBunny: of course its not specific...yes...thats overstating the obvious....to what point,who knows...
anyway..I am not simply suggesting a hexagon board game that uses all the same type pieces,there are many like that.
I am thinking of a strategy game with different pieces with different moves...like chess....I have searched...not found one really good.....I may create one.
I will get back when I have developed something.

andreas: re:Glinski's Hexagonal Chess.
ty for the link,looks good

playBunny: Good idea, sounds like a "simple" database query to me.

andreas : Best known chess variant with hexagonal board is Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. It was very popular once upon a time, with 100.000 board sets selled.

There were 104,000 sold over a period of 22 years.
We are at 63,500 at 4 years 8 months.

Grim Reaper:

Interesting statistics! I believe that Glinski's is by far the best of the genus of hexagonal chesses, and would like to see it here.

The graphics may be somewhat problematic to program, although Game Courier has a nice preset.

Fencer, would it be possible to allow a player who creates a game of Random Chess to specify the seed so that a specific setup can be used (once the seed becomes known). This will allow players to explore given start positions and gain familiarity and expertise. I guess, though, that option shouldn't be available in tournaments.

Nice idea........!

playBunny: Yes, it would be possible.

Andersp: What about this? See the Tournaments page [search form] and Profile / Tournaments page (show tournaments created by this user).

Fencer: Excellent!! ..you made my day

Game: Espionage variants and some more game types
Requests/fixes needed:
1. when browsing through the game, notes are not displayed
2. when browsing through the game, even after coming to the end one cannot move without reopening the game or removing &i=move_number part from the URL
3. request to delete/modify a note, useful would be to associate it to move number

These things bother me for longer time already, finally I decided to put them here.

Thanks

There are more possible enhancements on espionage.
Useful would be to be able to mark opponents and own pieces:
1) mark pieces which I know opponent sees
2) mark pieces which I think opponent sees
3) mark opponents pieces with their guessed values
4) mark opponents pieces with their sure values

perhaps
5)mark with some user defined signs for some better association in notes

All marks about opponent pieces apply to hidden pieces so this could be done by changing their image.

what is the link in an orange box "RSS" for?
i get the html code page for this board.

Antje: It's for a RSS feed reader.
I will write a FAQ entry for that.

Fencer: ok

wont ask what a feed reader is....

Well you know when you're reading a book and feel peckish...

harley: LOL Im definately one of them! :oD

playBunny: Interesting, but the whole point of FRC is to not be familiar with starting positions.