Fencer: How I understand how Fencer works is he has a list of things that need to be done, 2 of which are listed above, but a lot of other smaller things. The "priority" of these items as I understand change all the time. He does not like to give a "time frame" on when things will be ready because if I remember correctly, the last time he did that and he ended up not having it ready "on time", it caused more problems with people asking "Hey, you said you would have this done."

A list is a good idea to keep on the top of this page so people know what is hopefully going to be here down the road, but can also bring on a lot of "Hey, that's been up there for awhile - when are you going to get it done" type of questions.

BIG BAD WOLF: So my proposal (as well as by other people in here, I'm sure) is to keep that list with the items CURRENTLY being worked on, possibly marked differently, and any other items being put at the bottom, maybe with a smaller font or something - does that make sense?

BIG BAD WOLF: It is, but only a CURRENT list, not an outdated one... Just wanted to emphasize this part of my earlier argument.

WhiteTower: I agree.. the list should be up to date with Fencer's current priorities. approximate time to completion if known would be a bonus.

grenv: Exactly, let's not push on the time issue, obviously there's some serious baggage there as Fencer confessed ;)

WhiteTower: Perfect idea! It doesn't matter if the time schedule will be furlilled as long as the time will not be totally wrong.......

657: Do you say that Pawns are not as clever as the paying members.......? I agree!
If they were clever they would buy a membership......

657: Que?

I think an opponent of mine has deleted a game (which is ok), but I would like to have gotten a message from the system telling me that it happened.

perhaps sweetening the stakes(ratings points) for games that people are reluctant to play certain sides. Many players will not play certain colors in certain games such as horde chess (black), phaTum(black), Maharajah Chess (white), these are a few examples. If there was a way to encourage players to play with these colors it might make for the games being played more often. the only way woudl seem to be offering more points for a win to play with those colors, or to give less points if you chose to play with the strong colors.

Nothingness: Pente has the same problem. Player 1 has an advantage. It's not a big deal between average players, but with two masters, P1 ill almost always win. I usually post two-game matches when I post new games. This negates the edge. I end up with a lot of splits, and I only earn (lose) BKR points for one win (loss), when I win (lose) both but that doesn't bother me. You could do the same with the games you mention.

Thad: It was deleted by myself in the database [on his request] because pawns cannot delete games and it was a game of gothic chess which would be deleted anyway as of 1st January. With 30 days per move, there was no chance to finish it.
In other cases, a notification message is always sent.

Fencer: Ah, I did not realize that pawns couldn't delete games. I figured it had something to do with being a Gothic Chess game. Thanks for solving the mystery for us, Fencer.

Thad: A greater understanding between lowly pawns and paying members can be reached if the Help item on differences between us is consulted more often than not :)

WhiteTower: Which item would that be???

Could this be added to the menu of internal fellowship tournament games to be offered?

Purple: yes it could go underneath pah tum

Jason: I meant pah tumn. LOL. I could not find it on the tournament list for Purple World.

Purple: You must add it to the list of supported games in your fellowship.

Can I ask if, when you define a new game, the type of game can be listed at the top of the screen such as on a page like this.

The reason is that in the chess DBs I want to put a link direct to this page for each game type, but when you go here you are not sure you are actually on the right page. I expect others could use this too.

Cheers WQ :)

Thad: Differences in Brainking features available to non-paying and paying members ;)

WhisperzQ: you can see it in the title bar of the browser window

WhiteTower: I don't see that. How about providing a link?

Thad: Sorry, wrong section, it's actually in the Paid Membership details page. BTW, the second half of the Help section is content-less - Fencer?

WhiteTower: It will be replaced by the new Help system when I finish the missing entries.

Fencer: There is a NEW Help system on the way? Now THAT's a missing entry by itself up there in the Features in development ;)

WhiteTower: Hmm, nice page. I was not aware of it (still doesn't say anything about pawns not being able to delete games, though. ;-) ).

Thad: Well, Fencer? :)

WhiteTower: Of course it is.

Fencer: I beg to differ. Here, in the FAQs, is the only place the word delete appears in the game deletion context, and there is no mention of paid-members-only availability. If it's supposed to be in Help, maybe it's in the missing contect to be added later?

WhiteTower: Why dont you just buy a Rook membership - then you wouldn't have such problems?

Bry: Lol. You've got to follow the conversations more closely. WhiteTower has no problem!

playBunny: lol - just briefly passed over the posts and obviously got my "sales" head on...

Still worth buying a Rook though...

Let's say the date is set to 31st 10 2005 and I want it to go back a month. I change the month to 9 and hit [Submit]. Instead of giving me the previous month, it discovers that the 9th doesn't have 31 days and sets the range to the player's entire span. This loses any other date parts that I've set. It would be nice if it could be forgiving and just set the days to the last day of the specified month.

It would be nice to have a dropdown list of shortcuts for the last week, two weeks, month, 3 months, 6 months and year, or some such selection.

kleineme: I see that ow you point it out ... I wonder how many others have missed that, which still puts in back in the "it would be nice" category. Just asking :)

Luke Skywalker: would this not be the same effect as playing an unrated game?(which already is possible here)

Bry: Not all of us really have the money to spare, I know the price isn't that much, but...

tinksbell: It's not the money in my case. I simply cannot afford the time needed for the amount of extra games and features at my disposal as a paid member. For me, let's leave it at that. I might reconsider once Greek Backgammon is fully introduced :)

WhiteTower: The three games that make up tavli were introduced to BK months ago but only those with at least Rook membership can play them. We've kept it a secret - a sort of surprise welcome for those that upgrade.
So, to find out if I'm telling the truth you're going to have to become a Rook.

Okay - I'm lying.

bumble: You were?? Then what was I playing all these months?? LOL

Bumble that little face of yours .. I wouldn't have been able to guess you would ever lie..

:)

SOCRATES: Can you post the rules to the Checkers discussion board?

nobleheart: In a training game you'd also want to go back and try different variations; i.e. you should be able to takeback moves. In backgammon that also includes "what if the dice had been", therefore the ability to change them.
The ability to "play" (i.e. analyze) such a game against yourself would be nice.

Luke Skywalker: I would like to see practice boards. I think we are talking about very similar ideas. I'd like to have a link on every game page that would take me to a practice board with the current position set. Then I could move both sides ahead and back a few moves. I could do this now on a real board (if I had one), so there is really no strategical change to the game by providing practice boards, but it would make investigating key moves much easier, and therefore fun. And isn't fun what this site is really all about? ;-)

With a graph showing the last two weeks, for example, the line starts at the origin and goes to the BKR of the first game after the start date of the period being looked at. It would be nice if the line came from the position of the BKR point of the last game prior to the period.

In the message box, I think it would be nice to have a "Delete and go to next message" button. Currently when you delete, you go back to your inbox.
Then, when there is no "next" message it could take you to the main in-box..

How about a link to the Rules page on a game's Ratings page?

playBunny: there is already a link to the rules pages on the main menu bar, isn't that close enough to the rules for that game?

Lots of "how about" and "wouldnt it be nice" here..how about you sell features Fencer..let people pay for all their "fancy features"...you could buy a new server within a month