Andersp: but he'd never get any sleep, LOL.

ColonelCrockett: dont forget Liquid

Andersp: Good idea. How much would you pay for a feature?
Warning: Auto-pass is worth one million Euro.

ColonelCrockett: To get to the game's rules it's necessary to 1) Scroll the Ratings page down so that the Games Rules link is visible, 2) Move the mouse there and click, 3) Wait for the games list to appear, 4) Hunt for the game in question (in a most disordered list), 5) Click the link.

Compare that to having a direct link right there in the Ratings page's header ...

I'm a one-click kinda guy. ;-)

Andersp: You might be saying that as a joke but it's a good idea. Charge a cent per month for all the little bells and whistles. Allow people to choose which they want ... it'll soon add up.

Fencer: it depends on the feature . . . ;)

Fencer: Ok..i do the Norweigian translation for autopass..deal?

playBunny: hehe, you mean your as lazy as most of us? (myself included). I guess I have no life but the extra few seconds of clicking and navigating for "ratings to rules" really doesn't matter to me . . . however, the "game to rules" link is a must (especially when I can't remeber is a dog can eat a wolf in jungle, LOL).

Andersp: I want a Georgian translation. And Klingon, of course.

Fencer: the romulans and borg will just have to translate themselves, LOL.

Fencer: Havent finished my Georgian class yet :(

easier to start a collection...10000 players x 100 Euro ..then we can buy autopass!!

Do not pay 10,000 Euros for auto pass yet - I heard that around Christmas, Fencer will have a 10% off sale for auto pass - I would wait until then!

Fencer: Klingon. I LOVE that idea! Hilarious! ;-)

Thad: Klingon language.

Fencer: Is Greek in progress yet?

Fencer: ..looks easier than Norweigian

Andersp: Try Irish or Hungarian, even worse!

Just for fun, here are a couple of possible transliterations of BrainKing in:

(Greek) ΜπραιινΚ&
#953;νγκ
(Russian) БрэинКи
нг
(Irish) BrénCiong

I know that we can eliminate the menus on the left in our game screen setup, but could we also have an option to eliminate all the game stats information if we don't want to see it?

...but read today about this varation"chouette".fencer have you ever heard of this?what do you think about it?

Nobleheart - I never read about this , could you add a address where you read about it ?

Maxxina: Here's one site that talks about it.
http://www.bkgm.com/rules/chouette.html

Is it a good idea to give move numbers in the game chat? When someone says: "Your last move was good" you know after a month still which move he means... Especially for teaching games it would be a fine feature:)

Maxxina:
http://www.bkgm.com/rules/chouette.html
http://www.gamesgrid.com/backgammon/rules.html
http://www.gammonitis.com/backgammon_rules.htm
http://www.bginga.com/chouette.html

Mirjam: I do an occasional tutorial or commented game and that would be most useful.

playBunny: Don't hold your breath. This would be easy to implement and would help a lot. It has been asked for before. :-(

Thad: Isn't it just as easy(or easier) to type the move number in the chat yourself?

tinksbell: It would be easiest if BK did it automatically.

Thad: For who? Fencer?

Pedro Martínez: Us!

On the crosstable page for a particular tournament, I would like to see a way for the person who hosted the tournament to send a message to the participants, to keep them updated on the progress of the games, to alert the players to particularly interesting games, to say after x weeks/months how many games are completed, who is making it to play-offs, etc. in order to give the tournament players a sense of "community" within that particular competition. What do you think? It would be similar in approach to the Fellowship Big Bosses sending blanket statements to their members. From the action board of the Tournament Crosstable, the host could communicate to the players who joined the tourney. Thoughts?

Nasmichael: It might be easier to create a discussion board for each tournament (which would be closed after the tournament is finished).

Fencer: Is there a way to have a discussion board while the tournament is running? That way comments that are made as periodic updates could be posted immediately. I am not sure how many folks would come to the discussion boards after the fact. The community could surprise me, though. Thoughts?

Nasmichael: The only problem with that (well, maybe notthe olny one, but something that occurred to me) is how do you let players know that there are new messages? Do you add these tournament boards to a player's favorite? What if a player doesn't want that done? Asside from programming for that issue, it seems like a great idea!

Thad: An indicator of new messages can be shown on the game page if it belongs to the tournament.

Mirjam: Good suggestion! I play many lesson games and would also benefit from this.

Fencer: Good solution.

nobleheart:
http://www.bkgm.com/variants/Chouette.html
another link about 'chouette' variant... those interested should look at the bottom of the page and find many more variations of 'gammon games and maybe direct the powers that be on BK in this direction. if BK ever wanted to cater to their gammon players, as they do to their chess players, this would be a good place to get some ideas... :o)

it may be an interesting feature to show who offers to teach a game, of course they can only charge a fee if they pay Fencer.

Heres a good one I havent heard before....
When you check on your online opponents, it would be nice to be able to send them a PM just like they were part of your fellowship. Something like "hey I am here, if anyone wants to play"

Czuch isn't that what the green dot is for? To let everyone know you're online?

Czuch Chuckers: Yeah... know. But sometimes it feels like a personal message works better to get a couple of moves from someone than just a green dot ;)

When moving in a game you can set the default action to 'Stay Here' or @Go to main page' etc

Is it possible to set a default action for a particular game type?

Example, When playing Battleboats I like to 'Stay Here' and see what / if i hit anything. But other games i like to go to main page?

:)

Badinage: that's not a bad idea. My default setting is "go to main page" but for dark battleboats (variant of choice) I change the setting to "stay here" I'd like to be able to "set it and forget it". LOL :)

ColonelCrockett: paying members have this option already as a default setting ;))))))))))

when setting up a new game for the waiting area we can pick the bkr range but only in full 100 divisions would this be possible to include 50's inbetween too , sometimes 100 ponts is alot to try and jump

Jason: I believe it's not true.

well i certainly can move on a game and set it as default to stay there ;)

Jason: well then, I should upgrade! believe me, as soon as the "extra" funds roll in I have that plan, I wanna be here a long time! I love this site!

;)