playBunny: at least it was mostly a discussion on topic. :)

ColonelCrockett:

Princess Alison: wait, what's the topic of this board? ;)

ColonelCrockett: features, and smileys are features of brainking, or arent they?

Princess Alison: smiley's are a mandatory activity for every post. :)

ColonelCrockett:

ColonelCrockett: So where was yours?

alanback:

alanback: Hes not a paying member

alanback: I make the rules, therefore I'm above them, lol. :)

Princess Alison: he may not be a paying memeber but he can still use them by typing in the codes located at: http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=22

Atleast I think he can

Princess Alison: you can download a smilie(.gif)and embed it in an email or a word or html file.
I often do with templates for email,word.
can do the same with other files: .jpg .snd .wav .png
I think you can,but have never done with these files: .mpg .ram .tar .zip .ppt .wab

http://neptunecircle.com/forums/html/emoticons/grumpy.gif

http://www.hey-lisa.com/smilies/nopity.gif

http://www.mytreasurespot.com/spot/forums/smiley/pirate.gif

http://www.funwithmsn.com/msnsmileys/fun/old-man.gif

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http://www.mytreasurespot.com/cgi-bin/forums/smileyplus.cgi

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feature though...smilies are fun but what about stickmen,seriously.
some examples:
here.gif

http://ottawa-blues-jazz.ncf.ca/stickman2.gif

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they are not always easy to find I have a small collection.

I would like the ability to turn off the messages when you win or lose a game.

In games with screen editors it alwsays says editing his or her board. Most of the time the gender is known I would like to see it put the correct one in. I know it is small and unimportant but would be nice.

This is not general chat. Thank you for getting back on topic. And thanks in advance for staying that way!

mctrivia: This is trivial in English but can be more complicated in other languages. It won't be changed.

On the side bar it shows the number of new messages. This is great but if you join a Fellowship were you don't speek the main language and there is a discosion board in your language that one should show up if there is any new messages or atleast have the option to select which one or ones show up.

Here is a good connection game, from the inventor of Grand Chess:
Havannah
It has very simple rules (so even backgammonplayers could play it ) and great depth. It feels a bit like 'GO' but with the advantage it has fewer moves, simpler rules and no 'counting dead groups'-problem.

If there is going to be a connection game, I think this one would be a very good choice.

You can try the game yourself by copying the board and 'floodfill' with black and white in your paint program (that's how I play the game with Mirjam).

mctrivia: You can put it to your favourite boards.

Fwiffo: Christian Freeling had also suggested Dameo which is, as he said, one of his most interesting games.

Fencer: never thought of that. Thanks

Fencer: Although I personally don't like checker-games so much, it does seem like a nice game. It reminds me a bit of 'Frisian draughts'.
I have to look at it some more, play it with friends etc. It's amazing how many good games Christian Freeling has invented! I'm impressed.

[modified to correct link]

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/4155/battlegammon/BM.html

I wonder if this could maybe one day be one of brainking's variants to the site...
...any thoughts?

Fwiffo: I think Fencer has all the draughts(checkers) variations on his to-do list :)

Waiting games filter.

brainking is my fav site,love fencers game variations.
this one is unique,it appeals to back gammon players in its strategy:
http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/games/gamedetail.jsp?gtid=dvonn&page=rules
what do you think if it fencer?

After looking at a profile where the player had around 4000 games it sparked my curiosity as to whether there was a page which showed a list of players who had the most active games?? Maybe like the top 100..

I find having even 500 to be the extreme but 4000 whoa.. too much!

ScarletRose: Some people Like Fencer have played over 7000 games. Over 3 years(2002 to present) that isn't to unreasonable

mctrivia: SR is talking about "active" games, i.e. games played at once, right now.

Pedro Martínez: If she is indeed talking about currenly avtive games, then about the only use I can see for this suggestion is that it would create a watch-list of potential players to add to one'e enemies list, thus avoiding the frustration of playing games against opponents who don't actually know who they are playing against!
(I also get irritated playing against people who mindlessly wish "GL" every time a new games starts in a multi-game match, mostly completely unaware that the new game is actually an extension of the existing match, so all the niceties have already been exchanged, and I suspect that in most cases they are a part of this group.)

Pedro Martínez: ya I see that now. 4000 games that is rediculus. To make 1 move per day in each you could only take 21 secounds per move. And that doesn't consider sleep. 100 sec a move if you want 1 move a week and 8 hours sleep a day.

pgt: maybe its just me, but if it is a MULTI game match, then is not every game a new game in that match?

I always wish my opponent 'good luck' at the beginning of each game. .... even when I got trashed in the previous.

but, pgt, just for you, I promise to never wish you good luck.

Eriisa: I have amended my confusing English! Actually I am never offended if an opponent does not wish me good luck, because in most cases they would prefer all the good luck for themselves! Maybe something like "Have fun" or "Enjoy the match" would be less hypocrital

I agree, good luck at the start of the match is enough. It is one match, no need to keep saying good luck each time.

I'm not really bothered by it, but if I don't return the "gl" mid match you'll know why.

Hypercritical? does that not mean overly critical?

I believe you me hypocrit

http://www.dictionary.com is a good online English dictionary that might be of assistance to you

MiddyMcM: ROFL. And intolerance to spelling is perhaps a touch hypercritical?

(I jest)

MidnightMcMedic: I blush with shame! I have corrected my inexcuable mistake. speling is verry importnt, but nt as impotrant as vocbulry.

LOL I"m sorry pgt, I just say it and the medic in me took over. :)

How about allowing people to put a persons real name with there friends nick names. For example if I have Fencer in my friends list I could set his real name as "Filip Rachunek" and any time I read a post writen by Fencer or see a game created by him it would show up as Filip Rachunek(Fencer).

Would be nice if under setings you could set the type of games you are willing to play then only those games would show up in waiting games.

For example only games with time per move between 1 day and 7 days.

mctrivia: Have a look a the top of your friends list, you'll see a drop down box with all your friends listed, and 'change description' next to it. You can add notes about them there which then appears on the list, so you could put their real name, and if they ever change their username you'll still know who they are!

It would be cool if there was a link on each stair you are in, showing you all games (and who they were against), you have played in that specific Stairs.

harley: Yes I saw this but what I was sugesting would show up on boards and game listing as well not just my friends list.

mctrivia: Some real names are very loooooong and it wouldn't look nice in the game table. That's why the user name length is limited to 15 letters.

Fencer: Well then just limit it to 15 letters for this also. If I could see "Mark D" instead of sdgjksdgetj(not actual user name) it would be a lot easier. I don't need to see his whole name. Just something a little easier for me to recognice then the silly name he put in.

mctrivia: But many users put silly names even to the "first name" and "last name" fields.