When I get back I will send a e-mail to where we can go and play... I will teach you... OK...

Daniel Snyder:
Great !
I will wait for you,,,,

It would be nice to have an option by which you can download all your chess games (present and past) in PGN format instead of one by one, as it works now.

Matarilevich: I secound that. Now if only I knew how to use PGN format.

mctrivia: PGN is human-readable, so one way to use it is simply to open the file in any text editor: you'll find some information identifying the game and a list of the moves in Standard Algebraic Notation. Also, most chess programs (e.g. XBoard/WinBoard) will let you view and save games as PGN.

I'm also in favor of Matarilevich's suggestion, especially since the PGN format allows one to store many games in a single file. Perhaps it would also be nice to be able to download all the games from a particular tournament at once.

While we're on the topic of PGN, I'd like to repeat my request that the PGN files for chess variants identify the variant being played by using the "Variant" tag (and in the case of games with different starting positions, the "SetUp" and "FEN" tags).

have you ever seen these games?:
mille bourne
painted yatzee
capture the flag

nobleheart: Actually... why has NO other site implemented Yahtzee yet??? Come on, Fencer, it's your chance to pioneer once again :)

WhiteTower: You can't call it Yahtzee because that is a registered trademark . . . but you can call it yacht, etc.

alanback: I would like to see "GO" on here. I want to learn it but don't want to go to any other site then Brain King.



Is there any chance that users could make there own emoticons and submit them for aprovel?

mctrivia: IIRC, Fencer is in the process of implementing go, but to make the software to do the point/territory counting is basically one step away from making an AI to play go, so it's a non-trivial task to implement the finer points of the game.

jurek: cool. Fencer is the best.

In the tournaments where brains are the prize, it tells you what each position will win when you are signing up. However, once the tournament starts, this information seems to disappear. (Unless I'm not looking in the right place! lol) Could this information please be on that tournaments page? (Where you see the chart of players) It is certainly not hard to figure out, but it would be nice to be able to see it at a glance..
:-)

Blackadder Mr K:
http://playgo.to/interactive/
When I learned to play Go, this interactive tutorial was very useful for learning the rules and first basics.

yahtzee, would be great, obviously lots of luck is involved but it's fun all the same!

rod03801: brain tournaments. IT should show the payout at the minimum start amount until the minimum number of people sign up.

I.E. if atleast 4 people have to sign up before it will start at 100 brains each and 50% for the 1st place winer the first 4 people should see 200 brains as the payot for the first place winer.

mctrivia: HUH??? All I am saying is that I am in a brain tournament that is already running, and it would be nice to be able to click on the link to the tourney and be reminded what the pay out is for 1st 2nd and 3rd place.. The information was there before the tourney started, now I don't see it anywhere. Again, it is easy enough for me to multiply the entry fee by the number of people in it and figure out the percentage, but it would be nice to be able to see it at a glance..

rod03801: I am talking about before the tournament starts. The tournament will not start without a minimum number of people so I think that Brain King should show the payout calculated on whichever is hier the number of people signed up or the minimum number of people for the tournament to start.

I agrea once it has started that it should still show the prize payout.

furbster: Kismet is a Yahtzee type game played with fived colored dice as in Yahtzee that used play years ago. It had flushed in addition to the usual Yahtzee hands. Multiple bonuses too. I haven't played that in over twenty years.

Another dice game I know by the name of "Dice" is a pretty good game. Aces are 100 points, 5's are 50, a three of a kind rolled at once is 100 times the number with aces being 1000. You play until 5,000 or 10,000. The first time you score has to be 500. After that you can score any amount and keep it or continue to roll. Keeping your turn as long as at least one die scores points. If all five score points you get an extra turn to roll all of them and keep adding the points. Always at risk if you fail to score. Knowing when to stop and collect your points scored so far is the key to winning. It's mostly a lucky game too.

And there's the dice game of "Poker" that I've seen played in taverns from time to time.

Walter Montego: Cool, they both sound fun!

Walter Montego: The second dice game you mentioned is basically, Farkel. Everyone has their own version, but the basic version uses 6 dice. It is a very fun game and would work well on this site. Instructions can be found on the internet. Just search for "Farkel Rules". Here is what I found: Basic Rules. I, personally, have my own "house" rules that I would be happy to share (ask for them in a PM) with Fencer.

Summertop: I went to your link. This Farkel is very similiar to Dice. I clicked the next link a couple times and it had an Australian 5 dice game called "Keepers" This game is exactly the game I described except that it counts a straight as points. Both Farkel and Keepers count the straight or run. Farkel might be the better game. I haven't played Dice in a long time. I might just add an extra die to my five and give it a go the next time we all want to play something that even drunks can play and have fun. Though I still think Chess and Beer is a good game. :)

you had asked if i thought an asterick on the drop down box would be good to show the players that are on line, i think that a dot or star would be better, cause the tourns. show the astericks in the drop down box. it is just my thoughts.
thx. ellie

ellieoop: You can't have "pictures" in the drop down box - so maybe something like a " - " or a " + " or something like that for different types of games would work.

sure, anything other then the asterick, then we could see the difference. have to wait and see what fencer thinks.
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ellieoop: There are other ascii characters that arn't considered graphics: ♠♡♣♤♥♦♧
☺☻★☆☉☎S
59;☞☜♨ܢܫ⌠&
#8993;★☆

Summertop: Those aren't ASCII characters. It's possible to use Unicode characters in a menu, but it might cause problems for users with older browsers.

i like the X, and the black star, they would show up real good. i'm sure fencer will come up with something that will be easy to see. i think it would be a good addition to the drop down box.

i can see neither the x or the black star on teh list below?

Using Numbers or colored frogs?

Just as a matter of interest on the paid membership page, would it be possible underneath the knight, rook, maharajah to show how many of the 'forever' kind there are!

furbster: Possible.

alanback: we could call it brainzee

On 'Statistics' page in addition of all listed running games, I'd like to see a list of players involved in each type of game.

Also number of players per country for each game would be nice. It will give an indication of how popular each given game in given country.

eagle eye: actually the number in a specific country is unimportant unless you compare it with the countries population, the % of population with internet access, and the number of population old enough to move a mouse . . . I don't see a real reason to know how many players from a specific country there are playing a specific game. (half the time players forget to input their country anyway)

ColonelCrockett: Also, the country I put up is my country of origin, not the country I presently live.

grenv: I never thought of that . . . that makes the whole thing more complicated.

eagle eye: If you click on the games on that statistics page, it shows you all the games currently running.

Let the players put the frogs on... An idea...

Daniel Snyder: With my dial up connection it'll take me, saaaaaay, a week?

رضا: Just a thought... What about having an option of using color numbers besides frogs...

رضا: Even better, combine the Battle boats theme and take turns placing one froggie at the time!



no, I am NOT serious.

Eriisa: . That could be a new variant, Froglet Patience.

playBunny: You could have a reverse froglet/solitaire, where you put them back on and it could be called tadpole. LOL

playBunny: Or maybe you put them on, then your opponent ha steh option to remove them one by one ...... Then you put them back again :-)

In the fellowships, where it shows the team members...

1. It would be nice to have a link by each team member's name to allow an easy way to send them a PM.

2. It would be nice to have another link that will send a PM to ALL team members.

That way the captain could ask the team questions about challenging another fellowship's team to a tournamnent. Individual players could announce to the team the status of their games.

Summertop: I second that..... (As I get ready to go through and send each team player a PM)

Summertop: Plus in addition to that:

3. It would also be nice to know when someone new joins the team. I'm currently tryint to figure out what all my team players like so I do not end up picking someone who really does not want to play in a certain type of game - and if someone new joins after this point, I might miss them completly when choosing teams.

BIG BAD WOLF: OOh, yeah...Plus:

4: Nice to see the last time they access brainkink. don't want someone on your team that hasn't been on BK for months.

5) Nice to have a new server to cover this additional load.

Summertop: At least that is a good thing that I have to go through each person individually to send a message to - it also allows me to look at "last login date"

On a very positive note, it looks like that any pawns who are members of your fellowship no longer show up in the teams. That is good because I did not really want to through pawns out in case they renew their membership.