i still have no idea what a pond is, nor how it works, even after reading the rules..what is bid on, and i am confused...but, then, i'm getting to that age where that happens alot...can someone please tell me where to find a spoon, so that i can be spoon fed???

http://www.ijcai.org/papers/0518.pdf

This one goes into some detail that might be useful.

rabbitoid: LOL

Maxxina: That's the fault of the Euro, the exchange rate is crazy again

yeaa safe is 55 - 56 not for long . :)

48 to start is too low a bid these days now!

Bernice : cool prize :)

BerniceC: LOL - I understand the prize is "right up Pedro's street"...

well.....this is a Queensland prize......HAHAHAHA

It is a shower pack....Sea Spa Body Scrub...Seal Spa Body Lotion....Sea Spa Body Wash it also has a Lobster Mest Beach Bag....I know there are no beaches In Czech :) But there is also a lovely blue swimmer crab as a Key ring....and a real big red lobster for a shower companion HAHAHAHAHA

I bought this present before I realized that Czech wasnt on the coast line but it can be used in the shower.....it is a FUN pressie :)

I hope he likes it, as Im sure he will..

PEDRO.....I will save this for about a fortnight- 3 weeks as I want you to be home when it arrives :)

(((HUGS)))

Bernice

Bernice - what does PM win ?

to Pedro Martinez :)

On winning the prize pond for Fathers day :)

Please PM me your address and I will send your pressie :)

Im back :] 2700 i like that number

Can we not restrict entry to a Pond by BKR? i.e Min or Max BKR to sign up like normal tournaments?

Vikings: LOL I found that out. So if I bid way over it will use that bid until I run out of points or fall in the pond. I think, I have it. Right now I seem to be falling in on my own. I may not have many to worry about when I leave the last week of Aug. LOL Thanks Vikings.
BARB

Pbarb2: there's nothing to look for, it will automatically use your last bid over and over until you fall in, just make your last bid before you go higher and your set.

I see what you are saying now. I think it could save a couple of mine anyway. My hubby didn't tell me we were going to go anywhere when I signed up for them. With my arm problem we were kind of living day to day for awhile. I only have two more moves on the one I am winning so will be here yet. :)
OK, will go look for the auto thing. Thank you all very much for your help.
BARB

Vikings: OK, I posted it on the Feature Request board and directed Fencer here for any additional imput. The more I think about it, the better I like the idea.

Walter Montego: good idea, why don't you post it on feature request board?

grenv: Works for me. It'd be a nice easy set up on one's game page too. It should certainly make things fair for everyone and lessen the burden on the person that has a true emergency or unexpected absense come up. Though I doubt if it help someone to play 10 moves in advance, it could at least save them a few points in a game and they could still have a chance after missing a move or two for some unforeseen reason.

Walter Montego: Actually that's a great idea. In fact why not be able to set all the rounds, with the option of changing them any time.

BIG BAD WOLF: You know, it'd be nice if one could bid more than one round in advance. This would certainly give you a sporting chance when you have to be on vacation or when an emergency happens. Say eight days or four rounds which ever takes the most days on the calendar?

Pbarb2: Yea, like Czuch said - if you know you are going to be gone for a few turns in a pond, you can bid a higher amount of points (which will be auto-bid for you any rounds that you don't enter anything for) - which may keep you in the ponds until you get back - but the down side is you lose a lot of points so. (So if you think a good bid for the current round will be 100, but the next round after that may be 200 but you will not be around - you can bid 250-300 that way you hope your auto-bids will keep you in the game for a little bit.)

Pbarb2: I think some people make extra high bids, then lett it auto-play before they are away..... sometimes you can stay in the game a bit longer than just not playing any moves for awhile.

Do you know anything about that?

what do you mean ?

Maxxina: Thanks.. I thought hrqis said he set something and his ponds were still going. A bid thing I thought it was. I know that is not a vacation thing. Do you know anything about that?
BARB

yeaa , no vacations for ponds pbarb . na vacations . Sorry

THere is no way to set a vacation for ponds. Am I right? In other words I lose over 20 ponds. Well I guess thats better than 90 I once had. LOL I am going down in them anyway for some reason.

Bry: Thnx Bry... I think you are right...

Scooter: i think it bets everything they have then.

What happens if a player skips a turn (is not able to make a bet) and the points that he has left over isn't as much as he bet last round? Is there a default action for this?

22 Hours left to join,all are welcome.

Mike.:o)

Pedro Martínez: dang, I missed it by 4 BKR points

Vikings: got to change my prediction, in 10 days aissi will become #1, arpa #2.

So it's vice versa...:)

3rd out of 249 players, BKR change +93. I was hoping for a little better, but that is not such a bad place to end up (2518) considering in this last week I finished last, 2nd to last twice, and 3rd to last. I thought I would end up around 2300

grenv: but even so, 250-odd players.

it just seems such a waste of time over the last year or so really trying hard to stay as long as possible, especially when my first bet was over 1000.

Bry: But most of the players you beat are unrated or rated a long way below you.

Pond: The very first run

The pond is finished. Your final position is 13 out of 249 players.

Your BKR change: old BKR = 2441, new BKR = 2499 (+58)


58+ BKR for finishing above 250+ players, and only below 12 is Garbage.

Maxxina: Yea, I'm sure there are a few that are a little off.

Like Vikings - if you look at his BKR for the past 2 days, you will find out that he most likely gained 92 BKR from the first pond, not actually lose BKR.

http://brainking.com/en/BKRGraph?df=1&mf=8&yf=2005&dt=3&mt=8&yt=2005&submit=Submit&u=264&tp=1000

BBW - i just lost 29 points . Not 59 :] another pond finish in time and there i lost that another point

5 biggest gainers:

24 blizz . . . 393
49 Liquid . . . 417
14 volant . . . 431
25 evajitka . . . 441
9 Antje . . . 508

And the 5 biggest losers:

199 Jigsaw . . . -729
199 Scooter . . . -582
199 cardinal . . . -524
199 oldhamgirl . . . -509
199 tonyh . . . -508

Ouch.. I suppose it would probably have helped had I played in even more games?? I went down 249.. hehe oh well.. just a game..

Pedro Martínez: I would suspect that Vikings probable went down in a different pond, then actually gained back on this pond to end up with a net -3.

(Since I actually took the "Old BKR" about 24 hours ago.)

OMG, Vikings was 3rd and lost 3 points!!! LOL

At least you were not the one that lost over 700 BKR!

Full List of ratings change: (NOTE: other ponds which were completed in the last day may "mess" up this chart a little.)

PLACE USER OLD BKR NEW BKR CHANGE
1 WhisperzQ 2127 . . . 2318 . . . 191
2 Walter Montego 1945 . . . 2212 . . . 267
3 Vikings 2518 . . . 2515 . . . -3
4 aissi 2605 . . . 2659 . . . 54
5 fra 2220 . . . 2350 . . . 130
6 BIG BAD WOLF 2543 . . . 2600 . . . 57
7 arpa 2603 . . . 2663 . . . 60
8 pawnme 2112 . . . 2276 . . . 164
9 Antje 1556 . . . 2064 . . . 508
10 PrettyBlueEyes unrated . . . unrated . . . x
11 Mely 2544 . . . 2588 . . . 44
12 andreas unrated . . . 2057 . . . x
13 Bry 2441 . . . 2499 . . . 58
14 volant 1555 . . . 1986 . . . 431
15 Londo 2400 . . . 2463 . . . 63
16 529 2026 . . . 2218 . . . 192
17 Flake 2303 . . . 2378 . . . 75
18 Mike UK 2424 . . . 2480 . . . 56
19 Windy 2113 . . . 2040 . . . -73
20 zockerdotcom 2336 . . . 2397 . . . 61
21 Hrqls 2481 . . . 2513 . . . 32
22 kitti 2050 . . . 2204 . . . 154
23 Daniel Snyder 2061 . . . 2205 . . . 144
24 blizz 1613 . . . 2006 . . . 393
25 evajitka 1399 . . . 1840 . . . 441
26 Venuse 1841 . . . 2072 . . . 231
27 lovelysharon unrated . . . 2009 . . . x
28 Brian1971 2207 . . . 2287 . . . 80
29 Molly 1873 . . . 2174 . . . 301
30 Blackadder Mr K unrated . . . unrated . . . x
31 ruby2shoes 1743 . . . 1986 . . . 243
32 Shaun unrated . . . 1992 . . . x
32 Jofaserimon 1789 . . . 2016 . . . 227
34 KATIKA 1539 . . . 1911 . . . 372
35 Erinity 2225 . . . 2273 . . . 48
36 Tuesday 1736 . . . 1964 . . . 228
37 Maxxina 2600 . . . 2541 . . . -59
38 CindySki unrated . . . unrated . . . x
39 txaggie 1468 . . . 1843 . . . 375
40 Pawnchucker unrated . . . unrated . . . x
40 Arctic Warrior 2315 . . . 2373 . . . 58
42 bwildman 1988 . . . 2115 . . . 127
43 zetes 1712 . . . 1933 . . . 221
44 Stardust unrated . . . 1953 . . . x
44 beaupol 2087 . . . 2164 . . . 77
46 SueQ 1812 . . . 1945 . . . 133
46 Hasurami unrated . . . unrated . . . x
48 eleonora 1508 . . . 1846 . . . 338
49 Liquid 1519 . . . 1936 . . . 417
50 Bluefin 2117 . . . 2256 . . . 139
50 Watson 1608 . . . 1931 . . . 323
52 xenia unrated . . . unrated . . . x
53 TaureanTracker unrated . . . unrated . . . x
54 Tina Maurencova 1926 . . . 2093 . . . 167
55 beach 1834 . . . 1977 . . . 143
56 Stevie 1932 . . . 2040 . . . 108
57 pgt 1920 . . . 2028 . . . 108
58 red kite unrated . . . unrated . . . x
59 Fencer 2139 . . . 2226 . . . 87
59 Jason 2503 . . . 2423 . . . -80
59 NOT a floosie 1793 . . . 1936 . . . 143
62 mumbles unrated . . . unrated . . . x
63 panda unrated . . . unrated . . . x
63 Nirvana 1304 . . . 1650 . . . 346
65 dexter 2538 . . . 2466 . . . -72
65 jryden unrated . . . unrated . . . x
67 Taliesin 1665 . . . 1881 . . . 216
68 angeliki unrated . . . unrated . . . x
69 rod03801 1774 . . . 1848 . . . 74
70 rabbitoid 2534 . . . 2413 . . . -121
70 MidnightMcMedic 1126 . . . 1496 . . . 370
70 Czuch Chuckers 2381 . . . 2295 . . . -86
70 Universal Eyes 1445 . . . 1782 . . . 337
70 agentura office unrated . . . unrated . . . x
70 Monica 2486 . . . 2342 . . . -144
76 Goonerg 2344 . . . 2229 . . . -115
76 BerniceC 2518 . . . 2408 . . . -110
76 Doris unrated . . . unrated . . . x
76 rebelyell 1588 . . . 1813 . . . 225
76 Jannssen 2687 . . . 2521 . . . -166
76 Nothingness 2267 . . . 2185 . . . -82
76 Gus unrated . . . unrated . . . x
83 munwest 1562 . . . 1774 . . . 212
83 Czechgirl 1316 . . . 1594 . . . 278
83 Bobes 1996 . . . 1994 . . . -2
86 Mach Machovic 2132 . . . 2073 . . . -59
87 lindaw4 1622 . . . 1785 . . . 163
88 Thad 2061 . . . 2014 . . . -47
88 fxdirect 1935 . . . 1811 . . . -124
88 RamblinMan unrated . . . unrated . . . x
88 Pedro Martínez 2545 . . . 2395 . . . -150
88 sarok 1558 . . . 1666 . . . 108
88 Gabby 2115 . . . 2089 . . . -26
94 bumble 1600 . . . 1772 . . . 172
94 Eriisa 1312 . . . 1557 . . . 245
94 Milioi 1339 . . . 1577 . . . 238
97 stromovous 1292 . . . 1533 . . . 241
98 Rose 2043 . . . 2042 . . . -1
98 Luisifer 2031 . . . 1971 . . . -60
98 furbster 2446 . . . 2271 . . . -175
98 Labbeda 1888 . . . 1878 . . . -10
102 RamblinMaam unrated . . . unrated . . . x
102 NAZARETSKY unrated . . . unrated . . . x
104 stod unrated . . . unrated . . . x
104 Borek unrated . . . 1759 . . . x
106 grenv 2343 . . . 2169 . . . -174
106 Jirik 1842 . . . 1758 . . . -84
108 Mishaq 1317 . . . 1511 . . . 194
108 Jules 1909 . . . 1859 . . . -50
108 Chessmaster1000 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
108 Sinay 1836 . . . 1809 . . . -27
108 PhatPlaya 1849 . . . 1819 . . . -30
108 MariaAnna 1995 . . . 1912 . . . -83
114 harley 2090 . . . 2015 . . . -75
114 Krecik 2127 . . . 1982 . . . -145
116 drgnrdr 2195 . . . 2025 . . . -170
116 cariad unrated . . . 1714 . . . x
116 Partica 1476 . . . 1710 . . . 234
116 myfanwy unrated . . . unrated . . . x
116 Cat 62 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
116 smelly socks unrated . . . unrated . . . x
116 paco unrated . . . unrated . . . x
123 Foxy Lady 1992 . . . 1894 . . . -98
123 OldDear unrated . . . unrated . . . x
125 Lawless unrated . . . unrated . . . x
126 Bad Bishop 1856 . . . 1698 . . . -158
127 nickchanger unrated . . . unrated . . . x
128 Goldarrows 1889 . . . 1794 . . . -95
129 slunecko unrated . . . unrated . . . x
130 goose15 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
131 Niki unrated . . . unrated . . . x
132 mafea unrated . . . unrated . . . x
133 piercedlbc unrated . . . unrated . . . x
134 KevSpa unrated . . . unrated . . . x
134 fanciann unrated . . . unrated . . . x
136 whatdidyousay unrated . . . unrated . . . x
137 gekrompen hoofd unrated . . . unrated . . . x
138 alesh unrated . . . unrated . . . x
139 Bratr 1892 . . . 1759 . . . -133
139 reza unrated . . . unrated . . . x
139 Cerise 1633 . . . 1650 . . . 17
142 Kevin unrated . . . unrated . . . x
142 MadMonkey 1741 . . . 1631 . . . -110
142 trepil unrated . . . unrated . . . x
142 WizardII 1775 . . . 1634 . . . -141
142 scousegit unrated . . . unrated . . . x
142 MagicDragon 1513 . . . 1546 . . . 33
142 Ebru 1781 . . . 1665 . . . -116
149 white unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 angelmouse unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 CaoZ unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 RAHVIN666 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 TheViper unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 neznalek unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 plaintiger 1781 . . . 1632 . . . -149
149 ocnibulva unrated . . . unrated . . . x
149 pattypoo 1825 . . . 1603 . . . -222
149 CindyInTN 1936 . . . 1747 . . . -189
149 Gror 1398 . . . 1430 . . . 32
149 SG1fan 1750 . . . 1485 . . . -265
149 NikNack 1700 . . . 1576 . . . -124
162 bene unrated . . . unrated . . . x
163 ScarletRose 2059 . . . 1810 . . . -249
164 Matarilevich 2700 . . . 2287 . . . -413
165 Alex unrated . . . unrated . . . x
166 Feathersword unrated . . . unrated . . . x
167 chessmec unrated . . . unrated . . . x
168 whikki 1473 . . . 1440 . . . -33
168 Nightstorm 1856 . . . 1647 . . . -209
168 Rex Nihilo unrated . . . unrated . . . x
171 SolidGold unrated . . . unrated . . . x
172 Caissus unrated . . . unrated . . . x
173 loggerhead unrated . . . unrated . . . x
174 frolind unrated . . . unrated . . . x
174 Peeky 1541 . . . 1538 . . . -3
176 Anatole unrated . . . unrated . . . x
177 mrbugs001 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
177 temo unrated . . . unrated . . . x
179 num1fire unrated . . . unrated . . . x
180 Summertop unrated . . . unrated . . . x
181 Cookie 1398 . . . 1345 . . . -53
181 maria unrated . . . unrated . . . x
181 rozi 1660 . . . 1539 . . . -121
184 Serendipity 1384 . . . 1504 . . . 120
185 Dolittle unrated . . . unrated . . . x
185 Egzot unrated . . . unrated . . . x
185 Andersp unrated . . . unrated . . . x
185 redsales 2255 . . . 1884 . . . -371
185 Oliveira 1300 . . . 1495 . . . 195
190 clean4today unrated . . . unrated . . . x
190 TexasToest 1814 . . . 1542 . . . -272
190 Dakota Spring unrated . . . unrated . . . x
190 HEATHER unrated . . . unrated . . . x
194 SunFire unrated . . . unrated . . . x
194 glena unrated . . . 1478 . . . x
196 CurrentRiver 2083 . . . 1698 . . . -385
196 Skyking 1835 . . . 1543 . . . -292
196 B Crow 1240 . . . 1179 . . . -61
199 faith 1425 . . . 1234 . . . -191
199 tonyh 2431 . . . 1923 . . . -508
199 MsDelete unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 TheBig O 2055 . . . 1616 . . . -439
199 JAGR 1664 . . . 1385 . . . -279
199 Martyc41265 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 cardinal 2336 . . . 1812 . . . -524
199 wekke unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Scooter 2416 . . . 1834 . . . -582
199 HoneyLo 1231 . . . 1088 . . . -143
199 goodfoods 1839 . . . 1377 . . . -462
199 youbet 1278 . . . 1120 . . . -158
199 diogenes 1546 . . . 1321 . . . -225
199 zdezve unrated . . . 1380 . . . x
199 spocko 1882 . . . 1494 . . . -388
199 lindaiscool unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 akes unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Cannibal unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Hannelore 1932 . . . 1534 . . . -398
199 Fiona 1738 . . . 1385 . . . -353
199 Crazy Judd 1029 . . . 946 . . . -83
199 The Leprachaun unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Mary Jo unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 American Girl unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Rimon unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 wiktor256 unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 DesertStarr unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Cole unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 NOMOEO unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 gasper unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Ripley 1457 . . . 1253 . . . -204
199 teenangel unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 amber spyglass unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Miro007 unrated . . . 1381 . . . x
199 SMART ALX 1772 . . . 1414 . . . -358
199 cctiger2000 1949 . . . 1545 . . . -404
199 oldhamgirl 2188 . . . 1679 . . . -509
199 Gester unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 rshenderovsky unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 Basic01 2073 . . . 1573 . . . -500
199 MASTERMIND 1759 . . . 1416 . . . -343
199 Amandakmg365 1818 . . . 1389 . . . -429
199 mcpeak1969 2171 . . . 1730 . . . -441
199 Jigsaw 2129 . . . 1400 . . . -729
199 Priscilla 1599 . . . 1368 . . . -231
199 Key McKinnis 1290 . . . 1131 . . . -159
199 Konrad 1555 . . . 1381 . . . -174
199 THE HIT MAN unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 jelly unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 tycho unrated . . . unrated . . . x
199 berusik unrated . . . unrated . . . x

Matarilevich: -413

Pedro Martínez: -102 ouchie

-172, that's not that bad...:)

Pedro Martínez (and BBW): Thanks ... I wonder if my next win will take as long? ... WQ