Bernice: There is no reason to use secure protocol on public pages :-) But after you log in, evrerything is done through https. I would use it on BK as well but the certificate is too expensive [800 USD a year].

Btw, there is one interesting paragraph regarding credit card payments on moneybookers.com:

"Your customers can pay you immediately via credit card, even if they are not yet registered with Moneybookers. All they need is to have their mobile phone ready to allow us an instant transaction authorisation during the payment process."

How many people would provide their cell phone number for this reason?

Bernice: Who doesn't have https? Moneybookers have it.

They want to verify your identity by faxing or e-mailing a copy of ID card with photo. I did it yesterday, now waiting for a response.

Hmmm, what if I give some bonus for people who register there instead of on PayPal? :-)

Unrated games show up on statistics.

Congrats Kevin and thanks for your great support :-)
Now, let me describe my current problem. I am not satisfied with Swreg.org where I keep my e-store to process BK membership payments. That's why I am currently looking for an alternative.
PayPal is not possible, for some strange reason our country is not in their list of eligible countries.
However, I've found MoneyBookers.com which is suited especially for international users [me] and looks very interesting. Does anybody have experiences with them?

Good idea BBW.

I'm not going to answer such ridiculous questions again. Read the backgammon rules. Is there anything about paying members?

Can you stop this off-topic discussion, please?

The rules were not changed, only completed.

It was a joke. Illegal moves should not be possible to do [except some special cases, fixed in BK 2.0].

Lythande: Done.
Backoff: Who makes an illegal move, loses the game and also one or two othes ones, randomly picked :-D

Okay, let's add a rule of player losing a game when he cannot make a legal move. Black wins in this case.

The subject is closed.

Erika: That's fine. I hope you understand what I meant. Thanks Pedro :-)

It makes no change to my decision.

Okay, let me SHORTLY answer some questions:

1) About allowing pawns to post on boards - NO. Not before BK 2.0 with new anti-spam functionality developed by myself is ready to be launched. Otherwise it would be too risky. You know why.

2) About banned users - yes, I did it. The reason is partially The Cave, partially other things that would be too difficult to explain to everyone. Yes, I can hear protests like "what other things?" and "explain everything!" but the things are far more complicated than they seem to be, especially during several past days. It's not just about two or three users, it's about the whole BrainKing itself. And BrainKing as a site for everyone [EVERYONE!] is always my top priority. And everybody knows that it doesn't mean just pressing the BAN button and forgeting, I always look for the best solution. Even for certain former user who is successfully trying all possible ways to forget about him forever.

3) About Harley and speculations about her - yes, I've asked her to help me. Why? It's dead simple - I cannot do everything at once. However, nobody [NOBODY!] has an access to my message box or any other message box, such speculations are ridiculous [and not for the first time, remember?]. You can imagine that my message box is really full or questions of all kinds, it's impossible to answer everything and have some time for work. Moreover, Harley is better in English than me [obviously] and when I ask her to reply to several questions instead of me [with no private information released, of course], it can be only helpful, especially when my misunderstanding of one of Steve's questions was an unwanted source of the mentioned speculations.

4) About The Cave - yes, I've deleted it. I admit that mistakes happened on all sides but after posting several warnings and expressing my displeasure with its content, I've been expecting that the fellowship creator will ask me to "clean up" its membership and leave only "hard boys" there. Unfortunatelly it never happened, the hints were probably not clear enough. However, lots of frequent boards are to be kind of cleared as well due to technical reasons [BrainKing database is growing too fast and we don't have unlimited resources].

5) About me playing games - is it a crime to play games on my own site? That's one of the main reasons why I had created it :-) And I am used to work and play at once, fast playing without complicated thinking is the best way for me to work more effeciently, whether you believe it or not. Furthermore, I've read that some users think that it's the reason of me not answering some messages. Wrong. I've answered so many questions and messages inside and outside BrainKing that I would deserve a month vacation. And not everything can be answered immediately.

6) About relationships among men and women - yes, it's very complicated, especially here where a number of different cultures meet at the same place. I've been always giving my best efforts to make it easier for everyone and that's what I am doing now although for some users it doesn't look like it. Everybody knows that everyhing I do here is what I think is the best for BrainKing, not for any particular user. From a long term point of view. That's what is called "responsibility". It's sad that certains users never tried to look at it from my point of view.

7) About outcries of type "majority of users wants this!", they are kind of pointless. The real majority of BK users never [or very rarely] posts on any discussion boards, they are happy to play games and that's exactly what this site is for. It's not a public and unmoderated chat room where everything is allowed.

8) One more thing - it's interesting that there was never such a problem with Czech users. Czech fellowships and discussion boards are full of normals posts, nobody offends anybody. So I could say "okay, let's make BrainKing Czech only, it will solve everything at once!" because number of Czech paying members increases each day.
Of course I won't do it. I like you all. And BrainKing is an international site. But it won't be better with your current attitude.

Phew, it's much longer than I expected. Thanks everybody who was so patient to read it all :-)

You can see all of your ratings at your Profile page.

mrloupcity: Yes, as a part of BK 2.0.

It's easy, I print a loooong list of all BK users, put it on a wall and throw a dart. Or I would like to do it one day :-D

Here. Don't forget to refresh that page if you can't see it.

Thanks for finding all possible side effects :-)

I don't understand the question.
However, it won't be possible to put site administrators to Enemies list in the future.

Bernice: I cannot swear on it but it's possible that the time is either converted to GMT+01:00 or shifted for your local time zone.
I will look at the source code when I get rid of flu.

Yes.

Tarot cards? :-D

Jason: I meant that it's still the same problem. And Liquid cannot permanently sit on servers and watch them.

I would comment it but is it really necessary?

Most major browsers have a password saving feature.

Yes. Some web browsers occasionally fail to delete the permanent cookie. Disabling auto-login feature will increase the security of user accounts.

Auto Log will be removed from BK 2.0.

Everything's under control, of course.

We've switched from 220 to 380 volts :-D
Well, actually, Liquid's made one neat trick with our database.

What labourer?

Thank you Carlos.

It seems unfair to me that I am not paid for this work. And do I complain about it?

What's the problem with pawns unable to post on most of the boards? If they have a problem, there is our customer service on BrainKing.info. And I don't think that $10 is too much to get extra features.
This is mostly a game site, not a chat site. Discussion boards are just an addition.

ellieoop: How come you cannot get to the main page?

I'm not going to take it away.

bwildman: A new database server will be purchased. Liquid had defined the cheapest configuration, still powerful enough to solve all current and possible future performance problems. I don't know all details but it would contain two Xeon CPU's and some other nice features.

Fixed.

Playing only unrated games for pawns is not a bad idea.

It was everyone.

BBW, Steve: Thanks for the ideas :-)

bwildman: Can I take it as your offer? :-D

We need new database server. Minimal price: 4,000 USD. Who will pay it?
Sorry, we are too busy repairing tables. I'll post something more intelligent later.

Of course it is. Reload.

Interview with chattytea.

Niki: Have you tried to use another web browser? Mozilla, for example?