Happy Valentine's Day 

Hrqls: Good job! :))

thats the last post about named multi nicks on this board .. further posts about multi nicks with names in it will be deleted

posts like this can easily lead to a hunt for the named persons even when they might not be a multi nick .... this board is not for starting a lynch party

when you think someone is using multiple accounts ... report them to the management ...

MadMonkey:
  Too bad there's no counter to see how many times they enter.  ;)

Artful Dodger: I have given 2 Boards the name . now (as in 'dot') lol and set the read & write access level to Kings only.
So Fencer & Liquid can go have fun if they wish, but i will need to approve there posts

Tuesday:Well that couldn't be me.  Most days I qualify for village idiot.

Bernice:I have some theories.  Very strange coincidences.

MadMonkey:  I changed the name of mine to .  And then that's all that showed  ;)  I think I set it to no access or whatever that setting is.  You could just change the name to "This board isn't really here." 

Tuesday: IMO muti nicks have been going on since the very early days of this site its nothing new
but surely bickering about it on the main BK board should not be allowed
its surely not giving a good impression to any new comers to the site
i find it very off putting

Bernice: Caught on to what? :))

wetware: "Dice games require less thinking?"

you are right for some dice games. most dice games have limited move options though, far less options than chess .. its also tougher to think ahead and build a plan with dice games .. at least thats beyond my capabilities .. i can 'feel' a few moves ahead with a probability that it might happen with dice games, but with a chess type (or pente or espionage) i can plan a bit more ahead which takes time

so dice games dont require less thinking .. but they certainly require less time per move (for me)

SL-Mark: 
"Being beaten in a dice game, well it was simply that the die favoured the other player! i.e. luck."
"Beaten in a game of skill, however, then the loser can only critique themselves."

Those observations are a good start.

Being beaten in a dice game, one can all too easily conclude that the loss was purely a matter of bad luck, and that there was nothing in one's own play that deserved criticism.
Not all dice games are created equal.
Have you ever noticed that the frequency of claims of "unfair dice" tends to be inversely proportional to players' strength?

"Dice games require less thinking?"
Who would say such a thing?  On the contrary (at least in some dice games), in addition to strategic considerations, one must also calculate various probabilities.

I would have thought that the powers that be (we all know how clever they are) would have caught onto this one....
nicmulti_68 (Nic)

Bwild: No, I cam up with with Frog Finder - can find some of the details & "history" of the game here: http://www.coan.net/sweeper.html

Snoopy & coan.net : Thanks, thought i was going mad

I will do something like that, but i think being able to delete a Board would be better

MadMonkey: I haven't done it (or tested it) - but believe the BIG BOSS can change the posting "Mode" or privledge level of someone to post on the board and make it almost impossible for anyone to post on that board.

Change the board name to "." so it's hard to see also.

... of course that is also one of the big things Fencer has talked about changing for the new 3.0 Brainking it sounds like...

MadMonkey: not that i know off you can always put the board to something that is very hard to click on which i did

Am i missing something

You can delete a Fellowship should you wish to (well Big Boss's can), but is there away to delete a Discussion Board from a Fellowship ?

AbigailII: i mean that i can join more dice games .. because it will take me less time to make my moves ...

suppose i joined 100 dice games and its my turn in all those games .. then it takes me a lot less time to make all my moves before i timeout compared to 100 chess games

so only considering the spare time i have i can easier join 100 dice games than 100 chess games

Hrqls: dice games require less thinking .. therefore its easier to make a quick move in those games and more of those games can be played at once

If your opponent is online, yes. But I think most of the "duration" of a game, the game doesn't move forward because the player whose move it is isn't online, or hasn't selected the game yet. Many games last weeks or months - I doubt most of that time one of the player is actively studying the position. Even if both players spend 24 hours in total actively contemplating their next move, that's less than 10% total time if the game lasts a month.

Herlock Sholmes: Perhaps this is to do with psyche of the average BK player, all kings I’m sure, but less brain :)

Being beaten in a dice game, well it was simply that the die favoured the other player! i.e. luck.

Beaten in a game of skill, however, then the loser can only critique themselves.

Herlock Sholmes: dice games require less thinking .. therefore its easier to make a quick move in those games and more of those games can be played at once

personally i always try to judge my time before i join a chess or pente type of game because it can take quite some time to make a move .. but i will almost always joing a dice game

(not at the moment though ... busy time coming up so i have to restrain myself a bit :))

coan.net: I thought someone else came up with frog finder???

Herlock Sholmes: Another thing that needs to be looked at is the length of the game - that is Ludo is the #1 game... but at the same time, it takes a long time to complete a game..... I don't feel like doing all the math, but would guess taking in how long a game last would still leave Ludo near the top.

then a game like Hyper Backgammon is shorter, so thinking of that might push that game up some more.

Then #26 game Logik is pretty short (what, max of 8 moves each?) - so if game length is considered, that game might move up some.

.... not that I have much of a point, and the basics of what you said is still true - and I do use the running games as a "general" guideline of how popular a game is... but it can easily be manipulated by a team tournament, or popular (prize) tournament creating a lot of games... and if it's a long game it will push it up that list... and if it's a short game, it will push it up the list but quickly come right back down.

Again... no point... just thought I would add.

MadMonkey: Ok, thank you for welcoming and info. *6*

MadMonkey: The actual site is being re-written at the moment so no changes will be made to this version ,.....
right...and maybe we'll hear another update on the new 3.0 version by the next membership drive~!! lol

motylek1978: Great to see you here, always nice to meet new faces

In short, i have made a note of your request (in case our leader hasn't lol) and will pass it on.

The actual site is being re-written at the moment so no changes will be made to this version , unless it is critical.

Hello, I am new here (logged in first time) and I would like to ask if there is possiblity to display list of only unrated games? I see in filter options only checkbox for displaying/hiding unrated games but no checkbox for rated games which I do not want to be displayed. Thanks in advance for answers.

nodnarbo: I'm assuming you are asking why someone can't leave a fellowship if they are in a tournament.

I agree that it would be fine if a player could leave a fellowship even if they are in tournaments, I'm not sure exactly why that restriction is in there.

At one time I joined every fellowship that asked me to join. I also joined way too many tournaments long ago - and I went though and left a lot of fellowships I did not do much in and was "stuck" in some fellowships longer while tournaments continued. No big deal really - just waiting until those games were over and then left, but I can not think of any good reason why I should be stuck in a fellowship (of course I could just ask the BIG BOSS to kick me out, but some of the fellowships I wanted to leave had an inactive BB, so that would not work.... so I just waited.)

Sorry Bernice if I did not understand your original question.

angelstar: no one is asking you to leave
our only wish is that you stop joining all games in every tournament to resign them
it spoils the tournament
if you dont want to play that type of game
its simple DONT join the tournament

well no one has to worry anymore , i am leave this site

Goodbye

nodnarbo: EXACTLY......thats what I want an answer to.

thank god someone understands....

nodnarbo: good question. I see no difference.

coan.net: I'm curious now, however, if a running tournament doesn't prevent a BB from kicking out a player, then why do players have to finish all their tournament games before they are allowed to leave the tournament. If the tournament will continue fine either way, what's the difference?

Bernice: you also have to take into account that a member could keep signing on for tournaments in order to prevent the BB from removing them, just out of spite.

If a BB wants to remove someone from a fellowship they should be able to, and unless I'm mistaken, tournaments you've signed on for would still be played as usual right?

Bernice: No, message boards can not have tournaments associated with them.

Snoopy: OMG!

coan.net: I was talking a message board like the gardening board for example.....IS Foxy able to make tournaments? if so can she kick people out and they still play in tournaments?

ElCid Im as confused as you are ROFL...........

Bernice: Just curious, if someone is banned from a fellowship during a tournament, does (s)he stop being able to play in those games (almost like if a player returns to pawn, when playing on a pond)? I'm asking this, because if a player returns to pawn, although he cannot play in ponds anymore, he still can play in fellowship games and tournaments that have already started..., so the suggestion of not being able to sign in any new tournament, and when the running ones end to be kicked off the fellowship, doesn't seem to logical to me, because you can still play in them so it's not a certain defeat (ok, you are still playing for the good of a fellowship that has kicked you off, but you can just see the game as if it was a personal, and not a fellowship, one)

The problem with that is some tournaments can last years - so if a BB wants (for whatever reason) to kick a certain player out, it is there fellowship and should have the right to do that.

Everything with that tournament continues with no issues. Next rounds will start just like they should. So I'm not sure what your question is about each player that is teamed up with should get a draw to make it even - the tournament will continue - no matter what the status is of the fellowship.

I'm also not sure about your example question - other then being listed for fellowship members only, tournaments have nothing else to do with fellowships - so a tournament will continue as normal no matter what the status is of the fellowship.

coan.net: yes, yes, yes....I know all that, and I dont have a problem, I havent been kicked out....but if someone is good enough to join the tournaments surely they deserve the respect of being in the f/s until the tourney is finished. But going by your post, each player that the person is teamed up with should at least get a draw to make it even.

Now example......if I joined a tournament in the garden board and was banned from there, what is your explanation on that?

Bernice: Well I can tell you that Fencer has always felt that a fellowship, who is allowed in a fellowship, and the "rules" of a fellowship belongs to the Big Boss of that fellowship - so if a BB want's someone out of their fellowship, then they have 100% right to do so.

And I agree with that - if a BB does not want someone in a fellowship, then they have the right to kick the person out - no matter if a player got into some fellowship tournaments, discussions, etc... if they want them out, they are out. Reason to kick person out? Does not matter - that is one of the privileges of running a fellowship, which all Brain Rooks & above have the ability to start.

alilsassy: doesn't look as tho we are going to get an answer does it

Fencer: Thanks, I have a bunch I want to add and was just curious.

Artful Dodger: I am not sure, I'll have to look at the code first. But even if there is a limit, it would be a very high number.

Thanks for the patience on this question that may have been asked before. Is there a limit to the number of smilies we can have in fellowships?

Mousetrap: i think another part of the reason is what is mention on the FR board to
creators of tournaments have to go thou 128 games to remove her from each section

so most of them leave her in has its easier that way right now

Bernice: I've been wanting to know the same thing.
    I was recently booted from 4 fellowships belonging to what I believe to be nic's of a certain member. After a switch of BB's & LB's  from one to another I hadn't even posted on the boards in a couple of them, and one of the f/s was a flaming fellowship that I only made one post, not even considered by most as flaming. Needless to say, I am stuck playing tournament games in fellowships that I was booted from with no justifiable cause.  When I requested to know why I was booted I was told "it was because I post in HRC". I was already an active member of HRC when I was invited to these other fellowships. Sounds almost a lil' prejudice against members being in a certain f/s.  I'm so glad that not all BB's think that same way & welcome me to their fellowships.
   I think it would be nice if Fencer could implement some new guidelines to the effect of removing a person from a fellowship, as well as, all their games being played for that fellowship.  Maybe not removing the member immediately, but BB giving a proper notice for action, and not accepting them to join new tournaments. Allowing them to finish the tournament games already in play. When the particular member has finished the game then be removed from the fellowship if the BB can remember why they wanted to boot them in the first place.  Just a thought   I think it might help eliminate this petty booting from BB's & LB's.

Mousetrap: i think they trying to get to the top of this pointless board by hook or by crook http://brainking.com/en/Statistics?p=1


they dont care what they do
many ppl are fed up with her esp when ppl also know she has at least 3 other accounts