MadMonkey: Of course it is still a good suggestions to have a site option for it for those who don't want to put their password on an outside source.

MadMonkey:  I use his autoplayer.   works very well.  :)

TarantinoFan: my autoplayer is available at http://www.mctrivia.com/autoplayer/login.php however a system on brainking itself would be ideal. The code is in java and open source he is welcome to read it and use any code he likes.

Why couldnt we have a feature similar to the smileys except that it would be a list Like:

Good Game!
Thank You!
Good Luck!
etc...

Maybe even allow us to make custom ones to store in there as well?

Logik is a great game, but pllllllease Fencer, could we have a piece set with the letters A to H instead of colours ? I thought I was the only one who hardly distinguished some of the colours, but when I asked about it in the Logik board, it sounded like most people had some problems too. If you don't do that, I will need new glasses very soon

As for why letters would be better than figures, imagine yourself thinking about "When I played three fours and two ones, I got one black clue and two white ones, so...".

The "like at home" board with coloured pegs you created should of course stay, but even here it would be a nice addition to use the title attribute of the image in order to display the name of the colour (resulting in a nice popup help in all good browsers).

You have the ability to use outside CSS files. Why not out side piece sets? You could do this by adding an extra set that points to a folder on a web server or add style info to the board so the existing CSS files can handle it. Style sheets are best for me as the second would make it a lot harder for me to keep my autoplayer working.

Sending group messages in your fellowship is nice.

I would like the option to send group messages to all my friends online, or all my friends, or maybe there are other lists as well?

For example, I am bored right now, and would like to be able to send out an invitation for a quick tournament to all my friends who are online right now, in one group message.

While at it, maybe also a feature to be able to send out an invitation to a private tournament to all of my friends online, and other lists like that too?

Is there any way on this site to distinguish between drawn games and drawn matches?

How about a little instant messenger system at the top of the page between the towers. AJAX could be easily used to transfer messages back and forth in real time.

Czuch: in the rules pages the statistics display drawn games... most everywhere else it displays drawn matches...
not sure if this helps you, thoug...

pauloaguia: I was looking at my profile page where it says i have 165 draws, I believe that is the total of both game draws and match draws, but I dont really play many games that can end in a draw, I was wondering if they could be separate stats?

Is there any way to make it so games in the waiting room are automatically deleted after a specific period of time? Say a week and no matter what they get deleted?

That should help to clean out the waiting room, and hopefully should get people to put more reasonable time limits on there games, which all leads to less craziness like there is in there now...

rednaz23: should be 30 days: http://brainking.info/archives/260-The-code-mania.html
If it's not, better post it on the BugTracker

pauloaguia: Fantastic start! Could we make 30 days of a player being away into a simple 30 days since creating the game, or even 10 days since creating the game? I see the same games all of the time, and it's because the players are still on and playing, they just leave those games sit for ages upon ages... I think this would really clean up the waiting room... which is needed in my opinion.

Please could we have a Preview button for messages, so links etc.... can be checked to make sure they work

It has been asked before

rednaz23: maybe Fencer could put something in the waiting room like he has on the tournament page. and option to see only those created in last X # of days.

rednaz23: how about accept the games in the waiting room. This would get rid of all the old games also :)

Fencer, could you add some more sign smileys that say things like "good game" and "good luck" etc...

like this one here? http://coan.net/bk-smile/2/very-favorite/goodgame.gif

Czuch: We are a multilingual site, I prefer not to add smileys containing English text.

Fencer: Vive la Différence!

Fencer:

I dont know why, since it would only be an option, nothing mandatory

But if it works for you, then I guess I can use the same excuse when I get too lazy to put down my mouse and type a "hello" or a 'good Luck" or a "good game" to someone.... I wouldn't want to be rude using English since this is a multi lingual site

Well Fencer, how about a 20 language smiley:

http://coan.net/bk-smile/coan-made/good-luck4.gif

(or if you have a very fast eye.... which I made before I figured out how to slow it down):

http://coan.net/bk-smile/coan-made/good-luck2.gif

coan.net:

coan.net: Very well. And if you fix transparent areas at Swedish and Bulgarian frame (there are some gray points just below the poster), I will add it.

If you use Firefox you can download Paste Email Extension

It sits on your toolbar and gives you 15 spaces to put any messages you like (ok it is meant for email, but no matter, i use it for email and messages)....

Then you just click on it and select the appropriate message you wish to write OR if you use want to use the same one just click once and it will repeat the last one used

Fencer: I can clean those 2 up tomorrow (don't have access to the computer I made it on until then - and should be easy to clean up once I get back on it.)

Fencer: Should be cleaned up now - on this file: http://coan.net/bk-smile/coan-made/good-luck5.gif

It is long over due to be able to make ponds with BKR restrictions

This is a game for paying members only, we should get to play it the way we want to, shouldnt we?

coan.net:

coan.net: It would be even cooler if you had the guy lift a new sign for each new language... Signs don't come like that! But I still really like it. ;-) Very cool indeed!

i must say being a pawn all of a sudden is a pain. I am still in tournaments that started in 2004 (how is that possible?). Any chance we could change the rule to only include tournaments where the player has games going? This would still exclude me, but at least it would be in my control.

rednaz23: That would be cool, but would make the image twice as big - and it is already very big (for a smiley). That is is 34.15KB in size - which is basicly 20 images set to rotate. To add add an image in between each to make it look like he puts the sign down, for the next one to be raised with new image would double that - which taking a quick look, most smileys are under 1 KB - with the biggest at 17.72KB (but there might be others that big - I did not look at each one.)

I just hope I got all the languages correct - which I just copied from http://brainking.com/en/Languages, so hopefully those are correct.

Fencer: PLEASE, please.... could you make it possible to embed U Tube videos at the top (description area) of Fellowship Discussion Boards

Be great for Music boards

can we have detailed right up of what a little bos can do when you go to edit it like the other types. is there anything they can't do(I assume they can't delete the fellowship)

mctrivia: Go to the fellowship page... Fencer said the basics there. ;-)

rednaz23: which felowship

mctrivia: the Fellowship Board http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=24

There is a small group of card games that would fit into turn-based site. These are open card games with perfect information ... I played dominoes at Goldtoken, and it work fine but only with the ability to make notes ... you have to make notes when and why your opponent passes ... it makes this game difficult to follow ... we have the ability to make personal notes at brainking ...
Here is the link to excellent card game with perfect information. It works somewhat like a board game
http://www.davidparlett.co.uk/oricards/stucco.html

dicepro: IMO, perfect information isn't a necessity for a game to work well on a turn-based site. The various boat games, Logic and Frog Finder are examples of games without perfect information that work well. Also, games involving dice don't have perfect information - but they work well.

What, IMO, is a necessity is that the history of the game isn't important. That is, all you need to decide on the best move is the current situation on the board, regardless of how it has been archieved. This is why, IMO, most card games are unsuitable for turn-based sites. (And that's why I don't like to play Dark chess or Espionage on a turn based site).

AbigailII: I think you are wrong ... do not try to play with guys from Professional Dominoes Association without "historical" knowledge of the situation on the board ... Logik is a bad example since you do not actually play agains the opponent, and you do not have to remember anything he/she did and why ... you play against yourself, it's like golf, darts, bowling etc ...
Chess ia a game of perfect information, cards are not ... you have to assume some plays based on your calculations ... this is why cards cannot be played well on turn-base sites without (sometimes) complex notes ... card game I gave you a link to, is a rare card game with 100 percent perfect information, and you do not have to assume anything beside the consequences of your move ...
all your "pieces" and opponent's are known ... isn't it a board game using plastic cards instead of wooden pieces ?
And you do not like games, like dark Chess, for the reason you consider not important, contradictiong yourself ...
Regards,
Andy.

AbigailII: What is important is that games like Dominoes, Various cards games etc... if they are wanted & will get played, should be looked in to

Fencer: On game invitations if there is a message written for the game a star pops up next to the game on the main page. Could that be done on the main page for games already in progress where it is your turn and there is a message on the last move?

I like this idea a lot! Sometimes I am in a chatty mode and want to chat with people. I can look very quickly and see who wrote me a message without going into every game!

rednaz23: Yes, it could be done. But imagine the huge amount of data to transfer to the browser if someone starts 1000 games and only a half of them contains a last move message.

I am looking for a smiley that does something like wiping sweat from its brow to say "whew", as in a gesture symbolizing a close call.

I have looked, and dont see one, can we get one like that please?

Puckish:

Fencer: ahhh, thats what that one means, okay, thanks!

Fencer: I would think that most people that play a lot of games aren't taking the time to write messages... Any chance a checkbox in the settings could be added to turn this code on? Or does that still cause the code to be there for everyone?

I don't care that it may take an extra two-tenths of a second, I would still see it as worthwhile to me. Others may too, and for those of us like that we can turn this feature on. Otherwise people can leave it off in the settings page.

I know I keep requesting it but a striped down version would be nice. Main page just a list of games no extra information at all I have slow internet.

mctrivia: Yes, second that.

rednaz23: To have the system check the database on every game to see if a recent message was written every time the main page loads would take a lot of extra time in my opinion. It would be neat, maybe even as an option that some can turn on if they don't have a lot of game (as long as it does not slow down the rest of the site) - but I think a striped down version that makes as little as possible lookups to the database & such would be the best....

Puckish: In my games, when things go badly, I feel the need for an icon that resembles Munch's series Skrik or "The Scream"    :-O