pauloaguia: A feature is something that does something - makes something better - this has no effect other then a little "flash" - nothing I would call a feature - a bug since he did not program a way to turn if off BEFORE he introduced it. It reminds me when redesigning our Hot Air Balloon website, I had all these little hot air balloons floating on the screen - it was REALLY cool. But even though it was really cool and worked very well for my browser, I did not realize that it messed some people up to the point that they were unable to see the site. Looking back, I know the extra fun "flash" for the site, I should have made it an option to turn on/off. Anyway, I'm babbleing now....

pauloaguia: Maybe it's just BBW's style, because I saw him mention it too. It seems to slow down my cursor in these text boxes too.
Please give us a way to shut it off!

rod03801: I've tried switching to castle, clicking on any page (to activate the dragon) and then switchingback to simple style. The dragon still appears (since the source code has been created while I had the castle style) and the dragon flew by many many links (I was at the translator tool). They all work... Maybe it's a bug in the browser you're using...

Ifso many people are having problems with it, then I'd assume they're using a personal stylesheet. Apparently, in this case the code for the castle is still being assumed, since I can only see the HTML for the dragon when castly stylesheet is selected. Maybe Fencer forgot to exclude personal stylesheets as well...

Fencer: It's good to see a feature that finally bares no complaints from Opera users, unlike from other browser(s). It works perfectly in Opera

pauloaguia: Ahh.. it probably matters which style you use. The style I use has the links starting right at the top of the page where the dragon flies. Every single one it crosses, stops working after it crosses it.

rod03801: But the dragon doesn't go over any links. It just flies over the castle top, where there's nothing to click. Even if I scroll the page down, the dragon simply disappears from my browser's view, flying in a no link zone...

rod03801: The youngest of my cats likes the dragon very much!

I don't think I like the dragon! I thought it was neat the first time I saw it. (Of course, I at first thought I was losing my mind, lol) But yeah, it seems to stop the links it crosses from working. I DEFINITELY don't like it on the game pages! Maybe if it was only on the log-in page, or AT MOST the "Main Page".

BIG BAD WOLF: On Opera you can block content on a "per-item" basis. That way I could block only the Dragon, if I wanted to...
But then again, I suppose you won't change from Firefox just because of alittle dragon

Rose: Yea, I went ahead and installed the AdBlock on this computer also - so I could hide the dragon - it also hides all the ad's on the site also. I just hope Fencer will put an option to not show it since I'm not going to be able to load the AdBlock extension on every computer I play from..... but I wanted to mention it in case someone else see's the problem and they don't think they are going nuts with some links not working.

pauloaguia: okie dokie

Oceans Apart: Just copy-paste it. Looks like Fencer's automatic link replacement is changing the URL the link is pointing to...

pauloaguia: "Invalid request"

pauloaguia: The link doesnt work

Andersp: http://brainking.com/images/gui/dragon.gif

maybe someone could make a screen shot for those who havent seen the dragon?

BIG BAD WOLF: Man, I still haven't seen the dragon. Switch to Simple.

BIG BAD WOLF: if you refresh your page the links will work again.. I had it happen too

Well I got on a different computer, and now the dragon showed up on my own .css file that I'm using - and after it went across the screen, all the links that were under where the red dragon went across at (like the "Main Page") was no longer clickable - like the path the dragon took is over the top of the link making it no longer work.

Fencer - going to make it any easier to remove the dragon - I really don't want to have to load the Ad Block plus on every computer I use just so I can hide the dragon..... yet another thing to load when all I want is a faster loading site... :-(

BIG BAD WOLF:  Ah, there it is.

1. You have to have it on the Castle Theme.

2. The dragon is on a delay - about 15-20 seconds. So load the page and wait.

3. I think it has been turned off for WebTV users now.

I don't see a dragon either.  Does it take a while for him to show up?

no dragon here

Fencer: It is still there. LOL Let me know when you turn it off, please.

Eriisa:

Fencer: Oh thank you. You don't how well that thing flies. LOL

He must be smaller on PCs. He is cute! But the poor thing seems to be really struggling to get across my screen.

Pbarb2: Sorry, I forget to turn it off for WebTVs.

Pbarb2: right up at the top, by the ad banner on the left

Eriisa: LOL you won't like this one unless your is smaller than mine.
I just can't find the place to get the castle off.

*changed to castle and patiently waiting for the dragon.*


Did I mention I love dragons?

BIG BAD WOLF: I looked in the settings and don't see anything like that. There is nothing like that at the top of the page either.

emmett: The dragon comes after a short amount of time (10-20 seconds) - so sit on the page with castle theme and wait.

Pbarb2: On the top of the page, there should be a "Castle" "Simple" and "No Font" choice that you can click on. Also in settings, main page - you should see those 3 options.

pauloaguia: Where do I go to switch off the castle? I really don't know what I am on. thanks

I usually use the "simple" style, and switched to castle to see the dragon, but I don't know what you all are talking about. how can I see the dragon?

BIG BAD WOLF: I like the dragon. Let us call him Fluffy :)

Pbarb2: OK, did some playing around - it looks like the dragon is only on the castle theme - apparently another "feature" or something.

So one way is to switch to another theme - kind of strange Fencer would add something like that to discourage people from using the Castle theme, but whatever.

Another option is if you use FireFox, you can add the AdBlockPlus Extention - and hide the dragon image: http://brainking.com/images/gui/dragon.gif

Normally I would not tell people to get the ad blocker since it would also hide legitimate ad's on the site that helps Fencer get a little extra money, but until he adds a switch to remove it himself, this is the only other option (other then switching to a different theme)

Ad Block Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Simply click on the "Install now" - then next time you see the dragon image, you can right-click on the dragon and choose "adblock image" and that image will now be hidden.

Pbarb2: Switch to simple style. Or convince Fencer to add another switch to disable it ;)

Oceans Apart: I get that Dragon, too. It is on my game sheet and covers part of my game. Very hard to play that way. Is there a way to turn it off? I am on webtv so thought at first that was it. But others are seeing it, too. Can anyone give an idea on what to do?

Oceans Apart: lol

prettymama: Maybe Fencer likes the Welsh LMAO

joshi tm: I'm agree with you is it there for a reason or just looks

joshi tm: Apparently it's sole purpose is to fly around

Every good castle has a dragon :)

What is the purpose of that red dragon?

BIG BAD WOLF: How about a "long user name" (max. 255 characters) which would be shown as a tooltip over your "normal" name everywhere it appears?

Isn't there some way that the names can be held in limbo in the server for a set period. Say for one month or three months maybe. That way people could change their names for a little while and be able to change back to their well known name within a set time period.

The other option is to set up a dummy pawn for yourself when you change your name then delete that pawn when you want to change back maybe???

Fencer: Well a couple of years ago, I would change my name for special occasions - like "BIG BAD SANTA" when it was around Christmas time and such - until a trouble-maker user decided to create a dummy account with my old name so I could not change back. Of course we got that fixed, but I have never changed my name since then - and was just wondering if this would fix that situation or not. O'well.

BIG BAD WOLF: Yes, someone can create a new account and steal your old name. I don't recommend too many changes. I see no reason for any changes anyway.

In a persons profile, it will show previous user names. Question: If I were to change my name, does that open up for someone to use my previous name? That is lets say I change my username to something that I only planned on using for a short time and planned to change back - could someone create a new account and "steal" my old name since I was not using it at the time? Or now that it saves it in the profile, do it also protect it?