is that for anyone, or only Friends on-line?

It shows it if the user is currently logged on :-)

I've noticed that on some games, I will see besides the users name and rating, also the last action as shown below. Other games do not show it. Is this normal?

backoff
(black, 1299)
- viewing game Backgammon (backoff vs. eddie spaghetti) -
Last move: 26. June 2003, 20:54:40

thank you.

Of course it is possible. Use the 6-months Brain Knight payment process to pay additional $10 and you'll be upgraded :-)

would it be/is it possible to upgrade your membership without paying the full fee on top of what you've already paid. i myself decided to try membership here and paid for a year knight and since i have thought i should maybe upgrade to rook but don't want to pay for that as well as the current membership, i realise this is a pain in the arse but it could encourage more knights to upgrade and could mean more money for the new server, ciao for now, grant.

and now im wondering if this is why i have such terrible time getting in...
from today am trying to log out...FENCER....put the logout out button at the top of the page....I didnt even know there was one until today :(....sorry but thanks angus for pointing this out

I do have automatic log-in, which sometimes gets me straight to the main page and other times not. I have a webtv. I never had this problem before, it started yesterday (Tuesday).

Which web browser do you use? I know that Opera users used to have this problem and the only workaround I've found for them was to disable cookies.

Do you have automatic log-in on?

Does anyone else have log-out problems? When I try to log out, it just brings me back to the main page. I disconnected, then went back but the problem is still there.

So, if we 'act' on the site within 5 minutes of its going down, do we get put back automatically? Thus, all the 'browsers' get logged off.

Because their last actions are less than 5 minutes old.

When the site goes down (a Gateway problem) and I need to sign on again, how come there are already 65 players there ahead of me???

Okay ... auto-refresh turned off long ago :)

Whisperz: It does only if the opened page is "refreshable" - Main page or a game page where it is not your turn. And if you don't have the refresh period turned off.

Only if you have auto-refresh on. If it is just sitting there with no pages being requested, it won't affect the server at all.

I just don't log out ... turn off the screen and go to bed, or to work, or wherever ... so there is at most times a brainking window available. Fencer - does this effect server performance ?

I never click on 'logout' but just close the window. That way I do not have to log in when I return.

I respectfully asked him to post it on the appropriate board, it was too long and didn't belong here.

what happened to the message about NIRVANA? from GMB

I meant if someone just presses the cross to leave the site, and didn't actually log off. I've noticed people are still on my friends online list for a while after they have left the site, but they haven't logged off, if you see what I mean?! Or maybe they have left the window open, and just gone elsewhere.

thanks, that must be whats happening.

No, after clicking on Logout link, the player is no longer displayed as on-line.

I think after you leave the site (without logging off) it stays as though you are online for a while, but then your name disappears from the online player list.
Its more likely people have BK open in a separate window while they are on other sites.

When I see a player is "on-line" and "browsing the main page", is it possible that they are not really here but just have not logged out? Just curious, as some players seem to be browsing the main page forever, without doing anything. Thanks for your time and help.

When Battleboats Plus is intruduced, you should get multiply hits per turn - hopefully it will be here soon!

Also, to see the last move - The "Game notation" is right next to the board for me and I can see which squares the last hit were - Which I really like because you can quickly see ALL the previous moves really quickly!

the site should show last move also, give us at least 3 hits a turn

"Every little helps" said the old lady, as she piddled into the ocean.

its ok... i had to be told too! lol..
its done now though... each little step........

Chatty - I am clueless!! I never clicked the box right to the top!!
Have now turned it off. Another small step for mankind.

tony, you just set it to 0
and that turns it off

Fencer - several of us have turned off the Refresh Button (or in my case, as I don't know how to turn it off, set it to 60 mins) in efforts to reduce the site activity.
Are there other things we do that take up a lot of capacity which perhaps we could cut down on?

<at least at this topic I would like you all to take
note that his final residence is to be found in robocop 2 ... >:)

a take-2 I strongly disrecommend ... :)

but a vision rises ... 0:)

the kasparov biographic movie (chapter three)

*Aseri ! Chip down.*

shows him retiring after defeating all leading chess-programs
in a clock-handicap simultane-match and, furthermore playing
solely at brainking as grey mentor and tutor for the growing community ... :)

good luck and, a comfortable slide into the weekend ! :D ~*~

:o( cute, BBW!! OK, ANYONE who posts any more on that subject will have their posts deleted. Better?! LOL! (Sorry but I can see that being a long, ongoing argument, and this is NOT the place)

Yeah, I've got one message stuck at the top on Battleboats, and its me playing Chatty now, her messages are at the bottom, nothing is appearing at the top at all!

harley: Dmitri & Spiderm4tt can't post about that no more! COOL - Time for me to get into the argument since they can't answer back! (now who's side to take......) :-)

chattytea: I thought I have a couple of my oppenent's messages go strait to the bottom (instead of the top) - but I just figured I was losing it ot something and ignored it. But with new games, there is probable a slight chance things can go wrong.

Dmitri and Spiderm4tt.
Any more posts about this and I will delete them. I've asked you nicely to argue this out in private.

yes, it is self explanatory-- you are a hypocrite. I don't really care about the post or posts supporting you. The world is full of fools. You can find millions of people who think Elvis is still alive also, but that doesn't mean a damn thing. But as you said, the matter is finished, is it not?

I am playing a game of battleboats, and when i write a mesage it does not go to the top of the game,but to the bottom, yet my opponents is in the right place.. is this happening to anyone else?

Dmitri

As I said earlier..the matter is over, finished, old news! Kitti & I have appologised to eachother for the misunderstanding ok...Obviously you dont understand, so me explaining to you AGAIN is pointless...if you want your question answering then READ my earlier post to you AGAIN...its self-explanatory....Oh & read the other posts supporting me too...How much more information do you need?

I thought I had the facts, based on the posts that you and kitti had made. I still do not understand why you could not play two games, one as eahc color, although I suppose a match would be simialr enough. Regardless, if you are a top player, you should win as either color against a weaker player.

Also, I still take issue with what you said, specifically:

(Kitti speaking about you): But he declined the invite saying that he doesn't want to risk losing many points (he has much higher rating than me) by playing black against me!

then you said:

"I think people should just chill out more & stop getting paranoid by thinking there being persecuted...If they want to play then fine, if they dont want to play, the fine again! Its only a game & theres alot more serious things in life than this. "

so again, I ask you, which one is it? Are you overly concerned with your rating, or are ratings and wins and losses not a serious matter because it's only a game?

Rose, we're not too many. There are a bit over five million people in Finland, most of them speak finnish. Other than that the finnish speakers are few and far between. If we're to discuss linguistics more i think we'd better move on to more appropriate forum :)

Thanks Kitti! now I know and I am more informed!

Just for knowledge sake.. What is the population of Finnish speaking people? Any ideas? I know nothing about your language at all

harley, it sounds like that to anyone who speaks english. That nickname has followed me since i was a kid and didn't know a word of english. I'm not planning on changing it just because it sounds like a girls name in some language :)

Rose, it is a twist from my last name. It means a kind of cement or putty.

And that advantage in Line4 is not near the advantage White has over Black in Spider Line

I don't believe its a fraud, when people invite you to Line4 as White (the inferior color) do you accept just because they are a few points below you. No, you don't

I didn't send you a personal message because I was addressing everyone when I said this isn't the place.
But I'm glad the matter is closed. Back to the games :o)

If this isnt the place, then why dont you send me a personal message instead, like I was going to do to you, instead of saying it here...but you talk here, so I talk back...its no problem to me whatsoever! and NO, there were still points to be made here, as I was slandered here by a factless person....you'll see where Im coming from if it ever happened to you...But as far as Im concerned, the matter on here is closed.

Spiderman, I appreciate what you say, but I think everyone has put their side across. I just wanted to say (before certain points got argued about over and over) this isn't the place.

Kitti, I can only speak for myself but it does sound rather feminine to me! Sorry :o)

So enlighten us non Finnish speaking people and tell us what Kitti means? :-)