upchuck maybe..maybe not, only he knows

Jason also numbers look better in Dollars than pounds LOL

It's because the site has stayed up while I have faster internet connection. I have always had 1-4 days a week that I have moved many moves... that is if I can stay away from the white screens and such. (for example, today is a bad day - I will not get as many moves in today - but if the site stays healty tomorrow, it may be a good day for me to make many moves.)

(*edit: when I say bad day - I mean not able to make many moves, not that the site is bad today)

Sorry BBW... You owe no 'explaination' to me or anyone else.... I am just talking to myself out of boredom, I guess...

(and my last comment on the subject before I start to talk about tournaments again)

... if anything, it has made me move slower because people would get me mad and I would go and play Civ III for awhile just to cool down - which took me away from playing on here.

OK - My next post will be about tournaments - I promise! :-)

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In an effort to please Fencer, I have made an ALL GAMES - First 5 to sign up tournament.

► BBW's First 5 to sign up - ALL GAMES #1

I'm still playing with how I'm going to do this - maybe 1 tournament a week, or possible every 3 days or so - I'll take a look how people are signing up and how quick the games fill up to determin when I start the tournament. Maybe I'll make a "popular games" tournament which starts every few days, and an "unpopular games" tournament which starts every week or so - I'll see how it goes.
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► BBW's First 5 to sign up - ALL GAMES #1
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But I will also keep regular backgammon, nackgammon, 5-in-line, and Spider Line 4 since those are 4 of the most popular, and at time I can start 2-3 tournaments a day.... which would be imposible to do with the "all games" tournament.
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Any other comments or suggestion about these, please feel free to share them here or in my Message Box! Good Luck to all!

Nothing special nor fancy, no prizes nor donations, just plain old reversi 6x6.
Stevie's Reversi 6x6
Have fun and enjoy the games :o)

Steve R

There's a three-way tie in the Backgammon section 2 of the Brotherly Love (Beginners) tournament. Congrats to Knightmare, rhiannon and gasper!

We are down to four now folks.....
tmj91702
bwildman
myioupcity
kevjon
Who is it gonna be?

Does anyone know what 'hlya n vgl' means?
It was a posted message to me, in a game, and I haven't had a chance to ask the person, as they are not moving very much.
Thanks for any help :)

hiya is hello and vgl is very good luck

Thanks chat...

Its a three man race...
Bwildman
mrioupcity
kevjon

Go fellas, go!!!

BBW`s new "All-games-tournement" is nearly full :).Even so we need one more player for the section "Extinction chess"!

I will probable be starting the First 5 - ALL games tournament on Monday (since this weekend is going to be busy for me.

So there is plenty of time to join. Each section needs at least 4 players to start, with a max of 5 players per section. Good luck to all!

Thanks!

Yes folks.... WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

Looks like my sentimental favorite, Mr. IOU. Is the winner by a long shot!

I had the inside scoop, since I was palying him, and... well, you know the rest of that story :)
Congrats mrioupcity!!!!!

More Jousting for 1800 and under...starts March 8th!! Look for it in the "Tournaments" Section.

Fencer: Can you check this game for me. For some reason I only see 5 white pieces on the board.
Same for my opponent. thanks
#205064

The 1900-2100 Chess Tournament is limited to 12 players (3 sections of 4). 5 days per move. Begins immediately after sections are filled (sign-up deadline March 15). Invitation only (request via message). Must keep 5 game slots open until play begins. All qualified welcome. First come, first serve. R*L

I see 20 black pieces, but only 5 white pieces...I think it was a problem before when one point had more than 15 pieces on it (or something like that) but i thought it was fixed...
This game

Yup, you are right Kevin - I remember that problem from when Crowded Backgammon was first introduced.

What it looks like a problem is in the programming - where if you are removing peices from the bar, you can not if the space has between 2 and 15 checkers.

Space #24 had 16 checkers, and the program let the other person take that position (and place one checker on the bar) (move 45)

Normal backgammon only has 15 checkers, crowded has 20 checkers..... and it is probable just a small problem that was missed while making the program - Fencer should be able to fix pretty easly. (You might want to send him a message - he does not alway have time to read the message boards.)

Sign up HERE

This tournament is to start on March 15th. It is all game types, for players that are rated under 1500, or unrated.

This tournament is perfect for:

► People who are not as good in a certain game, so you won't get killed by "master players"
► People who would like to try out a new game - What a better time to try something new against people who you might have a chance with.

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Currently, almost every games has someone signed up for it. Each game needs at least 4 players signed up for it to start, so go sign up now!

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THE Internet Chess Tournament of 2004!

* Free International Online Chess Tournament
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So why didn't you call it 'The Ides of March for Dummies' ? <g> It's also Mom's birthday. :>

The tournament slots have been filled, including 4 additional players due to demand (4 sections of 4). The sign-up has been closed and the games will begin immediately. Good "Luck" to all! R*L

We have 89 people signed up for this tournament. 11 to go to reach 100.
It would be so nice to surpass that number. ;•)
Over all Winner will receive $50
Each section will also have a Winner of 6 months brain knight membership
More sections more winners. If you are a knight or a pawn and want to play, please let us know.
Thanks to everyone who has entered so far. Lots of luck.
You can enter this tournament HERE

what are you talking about?

ITS hiya n vgl I did not think this 1 was that head to find out. well the first part is a hi and the n stands for and. vgl = very good luck. but i see the first 1 i guess i hit the l instead of the i SRY... And now WHAT tourney did I win? guess being lost in space like I have be latly, makes me out of touch of things in here...

HEY IMupChucKing my question to u is. this my name with some typos in them. myioupcity is what u put down hehehe

Sorry about the name thing, iou...
You didn't win a tournament, LOL, I was just having some fun with a contest to see who would be the last person to finish a game in the Backgammon prize tournament.

You won that contest, and to this minute, you still have not finished a game, and are not even close. You won by a long shot. LOL...
Many sections of the tournament have already been completed too...
At least you still are still undefeated ;)

*sits back and waits for Fencer to make public post about goodfoods tournaments!* :-)

it is a lot isnt it :) I actually have goodfoods playing a game of Battleboats with Whikki, that has been running since last july-august...:(
when they go on like this i wish i had never started them :(

BBW: I'm missing something here. Why should Fencer make a public post about goodfood's tournaments? What's wrong with them?

Open tournaments in both games starting at the end of the month (March 2004). Hope to see you all there.

bumble: I think that BBW refers to my previous post about his tournaments :-) I've just said that I prefer one tournament group with more game types than many tournament groups with just one game type [because it occupies bigger space on Tournaments page]. However, many people like it in this way, so I don't object anymore. Non-official tournaments will be moved to another page anyway, in the next version of BK.

What to you class as official, or non official Fencer?

Does that mean you will be doing your own BK ones?

Steve: Yes, there was only one "official" tournament [the very first one], I would like to bring this idea back. Winners of official tournaments will become something like BrainKing champions etc. Maybe a small golden cup will appear next to their names :-D

Sounds good to me :o)

I think you should have regularly scheduled tournaments. I just joined and that's what I've decided to do. I'm going to try Quarterly Open Tournaments. Perhaps I'll try Invitationals or Rated tournaments too. If the site does it though, it will be easy to follow them and they should have a good turn out if they're not scheduled to close together. On It's Your Turn, all they have are the site's scheduled tournaments. I think they're kind of deluted in certain ways as they never seem to have an end, nor do they do much to recognize the winners of them, aside from list their handles in a chart if one goes looking for it. Perhaps a prize for certain tournaments would also induce more people for them. I doubt if prizes matter much though and it might bring out the cheaters and dishonest people. A gold cup next to one's handle sound like a good thing.
I would like to add a prize to a tournament sometime. How do I do it?

Well it got filled up so started early
Stevie's" Dollar donation per player Reversi
Unfortunately, one player was removed due to lack of space. Incase this was due to me starting it early I will still pay the dollar for that player and sorry to vlckova25

Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
Steve

Walter: Describe your prize at the tournament description and mark it as "prize tournament" [by a checkbox at the Define Tournament page].

That doesn't make much sense to me. I just add that it's a prize tournament? Who pays for the prize? You? Me? I don't see any mechanism for it to happen in either case. Please explain. I have sent you an e-mail a few hours ago, so you can reply there if you'd rather. This forum seems like a good place too. Maybe others have my questions too.

If you start a prize Tourny Walter, its up to you to supply the prize and explain what it is :o)
Have fun running your tournies :o)

How do I supply the prize? Can I win it back, or modify the prize depending if I or someone else wins?
I've listed two tournaments. I shall see how it goes before trying more. Is there more to starting them than just creating them? Do I have to control things or players or make rulings during the play?

You can remove players before it starts, you have to start new rounds when first ones complete (you are informed when this happens). no rulings except the ones you state for entrance to tourny and about the prize in the tourny description.
normally prize is a membership, and the way it is done can be discussed with Fencer.

Steve, I went to one of the tournaments I created. I saw the little box you mentioned about the prize offer. What happens when you check the box?

It will highlight the tourny title in the tourny list to show it offers a prize.
You should then say in the description for the tourny what the prize you offer will be.
(You can also offer money as a prize, it could be paid direct to the winner, as long as both you and the winner has a paypal account etc.)

I created a tournament and set the maximum number of players to 12. The program allowed more than 12 players to sign up anyway. None were automatically removed when the tournament started, which is good because then I'd have had some explaining to do.