Fencer: An extra round or two would be better than an automatic tie. Ties are ok, but not when there hasn't been any attempt at all to break it. In my case, partica & I never faced each other in the tournament we were co-winners of. That is a travesty. We should have faced each other AT LEAST once before a tie was declared.

Fencer: Then can I suggest that tournaments be changed so that they continue until there is a winner?

Why was there no round 3 in this tournament:
http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?tri=25594

Nothingness: I do not believe that there is a way to get into another Espionage tourney, since you are still in your current one, other than upgrading to a rook. ;-)

eagle eye: The first Pond Run had about 250, but I don't know if you count that. I also don't know if there was a regular tourney that was bigger.

ArtfulDodger: It varies from tourney to tourney depencng on how Fencer feels when he sets it up. ;-)

Logistics Man: If you resign (or play quickly) and all your games in that tourney are over. You can PM Fencer and he will make it so you can enter a new tournament (at least he's done that in the past). Also, if you resign before the second move, the games may not count in your BRK (although I'm not 100% sure about that).

grenv: Well said.

I'd like to see the starting number and the bonus both be selectable at the start of the run.

I agree, people are indeed playing within the current rules. But the rules need to be changed. And yes, the idea has been discussed before, but I thought my idea (about limiting the length of vacation time to double the length of the move limit) was original and deserved mentioning.

I agree that something needs to be done. Perhaps limiting vacation between moves to twice the length of the move limit. For example, in your case, there is a 3 day limit per move, so vacation time between moves could be limited to 3 extra days (6 days total).

The Quick Players' Club is here.

I would like to play in the upcoming Anti-chess tournament. Anyone looking for a (rusty, but at one time decent) player for their team?

Many people only want to play games here, so it makes sense to have one paying level that gives a player the ability to play more games and a higher level that gives a player the ability to start fellowships & tournaments, etc.

When the internet first started becoming a common thing, most people had access at work, but not at home. That's why many game sites set up their systems to not timeout over the weekends. I don't think we need implementation like that much anymore, since most people have access from work, home ,and even elsewhere (friends, palm pilots, internet cafes, etc.), but that's generally how it is. Maybe keep it in place for 1 & 3 day move limits, but get rid of it for the longer limits.

Thad

Thanks, guys. :-)

I am playing in a tourney (Satan's Hellish pente #2) right now and I am a pawn. I have two games left and they are almost complete. I will not win my section in round 1 because I already have two losses and another player has none with only one unfinished game. Will I have to wait for my section to be completed or the whole first round or the whole tournament to be completed before I can enter another tourney?

Thanks,
Thad

Gothic Inventor,

Why not use the $3k that was not awarded to this year's champ to cover the entry fee of the first 60 (if the fee is $50) players into the next one. Or perhaps first for the folks who were in the interrupted one. That certainly seems fair and generous to me. No one would complain about any appearances by you to hoard the funds (and I'm not saying that you are!!).

Thad

You would do better to offer more prizes, perhaps to the top ten finishers or even top twenty. After all, most of us stand little chance of winning the whole thing, so you could offer $1, $1,000, or even $1,000,000 and it wouldn't matter to 90% of the players (including me).

Also, I vote to scrap the 2003 tourney. Even if you started it today, the bulk of it would take place in 2004 and could even extend so long that it would make getting next year's played during the year and after the 2003 tourney is finished quite difficult. (sorry for the run-on sentence).

Thad