Any players who have a little room for a game of Checkers, Pente or Reversi Click Here to sign up for tournament starting today.
There are a few other games there as well, but desperate for players in the above games :-)

ALSO

Any Madhouse members, there are only 4 places left in the Scrabble tournament, go to the fellowship to sign up.

Hi everyone i am still a player short for Linetris and Small Pente if anyone is interested in signing up as i will be starting the tournament tomorrow :-)

Any players who have a little room for a game of Chess, Checkers, Spider 4, Pente, Reversi or Battle boats please Click Here and sign up for tournament starting Wed 23rd :)
Also other games as well there.....

all line games for 1500+
beginners line games 1500 and under

both tourns could do with a few players for a couple of games so if you wanna learn or take on the best now is your chance, thanks all, starts tomorrow.

Thanks lovelysharon and harley...glad to know I get a message and don't have to keep checking the tournament to see if the first round is complete :~)

Thats right, Watson, if you have 2 or more sections you will have at least one more round after the first games are complete. You will get a note in your mailbox saying 'All Sections Completed', you then visit that tournament page and start the next round. Good luck :o)

what i think happens .. and someone correct me if i am wrong.. is that the next round will be created automatically.... but before the round begins the tournament creater gets a message to start the next round.. and there must be a button somewhere for you to push...

If I start a tournament that has more than 1 section of players, will it automatically make a another game for the winners of each of those sections so they can play against each other??

There are still games remaining in your section - you have to wait for your section to finish before you can join another.

Or, you can message Fencer and he will mark you as eliminated from the tournament so you can join another.

i have finished with the open 5 in line tourny so why can i not join another

In order for Fencer to get a new server which will enable us to play uninterrupted we are holding a money drive.

We arent asking for alot but if everyone on this site donated just one dollar we could help Fencer get the new server which is needed.

Read more about it on the Brainking board.

Thanks

All the ones that had been created either started or finished by now. Until someone starts another one, there won't be any more :-)

did they all go away,lol, Hello everbody, have a nice and safe Day,

Pioneer: "Eliminated" in only an internal database term and has nothing to do with some real eliminating. It only tells the system that the particular player is free for other tournaments.

Kevin,

Perhaps I should have been more explicit in my quetioning. There are two tournaments (one in keryo19, and one in restricted keryo13) that I have already won and finished all my games. Therefore, I certainly don't want to be eliminated from them! The bad news (for me, at least) is that two other players are still playing their what now amount to irrelevant games. As rules stand now, if I try to enter another tournament of either of these types, I get some message to the effect that I cannot enter because I'm already playing in a tournament (which I have already completed and won)!!?

Yes - until your section finishes, and you do not advance. However, as Fencer said with pawns, if you have no mathematical chance to win the section, you can let him know and he will mark you as eliminated so you can join another tournament of the same type.

What about Knights who have completed a tournament and want to join another tournament of the same type, but must wait for other slow players to finish?

It must be a bug, one of the players can not have had a 1800+ rating lately, he won much more games then he lost. I don't think i have to ASK the tournament creator to remove such a player. When creating a 1800+ tourney the creator has to do that automaticly or announce it as a open tournament. I also think that unrated players never can join a 1800+ tournament because they don't have a 1800+ BKR!

NEW TOURNAMENT: ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated)

OK, the new tournament is not actually for dummies - just people who may not be good at certain games.

ALSO are there games on this site you have never tried? Like Tablut or Tank Battle? Well here is a perfect chance to try them because I allow unrated players to join also! (and long as the unrated player is not too good).

Pawns & Knights only need 4 free spaces for each tournament. Tournament to start at the end of July.

To sign up - Check out the Tournament!

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

Better system will be implemented in the future.
Meanwhile, if it is absolutely clear that the pawn won't advance to the second round and his section is not finished yet, he can contact me and I will mark him as "eliminated" of the tournament, so he'll be able so sign up for another one.

As it is currently set up, the pawn can NOT join a new tournament until the SECTION they are in is complete. (So if there are many sections, you just have to wait until the one you are in is complete - and you are not the winner)

And in case you are the winner, you will have to wait until the next rounds starts and then completes before you can join a new tournament.

hope this helps!

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

If a BrainPawn is in a running tournament, has finished all their games in their section, and statistically cannot advance to the next round, can they join a new tournament or must they wait for the tournament to finish despite the fact they can no longer play?

BBW-
I just looked and I think they are actually talking about 1800+ Backgammon tourney Number 10 (1 game each)
created by, um I can't remember this minute by who. Which was 'closed' for signup only 2 days ago but hasn't been started yet. There are indeed 2 players rated under 1800. But either of the scenarios you described could certainly have happened. Though, I also recall a bug in relation to this sort of thing being talked about not too long ago. Maybe this tourney was also created during that time? Don't know if that would make a difference. :-)

And now that I take a look at the tournament you are talking about, that tournament was created AT LEAST 12 days ago - if not more.

So with 2 weeks of playing, my guess is that the lower rated players ratings droped over the past couple of weeks! :-)

A couple of things might have happened.

If unrated players are allowed to enter, they may have entered as unrated then got a low rating after signing up.

Or they signed up when the had a rating over 1800, then quickly lost a few games sending their rating down quickly.

WHAT I would do is contact the tournament creator because they can actually kick people out of the tournament, and may want to if they want to keep the "lower rated" players out - then again, the tournament creator might not care. :-)

when i try to sign up for a tournament for players rated over 1800 i have got the message that the max. number of players has signed for this tournament. But....... 2 of the players are rated between 1500 and 1600! Is this a bug in the system?

I just wanted to post a reminder that in about 2 days, the ALL Checkers for dummies Tournament will start.

This tournament is for people rated 1500 or below (and unrated players - as long as you are not a very good player).

If you don't know how to play some of the Checker games, this is the perfect time to learn - while others are learning so you won't get beat in 2 moves! :-)

Side Note: Once the tournament starts, I will remove any player who happens to be over 1500 to keep it fair for everyone. (Since some unrated players signed up, then won 4 games and got a high rating.)

Oops, sorry it's a bit late, but thanks Fencer.

Done.

Thanks, MM! I didn't know how the tournament section system worked.

I will start the second round ASAP. Zetes is probably on vacation or something.
Next time, you can immediately send a request directly to me, of course.

bumble: The tournament as you say is still going lol - Is what i guess is what has happened is when a round is completed (as both sections are) the person who set the tournament gets a message to create the next round and start it, all i can think is maybe zetes has deleted it or not seen it, maybe Fencer can access it ??

Also, if a knight is still in that tournament, they can not enter another of the same until that has ended (unless Fencer has chnaged that recently)

I hope someone can help resolve this.

The 'ZETES April open slowly tournament (backgammon)' is still running. The winners of both sections are still waiting to play each other. All section games were completed weeks ago.
Both parties (loggerhead and NOT a floosie) have sent messages to zetes but have had no response, although here language could well be a barrier.
What would be the next step?

Also, as this tournament is still 'live' are any brain knights that were involved able to participate in any other backgammon tournament, or do they have to await the outcome of this one?

Because of overwhelming demand the Killer Backgammon tournament has been expanded to 24 players..three sections of 8. Sign up now.

I expect that the very best checker players will be there.

Just 9 hours left for brain pawns to sign up for the tablut prize tournament! Win yourself a membership!!

I've created one more prize tournament - here :-)

Let me recommend a great checker discussion fellowship Club2000. We play no games but analyze checker games, strategies and check out websites. We are affiliated with no club so all levels and players are welcome to come and chat or just watch.

right i have filled up as many as i can! i will probably regret it later though! ha ha cos i have not played most of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad to help! As I write this right now, there are 6 Chess variants that do not have enough players... so hopefully (HINT HINT) some more people will go try some Chess games that they normally would not play - I know for myself, I don't play much chess - but you never know if a variant version of Chess would be something you like or not without trying it first - And what better place to try it then at THIS TOURNAMENT ..... yes, I know - another shamless plug. :-)

Thanks BBW, i was just about to write similar advertisement but you saved me from doing that :)

I'll prolly go and signup for some of the checkers games

Chess and variants for dummies :)(under 1500 BKR) - This is a tournament created by kitti which I just love this idea - it will let me play many different chess games that I have not tried before (without being "killed" by good players in the other tournaments - BUT there are many games still with under 4 players, so I'll do a little more advertisment for kitti and let people know if they want to try new or different games, GO SIGN UP! (games start in about a day)

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I've actually liked the idea so much, I've created ALL Checkers for dummies (under 1500 + unrated) - Which like the Chess tournament created by kitti, it is a great way for me to at least play a few Checker games and try them out..... without being killed by the good players! (games start in about 2 weeks)

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

If i can figure out how to do i'll start this tourney on wednesday. So far we have 24 players but there is still room for more...no entrance fee!!

I tend to agree, at least as to the notorious nature of Mr. Trice. In my view, it is difficult to demonstrate that he didn't simply steal the idea of Grand Chess (created in 1984 by a Dutch inventor) and apply it to a smaller board with new names for the special pieces. He might swear he never heard of Grand Chess, but it still looks suspicious.

His patents are not impressive. Patent examiners routinely overlook material in the public domain, especially if it is not in their files, or otherwise within easy reach without too much research. And with enough attempts, a slick lawyer can almost always find a way to secure a grant.

He says he is fronting the prize money for the tournament, and since I am not an entrant, I don't really care if he makes good on it or not. I suspect his angle is to gain financially by trying to peddle a lot more of his manufactured sets to the participants.

thanks Eriisa ... :)

Congrats to lovelysharon for winning the Eriisa's Free For All (Halma 10x10). I have a new tourney set up which starts July 1.

Ed Trice is a con-artist extraordinaire. He wants to appear generous but he'll figure out a way to pocket the prize money while blaming the inferior idiots of BK for being stupid enough to join his tournament. We're far better off simply donating $50 to Fencer's fine, up-&-coming website. Which I will do at first opportunity and recommend highly to others. :)

A selecion of 'Gammon' games - Click Here
Starting 1st July

I just hope the planned tournament doesn't
include the harrassment I had to suffer from
Mr. Trice during our games ...

My trust in such a cash-orgy is limited since then. ~*~

i've just created a tourn for the mid-range line 4 players 1400-2000, sign ups close 7th july. come join.