In the message sent when the final game of a match has been completed, no mention of the game being part of a match is made, yet the match result is stated as if it were the game result. Could this type of message include separate mentions of the game's result and the match's result?

Czuch Chuckers: Eager for some pawns to time out on games with you? :) It's the longer vacations that paying members get that can really slow things down.

WhiteTower: A two-game match, instead of two separate games, would ensure that they both were picked up at once.

Walter Montego: I think the "A" and "C" must just be copied from Gothic Chess.

grenv: 1300 is the starting point.

However, I disagree with ratings being changed by inactivity, as then they would be less representative of skill.

Isn't it already easy to manipulate? :)

http://www.maj.com/gallery/BuilderQ/Board-Game-Images/stone35.gif

http://www.maj.com/gallery/BuilderQ/Board-Game-Images/stone50.gif

http://www.maj.com/gallery/BuilderQ/Board-Game-Images/stone65.gif

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Just playing around with another idea... http://www.maj.com/gallery/BuilderQ/Board-Game-Images/arrowman.gif

Thanks, rod.

Anyways, here's one idea...

http://www.maj.com/gallery/BuilderQ/Board-Game-Images/ba90.gif

And I didn't mean for the ) to be part of the link, sorry.

I think miuek means something like what they have at Little Golem (see http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=117746.) I think that black pieces might look like they all "belonged" to the black player, though. Maybe I'll try and draw something...

edited to fix the link

Pedro Martínez: I think Gigolo is refering to moves which are forced in that only one option prevents the opponent from winning next turn.

Summertop: I think the current manner is justifiable (e.g. the salutation of a business letter includes the recipient's name followed by a colon.

I disagree. Most of the games on this site are variants, and some "true gamers" only play variants and not the "regular" versions.

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But I think this is getting... what's the number...

Does anyone really think that all members are going to say their real ages?

Luke Skywalker: If their last action was more than 5 minutes ago, they probably aren't online opponents anymore.

Daniel Snyder: You mean like Statistics?

Well, there is the "You are the tournament winner" message.

EdTrice: I agree as well. Perhaps it could be handled like at Goldtoken.

How about an option to filter the tournament list by creator? BrainKing already stores that information; for example, all of Big Bad Wolf's tournaments appear on the following page: http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trnst=10&tp=0&submit=Show&u=2560, so little change would be needed.

Number of completed games can be seen for each game type already, on the respective "game rules" page.

Why can't players just choose their own holidays by assigning vacation days?

Could this be made to include the invite message and the acceptance message?

Yes, I'd like to be able to make connect four diagrams on this site. :)

8: - - - - - - - -
7: - - - - - - - -
6: - - - o - - - -
5: - - o x - - - -
4: - - x o - - - -
3: - - o x - - - -
2: - - x o x o - -
1: - x o x x o - -
..................
A B C D E F G H

Why delete inactive accounts if the system still stores all their games? Their profiles can't take up too much space.

Degrading the rating? What if it is below 1300? And what if the player starts playing again? Does their x-month break mean that they have lost all their skill?

Ok, I've done a quick bit of research and I'm guessing that this<A/> is the game you're refering to?

Is there a site describing this?

On a more serious note, how about adding line4 on different board sizes? Afterall, reversi already has three sizes. :)

Dark 5-in-line? Since there is no movement of pieces, how much of the board would you see?

How about having archived games show the ratings that the players had at the time they were played, instead of the current ratings?

All I see are rows of little boxes.

Still, maybe that should be automated along with section winners being declared as soon as they are obvious.

Look at this page

If the list is sorted by BKR, how is it decided wheere unrated players fit?

Would we still be able to see the inactive ratings anywhere?