Groucho: i agree - the point is to track "action" not set up dummy games that you dont care about - just to make moves....

Aye, you're right. And only playing fast games is bad, too. Everybody should play chess and halma.

Groucho: I agree :o(

playBunny: It seems to me to defeat the real purpose. It's artificial.

playBunny:Absolutely nothing!

What's wrong with teamwork, alliances and partnerships?

anastasia: It happened yesterday. A lot of people were complaining about it because there was a loophole so Fencer removed it.

furbster: I agree taking the boards off the point system was a good idea.

I understand why the win points are only counted once a day...but if you are playing 5 tourney games with the same person,and win them all the same day (not that I would be so lucky,LMAO!!) but that SHOULD be counted.You have no control over who you are matched with in a tourney..private games yes,not tourneys though.

anastasia: not sure yesterday perhaps, i perosnally think its a much better idea, and it keeps things a lot fairer.

furbster: when did THAT change? I missed that one.I understand that this is a test month and so on but to keep changing things on a whim seems a bit ridiculios.

furbster:Thanks:)Maybe some of theses CHATTERS will play there games LOL he he :)

CRY ME A RIVER: You no longer get points for reading boards, its points for winning games now.

There seem,s to be a problem with your new points system Fencer.When you change over from day to day and total points.I do not get any points when i read boards.It does not bother me any,but if others are having this problem it might:) Keep coming up with new ideas it is a GREAT SITE :)

6. - 10. place: 6 month Brain Knight membership?

I realize that it is double the 200 brains- but could have added future benefits…

Kudos to Fencer for-
1. The Action Points idea
2. The prizes
3. Being able to adjust on the fly…

I am so happy that I don’t have to ‘read’ anymore for those inflated points…
[Although I did actually find some interesting posts/threads;]

I plan on continuing to play as I’ve done in the past, tweaking to rid myself of slower players…

Shortly after I’d joined IYT a couple of years ago~ burst appendix cost me ~100 games…
Have appointment later this month… plan to join BK AFTER/IF I get clean bill of health…

Again- thank you Fencer! [Best overall site;]

On the other side, implementing of AFK check would be probably lost time, because it would catch only those really greedy ones, because classical way of switching to interactive mode when AFK check encounter would be sufficient as prevention in most cases.

Although the proof would be almost impossible if the action would be within the limits, with bigger and non-constant intervals between moves, there is no way to discover that, except some AFK check where user would have to reply within some reasonable time to some sophisticated question in a human way while playing. But the decision when to generate such question and what is a reasonable reply regarding to content and reaction time would be not easy.

nabla: Sure, that would probably result in a ban, because a proof would be pretty easy, though the whole idea might be used for broadcasting games here instead of replaying them or sending to site creator for publishing at least then.

TheLamer: At least this would be clearly against the User Agreement (no computer help when playing), so any punishing measure could be taken against the people who would abuse the system in that way.

Fencer: OK, thanx.

pawnme: Resigns are counted too. All kinds of wins are eligible.

Okay, I need clarification. If I resign, then my opponent will NOT get points?

nightmagic: hope this doesn't take the fun out of the games i play, i don't think it will. i play for fun here, not to win any extra but yes it's nice but here to play games win or lose, don't think i'll not know your her for the points and there is a way around that...

gl 2 all grabbers

nightmagic: you got me wound up,,,,

TheLamer: lol, even with slow speed some are able to keep up setting settings to 10 sec. fefresh

Forgot to add: optimising for maximum moves frequency, what are you able to reach? 1000-2000 moves per hour? Should depend only upon internet connection speed, of course on server side too. Any offers for prize for winner? *1*

What about this one: 2 AI players in 2 sessions, automated process of game creating and moving. Games can be read from PGN/CBH file (giga or mega database) to ensure nice and enjoyable games.

not a vegeatable....lol...although some of my friends might describe me as a cabbage...lol...don't ask why..

Anencephal: Don't give me ideas ... :)

Now, What if someone write a script which create games and plays for two users? :-)

playBunny: nice idea! Maybe Fencer can create a new level : Brain Translator with the picture of a guinea pig!

Matarilevich: It's simple to me. Translators should get life membership.

playBunny: no carnivore +10.000 points

What about points for doing and correcting translations? Someone proposed it.
If someone translate then doesn´t move and doesn´t collect points.

yoyudax: Have a good day too, yoyudax, but I have to say your two cents aren't worth two grains of sand 'cos you show no understanding of the issue. ;-)

ps. Bunnies don't eat meat. Is yoyudax a vegetable? ;o)

Fencer: ok :)

Mr. Shumway: 2 points.

If I win a normal game and THEN a tournament game against the same opponent, will I get 5 points for the tournament match, or 2 points because the normal game was earlier?

yoyudax: I agree with you- it was a cool thing Fencer did and people just gotta complain and pick it apart.
Ot maybe they are just trying to fill up the boards????
"Let no good deed go unpunished!"

What have you guys been up to ...I go away for a few hours and 73 new posts...lol.. Personally I think you are all taking this way too seriously. Fencer had his reasons for doing this and he offered prizes as an insentive. If someone bothers to refer a friend but needs a prize to get them to do it...so be it. If someone wants to take the time to read boards they would never otherwise read or open up board windows every hour ...that is their business. I think Fencer is probably spending more time dealing with the people who would like this action fine tuned than he is with the action itself. Now thats my 2 cents worth...lol. Have a great day everybody!!

LionsLair: not necessarily, games like Ludo or Backgammon Race will also become popular even though they are longer because people are looking for move points. The games that will be most popular are the "luck games" or ones where you don't have to think for long periods of time.

KotDB: Lol. Cool, O Dust-bunny King. But I have to disagree... Mixing two boards in one url gets my Exotic Trick of the Month vote! ;o))

KotDB: playing is more fun anyway! good luck all.

Hyper backgammon and other quick games over in less than 20 or so moves becoming very popular in the next few weeks!
:o) happy gaming!

gambler104: I guess there's no harm in revealing it now. It's nothing so exotic as some of the guesses I've seen. Just pick one post each hour and read it on every board.

sidpatel: good luck to everyone. I agree. I hope to be in the top five although the top ten will still be nice. Top ten is my goal and then everything else is just icing on the cake.

playBunny: thankyou. good luck to you too. i only hope to be in top 5 people. 1 year membership is great enough :)

KotDB: just curious. what was the secret?

Lol. Good luck Sid. :-))

I'm glad to see that the points for reading have been replaced by points for winning. Now I can stop "reading"! And I agree that it's much better to reward people for playing than for lurking.

Of course I can't make enough moves to stand a chance under this new system, but that's all right. Good luck to all honest competitors.