I get annoyed with pawns that send me a message complaining about slow play, even if they chose a game with a 2 or 5 day limit. I generally respond that they should buy a membership so they don't have to beg for moves. I play way more games than most people but I'm retired and that is my choice.

beach:exactly :) That said, if an opponent asks me politely, I'm always glad to make a move in a game with them whenever possible.

beach: The same here too.

Justaminute: well said,  I play a lot of games because I want there to always be games when I log on, that's why I have a membership and that's why I like this site the best

Artful Dodger:
That is good advice. Pawns play a small number of games so every game matters to them and they sometimes begrudge a slow player taking up one of their slots. I am playing a lot of games at a 3-5 day per move rate but some at a 10-15 a move rate. I have about 200 games on the go and perhaps make 60- 100 moves a day. The point is the 10-15 moves a day game takes a week to get into my top 100 games if my opponent responds within 24 hours. I could of course reduce the number I am playing to 60-100 so I could move every day in every game but I want there to be games to play whenever I go onto the site. That’s why I pay a membership fee. Similarly if I am playing against a lot of slow players and I am not getting enough games I just increase the number of games I am playing.

I only see the rate of play being an issue for pawns (and admittedly knights) but as AD said the answer is don’t enter a tournament with a time limit you are not prepared to play. I’ve also heard people complaining a time limit is too fast, same applies.

Pay attention to time controls!

Ok, that was 5 words but I threw in two as bonus words. ;)

I learned this the hard way and now limit myself to mostly 3 days per move tourneys. I'll go as much as 5 but that's it. If I sign up for a tourney that takes forever, it's on me. While I do find it annoying that some opponents take up all their allotted time, that's their right.

Ok, now I'm like way past the three words of advice.

Justaminute:

computeropponen:

computeropponen: To compare Crosseyed to yourself does her a disservice. She has completed 12600 games and made 234 posts of which 1 caused some friction with the powers that be. You have completed 39 games and made 154 posts most of which are complaints about the same tedious subjects.

if people agree with each other, there will be no discuss at all.
i don't recall any other your post to me. sorry abt that.

computeropponen: I have just posted something good about this site in my last post to you. As for the rest of your post I can't agree with you.

crosseyed: i am in the same situation as you. what i have talked about all based on the fact.
people consider me as a complainer. what i sugguest that you better say something good about this site. don't forget for the owner of this site, it is bussiness he has to make every one happy.

computeropponen: I have never said this was a bad site to play games in or for posting. In fact I will put this site as the No1 site to play in. However in the past there were some problems with this site and when I tried to alert the site owner, he deemed me as complainer.
You must have been bored to dig up an old post.

Aganju:
i don't pay much attention to the x control, it does not mean i don't CARE abt it.

computeropponen: you said below "...i don't pay much attention to the time control here...". Well that's exactly your problem, and you should stop projecting it onto others.
The time controls can please any taste, yours included, but if you don't care about them when signing up, then stop caring (whining) about them after signing up.

crosseyed:
before you speak or speak up, you better say this is the best site to post on and play game.
if you are not a complainer.

rabbitoid: my opponent time left is 42 days and 15 hours per MOVE, not per GAME.
if he move exactly like that, it will take more than a year may be two to finish one game.
what a long game!!
i don't like a blitz game, what i want is a reasonable chess game
what is fast action or slow snail action? you tell me.

computeropponen: This site is a bad choice for you if you like to blitz. What you find here is more the equivalent of correspondence chess. For fast action better go to FICS at http://www.freechess.org/

computeropponen: i played a few games of chess with my mother on here and she does exactly what you says .... i know she is no cheater though :) ...she just wants to play it on a real board so she views my move and then sets up on a real board to contemplate her various moves and often she leaves the board standing there for several days before making the real move :)

i don't pay much attention to the time control here. once i accepted an invitation to play a chess game, my opponent moved quickly and i like it, i hate people move slowly to make me sick.
during the game my wife called me to pick her up,when i came back i found out that i had only 30 min vs his 1 hr 35min, first i was very surprised then i realized the x was set up for 3 hrs per game that i did not know abt it. i lost the game under x pressure.
now i get the idea how to invite people to play the game i wanted. set the X CONTROL PER GAME

computeropponen: There are two ways: you can go to a player's page and invite that person directly, or you can make an open invitation to players in general here at BrainKing (with some restrictions if you want to).

For the general invitation, on the left side of the page near the top there is a category called "new game". Click it.

Then select the type of game you want to play, then pick the parameters that you want. Be careful on time controls and such so that you get what you want; there are default settings but I suspect you won't want to use those.

how to invite someone for waiting game?

Hrqls: no one is a cheater here, only suspect of cheating. you don't know what the guy is doing. how can you prove it?
when my opponent logout after seeing my move every time, i know what is going on, he may not use a computer program, but i am sure that he is looking for some help, most likely he try to find the move by trail and error method. when he find his move on the board and login again.
the reason is: he has no ability to see the move over the board.

happyjuggler0:Just the first game will be black and then alternate colour

If someone on the "waiting games" page has an invitation that states that it is a 5 wins match and my color is black, does that mean that all of my games in that match will be black, or does it mean that my first game is black and alternate each game after that between black and white, or is it something else perhaps?

Justaminute: agree,i meant that it was not automagically recognized

Justaminute:
actually it would be quite easy to program, but there are other easy-to-program things that are not implemented on this site :(

Hrqls:
a draw cannot be claimed on this site, it can only be offered.
you have to agree on the draw to be performed

just decline the draw and continue the game while having a cheerful chat about the rules of a draw?

Actually not correct. Where normal rules of chess apply the game is draw when there is a three fold repetition of a position and a player claims it. The issue is that Brainking does not automatically recognise it (it would be very complex to programme I imagine) but the rules on the site advise you can appeal for arbitration. Ideally of course this is settled between the players.

Hrqls: I was the opponent in question. I actually think this is a matter for the chess board not the brainking board but no matter. The fact is that I offered a draw at the time we repeated the move for the third time (fourth actually). I didn't write a message saying that it was a three move repetition, I just assumed thisbeme was aware of the fact we had repeated three times and the game was a draw. My opponent then played on with a different move. I then repeated the draw offer advising acceptance was not optional and I would appeal to the arbitrator if he did not accept. I can only assume thisbeme did not notice the offer I made on the third repetition. I now realise brainking does not record draw offers on the moves visable to the players so I was unable to prove I had made the offer on the third repetition of position. My advise is write a message when are claiming a draw when you make a three move repetition so there is an audit trail in the event if a situation like this.

thisbeme: maybe your opponent didnt understand the rules of chess in detail and he wasnt trying to exploit you?

a draw cannot be claimed on this site, it can only be offered.
you have to agree on the draw to be performed

just decline the draw and continue the game while having a cheerful chat about the rules of a draw?

thisbeme: game number?

A draw was incorrectly claimed by my opponent.
According to fide laws a player must claim a draw at the time. At the time the draw was adjudicated the claimed of repetition wasn't valid as I had deviated from the repetition prior to the claim.
Also poor form from my opponent as I explained that it was an invalid claim and they are exploiting someone who doesn't understand the rules of chess!!!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's been nothing since shortly after I signed up initially last October - it probably was at Christmas time I saw them, as beach suggested. Maybe I'll renew for 6 months and see if any come up again - might be wise anyway if traffic really is slowing down. Although I'm not noticing it that much, and still enjoy it here, so if the right incentive showing up now or at the end of the year will probably bring me back for a while.

There was nothing at Easter time as usually has been

Carpe Diem: probably won't see one here until maybe Christmas time, they usually only happen twice a year

Have I been missing these, or has there not been one in a long time? I'm up for renewal soon, and was hoping I'd see a code at some point...

if anyone thinks they are modded unfairly on this board, please contact me

i allow a lot more than the previous mod on this board, and hope to be fair and honest to everyone

this post is not to start a discussion, just to ask you to send me a pm if you think you are being modded unfairly on this board

Carpe Diem: I am speaking from personal experience. I was frustrated with this site when it was not working some time ago Fencer deemed me as a complainer when I posted on here.

crosseyed: I'm not sure what you mean - I've seen dozens of complaints on this board, so I would say there definitely is some tolerance of criticism.

JerNYC: Ahem tolerant . There are enough moderators on these boards that would have removed any unacceptable complains.

ellieoop: No idea

The most involved owner that I've seen on any of the sites would have to be 'Badger' on GT. It's not just a business venture for her, but more of a labor of love. Very active on the discussion boards and always working with the main programmer to develop new games. She's on a personal basis with many of the members. After her, I would say that Fencer is the second most involved owner. The rest of the sites (including IYT) seem to have no input or presence whatsoever from their owners.

I will say this of Fencer, though, he does seem to be very tolerant of criticism. There are very public complaints on here that would be moderated elsewhere.

The Col: is Pat Chu still running IYT?

crosseyed: This reminds me of Chu and IYT
Maybe the owners eventually feel all the bs isn't worth the return

crosseyed: did anyone ever seriously approach Fencer about giving control of the site to someone else? Selling the site, or even just having someone else administer it? If he doesn't care too much, he might be ok with either?

crosseyed:

blackviper55: That is a pity, for as games site go in my opinion this is the best site to play in. I just wish the owner would take more interest in his game site. I know he thinks I am complainer, but in the past I have been frustrated when the site was playing up. Players should be allowed to speak up (so to speak) if they are not happy with the service they get, without being a accused of complaining. I still think this is the best site to play in regarding layout, graphics etc.

yes i am going once all my games are done

ketchuplover: I think 200 of those hail from Tennessee lol

pawns active just on Sept 13 2013 so far.