Fencer Said: "Tip of the day" does not mean "Tip of the day related to BrainKing only".
What? Are you serious?

Yes, its your site, but...
1. How many of you members enable "Tip of the day" hoping to get some cool insight into BK?
2. How many of you enable it hoping to get yet another advertisement?
3. How many of you enable it hoping to get some random tip for another web site?

OK, I have to admit, I had already disabled it. But, if I had it enabled and started getting advertisements, I would immediately disable it.

Hmmm, I wonder if I am going to get in trouble for my comments...

Tuesday, Apparently I missed something...Can I step in here and say something without offending? On your profile it says you are from the Unites States. Just for clarification, the Unites States is NOT a democracy. It is a Republic nation.

Roberto Silva: Ah, that makes sense, now.

OK, I'm surprised...I accepted a "draw" offer from an opponent not expecting my rating to drop. It did. I'm hoping someone can tell me why?

Game: Chess (Summertop vs. petrchy)

Note: Opponent's rating was 2075 (over 100 games, so it was established).
My rating was 1729

I don't often use polls, but if they are something that might help the site, I probably would.

Poll 1: What browser do you use for Brainking (IE, Firefox, Safari, opera, other)

Poll 2: What performance do you see from Brainking (very fast, fast, medium, slow, very slow, unusable)

Interesting, I decided to "View Source" on the "DoBoardPost" page...here is what I got:
[html]
[head]
[title][/title]
[/head]
[body bgcolor="#ffffff"]
[/body]
[/html]

Note...I formated it to make it more readable and I replaced "<>" with "[]"" with "[]"

coan.net: Yes, there is another computer I can use (at work). It gives the same problem...

Other pages that redirect work fine. I'm at a loss. I would say it's the firewall at work, but the other brainking pages load fine.

Well, more on the Blank Pages (DoLogin, DoMove, DoBoardPost)....
When I tried this at home, there was no issue. At work there still is...

I don't think the firewall is the culprit because all the other pages work fine. Even the Doxxxx pages work mostly, just don't redirect.

Host-tracker.com showed no problems.

I haven't seen this issue with any other web site.

Any other suggestions?

Well, sure enough...the DoBoardPost page died...but the post made it.

Well...WHEN a page loads, it loads fairly quick. But I've noticed LOTS of times when it just seems to stop with a blank (white) page.
Every page that starts with "Do" stops on me...
DoLogin
DoMove

I've tried FireFox, IE, Safari, Opera...it seems to not be a browser problem. If I refresh, nothing. If I manually go to the Main page, my action completed (made a move, logged in, etc).

I sure hope this posts gets saved, as I bet it uses a DoSomething page.

FYI...This started yesterday for me. Later I will try this from a different network. Currently I am at work and my firewall might be blocking it (who knows why).

coan.net, Thanks, most of the settings I had already changed for faster performance. I was not using the "Lightweight" version...so far it seems to be better.

OK...I looked for a "Support" forum and didn't find it (maybe Fencer should add one). So, I am posting here. Hope I am not offending anyone.

I have been a paid member of Brainking for a while now and have loved the site. But lately, it is running REALLY slow for me. I have been dealing with it, but was thinking maybe someone could help me out.

1. Pages will sometimes take 35 seconds to load. This makes playing games, tedious.

2. I have cleared every cache I could think of.

3. I have tried multiple browsers. IE and Firefox behaved the same. So I downloaded and installed Opera (has never been on my computer). It behaves the same also.

4. I have tried other websites, and they respond just fine.

5. I have tried from multiple locations (work, home) with the same results.

6. I have tried multiple computers with same result.

So...anyone have any more suggestions? It's like have a little rock in your shoes, no big deal, but DRIVING ME CRAZY!

Can someone explain how to use this feature...
I'm guessing this is for a style sheet. Is there a link to Download the "default" style sheet that BK uses? that way I can simply modify what I want, then post it to my own server and PRESTO!

krybulon: Lets go back to your original post...

what are you talking about all the time ? Why do we need all those whistles, fountains and special features for our games ? It takes so much Fencer's creative energy which could be used for some other stuff ...

All we can do is submit suggestions. Fencer decides what he is going to do. My suggestions don't take ANY of his energy (resources?). He can (and often does) ignore them. well, maybe not ignore, but he decided whether he thinks a suggestion will benefit the MAJORITY of the members.

I never use these brains, ponds, stairs, templates ... for what ? It's like having 900 TV channels while you need only 3 or 4 ...

so...everyone else should give up the 896/897 channels that they like and only watch the 3 or 4 that you like? Or should they not even be offered because you don't like them?

With all the respect .. please stop it.

How respectful is it to ask everyone to quit submitting suggestions because YOU are happy with the way BK is? Or only submit suggestions for games because YOU don't want to use certain features?

With all respect to you...feel free to NOT make any suggestions. But until you own BK, what gives you the right to tell everyone else what to do?

krybulon: Oh, no...you are right. They come here because of the games. They STAY here because of the features.

krybulon: I can understand your feelings. However, whistles, fountains, etc...are what gives BK it marketability. If it didn't have all the bells and whistles, most people would find another site. Fencer is not doing this because he is bored. He wants to make money. The games are nice, but the bells and whistles are what sells. I've seen web pages that offered games, but no pretty features. I don't think they are even still around.

So...Still waiting for Czuch to finish answering his questions?

jessica: Edit your profile and enter your location (Country)

BrainKing.info is down again. At least for me. It seems whenever a new article is published, I can't get to it. Maybe it just can't handle the load of everyone trying to access it.

King Reza: Sounds to me like you just volunteered

Anyone else have problems accessing it? About 75% of the time, I get an error saying the server can't be found. If I wait for an hour or so...then I can get to it just fine.

plaintiger, Thanks! There's one down...

Fencer, I appreciate what you are offering. I think it adds to the site. However, one thing I have enjoyed, as a paying member, is the ability to turn off features that I don't like/want. Lately, it seems, you keep adding "annoyances" that I just have to deal with. Please, at least allow paying members to turn off these new features:

1. The press monitoring link.
2. The "Your settings do not allow you to recieve action points" link. I like turning off the addvertisements. But, now I have that as a replacement.

Fencer: Not as bad as my other dilemma...Do I do the work I'm paid for, or do I play on Brainking?

BIG BAD WOLF & Pedro Martínez : Yes, I know I can do that. I don't want to turn it off, remove it, or hide it. I like it. I just don't like it so big that I can't see my game list.

With the "Server News" section on the main page...
It is soo large that I cannot see my games. I like the monthly actions so I don't want to turn it off...but...I want to be able to see my games without having to scroll all the time. I was wondering if it could be summerized with a link to see all the details?

Stevie: Uh oh! Now I'm sure to be moderated...

So...I just checked. Harley hasn't been on for several weeks. Rumors are she doesn't want to play anymore. Is she the best person for the main moderator here? That leaves baddessi as the only viable moderator and he hasn't been on for several days.

Eriisa: No, but if you do a google search, you can find a Forbe's article about it.

Fencer: I checked paypal like you asked. that bites that you cannot accept payments (but can send money) through PayPal. Is this something with PayPal or does it have to do with some Czech law governing incomming moneies?

Google's GBuy is expected out June 28th. I too hope that it will work and be released on time.

On the tournaments page, there a several tournaments where the due date was as much as 80 days ago. One of them (64 days ago) is even complete. Yet, they still show up on the list. Is there something I am missing?

Brain Tournament
Estern bunny

alanback: I am using Mozilla Firefox. I am NOT having any problems. BK does seem a bit slower today. though.

Chicago Bulls and gogul, This sounds like a fun debate in the Debate Club. If you take it there, I will follow.

Erinity: It's unfathomable that people would actually do that...I hope you notified Fencer. I hope he bans them.

Fencer, Just kidding you.  Personally, I wouldn't use auto-pass.

Here is a rule from Ambiguous chess...

• If only one piece can move to the marked square, the full move is
  performed immediately without waiting for the opponent's choice
  (because there is only one possibility).
  

Isn't this Auto-Pass? 

(I believe it's time for me to run and hide from Fencer...lol)

So...Are smileys only for paying members?

If they had some vacation days specified (in the future) then cancelled them.

Radiant Aunt: I think one reason pawns are left in the fellowship is...If they do eventually renew their paid membership, they won't have to re-join all their old fellowships.

Radiant Aunt: If you are the Big Boss, you can remove members.

What happens when the Big Boss lets his membership revert back to a pawn?

Rose: Oh yeah, I forgot that Fencer did a "rewrite" of the BK code.

Rose: I know the rules. At one point, you could have as many fellowships as you wanted. When Fencer changed it to a max of two, you didn't lose your existing fellowships. I am curious if this is a "Back-door" way to get more fellowships.

pauloaguia: No, I mean, is it even possible? FYI: I am only the Bog Boss of one fellowship (for the time being).

So...what happens when someone wants to turn over an existing fellowship to you, but you already are the Big Boss of two fellowships?

ellieoop: Well, said.

nabla: Ah, that adds up...thanks.

pauloaguia: Well, that's what I thought...Look at my Tournament.

ALL of the points add up to 30. Yet, Uil got a S-B score of 31 and I got 29. So again, I don't see what "points" are added up?

Another question...In Multi-Game matches such as Backgammon, when you resign, are you resigning the specific game or the entire match?