this doesnt suprise me in the least!
Not a Floosie is the best...no...greatest backgammon player I have ever met! Her skills far exceed those of any other opponete I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.Her game skills,along with her intellect and bright wit...make every game a true pleasure.
hehe:)

you setting yourself up for some ribbing in the cave Bwild LMAO

Thanks BBW.

(ROFLMBO @ the rest of the comments! How am I ever going to live up to this! Thanks BWild! ROFL)

gee, when my kids would give compliments, I usually would end up wondering what they were about to ask for.... wink

LOL I'm not going to ask!

make them earn it! It doesn't have to be really difficult things, but enough so they will appreciate it.

Fencer, If I remove someone from a Tournament using the "remove link" Does it let them know they have been removed by pm etc? or will they only find out if they look at the tourny again?

There will be a nice form in BK 2.0.

Ive removed someone because i have maybe stipulated it was only for dummies, not experts, and have had 2000+ join...they didnt come back to me on it, so i assumed they were just removed:)

OK LJ - If it helps Brainking im in :-)

OK LJ - If it helps Brainking im in :-)

Only one entry per player MM LMAO

How did that happen ????? ROFL
Well if i could enter more than once i would, if only to get $30 off LJ.

It must be an echo in here LOL

I think I know the answer, but I just want to confirm it.

I have a tournament which is one game per 2 players - Max of 8 players per section.

The computer only checks to see if the pawn has 5 game slots open, correct?

So if a pawn has 15 current games, the computer will let him in even if it might give him 22 total games, correct?

I just want to double check so I don't accedently mess up a pawn which wants to be in my tournament, but needs to finish a couple of current games first.

Thanks!

Have you asked this in the last couple of days BBW?

BBW: Yes, exactly.

Yea I did ask it before, but it got "buried" without an answer - and the pawn in question has been watching this board for an answer. The pawn has already found 5 free slots, but just in case trying to find 2 more if needed.

So I figured I would repost it in case Fencer missed the first post. :-)

BK Fund Raiser
Instead of talking about it all day, we're doing something to raise money. We are trying to set up a prize tournament to raise money for BK. The tournament will be backgammon with an entrance fee of $5 with all proceeds going to BK. The prize will be $50 to the winner. Get a chance at $50 and help BK all in one. You will be asked to pay the fee of $5 once we know we have enough interested players. All entrance fees will have to be collected before the tournament can begin.
In order for this to work well we are hoping for at least 100 entrants which would be $500
$450 would go to BK and $50 to the winner. Please only serious entrees please. If you sign up for this tournament we will take it that you will be willing to pay the fee.

You can sign up for this tournament
Here

If you do not play backgammon and would like to donate please send me a pm. Thanks :•)

How will you accept fee? Ithought it had to be over certain amount due to admin fees etc on paypal and so on. Or am I getting confused with something else Fencer was on about?

BTW I am not whinging, I have signed up :o)
and ideas only come from talking about it

Once we get enough people interested we can give out more info on how to pay by pay-pal fees are charged. We first have to see an interest. :•)

Let me help you with that link

Go Here

to make a link (I'll use your tournament for example)

<a "href=/game/Tournaments?trg=2751&trnst=0>Go Here<"/a>

Just remove the "

Just put the link in the middle of a href= and <"/a> (again without the ", I need that to show you because it will not show without it). When you copy and past link:

i.e. http://www.brainking.com/game/Board?bc=45

remove everything before /game because some people use different methods ( http://www.brainking.com, www.brainking.com, brainking.com, newbrainking, etc) to get in, removeing that part will allow everyone to use your link.

You got it. Happy linking.

Tomorrows lesson, BOLD LETTERS

for an external URL, just paste the whole link behind href=

don't forget the a in a href, and then </a"> (without the ") at the end

hummm, try <"a href=http://www.afl.com.au>Footy</a"> without the "

LMAO, ok you got it now.

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BTW, sorry to go off topic all, Just trying to help out another member :)

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I'll accept that challenge! (That is to stay away from them)

I'm entering very few new tournament, especially 1 day tournaments! :-)

Of course I'm afraid of cats - they see the BIG BAD WOLF, and they think I'm a piece of furniture or something so they use me as a scratching post!

Hum... I think i'm getting off topic again.

To stay on topic - JOIN ONE OF MY TOURNAMENTS! :-)

I can appreciate and understand what Linda is doing with her tournament to raise money...the question I ask is.....
If this IS the ONLY money raised... $450 for Fencer....what will he do with $450 when that is only a 10th of what he needs....do we go back to trying to raise another $3500, and go through all this explaining etc etc again???

***Edit*** the reasons I ask is...what would he (Fencer) do with $450...it isnt even a deposit.

Would he be expected to refund if this was the only money forthcoming???

Secondly.....are people giving Fencer the money they have pledged already??

I have read where "So and So" will donate $40 if the sun dont set etc....
ok....assume it hasnt set....has the $40 been paid...we have to look at this realistically(sp)

This isnt a hypothetical situation...for Fencer it is real, for the rest of us it is playing with people who in most cases will never meet and will never have any contact with apart from the internet

OK...i am bound to get a few ANTI- Bernice posts on this....but has anybody ASKED Fencer exactly what he wants?

Ask him what he is going to do with the small amounts of money he is going to be getting (maybe)
ask him EXACTLY, what he wants.....stop assuming, stop thinking thru his mind...just let the man get on with building the site up.
Ask him....what would he do with $450....ask him for gods sake....stop sending useless donations... 100 people X $5 in a tournament.....how long would this take to eventuate...the thought is good the final result could be a long way down the track......
either put your money up....or shut up and let Fencer get on with it....only my opinion

*shakes my head*
Bernice had you taken your own advice and asked Fencer you would know.

ok maybe we should here it from the big man himself ... maybe there are lots of people like bernice out there who would like to know ..... now if we all sent fencer a message he would have no time to do anything thing else .

ps fencer did make one remark on bk .com then said he would explain more ...but nothing yet

The 2 latest tournaments to sign for appear to have duplicated themselves.. LJ's backgammon, and Egzot's atomic chess... I just wanted someone to be aware :)

Bernice has some quite valid points. I don't know all the answers but I can try!

Would he be expected to refund if this was the only money forthcoming???

No, mainly because I hope its not the only money forthcoming! We need to keep on and on until the amount is raised for a new server.

Secondly.....are people giving Fencer the money they have pledged already??

I have no idea. Theres still a link for the 'get a better server' on the 'temporarily out of service' page you sometimes see when BK is down. Some people choose to upgrade a friend, and donate that way. Linda has ideas about collecting the money for her tournament - once she has enough people. Other people hold tournaments with a membership as a prize. And I guess some would just send in what they can. Its all donating.

I have read where "So and So" will donate $40 if the sun dont set etc....
ok....assume it hasnt set....has the $40 been paid...we have to look at this realistically(sp)

I guess that would be between the person pledging the money and Fencer.

This isnt a hypothetical situation...for Fencer it is real, for the rest of us it is playing with people who in most cases will never meet and will never have any contact with apart from the internet

Its real enough to me. I may never get to meet half of you, but I feel I know you as well (maybe better in some cases) than I know people I mix with daily. I can't see you or touch you, but you are just as much my friends as anyone in my 'real' life. Some may think that is sad, I like to think of it as an online community. My home inside my home. I would be disappointed if I couldn't get online to 'speak' to you all each day. It wouldn't seem the same at any other site. BrainKing is special. I feel it every time I log on, and it never changes no matter what is happening on the surface. Fencer has built a site like no other, and I for one will work my socks off to keep it online.

So there is Niki LOL I see Egzot only has 1 now. Maybe Longjohn needs to delete one, but then it may delete both. So I reckon LJ needs to get in touch with Fencer :o)

Congrats to RAHVIN666 for winning the Spider Line4 CHAMPIONSHIP Invitational (1-10) - which the winners of the #1-10 of the "Fast Start" tournaments competed!

(There are still a few games to finish in the tournament, but RAHVIN666 has already placed himself as the winner. Congrats!)

I was thinking about setting up a simple ladder for the BK reversi players similar to the GT ones, one ladder per variation.
If you are interested, please let me know in one way or another.
It would be set up on my website and accesable from BK. But the games would have to started manually etc.

Steve

If you are a knight or a pawn and do not have room to enter this tournament and would like to pm me with your nic & Id # We will get you in. Thanks ;•)

Back by popular demand

ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated)

This is the best place to try out games which you may not normally play, or play when you know the "experts" are not going to beat you after 4 moves!

NOTE: If anyone has a rating WAY over 1500 by the time the tournament starts, I will remove them. PLEASE DO NOT join if you are really good at a game, there are plenty of other tournaments set up just for you!

Good Luck to all!

Helping Brainking Tourney
Stevie's Dollar Donation per player Reversi

Hi all, for every player who enters this tourney ,I will donate 1 dollar to Brainking. So more pawns and Knights can join in, I have set 1 game each and max 5 slots needed (means 2 games each colour too). If less than 15 players, I will donate 2 Dollars per player. Have fun and enjoy the games :o)

Would be nice if I could find 1 or more players who are willing to donate the same amount, to double or treble the money etc :o)

Congratulations to alesh for winning Round 1 Section 1 of Backgammon in the Brotherly Love (Beginners) tournament! :)

Congratulations to sarok for winning the Reversi 6x6 competition in the Brotherly Love (Beginners) tournament!

A tourney for the non expert Checkers players to have a chance to win :o)
Steveie's quick Checkers under 1600 BKR

Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
Steve