Congrats to ladybell on winning the Madmonkeys 'Boat Battle' (2) tournament.
Come along and sign now for the next one everyone,a fast 2 day per move tourny with 5 players per section :o)

Madmonkeys 'Boat Battle' (3)

Since I've had a few people ask about these tournaments, I'll post the answer here!

"Fast Start" tournament WILL BE BACK!

I'll start creating these tournament again after the BK2.0 conversion. Since BK2.0 will handle tournaments differently (actually start by date set) which is not how I set these tournaments up, they will require me to do a few things differently in setting up/starting these tournaments - so I figured it would just be easier for me to make sure all my tournaments were clear, and start them back up after the BK2.0 conversion.

Thanks!

UPDATE June 18th: Since it sounds like BK2.0 will take an extra week, I have started a few more tournaments.

Congrats to ladybell on winning the Madmonkeys 'Boat Battle' (2) tournament.
Come along and sign now for the next one everyone,a fast 2 day per move tourny with 5 players per section (only 3 days left to sign) :o)

Madmonkeys 'Boat Battle' (3)

This Tournament will start next week. If anyone still wants to enter please PM me. There is 2 years rook membership for the winner.

gooner, what's GAYP BK stand for?

Walter there are 2 styles of play in checkers. 3 move retriction checkers where you pick an opening from cards which shows the first 3 moves for each player and Go As You Please which means you play your own opening moves. :o)

I've had a +1 on my main page for a few days. Has anyone forgotten to start round 2 in their tourney?

harley - you got to a second round??

I know, isn't it exciting?!

I think the word you're looking for is 'unlikely'!

LMAO. No that's me in the unlikely column!

Thanks. I wouldn't have ever got that one. I'm not too good with a abbreviations, though I remember them. Go As You Please. I knew it wasn't Got Any Yellow Potatoes? or Going At Your Persistance. :) Geldings And Yearlings Post.

One week until the Dark Chess and Extinction Chess tournaments will get going. Looks like there'll be a couple sections, maybe three in the Dark Chess one.

I have a question concerning the organizing of tournaments. Is it better to have large sections of eight people, or small ones of four or five? I suppose the answer depends on what I mean by "better", but I've noticed that a lot of tournaments are set for sections of four or five people. I tend to think it's better to have as many people play at once, but it does mean there's less winners available for a later round if you only start with a few sections. 24 people into 3 sections of 8, or 6 sections of 4. It'd be kind of nice if the organizer could set the sections based on the actual number of entrants as opposed to having it set in stone, or can I change the section size before starting the tournaments?

Yes, Walter you can change the section size, but since its set to 4 players by default, thats why most tournaments are 4 players per section. People don't worry too much about changing them.
As for which is best, well I guess thats personal choice. I like the 4 players per section because its a quicker tournament, and more chance of getting through to the second round. Higher number of players = more games, longer tourney and less chance of winning. But more of a challenge!

Tourny will be starting lunchtime Monday (GMT) so come along and sign up quick for a fast 2 day per move tourny with 5 players per section :o)

Madmonkeys 'Boat Battle' (3)

Congratulations "mangue"! Well done. It went to the wire after you guys knocked me out of contention with it being a three way tie at the time. Yes, I became extinct! :(
See you at the Second Quarter tournament as I'm demanding a rematch! Just in time for the Second Quarter tournament come to think of it!

Tourny will be starting in about an hour (or when i get back from my mates) so come along and sign up quick for a fast 2 day per move tourny with 5 players per section :o)

Madmonkeys 'Boat Battle' (3)

Come on all gammon players.

All 5 gammon variations in one tournament

Madmonkeys 'Gammon' Stakes (4)

There is only one day to sign up for the prize tourney. We have 34 players already. If anyone else cares to play please message me. :o)

ASAP

what happens in tourneys when the owner falls to pawn level? I'm in one, Fountains, Waterfalls and Fury Things (Chess)
the second round has been waiting to be kicked off for a while now

I've started the second round. Thanks for notifying me.

Good Luck to all. :o)

Hi There is a Backgammon prize tounament.for a 6 Month's Rook membership.Called, YOUR FRIENDLY FELLOWSHIP, you'll find it on the Tournament boards. Your friend Mike,and Mastermind.:o)

Just a little more than a day and half before the Second Quarter tournaments will be starting. Extinction Chess currently has 8 signed players. Dark Chess has 15. They run the gamut in ratings, so there'll be lots of variables for each player. Opens are opens, after all.
Avoid becoming extinct, or bring your flashlight to keep the darkness away. :)

There is 79 members in,YOUR FRIENDLY FELLOWSHIP everyone's welome,should be a good.:o)

Congratulations to Nomad, who has just been announced as winner this of this tournament, with all sections completed. Congrats James!

Also congrats to Pat (gooner), who was a very close runner up. Great job Pat!

Well done, Immortals :o)

I'm not to sure what to make of the bata base update announcement, but if simular to what went on earlier in month I'm kind of nervous about starting the two tournaments later today. If Fencer or someone in the know can alleviate my concerns, I'll go ahead and start them later today. Otherwise I was going to take the catious appraoch and wait until the change has been implimented and all is well, or that it's been undone and put back to how it is now with a message about what or when it'll happen again.
This seems like the right way to go, especially with Dark Chess, because the games are ruined in the event that the positions are revealed.

Hmmm, it copied it nine times! Perhaps my reticence in starting the tournaments is justified? I'll delete the eight extras in a bit.

If you are worried, then I personally suggest just changing the start date to about Wednesday or something like that, and then start it then - since a few extra days will not be too big of a deal.

NOTE TO ALL TOURNAMENT CREATORS: With BK2.0, tournaments will automaticly start according to the start time. (Tournament creator does not have to manually start it.) So just a warning! :-)

Is it just Fencer who can initiate these?
Cos I cant find link, or is it a "soon to come addition"?

Stevie: All tournaments are handled automatically when a deadline is crossed.

Once an hour.

I mean inter fellowship ones, Can WE as big bosses set them up in the future?

Ah-ha. Yes, when I implement it :-)

Hey - I have started some "First 5 to sign up" for the 3 new games, take a look at the tournament page to sign up. (Once filled, I will be creating more - so keep checking back)

I have also created a BIG tournament (no limit) for all 3 games that will start in about 3 days. You can sign up for 1, 2, or all 3 new games.

Sign up HERE!

Have Fun!

It appears that the tournaments started correctly and there's no problem with the new format.
New format looks like an improvement over the older one too! Cool. I'll see you at the games.

Great implement Fencer on the tournament start times. :o)

Hi. I'd like to be a part of a team. How to do it in Brain? waiting for any advice. jasniepanicz

Hi people there is a tournament for a rook membership,open to all pawns as well,it starts tommorow night,99 have joined already looking for the triple digits to have a great Backgammon tourny.you only need 4 game slots to join.It will be very interesting seeing who comes out of 20 brackets.:o)to all that i have helped join good luck pawns, but the competion is tough the best of the best are there.thanks Mike

nice name as to I went fishing last night we (as in 3 ppl) cought 28 white bass and 1 walleye in 3 hours, lol was a fun night.
:o{P

Amazons tourny Stevies Amazon beauties

lol thank you Mrloupcity i also love to fish and think may and june are some of the best months to fish glad you liked it haha!

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Only about 24 hours to sign up - This is the FIRST BrainKing tournament for:

Battleboats Plus
Dark Battleboats
Amazons

- the 3 new games. (Well first tournament other then my fast start tournaments.)

So only 24 hours to join. You can play in 1, 2, or all 3 games as long as you have room for them!

SIGN UP HERE

i see you added already , 50 pawns if it makes it to 50 pawns i wonder what other restriction there will be .edit (i see you lowered it to 20 pawns, should think about things more before playing with your keyboard )

OK, how will the site Team tournaments actually work?

So far there are 11 teams (55 players), and I was wondering how things would work.

Does each player play everyone from 1 other team? Play everyone from all the other teams? Or possible just 1 player from another team?

I guess I'm just wondering how it is going to work. (And how many games we should expect)