Eriisa: Okay, I can be reasonable when I want to be.... Its Sunday, a generally slow day here on Brainking. lets say 200 people read this board?

Now, how many different people are board moderators? Are we up to 10% yet? probably not.
But I guess if it is as high as 10%, that isnt really so bad.

I will have to accept Floozie when she says that there just arent any good candidates available, I just wonder if thats because most people just dont care about the discussion boards? It seems like that is it, really.

NOT a floosie: We ask and ask sometimes and all we get are the people that have caused problems.

Well, I see over 50 thousand registered users, and less than .5% (yes thats half of 1%) are moderators or have any other functions that help out brainking.

Does Brainking have some flaw that only attracts unreasonable people to register here, or that attracts mostly unhelpful, selfish types of people?

I mean if BBW had removed himself from all moderating (except global) and he had to be re enlisted because of a lack of anyone else qualified, or lack of volunteers, what does that say for the 99.5% of the registered users who dont help out this site? Thats pretty depressing to me!

Purple: Its sad that you think this is really about me anymore!

Anyway, in case your contempt for me has clouded your ability to comprehend my point, I was trying to point out that there are many other people besides BBW with a black rook membership who does not cause problems who have taken on what little responsibility they can garnish and who have done a great job of it, who dont have so many games that they cannot accept invitations, who, in my opinion, would make great candidates to help fencer out!

Sorry to everyone else who got my point the first time I stated it, Purple if you have any other comments or questions, please PM me!

Edited out needless name calling and replaced with actual name.

Fencer: Sorry again, I didnt realize that pointing out facts is considered trouble making.

BTW, another trouble making fact for you...... since pawn are not allowed to turn off your advertisers, we do pay your rent by being here to read what your advertisers pay you to post here! If pawns were not here to read them, you would not be paid to make them available!

Fencer: No obligations to the people who pay your rent is a beautiful thing! (hehehe)

But it does not mean that people will stop asking questions of you, or from giving unsolicited advice!

But thank you for the timely reply anyway!

coan.net: Sorry, it was not meant as a jab at you, it was more a question to Fencer as to why he wouldn't spread his trust around to other worthy people. Maybe you are not too busy to handle it, but there are surly other trustworthy people with less on their plate already than you have.

Now, since you have brought it up, I only talked about you not playing ponds after you got to the top of the Ponds BKR list and then stopped playing them!

Also, I forgot that you got a special grandfathered exemption from the 2 fellowship big boss limit.

Since you say that the moderator jobs dont count, since they are trumped by your being a global moderator, why then are global moderators even listed as board moderators? I have asked this question in the past, since global moderators are already moderators of every board, why then shouldnt they make room for other members to moderate in their stead? I was told that you still enjoyed being a moderator and that it was more control, or something like that, than a global.

So either it does count, and there is a good reason for you to be both a moderator and a global moderator, or being a moderator doesnt count (which you just stated it doesnt) and you should remove yourself from those posts and allow some other members a go at it!

You dont do anything with the title of customer service anymore, EXCEPT list it on your profile! If it is such a meaningless title, then why mention it at all?

I know you have told me in the past
that helping Fencer and Brainking by functioning as moderator etc has nothing to do with your ego, so I wonder what listing a meaningless title in your profile has to do with?

Fencer, you have to be kidding us!

You needed two people to help out the site by taking over team tournament responsibility for you, and Big Bad Wolf was the best you could come up with?

Lets see, he is already responsible for 2 fellowships, he is a moderator on several public discussion boards, he is also a global moderator, and a member of customer services. (did I leave anything out?)

Anyway, this is supposed to be a game playing site, first and foremost, yet for years his profile has stated not to invite him to any games because he has too many to keep up with his moves, and he is trying to get his game count down blah blah blah....

Now you add even more responsibility for him????

Pretty soon he will have more to do than you do, and he will have to delegate out some of his own responsibilities!

Come on Fencer, he obviously doesnt have the self control to tell you himself that he has way too much on his plate already to make game moves, much less take on more responsibility. Maybe you should consider delegating some responsibility to other worthy people? Or do you think there arent any?

heavenlyemma: Sorry to hear that! Maybe you will PM me with some details?

Fencer: Sorry, you know how I get when I am bored, maybe I will go to work now! Cya!

Fencer: A couple of questions, out of curiousity.... If you purchase a black knight, and become a knight forever, how much would it cost to upgrade that to a rook for any length of time?

Also, how come there are an odd number of black rooks,@75 right now, since it was a 2 for 1 special, I would guess the number would be even?

Fencer:Czuch is right - the black rook option does say "forever"

(75) - select the "forever" option, (That comes directly from the paid membership page)

Czuch is wrong.

Fencer: Im not sure your point? I cant access the smileys and my game pages dont show the dice etc! I have cleared my cache etc, and all the other sites I visit, Im am experiencing no problems, I dont understand how it can not have something to do with the Brainking site itself? Sorry to annoy you!

The pages on this site are loading terribly slow for me! anyone else?

BIG BAD WOLF: Its not a very funny joke, and if you can think it in a joke, its not hard to believe what you can think about real users as well!

BIG BAD WOLF: then some idiot user comes along


Wow, I wouldnt think that there was such a thing as an idiot user to a web site host??? I wonder if the sponsors and the advertisers think the same thing? Or maybe you are just poking fun at yourself? Maybe I missed the point, but to me it is sad to hear that customer service reps/global moderators would think of anyone as an "idiot user"? I must be just another naive American!

Fencer: When you die, I'll find a solution.



I am going to out live you, so that wont be possible!

BIG BAD WOLF: I understand that, I am not a brain dead idiot! I was only curious if he had some way to enforce it?

danheg: I use my account when logged on to other peoples computers all the time when I am away....

Fencer: If I was to die, and gave my account to my son, and nobody told you, how would you ever really know? Or even if it wasnt a family member, people move all the time, and IP addys change as well, I just dont know how you can enforce it so somebody does not let another use their account?

Fencer: Just curious about the enforcement, it doesnt seem possible?

plaintiger: I dont see any way for Fencer to prove (with any absolute certainty) if this has been done, nor should he care, really, since he got paid for someone to have all of the benefits of a brain rook FOREVER! It does not say for life, but forever, so it has to be transferable, since non of us can live forever!

Pedro Martínez: ahhhhh!!!! Now you tell me!!!! I just lost a game by 2 points because I made my play with only one roll! The other game, I took my turn anyway, but the outcome wasn't in jeopardy.

Hrqls: I understand that i could have done this once, but right after I just talked about it, I go to a game and do one roll and it says I am done???? Its just not likely, but hopefully fencers new check will end any more problems.

pauloaguia: I thought that on the first one, but now since it just happened again, and others have said the same thing, I think it has to be a bug! Thanks for your suggestion though!

It just now happened again on this game!
Dice Poker (nivabef vs. Czuch Czuckers)

Fencer: What does the data base say my dice were on my other roll that I did not see?

Czuch Czuckers: Plus I am not the only one who has said this!

Fencer: There must be some bug that fools the data base, since I went to the game to make a move, rolled the dice once and then it said my rolls were done!

Dice Poker (ellieoop vs. Czuch Czuckers)

fencer, i was allowed only one roll on this last turn, please fix it! Thanks!

This game of yahtzee i got only one roll... can someone look into this please?
Dice Poker (ellieoop vs. Czuch Czuckers)

lovelysharon: Bingo!!!!

well, I was playing for awhile like we could only roll the dice twice in the whole game, not every single turn!!! LOL


I think it might make a nice variant to play it with only 2 or 3 rolls for the whole game, makes for some interesting choices!

Czuch Czuckers: BTW... if anyone fancies a game or two, send me the invites!

FYI... for anyone who likes Yahtzee but didn't know it yet, the Dice Poker game is Yahtzee, with a couple of variations!



While Im here, can we please have the previous move by our opponent highlighted for us, and also be able to see how many rolls our opponent has left? Thanks!

pauloaguia: My default is currently set to show the next game with the shortest amount of time left to make a move. But when I use the play later option, then that game should not be included anymore, should it?

pauloaguia: Okay then why , when I use the play later option, am I taken to the main screen when I have many other games waiting for a move? Also when I do go back to another game, the "play later" game doesnt pop up until after the second time?

I am not sure what the function of this is supposed to be, I read something the other day about it from Fencer, and it sounded like it should work better than it currently is. There is currently one game that I am using the play later option, when I do this I am taken back to my main screen. I then proceed to play the next game below this game (as it is still on the top of my list).... everything so far seems okay... then after I make my next move I am given still another game to move to next... still okay, but after that next move then the game I want to play later comes up again!!!! This is where it seems to be not okay?


Is this the way it is meant to work? Shouldnt that game not pop up again until I have either gone to the main page to click it or until it is the only game left where it is my turn?

srnity: LOL, I was thinking the exact same thing! Its tough to publish something that cant be edited and will remain for view long after i am gone! But I finally just said the heck with it, you get what you get and I live with the consequences!

srnity: Thanks, but I sent it in a bit ago, didnt want to mess things up here ya know.... I hope Reza does a quick spell check and sentence structure check etc for me though ;)

jessica: i will not remove my comment because i stand by it.


So it is okay for you to be hurtful because its something you stand by, but its not okay for me????

jessica: being rude to someone who offends me is my motto.... but telling me I have no dignity or self respect, now that is down right cruel and hurtful, and totally baseless, i would ask that hateful comment about me be removed please.

jessica: Sorry to offend you, but I was offended by Roses comment as well, but I guess only other people are allowed to feel offended?

Rose: Lets not get soo ignorant on a public board.

What does that mean? How was I getting "ignorant"?


BTW, it doesnt matter if you want one or not, its not up to you, people dont ask for themselves to be interviewed, other people vote who they want to hear about!

Also, how was it not a comment about me, when the conversation was about how I hadnt completed my interview yet?


If you can answer my questions, maybe I will remove my ignorant comments, if I can figure out what they are!

Rose: Are you trying to start/cause problems again????

Maybe you want to make some arbitrary amount of time that is acceptable to you? How are "things being held up"??? How is time being wasted???/

...Just a thought... why dont you mind your own business??

Tuesday: Sure to make sure that nobody is lying....

pauloaguia: I agree... i think that if you use the play later option, that game should not come back up on your screen until you select it from your main page. It is very frustrating when you want to avoid playing a few games and they keep popping back up on your screen.

Same with this one... Cloning Backgammon (BIG BAD WOLF vs. Czuch Czuckers)

It looks like the problem is that I offered a draw, but I still should be able to offer a double as my turn, but it wont let me?

This game will not let me offer a double, it looks like a bug? Cloning Backgammon (Jaak vs. Czuch Czuckers)

so a 2 games match means we play 2 games, not whomever wins two games first?

emmett: ahhh! thanks!