Fencer: How many boards? another couple would be helpful please.

only sightly less than half of the respondents to this poll say they have any?

I was just wanting to know, if there is a list of all the achievements and what it takes to get them
Thxs for time and help

DeaD man WalkiN: You can find it at your Profile / Achievements page. Completed achievements are shown with a light background, other ones with a dark background.

Fencer: OK, thxs for the help. I was just hoping to have them all listed on BrainKing.info. So that way a person could see them all and not have to go through everyone of the little list.

DeaD man WalkiN: Since BrainKing.info is located somewhere in USA and has no direct connection to BrainKing's database, it would have to be manually updated each time I add new achievements. It's not worth the effort.

Fencer: SORRY to here that.
Can U tell me is there an achievement for winning a game in 10 moves or less?

DeaD man WalkiN: I don't suppose so in general.  For example, all Cheversi games will be won in 8 moves exactly!  There might be for some other games though, I suppose?

Czuch: I presume you are talking about the Madhouse Poll i am running to see how many (if any) Brains people have here, so therefore if they can afford to enter Brain entry Tournaments.

Well after 88 people voted, this is how it stands:

Option 	 	Votes
NONE 		48 (54.54 %)
0 - 20 		12 (13.63 %)
21 - 50 	4 (4.54 %)
51 - 100 	4 (4.54 %)
100 or more 	20 (22.72 %)

I think Brain Tournaments are fun, as they give you something to aim for (whether you pay an entry or not).
I remember when Fencer first started Tournaments here (WOW, that was a while ago lol) he ran a Prize one if i remember rightly, though i can not think if it was a Single player or Team one.

This should really go on Feature Request, but maybe it could get discussed here as it is about BrainKing itself, its structure, features and future

Lets find some more ways to acquire Brains that people can use for Memberships or entry to Tournaments and maybe even in the shop in future when it re-opens.

My first suggestion, is once every couple of months Fencer (or coan.net / Tanien) run a Prize Tournament. Maybe one game from each section. The prize does not have to be huge (50-100 Brains maybe), but it would be good to give those interested a target, and you could get a Achievement for winning one (or more site PRIZE Tournaments).

Anyway, that is my first idea and of course it is all up to Fencer.

I do not know about anyone else, but times are hard right now and going to get worse before they get better.

Would it not be great to play for a small Prize and maybe those who have nothing may get a little something for taking part

Resher: I was thinking for Hyper Backgammon

DeaD man WalkiN:
I'd say in Hyper Backgammon, finishing a game in 10 moves or less is not that much of an achievement. I've played 29 games of HB, and 8 of those ended in 10 moves or less. So if it's supposed to be in line with the other achievements, the number should be set lower IMO.

DeaD man WalkiN: Ah, that seems more reasonable.  Not sure about the number 10 though.  6 out my 27 games this year have finished in under 10 moves, so I'd suggest a target of 7 or 8 moves as a worthy achievement.  My shortest game was a loss in 6 moves, but I'd rather forget that. (Bad loss)

Resher: Game length achievements regardless of the game just don't make much sense. Many games cannot even be finished after 10 moves (not taking resignments or draw offers into account), while for others it's impossible or unlikely to go beyond 10 moves.

For instance, having to take 10 guesses in Logic is a disgrace, but you won't be able to win a Halma 10x10 game in less than 10 moves.

But even if you make different game length achievements for different games, what to do with resignments? Surely, you don't want to give an achievement just for someone resigning early in the game; OTOH, you don't want people to get pissed at you for resigning a lost game (and they feeling bad for not getting some kind of achievement).

AbigailII: Not to mention it's very easy to fake an achievement like that.

Also, Fencer does continue to add new achievements if good ones are thought of.

ALSO - there is an Achievement Discussion Board which is a great place to talk & suggest new achievements (and won't get buried with other topics.

Fencer does the light bulb bonus run to the end of May or its only to pay until the end of May?

and how often does it change has its been on purple for nearly 1 hour

Snoopy: It runs until it is cancelled. It might be to the end of May, or maybe not.

Fencer: okie dokie i mght get lucky with the red bulb

Fencer: Could you be a little more vague?

Carl: It's bonus code time again, so if you buy a membership you can get extra bonusses to it according to the bonus coloured codes.

joshi tm: Thanks Josh... very timely....BTW, it is a red right now for anyone interested.

Czuch: if you do a mouse over on the light bulb tells you when that code will finish

Fencer, that reward for achieving the bonus Conqueror Achievement... is that a pernament one?

joshi tm: Yes.

rabbitoid:
Now that is what I call a real Achievement

alexlee: Should be worth at least 300 points. Or 300 vacation days.

Pedro Martínez:
The really funny part is he paid for a forever membership to NOT play any games

alexlee: He must have a different agenda then. :)

Is there any way in an individual game where one can turn off the message section with ones opponent.

The language and suggestions of some people isnt worth reading.

Dont tell me not to play against them because it is in tournaments and I dont really have a choice.

Bernice: blocking would be the only option... at this time...

alexlee, Pedro Martínez: If Fencer said it is not going to last long, I believe him. He's been successful in closing loopholes before. Thanks for keeping it alive

redfrog: would that stop messages but the games could still be played?

Bernice:

For those interested i have just tidied up the MUSIC Discussion Board

Sadly it looks like Eriisa is not about at present, so i have created a new Music Quiz, that will run daily

Please feel free to join in HERE

Also, feel free to embed any videos you wish, or use Hyper Links.

Any other ideas, please let me know or post there

And, dont forget to enter the BrainKing 'MUSIC' Challenge

Bernice: Actually the other person can still type in-game messages, but you won't see them if they are on your blocked user list. (So they may get "mad" when you don't answer.)

rabbitoid:
I believe Fencer too and I am sure he is thinking about it...but if he thinks to long he might see the bird as the perfect member. Buy a forever membership then just drop in to update your vacation! Guy never complains or post annoying messages on the boards that Fencer has to deal with

alexlee: Of course, the fact that the guy doesn't seem to speak English may has something to do with him not posting :)

rabbitoid:
Now be nice, he made 28 moves today, he must be exhausted.

we know he is slow .. we know the way he is using his vacation day settings .. if you have something with him .. contact him personally via a pm

Just noticed something while going through the Madhouse Teams.

Why all of a sudden have i not got Small Pente & Small Keyro Pente Teams, and it wants me to create them AGAIN.

Why did they un-create themselves

MadMonkey: Because either you or the Little Boss deleted them. Accidentally, most likely.

Fencer: If it was a Team we were part of, or had a reason to go and look at i would agree BUT i can see NO reason why Me or LB would even look at the 2 Teams involved, as they are not exactly the most popular ones here

To delete 2 separate Teams accidentally , which would include ticking the little box is VERY unlikely

MadMonkey: Although BrainKing contains many daemon processes, stalking in the depths of logical instructions and terminating ghosts in the machine, none of them is instructed to delete fellowship teams.

are we going to see no limit hold-em tournaments anytime soon?

Hi, sorry, this may be the wrong board, and a really obvious question .. I haven't been here for a very long time, though I was here right at the start :-) But it means I've forgotten how to do silly stuff, and just can't seem to find the answers anywhere .. how do I 'manage' my favourite boards now ? for example I wish to delete a board that I know longer have access to as I'm not a member (don't worry fencer, think I may be rectifying that soon ;-D)

Niki: I can't think of any public boards that are not available to Pawns. (Except for Members Only board). However, any board you want to remove from your "Favorite Boards" list, is very easy. Go to the board, and slightly below the description of the board, you will see "remove from favourite boards". Just click that, and it will vanish.

Niki: Of course if you meant Fellowship discussion boards, you can remove those from the "Favorite Boards" list the same way. However, those discussion boards will still show up in the "Fellowships" list, just below the "favorite boards" list. The only way you can remove those on THAT list, is to leave the fellowship.

rod03801: Thankyou very much :-)

Niki: You're welcome, and welcome back.

rod03801: :-) It's good to be back, thankyou ! Had forgotten how addictive it was though !!! And it was obvious once you'd told me where to look .. couldn't see it for looking ;-D