I think it was just you Stevie

Thats a bug I havent heard yet..... That is really weird!

anyone else having "slow" problems with the site tonight?

Another thought... with the 6 extra days added for weekends, that makes another week (almost) does that count for 2 more weekend days also?

Those games I refered to have gone from 33 days down to 31 days, but that is still too many, unless we have 4 public holidays in August?

Game id # 389122, last move July 31, last time to move August 31.... 31 days, on a 21 day game, with no vacation time...

What is nonsense? The double weekends? I wasnt sure, but I dont see how else a 21 day game has 33 days, without vacation time. It makes sense to add 6 days (2 weekend days per week for 3 weeks) but why 12 days then, if it isnt including my weekends?

hat about double weekends? Why does my opponent get time credited for my weekends?

You mean on the game board discussions. ie Reversi discussion board.

I just noticed it too. But how do we know which rating is being shown on the boards with multiple variants?

But why do they use my weekends?
Oh nevermind...

No thanks to you tree hugging radicals....

Dano, my question is still unanswered. Why does the opponent get my weekends added to their game time?

What sense does it make for my opponent to get my weekend days added to their time to play?

If both players have different weekend days set, does that add 4 days a week to the game time limits?

It seems this is the case, as I have a game with a 21 day limit, that has 33 days left. That would be 3 weeks plus 2 days a week for their weekends, and 2 days a week for my weekends, which is 12 extra days, making 33 days correct.

But if this is the case...Does it make any sense for my opponent to have my weekends added to their time limit? It doesnt seem right to me, does anyone have any idea what I am trying to say? :)

Here. hwere Flooz... I was going to say tyhe same thing... Good ol WebTV!!!! Them Computer snobs look down their noses at us, but there are definit many advantages :)

Bwild.. you look like a lynard skynard type to me?
(how do you spell that band anyway?

Please Fencer.... give us the dirt... who is Bernices alter ego????

BUSTED Bernice!!! :)

My ranking just went up 166 points frm one win. Is this correct? I know there has been some concern that the rankings may not be accurate lately?

There you go trying to think again, Ug...

Not private games...

I disagree....that is part of the game. If I have hidden my boats that well, why should you get to find out my tricks? I say leave it the way it is :)

seems like a lot of extra work, and a pain in your .... I am sure there is some security reeasons? Do you have any limits? As I like to change my name, and picture quite often :)

Who are the 'administrators' that are in charge of approving name changes? And why does it take so long?

No strategy in Battle boats?
Maybe not the same as chess....

Thanks Fencer.... Its clear now :)

I win and only goes up 1 point. The loser goes down 8 points. Can someone explain the ratings for me?

Yikes!!!

So one game with a 21 day limit and 30 moves could take 6 1/2 years?????

Does anyone really need that much time to play a game??

Can one of the 'slow' players out there please explain to me why you would want to play a 6 1/2 year game? I know Kevin said that his opinion is that what ever the game limit is, is what you should expect from him to move.... although it is a shame that he will comit to a specific time limit game, and then not move or resign within that specified time frame....

I am playing in a 21 day limit tournament (stupid to begin with) But there are games with 40 something days left before time runs out. How does this happen?

Thanks od. I left the other night, and shut of my power and unplugged. I dont remember having to sign in after that either. Maybe I am wrong. I will have to try it again :)

I havent had to sign in with my password for many days now. I am not complaining. But is that how it is working for everyone? Arent we meant to be using a password everytime, or do I understand it wrong?

Kevin, its not to dificult to see that if you do not move in a game until it is ready to time out, then you are purposly leaving a game until the last minute. You are currently purposly leaving over 20 of them like that.

Also it is very difficult to beleive anything you say, when you claim that you can clear all of your games in 30 minutes, yet have other more important things to do, yet you also claim that school was nothing more than 6 hours out of your day, and was so easy you had to look for extra curricular activities to keep you from being bored.

As a customer service rep. you should consider giving this site more of a priority, and if clearing your games is so easy for you, just do it for the sake of your opponents who are also trying to enjoy this site, and who you could 'so easily' help out.

Also as a customer service rep, you should be leading through example, not the one taking advantage of time out rules that are there to help people who are not able to access the site for whatever technical reason. Fencer does not suspend the time limits just to allow you more time for your more important activities. You claim to play on this site for enjoyment, and it is people like me who ruin it for you. Well, consider that there are others here for enjoyment too (who actually pay real money to play, not 'brains') And you are responsible for ruining their enjoyment. It is time for you to quit being a selfish kid, and live up to some of the responsibilities you have created for yourself.

Kevin, you currently have over 20 games which should have timed out by now. You stated that you have never purposly left a game to the last minute, you also stated that you are not moving in your games because you dont have to. Which is it? Not moving until you are forced to (purposly playing at the last minute) or not????

You also have well over 100 games currently going. What do You call full time??? How can you posibly have school full time, and all of the extra curricular activities you claim, and still keep up with 100+ games?

You are obviously an intelligent young man. But dont you worry that you are biting off more than you can handle, at such a young age? I mean 20 something games which are ready to time out, is just too much of a load for you right now, its obvious. Instead od apologizing, maybe you should show some maturity and cut back your game count, or play longer limit games?

20 EUR includes shipping and handling, perhaps?

Maybe you could get the warranty for 3 years or one Backgammon tournament, whichever is longer?

Just remember Mr Loup City...its a matter of trust, not expectation! ;)

It is a matter of trust, agreed.
I wonder, had there been no donations to purchase a new server, where would the money come from for these repairs? If I said to you, Fencer, I have $4K(or the full price) for you to purchase a brand new server, check is in the mail, I would expect (not trust) that you would purchase that server. If you do not have money already to keep up with repairs, perhaps you should be taking donations for that purpose, instead of a new server?
Stevie... you didnt do a very good job of removing these type of players from your dollar donation tournament ;) It would be into the third round or finished by now had it not been for 2 or 3 players!

Its called tournaments..... no control over who you play, and even if you dont play them, you still have to wait for them, as a tournament is set up to play at the pace of the slowest player. I agree with Steve, that its just a lack of courtesy when someone who is holding up a tournament does so even when they are on here often and are able to play at a much faster pace, if they werent so obstinent. (BTW...being obstinent is nothing to be proud of)

I think it is a conspiracy to make every pay atleast for two years membership, as most tournaments take that long, or more, to complete ;)

I was under the impression that the $ donated was to be saved to help pay for a new server.

I suppose it does not matter exactly, if that money was used for other things related to brainking, and then use money collected from memberships, for example, to pay for a new server.

Maybe if we are really concerned, we could hold donated funds in an escrow account until the time to purchase this new server, so there would be no possible other uses for money that we want used to buy a new server.

I have found that I am able to leave this site to browse or whatever, and do not always have to log in to get back here. Even after going to bed and coming back this morning, I did not have to log in, and even my connection was off. Is this an advantage of WebTV? I have heard others say that they cant even leave the site at all without having to log back in....

Is this going to happen this weekend? What time will the changeover begin? (GMT)

I was wondering since I use webtv and If I begin to have problems, I will know why and stay away for a few days till things work themselves out.

Hey Andersp... come on out to Maui, you won't need shoes. LOL

Are you two saying that people have timed out on your games and then have had them reenstated?

LOL.... Send them a donation :)~

Is there something weird going on right now?
I can access everything, except the main page, and keep getting 'the site is too busy' or 'white pages'.... something to do with the work being done on the site?

UPDATE... Getting worse, now cannot make a move in my games, and could even post a new message here.

Whats next?

Looks like WebTV is having a better go at it than the computers today.... I'm not experiencing any problems today :)

I'm not an expert, and I haven't read the computer board.... It seems to me that it was a problem with WebTV but the cause of the problem was BrainKing. If it wasn't for Brainking Switching over and then back, there would have been no problem at all.

BTW... Were there access problems for everyone in BK2? Or were there other problems including WebTv access?

Hi, all seems fine for me this morning. Not one problem so far, all is like it was before Saturday.

I was able to get one once Saturday during the BK2.0 use, and what I saw then looked pretty cool.
I have had the same problems as by reported by other webtv users over the last several days, but again, all seems 'normal' this morning, and I have not done anything on this end....

ood luck Fencer, and PLEASE don't get too frustrated and stop supporting WebTV :)

What time, East coast USA, is this site planning on being down for the switchover? And for approximatly how long? Thanks :)

Duh... I should know better, but hadn't tried that yet :)
Anywho, it worked! Thanks for the help.

Im webtv too!

All of my backgammon games are like that too, totally unplayable.