To all -

I've thought about all of this some more and have decided on two things for the big Pente / Keryo Pente tournament:

1. I'm going to go ahead and put June 7th as the end of sign up. This is because I'm also going to advertise it some at www.pente.org and www.itsyourturn.com. I want players to have plenty of time to see the advertisement and if they are new to this site, have time to come here, create an I.D., and get comfortable with the site before playing in the tournament.

2. I'm going to change the time control from 3 to 4 days. This is because for a large tournament like this, there is a good chance that there will be one or more sections that will have 8 players in them which means that at least some players will have 14 games for this tournament going at once.

Also, I want to make all non-members aware of the situation here at Brain King. Since a player could potentially have 14 games going at once for this tournament and the max for a non-member is 20 games, in order to play in this tournament, you will need to be down to 6 current games in order to play in the tournament.


Gary

To all -

I'm afraid that I messed up on the Pente/Keryo Pente tournament that I set up. Please forgive me because I usually check everything before setting up something big like this.

I appreciate Kevin's comment on the Pente discussion board and it alerted me to the fact that I set the tournament up wrong. It was my intent to set the tournament up for 2 games for each 2 players and I was almost sure that I looked right at that before creating the tournament. Unfortunately the default is 1 game for 2 players and I somehow interpreted that incorrectly to mean 2 games for each 2 players. I would never want to run a serious tournament with only 1 game between each 2 players. I have attempted to edit the tournament to change that and it won't let me change that option.

It seems as though I have NO choice but to delete the tournament and create a new one. Unfortunately 10 players have already signed up for the Pente one and 3 for the Keryo Pente one.

Sometime this evening, I'll delete this tournament and create a new one. I'll also post this message on all 3 message boards that I did before and send a personal message to each of the players that had signed up for this one informing them of what happened and to sign up for the new one. I'll also change the end of sign-up from May 31st to June 7th. Perhaps that will allow some players to finish up some games or tourneys as needed in order to enter the tournament.

I hope that this will not create problems in the Brain King system. In other words, I hope that once I delete the tournament, it will 'clear out' the fact that non-members had signed up for a tournament so that they can sign up for the new one. If you have problems signing up for the new tournament after having been allowed to sign up for the erroroneous one, please let me know about the situation and I will forward an explanation about it to Fencer.

I'm sorry about the problem and thanks, Kevin, for bringing it up.


Gary

Come join us for some serious fun in the Spring 2003 open Pente / Keryo Pente championship tournament.

I would like to make this a fairly large tournament (minimum 10 players for each game) that continues moving along without waiting for long time controls. (3 days/move)

I will be looking to start these once/quarter and to eventually run sectional tournaments as more players obtained established ratings in Pente and Keryo Pente.

See all the specifics at the tournament. May 31st is the last day to sign up.


Gary

I've been trying to get into a tournament game of Anti Line 4, but usually not enough people sign up. I like to play many different games, at least a couple of times.

SO - This is an invatation to anyone who would like to at least try a game of Anti Line4 - Please check out THIS TOURNAMENT and sign up for Anti Line4 if you would like to give it a try.

I'm hopeing to get at least 4 people into that tournament so we can play it - and if anyone else would like to at least try to play the game - now is a good chance to get in and give it a try! ☺

Done.

Well 67542 and 67543... They didn't time out on my end, but my opponent's. I don't know if that makes a difference. But I would like to continue them! :-)

Sure, give me the game IDs.

Hey Fencer, are the timed out games going to be re-instated since the site was down for so long tonight?

Good luck to everyone who joined Pattymelts Tourney!

For anyone interested in a fast tournament, I have created a 1 day Halma 10 by 10 tournament, maximum 6 players, which means the tournament will probably only be one round. Who likes those long drawn out tournaments anyway?

ThAnkS runningwolf :-)))))

I hope all the sign ups will put a big Smile on Patty's face I Would have signed up for Halma but i am Lousy at that but i Did sign up for Chess!!

Great DreamBear :-))))))

Just read your message here & joined up for the halma 10x10 tourney. hoping Patty gets to be back with us very soon . I enjoyed chatting & playing games with her as did many others here did too.

A BIG HUG for all the sign ups!! ((((PLAYERS))))))

The teams that need some more players are especcially the Chess Variations & Halma 10x10

Patty will be very pleased! :-)

:-) thank you x

Done.

One is "the first eddie spahgetti fast tourney (Horde Chess)", the other was due to start in March but hadn't been started by the creator, so I could remove myself from that.

harley: Please send me the tournament names, I will check it out.

Fencer, on my profile under 'tournaments signed' there are a couple still there that didn't start because not enough people signed up. The rest of the tournament is either ongoing or finished, is there any way to get rid of these? It looks like I have more tournaments waiting to start than there actually is!

Bry: Don't worry, I didn't forget about them :-) I will post more information later.

Big thanks to all who have signed up to play in Patty's tourney!
Just need a few more sign ups for some games in order to get the minimum of 4 per to start...

Thanks again all. Patty will be pleased!!!

Yeah, I would like to know that too, not complaining in anyway, a rough heads-up on new features etc would be nice.

Fencer,

Have you any idea when these "team" tournaments between fellowships will be finalised?, just not heard anything about them for a while.....

Cheers,

Bry.

Now avaliable for sign ups.
All welcome.
Starts Fri 9th May.
:o)

but thAnks for all the other signUpS :-)))

Hmm, I asked for that!! LOL, ok, I'll go look!! :o) Count me out for the halma 10x10 though, I'm not keen on that!!

LOL Harley :-) sign up for all!! ;D

I signed up for Halma 10x10 and I am all alone there.. I have seen a couple of games where there are only 1 or 2 players.. just check out the list - hopefully that are games you are willing to play :-)

Thanks for your observative action, harley!!

Any particular games need more players Josetta? I've signed up for a few already but if you're short...

Thanks EVERYONE for joining the tourny for Patty!! :-) GlAd so many peeps are playing.. I sent her a card yesterday telling her also about this tourny.. I do just pray each day she isn't that bad nor in any pain..

Thanks a Mill again and... we actually can use mOre players! :-)

SilentBob is the winner of my second prize tourney.. very well done... payment for your membership has been made to fencer, so as soon as he is able, he will make you a brain knight member here... enjoy it!!

Well it actually does not matter it "I" have the advantage or disadvantage - either way, someone is getting the short end of the stick with how the last round of tournaments are set up if there are only 2 players left.

(For Spider Line 4, it is an advantage to be white - and for some of the Pente games, some people are VERY stong in certain color's)

So in general, I believe it is a rule that could use updating now that we have the "2 games per 2 players" option.

:-) BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

Just go to the tournament in question & it will give you an option to - remove yourself :)

Most of the top Line 4 players will tell you that black (second player) usually has the advantage at Line 4.

OK, this question (request) is mostly about THIS TOURNAMENT - where this rule comes into play:

"It can happen that only two players are at the last round. In this case the 3-wins match will be arranged, otherwise the tournament result would depend on one game only which is not fair."

Well my problem is that the first round was set up with the "two games for each two players" rule.

My probable is that it is a Line 4 game where White normally has the advantage in the game. My first game with the higher ranked player is with the color black. Which means if we play a 3-wins match, I'll be stuck with black twice - which is a big disadvantage for me to start the game with (it will be hard enough for me to win as white against the other player!) (NOTE: That is if a 3-win match changes colors each game - if not, I'll be stuck with Black all 3 games!)

Anyway, since you can now set up tournament with the "two games for each two players" rule - maybe you should switch it where it is not a 3-game match at the end of those types of games. Possible set it up with either a "two games (switched colors) for each two players" game, or something like that.

I would rather the tournament end in a tie then to have a player have to start with a disadvantage (which really takes the fun out of the games!)

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

I am now running Patty club Dmitri.. let me look into it

I see. I asked because I am in a tournament created by Patty, and it doesn't look like she will be able to start the next round any time soon.

Dmitri, it starts as soon as all the players have finished their games in all sections.

The creator of the tourney gets a message saying all the sections are comlete, they visit the tourney and click a new button to start the second round.

Rose: My thoughts are with Patty. I was only chatting to her just before things got that bad, but i didn't know who to ask about her health.
I am glad that you know what is happening & can only send her all my wishes.
M.M.

WHen the first round of a tournament is complete, whne does the second round begin? Does the tournament creator have to do anything?

The game site has a very sick friend. Patty(PattyMelt, PepperMintPatty) who a lot of you have played many games with is serioiusly ill and may not be back to the site to play with us anymore. So a lot of her friends wanted to have a Tournament set up in her name! So come on every one! Let's all Play For PATTY!

dizave: thanks, i only have 3 ppl for dark chess (im one of them lol) & no one for normal chess so i guess those just won't even start.

Madmonkey man, I'd love to sign up for more chess, but I have to wait for the final game I have in the chess tourney I'm in to end.

Why is it that in any tournament, there will be someone who just won't make moves until the last possible moment? I see the person online all the time, they have a forced move so they don't even have to think. Maybe I'll get lucky and he'll timeout :(

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You can if you haven't already joined a tournament (being a non-paying member). Click on the "tournaments" link on the left. A list of all the tournaments will come up. Click on the tournament you would like to join. A list of available games in that particular tournament will come up (there could only be one). Click on the game type you would like to play. If you are eligible to join (rating, membership, number of players join already, etc) then a link will appear above the list of already participating players saying something to the effect "Sign me up for this tournament." Then, when it starts, as long as you have enough open spots for the games, the games will automatically appear on your main page :-)

CAN A NEW MEMBER SIGN UP FOR TOURNAMENTS AND HOW

Just a reminder, you have about 2 days left to sign up for my 4th Spider Line4 tournament. It will start as close to May 1st as I can :-)

Still looking for chess players mainly for the end of this week, so if you have a few spaces come and sign up :-)

Glad you enjoyed it Pioneer, its the first tourney that I tried.