ketchuplover:

for us all

Carnie: this game is setup with 1 day *total* time - for the *whole game*, not per move. You get 1 additional hour for each move made, but the original day does not get 'refilled' otherwise. You probably had not the whole day left.

Bernice:

Had not thought of that

ketchuplover: well none of us know NOW what tech support it gets...but why pay to have it open when no one will be renewing...You cant tell me this COSTS NOTHING to run?

Bernice: Thanks for the information. I did not know.

for how long i love this site

Bernice:

Bernice I thought/think BK will be around as long as it can last without tech support.

MagnumIR: in my opinion...it is your site so ad the link....but if you read back on this page you will see that Brain King will be no longer after this year....so in my mind it would be a waste of time....just my two pennies worth.

Hi
I submitted a request to add a link to my site http://mickael.pusku.com
I added a link back but I have no news.

Aganju: lol, ok

grenvthompson: unfortunately, not much poker is going on anymore. The last time I saw anyone was about two years ago and there was one guy who joined every table, could not play, and talked you to death.

grenvthompson: I think you can get them once a day but only if you have less than 1000. You already have 1000

Anyone know how to get chips to play poker? Somewhere it says on the profile page, but I can't see anything there. Thanks .

grenvthompson: or you can look below the Game ID. There is a line 'Your expected BKR change:' it will tell you how many BKR points you will loose/gain when the game is over.

grenvthompson: that's correct. Alot has to depend on the bkr of your opponent. Sometimes a player receives no increase of bkr in a victory if your opponent is less rated then yourself.

Carnie: Pretty sure it's a version of ELO, so margin of victory is irrelevant, so no difference.

Others can fact check or verify, but that's how i read it.

Carnie: Okay. I think the person making the complaint, was trying to cause friction with you and me.

Carnie I sent you a game invite for hyper backgammon. I play my games daily and often check in when i have a free moment to make moves. Also as a pawn, I do not have hundreds or even over a 1000 games to get through to get your game with me.

Carnie: I typically avoid multi-game matches in most cases. They take too long. Some people in tournaments drag their feet and we have had tournaments that have gone on for years and are still going on. In a some cases a few players no longer play here or they have died waiting for these tournaments to play out. Like you said the way things are going Brainking will be gone before you finish the 10 wins match.

Carnie: If you have a problem with how long I make my moves with you, you can message me and I will see what I can do to speed things up.

Mélusine: LOL

Carnie: Arghh... To be sure to play rapidly, you can invite me on a game but here's the risk I cast a spell on the dices !

I hate to play with slow people. I never join a tournament with time more than 3 days. It's not a problem when we are a rook but I understand it's a real problem for pawns, bishops or knights with limited moves.

When I was a rook, I played hundreds of games at a time and rarely ended a day without moving on each game at least once Now i am a pawn and carry 20 games, I find the games tend to move too slow for me I also play at bug cafe but unless you pay, you only get 15 moves per day. However a month long membership is only 5 dollars USD. A year is 30 USD. You can also do 3 month and 6 month memberships. If you like word games that is a great place for you and they have other games that brainking doesnt have like cribbage and canasta.

Carnie: you have the possibility to delete a game before you make the 1st move.... so you have the possibility to make such decition but only at beginning (there is a link on the bottom "delete game", which disappears if you decide to make your first move instead...

Carnie: There could. There could be all kind of such rules, and they have been discussed before (about once a year... scroll down.)
In a nutshell, it is not that easy. There are people that have 800 games running, and play all of them multiple times a days. And there are people who have five games and play each one after 30 days once. In other words, the count is not a good predictor of playing speed.

The only solution currently is that you make your own list of 'slow' players, and don't play with them anymore.

P.S.: My preferred idea is that the system shows at each players profile his 'average time to move' for the last 60 days; and that you can chose to 'hide all games and tournaments' where this number is greater than a number you decide.

speachless: Yes, I agree. In France, a young programmer who begins already costs 5000 euros per month without taxes. If you add taxes.... and it depends in which country is the server. And it's necessary too to be helped with a graphic designer. It's a lot of job.

the site can be simplified and or problematic areas eliminated

Marshmud: indeed, Fencer made a great job, its unnacceptable that someone injures him. And all the questions we pointed here... Well, Fencer is having them now himself, of course.

purchasing brainking makes to me only sense, if getting first the possibility to look into the accounting of the last years. Followed by a deal which includes a handing over to a new programmer. If a group comes together than I don't see a problem on who gonna decide what, cause for every serious organisation you gonna define the rules for every member since beginning.... for a group to take over I think the only issue could be to get together and deals done, so it sounds time consuming.... maybe better if only a few people comes together from a country, where programmer doesn't cost too much per hour... here in switzerland regular programmer asks between 80 to 200 euro for each hour of work...or some thousands euro a month if it's gonna be a full time job, which probably doesn't make sense....

I see no advertising but I do have an adblock app on my browser.

Carnie:Pawns don't have the option to block advertisements as do paid members.

is there any advertisement on BK now? Could a pawn tell me if they have any adverts or banners?