Chaosu: The meaning of Secret Points is that the rules are NOT clear. Otherwise there would be nothing secret. Anyway, the system is continuously being improved and finetuned and I am sure the next month action would be suitable for everyone.

Jason: I sort of get that bit Jason, but my points do not seemed to have changed the last 2 days at least LOL

MadMonkey: you will get action points using firefox just not the secret action (500) point one .

If I wouldn't look up here I would be like blind. No advertise that secret points can be earned only by IE (more secret then?). Those who earn many of these points probably aslo laugh at me! But whats the problem, good contest is when rules are clear and everyone can join.

Fencer: Being a bit new to this, well Action points, not BK LOL.
So if i use Firefox i get no points at all, but if i use IE i do. Is that right ?
I seem to have got some from somewhere over the last few days, but having tried both browsers todays nothing seems to happen on either.

A cap has been added. 3 times a day is enough.
Until I create a new improvement.

*BOB*on*Bush*: I guess Google wouldn't allow any advertiser to post a banner which would access your brokerage account. This system is safe.

torpedo man: last month a person got more points by 'reading' the boards... when that was 'tweaked' simple games like ludo were the key 'move' games... i just kept playing backgammon...
this month more points can be earned by 'reading' ads... ludo probably still rules... i just keep playing backgammon...and chatting...that's why i'm here;]
last year while playing utopia on swirve, one of their 'innocuous ads' tried to access my brokerage account! i'll just keep active x and pop-ups blocked, and play as long as i can...

jurek: Check your Settings page.

BIG BAD WOLF: Good idea with the cap.

gambler104: I too have basicaly given up on this contest, as of now I'm 7 th possition but see this amount of secret points given in a day w/out haveing to play very many game moves very dissapointing. I realy feel sad for the top two players as they will be soon passed up.

BIG BAD WOLF: Well I have basically given up on the competition this month. I worked hard at times today to build a 500 point or so lead in 10th place. Then I get passed in about five minutes by some guy who got about 6500 points from the secret points. It's kind of demoralizing really. I definitely think there should be some cap on the points, but those who found it would disagree.

rod03801: I would also agree on some cap on it - I figured out how to get it multipe times, but I've limited myself to one or twice only since it is one of those things that can quickly ruin the fun for everyone else in my opinion.

im seeing loads of ads

I'm not seeing many ads anymore either. (Ever since Aug. 1 it seems..)

Shouldn't there be SOME limit on the secret points? 15,000 or so in 2 days seems a bit much! lol..

Not that I had a chance of getting even in the top 500 action points, but if I did, it seems to take all the fun out of it if it simply becomes a contest between the few who found the secret, who just keep claiming the points over and over and over again..

Just seems like there should be SOME sort of cap on it.. but I'm sure those getting the points would disagree.. :-)

I only see the adverts once in a while , once i have clicked on one i cant see them untill the next day , surely they should be there all the time .

jurek: Hum... not sure why you stopped getting action points - a question for Fencer. Kind of strange you got them for a couple of days and then it stopped.

BIG BAD WOLF: Nope, I don't have anything that disables ads. (I've got at an ad for a 7-cup 600W food processor staring me in the face right now!)

jurek: Action points are available to all browsers as long as ad's are showing up - do you have any programs which disable ads?

The "Secret" action points that some have been getting can only be found using IE for some "security" reason, but I believe Fencer was going to try to make it work for Firefox.

Fencer: Are action points currently unavailable for anyone who doesn't use IE? I haven't been accruing action points at all today or the past several days, despite making many moves on a couple different games. What about those of us who have no option (or desire!) to use IE (e.g. linux or mac users)?

Personally, I really don't care about action points; I don't have the time or desire to compete with everyone else for them. But I would like to see that this site remains browser-agnostic.

furbster:

can anyone tell me how to do it then? lol

beach: we have a hex on our accounts lol

Jason: I have the same problem Jason so you are not alone

Fencer: I cant get the bonus even using IE anymore , i know it works i have seen someone do it , but i do the same thing and nothing lol

prettymama:

playBunny: ok thnak you

prettymama: Invoke IE = Use IE. :-)

Fencer: what do you mean invoke ie

prettymama: I don't think so:
1) You can always invoke IE to get the points. It doesn't hurt.
2) It's not against the rules. Some users found the way and it's perfectly all right. Anybody can find it too.

i find this contest is truely unfair to some of the players 1)if you have firefox you can not geet the secret points 2)i have notice today that those that do get them are getting them 2 n 3 times aday when in the rules it says once aday except under special circ 3 time is special how it just make me think i'm playing a losing battle

Jason: if i click on it then it turns on the last 2 items of the 'show banner adds' settings


Show banner ads:
[ ] on the top of pages
[v] on the bottom of pages
[v] at the right column

after that i dont get the message anymore. do you click on the word 'here' or on the words 'action points' ? you have to click on the word 'here' in the message

"Your current settings do not allow you to receive Action Points. Click here to fix it." ,why do i keep getting this message , i have alrady clicked on it a few times lol

baddessi:

thanks :) will try my best ;)

WatfordFC: i see you continued the conversation on the computer board

just posting the link here in case anyone is interested or has any tips to help you, so they can post it there

WatfordFC:Maybe somebody on the computer board can help you. It's sure worth a try!

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Source File: http://brainking.com/en/ShowMove?g=1810036&m=68
Line: 297

hexkid: Before i get jumped on i have written the same message in GC just incase more people read here then on GC. Yes i have tried everything

WatfordFC: Have you by any chance disabled JavaScript?
What's your browser?

Since setting up a fellowship, my smilies wont work and when i switch to rich text editor there isnt a window to type in.

LionsLair: Just to modify a bit the "useless" (not really useless) info, this is August, and the number of players preferring to grill a bit in the sunshine instead of hacking at a keyboard may not be negligible.

Fencer: OK, thank you very much

WatfordFC: Soon, where I improve the JavaScript code.

BIG BAD WOLF: so, 10-12 years down the road these players are still on the list? ...doesn't make much sense, but if that's the reasoning behind it...
I never thought of the last action link... made things much easier for my research, thanks... :o)
...here's just some quick facts I found...
...4,225 players have not moved since this date last year( leaving 26,202 that have)
...18,606 players have not made a move in 2006(leaving 11,821 that have)
...25,479 players have not moved in the last month( 4,948 have)
...26,499 have not moved in two weeks(3,928 have)
...and 26,745 have not mved in the last week( 3,682 have)
....what do these #'s mean, not much, but it answered my question of approximately how many serious gamers play here.... drawing the line at two weeks without playing, that leaves about 4,000 players that play on a regular basis.... :o)
strange and useless info I know, but it could be helpful when setting time parameters(limits) for games...

LionsLair: One of the reasons is that BrainKing keeps a history of all past games - so when you start to delete players from the database, their games that are attached to those games start to mis-match and such.

Which I'm sure there are ways to get around it and such, but the much simpler solution is just not delete them.

In the players list, you can sort by the last action to easly see how many "active" players are still on the site and such if you are looking for those typs of stats.

why does the player list not ever get updated to the point that registered players, after having not moved in 3-4 years, get dropped from the list?
...out of the first 300 or so registered users, only 50 or so still play or played within the last 2 months...
...I think after a year or so, they should be dropped from the list, as they may never sign in and play, there are probably a million reasons why...
...one particular ID I know of is one I created, when I wanted to test a 10 game theory... I tested 10 games and quit playing... since I have forgotten the password and or the email address I used when creating it... I know it hasn't been played in 3+ years... and I have no desire to use anymore...
...these ID's (stagnant for a year or so) could be eliminated, or put into two lists( archived players, and active players)...
...I'm sure there are many such ID's as mentioned, and would be easier to see just how many serious players are here at BK... without inflating the #'s...
...any thoughts?...

rod03801: okie dokie

rod03801: Yes sir