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19. November 2012, 14:32:45
wekke2002 
Subject: Re: My old profile
Fencer: Maybe got lost in my spamfilter. Can you retry wekke2002@telenet.be.

Sorry and thanks

19. November 2012, 14:31:02
Fencer 
Subject: Re: My old profile
wekke2002: Dude, I've sent you a response 2 months ago. You better check if your email address is correct.

19. November 2012, 14:26:54
wekke2002 
Subject: My old profile
Anyone an idea how I can retrieve my password for my old account? I honestly don't remember the email adress I registerd with. Already sent two messages to Fencer, no reply though. Tia, wekke2002, formarly known as wekke :-)

19. November 2012, 07:40:43
rabbitoid 
Subject: BKR Lottery
I've just noticed a curious side effect to the new vacation system: I have 2 chess games against a very strong player who stopped logging in for the past month. His vacation clock is winding down with 7h to go. He has 33 running games, and should time-out in all within one hour. Now here's the twist: When he times out his first game his opponent will "gain" a lot of BKR, but those "gains" for the opponents will drop sharply as the hour advances, because the player who times out will "lose" rating for each finished game. So the first opponent who "wins" gains a lot of rating points from winning against a strong player, the last one gains less, because the strong player has become mediocre within one hour. Tragic...

3. November 2012, 01:49:43
rod03801 
Subject: Re: Settings help?
likewowman2cool: That's the one I was kind of thinking might help him a little, too.

I'm STILL hanging on to hope that someday one more option will be added.
Move and Go to next flagged game

Where you can flag certain games. Prize tournament games might be something one might like to flag, for that option. Or if you have a lot of games, and you know of people who would like you to move fast with them, you could flag that game.

I can think of a few other good applications for that feature!

2. November 2012, 21:01:36
likewowman2cool 
Subject: Re: Settings help?
Carpe Diem: rod is on to something I think. I suggest trying the option listed as "go to the next game with offline player".

It is not perfect, but it would seem to solve most of the problem you seem to be having.

2. November 2012, 20:35:10
rod03801 
Subject: Re: Settings help?
Modified by rod03801 (2. November 2012, 20:36:23)
Carpe Diem: Have you checked out the options on the first page of your settings? I mean the part where you can choose which options are in the menu when you "Submit move and .... "

I swore there was an option in that list that might be appropriate for what you are asking. Maybe I'm wrong.

EDIT : Eh, I looked, I guess not. But there are some good options there if you haven't seen them.

2. November 2012, 19:08:49
Carpe Diem 
Subject: Re: Settings help?
Fencer: Thanks for the quick reply. So it sounds like what I'm looking for doesn't exist. :( I guess the best way to go for now is to use the "Play Later" button for games that keep coming back that I want to get to later. If you ever find a way to add this option, it would make things perfect on an otherwise great site.


Thad
: Yes, exactly - this is what I'm looking for. 

2. November 2012, 19:01:44
Thad 
Subject: Re: Settings help?
Carpe Diem: What's needed is a sort by "games that have been waiting for me to move the longest" option. In other words, sort by opponent's last move time.

2. November 2012, 19:00:12
Fencer 
Subject: Re: Settings help?
Carpe Diem: Actually, the "Sort next games by" option is obsolete (and should be removed) because games are sorted by time left only due to some performance issues we had observed in the past. It means that "next game" is always the game with the least time left to make a move.

2. November 2012, 18:51:49
Carpe Diem 
Subject: Settings help?
Hi everyone, I'm pretty new here (at least to being a paid member and going crazy with hundreds of games), so please forgive me if this is a stupid question.

Now that I'm signed up for lots of tournaments and have a few hundred games on the go, I'm trying to fix the way games come up for me. I have it set so that once I've moved in a game, it automatically takes me to the next game, as I'm sure most people do. My issue is what the "next game" is. What's happening now is that games I've just moved in keep coming back to the top. So, for example, I'll have 150 games waiting for moves, but sometimes I don't get more than 10 or 20 down the list for an hour (unless I select them manually or use the "Play Later" button, of course) because a few people involved in dice poker (again as an example - could be any game) keep moving quickly, and those games keep popping up. I've tried changing the "Sort next games by" setting, but that doesn't help. Ideally, I'd like it to go through the whole list of games waiting for me before coming back for the next move with anyone. I assume/hope there's a setting somewhere I'm missing.

31. October 2012, 14:54:14
Papa Zoom 
Subject: Re:
Fencer: I'd fix it myself but the only kind of script writing I know is calligraphy.

31. October 2012, 09:12:17
Fencer 
Subject: Re:
rabbitoid: In order to make such a tool safe and easy to use, I would be something like "Click to fix this tournament" button anyway. A script to check all running tournaments once a day and fixing the bugged one seems to be a better solution.

31. October 2012, 07:20:11
rabbitoid 
Subject: Re:
Fencer: Why not delegate such stuff? create some appropriate DB intervention tools and give someone authority to use them.

31. October 2012, 07:09:27
Fencer 
Guys, when I have time for it, I'll try to fix all such tournaments at once. But now I cannot promise any date, I am quite busy with many other things.

31. October 2012, 03:32:14
Thad 
Subject: Re:
Artful Dodger: Both! ;-)

31. October 2012, 01:49:41
Papa Zoom 
Yeah, do I put in a bug for this or just bug Fencer?

30. October 2012, 17:29:42
Roberto Silva 
Subject: Re:
Artful Dodger: Awesome Fail

30. October 2012, 09:51:37
Hrqls 
Subject: Re:
Thad: cardinal was #20 at the start .. the seeding of the next rounds are msessed up somehow

29. October 2012, 22:31:16
cd power 
Subject: Re:
Thad: The seedings got screwed up and the bottom part is also incomplete.

29. October 2012, 22:30:25
Thad 
Subject: Re:
So how did cardinal win a match s/he wasn't even in?

29. October 2012, 15:41:10
Hrqls 
Subject: Re:
Artful Dodger: you probably have to play rockhound pam, but the new game for that isnt in the table yet it seems ..

29. October 2012, 15:28:11
cd power 
Subject: Re:
Artful Dodger: That's pretty cool... you were playing nightmagic, but cardinal came out as the winner

29. October 2012, 15:26:40
Papa Zoom 
Are there still games going on in this tourney? Something doesn't look right to me but I'm guessing I just don't understand the layout.

Dice Poker Tournament # 4

24. October 2012, 04:01:31
Gammonator 
Subject: Re: to start trny
Fencer: Thanks. They are all up and working.

22. October 2012, 16:40:00
furbster 
Subject: new interview
Modified by furbster (22. October 2012, 23:22:49)
Just to let people know that a new interview with hannelore is open.

http://brainking.com/en/Interviews


Click on the open link and ask your questions :o)

21. October 2012, 15:47:34
Aganju 
Subject: Re: to start trny
Vikings: yeah - just wait a decade, and you win! ;-)

21. October 2012, 14:50:26
Hrqls 
Subject: Brainking for Android
there is a new board to discuss the BrainKing for Android app :

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=165

have fun

20. October 2012, 21:35:04
aaru 
Subject: Re: to start trny

20. October 2012, 13:46:52
Vikings 
Subject: Re: to start trny
Gammonator: My next round should be easy

20. October 2012, 08:05:55
Fencer 
Subject: Re: to start trny
Gammonator: I've done some tinkering. The tournaments should be running now.

20. October 2012, 02:48:56
Bernice 
Subject: Re: to start trny
Gammonator: my goodness, some of these people havent been online on BK for years....it will never finish ROFLMBO

20. October 2012, 01:34:41
Gammonator 
Subject: to start trny
Is there anyway to start this trny
Game Addicts Ludo & Backgammon Mania # 1
its from 2006 and we are set to go. If not,,,can you just remove me from it please. and also this one

Stingy's game room

a 2007 trny that know one has moved in years,,,,and if you can't. please remove me from trny.

11. October 2012, 21:21:16
Hrqls 
Subject: Re: The game I'm talking about...checkers on GT
Stardust: ok thanks, it had me confused (despite the title of the thread :))

if its about another site, could we please take it to another board (maybe the board about other sites, or in a fellowship?)

11. October 2012, 18:04:51
Stardust 
Subject: Re: The game I'm talking about...checkers on GT
Hrqls: As is stated in the subject line of my post, it is on another site. I was merely responding to an inquiry that was posted to this board.

11. October 2012, 09:36:59
s3v3n 
do you see any checkers game being played by Stardust right now here on brainking?

11. October 2012, 08:18:21
Hrqls 
Subject: Re: The game I'm talking about...checkers on GT
Stardust: are we still talking about the other site, or is this about a game on Brainking ?

11. October 2012, 01:08:00
Stardust 
Subject: Re: The game I'm talking about...checkers on GT
Modified by Stardust (11. October 2012, 02:08:02)
ketchuplover: There is no "fine conversation". He has refused my draw offer and waits until the last minute of his three week move restriction. As far as I understand, he is older than I and will likely die first.

4. October 2012, 07:54:39
JerNYC 
Subject: Re: I could be wrong but...
ketchuplover: He still hasn't moved yet, OMG. By the way, I think he literally signed up for every single game in this particular tournament and I doubt he's moved once in any of them. This seems to be a problem that plagues BK. It does occur a little bit on other sites but never to this extreme.

1. October 2012, 17:22:20
ketchuplover 

1. October 2012, 12:45:23
Purple 
Subject: Re: The game I'm talking about...
ketchuplover: Last time I talked to either of them (a few years ago) they hated each other. lol

1. October 2012, 04:27:48
ketchuplover 
Subject: The game I'm talking about...
is on another site. They said it's just a friendly game and maybe they're having a fine conversation.

30. September 2012, 21:54:50
Roberto Silva 
Subject: Re: yikes...
ketchuplover: Nope, Brainking doesn't reconize draw positions other than stalemate. If one or both players refuse to declare a draw you need to contact Fencer to end the game manually.

30. September 2012, 21:24:36
ketchuplover 
Subject: Re: yikes...
Purple:
Upon further investigation the game reached 2 kings only on red's 167th move. Last move was red's 241st. No captures inbetween. Apparently the site doesn't recognize the 50 move rule.

30. September 2012, 21:15:14
ketchuplover 
Subject: I could be wrong but...
I think you should "OUT" this person or contact this person with your concerns.

30. September 2012, 19:57:00
JerNYC 
Subject: Tourney Killers
Ack, I've got that horrible feeling now because I know a tournament that I started recently will go on for years because of this one person. Hasn't moved against anyone in the section yet, has started thousands of games and keeps signing up for more. Will probably end up hijacking hundreds of tournaments.

30. September 2012, 18:01:33
Papa Zoom 
Subject: Re: Pity the Dragon
wetware: I tip my monitor to lean left and it flies downhill. Much faster that way.

30. September 2012, 15:24:47
wetware 
Subject: Pity the Dragon
That poor dragon takes forever to fly across my 24" monitor.

I thought it was going to have to stop and rest about halfway across.

28. September 2012, 19:49:58
furbster 
Subject: Quick question
I'm not sure if it's been asked before but is there any way pawns can play ponds? Would be much better as the ponds would be bigger and they can play every other game on teh site anyway.

28. September 2012, 09:36:48
Hrqls 
Subject: Re: Brainking for Android
Fencer: nice!

i hope some configurable options to set which data to show on the notification bar ? ;) .... i love free configurations :)

and hopefully a game board which displays nice and will be easy to play, using the full screen (without too much screen area lost to other things :))

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