Bernice: But he still couldn't resist a veiled dig could he. Pot calling the kettle black if you ask me.

And by the way. I had to access the site thru brainking.cz to post this message because brainking.com is not responding again!!!

Fencer: This response is exactly why people on here get frustrated with you and as you put it "constantly post annoying complaints"

There is no explanation as to why it is not working and no hint of when it will be working again. "Keep Trying" is not generally considered an appropriate response to a valid question. We pay you the money you asked for as a fair price for a working game site and it constantly breaks down. If it were a car it would be called a "LEMON" and returned to the dealer quick smart and a refund demanded. However it is not a car and it can't be returned. All we can do is ask that it be made to work properly in a timely fashion. And when that request is constantly ignored, people get frustrated.

Fencer, do you feel like your time has been wasted when you spend the effort and energy of writing a blog entry only to find that it can't be accessed????

Oh I'm sorry I forgot you were busy adding little incidentals to the site that no-one really knew they needed but it looks like something has been done so it may quiet the masses.

I would like to know why I haven't been able to access the blog site since 11am this morning. It is now midnight and we are into a new day and I still can't access it to read the suggestions you spoke about earlier. I can't implement the suggestions if I can't even access them!!!!

ruby2shoes: so does this put us in the "certain users" category with the inference that we are unintelligent???

Isn't this great. He who has the power, posts a blog to let us know what is going on and maybe try to make his paying customers feel a little better about what is being done with their money but no-one can access that explanation because it has gone down too! I know it's there because I can see a tantalizing little bit of it at the top of my main page but I can't access it to see if it really will calm my worries about whether this site is going to be stable and usable for the future. Lately this site really has been like

I'm getting a headache!!!

redfrog: My thoughts exactly!

I was offline for a couple of days with a corrupted hard drive!  Some of my games rolled over on auto-vacation (some with only one losing move left )

I would just like to offer my apologies to any of my opponents who have been waiting patiently for their games to be returned to them (or for their winners notice )  I should be back to making my average amount of moves for the next little while. Thankyou so much for your patience!

Fencer: If you had ten dragons on the main page, wouldn't it prevent people from entering the castle?? If you had a dragon and St George people might feel more comfortable taking refuge in the castle!!

Infidel: Hahahaha. Love it!!!!

Well I've got my little club here but it doesn't seem to help much!

Or did I mean horizontal? The one on the bottom of the screen anyway! It's not there but when the dragon hits the side of the screen it is there for a second. Awww It's after midnight and I am blonde and a woman. What more can I say!!!

Fencer: When you are trying to read a really funny blonde joke it is very distracting! I kept losing my place!

Silly dragon stretches my screen. Even when I am looking at boards I all of a sudden get a vertical scroll bar on the bottom of my screen for a second. Bit distracting. Back to no fonts I go!






*I left the t out of vertical. Hahahaha.

I don't understand how you think it would solve the problem of children reading the boards if they can gain access the same way they get access to the boards here? You cannot protect other peoples children. Leave it up to their own parents. We don't need another set of discussion boards. In My Opinion!

srnity: Yay! Thanks Srnity. That is a brilliant idea.

Vikings: You have missed the point. Some people choose to ignore the time limits altogether. If you join a tournament with a 7 day time limit, for example, is it fair to all other players in that tournament to stretch that time limit to 30 days or more just because you can?

Vikings: So are you gonna come and look after my kids and my partner while I am making sure my little red dot game doesn't time out?

Family Man: If you want to take part in tournaments then there is no way to completely avoid a certain player. If they are the last player to join a tournament and that tournament starts while you are offline you don't have much choice in the matter do you?

Bernice: I think that the powers that be believe that red and green spots are the way to deal with this problem Unfortunately they don't take into account life in general.

The basic premise of vacation days is a good idea. Most of us have home and family and work etc and knowing that I have vacation days to fall back on if I need them is a good idea.


This discussion is about the abuse of that system and it seems that heads have been stuck in the sand when it comes to that aspect of it.The vacation days available to each player were set at a fixed limit per year for a reason,but it seems that reason has become obscured by the magic green stuff. It seems that if you can pay for it you can continue to abuse the system all you like.

If a player is continually abusing the system surely something can be done about it. A repeat offender should not be allowed to continue their unsportsmanlike conduct after continual complaints.

This is after all a game site and if you want more people to join the site then setting that kind of example is surely not the way to go.

Quote Hrqls: but as long as they are within the time limit there shouldnt be a problem

And therein lies the whole problem with vacation days. Some people choose to ignore the set time limit for the tournament. Some people will let a game run on vacation days til they have no more and then renew membership so they can allow it to run on even longer.

And some people on this site are not approachable. My deleted comment was in reference to that fact. Some people can get rather nasty both in PM and f/s messages when asked to move faster. And they seem to relish the fact that they are annoying another member and purposely choose to allow that one game to drag. The system allows for that and the start of this whole conversation was to try to find a way to stop that from happening.

Quote Hrqls: vacation days are there for people to use if they need them

Yes that is true but some people constantly abuse the system. If the person is on site almost every day then they obviously don't "need" the vacation days.

If they sign up for games they should take into consideration the time they will need to play the "thinking" games and not sign up for so many games. It shows a total lack of consideration for their opponents and the other people in the tournament. And this becomes highly apparent where pawns are involved.

*my post was out of line for this board. My apologies.

BIG BAD WOLF: So it is counting 9 weekdays and 2 weekends then? That kinda makes sense then. I was only expecting it to give 11 days though. Wasn't thinking that we were right at the start of a weekend now.

Can someone please tell me why a tournament with a 9 day time control is showing 12 days 15 hours for the next move? Did I do something wrong in the set up?

It's the Pits!!! First Ever Slow Tournament

Isn't there some way that the names can be held in limbo in the server for a set period. Say for one month or three months maybe. That way people could change their names for a little while and be able to change back to their well known name within a set time period.

The other option is to set up a dummy pawn for yourself when you change your name then delete that pawn when you want to change back maybe???

Fencer: The only reason I can see for it to be there is to frustrate people into resigning so you can falsely raise your own BKR.

Make it never ending, make a few moves and then stop altogether so the other person gets frustrated at having it in their list and resigns. You get a free BKR boost without having played a decent fair game!

BURDUFG: You won't be accepting a never ending game anytime soon will you? LOL.

I don't even know why the never ends option is available. Seems silly and unnecessary to me.

I'm a mod in a couple of f/s and was just wondering if anyone knew why there were options for pawns? I didn't think pawns could join f/s anyway and as soon as a memebership runs out and they revert to a pawn they are unable to post? I thought they were only left as members of f/s for when they renew their paid membership?

alanback: Pardon?

What is that supposed to mean?

BIG BAD WOLF: Problem is I have all that turned off and there are more and more days lately when my games still just crawl down the screen!

@ pages that crawl down the screen!

And it is only this site.

Thankyou all for your help. Binabik and Snoopy I get it now. Not happy but I get it!

I'll go make my move now!

Can someone please tell me why I can't move my #16 to #14. The dice is showing a 2. I want to move a single pip on top of a pile of my own pips. It will allow me to move #13 to #11 only. I can't even choose to move #3 to #1

Backgammon Race (DAK vs. TarantinoFan)

BerniceC: Thanks. I just bought 125% extra for my money and you were right. I'll be around til 2010 now!! LOL.

I know it is annoying to get all these questions but ....... If I buy White Rook now does it add onto the Rook I already have or will I lose the aprox 10 months I have left?

Vikings: ??? I have only seen a yellow light bulb. If you click the light it takes you to the paid membership page and that is where you find your coloured dot.

Fencer: Well I saw the exchange with Joshi yesterday. Does that mean that if I buy black rook on a red bonus I don't get any bonus? Or can my man have a black as well?

ZZZ0100: Well I have no idea what they are talking about! I guess we will find out later.

Tigger: LOL. Thanks Tigger!

I feel left out. I never got a colour or a light bulb???? Where abouts were they???

Ok after the joviality of yesterday I looked at the new blog and noted a reference to the time. It made me remember a post from a few days ago about spelling in the clock settings. It still says Sidney!!!

April Fools.

Oceans Apart: In the words of Bart Simpson

"I didn't do it"

TarantinoFan: LOL. I am magic. I came in here and posted and went back to the main page and got exactly what I wanted!!! It is there. It is still the blog from earlier that I read this morning but at least I know I can have a quiet read before facing the lions!! LOL

Oceans Apart: And I won't be able to see it unless I go directly to Brainking.info. I used to be able to just open it in a new tab and have a quick read before coming back to play my games. I want it back

Oceans Apart: I want mine back. I clicked it once and now it is gone and I can't find it anymore! I didn't mind having that little preview of the blog when I logged in.

When do we find out what Aprils action will be. It is almost half past April here already! LOL. I love living in the future! 

Can I please have my pink box back for waiting games???? I really miss my pink box!

I have to actually stop and check out the screen now which is a real PITB. Even if it isn't pink. Just make it more easily distinguishable from the rest of the main screen.