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12. Februarie 2013, 00:17:58
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
Energizer: I love progressive, and play a strong game. Would recommend adding a Fischer Random option for it, as (IMO) the standard variant's openings are deeply analyzed, and don't offer much opportunity for original analysis.

30. Septembrie 2012, 15:24:47
wetware 
Subiectul: 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.

22. Septembrie 2012, 00:25:59
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: I asked them...
ketchuplover:That might be what's needed for backgammon tournies here.  Some of us already use memorized Match Equity Tables.  We may need to combine them with actuarial tables, to account for the differential likelihood of the players passing away during the events.

15. Februarie 2012, 01:17:48
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Slow fun game
Gabriel Almeida: like a married couple...growing old together

10. Februarie 2012, 07:23:42
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Slow games
norrsken: I will leave some of my matches to my beneficiaries...for them to complete as a kind of memorial.

16. Septembrie 2011, 03:16:30
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: What's on your mind?
Fwiffo:  I need a feature like that: a message box that pops up and asks "What are you thinking?"

2. Octombrie 2010, 03:38:16
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: anyone else having problems with the
alilsassy: Sometimes I saw a blank page; sometimes not.  But even when it was blank, I was able to right-click and "view source" of that page.  Sorry I didn't spend more time looking at that (nor did I save it).

3. Septembrie 2010, 23:32:59
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: ponds & team play
Bwild wrote "I agree, and feel sorry for those who have purchased lifetime
memberships. it has to be discouraging,to say the least, to find out the
sites owner could care less if cheating goes on,or if long time members
leave because of the lack of interest provided by the owner. "

Thanks.  But mostly I have myself to blame.  My love of variants got the better of my judgment.  Live and learn: in the future, support responsive individuals and organizations.

12. Februarie 2010, 02:19:04
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Games statistics
SL-Mark
"Being beaten in a dice game, well it was simply that the die favoured the other player! i.e. luck."
"Beaten in a game of skill, however, then the loser can only critique themselves."

Those observations are a good start.

Being beaten in a dice game, one can all too easily conclude that the loss was purely a matter of bad luck, and that there was nothing in one's own play that deserved criticism.
Not all dice games are created equal.
Have you ever noticed that the frequency of claims of "unfair dice" tends to be inversely proportional to players' strength?

"Dice games require less thinking?"
Who would say such a thing?  On the contrary (at least in some dice games), in addition to strategic considerations, one must also calculate various probabilities.

22. August 2009, 14:14:40
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
MadMonkey:    Slowest by test    :-)

10. Iulie 2009, 01:36:36
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Timeouts
rabbitoid: LOL...OpenOffice.org 3.1 is available now.

20. Iunie 2009, 14:14:52
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: People who DON'T resign
Tuesday: Perhaps it's time I posed this question to my sports psychologist:
why are my 2 favorite sports/games (curling and chess) ones in which resignation in the face of virtually certain defeat is appropriate and expected (as opposed to the majority of contests--which are played until time expires, specific goals are reached, or a certain number of points are scored, etc.)?

I'm not sure it's merely a coincidence; this may be more a matter of temperament.

23. Mai 2009, 21:16:44
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
Fencer: I seem to recall playing in some tournaments (not here at BK) where that approach was used, and it was a great option.  It works exceptionally well with variants like fischerrandom progressive chess--where you can avoid having an over-analyzed starting position, but at the same time you don't want to give some players far more favorable/inferior positions than other players.

23. Mai 2009, 00:47:34
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Something odd
rabbitoid: If they're identical, I might feel less hesitant to claim occasional dice rolling weirdness here, too.  But I really hate to move toward that conclusion, as I feel sure that the vast majority of "dice cheating" claims that are made against backgammon sites and (especially) backgammon software are completely groundless.  I do not wish to join the lunatic fringe.

18. Aprilie 2009, 14:44:53
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Is this the first 3000 rating on BK?
Bernice: I have an acquaintance--a Nigerian prince!--who'd like to meet you.

"...he/she might be legit."

18. Aprilie 2009, 03:43:26
wetware 
It's so impessive..until you take a moment to see how it came about.

Then, the only thing remarkable about it is that it's been allowed to stand.

7. Februarie 2009, 23:40:07
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
Bernice: Is his membership good through the year 2025, then?    :-)

22. Octombrie 2008, 00:20:00
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Long game719 m
rabbitoid: Leave that 21-point cloning backgammon match to me in your will!  I'll carry on.  My longest cloning game so far is a 228-mover.  Is your match using a doubling cube, at least?

14. Octombrie 2008, 01:25:24
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Advertising in Tip of the day
Carl:
We could all benefit from more product placement in BG smilies! 

6. Septembrie 2008, 13:23:13
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Speed...or the lack of it
Artful Dodger: That message reminds me of some code I wrote years ago for text processing .  When some particularly lengthy files are being handled, some of the following messages can appear on screen:

This will take a while.  Coffee drinkers...now's your chance!

Will you be needing the output TODAY?

Admit it: no one will ever need to look at this output file.


5. Septembrie 2008, 02:34:08
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
pauloaguia: Thank your lucky stars!  It was pretty rough sledding for a while there...

24. August 2008, 16:37:04
wetware 
Looks like someone has been turning tournament creation into a full time job.

15. Februarie 2008, 22:51:21
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:

ScarletRose: Substantially quicker here, too, in the US Midwest, since about 3-4 days ago.  Like many of you, I hesitated to speak up, fearing that it might just be some temporary phenomenon.


Of those of you who have had problems: did any of you make a note of the approximate date when our troubles began?  So many of the analyses and helpful suggestions only spoke of computer upgrades, ISPs, geographic locales, browser types...but lost in all of that was the starting date of our problems.  I'd have liked to look for a critical clue there...


7. Ianuarie 2008, 21:48:03
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: but it is not worth a tenfold of the current monthly fee I am already paying. Expenses must be reasonable too.
Ewe: Ewe: I can't speak for Andersp, but when I took the life membership plunge, response times seemed relatively quick. I think I even managed to make >500 moves in a day--but now that's just inconceivable.

I'll try to be constructive--or at least informative--by saying that it's only recently (say, 2-3 weeks or so?) that I've had to wait a much longer time for a response, with the browser displaying this status: "Waiting for http://www.brainking.com/...etc..."

This is true whether I'm connected at home via DSL, or at work (on a much speedier system) via T1.

I don't think I can blame my individual PC's, nor ISP's. But maybe I should "Czech" out some other .cz sites to see how connectivity seems from here in the USA Midwest.

2. Noiembrie 2007, 21:57:00
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
Bernice: I had fun with that last week playing Backgammon--it was like a new BrainKing puzzle!  Figuring out where in the HTML code would one find the names of the image files that would dictate which die faces would be displayed...in the hope that those filenames would provide a clue.  (And they do.)

24. Octombrie 2007, 03:35:14
wetware 
Subiectul: New BrainKing variants

Blindfold versions of Cylinder Chess, etc.!  Have just made a couple of moves--I hope I remembered things correctly...


Now on to Blindfold Backgammon...


 


22. Octombrie 2007, 22:58:42
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Incoming message problem?
Hrqls: I posted an item in the bug tracker.  My case was about Message box items, though--not discussion board posts.

22. Octombrie 2007, 18:44:53
wetware 
Subiectul: Incoming message problem?

Did anyone else encounter a temporary problem with incoming messages this morning?


I've got 2 in my Inbox that are undisplayable--no error messages...just blank screens.  They arrived about 20 minutes apart.  Messages since then have been fine.


14. Octombrie 2007, 03:56:04
wetware 
Subiectul: Favourite boards
Czuch: Oh, and favourite boards appear to be in ascending alphabetical order by name.  I don't see a way to change that either.

14. Octombrie 2007, 03:50:56
wetware 
Subiectul: Fellowships display
I think they're in ascending order by "fellowship ID" number.  I don't think that's configurable by mere mortals.

13. Octombrie 2007, 19:35:07
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Thanks to you all.
Bubbles Pbarb2: Someone's going to have to say how this was solved.  I feel as though I've been reading a mystery today, and need to know how it ends!

5. Octombrie 2007, 05:10:27
wetware 
Subiectul: Mega-Hyper Backgammon
...and I can't touch that pip count--not even in the Cloning variant        :-)

27. Septembrie 2007, 23:36:55
wetware 
Subiectul: Triple Gammon

I found this in the Help section:


http://brainking.com/en/Help?ht=70


21. August 2007, 07:08:11
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Autopass?
tippyc and Tigger:  Thank you both very much. 

21. August 2007, 06:59:28
wetware 
Subiectul: Autopass?

I think autopass is available here, isn't it?


Can you help me?  On which page can I set that option?


20. August 2007, 03:17:01
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: just a question

Tigger: As you might know, there are some sites that allow you to review dice rolls after a game or series of games, showing what the actual distributions were--compared to the theoretical average values.  Neat stuff!  Sometimes I'll see that an opponent got more nice rolls than expected, but not so many that would clearly demonstrate some kind of cheating.  But those rolls and situations are painful...and they stand out in memory!


I think that in games involving dice (or in other games of imperfect information), very good players will combine a solid grasp of probabilities with an understanding of how those probabilities might unfold in play.  They'll do a better job of anticipating possibilities, and will tend to distribute their pieces in play so as to maximize positive outcomes and minimize bad outcomes.  I think that at times it can present the illusion that they're influencing rolls or getting access to hidden knowledge...


2. August 2007, 00:20:49
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Payment Methods

Pbarb2: You can also forward that kind of email to spoof@paypal.com, but do so without removing any of the message header or clicking on any links contained in the message you received.


Other financial organizations typically have a similar email box (spoof@ebay, abuse@bankofthewest.com, are some examples), where such spoofing attempts can be directed for quick investigation and disabling of the spoofing site(s).


I generally will forward such messages, even if I have no dealings whatsoever with the financial organization that the message "seems" to come from.  (I figure I'm doing a good deed that way.)  Remember that spoofers are usually just guessing which organizations people might have accounts with, so they'll tend to pick larger ones ( = better chances of their reaching actual customers, and perhaps getting somebody to respond and divulge personal information).


7. Iulie 2007, 00:28:25
wetware 
Subiectul: The Social Contract
...worth the paper it's printed on.

24. Iunie 2007, 20:09:14
wetware 
Subiectul: Re:
alanback: A little while ago on the Computers board, I mentioned a useful online utility for icon and image resizing. (It will let you preview an icon or image, so you can decide whether the result is worth saving/uploading, or needs additional work.)

Computers (wetware, 2007-06-11 07:13:35)

4. Mai 2007, 02:05:53
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: The dragon
rod03801: The youngest of my cats likes the dragon very much!

1. Iulie 2006, 02:51:53
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Good points
Goonerg:  Perhaps all his "action" will earn him nothing but a BrainKing reputation   

17. Ianuarie 2006, 20:45:17
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Three Checks Chess Rule Interpretation
harley: Great recommendation. That 8x8 discussion board will suit me perfectly! Thank you.

16. Ianuarie 2006, 17:25:25
wetware 
Subiectul: Re: Three Checks Chess Rule Interpretation
Matarilevich: Thanks so much for the prompt reply! ww

16. Ianuarie 2006, 17:16:31
wetware 
Subiectul: Three Checks Chess Rule Interpretation
Feel free to move this question to another area, if there's a more appropriate place. Does a double check count as one check or two, according to the BrainKing software? My guess (and preference) is "one", but I need to know in order to choose the proper continuation in a current game. Thanks in advance!

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