alexSandra: glad that you made new tournaments, I was debating about whether I should stop.  I know on fencers new blog he said brainking will come back but as a multiplayer live game site.  Thats not why we play here.  We player here because most of us a older (above 40 lol)  we dont want live games, we like old style turnbased game sites.  Unfortunately like many of the people we have come to know on here they have passed  This is old school gaming,   No money in creating sites like this for people like us

Clandestine 1: GT full of bugs. Its to a point of where else to play? Very few tournaments at IYT as you need 10 players to start a tourney. Then they removed 4x4 spiderline due to cheaters so they punished all the 4x4 players but just eliminated the game. That wont get another $ from me. It seems every new game at goldtoken has issues. I've been complaining for years to Mary the owner of various bugs but nothing gets done. I stay because I do like some of the games but its hard to navigate. IMO, Goldtoken more of a social media site then a game site. I paid 50$ a year to play 2 tournaments. The Olympics but even that has changed. After many years supporting Gold token Im only staying because of the friends Ive made. So I wont be a member there as well.

Very sad news :( I've been a member since 2004 and love my games - especially now I have retired. Like Beach I'm going to take a 6 month rook membership when mine expires in February and play to the very end. I've just created monthly tournaments until July so we have plenty of games to play so please sign up.

First emoticon was an accident. My big fat thumb

beach: You've always been friendly and keep the tournaments going. Brainking is first thing I do after making coffee and it's a pleasant way to spend time. Im buying a 6 month rook when this knight expires in February, piling up on games and going to ride it out til the lights go out.

rod03801: I agree Rod, so VERY sad, it seems to have become part of life the last 24 years, I left IYT & GT to play here, although I have now gone back to GT (I love Cribbage, which they have)

It has not always been an easy time, lots of ups & downs, but i have made some great friends along the way from all around the world, and sadly we have lost many of them

Let us pray something or someone will save it, but even that maybe too late. It needs money, and a Java programmer as the site has lots of bugs that need fixing still, and of course to continue to build it......

Clandestine 1:  yes I am a member there too, but I really dont like it   I am also at iyt too   like everything turnbased game sites are going away this one was my favourite as you could control the amount of games you wanted to play and could start tournaments anytime which on the other sites you couldn't.  This was a great site while it lasted, and has lasted longer then any of us thought it would

beach:goldtoken is a good site for turn based games. They offer a greater number of games and variants than Brainking, although, Brainking has a superior platform. GT takes a while to get used to navigating, but it’s still very active. 

rod03801:  so true

Extremely sad news. I feel that it's sort of like losing a very good, longtime friend.

Ive been trying to pay for 1 month membership (no money) and it will not accept my just over Aus 6$.....siigh

its weird because i paid mine through this way. I dont know what pay sponsors allow you but its usually shown through what to pay.

as usual I cannot pay any membership at alllll on my debit cards.............
Why do I bother??? I like this site.

Walter Montego: Yes, I know that there must be life members who longer use this site. I wonder why?
I used to like this site and thought it was the best online game site. But I don't think that now.

Smiler.: There are life members that no longer use the site.
I like BrainKing.

Walter Montego: You won't leave as you paid for a forever membership. Pity Fencer does not refund all the 'forever memberships' when he posted he had lost interest in the site he created. And all the people who helped him make this such a good site.

Geomomo: I have been a member just a month less than you have Geomomo. We're at 23
years for us. I won't be leaving the site. I was very frustrated earlier in the year with all the down
time that I was experiencing with BrainKing. It seems much better recently, though it still goes down
for short times on a daily basis. That's not good. I like the site. I wish it was more like it was in 2005,
and now it seems it is stuck like it was 2005 as far updates go.

Aganju: There are plenty of other hobbies besides playing games online. Online games are taking up too much of my time.
One of my hobbies is doing my family tree online. Soon I will spend more time doing that.

Smiler.: what are the alternatives (aside from doom-scrolling X or facebook)?

Geomomo: I agree with you. I will be leaving this site soon.

I have ben with BK for quite a number of years but due to the slownesss lately I am considering not to renew my membership. I cannot aboye slow internet.

Smiler.: Since you joined BK in 2019 and Fencer made an announcement on Jan 1 2017, I thought I'd copy it for you. At least he gives you back a day on your membership even it the site is only down minutes but my point is absolutely nothing will be done as explained below:


Fencer, Czech Republic, White Brain King (forever), MaleFencer The future 1. January 2017, 09:39:10
Happy New Year 2017.

As you probably know, BrainKing will be 15 years old this year and it is also the last year when it would have an official support. Many things changed since October 2002 when the site had been launched and I think it's only fair to our members if they know (in advance) what they can or cannot expect.

1) BrainKing is guaranteed to be running at least to the end of 2017. After that, nothing will be guaranteed. For instance, the site could become offline for a longer time, an unexpected error could break some important features, games could timeout for no logical reason, etc. Since BrainKing is quite a mature product and was programmed to self-repair many usual issues, it is not unlikely that none of these scenarios would happen - but still, it's good if people are aware of that.

2) There will be also no refunds for any kind of membership subscription. I will link this post from the Paid Membership section, so everybody would be informed that purchasing a membership is risky and not recommended to people who expect a service that continuously operates at a peak effeciency without any downtime.

3) It is also possible that, starting January 2018, BrainKing could be suddenly taken down without any warning. If it happens, memberships that would be still active will not be cancelled and their counter of remaining days will be stopped during the whole time of inactivity.

However, there is still a chance that a real game enthusiast would buy BrainKing and restart the development of new games and features. So, if you are interested or know someone, feel free to contact me. Serious offers only, please.

And the same again later on.

Site playing up again this evening. Going slow then kicked out of site. This is happening daily.

beach: Those are good points. Brainking has a very robust tournament system. It is very flexible. The Goldtoken clubs offer great tournament options. I really enjoy the wiki platform, it allows members to get creative. I do agree they can be frustrating. I run a club there and have put a lot of creative effort into my wiki tournaments. The one area I differ a lot on is the sense of community. I don’t think Brainking holds a candle to Goldtoken with regard to overall community. And I point to a significant statistic. On Goldtoken 80 to 90 % of the members have a paid subscription. Brainking is the opposite. I have been on both sites for over 20 years and feel strongly about this. I enjoy this site and plan to continue being a paid subscriber. Okay I’m done blabbing on and on.

beach: I agree with you.

TerryS: problem with that site difficult to run tournment and is  using wiki is so awful

A really well run site.

Goldtoken.com

Mr.Filip: I will not be renewing my membership in October. I will be leaving this site as soon as I have played all my games.

beach: Yes it has.

I think Fencer said about not working the site properly because he isnt focused on upgrading servers. Lets enjoy the site as it is.

Smiler.:  its been happening for weeks

This site is still playing up. Going slow then got kicked out just a few minutes ago.

Site went down a few minutes ago. Did that happen to anyone else?

TerryS: It has been removed now.

Smiler.: Agreed

As a paid member I thought you do not see adverts.
At the bottom of the page is an advert in big text that you cannot miss. I find it very annoying seeing that advert on every page, especially when I make moves in my games.
So how much is Fencer making for showing that advert?

Aganju: The site was down for a short time at lunch time.

Lots of Brainking downtimes, reboots and outages - does anyone know what's happening? Not sure if it is good or bad news...

painter: You personally have 34 days of vacation time. You would use 5 of those vacation days, plus the 2 days you choose for your weekend for your one week vacation your referring to.. So you're good for 6+weeks as long as your not playing games with no vacation days allowed.

Marshmud: Thanks
If your away for a week you lose games

painter: Automatic vacation: This feature (available for paying members only) adds even more protection to your games to avoid sudden timeouts. If it is turned on (on Settings / Calendar page) So make sure you click that box. That's all you have to do. Checking what your weekend days are only for those 2 days in that particular week. Just click automatic vacation, its the only option brainking has.

What if your on holiday for a week ?

I change my vacation days almost every 30 days plus. It is more than 30 days in true fact.
The "weekend" protects your started games to run out of time during these days. You can change this selection once in 30 days. The last change was made 2. April 2025, 23:05:04.

Thursday and Sunday

Painter might be able to change his days.

Smiler.: You are talking about weekend days

painter: You can change your vacation days very 30 days. Have done that recently?

painter: Vacation days are applied automatically. They won't help those games that don't allow vacations/days off.

how can i not lose games ?

Fencer: Thank you, Fencer. That retrieved them all.
I must have clicked it accidentally. I never even knew it was an option.