2 dark battle boat players available at the IFC fellowship. Both Geomomo and marshmud available to play in the site team tourney. Just ask us we will join in. Our team is filled already

Like coan mention, we need to fill 4 teams so if everyone joins one team the cloning team game wont even get started. So if you have enough players for your team kindly ask one of your players to join another team....please.

crosseyed: No don't tell nobody until they join and receive their prizes

coan.net: I guess I agree with MM because we do have problems with getting teams together now. My suggestion is to make the popular games a larger team maybe 6 players and the less played games a 4 player team. I know monkey and myself will actually play with another fellowship just to get a tournament up and running.

Other then that I'm excited to know that the team tournaments will continue.

crosseyed: Personally Mary I would buy the 6 month and that will put you into March 2018 and hopefully BK will be up and running and then add 6 months again in 2018 if life goes on in BKland.

Carnie: Well imo it is sort of both. Yes fencer has said his family is his priority but it cost
to keep Brainking online so I meant with some income he might continue payment of his server fees for example....

MadMonkey: Well we have a new black rook from near a month ago and several rook memberships so hopefully a little income will keep the boss paying the fees to keep the lights on.

Coan, will we have any more team tournaments?

winterangels: Message from Fencer on Jan 1 2017

Fencer 
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.

Pedro Martínez: Yes my friend but is that not a BK rule and have nothing to do with the S-B?

Thom27: After further investigation I stand behind my original statement. In fact you should of won that tournament.

coan.net: I thought the Sonneborn-Berger system is used to specify an order of players with the same number of points and is based on a theory that points earned with a stronger opponent are more valuable than with a weaker one. So there should be no tie unless both players have the same BKR.

coan.net: The actual S-B total sum has been incorrect for some time but the order has been correct. I was explained in the past that if a tie the lower rated player wins. However I think it was in a prize tournament I ran and fencer paid it out that way. Your correct there is a bug .I've noticed the sum of the S-B total has been incorrect in many of the tournaments I've been in

Thom27: Not necessary. If tosty had a lower bkr when this tournament started (feb 2012) and since you two split your match the player with the lower bkr wins. Both of you also won all your other matches.

Aganju: I don't think its automated. Ask fencer.

grenvthompson: that's correct. Alot has to depend on the bkr of your opponent. Sometimes a player receives no increase of bkr in a victory if your opponent is less rated then yourself.

is there any advertisement on BK now? Could a pawn tell me if they have any adverts or banners?

I told fencer many times it was a mistake to have a open forum where people could bitch to fencer and he has taken some crap over the years. I'm not defending fencer or brainking but I think it is a mistake to have a open forum to complain. Imo he should of kept Rod in charge. lol ...Seriously he needed someone on salary to deal with problems. Not a open forum to just piss off fencer and its author. I know of no other sites where you can log on to a site a talk with everybody on a public forum and complain about the owner.

Like the Trump win? Really? I'm lost for words.

Gabriel Almeida: Most don't know what is involved maintaining a site like brainking. You need a full time programmer or even two if your working on new ideas or games. I spent time investigating the purchase of BK. Its hard to know how much of BK would be transferred on a sale of BK. Most don't know the vast amount of code wrote for BK or over 15 years of game data.. Its truly a one of a kind site. You cant buy it and expect income immediately until you show the public you mean business to attract the old and new players. Plus the expenses just to keep it online. Its not cheap.

Marshmud: And to make it sound as a fair deal, fencer was going to stay on for one year to help for free and I believe liquid was 30usd or 40 usd a hour. This is only a idea of what he wanted then. I'm sure he could update anyone interested in BK but anyone can name any price on something they own.

Mélusine: Well a little over a year ago he wanted about 60g usd . I'm not sure but I think my offer of 25,000 never made it to the table as I thought it would insult him. I got sick with cancer and just stopped communicating with fencer. Everyone I talked to which included many programmers here at BK along with my family attourny said I was crazy, that Bk would have to be a hobby if I bought it. I see BK only surviving if a programmer buys it and can work with fencer learning his code...so to speak. In my opinion I don't see how someone can buy BK and then hire a programmer at 30 usd a hour to repair. That's a lot of money folks imo. It was fencers and liquids brainchild and I don't see how it can go on.

Aganju: Is it automatic after so many moves? I thought in chess variants you had to request for a draw and your opponent had to agree.

Aganju: Sorry I was agreeing with you I just added to much to my statement.

Aganju: He has told us clearly what his priorities are. The same people complain. I suggest if you feel your not getting your moneys worth stop paying and play elsewhere where the owner is involved as one thinks he/she should or buy the site for 50g usd and fix it. You can find good programmers for 40usd a hour. That will eat up that 30euro membership pretty quickly.

IMO we dont need new games and new features as much as we need what we have fixed.

Its really not so easy to determine a price. many areas are evaluated, not just membership but revenue from advertisements and daily hits. None of the sites mention have any calculation for a site not running at 100% and in need of repairs, just like buying a used car or house. The owner sets the tone for a sale.

ThunderGr: He was on today so I dont understand about his disappearence and its Hrqls

ThunderGr: Yes he is the mod of this board. Strange because I got one also. Ill ask him about it.

rod03801: Believe it or not I become friends with Patrick Chu owner of IYT. My daughter went to the college where chu went and designed IYT. He has a big wallet now.

Purple: Also Purple I listed information on the general chat board about your fellowship and the fantasy football league.

Purple: Yes our ladder system is a bit odd. I like the way you move up with the IYT ladders.

rod03801: I think it is a superb feature of BK. I would think it should be a priority to fix. I however have never experience a timeout by error as many here have.

rod03801: Can you set up your own tournys at Gold Token Rod? I know people who play there but I really just play here and Tibs site Dragonheelsliar so I don't get out much. lol. Im just curious of other sites that allow you to describe your own tournament time limits.

happyjuggler0: I know IYT has 28 and 48 hour tournys you can sign up for and weekends your given 48 extra hours but I guess I mean a site where you can set your own limits and your own game perimeters.

SL-Mark: I disagree that the site is a dinosaur, played by dinosaurs. That is your opinion. You mention about phone and apps. Ive played at BK with my android for about 2 years now and every day at BK. The challenge you speak of has been planned very precisely with 3rd party individuals and I'm comfortable with saying BK has a future. So I disagree again

You are entitled to your opinion and I appreciate your feedback. I do wish you were a bit encouraged with the idea of getting BK out of cob webs however. I hope one day you can enjoy BK again and I mean no disrespect to you.

SL-Mark: So your primarily a chess player. Not really sure your point. After a month of investigating I tend to disagree with you. I understand however your negativity

.

Does anyone know of other game sites that use Fischer clock or similar time controls as Bk offers?

Aganju: To me there is no site better then BK. It just needs attention and someone devoted. Thanks Aganju for your offer. I have learned you programmers make good salary's. lol.

Aganju: Never even gave that a thought. I did however ask someone to go in half but I decided to go alone as its a good investment imo. My fear was the technical side of BK. But solutions have been discussed and Im cautious but optimistic that BK can once again be the best again.

I did ask on the features board for any programmers, code readers etc to message me if there was anyone interested in working on the BK code and I had no responses. I even offered a percentage of BK revenue but no takers. Luckily I found someone interested in the BK site and not the money itself for now. I even have fencer to thank because without his ideas and advice Id never be able to pull this off.

ThunderGr: And I received your reply. Thanks for all your advice. I hope to move this forward over the next 4 to 6 weeks. I only hope for a little patience from the BK family and that the nasdaq market doesn't collapse in the next month...lol

BGBedlam:
It's quiet in here. Anyone got any thoughts on slow play! ;)

We are ready for your next question.

ThunderGr: Dang I sent last week. Will get it to you now. I also wanted to go over fencers latest offer for technical support.

Vikings: Thank you Vikings.

crosseyed: Sorry Mary. That was uncalled for.

ThunderGr: Did you get my message Theodoros? It explained that fencer would stay on a year and help with technical issues. I want to go over some new details this week with you. Do you see what your getting yourself into? lol.

The Col: He got his wish. He is not upset with the game limits but the site and he has to have his way and be rude. He needs to be banned.

Dice Cheater: Why would you be heckled? I suggest you join quick playing tournaments and stay away from the endless tournys. You know you have the control to play at your own time limits.

"given free membership then start games with a generous time control"

You seriously believe this?

baddessi: I hope you have a great time in Ireland over the next few weeks. You and the hubby will enjoy the beautiful countryside.. Don't let Geomomo try to trick you into buying his goats and beware of Bushmills friday.

The Col: Your lucky there are more chickens on the planet then humans..

BGBedlam: That selection is meant to give players different boards, for example the game knight fight. You don't want all players to have the same board,. Another example would be the game Pah Tum.

rod03801: Yes I agree Rod. First I ever noticed where both games were different. Actually its a good idea. I doubt if its a newly added feature.