Artful Dodger: ... and then we need a dislike button... and a report button for when people post back things, and a report button for the like/dislike, and the ability for someone to remove someone else's like since there are people on this site that would be offended if certain people "like" their posts... they will be paranoid and think it was done to bait them, and then we need off topic button so, for example, a moderator can "off topic" my post here.

coan.net: agreed LOL

Fencer:
"others will hate it"? Can we have a hint of what we will hate?

alexlee: that part is only 60% done! lol

Bwild:
Just seems strange to have the lifetime membership offer for a site we might hate

alexlee: I would guess it was like the last update with the "Castle" - even though all the games played the same, some people just don't like change and will hate it just because it changed.

.... even though I would not say I hate the Castle and other visual changes that happened awhile back, I did not like them and use my own custom .css file to help make the site look more like the very old. (Of course if I just took 2 days and played with the "new look/current look", I would probable get use to it pretty quickly.)

mkaymer: now who is going to be silly enough to click on those links???
V I R U S?

on his/her profile there is no join date....definately fishy, or for thos thaat dont understand "fishy" suspect

mkaymer: ummmm, a brain for one.

Fencer when you suspend the timeout checking on this site it always runs very fast is there a reason for this? Sending messages are timing out for me tho but games are very fast every thing is great now

"GERRY": BrainKing does it automatically when it detects a problem.

Fencer: You should leave it like this

"GERRY": my favourite Cardinal will surely second the suggestion

Fencer: any change that makes the site faster is a vote from me. If the GUI changes, then I will learn to get used to it but the #1 improvement in my book is speed

Anyone interested in the game is welcome to join the new fellowship. I don't know exactly where to advertise.

mkaymer: dont you realise that your post will be deleted? you are wasting your time here

Bernice: Cyber attack!

Bernice: I'm pretty sure it's not an actual human being, per se. I think it's an account that got through. It doesn't even have a "first login". We have seen several like this recently. Most of the time they have been random letters, with odd links. They are never back again after the first time "they" post on a couple boards. I know I personally have deleted at least 12 posts over the last couple of months.

I am wondering why I have not received a rating yet in some games. For instance, Five-in-Line, I have won 3 games so far but I am still unrated for that game. I know that they were rated games because I did not check off "Unrated" when I created the game, and also in the win message it showed my opponents' ratings being adjusted, but I was still shown as "Unrated". Why? Do I have to win or at least complete a certain number of games of a given type before I receive a rating in that game?

stargood: http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=20

stargood: ***Do I have to win or at least complete a certain number of games of a given type before I receive a rating in that game?
***

yes you do and Im sorry I have no idea how many....someone will let you know tho :)

Bernice: 4

stargood: you need to complete 4 rated matches to obtain a provisional rating (shown in italics) and 25 rated matches to obtain establilshed rating

also keep in mind : a match counts when it consists of more than 2 moves

Ok, thanks WellyWales, Bernice, Vikings, and Hrqls for the replies.

Of all the games here, which games require the least amount of skill and strategy to win? :)

Artful Dodger: "Buy A Black Rook In 60 Seconds" and all variants.

Fencer: Hmm, I tried to look up "earn 360 euros without skill or strategy". It came back with "about 4 690 000 results (0,53 seconds)". You can google anything!

rabbitoid: lol...Fencer seems to have that down pat!

Come people get your money out of your pocket's & help Fencer out

"GERRY": That was a joke. In fact, something like Hyper Backgammon would be the best one.

Artful Dodger: Outside of joking, I’d nominate Maharajah Chess (just the black player, obviously). Ludo deserves a mention too as a game that usually relies on luck more than skill.

Artful Dodger:ludo gets my

volant: Nah yah got it all wrong, it's the ppl who wait until their opposition get so bored that they give up. That takes skill or strategy. LOL

Behemoth Chess - Other then knowing basic chess skills to keep your king safe from your opponent, when I'm stuck playing this game - my only strategy is to keep my king safe from my opponent and hope the Behemoth takes my opponents king first.

Hyper Backgammon - just for the fact there only one 3 pieces, it's hard to use any sort of "blocking" or "attacking" strategy - just deal with what the dice give you.

Ludo - It can have some strategy if you can get more then 1 pieces on the board at a time, but the majority of the time it does not have much strategy at all - just move the only piece you can (or pass). [Can't wait for Fencer to bring some "Hyper Ludo" to the site - get pieces out of "home on a 1 or 6" - and you roll 2 dice EVERY ROLL, and like Backgammon, can use each dice for a different piece if you want - will get more pieces on the board, allow for more strategy - and speed up the game.] *HINT HINT FENCER* - Ludo the most popular game, to make a quicker version would probable be very popular.

is on top of the boards again today

Fencer:

I suspect this process is broken as the standings haven't changed for a few hours.

skipinnz: It's intentional. I am testing something.

is on top of the board list again today

why can a pawn have hundreds of tournaments on the tournament page ranging from a 100 day start date up to about 500 day start date.....and he/she hasnt got one game going. Is this another a****star?

Bernice: if you mean Abigail for some unknown reason she decided to create hundreds of the same types of tournaments when she was a rook and then left

Snoopy: yes, but what a waste......thanks

funny lights on no posts

Tuesday: Oh no i would never do that my dear

Tuesday:

Take the "General Chat" to General Chat please.

are all these funny things because of the new BK3?

why is this tourney still in the "to be started" category?

Last term to sign up: 2. May 2009, 15:39:49
Days after the deadline before a tournament with not enough players is deleted: 29

The most active users
This list displays the players who made the most moves yesterday (28. August 2010). Only the users with Brain Knight or higher membership level can appear here.

This is interesting as it says only Brain Knights or higher can appear, however, there are quite a few pawns on the list. This may be a bug???

paully: no now achievements are on the site it shows all players on this list
you never know a pawn may head the list one day and get the
http://brainking.com/en/Achievements?p=1&aid=5