happyjuggler0: there is a Feature Requests board where requests can be submitted. Fencer reads all of the posts on that board and takes them into consideration when creating new features.

Fencer,

I suggest that you create a "suggestion box". I don't know if such a thing occurs in the Czech Republic, but here in the US it is common amongst many employers and some businesses interested in what their customers want. The idea is that people drop notes in a physical box anonymously for their employer/manager to read and perhaps that suggestion will lead to a change in policy.

Perhaps you might create such a "suggestion box" here at BK. If the project you are working on is wanted by 3 paying customers, while 300 paying customers are begging for a different feature, then perhaps your time is better spent providing for those 300 paying customers instead of following your intuition as to what improvements your site could use.

By the way, this post was inspired by a suggestion of mine which I am only now posting to you. When I create a "new game" to be posted to the "waiting games" page, I would very much prefer to simply type in the rating (both minimum and maximum) range that I want to face, rather than have to choose between 100 BKR increments.

Thanks in advance for your consideration,
happyjuggler0

That's enough please. Personal messages between people should be just that, private. Thank you!

Just to be sure I checked your game
Now people can see you're indeed in a much better position and the "BK-system" was debet on your lost game
Tournament:  pro všechny , Discussion
Game ID: 4233565
Score of finished games (I Am The Best - Varazslo, Backgammon Race): 0 : 1 (= 0) (show games | Show all games)
Time per move (?): 3 days, standard vacation

Public game (visible for other players)

Rated game (the result will be calculated for players' BKR)
Layout: Castle (change)
Board size: 1 (change)
<span>I Am The Best timed out.
<span>Varazslo is the winner.

Yes Jamie, you're totally right What a bloody mistake the creator of this tournament made, by 3 days a move and standard vacation.
Or is this what you meant with your question: How is this new plan going to stop people who don't move in games where they are losing?
Hmm you let me think now.... LOL

By the way, thanks for the message you send me

I Am The Best: That's impossible, and in my opinion not the problem When someone is losing a game and refuse to move is that his problem, not mine
I guess you didn't lose that game because your opponent didn't move? Probably he was better
So your nick doesn't tell the truth
What is your next goal, 3 games in the next 4 years?

I Am The Best: in your 3 games since 2006 - has the vacation system really been a big obstacle for you?

new mexico: Every year, everyone's vacation resets on Jan 1. You will be back to 35 days (x24 hrs) by doing nothing and waiting until Jan 1.

new mexico: You can buy another year even before your membership runs out, it adds 12 months to the membership time you already have.

Is there a way to get more vacation hours before my membership timed-out? Thanks for the info.

Mélusine: .. Just a matter of remembering your 24 & 12 times table otherwise.

I like the new system using hours instead of days for vacation.
Will the number of hours for vacation also be mentioned as days, so as to have an idea about the remaining time ?

Yes, I really forgot to add a "trash only" condition to the deletion script. Sorry. It should be fixed soon.

Vikings: it isnt there........I already looked before I complained.......

Bernice: look in your trash archive

Bernice: Yeah, it must be. I just noticed my Event box only goes back to Nov 11. I couldn't remember when the Event box started, so I checked Brainking.info, and it was Oct 21 or so. So, yes, automatic deletion must be happening. I would guess it only keeps things for a month.

rod03801: yes but it doesn't give me back the results I have lost....thanks for your help

Bernice: Won't the archive box work?

rod03801: thanks....:( that must have happened...I would rather go back to the old system...

Bernice: I believe Fencer contemplated having some sort of automatic deletion in that box, but I don't recall him saying he had programmed that. I see there is an "Archive" box there. I would recommend sending those you want to save to that Archive box. (If that's the one you meant they disappeared from, then I don't know what to say! lol)

in my events box (in box) I only keep the tournaments I have won, the achievements I have won and the ponds I have won.

Can someone tell me why half of them are missing? NO I HAVNE't deleted then accidently.

I really like the fact that is will add 1 hour to ALL GAMES - and not just the ones that timed out.

Even though it hasn't been a problem for me for awhile since I got my game count down - when I had 1,000+ games and something would come up and I was unable to play for a few days - having the time only added to games that timed out mean all my games suddenly had less then 24 hours to play... meaning sometimes it would take me a couple extra vacation days to "catch up" to normal play.

I agree with you Fencer, less options makes an automated system less abusive. Keep it that way. Even for a turned based game-site , set rules for those who have never seen a real gameboard in their life or just people trying to abuse the system. Internet has given these options, But we / i also want to keep; a nice pace, stay interested in the games, not losing the flow, the feel and emotion of a game while waiting for an opponent.

nodnarbo: When people cannot set any options, they can hardly abuse a fully automatic system.

Fencer: You haven't learned yet? there is no ultimate solution...nothing is idiot-proof to a sufficiently talented idiot.

Fencer: great idea regarding the new vacation days, I think it will help to solve the abuse of the system

Good decission made concerning the vacation use /abuse, lets see how it works out.

happyjuggler0: You might decide it's not worth using up lots of vacation to save one or two games from timing out, when you might need the vacation later in the year to save many more games from timing out. This could happen if you're desperately trying to finish your games before going away, but due to a slow player or two, you don't quite make it.

happyjuggler0:
Because of the reason Fencer is changing it. Some like to pick their own vacation days...then cancel them so they get the extended time to play but NEVER actually use a vacation day

alexlee: Why would anyone want to deactivate automatic vacation time?

Fencer:
All vacation will be automatic, which also means that the calendar would be removed from Settings page (it should disable all attempts of cheating by periodical setting/unsetting of scheduled vacation days, as we could see in the past). Users of all membership levels will be allowed to activate/deactivate automatic vacation anytime.

*Users of all membership levels will be allowed to activate/deactivate automatic vacation anytime.* If we choose to deactivate automatic vacation would we then be able to schedule vacation days like before

cd power: I think it could be the ultimate solution.

Thank you, Fencer, for changing the vacation rules so that vacation can no longer be abused. I look forward to January 1.

thisbeme: i must be magical or a witch, i posted and poof, timeouts were suspended..
it certainly will make alexlee happy.

ellieoop:" BrainKing has detected that the site was inaccessible from 1. December 2010, 02:26:49 to 1. December 2010, 03:27:35. In order to avoid timeouts in started games, the timeout checking process has been automatically suspended. It will be reenabled as of 2. December 2010, 03:27:35. Thank you for understanding."
I think your friend should be ok

thisbeme: i couldn't get on and alexlee was trying to get on but had to go to work. she has some 1 day ponds and maybe other games that's she's worried about.. she would hate to lose those games.

Bernice: I couldn't connect about 20 minutes ago, was close to timing out as a result!!

is any body else experiencing delays/unable to connect?

I used the "down for all or just me" and it wasn't me."

Again you're welcome for the upgrade. And yes thats true in a way, i am nr 4 now in keryo :) I hope you challenge the other players as well to see where you are standing :) Good luck and have fun m8 ! :)

rod03801:

Ok, I messed up the first time that I tried to make him a public friend, but I got it right this time.

I think that what I did the first time was click the wrong button after clicking the lock, and as a result I actually removed him from my friends list. I had to put him back on the list again, which I thought was odd at the time....

3minus2:

Wow, another membership! Thanks once again, that is generous of you, especially considering that thanks to our games together I took your number 2 spot in the keryo pente ratings list, for now anyway....

You're welcome happyjuggler0, now you have a Knights account. Kind Regards,
Mark

happyjuggler0: Yup, it's been asked many times.

rod03801: Thanks rod, your instruction was perfectly helpful; now I have to wait for him to agree to allow me to put him on my public friends list.

I never saw that padlock before. The way this is set up is totally unintuitive.

rod, I don't know how to add a submission to the "tips" list, but I suggest that you do so. I can't possibly be the only person who had that question before....

happyjuggler0: Go to your friends list. (From the link on the left, under Profile section) You will see a little padlock next to his/her name. Click that.

A few days ago someone bought me a membership, so I put him on my friends list. When he is online, the right side of my screen shows his name.

However I don't see his name on my profile as a public friend. Why not? What do I have to do to make that happen?

Thanks,
happyjuggler0

El Cid: There will be 13 groups and 11 subgroups of game types in the next BrainKing version, so I guess the "go to next" action should be a little more meaningful.

thisbeme: According to brainking they are all of the type "other", but yes, maybe 2 or 3 division in the "other" type would be more than welcome

Apparently Jungle, Assimilation, Dice Pokers, Mastermind, Frogs Legs/frogfinder, Mancala, Froglet are all of" similar type".
To my mind the relationship isn't obvious. When I want to go to a similar game it is from triple/not triple dice poker 6d to dice poker 5d not mancala/assimilation/etcera!