alexlee: No way for us "users" to know - Fencer I'm sure has a way to check, but probable easier to just watch the next round and see what happens.

I know it's been suggested to let pawns continue to play once they join as members, but as far as I know - no change has been made.

coan.net:
Ok, thanks and I will watch and see what happens. I knew she was a pawn with the last move being 1220, thats why I bid 1223 but no one else did so that was kind of weird

alexlee: my guess would be that she made her bid right before she turned pawn and before you made your bid.
I'm in an eleven day pond right now with a pawn, I hate those because I feel that it would be smarter to wait just in case they decide to renew their membership

Mega-mass pond, 100 players 11 needed

WellyWales: or 200 player Pond!, only 7 needed

I'm going down to a pond per 2 weeks since, from experience, things slow down during summer and ponds have a hard time filling up.

rabbitoid: OK… thank you for creating the ponds anyway…

Pedro Martínez:
Yes thanks rabbit for creating all the ponds. I wish this one never filled up > Save energy: be apathetic.

alexlee: I have recently gone up from 104 to 105 as my starting bid in 16/16 ponds… will have to reconsider it again…

Pedro Martínez:
My first bids will be higher from now on in the small ones. At least I have company swimming around in the pond and another player who does not often fall in early

alexlee: Yup, it's a great view of the two of you swimming around down there…

alexlee:

Is it possible to know what other people score (BKR) in ponds as in other games ?

WellyWales: It shows everybody's BKR except in dark ponds, unless you are talking about others change in a finished pond

The links are
http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=1000

http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=1001

http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=1002

I can't find them in Statistics, I went to the main page, under "Your best BKR" and copied what the links point to.

Vikings: Sorry! I meant what the first person scored and the second etc, when the pond has finished

The reason I asked is I got 1 point for being 4th in this pond OVER THE RAINBOW Blonde
and 16 points for being 7th in this pond βaβyĢіґŁŁєs КIŦÇΉЄŊ (Run in the Dark)

I just wondered what other people score in the same ponds

WellyWales: It's not a fixed score, it depends on your BKR at the time.
When your BKR is low, even a relatively bad place in a pond can gain you points.
When your BKR is high even a first place may not raise it much higher.
The only way to see who gained what is to store the pond just before and after the last bet and compare. In ponds this is easy since you know in advance when the pond will end. (well, more or less, since there can be multiple falls in a turn and server time freezes)
And by the way, the whole BKR system is of questionable value for ponds.

http://brainking.com/en/Pond

I've gone back to a pond per week.

Let's not forget Mega-mass pond, 100 players : only 4 more players are needed!

Anyone know how often the pond table is updated? http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=1000&bms=0

WellyWales: once a day

I'm getting geared up again, there are 3 new ponds to sign up for if anyone is interested

PONDS PLUS

Vikings:
Did not know you were the boss in that club again!

alexlee: yep, it's good to be the king

Vikings:
Then I shall rejoin and see what you have been up to

and this pond will start
Rain Man

someone is colluding for ratings

Vikings: anything specific? no need for names, but a pond link is permitted

I want to investigate it a little further first, then I'll probably talk about it in Ponds Plus

Sign up for ponds is becoming sluggish as it does every year. Going into 2-week mode.

200 person pond

see if we can get 200 runners, only one person has the achievement for winning a pond this big

What kind of game is this? Can I see an example?

Crescent City: A description is here : http://brainking.com/en/OldFAQ?ht=21

There isn't much to see, by looking at a current game. (It's not a game with an actual board)

I ask to withdraw/resign from this pond. I've never participated in one before.

ZZ_Topp2013: Don't make a bid and you will drop out in the first round

Vikings: or if it hasn't started yet then go to the pond (on the "ponds" page) and click "leave the run".

or.... give it a try. Who knows? you may find you like it.

Going into 2-week mode for my ponds.

fish in a small ponds?
or a tiger among dogs?

to Heluvagi for winning the pond!

200 person pond

Filling up 16 players isn't what it used to be...
Maybe it's about time. I'm getting fed up too.

Need a few more members to sign up for some ponds

alexlee: I don't play them much anymore, but I signed up for a bunch

Run Fastest

3 more needed for the super fast pond

furbster:
Only need one more now

Some ponds only need a few more to start

There are a few that only need 3 or 4 more players

the ponds overflow one after another!!