I am not saying i need to know at all, but i do agree with Caissus it is a nice feature special to BK.
On GT you can have all your friends on line, but no moves to makes for ages, they could just be sat there.

why do you need to know what they are doing, if they aren't playing your games what concern is it to you, I just think that it is a big drain on the server, friends on line shows you if they are on the site if you want to chat with them send them a message

Well what would be the point of a Friends list, apart from to tell us who we have added, we would not know if they were playing games or just have there screen on refresh every minute.
It would basically be the same as the Who is on-line feature & on-line opponents. They would all become pointless as such.
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Optional would be good ellie.
I wonder if anything can be done about messaging as well, as there are people that just use BK as a way to keep in touch with others, yet are not worried about there games.

perhaps fencer could make that feature optional.

But no,I think this is a special nice Brainking feature!:)

I agree ellieoop I don't really care who other people are playing or what they are doing, that is a feature I think should be disabled

it takes very long to get into my own profile, and i also agree about disabling the feature of telling us what everyone is doing, i never liked that, is there a way to disable that?

Profiles must take up wayyy tooo much cuz when ever I try to access any one who plays alot it takes ages an ages for em to open up. Some ppl say they cant even get some ppls profiles to open. The multitude of tourney listings, fellowships and games seems a lot of info

Great work Fencer and Liquid :-)

I agree harley, just thinking out loud for a change lol.
Who is on-line or on-line opponents surely are not needed either if it will speed things up or take pressure off the database as most have others on there friends list.

I would be for disabling where you see what the other person is doing (while playing a game with them). I know it is handy for some, but for me I could care less that the other person I'm playing is currently looking at XXXX

Customer service email addresses can be found at the BrainKing.info pages, MM. And if its only for a short while....

ROFL @ BBW
The only thing with the profile pages is that alot of the Big Boses include links within them and of course the Customer Service Links as well.
Unless they can be set to disable when the site gets busy.

BBW: Yes, if I disable all games, I'll receive no complaints about timeouts :-)

You know if you just removed all the games, these discussion boards would run a lot faster! :-)

Much better, even alot faster then before!

Great work!

Profile pages?

Thinking about that Fencer, is there anything else you can disable that would take pressure off the database server, but not effect the site running to much ???

:-D

aahhhh that explains why i keep changing it & it still won't show up LOL :o)

LOL I thought something was different!! I would have noticed eventually....

Btw, I've temporarily disabled the Top BKR table on Main Page. It was one of the sources of the database overload.

Well done Fencer & Liquid :o)
Good to be back.....

Damned computers.

Everything seems fine now, good work, Liquid & Fencer :o)

yes

Better?

arhhhhhhhh

There is a problem with our database server. I will post all news on BrainKing.info.

as all i see is this box and nothing else

I cannot see any other messages on this board.
I have been trying to access for the last 4 hours....managed to get ONE game played and then have had to sit and wait for about 10 minutes to get here...I cannot see another message so is there a problem here.
Filip :) I have sent an email to this effect but access is extremely difficult....impossible infact
would you believe i have just gotten email from Filip.....plese try and sleep well my firend LOLOL....sorry :)

I cannot see any other messages on this board.
I have been trying to access for the last 4 hours....managed to get ONE game played and then have had to sit and wait for about 10 minutes to get here...I cannot see another message so is there a problem here.
Filip :) I have sent an email to this effect but access is extremely difficult....impossible infact

I see them instead of the brain under the blanket...

No I am not seeing that!!! normal here!!

What happened to the background? Is anybody else seing those green arrows?

Of course, it is possible to pay for any number of years.

Thats it, blame me when I wasnt here LOL

best i pay for the next few years then !!

The coversion to Euro's means a 25% increase on the cost for the English. The Pound is crap against the Euro, but wasnt too bad against the $Dollar.

LOL.. so Steve is to blame, huh? ;o)

Hello everyone....
I'm compiling a list of birthdays of players on this site.
You can see my list of those I already have on the debate club news board.
My goal is to get everyones birthday put on that list.
You do NOT have to tell the year if you'd rather not.
Please give me your special birthday so I can add it to the list. You can give it on here or send me a PM. Thanks..... If you know of anyone else's b-day I don't have, give me those too please thanks.
Be sure to visit Debate club news board to view the list and to see who shares your special day.
Then add birthday DB to your favorites board to watch for yours.

If you do not help by sending in your birthday, I will be visiting a profile near you.
So be a dear please and help. :•)

It's a conspiracy to keep you off the top of the moves list, Antje...

*looks at Steve*

It's an effect of the reversing of karma with the new year, dont worry, apologise a lot and it'll balance out.

as I'm making my moves today, and clicking "submit move and go to" next game on my list, im getting games up where it isnt my turn to move, its happened about 3-4 times now. anyone else having this problem?

... I don't follow exchange rates, but is it possible for the US $ to start doing better, and then by the time it is ready to renew, it would actually be cheaper for us, or will it probable always be more expence for us in the US?

That's why everybody has enough time to renew his/her membership for the current price. I think it's fair to both BK users and me.

Biggest jump is in Canadian funds I think. The $28 fee went from $36CA (at Current US conversion rate or $28US) to $46.Ca - If that made sense. It does to me!!
But that is just now. When I got my membership it was nearly $45US, so the US buck isnt doing too well me thinks.

Brian, try XE.com currency converter

18 Euro's is about $22

I know the exchange rate between the Euro and the US dollar varies daily. However just curious what the current and average exchange rate is. I am year long brain knight so I paid 18 USD. WIth the new Euro measurement for paying what does cost me in USD to renew the membership. I know the new exchange does not go into effect until March 1.

Rod: First I have to finish new BrainKing with no new features. Then, when it's proven to be stable, I can work on games etc.