My top feature request would be practice boards.

Does anyone keep track of the most popular requests? Fencer, would you be more inclined to add features that many people said they would like to see added?

pauloaguia: I second that idea.

It would be nice to see online icon (like the ones in the listings of my current games on my main page) for the moderators who are online for each board.

Ok, well, it seems to me that it would be nice if you did. Big Bosses get them when players leave, so why not the other way around.

Thanks Goonerg. Now kick me out so I see if I get a messasge. ;-)

If a Big Boss removes someone (let's say me) from his/her fellowship, do I get a message saying so? I think I got removed from one this morning, but I am not sure. If there is no message generated, can we get this added as a new feature?

Mahalo.

I would like to see the global moderators listed at the top of the discussion boards next to the standard mods.

Someone posted a request in a different DB for everyone to get back on topic. The post did not come from a standard mod, but did it come from a global mod? I can't tell. Sometimes it really matters. Having them listed at the top would be nice.

Or, as an alternative, some special encoding or icon next to their name would be good. Perhaps a colored background behind their rook or something. Can't use a different color for their rook, due to some of them being golden already.

Mahalo.

Szirak, that's too funny!!!

I really like Summertop's suggestion. It would save many mods some time and make things more consistent across all the boards. It's a little tricky to implement, though, since words like 'hello' need to be properly handled. ;-)

Can we get the captured pieces in chess, chess variants, and whatever other games it's appropriate for sorted by their values rather than by the move they were captured on? That would hlep a lot.

I'd like to see longer user names here and the ability to use characters other than a-z, A-Z, & 0-9. I wanted to change my name from "Thad" to "Thad (Mele Kalikimaka)", which is Hawaiian for Merry Christmas, but I can't use parenthesis and it's too long. I don't really see a reason for either limit. Plus the longer name can be very useful. I've changed my name at other game sites to things like "Thad (gone for the weekend)", "Thad (no more moves today)", etc.

I think BBW is a little off. When someone is on hide, the moderator sees their posts with a dark grey background. At least this is how it works on the public boards. I've never put anyone on hide in a fellowship, but I assume it works the same way. You could try that yourself, ScarletRose. Sorry to be off-topic.

Or better yet would be to have clicking on the red numbers take you straight to the oldest new message. Then you could begin there and start reading up instead of having to scroll down first.

Another feature I'd like to see is a way to link to a particular message. Then we could use anchor fields in our links at other places to link directly to particular messages.

That's true, but, for me at least, that would make it too much work to play. ;-)

Part of a game like Hearts of Bridge is remembering what has been played. Viewing past hands is not allowed. That would make turn based cards difficult if moves came with long time gaps in between. :-(

Sometimes I like to change my name to include a message. For example, if I suddenly have to go out of town for work, it's nice to change my name to "Thad (gone until tomorrow)" so that people know when I'll be back. I know I can change my profile, but it's nice to put it right into my name so that others see it right on their games page. If I had to reserve names ahead of time, I couldn't change my name last minute. A names history (sorta like eBay does) would probably be best.

Fencer,

Can you change the parentheses around the red numbers so that they are included in the link? Since the numbers are small, including the parentheses as part of the link will give me a bigger target. ;-)

I think he means this game.