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Fencer: thanks for the platform you provide for us to play our beloved games, and learn the games we didnt know yet :-)
I had a great time here for quite some years ... but for everything comes an end ... life changes, work changes, everything changes .... the only time when nothing changes anymore is when you are dead .. and thats still far away i hope :-)
thanks for the effort and time and dedication you put into this site ... far more work and time than most people realize .. but i still do hope someone is willing to take it over from you
WOW and that is how they say HAPPY NEW YEAR in Czech....oh well - hopefully someone will buy it.
Fencer...can you give an indication of what you would be looking at as a sale price....maybe there is a group here that could get together and purchase it. At least when a house is for sale there is a price quoted and then it is negotiated......thanks :)
Happy New Year Everyone! I truly hope something happens to help this site continue, the members have became friends and extended family and it would be so sad not to see the same folks I've come to know for many years.
Papa Zoom: We'll be still here in March, so who knows? Anything can happen.
In fact, BrainKing will be 15 years old this year and it is also the last year with any support from me. After that, nothing will be guaranteed unless someone else buys the site and takes over.
I will post an official announcement about it at the News section very soon.
crosseyed: I never said I could find the money to renew my membership. I have just stated that I would not renew my membership. Some people simply can't afford to renew their membership. All because you can find a way, doesn't mean everyone can. It is very pompous of you to assume everyone can because you can. You do not know everyone's personal situation or priorities with the funds they have available. I was just giving Bernice an option to consider. Another would be to be on a list for someone to sponsor her and pay for a membership if she still wants to be a member. I choose not to be a member any longer. So why demonize me for responding to someone. Are we going to start this attack garbage again? Grow up.
Tilpasset af crosseyed_uk (7. December 2016, 11:03:42)
Brian1971: No dishonest and hypocrite come to mind. The man who was not prepared to pay for a membership several months ago and criticised this site. I am pensioner and on a low income (pension) yet I can spare approximately £30. UK money and today's rate is £30.3156. I do not smoke or drink so I consider my membership good value and worth every penny. I know there are some people who REALLY cannot afford a membership but there are a lot people claiming they can't afford a membership but could spare the money.
crosseyed: No, how smart of me. If Fencer has left this door open, then utilize it. Even when my games drop below 20 eventually, I am still not going to renew. However, I can relate to Bernice's position financially. Just giving her an option to maximize the amount of game play if she wishes to play a high number of games until she can afford to renew a membership.
Bernice: Load up on hundreds of games and tournaments before your membership expires next week. You will be able to play tons of games without have to renew your membership for a long time. I did that before my membership ran out in February and I am still playing above the 20 game limit for pawns. I have 32 games currently going. Also signup for any membership prize tourneys that might start before the membership runs out and you might win a renewal in the meantime.
Bernice:Believe you have the exchange rate the wrong way round! The NZD has strengthened against the EUR, so your membership is actually cheaper. A black rook is now 40% cheaper than it was at the beginning of 2009 for you! Fencer will have to put up his prices :)
Tilpasset af furbster (17. November 2016, 01:20:34)
ScreaminMime: When you go to the friends link on the side, you'll see a little padlock by the name of each friend and if you click on that, it should make them public, once they accept.
Once you've clicked the padlock, press submit at the top of the page.
crosseyed: I guess it was your local cache or cache server or the ISP's cache server. Sometimes CTRL+F5 helps (but sometimes not). For me, it was always ok.
Tilpasset af crosseyed_uk (14. September 2016, 23:49:34)
MadMonkey: If that is the clapping hands I can't see them lol. I can a see three pink somethings that I can't tell what they are. Wow guess what it has come back to normal now. I can see the three clapping hands now. There were several other square boxes that I could see what they were. No I have not been drinking, I don't drink alcohol.
happyjuggler0: good point! I didn't even know there is a 'trash' there... yes, it was in there. It says:
Game ID: 7461994 Doris is the winner.
Doris: old BKR = 2100, new BKR = 2109 (+9) Aganju: old BKR = 2049, new BKR = 2038 (-11)
But as Carpe Diem predicted, the names are switched - I checked her stats, and she was not anywhere near the 2100 in the last week (and I was not anywhere near 2050).
So, thanks all, everything is good, just the names switched.
Emne: Re: Is there a nasty bug in the evaluation of multi-game matches?
Carpe Diem: I know that display error, but that was under different circumstances (I think when you tie or so). of course it could be the same effect here. Unfortunately, I tossed the event message; I'll check the next time.
Emne: Re: Is there a nasty bug in the evaluation of multi-game matches?
Tilpasset af Carpe Diem (3. August 2016, 22:58:51)
Aganju: I think what you'll find is that although it claims that you lost and shows rating points going down for you, if you look closer you'll find that the names don't match the rating points, and that your points actually go up.
So it works something like this. Let's say you and I played, and you won the match but I won the last game. Let's also say your rating was 2100 and mine was 1900 before the game. It will say something like Carpe Diem won, 2100 (+13), and Aganju lost 1900 (-11). I actually lost the 11 I should have, and you gained the 13, it just gives the wrong names in the message.
This bug's been there since I started playing here. It's simply a display error, not a problem with rating points.
I think I found a nasty bug in the evaluation of matches that are set up for a fixed amount of games. Here is a match that was for 5 games, and I won it 3:2: Fevga (Aganju vs. Doris) However, the fifth/last game of the match went to my opponent (so I lead 3:1, and then it ended 3:2 - still a win for me). The event message I got, however, declared that *I lost*, and deducted some points from my rating (and gave rating points to my opponent).
I would guess that the code uses the result from the last game for its decisions, as - typically - the winner of the last game is the winner of the match - but not for this type of match.
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