BrainKing - Diskussionsborde (Run around the Pond)

me?

7. Juli 2007, 10:29:57

Emne: interesting :)

Tilpasset af Bernice (7. Juli 2007, 10:30:43)

who is going to win the $100

Im taking bets lOLOL
$100 cash - AUS...conditions apply

28. Juni 2007, 21:02:17

ScarletRose

Emne: We need just 6 more peeps

to play!

Mineral Bath..

~ if you fall in.. the minerals give you endless life.. ~

☼‡☼ Lost In Time ☼‡☼

Run in the dark!

23. Juni 2007, 10:22:54

shame you dont know who else is playing 4

12. Juni 2007, 22:19:25

Emne: Re:

"Snoopy": ok....well then it looks as tho it will have to be closed.....I wish Fencer would take the minimum 16 off it....

12. Juni 2007, 13:14:31

Emne: Re:

Bernice:
its a fellowship pond so only members of your fellowship can sign for it

12. Juni 2007, 01:45:46

^i^ IRONHORSE SALOON ^i^ (8. June 2007, 13:36:25)

anyone interested in this pond....
please sign up

1. Juni 2007, 22:42:34

I have already deleted 2 people from the tourney because no address has been supplied...I will be checking this regularly...

$100 AUS = $83.23 at todays rate.

1. Juni 2007, 16:46:08

rod03801

Emne: Re: the BIGGEST pond available to members on here $100

Vikings: Maybe she meant to say biggest PRIZE?
I wonder what $100 Australian is in US dollars... I'm too lazy to go look. lol

1. Juni 2007, 12:00:54

Emne: Re: the BIGGEST pond available to members on here $100

Bernice: just 2 things, 1st, here's a link to your pond $100 cash...conditions apply
2nd it will only be as big as 16 players because of the limits

1. Juni 2007, 11:14:46

Emne: the BIGGEST pond available to members on here $100

Tilpasset af Bernice (1. Juni 2007, 11:16:04)

let see how many people we get to enter this pond???

there a 2 conditions...1st...your address and name must be supplied before the competition starts...;

2nd condition...you have to be a player in my competition.....

26. Maj 2007, 23:19:02

shame you dont know who else is playing 4

23. Maj 2007, 10:57:32

Thad

Emne: feature suggetion

How about a way for players to simply drop out of the pond.

The system would probably have to send all the remaining players a message saying who dropped out.

I suppose it wold be unfair to have players drop out last minute right before the end of a round, so maybe limit it so that players can only drop out when more than 25% of the time per turn is remaining. This would be way better than the way it is now!

16. Maj 2007, 03:35:29

Emne: Re:

Tilpasset af Bernice (16. Maj 2007, 03:40:08)

rod03801: thanks ROd...didnt know how to do that :)

******** but I do now *********** hehehe

16. Maj 2007, 03:22:45

rod03801

Emne: Re:

Here is a link to that pond. :-)

On Golden Pond #3

15. Maj 2007, 22:22:02

anyone interested in winning an Australian t-shirt, then sign up for my pond ;)

8. Maj 2007, 15:51:32

Emne: Re:

Universal ♫Eyes: Excuse me, but wouldn't you please put fellowships tournaments on public boards anymore?

8. Maj 2007, 09:08:34

Universal Eyes

A WHAM BAMS (Run Around The Pond) & New Pond from the Pond Board A WHAM BAMS (Run Around The Pond)

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6. Maj 2007, 04:22:01

there are 5 ponds on the Ponds tournament page that are overdue to start but only need 1 or 2 players to start, hint hint.

4. Maj 2007, 02:17:49

shame you dont know who else is playing 3

Emne: new pond

3. Maj 2007, 18:12:38

Emne: Re: Membership expiring

Thad: Yes, he can. Sure.

3. Maj 2007, 17:53:09

coan.net

Emne: Re: Membership expiring

Thad: I believe so. I've seen a few bishops who are currently playing and making active bids in ponds.

3. Maj 2007, 17:41:06

Thad

Emne: Membership expiring

My membership is about to expire. I am thinking about renewing as a bishop for a few months. Can a bishop play in ponds? I am in a pond now with 99 players and would hate to drop out so soon!

28. April 2007, 19:52:21

Shame you dont know who else is playing 2

Emne: dark pond

15. April 2007, 18:30:19

Mousetrap

Tilpasset af Mousetrap (15. April 2007, 18:31:08)

OOps! Wrong board sorry folks lol!

9. April 2007, 01:26:28

Emne: Re: Bonus winner

Thad: you may want to put that request on the feature request board, I'm not sure how much fencer would read this board

8. April 2007, 20:19:43

Thad

Emne: Bonus winner

Fencer,

Could you please put a colored background (a nice light blue would look good) behind the bonus winner in the list of pond participants on any pond page just like you put a grey background around me in any pond I'm in? Please? ;-)

8. April 2007, 19:52:02

Thad

Emne: Re: Functionality Change (Simpler rules)

Vikings: Then just remove all the pawns when it starts. It stinks to have them floating around anyway.

Are pawns in the game? Or are they out? Seems to me they're half in/half out. Kinda stupid way to play a game if you ask me.

Sorting out the starting issue, sorting out the pawns issue, and allowing different starting point totals and bonus would make this good game a great game!

8. April 2007, 15:23:33

Emne: Re: Functionality Change (Simpler rules)

Thad: personally, I think that may not be the best idea. This particular pond is a great example as to why. There are 5 pawns entered as of now, that would mean that there would be frozen bids for the first 5 rounds at least.Add to that that these huge ponds don't occur very often, those 5 pawns could easily affect bidding for 10-25 rounds.
I think the way it is now is best. the pawns bids don't matter, play the pond as if they aren't there

8. April 2007, 11:08:07

Emne: Re:

Vikings: Yup, I don´t have to.

8. April 2007, 05:26:32

Thad

Emne: Functionality Change (Simpler rules)

I'd like to see the way Ponds work changed. I think a player should make his (or her) first move when he signs up. Thta way, everyone's first move would be made and all the confusion about players falling with a zero bid and the lowest other bid also falling in round one could be eliminated. Not much else would change. The pond would still appear on your list of ponds once it has started and you could edit your first bid just like any other bid. I see no drawbacks to this change.

8. April 2007, 03:59:16

Emne: Re:

"Snoopy": they don't matter because they will all fall in with a bid of zero along with the next lowest bid

8. April 2007, 03:54:52

Emne: Re:

joshi tm: just wondering are you going to be removing the pawns before it starts?

6. April 2007, 09:53:00

Joshi TM's treasure Chest! It isn't that difficult, just enter a number and look waht happens :). I need 4 more players to make 100.

3. April 2007, 03:37:06

Emne: Re: falling in the pond

Cougar727: yes, last man afloat wins

3. April 2007, 03:36:00

Cougar727

Emne: falling in the pond

What happens to the people who fall in the pond.
Are they out of the game?

14. Februar 2007, 23:44:39

Thad

Emne: Make opening bid when signing up

This game would be better of you were required to make your opening bid when you signed up. That way, there wouldn't be any confusion over how the first round bids differ from all the other rounds. Of course you could still change your opening bid once the game starts. Essentially, the game would start as soon as you sign up, but the timer would not start until the minimum number of players signed up or the starting deadline was reached.

14. Februar 2007, 23:31:32

Emne: Re: Pawn Pond

WellyWales: It should be pointed out that if a pawn falls in with zero in the first round, there will also be someone else fall in with the next lowest bid, but thats the first round only

14. Februar 2007, 23:29:32

Emne: Re:

joshi tm: I see what you mean, there are people that bid higher in the first round and then lower in later rounds., and there are people who will bid smaller toward the end but not nessecarrily with less than 2000 points left, pawns cause some of this bidding also. I guess that I don't see being observant the same as cheating.

14. Februar 2007, 20:06:41

WellyWales

Emne: Re: Pawn Pond

joshi tm & BIG BAD WOLF: Thanks for that

14. Februar 2007, 20:00:58

coan.net

Emne: Re: Pawn Pond

WellyWales: nope, they will not be able to play.

What will happen if they do not remove themselves from the pond, and starts as they are a pawn - they will just not bid in the first turn and fall out of the game.

If they are already playing a pond then turn into a pawn, then their last bid will just be repeated until they fall out (or win - which I think has happened once)

14. Februar 2007, 20:00:25

Emne: Re: Pawn Pond

WellyWales: No they can't and their first bid is 0.

14. Februar 2007, 19:57:28

WellyWales

Emne: Pawn Pond

What is the ruling if a paying member signs up for a pond then becomes a pawn before the pond starts....are they able to play it??

14. Februar 2007, 15:10:54

Emne: Re:

Vikings: Sorry for confusing you, but I meant the lowest bid of round 21 (enderme's 441). Backoff's lowest bid was 595, that's above the criterium of 200.

14. Februar 2007, 12:03:24

I don't know how I did that

14. Februar 2007, 12:01:22

Emne: Re:

joshi tm< I'm talking about the current round, where Brian fell in with a 598, Alan stayed in with 667 and the next closest bid was backoff with a 1222. so it fits your criteria of the next lowest bid being 200 points lower than the next (595 in this case).

14. Februar 2007, 06:27:33

Emne: Re:

Vikings: No, because FANTAS had the lowest bid of 53 (after bidding everything he has), and in that round he has the lowest inside the criteria. so 200 under the last bid of FANTAS would be -147, and is all fair again.

14. Februar 2007, 00:15:26

coan.net

Emne: Re: Different starting amounts and bonuses

Thad: Fencer seemed to like that idea while back, but never did turn into anything.

POST: Run around the Pond (Fencer, 2005-01-12 09:09:26)

The other suggestions I would like to add is to lower the limit from 16 player minimum to like 10 players minimum to play.

14. Februar 2007, 00:04:00

Emne: Re:

joshi tm: under your criterea, AlanP's bid in this pond http://brainking.com/en/Pond?bms=21&g=2875 would be considered cheating when in fact it was a good and gutsy bid,there was a logic to the bid that only he followed, yet you would have him punnished by falling in? these bids happen in many games

13. Februar 2007, 22:52:29

Thad