Czuch Chuckers: I'm with you 100%, especially regarding over-moderation.

rednaz23: Here is a link Fencer has provided in the past:

http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings/approx/approx.html

There has been much discussion about the formula in here. Typing "formula" into the search box on this page will show you much of the conversation

How are the Brain King Ratings computed at the end of a game? I understand the basics... but what is the formula? I have been trying to figure it out, but I can't with the data that I have collected thus far. (Sorry, I am a bit of a geek you could say when it comes to figuring things out.)

Thanks

BIG BAD WOLF: Thank you very much I agree wholeheartedly This is a family site and all content not considered child friendly should be hidden

Czuch Chuckers: Even though this is probable not the best board, the "so as not to corrupt the whole site" that you were once told was followed by a smile face, which is also a way to be sarcastic. You posted with foul language, a global moderator seen it first and hide it, and left the rest up to the main moderator to take care of - it was a simple issue to that point.

Yes, all foul language will be removed from the public boards. Off topic and such will at times be allowed to stray, but foul language will always be removed/hidden as soon as possible.

mook53lhd: Thanks, I agree with you 100%, and was being sarcastic, but it doesnt always come out well in writing... I think the boards on brainking are often far over moderated, and we always hear the excuse that its because "its a family oriented site, and children read these boards" or something like that. I have been hiden before because of an errant swear word and told that I needed to be hiden "so as not to corrupt the whole site!" This from a global moderator, so it must be the policy. Anyway, I am glad that someone agrees with me that these boards are hardly likely to lead to the corruption of anyone on this site, no matter the content, and that parental monitoring is much more appropriate than over zealous moderation.

Czuch Chuckers: er sir; if you were a youth yourself ,then you should know that most of what young people want to know they pick up on the st. friends & schoolmates pass along things .you know the grapevine. i agree that foul language & offensive posts by anyone are uncalled for. when they say kids have access ,i don`t know if they mean teens who play the games .or a youngster watching daddy on the pc.very few things these days shock anyone. but don`t get the idea that todays kids are naive. most know the story by the time they reach high school.certainly i haven`t seen any posts on this channel which in the slightest way would rob a young person of their youth. in fact i don`t think i`ve read anything which as you say should be censored .no i don`t know the post you are referring to .in any event its the rare exception & not the rule. mook

alanback: as a matter of fact ,a friend of mine works in the garment center .he knows of a club somewhere near 38th & bway. not far from bryant park. if you`re still interested write back & i`ll find out where it is. i`ve heard you can get action on the games if thats your thing. let me know mook

hi, i completed four games of Go 9x9 but didn't get a rating. or is it more than 4 games.

Mirjam: Maybe I should make the white king icon a little bigger now :-)

Fencer: you just wrote the 18000th message on this board:) Congratulations, you won eternal white BrainKing membership!

Fencer: I took it to be a clever marketing strategy that benefits both the buyer and seller.There is a degree of risk(that being the site is not guarenteed to be here in 10 years,hell,we might not inhabit this earth in ten years)but I was impressed by the creativity in presenting it as an option.

furbster: I am afraid it would disprove the very meaning of that. The black rook simply means "yes, I really believe BrainKing will be here after 10 years and I believe it NOW, without waiting for every year and paying just a part of it".

furbster: Ahh yeah I see, like getting a gold watch after you worked for a company for so many years!

Yeh something like that or just having been a member for 10 years, but only renewing yearly because you haven't got teh funds to pay all 10 years in one go.

furbster: You mean like installments over so many months, something like that?

I was just wondering if you can get a black rook from having 10 years worth of membership,but not where you buy it all at once.

alanback: Perhaps the Jokes Board ?

One of the most important features of this fabulous site is its message boards. The boards are in desperate need of some moderators with a sense of humor!

alanback: ROFL!

I know a good place in Dallas.

alanback: ..sorry no...

alanback:

baddessi: Know any good structures to play BrainKing in NYC?

Please take the chat to "General Chat" board

This board is for "BrainKing itself, its structures, features and future"

Thanks

mook53lhd: Know any good places to play live backgammon in NYC?

WatfordFC: i`m from nyc & yourself?

Marfitalu: Yes I definitely need some fun! :) Did I miss an announcement of the new game?

It seems Fencer brought us a new game: "Lines of action"!

Silly me! I had forgotten the show thread thingie .... Fencer for that feature.

Ladybird68: Errrr, Although I don't really know which one of my post you're referring to,

thx. to both of you.
used to be that you could change weekend days off weekly. i changed them when i had surgery and i wanted to put them back, i can wait.
yes, i was able to unclick 2 vacation days that i had thought i might need, that was good.

ellieoop: Only the weekend days (normally Saturday & Sunday) can be changed every 30 days - I think you can change your vacation days around whenever.... well as long as the date has not passed.

For the smileys, In Settings, JavaScript page - change "Activate interactive smiley window:" from "on mouse over" TO: "on mouse click" That way you can click on the smiley for it to come up, rather then accedently pass your mouse over the list where they all come up, and sometimes have to click to make them go away.

ellieoop: Yes...happened to me all the time. I actually sent someone a potato and a black heart once.

If you go under settings then tab to java script, you can set the smileys so they only show up if you click on them.

when i write a msg. on my game, lots of times a whole page of smileys show, and i have to click to lose it, and sometimes i must click one cause i get the smiley or stinky#, good think i see it in time. LOL..

i also noticed in trying to change my days off, it now says it can only be done once a month:( is that a new feature?

رضا:lol.................

رضا: Forget it. It will be fixed very soon.

Fencer: Ahh, you mean if I add a dollar sign to my name, people cannot see my moves? Very interesting!

pauloaguia: There seems to be an issue with dollar signs in Java regular expression engine. I'll find some workaround. Or forbid to create user names with dollar signs.

pauloaguia: Yeah, I can see just the last screen too. cannot go back and view the moves. And it's the same in all the finished games of $ONE$.

رضا: I can't see them either. Only the (current?) board position, can't scroll through past moves. Maybe post a bug?

Does anyone know why I cannot see the moves in this game?

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=1575963

baddessi: Yes of course ,sorry.

Rose: Thank you for the message, I think that is good for everyone to know! :-)

rednaz23: When you see a red one and there is no post it means someone who has been hidden has posted. Only the mods can read their posts.

OK... I just looked at this board... and I clicked back on discussion boards, and it said 1 new message. I click back on and there is nothing new! What is going on with the boards?! I think I may just give up with the boards... I am interested in what people have to say, but not when it is such a hassle with everything that has been going on and now invisible posts... I don't get it...

It strikes me that whoever you are having a problem with is playing a game (see Flame Wars under google) and wins accrding how long he/she manages to tie up the site and how long he'she remains a center of attention. Which has been quite while.

Pedro is right- keep the board on topic please. WatfordFC, GC is a better choice for chat. Thanks

WatfordFC: Why don't you send her a PM if you want to know this? I want to come to this board ONLY when somebody posts something important about BrainKing, NOT everytime anybody feels a need to chat, "make friends" et cetera.

SafariGal: Where are you from ?

Czuch Chuckers: ok, you asked a relevent question and now I think I can answer you. Sorry you had to wait.

I was following the conversation earlier and it seemed ok. People had questions, they got answers.

Then I made the mistake of going to have a bite to eat without logging off.
OH Whoops!

Bry noticed in my absence (altho it appeared I was online) that the conversation had taken a different course and stepped in.
I don't feel like he was stepping on my toes, I feel like he was watching out for the board.
I have no problem with that. It's what he's supposed to do.
I'm answering this because it is good to show the roles that board moderators and globals play here for new users and pawns to see, but the rest of us know all about this, so I would like this conversation to end now, please, and leave the board for more relevent Brainking.com posts.
Thanks