Luke Skywalker: Now there's a concept: "I don't like it - make it for paying members only" [lol]

music, bell, etc.: please make it optional, or, only for paying members

Spirou: hehehehe.. I know.. I was just foolin with ya.. due to the fact that everyone has different tastes in music anyway.. and I am sure there would be lots of fuss over that extra type of feature.. :)

But I do like the bell sound feature that was suggested.. :)

ScarletRose: In the long run, an endless repetitive music could be sleepy or irritating. Better then to turn on the radio ;-)

Spirou: Oh yea.. a little music to the site.. Hmmm that is kewl.. Why stop at just the bell though.. Why not.. Hmmm a song to play continuously, like elevator music.. something comforting.. and relaxing..

pauloaguia: Or simpler: the sound may play only during, for example, 2 seconds.
The sound may be a little smooth music also ;-).

pauloaguia: I agree. I suggest three improvements to this:
1- Be optional;
3- The bell stop when we go the the game and start again when we come back to the main page if there is yet game to reply;
3- A click somewhere to stop the bell;

(Sorry, complete post, now...)

Spirou: Maybe that's a feature Klokan could add to the SysTray notifier (if not already)?
[Check Server News, post on 29, November, 2005]

Or if Fencer adds it to the site, we will be able to disable it I hope... otherwise my computer would never go quiet

that could also be really annoying lol

If that request was already asked in the past I apologize.

I wish, when a red number is joined to the "Main page" saying I have to play a move, a little sound warn me. When I read a book or watch the TV,waiting a move, that could be very comfortable.

Okay, thanks. I'll try that.

ughaibu: go to settings page and check out the java script tag. You can Activate interactive smiley window to (off) (mouse over) or (mouse click).

Can we have a zoology board please.

Ummmm. Appalling annoying window of faces tempting me to wax bannable again.

If computers continue to improve as they have been how long will it take for three orders of magnitude to be made up? 15 years?

Moved to Chess variants page.

Walter Montego: I'm taking this to the Chess variants page.

I think it's time to take this to a Chess discussion board... Thanks..

to bwildman: No reason for that. Because I am just about to write such an engine, I tend to use such criteria to characterize variants. It is clear that most people would use very different approaches to group or separate chess variants.

Computers! Maybe it's too much for humans to know all 960 starting position, but that sure doesn't stop a computer. Especially nowadays. For people, that's three orders of magnitude. Almost like making the start of the game an extra one and a half moves to think ahead before the game starts. This will work with people and the Chess will be more on how well you can move the pieces and how they work together, instead by rote and memorization. Computers on the other hand can start with all 960 positions and start working things out way in advance and have nice book ready for when the game starts. With the time it takes on the internet, even more so. This FRC Chess 960 is just a temporary solution for computer aided games, but I think it will work quite well with peple.

Sumerian: sorry,I dont use engines

to bwildman: Of course castling is valid in FRC / Chess960. But because an FRC engine should support all valid FRC-FEN positions it automatically would support all variants without castlings, too. Some engines are limited to support a maximum of 16 pieces a color. But Smirf is able to have the complete board filled with pieces. Thus it could support a lot of variants based on 8x8 standard or 10x8 extended Capablanca piece set. May be it would be better to separate Fortress Chess, because it has more than 16 pieces a color?

Sumerian: Castleing is a feature of FRC..unless I misunderstood your post.

and it needs to be above the game board.. :-)

I would like that in a more obvious colour...I overlook my own notes in every game, since it has almost the same background as the main page....

to Dresden:

Corner Chess and Fortress Chess are best to be compared with special types of Shuffle Chess because of the missing castling ability. Smirf could handle those and FRC too. Thus it could be accepted to join their boards in a kind of FRC Compatibility Group

Fencer: Aaaaahhh! Congratulations for your decision and thank you :-)))

Spirou: Definitely this year.

Dear Fencer,

My actual subscription end the 3th February.

As I am only interested in Shogi, I wish to know if you plan to program the Shogi during this year.

Best wishes,
Paul.

SueQ: Yes, later.
Dresden: The game boards will be reduced and combined to a smaller total amount anyway.

"Corner Chess" to "FRC/Corner (chess)"
because it´s for both.
Thanks. :-)

Fencer.....

It drives me crazy not knowing what color frog my opponent has gotten in froglet and anti-froglet....so I constantly have to go over to the game history section to find out the last move. Is there anyway to somehow display what color frog your opponent has captured?

Thanks

shots coming from the battleship explode 5 places..down to those coming from the cruiser only 1 square.

you could reduce the size of the blast by having a starting point of the shot? ie:your destroyer

i think you'd have to give the second player a turn if he is destroyed. If (s)he destroys the enemy it's a tie. Thus taking away the first turn advantage.

but the first move would have a great advantage i think

furbster: and would make a fast game.

Summertop: sounds intersting and quite fun, it wqould definatly make you think about where placing teh boats etc more than i already does

pauloaguia: Completely different... Top heading has Brainking.com... Sorta like a 4 page news paper...

You mean something like this?

What about an online news letter... Letting people know about this site? Letting people know about the game and the rules here?

Vikings: What does it taste like?

I have been playing some battle boats...I wonder what the game would be like if each shot hit the nine (actual shot plus neighboring spots) locations...kind of like atomic chess. OR..a shot could hit 5 spots...the one targeted and the ones above, below, and to the sides.

Just thinking out loud....well, hey, at least I am "Trying" to think

ALBATROSS, ALBATROSS

Rex Nihilo: Be warned - I've added the comfy chair to the list of punishments...

Though, word, deed, and action...

4 counts of off-topicness!!

But no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition... and here I am.

Back on topic please gents!

Rex Nihilo: He's a lumberjack, and he's OK!

Where's Monty when you need him, Rex?

I am deeply offended by that last post. I have many friends who are lumberjacks, and only a few of then are transvestites.

Summertop: Have to agree on that...This is far the best gamesite I've been on...