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21. October 2023, 04:34:22
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Team Results
Modified by Aganju (21. October 2023, 04:34:33)
...aside from the fact that all team members should be auto-released anyway when a fellowship is deleted... but no software is bug free.

21. October 2023, 04:30:18
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Team Results
Marshmud: ok - what about trying to 'leave' that team by creating the respective link manually?
You would need to know the deleted fellowship's ID, but maybe there is a way to find it, and then insert the ID for the ### and the game ID for ***:
https://brainking.com/en/DoFellowMember?a=212&fid=###&tp=***

If the fellowship ID cannot be found, you could use Excel or something to generate a whole list of links with "...fid=1..." to "...fid=999..", and open them all.
I did something similar a while ago, and it worked perfectly - I saved the list of links in a file, loaded them as bookmarks into my browser, and then right-click 'open all'. it opens a gazillion windows, and one of them works as it should. just wait a bit and then close all.

20. October 2023, 23:46:39
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Team Results
Mousetrap: you can always 'leave' a team and then join another in another fellowship.
Check here: The International Friendship Club and use the "leave" button: should be
https://brainking.com/en/DoFellowMember?a=212&fid=403&tp=255

9. October 2022, 08:27:13
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Brains
Mélusine: i know about that... unfortunate, but that's how it is. I have won mine in tournaments, but that's a long proof, so I just don't use them for buying anything. I just wanted to pay forward the gift that was given to me.

8. October 2022, 16:26:10
Aganju 
Subject: Re: This one starts monday
Modified by Aganju (8. October 2022, 16:28:54)
Mélusine: i just saw there is no way to transfer brains... I was considering giving you 500 or 1000. When I was in the no-brain situation, I got a 1000 gift from someone (and I had a lot of fun with them and increased them some). If you know how to do that, I'll transfer you 1000.

8. October 2022, 16:22:11
Aganju 
Subject: Re: This one starts monday
Mélusine: would you join if you had more? Or do you mean you don't want to play brain tourneys?

10. September 2022, 18:26:04
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Backgammon - 20 Players - 38 games
_Road Runner___: Fall begins. On Sep 24, I mean.

10. May 2022, 18:46:45
Aganju 
Subject: Re: hmmmmmmm
MadMonkey: personally, I love to play any game as a team, but it seems there are not many others....

26. April 2022, 04:03:28
Aganju 
Subject: Re: tournament board
beach: it *is* a single tournament with all game types. that's exactly my point; the list breaks it automatically out into separate lines. But yes, overall there are too many in parallel open.

And not everybody cheats for his brains. I find it interesting to play for them, and worked hard to get to where I am.

25. April 2022, 23:11:41
Aganju 
Subject: Re: tournament board
MadMonkey: maybe I misunderstand. I was talking about the 'Tournaments' main link, not the discussion board here. When you click https://brainking.com/en/Tournaments, you get a two-mile-long list of tournaments with prices, which I am interested in, but not for two miles.
As I mentioned, the issue is that they are 'unrolled', so if someone sets up a tournament for all game types, there will be 128 lines showing for it - which makes for a *long* list. Right now there are 379 entries you have to scroll by until you get to the other tournaments.

To be clear, there is nothing wrong (in my eyes) with the Tournament Discussion Board.

25. April 2022, 19:25:26
Aganju 
Subject: Re: tournament board
beach: I think it's unfortunate; all tournaments with brains are 'unrolled', which means each game type is listed separately. That makes it a very long list currently, which, yes, is a bit annoying. When this was developed, tournaments with brains to win were probably much rarer; I remember eagerly checking when new ones appeared.
Would be cool if only the first 10 are a shown, maybe with setting 'show all'/'show only 10'.

But in the overall view on life, I think I can take scrolling down ever so often. There are worse things on the site that I'd see as more important to be fixed.

4. March 2022, 03:25:40
Aganju 
Subject: Re: The prize for this tournament
misterned: use the button on your profile 'send message'! Enter "Fencer", and don't choose any of the similarly named jokers

30. November 2021, 01:46:57
Aganju 
Subject: Backgammon with Doubling Cube (quick tournaround)
There are a lot of tournaments offered right now, but I prefer to play *with the doubling cube*.
If you do too, and you like a fast game, please join here!

25. October 2021, 20:36:16
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Team Tournaments
Modified by Aganju (26. October 2021, 06:19:54)
rod03801: My opinion: for many serious Backgammon players, you need to allow the doubling cube. It is a different (and less interesting) game without it; I would 't want to play.

5. September 2021, 10:48:55
Aganju 
Subject: Re: "chessik is 31 :)" tournament
long: this was not a standard tournament where the participants put up the Brains - those get automatically distributed. The creator put up his own Brains, and Fencer has to manually distribute them. Send a nice message to fencer, with a link to the tournament, and - my experience - you get them same day.

7. July 2021, 18:48:29
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Just 14 players needed for the biggie!
_Road Runner___: I am afraid there are no further players around... 114 could well be all the active ones. :-/

28. June 2021, 02:41:42
Aganju 
Subject: Re: can someone tell me
DeaD man WalkiN: that was 2003 - maybe there were bugs in the code that were fixed afterwards.

17. April 2021, 17:45:05
Aganju 
Subject: Re: tourney match type
pitchblack: either they alternate, or they are randomly chosen each time. For sure they are not simply repeated.

17. April 2021, 08:35:57
Aganju 
Subject: Re: WHy isn't the filter listed alphabetically?
IDamian: you can set that in your setting:
Settings/General/at the very bottom left: choose by game group or by game name - don't forget to save.

24. February 2021, 19:52:15
Aganju 
Subject: Re:
Modified by Aganju (24. February 2021, 19:52:39)
_Road Runner___:
just a tip: Most serious backgammon players consider the game incomplete without the doubling cube, and so are a lot less wiling to sign up.
I think you would get more participation if you add the doubling cube and play to 3 or so (of course, if you don't like it, that's fine too)

26. December 2020, 01:17:14
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Win 4 games - receive Brain Rook membership
Marshmud: there are only 40 players.

26. September 2019, 22:16:37
Aganju 
Subject: Re: tournamet
Hannelore: could it be because the only legal move is 6-3-2, which is very bad for you, so you didn't try it? All others will not allow you to move the 1, so they are illegal.

17. February 2018, 03:02:56
Aganju 
Subject: Brainking 2018 Championship - sign up now!
There is still time! Many games need only one more player!

Brainking 2018 Championship  

2. February 2018, 03:33:34
Aganju 
Subject: Brainking 2018 Championship - sign up now!
Modified by Aganju (2. February 2018, 03:45:15)
Brainking 2018 Championship   - sign up now! 

23. December 2017, 12:42:42
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Question.
crosseyed: i think you got the concept wrong. The creator of the tournament doesn’t get the entry fee, he has no advantage from creating the tournament. The Tournament itself collects the entry fees, and when it gets cancelled, they get returned to everybody. That has worked automatically for years, and never was an issue.
So it doesn’t matter at all who leaves and when.

21. December 2017, 14:58:09
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Second place winners???
Carnie: on first glance, it looks like a funny idea, but consider that:
In the final game, both players will of course immediately resign; so it’s purely random whoever gets the first move = first chance to resign.

5. October 2017, 13:51:38
Aganju 
Subject: Re: I am a ghost player
long: you might not have had enough free game slots or tournament participation slots, which results in you getting dropped from the tournament automatically.

1. September 2017, 00:02:56
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Team Tournaments
MadMonkey: For some reason, we cannot sign up for the Backgammon team Tournament (Knights); it says: "Your team does not have enough players eligible to play team tournaments (Brain Knight or higher level)." which is untrue - we have six players, five rooks and one Knight.
Any idea, anyone?

Sept 2017 Backgammon XXIII

(not sure if you can see this) The Knights

12. November 2016, 00:00:36
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Find Chess Tournaments
Modified by Aganju (12. November 2016, 00:01:27)
LeoChessNut: There is a filter. Try for example http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?utf=&tp=1&submit=Show&trt=-1&trp=-1&dom=-1&trnst=0 to see the result.

22. September 2016, 16:58:01
Aganju 
Subject: Re:
Doris: This tournament is only for members of that Fellowship.

18. August 2016, 21:53:54
Aganju 
Backgammon to 9 - for Brains - FAST - only one more player needed for some games

16. August 2016, 14:39:12
Aganju 
Modified by Aganju (16. August 2016, 14:39:42)

16. May 2016, 17:24:29
Aganju 
Subject: Re:
Justaminute: I see 1487 tournaments. Do you use this link? http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments
Maybe you have set personal filters, i don't remember what is possible.

16. May 2016, 16:54:42
Aganju 
Subject: Re:
Justaminute: There are tons of each, for example All games; 5 players; fast start. It must be your settings.

26. December 2015, 17:27:47
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Just wondering...
ketchuplover: there is no 'official' site championships.For some years, there were inofficial 'World Championships', for all games, but I think whoever did those stopped doing them - I haven't seen any in awhile.
If you think we should have them - like for 2016 - I like the idea - the search for that tournament and check how it was setup (maybe message with the creator if you want to be nice) and set them up. I would participate.
Make sure the timing settings are so they appeal to a broad audience, to get maximum participation, and chose a style that doesn't drag the tournaments out forever.

20. December 2015, 15:58:37
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Which tournament??
Modified by Aganju (20. December 2015, 15:59:00)
coan.net: ok, thanks!
I would have never guessed that it was about a team tournament - after all, I did not win it, we did....

So it seems that the captain of the team gets this event send, but it contains no details or links.

18. December 2015, 06:12:03
Aganju 
Subject: Which tournament??
Modified by Aganju (18. December 2015, 06:12:26)
Today I got an event (evid=5723373): "You are the tournament winner", and when I open it, it says: "You are the winner of this tournament."

No links or details... how do I know which tournament I won? Anyone any idea?

The event came at 17. December 2015, 21:05:01 (EST), that's all info I have. I tried to look through the list of won tournaments in my profile, but there is nothing listed that finished this month...

19. July 2015, 16:14:10
Aganju 
Subject: Re: 25 brains entry
furbster: I always wonder why many people make Backgammon tournaments with no doubling cube. Backgammon has a certain percentage of luck in it, which gets reduced significantly by playing for a higher game count, and the doubling cube is a critical part of the game logic.
Personally, I avoid tournaments where there is only a match to one point, because the game is too much chance under those circumstances.
Don't get me wrong - I am not criticizing you, furbster, and it's of course your right to make any tournament you like. I just see many of those, and I don't join them for that reason, and it makes me wonder why even strong players create them this way. Do you care to explain?

6. May 2015, 04:03:12
Aganju 
Subject: Re:
coan.net: I agree. Sounds like a good idea.
Or what about this: if the Pawn has finished all his game(s) in the tournament, he can join another one? It is not his fault that the others have not yet finished?

23. April 2015, 19:10:47
Aganju 
Subject: Re: looking for players
Modified by Aganju (23. April 2015, 19:11:22)
Doris: There is a minimum of 2000 on the BKR on the tournament, that might be the reason. The message is not too clear.

26. February 2015, 04:29:31
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Open Tournament Count?
happyjuggler0: good point.
But then the next-page buttons shouldn't go up to the twenties, right?

26. February 2015, 04:09:20
Aganju 
Subject: Open Tournament Count?
When I check the open tournaments, it shows a total of 1472. But when I page through, there are only 65!

What happened to the other 1407? I understand that the tournament creator can ban me from his tournaments, but a) I thought I would still see it, just can't join; and b) am I that much hated, so 96% of all tournaments are blocked for me?

16. February 2015, 22:28:34
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Open Invite: Top 10% Faster Backgammoners for 2015 3-4
Justaminute: It's still unclear who is included in that 10%.

- without provisional and without inactive players? http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=23 - there are 553, so the cutoff is at 55th position which is (right now) 2302.

- with provisional but without inactive players? http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=23&ap=1 - there are 590, so the cutoff is at 59th position which is (right now) 2296.

- with provisional and with inactive players? http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=23&ap=1&eg=1 - there are 6263, so the cutoff is at 626th position which is (right now) 2165.

- without provisional but with inactive players? http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=23&eg=1 - there are 3627, so the cutoff is at 326th position which is (right now) 2212.

If you say 'clearly, the first', what if I am inactive or my rating is provisional (or both)?

Also, nobody can know if you made the cut at any given time between now and the tournament start; someone would need to continuously check. Therefore, I assume he would check about at the tournament start, which is slightly different than at the moment you signed up. So - better let you losing games sit around a bit, or you might not make the cut anymore on that day?

15. February 2015, 16:08:42
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Open Invite: Top 10% Faster Backgammoners for 2015 3-4
ThunderGr: I find it also too cumbersome to check each discipline, especially as it is a moving target - I might be in today, and out tomorrow.
In addition, and I mentioned that before, the top 10% are mostly people that do not play anymore, so effectively this limits it to 2 or 3 % of active players. Which is to small a pool I think.

And finally, I am simply not good enough to make it into the top 10% of most games, so I stopped checking.

24. October 2014, 17:44:57
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Adventure XI is done!
Resher: No, I am waiting for the creator - joshitm - to make one.

23. October 2014, 21:12:23
Aganju 
Subject: Adventure XI is done!
Adventure XI is finally finished! Started in early Dec2012, it took nearly 23 months.

23. October 2014, 21:03:43
Aganju 
Subject: Re: Open Invite: Top 10% Faster Backgammoners for 2014 11-12
TC: As I mentioned the previous time he started this tourney, the primary problem I see (aside from the fact that it is obnoxious to check the 10% for each game) is that most of the people in the top 10% are not playing anymore or not since a long time. That way, only 1% really are effectively eligible.

4. August 2014, 13:56:10
Aganju 
Subject: Re:
DeaD man WalkiN: we cannot read your events, even with the link - they are private. So I have no idea what you are trying to point out.

12. July 2014, 16:01:21
Aganju 
Subject: Number of Games!?
This tourney is coming up: The Big Prize Tournament 2014
I wonder if I should join, it seems like it gives me around 1200 games !? [128 games * 9 opponents in the group, minus a bit for smaller groups]

Did I miss something?

10. February 2014, 02:15:07
Aganju 
Subject: Re: The Legend is Back 2
rod03801: First, only active players? Or inactive too? Only established BKRs? or provisional too? That leaves four combinations to pick from.
Second, for me this page very often shows (incorrectly, of course) "Your current position is 1 of 1", which result in me having to do many clicks to even find my position.

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