BrainKing - Discussion boards (Feature requests)

Subject: Re: Running games

coan.net: Very well.

Sounds easy.

9. May 2012, 17:40:04

Orlandu

Subject: Mini Hyper Backgammon

3 Pips instead of 6
3 pieces per person
1 Dice only - No doubles
Doubles can be done - a dice is rolled before each game telling you which dice numbers is the doubles
One double roll only...

20. May 2012, 12:08:52

El Cid

Subject: Opponent user list

I don't know if it is possible, but when looking for another user game filter, could our name be added on the friends group? If I go to any user's current games, I have the drop down box to filter by opponent. On that drop down box I have (as in my main page) the list divided by my friends and the ones that are not my friends. However, since I can not add myself to my friends list, my own name gets lost in middle of the "other users". I hope there isn't any user that considers himself(herself) as not being his(her) friend, so I think no one would mind this option, if it's possible to program...

7. June 2012, 22:25:51

happyjuggler0

Subject: default time per move length

Only now did I finally realize why so many people here select 7 days per move when creating game invitations. It is because the default setting is 7 days.

I wonder if someone who has the ability to create polls could pose a question to users of BK and ask what they think the default setting should be?

For example if it were to be 5 days, then everyone could still play only once a week without dipping into vacation time.

I personally prefer much shorter games, but that is another issue. People can choose to pick any time limit they want of course, but perhaps if new people (who are more likely to blindly pick the default settings) wound up with shorter time limits then their games would move along faster and they would enjoy BK more.

Same goes for tournament setting defaults. I'd like that to be even shorter if possible so that when someone carelessly forgets to change the time limit they don't wind up creating a tournament that lasts far longer than they wanted to.

Just a thought....

7. June 2012, 23:03:30

Thad

Subject: Re: default time per move length

happyjuggler0: I think each user should be able to set his/her own default time limits. I *hate* seven days/move as my default. I prefer Fischer settings of 3.1.5. I would also like to have 'Random' as the default for who moves first.

BK should give each user the ability to set the defaults up as s/he wants.

9. June 2012, 02:31:20

grenv

Subject: Re: default time per move length

Thad: Easiest solution would be not to have a default time limit. Make people choose.

9. June 2012, 03:24:59

rod03801

Subject: Re: default time per move length

grenv:

I love it! That probably is the most reasonable thing. No polls or debate needed, then.

9. June 2012, 04:56:09

pgt

Subject: Defaults

Since we are taking about defaults, I think it would be good if your default colour when setting up a game was black. Then when a game invitation is accepted, the person accepting can make a move immediately.

9. June 2012, 09:28:36

Thad

Subject: Re: Defaults

pgt: No, players should always have the options of setting up games so they are P1 or their opponent is P1 or it is randomly chosen!

9. June 2012, 10:26:01

pgt

Subject: Re: Defaults

Thad:The default now is that the inviting player is white, but irt can always be changed. What I was suggesting was that the default was black (but could always be changed by the inviting player)

9. June 2012, 20:37:40

Thad

Subject: Re: Defaults

pgt: I don't see why each player shouldn't be able to set the default for who goes first to whomever they want. You can have white (or black) and I can have random. ;-)

13. June 2012, 05:03:02

rednaz23

Subject: Submit move actions

I did a quick search to see if this has been asked before but I didn't find much...

Would it be possible to have a "go to next tournament game" option? I don't want to delay any tournaments I am (they take long enough as is!!!) in and I would prefer to play all of my tournament games each day despite the long time limits as to not be the bottleneck in the tourney... also, I would prefer to not go through 2, 5, or even 10 pages to click each game... Any thoughts on if this can be done? It would certainly be on my short list of selected sumbit move actions!!!

Thanks,

Phil (rednaz23)

13. June 2012, 05:44:47

rod03801

Subject: Re: Submit move actions

rednaz23: Well, there IS Move and go to next game of THIS tournament. Not completely what you asked, but it would help perform that.

15. June 2012, 01:16:52

rednaz23

Subject: Re: Submit move actions

rod03801: Well aware of that, still not helping me much... a "go to next tournament game" option is what I still want to see. Why? I am not someone who plays a lot of tourney games, but I would prefer to not be the hold up in completing a tourney... additionally, I sometimes go long stretches (a week) without playing more than a few games. So, when I do play ten to fifty games a light night (opposed to some nights when I will plays thousands), I would prefer it to be a tourney game opposed to something other. Does that make sense?

Phil (rednaz23)

15. June 2012, 04:45:24

Aganju

Subject: Re: Submit move actions

rednaz23: Makes a lot of sense to me. Seconded.

5. July 2012, 07:27:15

Orlandu

Subject: New game idea

Micro Hyper Backgammon
6 pips per side - 1 dice no doubles
3 pieces on the 1 and 12 pip...
Just a thought.

9. July 2012, 11:23:03

Hrqls

Subject: request : new backgammon game type : No Chance Backgammon

would it be possible to create a new backgammon game type ?

it's called no chance backgammon
read the rules at :http://www.bkgm.com/variants/NoChanceBG/index.html

9. July 2012, 11:33:48

Subject: Re: request : new backgammon game type : No Chance Backgammon

Hrqls: Never heard of it before. Sounds interesting.

10. July 2012, 11:42:51

Hrqls

Subject: relative rating ( % ?)

right now we have 2 ratings/rankings : our bkr and our rating

i think it would be nice to show the ranking as a % of the total ranked players ...

for example :
- i am #45 at battleboats, out of 93
- i am #46 at dicepoker, out of 310

this gives me a % of :
- battleboats : 48%
- dicepoker : 14%

clearly i am raletively better ranked at dicepoker, than at battleboats (although the #45 and #46 would make me think otherwise)

maybe the % is not a good term, but some relative ranking compared to the total amount of ranked players would be nice

10. July 2012, 20:56:40

Thad

Subject: Re: relative rating ( % ?)

Hrqls: Percentile rank seems to be what you are asking for and would fit well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile_rank

22. August 2012, 16:55:04

King Pyrhus

Subject: Havannah and Hex-type games

It would be nice if we could have Havannah here. It was created by Christian Freeling (I hope I've spely his name correctly, it might be Freeleng).

It's played on a hexagonal board and uses black and white stones, like Go. Unlike Go the goal is not to make territory or capture pieces but to make one of three configurations before one's opponent: a ring; a connection from one "corner" to another; or a fork connecting three edges (the corner hexes are not considered part of the edge).

There are other places where I can play it, but it would be nice if it was available here.
Obviously I can't speak for Christian, but I don't think he would have any objections to Havannah being added to BrainKing's repertoire of games if he were asked. He has a website called MindSports, and he also plays at Itsyourturn. I think he considers himself a game inventor rather than a game player...

Excuse me if this was not the correct way of broaching this topic. :D

26. August 2012, 19:36:59

Subject: Time Out

Just realized that a timeout is not a timeout

Playing an one-hour game with six minutes left and the opponent was at zero.
The game continued with me - well - not watching the game any longer with full concentration, just waiting for the opponent to time out. Finally, I lost by a sudden checkmate which was to be avoided easily by playing a little more defensive.

My feature request is more a question:
Isnt it possible to make a better and more exact programming in order to play games with clear and exact rules?

26. August 2012, 19:42:21

Subject: Re: Time Out

diogenysos: You know, the timeout system had been created a long time before introducing 1 hour games, so it is possible that it is not the best suitable solution for this specific time control.

I'll look at it.

26. August 2012, 22:19:04

Subject: Re: Time Out

Fencer: I see. Yes I can imagine that BK is growing and after a while some components do not work well with each other any longer.

I would appreciate a revision, as I think that an exact time-control would give those fast games more thrill and as many players calculate with their opponents timing out and do, for example, strange and difficult moves just in order to make their opponents think longer and use more time.

26. August 2012, 22:39:31

Aganju

Subject: Re: Time Out

diogenysos: Be aware though, that that is a valid and accepted strategy in real-life games - making complicated or surprising moves to have your opponent time out. The point here is more that there is an arbitrary 1 - 10 minute extra time before time-out, which makes it random. It could even happen that your opponent has -9 minutes and you have 0 minutes, and just when the demon comes by, it is your move, so you *lose*. And a malicious opponent could even use that - if you watch the timeouts taking effect in the system, you can time the demon's arrival up to 1 or 2 seconds, so you could make a move right before that...
I agree with you that a game where seconds count should have a more exact time control that ~10 minutes.

26. August 2012, 23:03:06

Subject: Re: Time Out

Aganju: thats exactly what happened to me and therefore I decided to put it in here for discussion - because the less exact time control removes this advantage...

8. September 2012, 20:05:34

suentun

Subject: More chess variations

Is there any chance more chess variations will be added? For example, bughouse chess or chess for three players?

8. September 2012, 20:09:09

likewowman2cool

Subject: Re: More chess variations

suentun: I'm curious, how would you propose to do ratings for bughouse?

9. September 2012, 08:40:47

suentun

Subject: Re: More chess variations

likewowman2cool: take the average of the one team and the aeverage rating of the other; after the end of the game, add or subtract the difference from the individual ratings

23. September 2012, 16:40:41

Herlock Sholmes

Subject: number of dice games

Reiner Knizia, one of the biggest game designer of all times, in his book "Dice Games Properly Explained" gives a very interesting way of playing category dice games, like Yahtzi, General and others. The whole idea is not to count and add points collected in each category and sum them at the bottom, but to reward the first player to score in each category OR the one who scored the highest point in category. There are two types categories. 1-6 categories, 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, 5, 6, Chance and the second type which include fixed points like straights, Towers, Cars or Full House. So, the player who gets the highest score in the first type category (let's say 12 points when 3's are scored) gets 2 points for this row. In the second type of categories (with fixed points) the player who gets there FIRST scores 1 point.

In my opinion this way of playing makes the game more exciting. It's more like fighting for the holes on golf course. We are not fighting for the overall score but for each and every category. It changes our tactics and strategy significantly.

Andy.

23. September 2012, 18:43:41

ketchuplover

interesting

24. September 2012, 08:52:24

Hrqls

Subject: Re: number of dice games

Herlock Sholmes: I like it!

5. November 2012, 16:01:22

Subject: Finished games with one player

There is the score of games shown which are finished with one particular player. But not the draws.

Say I played three games against somebody. Lost two and drew one. The score still shows 2:0 and not 2,5:0,5.

I would like to see the exact score instead of the gap between the players, because the drawn game, "winning" half a point maybe against a much better player, should be "respected too... :-)

Dont think it would be lot of programming to change this easy function, hm?

5. November 2012, 16:19:35

Subject: Re: Finished games with one player

diogenysos: Doesn't the score show "2:0 (=1)" instead?

5. November 2012, 18:58:07

Subject: Re: Finished games with one player

Fencer: this does not work at least sometimes!

7. November 2012, 16:03:49

Subject: New games to play?

There's been already have three years without any new games to play, could there be any addition sometimes?

7. November 2012, 16:13:57

Subject: Re: New games to play?

joshi tm: I am quite busy developing the Android application so until is it finished, new games are not very likely. After that, there is a good chance because I've already received some very nice tips.

7. November 2012, 16:21:03

Subject: Re: New games to play?

Fencer: Awesome! Keep up the good work ;)

11. November 2012, 22:14:13

Jason

Subject: Re: New games to play on andriod

Fencer: hi fencer can you possibly make it so you can see the difference on anti backgammon games on the app at some point . thanks

12. November 2012, 09:00:23

Subject: Re: New games to play on andriod

Jason: Yes, I think we can find a free space for one line with the game name.

12. November 2012, 15:41:52

Subject: Play for double/triple BKR...

Backgammon-Pro-League:

Risky option: To play for double/triple BKR

So your BKR increases double/triple and you not just get 2 or 3 points for winning the game... . And the BKR of he opponent decreases twice/three times as much as in a normal game... .

Would make the hunt for being under the top rated players much more interesting - and as the gammon varaints are very popular here it would make sense offering this.

People could decide before starting the game if they wanted to chose this option, like outopass... .

12. November 2012, 18:37:20

Subject: Re: Play for double/triple BKR...

diogenysos: What's the point? If you play another three times the number of games the win will still earn you 3 BKR points ;)

12. November 2012, 20:44:27

Subject: Re: Play for double/triple BKR...

joshi tm: the point is getting - or losing - those points quicker.

12. November 2012, 22:19:00

Subject: Re: Play for double/triple BKR...

diogenysos: The problem is that the BKR is calculated by the number of played games. You can multiply that by 3, but after a while you will get the same problem.

16. November 2012, 19:11:12

Orlandu

Subject: Option

When someone leaves you a message and then puts you on the banned list of friends. The message that is sent should be deleted.

1. December 2012, 18:50:39

SchlagerPower

Hyper Backgammon

1. December 2012, 19:22:30

Aganju

Subject: Re:

SchlagerPower: Schlagerpower, you will not get more participants by posting your tournament multiple times and in the wrong discussion boards, you will just get the opposite effect. It is like obnoxious advertisements this way.

2. December 2012, 14:06:05

MadMonkey

Fencer...I know you are VERY busy working on the Android Application right now

but could you have a little think about something else please

I am sure it was mentioned years ago....

Can you think of a way where Fellowship Tournament Winners can Automatically get posted to a Fellowship Discussion Board rather than our Event Box.

For example, something in Settings where those messages could either arrive in the Event Box or get diverted & the contents posted as a Message on a DB of our choice (as many Fellowships have boards for results anyway)

Would be a lovely thing to have mainly for those who run Fellowships with LOTS of Tournaments & Results to let others know about

as trust me once you fall behind it is a nightmare to catch up

2. December 2012, 14:42:09

Subject: Re:

MadMonkey: Not a bad idea.

1. January 2013, 23:39:12

Groeneveld