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Didn't realise I clicked send damn trackpad, I will try to tell the whole story!
First I had counted on at least able to get wifi in the airport while in transit (to try and save the fischer time game that I couldn't protect while midair) but all the time was spent having to queue for border security for a nation I wasn't even visiting. Then when I got online I couldn't access my account. When I got my password issues sorted out I got an http error message when accessing brainking until today (I had to access the site[once I realised it wasn't down again] via a really unrealiable proxy connection that took 10 MINUTES TO MAKE A MOVE AT LOGIK (even when I knew what guess I wanted to do within seconds!!!! This was prior to the resolution of the 504 error I was getting on only this site)!! What was annoying was losing winning or equal position in a prize tourney and games which I was very high rated in and concentrated on saving (If I had 800 timeout in none-prize none rating crippling games I would have considered it a reasonable outcome in the circumstances). Those important timeouts were during the period I was communicating with fencer to sort out my access. Ironically several games were also timeouts with only one legal move!!
Several times I've been denied access to prize tournaments because of not having a rating and when I was knight I had to enter every tournament I could to try and get a rating causing a backlog of games. Didn't realise I had vacation as I was discovering the marvel of fischer time where I could lose just 90 minutes odd after an opponent had moved! Guess that the disadvantage of the automatic vacation had I know I would have saved many game had I known I was saving games that were lost anyway by using vacation The stupid thing was about denying unrated players the ability to play a tournament is that you make sockpuppetry or resigning on mass the optimal strategy to gain a rating quickly (though not the efriendly/ethical thing to do).
Modified by cd power (25. December 2010, 17:23:46)
thisbeme: Since you asked, instead of playing the victim card, you can take control and play a manageable number of games (i.e. a few hundred instead of 1500+). This way, you can make a move in each one of your games on a daily basis, and if the time settings are always a few days per move, then you know you can always take a break for a few days and not worry about time-outs, especially if something unexpected happens like you lost your internet access.
I Am The Best: thanks for answer. May be, may be not. This is question of demand elasticity and there are only three ways how to prove it - persuade fencer, set up your own site or pay marketing researche. And I think all of them are unpenetrable.
I did not match other prices on other sites, but I would say this site belongs to cheaper ones. Even in global economics depends on country of origin and price of work is here much lower than in US.
Modified by rod03801 (24. December 2010, 17:10:24)
I Am The Best: Very "weird" that you keep coming back to post, yet you have absolutely no games going, and haven't, in quite a long time. Little odd, eh?
Subject: Re: $47 a year for a brain rook membership here in the US is way over priced. It is worse in other countries.
I Am The Best: It's not worse in France because, here, the brain rook membership is 36 Euros and 36 Euros = 47.23 $. Here, It's about the same price in other websites.
I'd like to add something about what you were saying : For me, Brainking.com isn't a website with only games. Here, you find many discussion boards about many subjects, you can put your pics, you can create a fellowship with the members you choose, you can give vote with polls. It's a place for playing but also for speaking with friends.
I Am The Best: With respect... that has been going on for years for many goods and services. A while back.. people in the USA were able to buy new CD's for $10.
... In the UK that same CD cost £10. The exchange rates were such that we were effectively paying $20. It's called living in an international world.
As for red dotted.. don't play them or keep them to longer time ones!!
I Am The Best: You did not answer my question. How price would be fair for you? Why do you think there are different prices for different countries?
This is mostly turn-based site. Its everyone responsibility to play with such time limit, which can not endanger their games. Is 30 minutes really such differnece? You only forfeit your games sooner... And if someone is willing to play 3hrs per game, then one day with stopped time should be neouhgh to finish game.
Well, let's see what you think about this. I was wondering about an action that could increase teams tournaments competition, and offer something that includes some "spending money" and "merit in playing games".
So, Fencer could create a big teams tournament (random games, to be fair and unpredictable), and the winning team players (or other user they indicate) could buy a mebership with the "red code conditions", or something like that. What do you think about this?
Gabriel Almeida: If somebody replies with "I am just tired of making the same action over and over." is it obvious to me that it isn't a closed position. And even with good or the right arguments you can open a closed position
B4eye4get: The flaming boards have grown tame compared to how things used to be. And I'm semi-retired now. I'm glad Fencer doesn't get involved in the nonsense. You can't solve other's problems. People might acutally want to either grow up, or grow thicker skin. I don't want to grow up so I opted for thicker skin (and the block works very well too!)
its not me vamp i dont mind getting flamed i love the excitment but other cant handle it those are the ones who need the help from BK...you can block 50 ppl an if your like me only place to find good tournys is in the fellowships
Dragon71: This is a public board. If you wanted to ONLY talk to Fencer, then I guess PM would have been the better choice? If you will not stop, then I will have no choice but to Hide/Ban you. I'd rather not do that. Thank you.
your ID is 2000 somethin rod i was here one of the first 500 so i dont think you was here near as before i was...i no what i am talking about...i am not as dumb as most
Dragon71: Feel free to continue this in private message, but you've already been provided with solutions to most of your complaints.
I agree about Walls. They are public and should be treated as such, and people who can't behave themselves there should be banned from posting on all Walls. I have personally said that DOZENS of times since they appeared here. However, the owner of the wall definitely DOES have the ability to delete and ban, but that's not good enough.
its not me an messages have been sent to you ppl an nothing is ever done so where else do you go...cause you guys mods sure dont do your jobs if ya any...just lay down an take it huh an shut up when you got 10 ppl comiong at you...an trust me its not me no one can handle me theey pray on the week...i make them block me cause they run an hide
hell i was a member her well before you chimura an rod...i left way back cause i seen the way the sight was headed but now i am back its much much worse
so Robert when you join this sight its not only the F/S boards ,,,they get to ya in message in games on walls...so what you saying is ok ppl join but if your not in the click you need to not join any F/S an put everyone on ignore so the cant message ya an all right...make yourself invisable when all your trying to do is have fun an play a friggin game