BrainKing - Discussion boards (BrainKing.com)

Subject: Re:

TarantinoFan: I just noticed that we don't even have the hide feature on that.

1. November 2007, 05:42:41

Papa Zoom

Subject: Re: Give away my Brains

Thad: Let Fencer know. ;)

1. November 2007, 00:51:21

Subject: Re:

Dolittle: You can't delete the main things that appear in the second column on the main page.

I believe it would be possible to have the option to turn these things off because you can turn off "Tip of the Day" and "Tournament Tips" (which I have done) but we haven't been offered the option to turn off Friends Online or Favourite Boards or Fellowships. (I may be wrong because I am not a computer programmer)

I find that after this last addition that right hand column is taking much longer to load for me and it is also a distraction which I don't like.

If I had a choice I would turn off the lists for Friends Online and Fellowships and only have the Time and Date and my Favourite Boards displayed in the second column.

I can see if my friends are online by green dots on my main page or at the Friends page or by using the Filter and I can access all of my Fellowships in my Profile or on the Fellowships page. I don't feel the need for 4 different ways to access one item on this site.

31. October 2007, 23:29:33

Mort

Subject: Re: Give away my Brains

Thad: Surgery.

31. October 2007, 23:13:41

Thad

Subject: Give away my Brains

I want to give my Brains to a particular user. How do I do that?

31. October 2007, 22:27:17

Chimera

It would be nice if those numbers were moved to the drop down list of opponents on our main page.

31. October 2007, 19:00:19

Purple

Subject: Re:

Tuesday: Still water runs deep.

31. October 2007, 18:23:21

coan.net

Subject: Re:

rod03801: Oh, I agree 100% - like TarantinoFan said - just a way to turn if off. So for those who do like it can just simply not turn it off.

For me, any time I can get the page to not do another database lookup (like to see how many games against friend is waiting), the happier I am since I look at things like that as extra time for the page to load. (along with my original thought of it also being distractive to myself)

But yes, optional of course.

Dolittle - if you delete a person from the friends list, they will no longer be in any friends list.

31. October 2007, 17:49:33

Purple

Subject: Re:

rod03801: Maybe it's kind of a duplication but it sure does no harm.

31. October 2007, 17:46:17

Dolittle

Subject: Re:

rod03801: I like it too and for those that don't, can't they delete the friends on line list and those names would still be on the Friends list?

31. October 2007, 17:42:50

rod03801

Subject: Re:

If anything, it should be an option, and not just taken away. I, personally, like the red numbers there.

31. October 2007, 16:10:33

coan.net

Subject: Re:

TarantinoFan: I second that suggestion - just something that keeps grabbing my attention when it does not need to be.

I think it would be nice to have the numbers next to the friends in the friends list (http://brainking.com/en/Friends) - then you can easily see it for friends that are also not on-line.

31. October 2007, 15:56:50

Is there any way to turn off the little red numbers that have just been added to our friends online list? At a quick glance I go to click on them mistaking them for new messages in my favourite boards.

I thought the filter was fine to use if I wanted to see how many games I had with my friends. I really don't need those new little red numbers and would like to turn them off please.

31. October 2007, 07:26:41

tippyc

it appears that timeouts have been suspended... seems like that has been happening a lot lately

31. October 2007, 04:28:51

Andersp

Subject: Re:

Christoph Daum: I dont think Fencer likes that anyone "Feeds the Troll" so why dont we just agree that you have your opinion about him and i have mine...ok?

30. October 2007, 22:27:02

Subject: Re: just chill and enjoy the site now its working

Jason: Awww that's cute.

Good idea too.

30. October 2007, 22:21:20

Jason

Subject: just chill and enjoy the site now its working


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30. October 2007, 22:01:18

Subject: Re:

Christoph Daum: So is it appropriate to come in here and offer to answer questions and then when asked a valid question suggest that the person is unintelligent and constantly annoying while filling posts with wink wink smilies

.?

That is what brought out my sarcasm Christoph. I didn't appreciate the way the man who took my money was speaking to other paying customers so I spoke up to let him know of my discontent. Now I am being vilified by members like you who seem to think that personal bias and unhelpful comments are quite ok.

Read thru all of the posts and try to forget your bias. If you are going to ask people to stop being rude then you best ask Fencer to stop first.

30. October 2007, 21:10:18

gogul

Modified by gogul (30. October 2007, 21:11:32)

Well, Fencer is like the cardiothoracic surgeon in full action. His hands are not allowed to tremble the tension is huge .. increasing. The patient is a dude called Frankenstein .. ehh I mean Brainking .. huh? I lost my threat to the thing. Nevermind. Let's autopass to the next operation. Is it an option to have a real effective backgammon-autopass for the impatient and fast players of that game anyway?

30. October 2007, 20:26:49

toedder

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Andersp: I don't see him treating people different. At least not based on "computer smartness". Maybe based on how they "ask" their "questions"? The people complaining about his sarcasm are the same that begin every post with blaming Fencer of not doing anything useful about BrainKing. I don't think that

Fencer, do you feel like your time has been wasted when you spend the effort and energy of writing a blog entry only to find that it can't be accessed????

Oh I'm sorry I forgot you were busy adding little incidentals to the site that no-one really knew they needed but it looks like something has been done so it may quiet the masses.

is an appropriate start to ask what's wrong with BrainKing or what to do about it. It is clearly meant to be sarcastic and rude in itself. So what do people expect when they beg for a rude response?

30. October 2007, 19:12:49

Purple

Subject: Re:

Tuesday: Retired my ass. I am just more careful but still plan to restore Camalot in all it's glory. LOL

30. October 2007, 14:42:31

Maxxina

LionsLair : it will go normally as time go to zero , another round start as usually :)

30. October 2007, 14:20:14

Andersp

Subject: Re:

Modified by Andersp (30. October 2007, 18:24:25)

TarantinoFan: He (Fencer) needs to learn to treat people equal. Even if we are not as computer smart as Mad Monkey or Coan, our

money are as much worth as theirs.

"Certain user" and "Troll" but also Paying member

30. October 2007, 14:18:28

ScarletRose

Subject: Thank you Fencer

For putting so much time into this site.. give Liquid a huggy too.. :)

30. October 2007, 13:41:59

Fencer

Subject: Re: ponds

LionsLair: There is nothing to fix, the game time is stopped and it applies to ponds as well. The time will be restarted tomorrow.

30. October 2007, 13:30:51

Subject: Re:

Jules: I don't think people have the expectation that he should drop everything and answer each question individually. The problem is that he mostly gives no information at all or as seen in my case earlier (Keep Trying) he gives totally inane responses that are so unhelpful they become frustrating.

If he posted a short succinct explanation that probably took him 30 seconds to compose and post then most people would be ok and he wouldn't have to deal with the so called "constant annoying complaints". And if there was the occasional complaint after his post I am sure others who had already read his explanation would update those who missed it therefore leaving him available to do what he needs to do.

30. October 2007, 13:16:26

Mort

Subject: Re:

Andersp: ?? Oh it did go down, but I just went and did other things. It ain't like the big crash a while back when nine months of playing got lost.

30. October 2007, 13:12:17

Andersp

LOL...predictable

well..better make a few moves until next time the site goes down for everyone but Jules LOL

30. October 2007, 13:09:31

Fencer

Subject: Re:

joshi tm: Yes.

30. October 2007, 13:05:21

aaru

Subject: Re: Slow BK

aaru: Today is BETTER.
Thank You

30. October 2007, 13:03:03

joshi tm

Subject: Re:

Fencer: Owkay, the site now works properly again? Thanks. Finnaly played half of my moves in short time without any stange evil screen of overload.

30. October 2007, 11:48:36

Mort

Subject: Re:

TarantinoFan: Hardly slow here not even when people have been complaining, and if it is there is always the option of doing something else.

I think it's the expectation that Fencer should drop everything just to answer questions to which the answer is obvious and the indignation of peeps who don't get the reply.

.. He's trying to fix things, if he keeps having to answer every time someone posts it'll delay the fixing. Quite frankly I'd rather have him sort out the problems.

30. October 2007, 11:43:02

Mort

Subject: Re:

Hrqls: The site has been pretty good apart from yesterday. Some minor glitches but nothing fatal or end of the world

30. October 2007, 10:21:51

gogul

Subject: Re:

TarantinoFan: Fencer, such a bad bad boy

30. October 2007, 10:07:46

Subject: Re:

Hrqls: Well my feeling is that so many people post the notice in the hope that many voices will be heard because lately it feels like no-one is being heard. The service for the site over the past few weeks has been absolutely terrible and people don't know from one day to the next if they are going to be able to access the site or not.

And as for insults and attacks and non-destructive messages then you best aim your comments at one of the worst offenders. Someone comes in to offer a little positive feedback and he still can't resist a dig in response.

I say again. Pot calling the kettle black!

30. October 2007, 09:54:56

Hrqls

Subject: Re:

TarantinoFan: its annoying that the site isnt accessable ... its not annoying when its mention on a board and brought to fencers attention ... it doesnt have to be brought to his attention by everyone though .. one or 2 posts mentioning it would be enough ..

if worded as if to mention it to him, you might get a response, if worded with an attack/insult/.. in the post as well .. then its likely to be ignored or sarcastically answered

i think its always best to post a building non-destructive message, that way there will be a faster response and better response as well

usually the site can be accessed perfectly by me, but not this weekend (i was away for 4 days, came back on sunday, and the connection to the site was a mess) .. this was caused by a failing harddisk though which shouldnt happen too often :)

30. October 2007, 09:44:45

Subject: Re:

Jules: Well I am still trying to work out which one's are the annoying complaints and which aren't. Recently all the complaints have been the same. Site crash follows crash follows slow load after no load. They are all exactly the same. So why is it annoying when one person says it and yet not annoying when another says exactly the same thing. And why get so indignant and sarcastic with people when all they want is a valid explanation???

30. October 2007, 09:14:02

ScrambledEggs

Subject: Re:

Jules:
im just

that we have a fast site again yeahhhh

30. October 2007, 08:58:36

Mort

Subject: Re:

TarantinoFan: Maybe if people just stopped with the digs in the first place Fencer wouldn't need to reply to them.

Oh yes, he doesn't need to.

30. October 2007, 08:55:32

Subject: Re:

Bernice: But he still couldn't resist a veiled dig could he. Pot calling the kettle black if you ask me.

30. October 2007, 07:21:23

Bernice

Subject: Re:

Fencer:

whoopee, an explanation......thanks

30. October 2007, 06:57:56

Fencer

Subject: Re:

gogul: Thanks.

For those, who want to discuss normal things without negative emotions, there was a hardware failure on one of the hard disks and since the replacement and data restoration is not an easy process (especially on weekends), BrainKing has been temporarily moved to the backup server which is, of course, much slower and more overloaded. But everything is switched back to the former configuration now.

30. October 2007, 06:42:12

gogul

Have not been online about 6 days, and now ... the performance is fast! Much faster as it was!

29. October 2007, 23:03:53

And by the way. I had to access the site thru brainking.cz to post this message because brainking.com is not responding again!!!

29. October 2007, 23:02:08

Subject: Re:Another foolish post??????

Fencer: This response is exactly why people on here get frustrated with you and as you put it "constantly post annoying complaints"

There is no explanation as to why it is not working and no hint of when it will be working again. "Keep Trying" is not generally considered an appropriate response to a valid question. We pay you the money you asked for as a fair price for a working game site and it constantly breaks down. If it were a car it would be called a "LEMON" and returned to the dealer quick smart and a refund demanded. However it is not a car and it can't be returned. All we can do is ask that it be made to work properly in a timely fashion. And when that request is constantly ignored, people get frustrated.

29. October 2007, 22:24:58

pattypoo

Subject: Re:

coan-net: Thanks, got it.

29. October 2007, 22:23:16

joshi tm

Ok, the negative time limits appeared again. Had BrainKing's clock stopped again? When will it be ticking again?

29. October 2007, 21:04:34

Bernice