OK
Ive had thoughts though..maybe he had a gap between his vacation days and when the autovac days were activated.

So as you suggest.....FENCER, how many vacation days does Madmonkey have left?

i think vacation days are only used up when a game needs them

a game only needs it when the normal time of the game is over (the 5 days in pauloaguia example)

i wonder though .. if i have 2 games running .. 1 games times out monday .. the other game times out on tuesday

suppose i wont be online on monday .. the first game will use 1 vacation day and time out on tuesday ... my question is if the other game will also be awarded the vacation day (and time out on wednessday) or if the vacation day which is used only counts for the first game and i will use another vacation day if i only move in the first game on tuesday and dont play in the second game

But this is autovacation: it only kicks in on timeouts, so you only start spending vacation days on your first timeout...
At least that's how I understood it when it was first explained in this board a few months ago. And it will still be how I see it working until Fencer corrects me (after all, he was the one who implemented the system, so who better to clear any doubts about it?)

nope..it doesnt work like that..I knew what you meant.
Vacation days pass no matter what is supposed to happen on each day or not ( except weekend days) the end of a 30 day period is 30 days + weekends..not 30 days + weekends + extra's.

Maybe I didn't explain right:
Imagine he has only one game, and that he last moved on 6-Jan. If that is a 5-days-per-move game then he would timeout on 13-Jan (because of weekend). Now, he times out on 13-Jan the first time, so that will be his first vacation day. He is given an extra day, so he timed out again on 14-Jan, being his second vacation day. and so on (excluding weekends) till he times out for the 31st time, on 24-Feb, this time for good.
So, to know exactly when his vacation days are over, you need to find out the fastest game he has and start calculating the number of vacationed days from there...

Of course, it's easier to just wait another week

nope..the five days for example would not be on top of that

Stevie: Don't forget to include the days he had to move in the first place. For instance, if all his games were 5-day-to-move games then you need to had 5 days to those numbers...

All I know is that yesterday I finally got rid of my opponent that was autovacationing since the begining of this year :)
You'll get your turn soon as well ;)

Can someone else work out when his games should start timing out?
He hasnt been online since 6th January and gets 30 days holiday. weekends are sat and sun.

I worked out that he should be timing out today as 30 days not online ran out yesterday....but his games are still renewing.
Have I misscalculated?

NTL Oxfordshire here so only 45 miles in it. so maybe NTL at its best then

It's slow for me (NTL - London).

Is the site slow..or is it my end?

MagicDragon: the idea as i understood it was for everyone to reset their password before the change takes place.

mrloupcity: Have a safe trip

On the main page, you mentioned that we have to update our profile/password. I had to change my password because I cleared out my cookies in my browser. Would I have to do that again in a couple of weeks (or longer) or just have to reset my password when I can't into the site when this change as occurred? Thanks!

harley: I know is , but just want people to know I'm not slow playing on all my games. I'm out of town tell Sunday night. TYVM all for waiting.
:o{P

boy, this issue has been raised a few times. I promise you the computer dice are completely random. I've had that happen to me in backgammon, and I've also rolled the same dice myself. It happens. If you want to continue the discussion, please move it to the backgammon board, thank you.

harley:
not mpossible harley, i swear to you, few months ago he got 3 double 6,s on the trot to win, again now, 3 double 6,s ,now he still needs at least a double 3 to win, well see if he gets it, i know he,s cheating somehow

boy, its impossible to cheat with the dice on BrainKing. Plus you're off topic

i played california man months ago under a diff name, i was winning until right at the end he gets 3 double 6,s, luck u might say, well, same thing is happening again, , i,m winning easy, then suddenly 3 double 6,s, NOW I KNOW WHY HIS RATING IS SO HIGH AT GAMMON, I,D PUT MONEY on it that he is deff cheating somehow, how sad he is

Czuch Chuckers: So true!

BerniceC: I wonder what you will do after I add ten other languages :-)

Ladies Only Lily pad - It may be translated as "Liliová poduška jen pro dámy"
Please ... LADIES ONLY ... just for fun = "Prosím ... POUZE DÁMY ... jen tak pro zábavu"

:)

http://brainking.com/game/Pond?g=195&trnst=0

could a Czech person please look and see how the translations are...Im sorry but it is hard and I dont want to upset someone by calling them on their sex LOLOL...
Sorry Harley... but it would be nice if there was a site we could rely on and stop making fools of ourselves when trying to translate :)

WoNdEr hOw mANy LiStz i'M oN

You know what 'they' say.... "keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer" ;)

harley: Thank You for the info! Was always wondering about that & didn't know on which board I should ask that question. I for 1, don't have anyone on my enemies list & not planning to do so but I do have plenty on my friends list however!

BIG BAD WOLF: I agree.

BIG BAD WOLF: Well, valid point...Watch my next post on the "Features" board.

I don't like that idea because sometimes I will add a person (who lets say is causing trouble posting on boards) - I will add them to my friends list so I can see when they are on-line, and in turn watch the boards a little closer to make sure nothing inaproprate gets posted...... so I really don't need them knowing that I've added them.

Fencer: I can see not showing it publicly, but it would be nice for a user to be able to see who has added them, specifically, to either a Friends or enemies list.

I am not sure if such information should be released. Actually, I myself have no problem with it but maybe some people wouldn't like other users to see their friends lists.

harley:

Arctic Warrior: You can't! Be really nice to them and ask?!

harley:
So how do U tell If you're on their "friends" list

No dots for enemies, MagicDragon. If you go to their profile, you won't see the usual "send message" next to their name. And it won't have their last action either. Thats how you know you're on their enemy list.

i think the only way is if you look on there profile , at the top next to there name there should be a link which says send message , if thats not there then you are on enemies . even if you are on someones enemie list you can still see the green dot on your player list ..but you wont see them on who is on line list

I know that this came up earlier, how can you tell if you are on someone's enemy list? I see a little green dot next to players names that they are on-line. Would there be another dot next or below it? Thanks

Wishful huh? hmmmmmm!

eagle eye: wishful lifestyle

Vikings: $20 for 5 minutes - what kind of lifestyle :-)))

lol aww well i am hapy i could hepl:)

cool now I can retire 5 min. sooner

hers your 20.00 lol:D

Thanks for the grief!

may take a while for a response, I see that he is no longer online

no problem, that'l be $20.00 lol

ok thank you i didnt know i could:) thanks for all the help

Done, you could also have sent him a pm