Having a paid membership is not just about service. This is a new site, and this is the best site. That is why we keep coming here despite the growing pains. Having a paid membership is a way of contributing to the development of this site, a way to make it better and support solutions. However, I believe the most important reason, IMHO, is to show our appreciation, and respect, to Fencer for all he has done and continues to do. He, and Liquid, devote a great deal of energy to this site and any real returns are still future speculation. I could have gotten along just fine without paying. I paid to show my gratitude. It's not much money for what we DO get.

Amen. Fabulous site and getting better everyday. :o)

well im sorry....i have to agree with ROD03801...this site is amazing at the moment.
Get your PAID MEMBERSHIP NOW Sir Pussycat and take advantage of the great service hehehehehe

If you have not been gaving problems getting in and staying in, you are one of the lucky ones. A lot of people are having problems.

Obviously a complainer who doesn't know what he is talking about.
The site is working better now than it has in months.

Good luck with your decision, and thanks for sharing it with everyone! :-)

Strange things are happening... I have just a couple of minutes ago noiced the high memory rate that my Mozilla browser was using, so i switched back to IE6 & low & behold BK is back up to speed again.!!!

(Edit)
Me & my big mouth.!!! It`s going slow again.! LoL

My Wife is a paid member here and I was planning on buying a membership also. But after seeing howmany times she was unable to get in and the number of times she has been booted out while playing a game. I have decided I did not need to pay for that kind of treatment, I already get it as a free member. =^..^=

I'm also on webtv, and it usually happens after I click on "move and go to next game"... What I do, and it works every time, is when that happens, I click on one of my "fav" buttons to get me back to the main screen. Then I click on a game, and after making my move, instead of clicking on "move and go to next game", I use "move and stay here". From this screen I click on the red numbers that show at the top of the page next to "main page", and that will take me to the next game. I do this 2 or 3 times, and after that the white screen disappears and I can use "move and go to next game" again.

That`s exactly what`s happening. Wish i knew the answer.:)

Ian: Agreed, It does seem to be a site problem no matter which option you choose when you make a move, it sometimes just stops.

I`m using a PC & the same thing keeps happening to me also.! Clicking on the "Refresh" button works though.:)

I'm on webtv too, and this does happen once in a while.. I have a feeling it has to do with the cache getting full... but don't quote me... but yes, you need to disconnect and come back to fix it..

You can hit the Cmd and then R key 5 times in succession real fast bui the surest way is to turn it off and re-connect.

Hi, latly every game i play ,after i make a move and hit the submit button,the screen goes blank or white, and hitting the back button doesn't help either,and each time i haveto go back and hit my F key and log on to start the next game,.I'm useing web tv ,I dont think that has anything to do with it,but you never know. anyone have any suggestions any help would be greatly appreciatedhated roy

I just read my last message and it could be taken the wrong way.. by "Teams can play each other" I mean that a team member may join a 'fellowship tournament' (for members just of that fellowship) and find themselves playing their fellow team members.
I thought I'd better explain that so there was no misunderstanding! :o)

Well, I look forward to seeing it implemented... I would love to play atomic team chess! :) *drools*

Thats right, Zucan! Teams can play each other, but not different teams from other fellowships yet.

Do you guys mean that basically team support is there, but the code isn't there yet to be able to have tournaments between the teams? That is what I think I am understanding here... I think... :)

the teams in fellowships are for team tournaments againsat other fellowships , but they havent started as yet ....(its still in the pipeline)

In the future the teams will play teams from other fellowships. Which is why you can only join one team of each game type per fellowship :o)

I am fairly new to BrainKing. Can someone explain what the teams (in fellowships) are for?

RAHVINS ELITE GAMES (2000+) #1-Linetris
RAHVINS ALL GAMES #1
RAHVINS ELITE GAMES (2000+) #1

I'm starting all these later today, but i'm still a few players short for some of the games.
Everyone welcome. Good Luck

MadMonkey should have no problem with the feet, whereas I am left to fumble with the one mouse, claws and all.

LMAO @ Cariad!!

No, with four mouses you have to use the feet too!

Cos I'm nosey! I have to know these things!

CaissasDream...two mouses in BOTH hands?..that makes FOUR mouses!! ok, the brains the limit here, huh? :)

ROTFLMAO...how do you know??

ROFL CaissasDream!! Hmm... that could be an interesting experiment! :oD

Hi Harley,perhaps you can try it with two mouses in both hands in the next time:)?

I've just timed myself to get to a game of backgammon, make my moves then go to the next game. 21 seconds.

I'm not commenting on what guys do while they're playing games on here. It's not pretty.

Ha ha ha, well for myself I can click and eat a sandwich at the same time (mouse in one hand, sandwich in the other!) ... but if we're talking about the GUYS... well its a well known fact they can't do two things at once so I guess they click... bite... click... bite!!! (only kidding guys!)

yes..that´s true, but how long does a AVERAGE move take??...and dont these people ever EAT?? ..:) (just joking..:) )

LOL yeah a lot of moves can be made in seconds... one click for a battleship bombing, it doesn't take much study of the board to do your next move!

if you have lots of games going , there will be a percentage of those games where your move is forced to a certain place & if your on almost all day you can do a thousand moves easliy ;))

yep....they make a hell of a lot of moves, and yes isnt it amazing....Im flat out making 100 or so in a day....but then im only on for about 3 hours each day :)

"most active players" make about 900 moves a day...is that 900 moves in games they play..(their own moves AND opponents moves added up) OR do they make 900 moves THEMSELVES each day??? that would mean they make more than 1 move pr. MINUT for TWELVE HOURS A DAY!!! ??? that´s just


incredible.

General Chat has 6,813 :-)

No, stored data like this would not slow down anything at all - as long as there is enough space.

One thing that might lighten the load on your servers is to reduce the number of messages held on fellowships and the reg discusion boards. Some of the messages are 8 or 9 months old, there is no reason to keep them that long, some of the DB's have 500 to 600 messages.

Join Probability Football.Tell them "PSYCHO" sent you.

lol peacepickle, I wish I had such high rating there..

but, Fencer/Kevin, sorry to bother you again with this.. I am glad my rating got restored, but:

BefOre I won this game I had the rating 1333 - once you win a game, your rating get higher, right? Could you please then upgrade my rating, as it should be? Or do you need to know my opponents rating as well at that time? - that would be 1666..

Thanks for your help,
~*Radiant 36:9*~

Thanks Harley, I'll try to keep my eyes open next time.... ;o)

Type in :

http://www.brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=

And then the game number.

Im not sure Chief but its the battleboats game with Cashewnut if ya wanna look at it..

Chief: If you want, you can go to one of your games and change the number (after g= ) to the number you want. Or, you can go to their profile.

I had one game where it took it a couple minutes to realize i'd won, but it did eventually, and it only happened that once to me. Hopefully Fencer will look at it.

i take back what i said earlier
it does say 4 or more in a row wins in the rules
dogdog should be declared the winner

If we want to view a particular game and we have the game number is there a place on the Main Page where we can enter the number to pull up that game? Or do you have to go to one of the players profile?

ANIMAL: in four in a row you win when you place 4 -or- more in a row, at least it always has been at the other game site i play on.

SueQ: i have never seen this happen before either and i think it must be a bug. i hope they get it fixed soon. i would become a member here, but i think i'll wait and see if the site becomes more stable first.

Im also having problems :-(...I won this game but its still showing up on my main page as an active game..