I have been here since August of 2003 and I still enjoy playing here. Thanks Fencer for a great site!

August 2004 is when I joined. This site was my escape from an unhappy marriage and I spent a lot of time here.

I've been here since March 3, 2003 - and I too will be here right until the end. Hopefully that's a long time from now!

It's hard to believe that I've been here since May 2005, over 11 years! I love this site, and will play until the end.

2002 I arrived.....

I was hatched June 27, 2007

523091 moves

I got here 25th November 2002, the site was VERY new then (ony a couple of months & only had a few games). Its sad sometimes to look round or at my friends list and see how many players are no longer with us, ive met some great people here
Still, as long as the sites here, i guess i will be, i just hope someone comes along who either joins Filip or takes it over just so the site will carry on and hopefully fix current bugs or better improve it.
Right, thats my little bit.....back to games

Bernice: That can only be hearsay and in my opinion it is worth lots of money. You have to consider all the man power etc. in creating such a good site.

Bernice: You made an assumption by stating " it was nearly sold but Flip wanted way too much money." Surely the price would have been mentioned long before it was "nearly" sold? So how do you know that Flip wanted way too much money? Someone must have told you?

Good.

people .. please be nice .. i am glad you are stopping this discussion .. if you want to continue it anyway, please do it in private

I wish the "missing dice number " bug would be fixed. It's been four days now

badgerboy78: no such bug here. Try to clear your cache.

chessik: congrats! :-)

I vote LEAVE

ketchuplover: You've got to be kidding...definitely STAY!

ketchuplover: The fate of one's possessions is not decided by public vote but by the will of the owner. Asking for a public vote for brainking.com to leave the internet is like me asking for a public vote for your PC to leave the physical World.

So, some people have to learn to recognize their limits and the rights of others, in my opinion.

ThunderGr: i guess he was kidding.

Aganju: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cLQJVKP3YlM

ketchuplover: Why would you care if it stays or leaves? If you DO care, the easiest is for yourself to stay or leave. No?

I believe it was a proposal for an alternative referendum to Brexit.
However one is a democracy whilst the other is an autocracy. Which is which is your guess!

SL-Mark: AHH I get it. I'm slow sometimes.

Is anyone else having problems with this site being slow? I have used Firefox and Internet Explorer and in both browsers it is very slow playing in this site.

crosseyed  :  this morning I find it slow, but I am finding that all sites I am on are slow

beach: It has been like this for some time with me. I have no problems in the other game sites I play in. It is not my internet provider.

crosseyed: Not slow for me.

Doris: Okay I have just set up another computer and see if things go faster.
It is still slow and I keep getting the white pages for a few minutes.

crosseyed: it's perfectly fine here, all the time.

Aganju: Fast on all platforms.

"it's perfectly fine here, all the time."

Same for me.

crosseyed: Hope you get it figured out. I know it can get frustrating at times.

crosseyed: try the chrome browser. it's usually the fastest browser.

Doris: Thanks. I have set up a new computer and it is still slow. However I might have to blame my internet provider as it has been slow when I am in some other sites.

ellieoop: Okay thanks. I have download Chrome now and it still very slow.

Doris: I have just gone back to my old computer and since doing so the speed it back to normal. Long may it last. It must have been my internet provider.

crosseyed: Wonderful! I know you must be relieved that it wasn't something more serious.

Doris:

Yea, after 8 days waiting on cable. We have everything back on and in the NEW house. And the move only 5 blocks...

DeaD man WalkiN: Glad to see you back..:}

I think I found a nasty bug in the evaluation of matches that are set up for a fixed amount of games.
Here is a match that was for 5 games, and I won it 3:2: Fevga (Aganju vs. Doris)
However, the fifth/last game of the match went to my opponent (so I lead 3:1, and then it ended 3:2 - still a win for me).
The event message I got, however, declared that *I lost*, and deducted some points from my rating (and gave rating points to my opponent).

I would guess that the code uses the result from the last game for its decisions, as - typically - the winner of the last game is the winner of the match - but not for this type of match.

Did anybody experience this too?

Aganju: I think what you'll find is that although it claims that you lost and shows rating points going down for you, if you look closer you'll find that the names don't match the rating points, and that your points actually go up.

So it works something like this. Let's say you and I played, and you won the match but I won the last game. Let's also say your rating was 2100 and mine was 1900 before the game. It will say something like Carpe Diem won, 2100 (+13), and Aganju lost 1900 (-11). I actually lost the 11 I should have, and you gained the 13, it just gives the wrong names in the message.

This bug's been there since I started playing here. It's simply a display error, not a problem with rating points.

Carpe Diem: I know that display error, but that was under different circumstances (I think when you tie or so). of course it could be the same effect here. Unfortunately, I tossed the event message; I'll check the next time.

Aganju: You can check your "trash" on the events page to see if your message might be there. I am curious to see what actually happened.

happyjuggler0: good point! I didn't even know there is a 'trash' there... yes, it was in there. It says:

Game ID: 7461994
Doris is the winner.

Doris: old BKR = 2100, new BKR = 2109 (+9)
Aganju: old BKR = 2049, new BKR = 2038 (-11)


But as Carpe Diem predicted, the names are switched - I checked her stats, and she was not anywhere near the 2100 in the last week (and I was not anywhere near 2050).

So, thanks all, everything is good, just the names switched.

What has happened to the smileys? Some are missing eg the fast clapping hands on row 6. Some I can't see what they are.

crosseyed: Seems ok, well the clapping hands are here

Can't see any gaps, but then inormally only use the same few all the time

MadMonkey: If that is the clapping hands I can't see them lol. I can a see three pink somethings that I can't tell what they are.
Wow guess what it has come back to normal now. I can see the three clapping hands now. There were several other square boxes that I could see what they were.
No I have not been drinking, I don't drink alcohol.

crosseyed: I guess it was your local cache or cache server or the ISP's cache server. Sometimes CTRL+F5 helps (but sometimes not). For me, it was always ok.