To me 'registering a NEW account" means that he/she already has one, so then he/she has 2, easy to get a high rating then LOL

Hmmm...that is interesting. I thought you could only have one account at BrainKing.com

If you can have more than one account it would defeat the purpose of getting individuals to upgrade as they could create multiple accounts to play more games. I wonder what Fencer has to say about that.

If I had to guess, I would say it means he was reigstering a new account.

Was browsning "Who is on-line" and saw someone was "Registering new account". Excuse a maybe stupid question but does anyone know what that mean?

There have been times recently that the site has been down to do some maintenance on the server. I think this is a good site to play games and have fun. However can I suggest a little warning when the site will be down for upgrades and such? This could be in the form of a mass e-mail to all members or post it on the main page like a day in advance so we know the site will be down and for roughly how long. Thanks.

To all Members, Knights & above, please read the latest post on the Fellowship Dicussion Board.

MadMonkey & harley

Rhiannon,wales..kool.my mom was irish/welsh..dad was french-canadian(welsh women rock,blonde ones rule...lol)

don't even mention ... I transfered the msg to the tablut board meanwhile and,
tried to be more precise in my request ... :") thank you for your prompt reply ~*~

Ah, my apologies, I didn't read your post properly! If the king is surrounded on 3 sides (with the throne on the fourth) it should be a win.

I haven't created the game, sorry ...

and I don't need help - just an explanation of the rules,
3 sides are surrounded, the throne cannot be crossed,
because there is one of my guards also ... :O

I'll transfer the question to the tablut board.

feared it could be a general board-logic glitch. ~*~

Danos...
A) the game is private so other players cannot see it.
B) asking for help from an outsider is bad form :oP
and
C) this should be on the tablut board, not the BK board!!

mkatris: If you don't like this site, don't stay. A couple of days ago you implied that you couldn't get a refund. Er, are you a member? I notice that you are brainpawn status.

Speaking of memberships - bumble, although I'm 2000 miles away from cariad I'm still her best friend and as you're buying memberships and I'm just a poor student in rainy Wales and not in sunny Greece and I've always said that you're the best guitarist in the world, I, er, thought that, well, you know....

Patience is a Virtue,
Possess it if you can.
Always found in women,
Never found in man.

HAHAHHAHA....

"what a dark,sour outlook"....again CH.you are right again LOL

...I just had:
fading pente:
like regular pente.
one different rule.
any piece that has been on the board for 15th moves,disappears on the 16th move.
whatcha think?

jesus man,what a dark,sour outlook.maybe you should move north,find an isolated cave,move in..avoid people completely if they bother you.
all kidding aside,obviously you are having problems,its frustrating..patience..a little,it IS a good site.like I said B4..bad timing.so how about loosening that grip on fencer's throat a bit.

seems to me you cant make everyone happy and mkatris certainly isnt! lol... he is one of very very few.... the rest of us are :)

maybe you should take a vcation. You didn't even say which game you are talking about.

First move of the game. No response. Give the programers a vacation, forever.

CleverHunk :) too clever, too good looking, (LOL) and dead right in your post below :)
Where do you get these ideas....would love to play you but....im a reversi person, anti or mormal...my intelligence only goes that far ROFLMBO...(((HUGS)) tho and *win* *win*

..well,good or bad.a few more creative ideas about game variations.what do you think?
halma 10X10 variation#1:
"frozen halma"
when an opponents ball(s) are jumped they change color indicating they are "frozen".they cannot move on the players next turn.after which they return to normal.
halma 10X10 variation#2:
"back halma"
when an opponents ball(s) are jumped they are returned to the players starting field.

heres the situation as i see it:
bad timing this is a great site,just a few bugs to work out.name ONE site immune to this.
we understand your frustration,but thank god for fencer tinkering,he fixes things/add improvements fast.better than "absentee landlords"programmers.
can you dig it daddio?
I think you need to seriously need to consider developing some good karma & a trace of patience.
it helps in many thing in life,especially with the fair sex.
no offence intended,just lighten up a little,wound too tight.

I dont want to be rude MKATRIS...but the site does belong to Fencer and if he wants to tinkle with it that is his business.
He is so fair to everyone, and fixes things ASAP...I think we ALL can put up with a bit of inconvenience occasionally.
Big round of applause for FENCER *clap* *clap* *clap*

I have just about given up on this site. It barely works. Can I get a refund, NO. Damn programmers won't leave well enough alone. Just dinkin' around.

I'm sure it will be worth it when you have finished the work. :0)

Thanks Michelle :-) But the work is not done yet. I need more time to tune and synchronize everything.

Good going, Fencer :o)
I dont know what you've done but the site is running great today! Nice one!

to clarify what I meant,the idea was to invite a non-member to a specific game,of course via signing up.people get game site invites,but if the inviter knows a game that the invited person likes,it might be more alluring.just an idea...its up 2 u.I know u r busy. /8^}

Okay but if the invited person is not registered on BK, he must create his account first and then find the game invitation. Maybe what CleverHunk wants is to redirect this new user to the game invitation instead of the main page, right?

Fencer, the send invitation page offers the person an invite to the site, where CleverHunks idea would be inviting a person to a specific game, which might be more appealing!
Hope I got that right, CleverHunk?!

And what is the difference between your proposal and current Send invitation page?

CleverHunk...neat idea. Would it prompt you to become a member?

..for increasing membership,might be to add under"new game"..a form for inviting a friend by email.

...all those times that we have complimented fencer for his speed getting things done.because of this,I feel we dont have to"let-him-know"about problems.I am sure he all too aware & is working on it.a positive approach might be to help.

a proper feedback is better than duplicate complaints, as I assume too ... :")
since about one week the main slowdown starts 20.00 h CET - a time
when early american clockout and european evening's settle-down meet ...
the inflicted higher traffic also seems to be a part of the problem.

merry bug-hunting to our czech coders ! Feeling with you ... :) book'em Fencer ! ~*~

That is so true harley.
I know fencer is working very hard to get the problems sorted & is exhausted right now.
He has achieved so much already in such short time & deserves a well needed rest so lets give him at least a week to recover shall we..

Quite right Dmitri, Fencer is here almost as much as me(!) and he's aware of the problems and working flat out to sort them. Of course he needs to know what problems we're having before he can sort them, but for problems that everyone is having, it is a bit pointless us all complaining about the same thing. Its just taking up his time having to read through all the complaints.

Its very good idea , but this messageboard should have name : " Technical problem "

Fencer has about 80 games going, and most of them were his opponent's turn to move last time I checked. This indicates to me that he makes his moves fairly regularly, and he probably knows when the site si running slowly. I could be wrong, but I am not sure it three is any opint in people's writing here every time three is slowness. It seems thel ast few dozen messages have been almost identical-- "The site is slow" with some extra stuff added on to each one. Maybe there should be a separate "the site is slow" messageboard, because eventually people will stop bothering to read this board if every post is about the site being slow.

Alot of us are frusterated with the slowness but I do believe Fencer is aware of it and trying his best to fix the problems we are all getting here.. Hopefully every one can find some patience while he tries his best to see what can be done.

is this site ever going to be running right again. white screens, BK is too busy right now, can't use that kind of info, slowness, can't move a certain piece.....this is going on 5 days, since last Thurs. evening, right on thru this morning, it is the same old s___. PLEASE REPAIR IT!!!

I wonder if hey can do that with blondes

I switched my time zone to Alaska's and now it's on the right time. I imagine I'll be putting it on Pacific Daylight Savings Time come Sunday morning, eh?

Scientists have managed to train rats to play chess by implanting microships in their brain that interface with a new chess program called Brutus. It looks like one of the would get a provisional rating of around 1200.

See www.chessbase.com and then go to the story on Brutus for details.

I can see it in the "opponent's turn" table of your profile.

in my Talbut game with dblcliq, I make my move and submit it, but doesnt move off my game sheet into the "not my turn" section?

Yes I have the same problems and just click "refresh" and it comes up with the next game :)...OOPS for got to add most times not all the time :)

For me, the solution will be to wait until next weekend when we go on daylight savings time, then my clock will be right again.
For Kevin in Saskatchewan, I'm not sure what the solution is. Maybe he'll have to set his clock to a different time zone to make it correct.
How's that for being analytical?

I have had some white screens also and I use IE 5.5 and I do the refresh, and it seems to work most of the time.

Web TV is not the only place that white screens occur. I use IE6, but when I click on any of the three 'move' buttons, I get a white screen and have to go back to my e-mail to click on the link to take me to the home page of brainking in order to play my next game. I have yet to see an answer addressing this issue! It's a nuisance and a time waster. I would just like to know: is it or can it be fixed eventually, or not? And I notice other messages from people wanting to know the same thing. ty!

In my checker game with Nurse Ratchett (50386) I am unable to move piece 4F although it is a legal move. Any of my other pieces can move fine. The site will not even let me hilite it with my cursor. Any help?