Not a delete, but a resign is surely on. ASt least, it is in chess!
But what I want, and am happy to pay IF it ever was, is a doubling cybe. Without that I am not paying for this website, after all, it is in nearly every other website that plays backgammon.

I almost never get games by going on the waiting list. Most everybody is cool and innocent but the small number of programmers out there use the waiting games as a feeding pond. Those are the only games they can get anymore.

True ug, but some people wont accept a draw because it does affect the BKR.

In the case you gave one game could be agreed drawn.

In such a case the player putting up the game would be doing the deleting, it still sounds irresponsible to me but preferable to the case of a player accepting games from the waiting games page and then deleting them. If your point is a valid one the use of "delete" could be confined to the game's proposer and denied to it's acceptor.

How about an auto-pass on the delete game? *runs for cover*

You might be right. Now that I think of it my friend had to resign to get out.

I was thinking the delete option was not on Tournament games.

Two cirumstances come to mind where the delete is valuable. If someone picks up your game from the waiting games list and this person is a ringer or a creep you might want to delete out. Also if someone joins a tournament that you are in at the last minute and you are thrown into a game with him sometimes it is better to delete out than have to deal with some potty mouth.

If we're on such good terms what's wrong with playing two at once?

Maybe its in case you ended up with two games of the same type with one person. ie. I send you and invite and you send me an invite and we both accept.

I request the removal of the "delete game" facility. I cant understand what on Earth it's for apart from to increase the scope for annoying behaviour. There are even games in which a player can have a lost position after their first move yet they can delete on the second. If a player doesn't want to play what are they accepting games for? The delete games facility encourages irresponsibility, it's meaningless nonsense.

I think youll find this should be classed as top overall players list.

TOP GUYS AND GALS Right hand column

wait....... why am I running? it was not me who said the A word!!!! lmao

RUN ERIISA, RUN!

oh no! did someone mention the 'a' word????


hahahahhahahha *running from red again!*

I did not YET point at anybody when I said that I just hope that new members
may ask for that normal feature without having to fear harrassment
- and four fingers point back at bumble actually for the loose comment ... ~*~

bumble to red dragon: You won't have any problem unless some idiot mentions auto-pass.

Does someone want to ask for an auto-resign-feature? >;-> 'd be very useful for already hopelessly lost but not yet finished games. ;-)

NeekyNake,

You just listed the top players at the first 6 games on the list. What did you think that list was?

that's what I call a top-player unless I happen to
specify different. ooops b4 eye 4get: *swell* ~*~ 0:)

i must look at your profile :) and thank you :)

I only play backgammon :)

..and i was kidding about top player..i dont care at all about BKR :)

Alex II 2621
EdTrice 2425
mandirigma 2080
mandirigma 2093
Savage 2088
ughaibu 2566

Andersp these aree the top 6 according to the ratings page...and on second look your name isnt on there at all...:( or are you referring to just one game type?

LOL @ Dano...your post make me so happy!!
I must be a top player too, my BKR is higher than Ughs!! and we can trust BKR cant we? :)

*gears up for another spammonator attack*

no I want autopass. period. together with
2 other std bg features I've never divided ...
and, btw, ugha is a top player indeed ... ~*~

didnt know that Ugh is a top player, sorry

auto pass could work on this site, but i think the key is more in finding opponents who like to play quickly if that's what you're after. Many top players on this site (including ughaibu!) will finish a game in one session.

Head on nail Stevie :)

You are right, Fencer mentioned auto pass first, but i wouldnt call him an idiot :)
I apologize that the subject "lost track" and its easy to scroll and see when it happened.
A guy who made 13 (thirteen) moves yesterday and usually is spending his time by posting 'dirt" all over the boards attacked me for making Brain King less enjoyable. Sorry, but i had to defend myself.
As you and others can see im not the only one who wants auto pass but for some reason i have been picked as the "nagger".

yes, since the site essentially thrives on the popularity of the games offered, it makes perfect sense to me to let the members choose which game should be priorized to be added next.

Lets get the POLLS link into use

Nope, just wasnt here to point it out in the night LOL

When bumble asked me to moderate this board while he was in Athens he said, 'You won't have any problem unless some idiot mentions auto-pass.'
130+ posts ago someone did. Fencer!

It's put me in a bit of a pickle because it's a feature request and has involved a great deal of discussion so I can't in all honesty see a reason to moderate any posts...until now.

The subject has been done to death. The feature request has been made. If Fencer doesn't want auto-pass then he's not going to add it no matter how much bleating, begging, reasoning etc etc goes on.

I suggest if you want to debate the matter any more then do so elsewhere. The main reason is that when Fencer sees this board I want him to see feature requests and not a debate. I'm sure Fencer has neither the time nor inclination to wallow through the debate posts to find a new feature request.

Enough is enough. Please!

You want to spend another day beating this particular dead horse??

Out of 1500 games played.
Only 8 games of reversi (In my eyes, the main game that needs auto-pass)
100+ games of backgammon, which auto-pass could be used on.
6 games of checkers that ALREADY uses a type of auto-pass

The rest are games of chess varients and halma etc, where auto-pass would not be needed nor implemented.

So I would say Ug is being selfish.

Here's one for kokusaisannin shogi: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/tetsu/toybox/kapitan/kp040.htm

Here's a link for yonnin shogi: http://www.ffortune.net/play/bgame/syogi2/4syogi.htm

Okay, that site's chaturanga looks different from my memory of it. I'll see if I can find Murray's entry.

chess variants uses that name, but that is definitely no dice chess ...
and not the strange spirale field neither as I know as most ancient one ...
also the chaturanga domain shows something different ... ~*~

That's that then. What about dice chaturanga, same rules as dice chess?

Fencer's statement it won't ever possibly be happening.
I haven't followed the board most diligently over the months,
but I trust that it's one of Anders' higher priorities and he would know ~*~

Just don't ask that his majesty's court be re-painted :D *offers other lurkers some poppycorn*

You ask him, I'm acting on my own behalf.

ask him. Maybe he rather wants your "nice" words than polite feature requests from a majority of his members.

You think it's better for BrainKing to have this interminable insistence that Fencer do something that he's already said he will not do?

I said "might".

but I'm more irritated that somebody spams the board for 'killing something' (quote)
such crap we had on numerous boards too often - it's not good for brainking period ~*~

I said.."Even IF" maybe i was wrong

Any reason to assert that I might think I'm "cool"?