MadMonkey: Hey, I hope you're not a reincarnation of Ed Trice, he was going on about a magic formula a couple of years ago. when challenged to prove it he didn't do so good.

And by the way, the rating system in ponds is rubbish.

pedestrian:

Like i said i was told A formula by someone in the top 10 about 3 years ago and look how my Rating shot up ( GRAPH ).

OK, it has dipped mainly through time-outs and i do not play them these days very often, but if i wanted i could climb easily again.

I would say that nearly all the good players work to some sort of formula in the head when they look at the numbers......

formulas can be simple, or hard depending who devised it. I know the one i use is simple as anything

MadMonkey:  It does look very suspicious, but I think MadMonkey has a point. It is possible that nauars has a formula, and that tenuki simply guessed his formula and played 1 higher every time.

I just looked at Ratings and i know 2 people in the top 10 who use this formula (could be more of course, just ones i know) BUT neither are ones you mention. They may use a different formula

Pedro Martínez: All i can say on this matter, is they may well use the same formula to get through to the next round

I used to fall in Ponds (normal ones) all the time (ok, now i never play them as i do not like them) BUT i know there is a simple formula to help you do well in Ponds.

When i was told this method and i used it, i used to get through to the next round much easier, not a guaranteed win, but when i used it i was getting to the last few all the time.

Pedro Martínez: it has happened before in ponds (i think by some players from scandinavia ?)

i dont know if its cheating to form teams in ponds .. does it say anything about it in the pond rules ?

Pedro Martínez: well..thats not right,and I agree that something should be done. same thing happened on the texas hold'em tables...but nothing happened on top managements part.
they over look this little thing...then the next..it just snowballs.
frustrating when your trying hard to win fairly.

Pedro Martínez: of course there should be, but will there be???

Bernice: Well, of course it is possible. But whether they are or not, the evidence shows that they collude… and there should be consequences…

Pedro Martínez: is it possible that it is one and the same person?

paully: LOL!

Pedro Martínez: I think the chance of that happening by accident would be akin to the chance of Arthur Ashe winning this years US Open

I would like to draw attention to two cheats, namely tenuki and nauars.

If they happen to be in the same pond, tenuki's bet is almost always higher by 1 than the one of nauars. See this:
12. 12. ve 12 na 12 dnů a 12 hod
Round 21: tenuki 1152, nauars 1151
Round 20: tenuki 1000, nauars 1000 (Igra4ka: *999)
Round 19: tenuki 939, nauars 938
Round 18: tenuki 828, nauars 827
Round 17: tenuki 728, nauars 727
Round 16: tenuki 635, nauars 634
Round 15: tenuki 526, nauars 525
Round 14: tenuki 492, nauars 491
Round 13: tenuki 428, nauars 427
Round 12: tenuki 334, nauars 334 (fishbrain: *333)
Round 11: tenuki 315, nauars 314
Round 9: tenuki 227, nauars 226
Round 8: tenuki 153, nauars 153 (purplehawke: *152)
Round 7: tenuki 153, nauars 153 (purplehawke: *152)
Round 6: tenuki 121, nauars 121 (James T. Kirk: *120)
Round 5: tenuki 122, nauars 121
Round 3: tenuki 103, nauars 102
Round 2: tenuki 97, nauars 96

5. 5. v 5 na 5 dnů a 5 hod
Round 22: tenuki 866, nauars 865
Round 21: tenuki 866, nauars 865
Round 20: tenuki 9, nauars 9 (last person had 8 pts)
Round 19: tenuki 2032, nauars 2031
Round 18: tenuki 1619, nauars 1618
Round 17: tenuki 1439, nauars 1438
Round 16: tenuki 1248, nauars 1247
Round 15: tenuki 1103, nauars 1102
Round 14: tenuki 953, nauars 952
Round 13: tenuki 793, nauars 792
Round 12: tenuki 733, nauars 732
Round 11: tenuki 628, nauars 627
Round 9: tenuki 464, nauars 463
Round 8: tenuki 397, nauars 396
Round 7: tenuki 338, nauars 337
Round 6: tenuki 265, nauars 264
Round 4: tenuki 176, nauars 175
Round 2: tenuki 106, nauars 105

etc. etc.

I want them to be banned from the site, banned from ponds or stripped of their BKRs and removed from rankings!

rod03801: thanks Rod ive just done that

rod03801: Thanks rod Fencer will have to look into it

Come on. This is not a chat board.

Snoopy: BOOT me then

Snoopy: Now i sighed back in we are both there again

Snoopy: But is back now you sighed back in

Snoopy: you removed your self & it was still there then i removed my self & now it is gone

Fencer: I justed looked & i can't now

Fencer: or better still at least have a delete button so i can just erase it

i always thought that ppl on ppl's blocked list could not see tournaments created by that person

Fencer: I can Fencer

Fencer: its not a problem i shall just delete the tournament
but it might be worth adding that button saves alot of time

Snoopy: I think one POTENTIAL problem with that might be that the brains are deducted from your account when you sign up. Then if you are kicked out, they have to be added back in. Maybe that option isn't there because this sort of situation isn't "set up".

I suppose one solution, until something like that IS an option, would be to set it up as invitation only, and have a note in the description to send you a PM if someone wants to participate?

Of course I haven't set up a brain tourney in a long time. Maybe there isn't the option to make it private?

Just some thoughts.

Snoopy: Yes.
But it can be improved.
Nobody ever complained about it, though.

when creating a tournament with a brain entry fee
there isnt a button to remove unwanted players
is this how it is suppose to be?

Thanks alot Fencer for your great offer you have givin us this morning from me because i don't drink & from those that do Thanks again Filip

Snoopy: Big thanks for Brf & tenuki.

aaru: good to see you got it sorted and your team is included

rod03801: I can see now i can delete it Thank's again & Fencer

rod03801: Ok rod thank's fo INFO I'll check it out more to save that tournament

"GERRY": When you delete someone from your tournament, you also can "ban" them, so that they cannot join it again after you throw them out.

" Hyper Backgammon" 1 Year Rook Membership To Winn

Here is the link for it Fencer

There seems to be a problem in our tournament games system My Bishop Prize seems to be ok now. but my Hyper Backgammon Rook Prize tournament isn't I have removed unwanted players & they are coming back in. I have been removed from there tournament & i can not get back in to theres
I also can not cancel or delete that tournament.

So Fencer can your return the prize & delete that tournament for me please & thankyou

I remember reading that knights/bishops could play one single-player tournament per game type at once, and only one team tournament at once, but I can no longer find it either.

"A player can join 1 tournament of each game type and until the particular tournament is finished, he cannot sign up for another one of the same game type." - its all that is written about tournaments (not even mentioned team tournaments) for bishops and knights.

i believe that pente and keryo pente are not the same game type. i used to have knight membership and as i remember i played in both pente and keryo pente tournaments then.

Fencer: Yes i remember when i bought starzone her Bishop Membership she told me she could not play in 2 at once

from what i remember (and i belive it can checked via my profile) i played both in team tournament (which involved multiple matches) and team match set asside of tournament, all in Pente. something changed?

yes, Fencer, that is true, there is nothing said about limit in playing team tournaments for bishops and knights, so we assumed, that buying a bishop will be enough for Chaosu to play in the forecoming keryo tourney.

Fencer: I cannot find information about this -> http://brainking.com/pl/PaidMembership?p=1

aaru: Chaosu is playing another team tournament and as Brain Bishop member he cannot play 2 at once.

aaru:Is a member already signed up in another side?

I cannot sign my team ( Polish Pente Power ) for the Keryo TT. Why?

Snoopy: you answered right Snoopy, Hrqls misunderstood the question
Thanks Snoopy

Hrqls: depending on what side of the page he was talking about both our answers are correct..lol

paully: they were brain knight or higher when they achieved their top moves

since then they became a pawn .. but they are still on the list

so they did appear when they were brain knight or higher, to remain on the list you dont have to be brain knight or higher

paully: no now achievements are on the site it shows all players on this list
you never know a pawn may head the list one day and get the
http://brainking.com/en/Achievements?p=1&aid=5

The most active users
This list displays the players who made the most moves yesterday (28. August 2010). Only the users with Brain Knight or higher membership level can appear here.

This is interesting as it says only Brain Knights or higher can appear, however, there are quite a few pawns on the list. This may be a bug???