pauloaguia: Hey I noticed that also.. sort of like a de ja vu thingy.. :D

Rose: Thanks

Szirak: 0.556 X 0.694

Does anyone know how much is 40x50 points is in inches?

I had noticed that too, but chalked it up to being blonde....... (or an overloaded database server)

Fencer: No, a bit anoying some times but I was just wondering the reason that's all...

pauloaguia: Anyway, I don't think it's a big problem.

Fencer: hmmm... so it means it's been getting more overloaded, because it's getting less rare

Thanks for the info.

pauloaguia: No. This rare event is caused by overloaded database server.

Latelly it happens to me to have notification of new messages on boards and when I go and check them out it just shows me messages I had already read.
For instance, as I'm writing this, Szirak's message has a "New!" symbol on it even though I had read it before. But when I read it the first time harley's and Szirak's previous messages were marked new as well and now it's just this last one so it can't be a cache issue.
This has been happening ever since new year and I think (but not sure) it has something to do with the fact that the messages in question were posted just about the time I was reading them.
The first time I just thought it was a fluke, with me having hit the board at almost the exact same time of the post. But it's happened 6 or 7 times in the last few days so now I start to think it's just too much of a coincidence...

Are you still doing experiences with time-travel Fencer? ;)

Thanks harley, the size requirements baffled me into thinking there was a greater difference, along with the fact that I really did think BC was a koala! :-)

An icon is just a picture which isn't a photograph. BerniceC is the closest who has an icon, if you scroll down. (Unless she really is a koala!! )

I see lots of pictures, but does anyone know anyone with an "icon" by their name? (FAQ)

EdTrice:

Done better... Lost this won in just 4 moves: http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=259979

LOL

BerniceC: *giggle*..

Czuch Chuckers:

well this game was over in 5 moves with a checkmate

http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=57339

many traps like this exist

ScarletRose:
yep Scarlet...yu are right...one has a whistle...I can see it LOLOL

Antje: Oh I thought one was a wittle girl and one was a wittle boy.. hehe

one has an overbite, and the other has an underbite!!!

<I dont see a difference between these 2 smileys.
Is there one ....And if not, why have 2 of the same LOL

( 81 & 550 )

81 --->
550--->

This is ridiculous, that someone can be kicked off this site, yet somehow get to use auto vacation days to cover their absense?

I know it doesnt seem like a hastle, but I had just started 20 games with them, and it is a long scroll down the page, plus what about if I was a pawn or had an account with a game limit, I would be screwed waiting for theses games to finally be removed from my homepage.

Brian - please let it drop now. It's becoming tiresome.

find out if there is a way to find out the average amount of moves to complete a certain game type?

I want to know which game takes the fewest amount of moves to complete a game? (on average)

Fencer: Or is it you are mad at me for readdressing the Autopass debate that you are noticably silent on. Of course you could have easily went down a couple of posts and replied to my original post with the Ponds question. However you intentionally snubbed me in my humble opinion.

Brian1971: That's the auto-fill reply feature :-) I was too lazy to rewrite BBW's name.

Interesting that I brought up the question but Fencer addresses the answer to Big Bad Wolf. I suppose if no one else would have responded I would not have had the question answered at all.

BIG BAD WOLF: Ponds are not counted at the moment but they will be against the 50 total ASAP [I had no time to implement it today].

I ask this question BBW as the first one did not count against the game limit total. However I have 36 games total between started games and waiting games, plus a tournament starting today and I am awaiting the next round of a tournament I advanced in. So I will snuggle up close to 50 games with all the games starting. I just wanted to know how the Ponds games would be counted.

Brian1971: That is a good question that we will have to wait for Fencer to answer.

If the games do not count against the total, I would be curious if there will be a limit to the number of pond games a Knight can enter.

Do Ponds games count against your game count total? For example I am a brain Knight and have a 50 game limit. Do Ponds games count against that limit?

Thanks Fencer I don't mind waiting

Szirak: This Saturday or Sunday. Please be patient, I didn't forget about it.

Fencer: Any idea when the BKR will be recalculated? I'm still missing 9 points.

The rules are still the same.

in the new pond games is there still automatic moves are not ?

MadMonkey: Yes, later.

Fencer: Is there going to be a way to create a private Pond tournament or better still one within a fellowship ? (rivet, rivet)

Fencer: *phew* i am bold again

Hrqls: Yes, exactly.

Fencer: ah ok thanks :)

so if we are only playing 1 game of a certain type .. and that game takes more than 6 months .. we have to start another one (and finish it) before those 6 months end ?

(hmm now i think of it i dont think i have had any game which took longer than that .. as i am not even a member that long ;))

it sounds nice for sure ;)

Adding my 2 cents...

Deleting inactive players from the ratings/ranking charts is a fabulous idea!

Removing pawns from these lists though, I too think is a bad idea.. I would rather see how I compare with thousands of people, rather than just a few hundred. Maybe if our paid membership base had more people, it would be okay..

Kevin: Thanks, that was the mixup (I just call them listings or ratings that all - must be my english).
But everything else I said still holds :)

Hrqls: There are no active or inactive BKRs. BKR is still a BKR and it will never change. What will be active or inactive are the positions in the charts - if you don't finish a game in six months, you have no position. It doesn't affect anything on the Statistics page.

Maxxina: Lets hope someone doesnt have one game of a type just with a player like Kevin then LOL Its not often a game with him is finished in 6 months LOL

btw..just for the do-gooders etc etc this is meant as a point made but a jest at the same time.

ok :) no reason to shout ;)

i prefer it being changed to 'you have to make at least 1 move each 6 months' ;)

HRQLS - FINISH A GAME

do you need to finish a game each 6 months or make a move in that type of game each 6 months ?

what happens to the overal ratings ? do people still have to have at least 11 active bkrs to get on that list or can inactive bkrs also used for that ?

That will be an excellent idea to add the date and time of players' last moves in each game type. If Fencer does this, there will be no need to make any extra charts or whatever. It itself shows every small detail!

Perhaps one can remain on the chart if he has been playing it or has finished a game, instead of just basing it on finishing a game. Require a certain amount of movement or finshed games per quarter. But even taking the scenario of a game that takes 4 months to finish with the players moving everyday, I think three months is more than adequate. You should have more that just one game going to retain a spot on the chart. Just ekeing out the bare minimum might be enough by the rules, but it sure isn't by the spirit of it. The rankings should be for active players, not people that play one game every six months. I'd go with delisting them until they played regularly. As an option there could be a link that would list all members ratings in an inactive chart of some sort, where a column on that chart could also list the player's last move in the game so rated. In fact, such a dated last move would be a welcome addition to the charts that we have now. How about it fencer, could you put the last time a person moved in the type of game in question on the game ranking page? Just having it public would show who desrves their top ratings. Anybody that sees a top rated player that hasn't moved in the game type of interest in over a year would know at a glance where not to look for a game to play. If you do make it so inactive players are delisted until they play again, it would also alert someone that they might want to get some games going before that happens.

Some very good players are pawns. For whatever reason, they choose not to become Knights or Rooks, but having them on the charts is very important. We all want to see how we rank against **everybody**, especially the best players, whether they are pawns or not.