Fencer..when you announce it, can you please ask that people stop "hinting" that if you use the same computer then you are a cheater!!

Rod: Well, I wanted to announce it tomorrow along with first team tournament launch.

Is the User Agreement now official?

Sorry, I thought I remembered it being brought up that it wasn't. Sorry if I didn't notice an update on this.

I just wanted the situation clarified thats all. I certainly wasn't suggesting anything.

I agree 100% Andersp ..
What's next? You can only play unrated games with friends?

You don't have to live in the same house with someone to pull of some sort of ratings scam..

It is not fair to say that a couple like Antje and Andersp should only be able to play in unrated games together..

I agree Andersp. It shows however how a few bad apples past and present put all people like you and Antje under the microscope. It is not fair to you and I know neither you are cheaters. I used to have a roommate and we had 2 different internet hookups in the house. However when her computer crashed she used mine. IYT did not like it so they forced one account to be closed down. There was no cheating going on. That is one of the reasons IYT never got a paid membership from me. However I paid for one here and one for my friend, and part of another one for someone else here. This site is the best on the site. A couple bad instances should not take away from that.

The User Agreement covers this topic and, as I hope, it's pretty easy to understand.

Here we go again?

Antje and i play each other in many games, usually we invite to 3 x 9 RATED games and believe me, none of us feel as a "ratingcheater"

If anyone wants to cheat he can as well play someone across the Ocean as easily, i dont understand why it must be so big noise if we sit in the same house?

My rating went down to 1550 something the other night and it was NOT because i helped Antje to a higher rating it was as simple as she had more luck than i had.

We have paid our membership (well Antje donated my membership from Linda's prize tourney to me) so i think we deserve to be treated as "no cheaters".
Why must we on and on have to read this BS about "suspicious cheating" because we sit in the same house?

My stand is if you have more than one person using the same computer to play games here, one should have a membership. In the before mentioned case, both Mastermind and Smart Alx are paid members so I dont see any real problems with them playing each other even if it is a rated game. One can tell if the game was rigged or legitimate based on reviewing a game's moves. I know there are exceptions to that statement. For the most though it is verily easy to determine.

Eriisa: How did you know I've been just watching Star Wars? :-)

Smart Alx is Masterminds son.
My son and daughter have been playing here recenty, and we play each other - although we do make sure its unrated games! I think its as BBW says, its ok in most circumstances, but you can help yourself by playing unrated games and playing 'normally', for example, not winning 15 games against your relative in one day so your rating goes very high! Thats just suspicious behaviour!

Gooner I know that Smart Alx and mastermind are two different players. I have played both in the past.

This is the reason I ask!!

MASTERMIND 17. July 2004, 20:37:11 viewing game Checkers (SMART ALX vs. MASTERMIND)

(IN MY OPINION) - it is some-what OK - but here are the "rules" I would follow if I were to lets say play my wife in games.

1) Try to play unrated - then you won't get accused of trying to "cheat" the ratings

2) Try not to play too many rated games too fast (if 2 players on the same computer finish games many times a day, it might look suspicious - ESPECIALLY if 1 player wins almost all the games)

Are 2 paid up members using the same computer aloud to play each other???

may the "farse" be with you ;)

Long long ago... in a galaxy far far away, there were beings who were very unhappy with ways boards were moderated before. Fellowship boards were created to resolve that conflict until things became better. Maybe that is a solution for now????? hmmmmm?

*walks towards the sunset with C3P0 and R2D2*

if I try to use my "alt" keys...they do what their supposed to when I type...but come back as question marks ?

I'm glad I'm able to show Fencer another cool feature of this site! :-)

On the other hand, let's keep this "bug" unfixed :-D

What?
It must be a bug. I didn't do it purposefully :-)

THIS IS SO COOL!

The top mover of all time list is updated live! So I know I'm up to 800+ moves (over my record) and still going for the next 3 hours or so!

I was wondering what I'm at, and now I can watch! YEA! Very cool Fencer!

I'm having that problem too, BBW.

Another bug I have been living with for awhile, but I'm not sure if you know about it - so I'll mention it again.

In the Battleboat games, after you place your pieces, if you click on a piece to remove it from the board, almost always (about 85% of the time) it will also take off the 5 ship - so you are again placing the one you took off, and the 5 ship.

I noticed this a long time ago, but it's more of a pain now that we have the "random" board placement - because there is usually 1 peice I like to move - and it always takes off the 2 pieces.

Again, not a big bug - but thought I would mention it so it makes it on the list. :-)

Kitti: Yes, it's not implemented in this version yet.

what are these then,if their not discussion boards?

going UP!

The "show games with me only" feature on profiles doesn't seem to be working. When i click there i still get same list of games shown. The link changes to "show all games" though.

All I'm saying is IMHO it is not logical and with all due respect,unsound business judgement.

maharajah comes to mind

You should read the Paid Membership page more carefully. There is nothing about discussion boards. This is mostly a game site, not a chat site.

I understand you don't see the DB's as a priority on this site,but you must agree that harmony is important. How can you let what is happening to the music DB continue? Hasn't past experience shown you that some things are best not ignored and can very well escalate?
Can you see how detrimental it is to BK allowing certain people to moderate? Would you put a famous actor in charge of the cash register? Only if you wanted the onslaught of attention :-)

so our paid memberships are once again violated because of moderators who are biased?

OK, its a right hand dont know what left hand is doing there situation then :o)

I made no changes.

Did you change music board back to "everyone can post"?
Either you did or the moderators dont know what each other are doing.
One was saying a moment ago they all had to be approved, so I pointed out it said we could post again. Then whamm the restriction was put in place again and my post was hidden anyways.

It's been already answered on Feature Requests board.

I asked you to take a few minutes out and look at the Music discussion board and see if my last post warranted me being banned from that board. *edited for spelling*

What was it about?

its in your message box Fencer,sent yesterday,and I'm sorry for using one of the public boards to bring it to your attention,but if you didnt know you had the message,how else would I have gotten an answer?

And, please, never use public boards for requests like that.

What message?

*refrains from saying"Fencer,are you gunna answer my message??"

I think perhaps for "liveplaying" - timelimits with we say 60 minutes for the whole game for instance - it could be interesting.. :-)

I don't say it's impossible. But it would be quite time-consuming job and it wouldn't be easy to track and fix all possible bugs.

aha,this is the reason.., thanks.

I've tried it but no DnD works for me. I guess it's because I don't play those tournament games so I cannot make moves.
In general, it is possible, of course. Either with DHTML or (what I prefer) Java applet. However, no such option works with WebTV, as far as I know. Moreover, although it's quite easy for chess, it could be very difficult for other game types where more than one move is allowed per turn.

Fencer,there are more and more chessservers, which use for the moves the "drag and drop"-system.I have no idea about programming,but is this possible in Brainking too anytime? Or is this change too difficult?
An example for "drag and drop" is the new ICCF-server :http://www.iccf-webchess.com , click on "tables and result", click on one of the tournements,click on one game...

Why don't you look at Tournaments discussion board instead?

I have noticed that the last date to sign up for the first team tournament keeps getting pushed back. It started with a date of July 14. Now it is July 18. A couple of days ago it was July 16. Why is this happening?? I am trying to plan my games around this thing. I also dont know how many slots I will need to be in this tournament. Fencer answer me please. When will this thing start and how many slots will it take up when it does start?