Cool :-)

I have published something about Brainking in the German Chess magazin "Rochade Europa":
http://de.geocities.com/caissus2000/RochadeArt.JPG (but its in German)

...........Zetes!!

Send me your questions for the very first paying member on BrainKing! I have played Zetes a lot, and know very little about him (except that he's a perfect gentleman) so I'll be looking forward to this one!
Don't forget to add if your name can be added to your question, or if you want it anonymous. Its nice to see now that more people are allowing their names to be put with their questions! And I think the questions are getting more adventurous too now people have seen how its working. So keep the questions coming!

... and sugar and all things nice :)

No more questions for Chattytea please!

Bernice, theres loads of people I'm looking forward to interviewing, and hopefully AD and GI will be among them, as long term members of BK who add spice to the site :o)

i know the decision has probably already been made.....BUT

we have had 3-4 POPULAR interviews...what about an interview with some UNPOPULAR people? like AD...or GI...or...*tauec.LOLOL...or Dano*...no forget taurec or Dano....they are definately out in my book HAHAHAHAHA

ummmm im only stirring hehehehe......sorry Harls :)

Ive been moderated... I wonder why LOL

Chattytea.... Last day to get your questions to me for Chatty, this time tomorrow I'll be sending her the interview and announcing the next interviewee! (Watch this space!)

I look atb it as one big amusement for anyone to get into. Doesn't have to be just a game site

You've been asked to end this topic of discussion, please respect that request. Any more posts on this will be deleted - thanks.

I doth do at that, but seriously, all I have done is held up the tape measure, should the numbers you read be not large enough all I can suggest is that you get a higher chair.

Me thinks Whisperz you both protest too much. To belittle means to put down as YOU HAVE done to me.. I do not belittle any board. You are in fellowships, DON'T you play games in those fellowships? fencer asked for an end so this is my end to it all. Go bark up someone elses tree for a while Whisperz.

Okay, let's finish this neverending topic.
Only paying members can become discussion board moderators. This is a new rule, not a subject to discuss.

Oh, to live in a world where you can pay to be free ... nuff sed.

I play here because I enjoy it, but I also enjoy and stay because of many of the other activities as do you, so just because you do not write stories do not belittle the enjoyment this brings others. To be consistent then I guess you will need to be resigning from the following fellowships as they are not primarily for "games" or are you going to let these slip through to the keeper too?

!The Zoo! (manager)
ﭺOUR PLACEﭺ (member)
∙♠Uncensored Debate♠∙ (member)
** BADINAGE ** (member)
*´`¤Just Us GURLS¤´`* (manager)
Angel's Among Us (member)
Boiler Room (member)
Debate Club (manager)
Goodfoods' Kitchen (member)
Hobby Time (member)
HOME (member)
New Beginnings (member)
Noodleland (member)
QuizMasters Asylum (member)
Sane and Sober (manager)
The Pagan Fellowship (member)
The Reptilians (member)
~rAnCho biZArRo~ (member)

This is a game site not a story site, not a joke site, not a poetry site. I do not think a story board is in any way a contribution to the game site. Sorry it is still a free country where I live and I am entitled to my opinion on that! Honesty or not, when a site needs money to run and we are all made aware of this by the site owner and someone says well I wont contribute to help keep the site running, then YES call me what ever you wish to call me.

Not all contributions need to be financial ... if life is based solely on money then I expect it is probablay pretty soulless ... I guess you are then saying that the pawn's contribution to this site had no value which I think is really a poorer reflection on you than her honesty in admitting she would prefer to buy a new DVD.

Whisperz, I will take all the heat you wanna send my way. What if all us players decided to buy DVD's instead of renewing here? Great for us, NOT so great for the good of the site though is it? So you point fingers at me for saying "I have questioned why a pawn is moderator of a board. I don't get why. I thought being a moderator was a plus or privelage for those who helped to pay for the site?"

Thats fine by me. You stand on your podium and fight for someone who blatantly refused to help support the site all you want. DO you know all the facts before you start your crusade?
Had this person NOT said she would rather spend money on other things then help support the site none of us would have been up in arms over her moderating a board!

I dont see why the pawn couldnt have carried on doing the moderating :o( They were contributing to the site in their own way, I hope it doesnt mean they wont become a paying member in the future

i personally dont mind who is a moderator of a board whether its a pawn or not , if someone has the time and willing to put some effort into it that should be a good thing . i wouldnt like to do it myself though i wouldnt be calm enough when people tried to spoil things .

No Eriisa, Rose's joke has been activated and the pawn has been deposed. Well done Rose, let's all give her a *clap*.

Here was someone who showed some initiative, suggested an option which would make this site better and offered to freely help Fencer out by moderating the board thus reducing the pressure on Fencer's time so he could get on with more important issues. There were a number of times where she withstood some grief from people who resented her "moderating" of unsuitable material and a number of times wanted to quit. (That should have made you happy Rose!) At times the threats and content of pms was very unsavoury ... but she continued, with the help of her friends. It is good to see this conflict has abated and the board returned to normality. She continued to guide the board's development but that is no more.

One of the reasons I came to this site, and stayed, and paid, was the variety of people who you meet here, their acceptance of your views at face value and that competition is keen but friendly. There have been others who have not held these views but we (all?) hope that they are now gone. If this is the way we are to treat a pawn who is trying to improve the site then what is to encourage any other pawns.

When you check you will find that I moderate a number of chess boards, a task I took on because Fencer originally needed some help, not as a reward for paying (I think I was a pawn at that time myself). If we are to follow Rose's lead then maybe all Discussion Board's moderatorrial rights can be rescinded and Fencer can auction them off to the highest bidder ... maybe the site can make some more money from this.

But to close, let us give Rose one more *clap*

gee, did someone delete the joke?

There is a board specifically for jokes, please post to the correct boards, thanks :o)

<I thought moderation was something Fencer offered to persons he felt he could trust. Unless, of course, I've missed a 'create new public message board' link somewhere. :>

I will do something with it.

I have questioned why a pawn is moderator of a board. I don't get why. I thought being a moderator was a plus or privelage for those who helped to pay for the site?

and so these are the days of our BrainKing lives. Each board tends to be a soap opera. Why watch them on TV? Just come here to play and you can find one on some board.

I did not even notice that harley, mind you i never look at the story board, most of the other boards are stories in themselves anyway LOL

I didn't say it was fair, just that that is most likely the reason.

And that's fair?

I would think its because the moderator of the story board is a pawn, so unable to do her job if she can't post there.

I thought that Fencer had stopped pawns posting on any boards (well the Main ones anyway), don't see why those 2 should be different.

Why are pawns not allowed to post on the Birthdays board but are allowed to post on the Stories board?
This seems more than a little unfair.

*sigh* I really hate to add to this joyful banter, but nhb, I played on IYT (and still do) at all times of day and night for three years now, and still have only seen one case of less-than-savory conversation. At that, once I'd declined the non-game invitation, we have had at least one game going since, and nothing further has been said. We do, however, enjoy friendly banter, so even those that you (betwixt the lines) call cyber-freaks have other things about their personalities than sex.

Point: Harley got it right. We don't need to go bashing other sites. I didn't come here to 'get away' from anything. I came here because an IYT friend suggested I check it out. I did, I liked it, and now I'm a paid member of -both- sites.

Uhm.. NHB.. I did read your post. Lighten up, it was a joke fercrissake.

Chattytea!!

Send me your questions for Chatty ASAP, time is running out!!

There was plenty of wackos and weirdos on the M25 during the snow the other day. I was stuck in it for 4 hours.

I am not knocking whatever site you have just come from.
I just wish to inform you that in nearly a year on this site I ahave only encountered one case of suspected improper behaviour.
I have found no wackos or weirdos and providing a modicum of decorum is maintained, a wide variety of views opinions and prejudices are freely aired and traded.

Of course I agree :o) Its by far the best site in my opinion. But I don't think it does the site any good if new people come here and the first board they visit is full of crisicism about a site they may consider pretty good. They may not stick around to find out what a great site this really is. I'd like to think that the players here are above bashing another site to make this one look good. We all know BK is a wonderful place, with wonderful people. That will shine through without comparing this site to others :oD

Decent people come to this games site to avoid people such as I have described. OR
You meet nicer people on this site because Fencer will not allow that sort of behaviour.
FACT
A lot of the girls on this site who have chatted to me have commented on the lack of "cybersex" freaks.
I do not criticise the sites per se anymore than I criticise the M25 or M4.. as someone so sapiently renmarked "its the people and personalities that make BK what it is".
Or do you not agree that this is a superior site... er by deduction one concludes nicer people...

How about I re-phrase that then?
People do no want to come to BrainKing to see the players here throwing insults at another games site, particularly one where they may still enjoy playing games there.

There are those who give offence and those who take it.
May I suggest that those who are exceptionally sensitive take the trouble to both read and comprehend what is normally written in plain english.(When I err in fact or presentation I do appologise).
I did not say that every person, who played those sites at those times,had those attributes. No more when I say there are maniacs driving up the M4 to London every morning, do I say that every driver is one, you are just more likely to meet one.
However during a period when I was in pain most of the time and slept less than 2 hours a day I started to play chess on these sites, at all times of day and night, to keep my brain active, I noticed clear cyclic patterns.
Of course my characterisation of people whose acronyms include "bumboy" "slut" "cum" or any of the thousands of other variants usually associated with porn spam and whose opening intro is "dont like games wanna cyber" as weird and wacko may be offensive to any of you who share those tastes.
However in this instance I feel that I am nearer normality than they and consequently feel the descriptions accurate. I also dont give a monkeys proverbial.
I believe they were using the "waiting games" board as an advertising hoarding and had naturally grouped to times when people leading conventional lifestyles(politically correct enough?) are unlikely to be around.
Last point.. I actually did not criticise the sites except by implication that they allowed this happen. Moderator you cannot disallow comment based on fact of people or institutions on the grounds they cannot defend themselves, you may inform them critique exists, but under those rules you would have to delete virtually every post on every topic (Bush Blair Iraq etc etc) including your own.

<No point.. H*ll.. I -still- crawl out at night, as proven by this post. *grins* I just don't like being told it's a 'bad thing'. :>

Boy I'm glad you guys mentioned the "other guys"...I forgot,I have games there!! ;)

Well, I play at one other site, am a wacko and did crawl out of the night. Whats your point? LOL

"I know its tempting to compare BrainKing to other games sites, but I would ask that you don't make insulting remarks about other sites. They are not here to defend themselves and it isn't helpful to BrainKing. Thanks :o)"

Besides that, some of us play on both and are not fond of being called, "wackos and weirdos who crept out at night... "

I think of Fencer as a father figure...who doesn't give an allowance to any of his 9000 plus children

I play on a webtv, but occassionally I get to the library and play on there for a little while and the site is fast then. The speed might depend on your system. However yes this site needs a better server which takes money which means we can help by selling this site to others who are pawns or others we meet on other sites. I was a pawn under a different name for a year before I was able to get some extra mad money and now I am a brain knight. I thought about a rook but felt with my schedule I wouldnt be able to handle the load of games that you can play as a rook. I play between 35-40 normal games and the rest of the space is filled by tournament play.

Yes, His wife cole. You jealous?? LOL

What do you mean?
We're not your full time job?...blink..blink..
Is there someone else?

There is no doubt this site has so much more upside than IYT. I played at IYT for a good year before discovering this site. I found a link to this site from a message board posting on IYT. Fencer clearly cares more about the players on his site and gives even the pawns more than IYT ever did. I started playing on IYT when it was 40 moves a day. Now I get 25. IYT is a dormant site with no new innovative ideas or games. Fencer has been doing this such short time and already has more features and has more games and creative ideas for games and new features that IYT will never have. This site is just starting its rise while IYT long ago reached its peak and now is falling down the toilet. I know you are not advocating for IYT LJ. However when Fencer gets all the improvements to the site and the better server up and running, look out. Some creative marketing and this site will be unstoppable as long as he continues to devote his free time and energy to this site. I am sure he will.