alanback: Odd indeed.As well as not being a mathematician I'm also not a psychologist.But this has got me wondering.This stalling is obviously being done on purpose so I'm thinking that perhaps there's some minute sense of power being derived from these tactics? To most of us this is a place to play games,nothing more,nothing less.But to a lesser mind, it may be all they have in life that gives them any sense of self importance.As i said i'm, no psychologist so don't really know how a human mind works and thinks.But surely this behaviour is more to be pitied than scolded.

rabbitoid: Welcome to the WONDERFUL WORLD of BrainKing:)))

Carl: Welcome to the wonderful world of automatic vacation

Carl:Hadn't noticed this before, but I see I must be playing the same person.  Still in the first game of 2 7 point matches started in August.  Odd.

Carl: if he was winning he would move

Bernice:

Pedro Martínez: hahahahaha......no prizes for guessing who it is either ROFLMBO

Carl: No worries. He'll have to start moving on Friday. Unless he purchases another membership, that is.

Pedro Martínez: I didn't think of that.Thanks. But I just checked his days and it is set for Wednesday and Thursday? But i supposed that could have been reset yesterday.I also checked when the game started,it was 11th August 08.It's a 7 point backgammon race game with a 2 day limit.16 moves made so far.I'm no mathematician but that seems like a lot of vacation days used!

Carl:did they renew a membership today if so they get additional vacation days

Carl: Weekend days?

I don't understand how these work.I'm playing a game against someone with 0 vacation days left,yet when they time out, another 24 hours is added to there time too move? Can anyone shed any light on this phenomenon?

Am i right in thinking that the Poker game is written in JavaScript ?

If so are there any plans to change any of the other games so they would run in it, hence stopping the need for page reloading. Would be a bonus for Logik i know that

Czuch: http://brainking.info/archives/576-How-to-rebuy-chips-to-play-online-poker-at-BrainKing-first-version.html

never mind, I got it

How do we get more chips if we get too low to get in any games?

The rest of site is really fast tho for me :)))

Vikings: I checked that out still can,t get in to play

Vikings: It certainly has helped my chips.

check it out http://brainking.com/en/PokerTables?tp=1&lity=3

Czuch: To play Online Poker! You can get to the list of Poker tables by clicking the link on the main page just under "Ponds".

Guess I missed something..... but what are the chips all about anyway?

Bernice: AHHHHHHHHHH mom come on:))))))

Pedro Martínez: AHHHHHHHHHHHH be nice petey:)))))

**bites tongue**

Pedro Martínez: It's true, Stevie Wonder can see it...

Artful Dodger: Yeah, plus a backbiter and a backslider...

nobleheart:I'm back, but then I've always been back.

Pedro Martínez:

nobleheart: Elvis?

guess who is back?

It,s all good again Thanks whoever:)))

Snoopy: Everthing is good it,s just the games it did that to me the other day to:))

"GERRY": oops........you appear to live a bit nth of THAT country LOL

Bernice: UMMMMMMMMM i sold my tractor it had a 3 point hitch Oh by way i live in canada:)))) the usa is south of me:)))

"GERRY": try google chrome im on that today and im speeding along
but i never have problems either with firefox

"GERRY":Rarely.

"GERRY": ummmmmmmmmm.........try the end of your 3point plug (if you have them in USA)

http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/189/435189_dls-2165delux2.jpg

Snoopy: Fox fire :)

Artful Dodger: LOL yes i no you never have any problems LOL:)))

Pedro Martínez: Could be our geese flying over your end & your shooting them that could be the BANG

Bernice: LOL the end of what.I have to lean to the left.I,am going to end up on the floor LOL:))

"GERRY":I've been on for a few hours now and had no problems.

"GERRY": Yes, the bang is at your end indeed.

"GERRY": a lot of things have changed over the years (even I must admit) It sounds like it would be at your end....

What has happened to this site today? BK sever is timing me out.Pages are loaded crooked.It was working fine then BANG.That what it use to do year,s ago

Fencer:Interesting.  Looks like the Western US is not well served.  I wonder why they didn't include major cities on the West Coast (LA, San Francisco) in their list.  Or Las Vegas, for that matter.

Artful Dodger: I know that Internet Explorer is a very strange piece of software because sometimes it does not show any page at all and just gets frozen (not only with BrainKing but any other page I try). I hope that the version 8 will become more stable but until then, I really don't recommend to use this browser unless you have no other choice.
Google Chrome is definitely the fastest one, at the moment.

Fencer:Only once in a while are things slow for me.  Mostly they are very fast.  So fast that I have to revert back to dial up just to keep up!  ;)  j/k 

I'll say this.  I use Explorer when I'm at work and that browser is horrible on BK.  Firefox is great and people who are having trouble but insist on using Explorer are missing out.  Firefox is the way to go.  That is the FIRST thing folks should do.  Chrome is fast too but I prefer FireFox. 

BadBoy7: That's not true. I've made a speed test using an independent service and it proves that the connection is very fast from some places in USA, while it is significantly slower from other locations. Which means that the site is OK and the problem is with your ISP line to Europe or something like that.

http://host-tracker.com/check_res_ajx/2292559-0/share/

Just to be more precise: Philadephia, Orlando or Washington show less than 1 second response (actually the average time is about half a second) and two other places seem to have a connectivity problem because their response times exceed 4 seconds. This is just an example, the test cannot cover all places around the world, of course.

This reply does not mean that nobody has a problem to get to BrainKing but it should be a recommendation to everyone who thinks that to blame BrainKing is always the right thing to do. Please don't do it (especially at public boards) if you cannot make a qualified evaluation of the situation. Thank you.