Very glad to see that ladders are coming. I am a big fan of the basic chessgames. So for me it would be so great if chinese chess (xiang-qi) and tre corean version could be here. And in Thailand they play an interesting variation called Makrok.
And I repeat my wish for THE GAME: Shogi.
Don't get me wrong; this is a great site :-)

Yes, it should be easy.

If a member is a moderator could this be shown in his/her profile along with fellowships etc?
Also the name of the board that he/she moderates.

could it please be made so that all BattleBoats (and Espionage) games are set to 'private' by default ?

in those games the starting position is very important and it get harder and harder to come up with a nice new setup each time when all old setups can be viewed by your opponent

please ? ;)

you can always ask your opponent to tell you the remaining positions of the ships, most players will tell you.

Walter - apologies - I did mean on the occasion where it isn't called.

You obviously don't play Poker do you Bry? The winner always shows his hand if atleast one person called him at the end. Everyone at the table gets to see it if he is called, not just the players that stayed to the end. If you play a draw type game like Jacks or Better, the opener must show his hand when the game is over even if he's not involved in the showdown. This being the case, atleast when I play Poker as you might play it differently, I think you'll need to use another game for your anaolgy in the previous post as the principal is not showing in your argument at all.

Ok baddessi. I won't tell anyone else that you're TERRIBLE at Battleboats. We'll keep it our little secret. :)

Amber- yes, I am losing too many games!!! You weren't supposed to tell, and all over that little stinker , the 2 boat!!!! LOL
RamblinMan, yes, you can see the finished game, but only the ships of your opponents that you have hit. You can't see where the ones you missed were. I understand what Amber's saying about the winner not having to reveal his strategy, that makes sense. I figured there was a reason for the set up that we have here, I just wondered what it was. And the reason I asked wasn't because I wanted to know the strategy of the winning board, but more for the reason rod said, that I spent 15 or more moves looking for the little bugger and want to know where it was!!!

well heck.. even so who would use the same set up anyway?? If four boats are sunk.. they will obviously show up for anyone who does surf through old games of Battleboats.. so those that were hit are going to be easy to locate.. it just doesn't make any sense why it is like it is..

I agree with Amber - If you lose at Battleboats (whatever the variant) you shouldnt expect to see the winning hand...... You dont when you play Poker...... same principle......

baddessi I think when the game is over you get a message that says your opponent has sunk all your ships. and there is a link to the game where you can see the last move or hits. (I think) lol

One of the main fun things about dark chess is to play through the game afterwards.

If the only justification is not to reveal the setup board then why is it that at Dark Chess the game is revealed in the end? Some players may also like to use the same oppening more than once if it has proven to be a winning one...
Not to mention Espionage type games...

Most players just won't bother to go through their opponent's old games to check for board setups anyway...

I'm just going by what was said when the issue was brought up before.

Failing that you could always try asking your opponent. :)

You are shown at 2 other major turn-based gamesites, that I know of, and it seems to work out fine for everyone..

Are you losing too many games, baddessi? LOL

I think the reason is that some players like to use the same set-up more than once if it has proven to be a winning one.

We also have federalstate flags in Germany and in addition flags for each town...,hm why not three flags in the profile ?:-)

I agree, Baddessi. I have had games where I found the first 4 ships early, then spent 15 or more moves, searching for the "2-holer"... I would like to be able to see where that bugger was, without having to ask.
I also wish I could see at a glance when my board comes back to my turn, the shots I took in the previous turn, highlighted on the board, before I start the turn.

Fencer: Why not have state flags next to the US flag to let people know what state they are from...

I haven't read back to previous posts before I joined, so this has probably been addressed and I'm not aware of it. Would anyone else like to see on the game boards of Battleboats and it's variants the position of your opponent's ships at the end of the game? In some sites I used to play at, I could see them at the end of the game and found it helpful and also satisfied my curiosity, especially when I am looking a long time for that little boat. Is there a reason why it is set up as it is here?

I'd like to see longer user names here and the ability to use characters other than a-z, A-Z, & 0-9. I wanted to change my name from "Thad" to "Thad (Mele Kalikimaka)", which is Hawaiian for Merry Christmas, but I can't use parenthesis and it's too long. I don't really see a reason for either limit. Plus the longer name can be very useful. I've changed my name at other game sites to things like "Thad (gone for the weekend)", "Thad (no more moves today)", etc.

There was a mistake in the shogi-adress mentioned. It shall be shogi.net!

Shogi is a truly great game. If we could have would be heaven :-)

In tournaments with several sections, could we see the average rating per section? For example by the section number.

shogi chess is one step beyond loop chess and the rules can be seen at chessvariants.com as well as shogi.com. please let me know if this is a possibility.

All US pawns take note, your needed, join NOW!!!

Quit that kinda talk Bumble!!:)

hey now

Can't you boot a few US players to even things up? :D

Sort of.

I would have thought it'd be pretty close now.

I mean, it wouldn't be a big surprise if they outnumber US paying members next year.

The number of Czech paying members is rapidly increasing. Looks like I've finally understand the system of indexing in our local search engines.

Fencer, just as a matter of interest, do you know offhand how many paying members are from the Czech Republic and how many from the USA?

Forget the previous post... I thought he was refering to DB's
(going back to awake mode now)

<1. let you see all the "New" messages at once before the "New" disappears when you click the '>' link
2. let you read the whole board and let your mouse rest at the same time
3. test the browser's hability to handle such a big page
4. test how fast the server can serve pages and how fast you can receive them
5. being online, while seeming offline to everyone else if you plan on reading the whole 12000 lines

I mean the online players, not all of them

What's the point of displaying 12,000+ lines on one screen?

<I'd like to see the whole list on one screen. When I click the > button it's already different

i know, but didnt want to start an argument and said thanks for the feed back :)

I see Fencer on and perhaps it isnt all that great an idea after all on second thoughts.

I mean who cares LOLOL

from me.. I thought it was a great idea..

i wasnt talking of loggin out and coming back in 5 minutes :(
it might have sounded like that...
a button or drop down menu by the logout button and saying those things...BB5 etc etc.

I was waiting for a reply from Fencer as he is the only one that can or cant do it but thanks for the feed back

and one step beyond loop chess is shogi chess and can be seen at chessvariants.com as well as shogi.com.

Why log out if you'll be back in 5 minutes?

GREAT idea, Bernice. Maybe you'd like the site to clear your coffee cups as well. Talk about demanding, lol. :o)~

Hey.. that is a good Idea Bernice.. I like that..

http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/freeling.html

OF course, I'm still looking to play Ultima online somewhere. It was searching for Ultima three years ago that led me to It's Your Turn and then to this site. I believe the Chess Variants site has the rules for Ultima. I'll go look right now. Yes, they do have it and looks like they've updated it in the last year or so.
http://www.chessvariants.org/other.dir/ultima.html

I wish the people at Chess Variants used better graphics to represent the pieces. There's all hard to see and look strange, especially when compared to this site.

Anyways, there's my games to add wish list.
Still no Ultima, but I've learned lots of new games in the meantime. :)

what would be the possibilities of the following

at the "LOGOUT" button to be able to choose what you are going to do...

example.....click on BB5 button = be back 5 minutes.

GFD = gone for the day

synw = see you next week

hehehe I know it can be annoying when yu are playing multiple moves with someone and they dissapear...to be able to see BBL = be back later next to their name would be a great help

am I asking too much here and if so....ignore me :)

thanks

Or, you could use Hex! Then you'd only need one digit! lol :-)