I had a rant the other day about something on a message boar that wasnt applicable, and the moderator sent me a private message asking me to remove it, which i thought was polit enough, they didnt just remove the post.

Princess Alison: Yep that is the correct way of acting i think, for example how would you feel if your above post here would be deleted without any warning, because it was NOT about Brainking itself, its structure, features and future so it was off-topic.....?

Pythagoras: To be honest, i did reply to the moderator saying that they normally just delete them and there reply was " no, that is rude, i always send a private message first, giving them the opportunity in removing it themselves".

Princess Alison: The oppurtunity to remove the post was given.

Kipling: Yes, and i think thats the polite way of going about it.

Its not always possible to message first. Ideally yes, thats what most mods would like to do. But in some situations its better to remove the post then message afterwards if its likely to cause a big off-topic discussion. Like this one for example! Abigail has brought a private matter to a board where it isn't really 'on topic'. But there have been so many replies to it in a fairly short time that to delete it all would be wrong, especially when its drifted 'on topic' (if mods should remove a post or ask the author to remove it).
But different mods deal with things in different ways too, and each post is acted on differently depending what it says.

harley: Amazing thing to say.

AbigailII: Sorry to see you leave. But what you have to remember, and this applys to all discussion boards and all users - posting "off topic" and there is always a risk that messages will be removed.

In my opinion, a post about a tournament of a chess game is on topic on a chess discussion board. A post about what type of messages should be allowed in certain discussion boards is off topic on a chess board. Again, my opinion.

Anyway, this site is about the games - and it is always sad when someone lets things from message boards or private message mess up their game playing experience - which is what the whole purpose of this site is for. The discussion boards are a "bonus", and sad that some people let things that happen there get to them. I hope when you have time to "cool down" you will see this and continue to play on this site.

As moderator there a number of issues which come up which may or may not belong on a particular board. Sometimes off-topic discussions can be fruitful and I am always willing to read and follow these, even allowing them to remain if they make a positive contribution to the site.

In the case which has recently been discussed here the posts were not on-topic for the board and the ongoing discussion was not contributing to the well-being or edification of 8x8 Chess Variant players. While some posts were clearly expressing individual opinions (to be admired) some were couched in a somewhat devisive idiom ... when this trait began to arise ALL posts on the subject were deleted and a general comment pointing to the stated aims of the board was posted.

Subsequent posts containing personal attacks and veiled threats were deleted immediately.

I stand by the "moderating" which I have done ... I have, I believe, acted in the best interests of the site and not because of any personal biases, and I would hope that all would see that my actions have been impartial and that all have been treated equally regardless of whichever side of the fence they may reside.

I have said to AbigailII personally and now reiterate it publicly ... I would encourage her to stay here and play her games, run her tournaments, and continue to contribute to discussion groups in a positive, constructive and instructive manner. BrainKing is a community of individuals with a wide range of opinions, but in all our actions we need to remember to be a strong community we need to build ourselves up not tear each other down.

Regards ... WhisperzQ

WhisperzQ:

WhisperzQ: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....

AbigailII: Sorry to see you leave & hopefully you'll change your mind..I have posted topics on boards at times w/o thinking which board I was suppose to post on....I did leave for quite awhile due to computer & other players problems & just started playing here again. Sure did miss playing here. All moderators has a job which is tough & surely fair to all. If everyone left due to 1 problem or another, there wouldn't be a so-called "safe" site on the web which everyone gets along w/ each other. Please re-consider & enjoy playing the games. Thanks for reading

Marfitalu: I clicked on the game rules & seen the game pictures except for the pond games

Marfitalu: Your Welcome! I can't see the pictures either but I think it is for the explanation to the rules of the game tho..

Marfitalu: all brokem images for me too. So it isnt you going crazy! lol

Those show up fine for me!

Marfitalu: Try Shift+F5.. I did that and got them to show up!

Marfitalu: I clicked on the link again & the game pictures shown up. I gave worrying about certain things anyway LOL

How to start a tournament?

AtomicGuy: But you can enter a tournament as a pawn. Just go to the Tournaments section and select one.

As a pawn you can enter only one at a time and you cannot create them but you can still have some of the fun ;)

Vitórias em torneios

1 - André Faria - 6
2 - Pedro Martinez - 5
3 - Aissi - 5
4 - Microbic Pine - 4
5 - Paulo Aguia - 2
6 - Taxinha - 2
7 - Ferjo - 1
7 - Bahia - 1
9 - JPS - 1
10 - El Cid - 1

Pontuação ponderada

1 - Pedro Martinez - 3.00
2 - Ferjo - 3.00
2 - Bahia - 3.00
4 - JPS - 2.50
5 - Microbic Pine - 2.17
6 - André Faria - 1.94
7 - Aissi - 1.53
8 - Paulo Aguia - 1.45
9 - Taxinha - 1.00
10 - Mastermind - 1.00
11 - El Cid - 0.87

Pontuação acunulada

1 - André Faria - 33
2 - Aissi - 23
3 - Paulo Aguia - 16
4 - Taxinha - 16
5 - Pedro Martinez - 15
6 - Microbic Pine - 13
7 - El Cid - 13
8 - JPS - 5
9 - Ferjo - 3
9 - Bahia - 3
11 - Mastermind - 2
12 - Nirvana - 0
12 - Paulo Gomes - 0

Andre Faria: Whats this about Andre?

BrainKing "GLICH"

When I move in backgammon (if I am losing) the opponent moves show up immediately. "If I am winning it takes days for their moves to show up."

Is this glitch only in Backgammon? :)

harley: He probably wanted to post in to the Portuguese version of BrainKing.com discussion board.

Solo: what do you consider losing, pip count?

Fencer: ah, okay...but when posts are greyed out they're hidden from everyone else?

i'm a mod on a board and i want to hide a particular user from my own view without hiding Her from anyone else's. but i guess i can't do that for the reason You gave? *sigh*...

Right, as moderator, you really HAVE to be able to see all the posts..

<>Solo> I am the big bad one who takes all the time to think about the next move when she is behind... And that is not in backgammon:)

Solo:
he was kidding
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its a joke son,as foghorn leghorn used to say.
we should take life seriously,but not take ourselves too seriously.
being able to laugh at ourselves is a noble trait.
besides,I truly believe that the day we cant laugh at life & roll with the punchers,then it has truly defeated us.

Is it just me - or are players taking longer over their moves. Does Fencer have any stats on the speed of play?

tonyh: When a game is set up, the player can decide the time for each move I.E 1 hour, 3 days etc etc.

tonyh:
U want some FAST games?
Invite me to something. I'm here most the day LOL

I think there is some problem with the page of "waiting games"

Matarilevich: why do u think that

Princess Alison: Because there is an overlap of games between the pages of "waiting games".

Matarilevich: Yes, you are right. Can you post it to the Bug Tracker please?

Is there problems with the BK site today or just us in the UK

There is some malfunction regarding losing access to it occasionally, that i noticed too.....

Marfitalu: The site just keeps locking up all the time, I know it is happening else where in the UK, I have to go and play on IYT,

wellywales: I'm not having that problem here. It's probably not a BK problem but originates elsewhere.

I too have had problems accessing the site at times today... I am in the UK.
But i just keep trying :)

DanDanDan: sorry But where is here? the site must have been down this morning UK time for about an hour as there was only 30 people on line when I managed to get connected, it is getting very frustrating

chattytea: No problems at all here in the US... even with especially problematic webtv. :)

wellywales:
Dan is in the USA ( I think )

Czuch Chuckers:

Maybe some of you from the US were still in bed when we had the problems?? as it was this morning our time... about 11am.. so would of been anywhere from 3am onwards your time :)

wellywales: sorry US. I've had this problem myself when others were having no trouble. I don't understand the internet well enough but I think where we originate from matters in the connection. Kinda like driving to a certain city on a certain route and it's congested. Others taking a different route go the speed limit. ;)

chattytea: good point. I forget that part. :)