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madmonkey: Recent changes of BrainKing features

nospam@example.com (madmonkey) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:15:30 -0400

I understand the ins and outs of what you are trying to achieve

Its funny, that the ones i use all the time (goto next team match & next non-paying member) dont work, but a couple of others i tried that i dont use, still work ok

Just my luck eh lol

Filip Rachunek: Recent changes of BrainKing features

nospam@example.com (Filip Rachunek) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:38:11 -0400

True, true. I will add it to the list. Thank you.

rod03801: Recent changes of BrainKing features

nospam@example.com (rod03801) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:45:59 -0400

Actually, for me, Move and Stay Here, seems to take me to the Next Game. Not the main page, as you say above.

Somebody else noted that now they can't choose to show LESS than the 100 games on the Main Page.

Filip Rachunek: BrainKing and IPv6

nospam@example.com (Filip Rachunek) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:46:45 -0400

I didn't test RSS feeds yet, so it's possible there is some glitch I am not aware of yet.
By the way, 76 BrainKing users are already using IPv6 while accessing our site.

MTC: BrainKing and IPv6

nospam@example.com (MTC) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:50:47 -0400

Great news, but just to note, the RSS feed for the game list currently does not work correctly when using the IPv6 address. It did/does work with the old IP(v4) address (81.91.83.6). (I am using the latest version of Firefox, so I hope this isn’t a browser issue.)

happyjuggler0: A hidden login feature

nospam@example.com (happyjuggler0) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:18:36 -0400

If your settings don't delete "form and search history", then you can click in the name box when it is empty and it will bring up all the names you've used. Or at least all of the names you've used since the last time you cleared your "form and search history". Or at least that's what happens on my Firefox browser, other platforms may vary.

Same thing should work for your email should you happen to forget it, heaven forbid. Same thing should never work with your password.

plaintiger: A hidden login feature

nospam@example.com (plaintiger) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:04:29 -0400

ah, darn...the only thing i'd want to change my username to is one character longer than the username field will accept.

plaintiger: A hidden login feature

nospam@example.com (plaintiger) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:02:19 -0400

sounds great to me...even though i've never changed my username in all the years i've been on brainking. maybe i will, since it's so easy.

Laurent Schneider: A hidden login feature

nospam@example.com (Laurent Schneider) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:01:37 -0400

even if do not change name every 2 weeks you can forget your email... I do not like to much opponents name changing, I find this quite confusing. Maybe you could make name change possible for 100 brains or so?

Anonymous: A hidden login feature

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:31:47 -0400

will that stop the fellowships being deleted?

rabbitoid: Easter and logo

nospam@example.com (rabbitoid) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:08:17 -0400

Care to enter a bet as to how many submissions you'll get if you offer as a prize 6 months rook level?

Filip Rachunek: Easter and logo

nospam@example.com (Filip Rachunek) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:32:14 -0400

I was thinking of that and I even started a logo contest on Facebook (when our page was not infected by spammers). However, nobody every submitted anything.

rabbitoid: Easter and logo

nospam@example.com (rabbitoid) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:24:30 -0400

BrainKing logo: why not delegate this? Make it a competition. With all those members, paying or not, there's surely some talent waiting!

pauloaguia: Simplicity is the key (part 3)

nospam@example.com (pauloaguia) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:59:32 -0500

hmm... seems like the simpler solution (no weekends at all) does not mean the simplest transition between the two timeout systems after all

pauloaguia: Simplicity is the key (part 3)

nospam@example.com (pauloaguia) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:56:49 -0500

The only point I see in using weekend days is when you play 1 or 2 day games but only get online 5 days a week (any less and the weekend days wouldn't help you much, you'd still need to spend vacation days).
If there weren't any vacation days, people would simply adapt and don't play such short timed games... so an increase in the amount of vacation days isn't really needed. People will complain from having less slack time, but since you're changing so many things they will complain anyway

But, if you must, I'd say 10 days would be sufficient (1 month of weekend days), especially to make up for the games still started with the old system, with different timeout rules and that might otherwise timeout right after the new system sets in. For the better account levels that makes up for almost 2 months of vacations! More than enough for sure...
Regarding these games from the past issue, another option might be not to add any vacation days at all and simply allow them to keep their "allows for weekend day" status, not letting them timeout on two days a week, either Saturday and Sunday, or whatever the user currenlty has selected, you decide. Not as simple, but these game will eventually end, and leave only the simple system in place - by the next version of BK most of them will be finished for sure (yeah, not all, I know, but complaints should be negligible by then)
Yet another option would be to extend the timeout of current games under 3 days that allowed for weekend days...

As to limiting the maximum number of days in a row - some people take a whole month worth of vacations - without connecting online at all... Since it will no longer be possible to schedule your own vacations, that means all the games they couldn't end up before going on vacations would timeout. Since ending a game doesn't depend solely on yourself (especially if you want to win it), that doesn't seem very fair...