Richdog, I challenged you. I thought about seeing if it would let me challenge the Barman, because I figured we'd be more closely matched if he were trying to keep track of nine games at the same time, but I didn't think it would let me and I hate rejection so . . .

It's just 6 games now, don't know if the site will screw up again and let me play more than that but you're more than welcome to give it a try

I have a free spot if anybody would like to play for the tourney with me.

Hrmm, i have two games that have been waiting for quite a few days. Anyone know where justcallmefox has gotten too?

And Richdog, been waiting for your move for a few days as well.

Don't know what happened to fox, she didn't move for more than 3 days now.

I challenged Richdog, but he hasn't moved yet and it's been a couple of days. I'm going to delete the game (we can play later Richdog) because as it stands he'd be starting with a partly-depleted time bank and that wouldn't be fair.

So, Kratos, still got a free spot?

Yep, I do.

Heh, Burns... Richdog hasn't moved for a couple days for me either. He's a slacker!

Now guys, give Richdog a break. He's walking wounded after all. Possibly the pain killers are knocking him out, or at least making him too unfocused to concentrate on his chess game.

That game isn't worth playing Thistle. I don't know what's wrong with me, I'd blame it on alcohol but, unfortunatly, I don't drink


I'll play it to the end, but you can claim the victory any time, if you wish. Just tell me to resign, so it'll be official.

Hey talon check you thing
I challenged you

You'll probably regret that

Don't give up so easily Snake, there's still plenty mileage in this game and it could still go either way.

I removed richdog from my list, since he's nearly timed out without even starting yet. Challenge whenever you're ready Rich mate.

Are you sure? I have no match between us on the site

*sigh*

Will someone who moves more than once every 36 hours challenge me? I have one space open and want to play some CHESS!!

Done

Cheers!

I just want to add - please feel free to take any and all timeouts that come up, participants who regularly time out in their games will end up being removed from the tournament anyway.

If you do take a time out, it does count as a win for you, so you can post it up on the scoreboard as usual, although if that participant does end up being removed, then all their scores will be discounted.

Unfortunately this is the only way to keep things moving along without making the scoring unfair in the process.

Will do. Don't have any yet though. Getting close mind, haha.

I know the feeling... Next time you get a free spot I'll play you.



That kind of defeats the purpose of the game, to me at least. I'd rather try and earn the win.

If you give them infinite time to play, odds are you wont finish all your games before the tourney ends. Plus, the win is useless anyway if they're disqualified for timing out too much, so that'll be a hard game won, useless.
Best to just take the win.

Im running out of people to play....

Im running out of people to play....

Sorry, my fault
Our game would've lasted longer if I just used the pawn instead of my tower.


One space open, someone challenge me, please.

how long do we have to finish one game? I've been playing with Saru for over a week now. How much more time do i have left?

There is no time limit on a game which is running and both players are moving on a regular basis, the limit applies when one player doesn't move for days on end.

When this happens, the timebank bar will slowly drop until the other player can claim the win by default. The other player will have to have not moved for over a week in order for this to happen, or will have to have been inactive for periods of time totalling to over a week.

Hrmm. justcallmefox has been timed out for a day or so now. fox had moved in the game several times, and i can no longer delete the game because of that, but the game hasn't really started it's still early into it.

Should i claim the win? I'm a little torn by it since the game is so early, but fox hasn't moved in ages too..

If the game has progressed enough so that you can't delete it then you're more than entitled to claim the timeout, it's looking less and less likely that she intends to continue anyway.

I'm going to get in touch with her and see if she's still taking part.

Can I just apologise to anyone that's been waiting on a game from me, i've had a REALLY chaotic few days and it's just one of those things, i've made some moves now and i'll try and stay on it and do a couple/few a day.

Many apologies to anyone who had to cancel. I am playing Kratos and Ashley now so please no-one else add me or you may be dissappointed.

I'm playing justcallmefox too.... he takes too long

/waitsforsomeonetomove

I know, my game with him started on the 30th last month, thats what? 15 days ago? ... we're on move 7.

I've got a space open if you want to play me.

SHE would like to apologize to everyone who had timed out games.

unfortunately, i am forced to use public computers, which often have some time of filter or rule against games, so that i can only move rarely.

Unfortunately one of the general requirements of the tournament is that participants need to be able to move on a fairly regular basis, which is why we have the timeouts. Eventually i'll have to start removing players who are timing out in order to keep the tournament moving. This was a problem last time, when nearer to the end there were a lot of players waiting on the slower players to move in order to progress.

If you feel that you will only be able to move rarely, I think this will definately apply to you, especially if you continue to time out in your games.

At the moment there is a limit of three timeouts before a participant is automatically disqualified from the tournament, and you've timed out twice already.

i have started keeping up---will be religious about so as not to be disqualified.

Ok thanks.

I have a free space, someone please challenge me

Bring it OOOOONNN!!!

That I will

Fox, don't feel bad! These guys seem to think we're all male, sometimes. I've been called "him" and "he" and "guy" a lot too.

It was the name and avatar

ARGH! Why don't I have any chess games that I can add... Silly people I need to play having six games. I NEED to play. lol

I know, i'm also increasingly frustrated at the lack of moves being made.
I have 6 games. A big thankyou to kratos for playing with me all day. 1 other one has a pretty active mover, thank you talon. The other 4, two of them were started by me and have 1 day timebank thingies, so the opponents are moving once every 24 hours. The others were started by other people and have 3 day timeout bank things and they're moving once every THREE DAYS. Argh.

Ready or not Snake and IAC TRACKER, I challange you

The rules quite clearly state that timeouts should be set to 1 day, it's so frustrating waiting 3 days for a single move. If you get any more challenges with a 3 day limit I'd refuse them, delete the game and restart it yourself with the correct limit.



(with the exception of bardude of course)

Well, some members i don't mind because they actually play constantly. But yes, in the future i will be doing so, because i want to play chess!!

Well if you get bored burnsy you could always play me... Just not in the tournament....

Im getting close to the end...

Sorry to everybody I'm playing but I'll be gone for a couple days. Just letting you all know so you don't freak out, form a mob and come to my door with pitchforks!

Oh it'll happen either way!

Play for abit with me today then, we'll finish up this game.

I only move like once a day so all my games take like two weeks.

For some reason I always forget to move.

Anybody wanna give some tricks and tips? Being a begginer and all...


EDIT: Why is everybody only playing 6 games? Is there a rule in the tournament about playing more than 6

EDIT #2: sorry bout that, I thought it would let us play more than 6

Basic rule is always look at where you put peices. Ask are they under attack? Are they covered? Could they be under attacked if something else moved?

Burnside, PLEASE accept the draw. I don't want to chase you all over the board for the next few days. Knowing my luck I'll end up getting checkmated myself.