In Checkers why is there no flying king on Yahoo?

Question

I just played Checkers on yahoo and my King could only move one space. I thought the king could move across the board. Its a king. Its only letting me move one space. Why is it doing that. Its a king. Kings could move across the board. When I play checkers at home kings could fly. Why is yahoo doing this.?

Answer 1

I don't speak for Yahoo but I'm guessing the game is programmed according to standard rules for Checkers. I learned the game with the flying kings variant and practically every game I played ended in stalemate. I have never seen published rules for flying kings so it's a good bet that whoever programmed the game had never heard of the variant.