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Any Serious Backgammon Players? (1 Viewer)
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CGRdrJoe
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I used to play for money but then i lost the ability to have fun playing it. No, I wasn’t losing and I was never playing for big money. I’d played since I was a kid and had fun with my dad and gpa, once I realized it had become about winning and not remembering my childhood I stopped playing. ####, been probably 20 years now, I’m old
fatguyinalittlecoat
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I’m not real serious but I like it. I’ve started playing again after a long break. Set up the FFA backgammon tournament and I’m in.
CletiusMaximus
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We had an ffa tournament about 10 years ago. I don’t remember who won, but I recall playing against BananaFish. I’m far from a serious player though.
Ron Popeil
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I've got no real skill (evaluating equity and cube play) but I like it well enough and would play for ####s and giggles. It is/was a good gambling game but computers opened the kimono.
Joe Mammy
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If you don't count pips you're not a player.
I was taught by a math professor while in my teens. He gave me a book, "Backgammon for Blood". Opened my eyes.
There was a bar in Jax in the 80's that held tourneys once a week and there were always people looking to play for money. Good times!
I was taught by a math professor while in my teens. He gave me a book, "Backgammon for Blood". Opened my eyes.
There was a bar in Jax in the 80's that held tourneys once a week and there were always people looking to play for money. Good times!
johnnycakes
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I have 12,732 games played on Lord of the Board... graphics are better than on Galaxy, imo.
chet
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wikkidpissah
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backinaday, every Persian in Reno would spit at the mention of my name, but it's been a while....
chet
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johnnycakes
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I'm just getting up to speed with Backgammon Galaxy. I didn't see that anyone sent me a message of any sort.
chet
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johnnycakes
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No, I still haven't seen your message. And I missed joining your last game by a few milliseconds.
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johnnycakes
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I kind of like the stats you get at the end of the game, but I don't understand their scoring system. I like the Lord of the Board graphics.... LOTB has higher "fun factor" imo. And no, I still haven't seen any messages from you pop up.
chet
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They pop up over my avatar while we are playing. They only stay there for ~15 seconds and then they disappear.
The site is owned by some of the top players in the world--Marc Olsen, Mochy and another Dane. I had a lesson from Marc last night. I just joined about 10 days ago.
If you go to the analysis tab, you can review any of your matches and it will point out any errors and blunders. You can also press the analyze button after the match to get the same info.
The site is owned by some of the top players in the world--Marc Olsen, Mochy and another Dane. I had a lesson from Marc last night. I just joined about 10 days ago.
If you go to the analysis tab, you can review any of your matches and it will point out any errors and blunders. You can also press the analyze button after the match to get the same info.
I'll donate a 2021 Footballguys All Pro Subscription to the winner. They can use it or give to someone.
johnnycakes
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DA RAIDERS
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i like to play, but am not serious about it.
chet
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AAABatteries
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I’m not a backgammon player so maybe it wouldn’t work the same but Tim does chess tournaments land he just manages it offline and the games are played online. It’s fairly simple as I’m assuming you won’t have a huge number of players.johnnycakes said:
fatguyinalittlecoat
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Anyone have a suitable backgammon app on their phone that would allow us to play games to like 7 or 9 or something using the doubling cube?
=Smackdown=
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Double 4's in college used mean bong hits.
Ahh - good times.
Ahh - good times.
TheFanatic
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fatguyinalittlecoat
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Chet -- if we all got accounts at backgammon galaxy would we be able to play our FFA tourney there? I'm not familiar with the site so I don't know how it works and I don't feel like creating an account unless I know that's what we're using.chet said:
johnnycakes
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chet
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Yes and I think it would be great. We'd have to structure the tournament in a thread and then play the matches there. Galaxy is a fantastic site because of the ability to analyze the matches. It was started by some of the world's best players with pure BG in mind. You can also play on your phone. My name there is Chet (notice the uppercase C--there is also a chet).
fatguyinalittlecoat
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Cool, I’ll go create a login. Do we want to use this thread to set up the tourney or should we make a new one?
fatguyinalittlecoat
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I’m fatguyinalittlecoat now at backgammon galaxy. Anybody that wants into the tournament should set up an account there and post their username.
chet
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Let's think about the structure of the tourney here and then start a new thread.
fatguyinalittlecoat
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I think the way timschochet sets up the chess tournaments would be fun - more like a round robin than a single elimination tourney. Everyone gets to play 6 matches and as the tourney goes on, the matchups are set so that the players at the top play the other players at the top of the standings.
As for what constitutes a “match” I think the best would be a match up to 7 using the doubling cube.
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johnnycakes
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@chet, if you could PM me an email address, I'd love to send you an invitation to try Lord of the Board. The graphics are much, much better. And the pieces move more at the pace they would move in a real game, not all at once. Forced moves also go at a slower pace so you can see it was forced and exactly what happened. That kind of clarity is missing in Galaxy.
Matter of fact, I'll extend that invitation to all FBGs if you want to try Lord of the Board.
And while we're at it, how do you start a new game in Galaxy. When I click on "create a new game" it gives me some sass talk about not having enough coins to start a game. What the heck? How do I get said coins?
Matter of fact, I'll extend that invitation to all FBGs if you want to try Lord of the Board.
And while we're at it, how do you start a new game in Galaxy. When I click on "create a new game" it gives me some sass talk about not having enough coins to start a game. What the heck? How do I get said coins?
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chet
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there are 3 options in the Create Game window--stake (how many coins you want to play for--leave at 0), length (how many points is the match) and clock (normal, speed or casual--I play at normal or casual).
I agree with you on the forced moves but really like the site other than that. I will try LOB but my main site will be Galaxy because of the rating system and game analysis feature. Also, I am taking lessons from one of the founders who has been ranked top 10 in the world.
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