Geoge Sutty
Ed
to cheat (many doubles when bearing off & unlikely hits). does
anybody here know this program?
George Sutty
gets the rolls from MS random number generator and scales it to 1-36
(where 1 is 1:1 and 36 is 6:6). You can use the Options menu to roll
your own dice (and type the values in).
George
George Sutty
Tait) writes:
>
>In article <47bfbs$a63$1...@mhade.production.compuserve.com>,
>Ed <10063...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>>
>>I downloaded a Backgammon game from the Winfun forum that appears
>>to cheat (many doubles when bearing off & unlikely hits). does
>>anybody here know this program?
>
>and thought I was being paranoid -- until the last couple of days.
>Yesterday, the program rolled two *consecutive* double 6's when it
>was way behind during a bearoff. Today, it *again* rolled consecutive
>double 6's during even more suspicious circumstances: four men
>trapped on the 24 point behind a 5-prime.
>
>The program also has a habit of making dubious doubles followed
>by perfect rolls (usually doubles). Of course you'd expect this
>to happen on occasion -- and psychologically, you'd tend to remember
>such painful sequences -- but this program seems to pull *the*
>critical roll out of the air with disconcerting frequency. "Well,
>gee, he really can't do much damage unless he rolls double 4's ...
>whaddya know, double 4's."
>
>The funny part is that the program is so mediocre that it's pretty
>easy to trounce in spite of its apparent cheating.
>
>Carl Tait
>
Yes, it is mediocre player, but no, it does not cheat. It uses MS
random number generator to get the rolls. If you are not happy with
those numbers, use the Options menu to roll you own dice. Besides,
considering the price you paid for this program you should not complain
about its level of play .... <gr> :-)
George
Carl Tait
George Sutty <su...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>Yes, it is mediocre player, but no, it does not cheat. It uses MS
>random number generator to get the rolls. If you are not happy with
>those numbers, use the Options menu to roll you own dice. Besides,
>considering the price you paid for this program you should not complain
>about its level of play .... <gr> :-)
Thanks for the clarification; I'm glad to know I was wrong on this one.
Consecutive double 6's two days in a row was pretty depressing....
Carl Tait
Julian
su...@ix.netcom.com "George Sutty" writes:
> In <47bfbs$a63$1...@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Ed
> <10063...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
> >
> >I downloaded a Backgammon game from the Winfun forum that appears
> >to cheat (many doubles when bearing off & unlikely hits). does
> >anybody here know this program?
> Yes, I know the program. I wrote it. And no, it does not cheat. It
> gets the rolls from MS random number generator and scales it to 1-36
> (where 1 is 1:1 and 36 is 6:6). You can use the Options menu to roll
> your own dice (and type the values in).
>
> George
>
I recall making notes after someone claimed that it cheated, and found
that it was indeed honest - maybe people who play against a computer
program that's not so good are quicker to accuse it of cheating when
it gets lucky more out of wounded pride! I watched mloner have an
exceptionally lucky streak recently, and not a whisper of suspicion... 8-)
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me by Sun's 'gammontool' (ah, the great days of Sunview!) to escape
4 men primed on my 1 point the minute I cleared my bar *and* win the
race comfortably from about 120 pips behind. 8-( 8-( 8-(