Worst Losing Streaks?
Eric Hsu
Okay, since I am sick of (1) the computers-cheating thread and (2)
my current losing streak, I beg you all to console me with stories
of your own losing streaks, or legendary losing streaks. I started
on FIBS a couple of months ago, climbed up to 1720+ and now I have
plummeted to 1650. I guess it's not that much of a plummet, but it
feels like I must have lost 20 out of the last 22 matches, against
all levels of competition, all match lengths, all levels of player
clever and absurd. Yeesh!
I think even Yosemite Sam beat me without dropping! :) Tonight, I
lost in a new way: Astro accidentally redoubled me leading 3-0, so
I resigned the Crawford game that I was right about to win, out of
some misguided sense of conscience, and of course I lost the final
game (no thanks to some ungodly rolls...)
I took some solace by reading in Robertie's Advanced Backgammon of
his two 16-pt losses in the "Robertie endgame".
Anyway, I'm babbling, but I that's what happens when you play lots
of backgammon late (4 AM) and constantly get beaten all week long.
Eric Hsu
(Apricot on FIBS)
P.S. Notice my Murat-inspired full justification. It's fun! Easier
than it looks! Everyone should try it!
William Smithers
says...
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Okay, since I am sick of (1) the computers-cheating thread and (2)
>my current losing streak, I beg you all to console me with stories
>of your own losing streaks, or legendary losing streaks. I started
>on FIBS a couple of months ago, climbed up to 1720+ and now I have
>plummeted to 1650. I guess it's not that much of a plummet, but it
>feels like I must have lost 20 out of the last 22 matches, against
>all levels of competition, all match lengths, all levels of player
>clever and absurd. Yeesh!
>
>I think even Yosemite Sam beat me without dropping! :)
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Eric --
Ahh! A fellow sufferer! On June 15th, I returned home from a two-month auto
trip around the U.S. and Canada. My FIBS rating on return was about 1625.
For maybe 10 matches, I went up and down in the 1620's; then started to rise
fairly consistently to 1654. Then started a slide that's brought me to 1585. I
can't even successfully kick a dog. (Just kidding, just kidding!)
If YosemiteSam, NYCgal, and cukka, among others, hadn't done their dropping
act on me, I'd have about 15 of those points back.
Oh well, I see I'm not alone.
-- Bill Smithers
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Mark Danek
In article <6p1fvo$b4a$1...@agate.berkeley.edu>, eri...@uclink.berkeley.edu (Eric Hsu) writes:
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|> feels like I must have lost 20 out of the last 22 matches, against
So I must be one of those two wins...
Boooohooooooh!!!!
mark (x)
Jim Peplow
>my current losing streak, I beg you all to console me with stories
>of your own losing streaks, or legendary losing streaks. I started
>on FIBS a couple of months ago, climbed up to 1720+ and now I have
>plummeted to 1650. I guess it's not that much of a plummet, but it
>clever and absurd. Yeesh!
That's not much of a plummet. Earlier this year I was ready to crack the
1700 barrier, when in a 3 week period I dropped from 1694 clear down to
about 1480. I couldn't believe it! I'm now back in the 1680s, but it really
opened my eyes to a couple of things. 1 - I'm more likely to accept initial
invites from somebody in the 1400s than I used to, and 2 - I think my
dramatic plunge was God's way of telling me to put BG into perspective. Now
instead of spending 3 straight hours playing BG, I might play for 1 1/2
hours and read a book or something else for 1 1/2 hours :-)
Jim - Truth on GG
Glenn Taylor
Richard P. Reasin
Eric Hsu wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Okay, since I am sick of (1) the computers-cheating thread and (2)
> my current losing streak, I beg you all to console me with stories
> of your own losing streaks, or legendary losing streaks. I started
> on FIBS a couple of months ago, climbed up to 1720+ and now I have
> plummeted to 1650. I guess it's not that much of a plummet, but it
> feels like I must have lost 20 out of the last 22 matches, against
> all levels of competition, all match lengths, all levels of player
> clever and absurd. Yeesh!
>
> I think even Yosemite Sam beat me without dropping! :) Tonight, I
> lost in a new way: Astro accidentally redoubled me leading 3-0, so
> I resigned the Crawford game that I was right about to win, out of
> some misguided sense of conscience, and of course I lost the final
> game (no thanks to some ungodly rolls...)
>
> I took some solace by reading in Robertie's Advanced Backgammon of
> his two 16-pt losses in the "Robertie endgame".
>
> Anyway, I'm babbling, but I that's what happens when you play lots
> of backgammon late (4 AM) and constantly get beaten all week long.
>
> Eric Hsu
> (Apricot on FIBS)
>
> P.S. Notice my Murat-inspired full justification. It's fun! Easier
> than it looks! Everyone should try it!
Eric, If you want to feel better, try sucking on a gas pipe and putting
yourself out of your misery. You should have done this immediately
after Yosemite Sam beat you. You appear to be the most unfortuitous
individual in the wonderful world of Backgammon. No other individual,
at least among the 30,000 or so I know, can make the claims that you
have. It's almost impossible, for any one person, to be so unlucky. I
do not wish to offend you, but would you like to play for money?
Please, please, please. But you must promise to knock off all that
cooing. Advertising the fact that you're a pigeon, ready to be cooked,
does not help your game, or your wallet. It also annoys the
competition, which, by the way, you have assured yourself of an
unlimited supply. As for myself, I chose not to reflect on past
fiascoes, although 1988 provided some great grapes, but to focus on the
present. So here is the point of this note. The series of unfortunate
games you described, may never occur again. Forget about it and move
on. I'm sure, that with just a little more effort on your part, you
will be able to post many more, seemingly unfair, horror stories. Which
we all eagerly await. And to end this on a positive note, super
justification job!!!
DiceGod on GG
William C. Bitting
>Hi folks,
>
>Okay, since I am sick of (1) the computers-cheating thread and (2)
>my current losing streak, I beg you all to console me with stories
>of your own losing streaks, or legendary losing streaks. I started
>on FIBS a couple of months ago, climbed up to 1720+ and now I have
>plummeted to 1650. I guess it's not that much of a plummet,
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>Eric Hsu
>(Apricot on FIBS)
>
I see your experience total is 377, which means your rating changes are
still subject to being multiplied over those with experience totals of 400
and greater. The has increased your success in reaching 1720+, which is an
excellent start in my view.
I've seen 200 point swings by top ranked players a number of times. 100
point swings are ordinary. Hopefully you won't experience this at so early a
stage but I suppose there is no law against it. Anyhow, you have a long way
to go!
good dice! wcb on fibs