Competition announcement

peps...@gmail.com

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Dec 21, 2023, 4:24:46 PM12/21/23

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If anyone besides myself is interested (somewhat doubtful), I'd like to
announce a competition to achieve the best PR in a match against XG
that is at least 11 points.
Only results after this announcement count. (It's not as if I've just had
a super-PR match against XG and am looking for an excuse to announce it.)

The prize money available to the winner is large.
In fact the prize is so large that there have been literally millions
of competitions where the prize fund is exactly one trillionth of the prize
fund that I'm offering.

Paul

Timothy Chow

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Dec 22, 2023, 10:18:31 AM12/22/23

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On 12/21/2023 4:24 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
> If anyone besides myself is interested (somewhat doubtful), I'd like to
> announce a competition to achieve the best PR in a match against XG
> that is at least 11 points.
> Only results after this announcement count. (It's not as if I've just had
> a super-PR match against XG and am looking for an excuse to announce it.)

I'm not joining your competition, but it so happens that I
recently played a zero-PR 7-point match against XG. Of course
the match lasted only one game, but it's still a rare event
for me. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever done it before. If I
have, it was years ago.

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Tim Chow

MK

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Dec 22, 2023, 12:57:24 PM12/22/23

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On December 21, 2023 at 2:24:46 PM UTC-7, peps...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'd like to announce a competition to
> achieve the best PR in a match against
> XG that is at least 11 points.

Do I understand correctly that we don't
need to win the match but just achive a
low PR even while losing?

If so, I'd say "Bah humbug!"... :(

Why not try stop being such bott whores
who can't live without a daily fix of rollout;
and instead stepping out of the box to try
something more creative and challenging?

Like a competition to beat XG in a 11-point
match while achieving the highest PR...? ;)

MK

peps...@gmail.com

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Dec 22, 2023, 1:28:15 PM12/22/23

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On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 5:57:24 PM UTC, MK wrote:
> On December 21, 2023 at 2:24:46 PM UTC-7, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I'd like to announce a competition to
> > achieve the best PR in a match against
> > XG that is at least 11 points.
> Do I understand correctly that we don't
> need to win the match but just achive a
> low PR even while losing?

A wild guess is that, in the context of this forum, you understand what is being
said correctly approx 50% of the time.
Here, you do indeed understand correctly.
Congratulations.
I will give you your prize money.

Paul

peps...@gmail.com

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Jan 2, 2024, 8:49:05 PMJan 2

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I have just finished an 11 point match against XG where I had a PR of 2.01
I think the fact that this match was longer makes my achievement more impressive than yours.
I lost the match 19-1 (over 5 games) so I don't think it would impress Murat.
I may have impressed Murat by winning the previous 11 point match against XG but my PR in
the match I won was horrible. I can't remember it but somewhere in the 8-9 range, I think.

Paul

Timothy Chow

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Jan 2, 2024, 10:26:38 PMJan 2

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On 1/2/2024 8:49 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 3:18:31 PM UTC, Timothy Chow wrote:
>> On 12/21/2023 4:24 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> If anyone besides myself is interested (somewhat doubtful), I'd like to
>>> announce a competition to achieve the best PR in a match against XG
>>> that is at least 11 points.
>>> Only results after this announcement count. (It's not as if I've just had
>>> a super-PR match against XG and am looking for an excuse to announce it.)
>> I'm not joining your competition, but it so happens that I
>> recently played a zero-PR 7-point match against XG. Of course
>> the match lasted only one game, but it's still a rare event
>> for me. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever done it before. If I
>> have, it was years ago.
>>
>> ---
>> Tim Chow
> I have just finished an 11 point match against XG where I had a PR of 2.01
> I think the fact that this match was longer makes my achievement more impressive than yours.
> I lost the match 19-1 (over 5 games) so I don't think it would impress Murat.

Yes, a PR of 2.01 over five games is more impressive than a PR of 0
in one game!

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Tim Chow

peps...@gmail.com

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Jan 3, 2024, 7:25:02 AMJan 3

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Thanks.
I enjoyed (slightly) the apparent paradox of my play being so excellent and my game score being so
bad so I deliberately inflated XG's victory margin. I was down 7-1 holding a 2 cube where XG was 100% of
getting a gammon (and therefore winning the match). I then doubled XG and resigned a backgammon.

Paul

MK

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Jan 3, 2024, 9:24:11 PMJan 3

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On December 22, 2023 at 11:28:15 AM UTC-7, peps...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 5:57:24 PM UTC, MK wrote:

>> On December 21, 2023 at 2:24:46 PM UTC-7, peps...@gmail.com wrote:

>>> I'd like to announce a competition to
>>> achieve the best PR in a match against
>>> XG that is at least 11 points.

>> Do I understand correctly that we don't
>> need to win the match but just achive a
>> low PR even while losing?

> A wild guess is that, in the context of this
> forum, you understand what is being
> said correctly approx 50% of the time.

Oh? Okay. I would have guessed that you
idiots make sense more than 50% of the
time. ;)

> Here, you do indeed understand correctly.
> Congratulations.
> I will give you your prize money.

It's not easy to understand your stupidities.
Often, it's a real challenge. Thank you for
making me feel better. :)

MK