I hate it when this happens....

badgolferman

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May 22, 2012, 5:34:55 PM5/22/12

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....all too frequently with gnubg it seems.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3487/clipboard01fgulo.jpg

Stick

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May 23, 2012, 4:55:07 PM5/23/12

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Really? This will never cease to amaze me. Someone implying the bots
cheat when their time would be much better spent at improving their
game. At the time you were hit your ER this game is about 12.5. The
blunders with 51 and 53 are inexcusable. After the 51 if gnu rolls 63
you complain in the same manner, or 33, or 11. Had he rolled a 61 the
turn before this you do the same. If you look at it he has been given
many turns to come up with the 'unthinkable' joker. It's only about
5.5% to happen on any given turn if he has two joker rolls but if you
repeat that over many turns and adding more joker, it's bound to
happen at some point.

Lastly, are you sure you played your 43 the turn before correctly? Or
would you argue that even if you had made the two point that gnu would
have rolled a 63 instead? End mini rant.

Stick

Walt

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May 24, 2012, 4:07:49 PM5/24/12

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On 5/22/2012 5:34 PM, badgolferman wrote:
> ....all too frequently with gnubg it seems.
>
> http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3487/clipboard01fgulo.jpg

It's a one-in-eighteen shot. It happens all the time.

Get used to it or find a game that doesn't depend on the dice.

--
//Walt

Michael Petch

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May 26, 2012, 9:00:00 PM5/26/12

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On 2012-05-22 15:34, badgolferman wrote:
> ....all too frequently with gnubg it seems.
>
> http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3487/clipboard01fgulo.jpg

This position occurred today in a live recorded match:

GNU Backgammon Position ID: bLsFFBA8dxsAIA
Match ID : QQkgAWAAKAAE
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+ O: Neil Kazaross(Cube: 2)
| O O | | O O O O X | 6 points
| O | | O O O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| | | |
v| |BAR| | 9 point match
| | | |
| | | X |
| | | X X X |
| X X | | X X X | On roll
| O O X X | | X X X O | 5 points
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+ X: Alfred Mamlet

X is on roll, what does he roll and how does this game end?

I can say that the old ABC show "Wide World of Sports" could replace the
ski jumper Vinko Bogataj in the opening credits with Neil and the video
of how this unfolded.

The complete match video is here http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22868899
. To see this position and how the match unfolded you can skip to about
1:04:04 of the video and play from there.

There is also a 4 cube that was offered to Neil at at 50:58 that had
some of us scratching our heads. Thanks to the USBGF for providing these
videos!

Bradley K. Sherman

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May 26, 2012, 9:13:23 PM5/26/12

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Michael Petch <mpe...@capp-sysware.com> wrote:
>
>The complete match video is here http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22868899
>. To see this position and how the match unfolded you can skip to about
>1:04:04 of the video and play from there.
>

Thanks for posting that. It reminds me to ask: How are the
clocks set for typical tournaments? Is this Fischer-style
or what?

--bks

Michael Petch

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May 26, 2012, 9:22:52 PM5/26/12

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On 2012-05-26 19:13, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting that. It reminds me to ask: How are the
> clocks set for typical tournaments? Is this Fischer-style
> or what?
>

Bronstein Clocks are used, and generally I think it is 2 mins per match
point for the reserve clock (18 mins for a 9ptr, 10 mins for a 5ptr
etc). 12 seconds is standard for the per move timer.