Backgammon Online

27-Jun-2013
16:22 PDT

Math teacher here. I love the probabilities too, playing for the most or least likely next event. I love the fact that one has to learn how to play with garbage rolls, and sometimes, it just doesn't turn out as expected.

27-Jun-2013
16:31 PDT

exactly... thats what makes backgammon better than chess to me... in chess if you are a master of all of the millions of probabilities you can beat anyone....backgammon it doesnt matter if you know every possible outcome of a dice roll... because luck is a vengeful vengeful b****   .... you can be 100 pips ahead in a game and still lose on the whims of luck, so to really become a great backgammon player it forces you to really be able to play in any situation and react to any twist thrown at you.

not to belittle chess at all...just more of a chore to me then backgammon

27-Jun-2013
21:56 PDT

MBA in Finance here but actually find it helps me very little. Now, being the youngest child in the family on the other hand..

28-Jun-2013
05:39 PDT

Couldn't tell you a damn thing about probabilities, but I can spot a spelling mistake in the comments a mile off...  

28-Jun-2013
08:59 PDT

Been called lots of things (obviously)   but I am a prof at a local University.

28-Jun-2013
09:01 PDT

I just hope servechilled won't grade our posts too harshly  

28-Jun-2013
16:29 PDT

i somehow missed tawnya in my assessment of possible top 8... she can also unseat me or stewie depending on the outcomes

28-Jun-2013
19:24 PDT

Pretty sweet to see the level of cerebral competition here - not just a bunch of people sitting around at home on welfare!

28-Jun-2013
23:30 PDT

Nice looking site Kid. Can tell you spent some time on that. Bravo!

29-Jun-2013
01:04 PDT

well, actually I am, but only because of the haze, not the backgammon. The only games I have left are those with padajp, and we are currently at +3 for him and +2 for me. Outside this tournament he has won nearly 60% of our games, so I wouldn't bet on me.