Backgammon Online

11-Nov-2013
13:01 PDT

score 5-4
great match!
Thank you.

11-Nov-2013
20:11 PDT

I have two matches left, both too close to call. One is currently at 3-3, other is 4-3 their favor but I am 16 pips ahead currently.
I clear all my matches at least twice a day, usually more, so I hope this does not result in my being penalized for their schedule.

11-Nov-2013
20:53 PDT

mikkim 24
Peter Hill 13
simonfox 13
Pokhra 12
achilles57 12
aphilo 10

11-Nov-2013
22:48 PDT

score 5-2
Thanks for the games!

11-Nov-2013
23:07 PDT

Old man over Nightking 5-4

12-Nov-2013
00:49 PDT

http://unofficialzootourneys.wordpress.com/tournament-4/round-robin-matches/

12-Nov-2013
10:39 PDT

simonfox 5 - Bonne Chance 4

12-Nov-2013
17:38 PDT

Pokhra - 5
Simonfox - 2

12-Nov-2013
20:44 PDT

chwaqas lost against pokhra 5-0

13-Nov-2013
01:13 PDT

Heya all ya backgammers out there! I have the results, and they are quite interesting.

As per my email, if I heard about games where one party was up by 2 or more games, and there was a wait to finish, I gave the match to the player who was ahead. Exec decision, not in the rules, but I think fair. It did not affect ratings significantly. Specifically, wins were awarded to:

lilwarrior: up 4-1 over Simonfox, and winning handedly the next game.
servechilled: match with Aphilo given a win – was 2 games up – Aphilo on vacation.
oldman 69: Match with Peter Hill given a W. Up 4-0. Peter did not respond to challenge for Crawford.
I was also up 2-0 on Peter HIll, but I will not give my self that win, as it would place me first or second, and that seemed unreasonable.

Top 4 spots go to:

Cailleach 22-9
blohkin 2 21-9
naturedoctor 21-8
lilwarrior 21-9

These players receive byes to the next round.

The next 8 spots go to:

servechilled 20-11
kumarakid 19-13
Steelerhead 19-13
uahskr 19-13
abriscoe 18-14
Bonne chance 17-14
TawnyaH 17-13
Wallaby66 17-15
jwc1515 17-13

Wait a minute, that's 9 players. So it's the tiebreaker, to kick one player out. Not nice for me, but that's the duty.

FIrst tie breaker is head to head matches between Bonne, jwc, Tawnya, Wallaby

Bonne Chance 2-1
jwc 1-2
Tawnya 2-1
Wallaby 1-2

That leaves jwc1515 and Wallaby. Wallaby won their match, so according to rule 2 in the tiebreaker, Wallaby is through, and jwc1515 is left wondering about that double 6 ____ received in that one lousy game......  

Considering events of this tournament, I was thinking that another tiebreaker would be greatest # of games played, and here, Wallaby came ahead as well.

And on that note, since we didn't have a rule for this, I'm going to place the last standings based on matches played, rather than on winning percentage.

servechilled 20-11
kumarakid 19-13
Steelerhead 19-13
uahskr 19-13
abriscoe 18-14
Wallaby66 17-15
Bonne chance 17-14
TawnyaH 17-13

These players will now enter a first to 7 Round 1 playoff!!! The matches are:

servechilled vs. Tawnya
kumarakid vs. Bonne Chance
Steelerhead vs. Wallaby
uahskr vs. abriscoe

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There are serious rule changes needed for players who, once they realize they won't make the medal round, stop playing. I don't need to list the reasons, but it is affecting play, and something I find perturbing. I hope we can clean this up.