Backgammon Online

12-Feb-2010
01:34 PDT

Recently I have had a terrible of luck with dice snatching wins from me. In some games my play was risky true, but in others, dice helped people pull back from up to 50 pip count deficits.

I figure what the hell, it happens - I just have to accept it.

19-Feb-2010
20:53 PDT

Hey Artin, I just had a game very similar to the one in your first post:

http://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=104704

19-Feb-2010
21:57 PDT

Jeez! What was that???
Poor LilWarrior didn't have a chance to move any of his chips until he got backgammoned! So cruel!

Rafa, how could you sleep tonight?

20-Feb-2010
18:53 PDT

Guys,
I'm really sorry for these two (and maybe a few more) recent ugly gammons I won with the direct help of ZE's incredible dice rolling machine.
I guess they decided to shut my complaining mouth by that, but it looks so gross and unbelievable that I can't really be proud of being the winner here.

Rafael and cmichalopo, I apologize again.

http://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=105227

http://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=105230

(move 30# 6-6 is really bizarre. You judge)

21-Feb-2010
09:41 PDT

Never say impossible! I could get a backgammon easily but I lost! See for yourself!
http://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=90390 and start on Turn 21....

My hat off to this opponent, vio_shony! I did not whine at all! In fact, I laughed hard. Nothing I can do!  

21-Feb-2010
13:49 PDT

what a great comeback   I agree Steelerhead...I'd have to laugh too. vio_shony took some risks but they paid off.

thx for sharing

21-Feb-2010
17:22 PDT

Artin, move 30 was actually a mistake of mine, I guess... I should have played 6/2* 9/8, or perhaps the more conservative 15/11 9/8, but not what I played...

Move 3 was probably a bad one too, I suppose making the 5 pt would have been best... I'm making a lot of bad moves lately, don't know why, lol...

22-Feb-2010
19:21 PDT

http://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=103881

Start at move 21

22-Feb-2010
19:25 PDT

This post was deleted by dragonia on 22-Feb-2010, 19:25 PDT

25-Feb-2010
23:41 PDT

Artin76,

Do you have a specific hypothesis about how the dice are flawed? Too many 66s? Too many 66s when the game is near the end? We could look at our games to see how often these events are happening and whether they're happening more often than you'd expect or are just memorable events happening over the hundreds of games we're playing on this site. I'd be interested to check.