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why would i have been barred for two days from playing backgammon?
Posted on 1809 November 2009 by admin in backgammonI was barred from playing backgammon, for no apparent reason, and all the game I had played were erased. I rarely talk when I play, so I couldn’t have made anyone mad. I hope.
people who run booters/scrollers cannot bann you or boot you anymore, the ping flood does not work ……..Yahoo’s new technology has caught up with these people, if one is loaded now it is an automatic deactivation.
but…….. the way you behave with your type can be considered to be one of these people running a programme so read on and learn what NOT to do
Yahoo banned you, and Yahoo will not tell you why you are banned. NOBODY else can bann you. Some attention deficient morons will try and take the credit …. You actually do not have to do anything wrong to be banned. These are Yahoo’s new rules, and it is not going to change.
Read on to avoid it happening again……….
.You click too fast/too much and jump around too much…. Yahoo’s new technology, has a glitch … banning IDs
… this doesn’t mean you violated TOS. Many are getting chat bans for no reason. If you got booted / disconnected then banned… then tell yahoo … Perhaps if enough people tell Yahoo and they get enough complaints….they will do something about it. ( keep in mind yahoo work on a VERY delayed response) tell yahoo here, click the link then click the freecreed link > http://freecreed.com/userid.html
if you have done any of the below expect to be banned
Yahoo has changed the "goalposts" to try and stop the sex bots / scrollers / booters / abusers / cheats…If you scroll ..type too fast…or..send multiple invites…jump lounges or tables ..click kibitz multiple times…use multiple nics..or basically click around too much….you will be BANNED….Yahoo thinks you are up2 mischief doing these things, you WILL be banned….
If you run a booter ..spamm….. violate the law … cuss or abuse chatters among other things … and Yahoo receives and abuse report … and RECEIVES A COPY OF THE PAST CHAT SESSION (SCREEN SHOT) , Yahoo has the USA courts legal permission to deactivated or ban accounts.
minor banns can last for 8 hours………others years..most times it is only the ID that is banned…….. for major violations it is an IP bann, and deactivation of all accounts.
Use another ID or make a new ID till your bann has finished
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Is Backgammon a difficult game to learn ?
Posted on 808 November 2009 by admin in backgammonI was watching a Dane, Patrick Antonius playing on TV and there seemed to be more to Backgammon than meets the eye.
Well as far as the rules go, yes it’s an easy game to learn.
There definitely is more to it than meets the eye. It’s not just a straight race, things like strength of your home board, timing, escaping with your back checkers and blocking your opponent’s checkers from escaping are all important. Also in competitive games they use a doubling cube (equivalent to a raise in poker) which adds a whole new level of strategy.
If you want to get a taste of how backgammon should be played try downloading GNU backgammon at http://www.gnubg.org .
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What would cause a backgammon player to sacrafice piece to middle?
Posted on 1611 October 2009 by admin in backgammonPlaying the computer on backgammon the other night, I rolled like normal, NOT capturing any of the computers pieces. The computer then rolled, put one of his pieces onto the bar, then used his roll to take his piece back off of the bar and play it back in my home, just as if I had captured it, but that never took place. I have never seen or heard of any move like this and don’t see the point of this either. Anyone have a clue?
It maybe a glitch in the game software.
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Do any one knows where can i play backgammon online free?
Posted on 217 October 2009 by admin in backgammonPlease tell me if anyone of you knows where can i play online backgammon for free. Or even download a backgammon game for free for LAN gaming.
I did went to pogo.com & i even register, however when i tried to play the backgammon window is just way too long to load, I don’t know maybe it’s our i-net speed or what.
Any downloadable software for LAN Gaming?
Honey, I don’t know where to get a free backgammon playing online. most of them offer cheap registartion.
However this game reminds me of playing with my husband.
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Need help with the point system for Yahoo Backgammon?
Posted on 2513 September 2009 by admin in backgammonI guess I’m too old-school, but I don’t get this practice of 101 point matches and constant doubling in backgammon. What is the point? If I am supposed to double every time, where is the strategy?
The so-called ‘101 point matches’ exist purely to accelerate ratings faster, and have nothing to do with ’strategy’ (by which I presume you mean cube handling ability).
The reason is simple: between evenly matched experienced players, a 1 point match takes 1 game and earns 2 rating points. A 2 pointer need only take 1 game if either player desires, and earns 2.8 RP. An 11 point match could take 21 games, but only earns 6.6 RP.
However, a ‘101 point match’ will only take 1 game providing both players double to 128, but will earn 20 rating points for the winner.
Therefore, providing overall you score more than 50%, your rating will go up 10 times faster if you play 101 point matches, compared to 1 pointers: although once again you need to play opponents with a similar rating to gain the maximum RP.
Of course, if either or both players refuse to double in a 101 point match, then it could last 201 games: this would make it a complete waste of time for both players, as the extra rating points would in fact be taking at least 10 times longer to earn (compared to a 1 pointer). So, although doubling in a 101 pointer is always optional, it is a complete waste of time for both players if you don’t.
101 point matches are a very good (or very bad, if you score less than 50%) idea for ‘provisional’ players, or anyone with an ‘experience’ of less than 300, because any rating gains/losses are ramped up by a factor of up to 4: therefore you can gain or lose 80 RP in your first game if it is a 101 – see my article on rating points at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiVOQImWxz8H7tX7QQtitNrty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090715073806AAmYQ9a&show=7#profile-info-LWCl9HAYaa
I have noticed some players at tables with match points of 32, 64, 99 etc. Naturally you aren’t obliged to double (just as in a 101), so don’t play them unless you have time for 65, 129 or 199 games, lol. But why bother with them if you are going to automaticallly double (and your opponent IS likely to ask), as you get more rating points from simply playing a 101?
101 point matches only exist because of a defect in the ratings formula as used at Yahoo: although 20 rating points are at stake for evenly matched opponents, this reduces to 10 (for both players) if the ratings difference is 100 points.
If Yahoo used the rating formula correctly, then in the latter case the lower rated player would have much more to gain and the higher rated player more to lose (perhaps 30 points), similar to what happens in other Yahoo games. Therefore, 101 point matches would be very rare unless both were of very similar ratings, as the higher rated player would be risking more than his opponent; and overall ratings would not be inflated (especially for 101 point players) as they are now.
One aspect of the rating point differential: if it is 250 points or more between the 2 players, you actually earn more rating points from playing a 2 point match, compared to a 101 pointer. And you don’t have the hassle of an opponent refusing to double when losing.
Note that checker play in a 101 point match is the same as in a 1 or 2 pointer. Gammons are no help for either side, so checker play is slightly different than in a normal 3+ pointer: running, priming and holding games are popular, but blitz attacks do not offer the gains (from the extra points available from gammons) which would exist in a multi-point match and can over-extend your position. Also, a well timed backgame is advantageous (as the vastly increased gammon losses resulting are no longer adversely affecting the score and game winning chances).
101 point games aren’t a Yahoo invention, they exist at other servers also; at FIBS, some players play 99 point matches (the maximum possible there) with automatic doubles, for the same reason: why play a 1 pointer if you can earn 10 times as many rating points whilst playing the same number of games?
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