Backgamowned

[Grey]

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/733/backgammon0wp.jpg

[Wools]

So, if I knew how to play, this would mean something to me, no?

[Cumulonimbus]

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So, if I knew how to play, this would mean something to me, no?

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Cliff notes: Grey has a fully functioning dice luckbox.

[Grey]

I rolled hardly any doubles at all. I'm just the [censored]. Played two more games against the same guy and got 5 more points.

[Cumulonimbus]

Notice that I edited my comment... damn you're quick Grey.

[Cumulonimbus]

what stakes do you play? and how's the fish level at BG?

[w_alloy]

I've been getting bored with poker and was thinking about getting into BG. On a scale of 1-10, where 2 is chinese poker, 7 is holdem, and 10 is chess, how hard is it to get really good at BG?

[Marmor]

If you can 8table the 10$ games on PartyGammon and are a winning player by any margin - how much can you expect as an hourly winrate?

[RollinHand]

I guess you had a read.

[shant]

Someone, anyone, explain this.

[kewl_cph]

Explanation for the bg-ignorant:
It looks someone is taking a backgammon with the doubling cube at 64. In a $1 stake game that's a $192 loss.

A pretty good/bad win/loss by any standard

EDIT: I see now the stake is $0.5.

[nycplayer]

uh... the cube has not been passed yet.

[nycplayer]

I once got backgammoned by a friend of mine on a 32 cube. Only $1/pt, thankfully.

[kewl_cph]

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uh... the cube has not been passed yet.

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you're right of course...
oops on my part

[Grey]

I was just pointing out the 138 pip margin. I only learned how to play a few days ago, and it just seemed like this was a huuuuge margin.

[Kovner]

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I was just pointing out the 138 pip margin. I only learned how to play a few days ago, and it just seemed like this was a huuuuge margin.

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Yeah, you wrecked this guy. I can't even fathom how this would happen.

[nolanfan34]

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Someone, anyone, explain this.

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Basically, it would be hard to intentionally do worse than this guy's opponent did. That's the level of owning here.

I want to try this, but I'm a bit skeptical of a Party game that involves dice. Yeah right!