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Would never play under these circumstances

Posted By: Mark Denihan
Date: Monday, 22 August 2011, at 10:24 p.m.

In Response To: Would never play under these circumstances *NM* (neilkaz)

I think that the current time settings in use give elite players more of an advantage than they already enjoy in unclocked matches because they can very quickly focus on the essence of a position whereas lesser players spend a lot of time just trying to identify what the main issues are, and don't get enough time to really try to find the best move - which many of us would like to do. Finding the best move is the point, not finding it 15 seconds faster, unless you are playing speed-gammon.

Mild time handicapping would be a means to eliminate this added equity while still maintaining tournament schedules and the higher probability of success that already belongs to the stronger player, I'm not trying to take away your due advantage, I'm suggesting a means of compensating for anything more than your due advantage.

Messages In This Thread

• Time handicapping
  Mark Denihan -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 5:23 p.m.
  • Time handicapping
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 5:50 p.m.
  • Time handicapping
    BenF -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 5:58 p.m.
  • Would never play under these circumstances *NM*
    neilkaz -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 8:23 p.m.
    • Would never play under these circumstances
      Mark Denihan -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 10:24 p.m.
      • Would never play under these circumstances
        Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 11:12 p.m.
        • Would never play under these circumstances
          Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 12:00 a.m.
      • Would never play under these circumstances
        Chuck Bower -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 11:42 p.m.
        • Would never play under these circumstances
          Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 12:12 a.m.
          • Would never play under these circumstances
            Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 1:30 a.m.
            • Would never play under these circumstances
              Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 2:18 a.m.
              • Would never play under these circumstances
                Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 2:29 a.m.
          • Would never play under these circumstances
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 5:43 a.m.
        • Would never play under these circumstances
          Julia Hayward -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 9:59 a.m.
      • Would never play under these circumstances
        Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 1:00 a.m.
        • Would never play under these circumstances
          Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 1:53 a.m.
          • Would never play under these circumstances
            Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 2:13 a.m.
          • Would never play under these circumstances
            Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 4:37 p.m.
            • Would never play under these circumstances
              Ray Kershaw -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 4:56 p.m.
              • Would never play under these circumstances
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 5:14 p.m.
            • Would never play under these circumstances
              Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 5:12 p.m.
              • Would never play under these circumstances
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 5:28 p.m.
              • Would never play under these circumstances
                Stick -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 5:50 p.m.
                • Would never play under these circumstances
                  Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 7:22 p.m.
                  • Would never play under these circumstances
                    Stick -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 7:33 p.m.
                    • Would never play under these circumstances
                      Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 9:10 p.m.
                      • Would never play under these circumstances
                        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 10:08 p.m.
                      • Would never play under these circumstances
                        Stick -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 2:34 a.m.
                        • Would never play under these circumstances
                          Mark Denihan -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 9:04 p.m.
                  • Would never play under these circumstances
                    Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 10:10 p.m.
  • Time handicapping
    Stick -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 3:19 a.m.
    • Time handicapping
      Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 4:38 a.m.
    • Time handicapping
      neilkaz -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 3:12 p.m.
      • I Like Neil's Idea: Quick Masters Event
        Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 3:46 p.m.
        • I Like Neil's Idea: Quick Masters Event
          Stick -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 4:36 p.m.
      • Speedgammon baffle box use
        Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 2:34 a.m.
        • more time data for rolling
          Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 2:42 p.m.
          • more time data for rolling
            Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 3:59 p.m.
            • more time data for rolling
              Mark Denihan -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 9:00 p.m.
        • Speedgammon baffle box use
          neilkaz -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 4:00 p.m.
          • Speedgammon baffle box use
            Colin Owen -- Thursday, 25 August 2011, at 3:08 a.m.
  • Time handicapping
    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 8:36 p.m.
    • Time handicapping
      Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 9:32 p.m.
      • Time handicapping
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 9:37 p.m.
        • Time handicapping
          Mark Denihan -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 10:02 p.m.
          • Time handicapping
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 12:26 a.m.
            • Time handicapping
              Mark Denihan -- Wednesday, 24 August 2011, at 1:08 a.m.
      • Time handicapping
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 10:20 p.m.
  • Time handicapping
    Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 10:36 p.m.