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Motivation

Posted By: Christian Munk-Christensen
Date: Friday, 22 June 2012, at 9:45 a.m.

In Response To: Motivation (Stick)

Why have you spent several years of your life devoting all of your time to backgammon?

Personally, I have spent a lot of time playing and studying because I prefer to win and I believe there is some kind of correlation between how well I play and how much I win.

When I lose 1 or 2 matches that's ok, I can handle that. However, when I have losing streaks it always make me feel sick about backgammon. Losing streaks make me wonder: "Why bother to put in all the work if it's only possible to raise the win rate from 50% to 60'ish%, when that means I still have to put up with all the sick losses which occur 40'ish % of the time"?

Messages In This Thread

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  Stick -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 6:54 p.m.
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    mamabear -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 7:30 p.m.
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    lenny -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 7:57 p.m.
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      Stick -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:01 p.m.
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        rew -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:32 p.m.
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          Stick -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:57 p.m.
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            Victor Ashkenazi -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 9:53 p.m.
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        Peter -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:46 p.m.
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          Stick -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:54 p.m.
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            Peter -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 9:23 p.m.
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            Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 6:05 a.m.
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        lenny -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:53 p.m.
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    David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 8:56 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 9:21 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 9:25 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, at 9:27 p.m.
    • The Best Answer
      Jason Lee -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 3:11 p.m.
      • The Best Answer...is behind Stick's firewall - his brain! *NM*
        Mr Majestyk -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 5:48 p.m.
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    storm -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 4:28 a.m.
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    sonrik -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 4:50 a.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 7:07 a.m.
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        storm -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 7:29 a.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 7:38 a.m.
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            storm -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 9:27 a.m.
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              Stick -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 10:03 a.m.
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            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 1:59 p.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 5:44 a.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 1:06 p.m.
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    Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 21 June 2012, at 10:07 p.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 22 June 2012, at 9:45 a.m.
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      rew -- Friday, 22 June 2012, at 11:34 a.m.
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        Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 22 June 2012, at 12:38 p.m.
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          rew -- Friday, 22 June 2012, at 1:06 p.m.
          • Becoming world class in chess
            Timothy Chow -- Friday, 22 June 2012, at 5:51 p.m.
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          jdg -- Friday, 22 June 2012, at 2:04 p.m.
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            TarHeelFan -- Saturday, 23 June 2012, at 1:13 p.m.