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Playing under 2.0

Posted By: David Rockwell
Date: Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:41 p.m.

In Response To: Playing under 2.0 (Matt Cohn-Geier)

Exactly. Of the players who can play somewhere around 3.0, how many of them became that strong because of money? I would guess zero to few. I think Stick's point is that for him to make the journey to 2.0, he would need a sizable financial incentive. That probably won't happen and he doesn't want to make the effort without it. That's his choice and I understand and respect it. When someone finds the motivation without the financial incentive, it will happen.

Gammon Village - MCG - bullet point 1) Motivation is the most important quality

http://www.gammonvillage.com/backgammon/magazine/article_display.cfm?resourceid=5975

A player can say, "I could do it." But, if they can't find the motivation, they can't do it. As MCG states in the article, not only is motivation a part of the equation, it is the most important part. If you have all of the ingredients except motivation, you will not make progress. This is also the reason almost everyone who is not elite is stagnant as well.

Messages In This Thread

• Playing under 2.0
  Michael Depreli -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 7:52 p.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 9:35 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Petch -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 9:48 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        winfox -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:00 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Iancho Hristov -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:25 a.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      Frank Berger -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:06 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:15 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 3:40 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:38 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:04 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:40 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Stick -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 11:37 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:05 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:41 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 1:14 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:00 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:38 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:49 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:23 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:18 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:53 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:27 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:26 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 7:29 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:02 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                  Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:20 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                    Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:31 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              mochy -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:27 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                falafel -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:09 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 9:30 a.m.
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                  neilkaz -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 6:46 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Victor Ashkenazi -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 9:18 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Mochy -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:52 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    falafel -- Sunday, 24 February 2013, at 5:30 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:32 p.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:30 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:41 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 11:36 p.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:59 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Timothy Chow -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 2:07 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 7:08 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 4:50 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        6stones -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:01 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 1:30 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:53 p.m.
      • +1 *NM*
        Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:12 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 3:13 a.m.
    • Mosconi...
      christian munk-christensen -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 10:41 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:46 p.m.
  • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
    Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:31 a.m.
    • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
      DGArnold -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:34 p.m.
      • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
        Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:11 p.m.
        • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
          DGArnold -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:20 p.m.
      • Stick's 2.31 PR
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
    higonefive -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:36 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:43 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
        David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:47 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 11:46 p.m.
          • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
            higonefive -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 1:24 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
              Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 6:27 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 1:41 p.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 10:32 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:10 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:48 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Stick -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:52 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:14 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:50 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 2:56 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 7:27 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:44 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Christian Munk-Christensen -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 11:30 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:28 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 6:12 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 20 February 2013, at 12:35 a.m.