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Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 9:16 p.m.

In Response To: Clocking (lenny)

Following Tom Keith's advice on change for the better;

Hypothetical letter from 1950?

If you want backgammon tournaments to draw increasingly larger attendance, as I would imagine the avid studiers here lust after, then widespread use of the doubling cube would be foolish.

As the various fever dream anecdotes from recent Los Angeles get examined, it should be obvious that the doubling cube can divert players from thinking about the game itself, can be productive of hard feelings, can be productive of director's blunders, and can serve as the tool of the angle shooter.

In addition to the above, the doubling cube would work against newer players(even newer "masters)" in a very substantive manner. Those who have studied more would recognize a large percentage of correct plays. Players without that training would get involved in long pauses which would inevitably lead to costly bad decisions. You want casual players, or casual experts, to keep playing, with casualness. You don't want to drive them away with an atmosphere that makes it clear they are outgunned.

You superior players should settle for your edge. You don't have to get it multiplied.

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