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Criteria for Giants in US and Overseas

Posted By: Ian Shaw
Date: Tuesday, 2 June 2009, at 1:14 p.m.

In Response To: Criteria for Giants in US and Overseas (Perry Gartner)

I am far from an elite backgammon player, so I'm giving an opinion as a reader of the list rather than a contributor.

I see the Giants list as more than a listing of the best players currently active in the game. If you want that, then maybe you should simply have a rolling record of tournament performance. That would be like the ATP rankings, where the Grand Slam events are worth more than the Masters Series, and so on. Your results over the the last year (or two) count toward your current total, so you have to turn up to tournaments to "defend" your points from last year, or lose them to someone else. This is similar to the ABT points system but extended worldwide, and rolling rather than by calendar year.

I see the Giants list as having excellent players, certainly, but to me that isn't enough to make you a giant of the game. To me, being a giant implies some longevity, some contribution more than passing excellence. So even if Stick, MCG or Rod currently plays better than Magriel, Robertie or Woolsey, they wouldn't supplant them in my list of Giants. Sorry guys, but you just haven't been around long enough, racked up enough results, written enough excellent material to create that awe factor should I ever I come to play you.

It's not clean; it's not perfect. But I don't care. I'm happy to have the Giants list as it is, a bastard hybrid of World Ranking and Hall of Fame.

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