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Onetime shuffle rule

Posted By: alex21
Date: Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:44 a.m.

In Response To: Onetime shuffle rule (Nack Ballard)

I understand this point of view, i happen to run a modest club in Switzerland: 60 members, most of them come from the chess world. some of them are IM but all accepted the rules as it it known today in the backgammon world.

-changing rules might frighten some experienced and inexperienced players. Is it the right time to scare the newcomers?=>We all know backgammon is facing tough competition

- clocks are good a good prevention because it prevent from exaggerations when changing checkers again and again ...

-Why should backgammon adapt to chess and not the opposite?(2 different games why 1 rules must be adapt to both)?

- Clocks again i believe are mandatory even if there are some potential losses in the scientific approach of the game =>not enough time to calculate everything. if we add to that the power to not visualized the best move before making a decision then our favourite game might become just a game of luck at the cost of skill: is this what we want?

Nack Ballard with all the respect i have for you, i think backgammon is not ready for such changes.

If tomorrow 100 players in a single tournament can do the exact MET calculation on complex positions then I agree let's make the game harder so the best players benefit from their knowledge and (or) ability. But so far I think it's premature.

Alexandre Ben Lassin

Messages In This Thread

• Onetime shuffle rule
  Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 8:55 p.m.
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    KenB -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:09 p.m.
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      neilkaz -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:20 p.m.
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        Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:46 p.m.
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          adambulldog -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 10:47 p.m.
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          Mike Corbett -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 3:24 a.m.
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            Seth -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:16 p.m.
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      dlevy -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:31 p.m.
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      Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 12:33 a.m.
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    Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:13 p.m.
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      Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 9:03 a.m.
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    David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:35 p.m.
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    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 10:21 p.m.
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    Keene -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 10:52 p.m.
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    Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:09 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:25 p.m.
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    Seth -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:28 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:11 a.m.
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      dlevy -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:15 a.m.
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      neilkaz -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:37 a.m.
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        rory -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
        • potential trial
          David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 7:17 p.m.
          • potential trial
            Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 7:27 p.m.
            • potential trial
              Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 8:06 p.m.
              • potential trial
                David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:29 p.m.
                • potential trial
                  Steen Grønbech -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 12:52 p.m.
                  • potential trial
                    David Rockwell -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:07 p.m.
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        joe freedman -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:38 a.m.
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      Dan Pelton -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:30 a.m.
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      Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 1:58 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:44 a.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 8:44 a.m.
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    Peter G. -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 9:06 a.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 6:38 p.m.
  • Consequences of touch/move
    dlevy -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:50 p.m.
  • a solution
    Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 11:50 p.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    alex21 -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:44 a.m.
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      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 4:11 a.m.
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        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:43 p.m.
    • In chess ...
      neilkaz -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 5:29 a.m.
      • In chess ...
        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:35 p.m.
        • In chess ...
          Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:41 p.m.
          • In chess ...
            neilkaz -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:56 p.m.
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      Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:54 a.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 7:45 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 12:38 p.m.