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In search of a new term

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Monday, 22 March 2010, at 5:02 p.m.

In Response To: In search of a new term (Chase)

The only problem with "open" or "standard" is that they are pretty generic terms. While you can probably figure out what they mean when used as a counter to "match play" ("Is that match play or standard play?"). But used on their own, it might not be so clear. ("What do you think of this standard play position?")

Terms like "gammon go" don't stand on their own either -- people hearing the term for the first time won't know exactly what it means. But "gammon go" is distinctive. You can recognize that it must have a specific meaning.

It would be good to have a more distinctive term for money play. Maybe "unlimited cube" would work. Rollouts could be done according to DMP, GG, GS, and UC (unlimited cube).

Even "cubeful" would work (CF). It has the advantage of already being used. But to me it feels ungrammatic -- it grinds a little on the ears. That's not necessarily a bad thing because it helps keep the term distinctive.

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