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Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 12:51 a.m.

In Response To: Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates (Stick)

Stick wrote:

People said they were good, told me they were good, but people are clueless.

Even at my level I've noticed this. If you can talk confidently and can get people to notice your wins and not notice your losses then you can get a reputation for being good without actually being very good.

On the other hand, I wouldn't write such people off completely, because in any game or sport there is an intimidation factor. People sometimes will underperform against you if they think you're good. So I would say that convincing people that you're better than you are is part of backgammon skill.

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• Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
  Stick -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 8:50 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 10:26 a.m.
    • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
      Stick -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 11:29 a.m.
      • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
        Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 11:41 a.m.
        • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
          Stick -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 12:16 p.m.
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            Chuck Bower -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 1:02 p.m.
            • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
              Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 12:38 a.m.
              • baseball HoF
                Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 6:26 p.m.
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                  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 7:01 p.m.
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                    Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 7:10 p.m.
                    • baseball HoF
                      Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 7:20 p.m.
          • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
            Timothy Chow -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 2:27 p.m.
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              Chuck Bower -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 4:42 p.m.
              • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
                Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 11:59 p.m.
                • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
                  Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 6:13 p.m.
                  • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
                    Jake Jacobs -- Wednesday, 15 September 2010, at 6:04 a.m.
          • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
            Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 2:48 p.m.
            • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
              christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 3:07 p.m.
            • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
              Timothy Chow -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 4:51 p.m.
              • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
                Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 5:43 p.m.
            • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
              Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 1:06 p.m.
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            Stick -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 6:41 p.m.
            • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 12:51 a.m.
              • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 4:41 a.m.
          • Backgammon Hall of Fame Candidates
            John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 3:30 p.m.
        • Don't leave out!
          Rummer1973 -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 12:49 p.m.
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            dlevy -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 1:45 p.m.
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            Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 2:41 p.m.
            • Don't leave out!
              Stick -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 6:44 p.m.
              • Too many!!!
                David Rockwell -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
              • Don't leave out!
                neilkaz -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 7:18 p.m.
              • Don't leave out!
                Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 1:11 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 12:53 p.m.
  • Joe Sylvester
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 3:13 p.m.
    • Joe Sylvester
      christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 5:00 p.m.
      • Joe Sylvester
        Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 11:49 p.m.
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          Stick -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 12:00 a.m.
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            Jake Jacobs -- Wednesday, 15 September 2010, at 5:55 a.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 3:30 p.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 5:37 p.m.
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    Martin Veltmann -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 8:10 p.m.
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    Ray Kershaw -- Tuesday, 14 September 2010, at 12:02 p.m.