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Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"

Posted By: Stick
Date: Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 7:03 p.m.

In Response To: Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV" (Stanley E. Richards)

I do not buy this theory that bots killed the game because people realized that they were not good and were losing money. Most online poker players lose money consistently. But, gambling is fun and sometimes average and below average players win. And losing poker players keep coming back online for recreation

But you said it yourself. In poker there is no bot that tells you how bad you played. In poker you're able to shrug it off and blame it on luck. You can't do that in backgammon anymore because of the bots.

Stick

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• Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
  Klaus Evers -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 6:20 a.m.
  • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
    poseidon -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 10:09 a.m.
    • Response to Poseidon
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 11:35 a.m.
      • Response to Poseidon
        poseidon -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 12:10 p.m.
        • Response to Poseidon
          Sebastiaan Kuijs -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 4:46 p.m.
          • Response to Poseidon
            mikeg -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 3:30 a.m.
            • Response to Poseidon
              Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 4:46 p.m.
              • Response to Poseidon
                Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 5:28 p.m.
                • Response to Poseidon
                  Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 5:55 p.m.
                  • +1 *NM*
                    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 10:15 p.m.
                • Response to Poseidon
                  mtuhtan -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 5:57 p.m.
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                    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 10:21 p.m.
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                      mtuhtan -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 10:54 p.m.
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                        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 10:17 a.m.
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                      Sam Pottle -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 6:06 a.m.
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                        Stick -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 7:39 a.m.
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                          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 10:21 a.m.
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                          Sam Pottle -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 11:22 a.m.
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                            Stick -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 11:24 a.m.
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                              Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 12:07 p.m.
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                                Stick -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 12:11 p.m.
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                        mtuhtan -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 4:01 p.m.
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                      mikeg -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 2:16 a.m.
              • Response to Poseidon
                rew -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 4:29 p.m.
    • Backgammon popularity
      Ken Larsen -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 12:46 p.m.
    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
      jdg -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 3:06 p.m.
      • TV suggestion
        happyjuggler0 -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 3:33 p.m.
      • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 5:50 p.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
          Chiva Tafazzoli -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 7:25 p.m.
      • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
        Stick -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 6:57 p.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn�t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
          jdg -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 8:42 p.m.
          • Freakonomics: Why Isn�t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
            Stick -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 8:46 p.m.
            • Freakonomics: Why Isn�t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
              jdg -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 3:33 p.m.
      • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
        Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 7:10 a.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
          Stick -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 7:03 p.m.
          • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
            Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 7:50 p.m.
          • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
            ah_clem -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 8:03 p.m.
          • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular? - Answer is "TV"
            neilkaz -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 8:18 p.m.
    • Does the casual player believe backgammon is "solved"?
      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 4:01 p.m.
      • Does the casual player believe backgammon is "solved"?
        Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 5:49 p.m.
        • Does the casual player believe backgammon is "solved"?
          poseidon -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 6:15 p.m.
    • the solution of backgammon
      Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 4:31 p.m.
      • the solution of backgammon
        higonefive -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 7:00 a.m.
        • Snowie vs XG in backgames
          Timothy Chow -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 2:59 p.m.
          • Snowie vs XG in backgames
            higonefive -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 1:39 p.m.
            • Snowie vs XG in backgames
              Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 3:06 p.m.
              • Snowie vs XG in backgames
                higonefive -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
                • Snowie vs XG in backgames
                  Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 12:11 a.m.
      • the solution of backgammon
        Rich Munitz -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 2:36 p.m.
      • the solution of backgammon
        Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 3:55 p.m.
        • the solution of backgammon
          Chuck Bower -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 6:28 p.m.
  • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
    Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 8:28 p.m.
    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 15 December 2010, at 9:36 p.m.
  • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
    Rod -- Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 2:07 a.m.
    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
      Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 11:33 a.m.
      • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
        Rod -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 2:02 p.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
          Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 3:26 p.m.
          • Things to do
            Rod -- Friday, 17 December 2010, at 4:16 p.m.
  • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
    Martaille Jean-Francois -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 6:48 p.m.
    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
      Bob Koca -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 7:45 p.m.
    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
      Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 10:15 p.m.
      • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
        Martaille Jean-Francois -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 9:57 a.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 11:58 a.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 12:04 p.m.
        • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
          Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 4:16 p.m.
          • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 7:29 p.m.
          • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
            Rich Munitz -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 6:37 a.m.
            • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
              Chuck Bower -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 7:05 p.m.
              • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 2:35 a.m.
                • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                  Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 3:18 a.m.
                  • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 12:05 p.m.
                    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                      Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 4:52 p.m.
                      • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                        Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 5:38 p.m.
              • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 12:21 p.m.
                • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
                  Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 21 December 2010, at 5:16 p.m.
    • Freakonomics: Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
      Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 12:58 p.m.