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or scrap the Crawford Rule...

Posted By: Stein Kulseth
Date: Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 9:48 a.m.

In Response To: Bring Back the Holland Rule (Phil Simborg)

... not that I think I'll get many to agree - people tend to like the rule - but it is an intriguing idea.

The Crawford rule does a quite good job at evening out the match equity table, making money game cube action a good approximation for most scores. Taking the rule away would introduce an extreme odd-even effect at 1-away scores that would ripple through the entire MET making it very hard indeed to play good match backgammon unless you have studied things carefully. This would probably increase the skill factor, and I think that would be a good thing. The fact that you would get one rule less would also be a small benefit.

Messages In This Thread

• Bring Back the Holland Rule
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 9:32 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Art Grater -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:07 p.m.
  • No thanks! *NM*
    Neil Robins -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:09 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:18 p.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      higonefive -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:34 p.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      Fabrice Liardet -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:55 p.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:22 a.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:26 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:27 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:54 p.m.
  • Are you sure that's the rule?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:49 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Seth -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:57 p.m.
  • 1994 R.G.B thread on Holland Rule
    Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 12:10 a.m.
  • 1000 times NO
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 12:57 a.m.
    • 1000 times NO +1000 *NM*
      joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:13 a.m.
  • No thanks *NM*
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 1:46 a.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 2:31 a.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 2:45 a.m.
      • Bring Back the Holland Rule
        Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 4:44 a.m.
        • Holland Rule/Tournaments
          Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 5:42 a.m.
        • Bring Back the Holland Rule
          neilkaz -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 4:45 p.m.
        • Bring Back the Holland Rule +1 *NM*
          joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:11 a.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    lenny -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 5:57 a.m.
  • please don't *NM*
    mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 8:01 a.m.
  • or scrap the Crawford Rule...
    Stein Kulseth -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 9:48 a.m.
    • or scrap the Crawford Rule...
      Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 6:31 p.m.
  • Do NOT Bring Back the Holland Rule
    joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:18 a.m.