playBunny: see... this is why there is no point to have this debate again.

It is against the official rules of backgammon

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It is current allowed on BrainKing with their current rules & limitations.

So even though you may lean towards one side of the debate then the other, other people are going to disagree - so depending on what side you lean towards is if you think it is cheating or not. (So again, there is no correct answer to the debate - except that it would be nice if Fencer corrects the rules and then states that those are the rules for now on.)