Or if you REALLY want to confuse everybody, can you just select a counmtry at random and change it every week? :-)

I am playing with a new player and he didnt know and i couldnt remeber! were straight now!

So if you are from another country to that which you currently live, you can just put that country in the address field.

What do you mean? The country flag is put in your profile when you pick a country to live in. (And I can already see your USA flag in your profile)

does anyone know how to put their flag on their profile?

I love this feature! I have learned so much just reading comments!

ah ok :)

correct 3 & 4 are for your opponent who is black

eh ... the 2 dices i got at that position was 2+6

(not 3+4 as the history shows)

at : http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=522115&i=22

i wasnt allowed to use the '2' to move a piece inside my home making it impossible to use the '6' after that .. i had to use the '2' to move one of the pieces outside my home, and then move that piece again leaving my single piece open oustide my home ?

*shiver with fear* :)

ok thanks

i think that covers all my questions .. for now :)

yes its allowed ,because you are using both dice .

If you can use both dice then it doesn't matter which you use first.

No, use the three then the five.

so if i can capture an opponents piece by moving 3 and then 5 .. its not allowed ? i should hop over it by using 5 first ?

always the highest dice possible ;) . you have to make sure that the piece you have moved (eg) 3 places isnt the only move that could have also played the 5 first and then the 3 . lol its hard to try and explain easily .

ah ok .. will pay attention :)

thanks

hmm one more :)
(hey i just learned this game some weeks ago! :))

what if i have 3+5 once again in a situation where i can only play both dices with 1 piece .. so i can either play 3 and then 5 or 5 and then 3 .. do i have to play the 5 first ?

yes always the highest dice possible , like bumble said it is possible to use the other but you might get called a cheat . I have had it happen to me before now without even realising .

ah ok .. i didnt know it until someone told me :)

i used it in a game last week .. i dont remember with whom though .. if 'you' read this please send me a message if you want to do something about it

- suppose i have a 5 and a 3 in another situation and i can play only the 5 or the 3 (but not both) do i then have to play the 5 ? although the 3 might be a better move ?

It's allowed in respect that you can do it!

I think most players here follow normal backgammon rules and use both dice when possibvle - and the higher of the two dice if only one can be played.

if you can use both dice (even if it is a bad move for you ,like leaving open pieces ect) then you still have to use both pieces .

look at this situation : http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=521868&i=52

i had a 3 + 5 at my next turn ...

i could have used the 5 first to move 19 to 24
after that i would not have been able to use the 3 as everything else was blocked from 3 steps

is that allowed ?

you've sort of answered your own question UE, the listing is the top 50 and you're number 62ish.. you won't be in the top 50 list till you're in the top 50 ! It's not down to the number of games, but your amalgamated ratings.

Your highest rating that I see is 74 in dark battleboat

How many games do you have to play to get on the top 50 list,my ratings are at appoximatltly number 62 but still do not see my name.

Okay ... thanks for the explanation.

=^..^=

To correct errors caused by timeouted and restored games.

All the ratings were recalculated from scratch to correct errors caused by some bug or other I think. Not too sure of the details.

Yes, that's exactly what happened. That's quite a big drop overnight, wouldn't you say?

Do you mean your position in the table dropped from 20 to 50?

I was floored when I saw my BKR drop from yesterday being 20 to today's 50.

Do BKR's drop that much on a normal basis?

A cube is planned - 3rd on the priority list right now.

A "doubling cube" wud be nice, are there any plans to add getting the points for a gammon or back gammon??

anyone want to play a quick nack tourney? I need one more to sign and it will start!

Here is an idea that I came up with in a flash last night. It's a tournement format for backgammon, called "Duplicate Backgammon". It is similar in concept to Duplicate Bridge, where all teams play the same cards.

It would work like a double RR, but each game has the same rolls, but with each player playing different colors, hence, the rolls are "opposite". This would add much more skill to the game, as a player must play both sides of a rollout simultaneously.

Of course, some precautions would have to be taken to prevent a player from "looking ahead" in the rollout, but hiding the next roll until both games have moved should be relatively simple to program.

The points are what BG players call "pip count". Fencer said that he is going to add the cube soon.

Why is there no doubling cube used in BG for the 5 point matches?

The points are how many "spaces" you have left to go in the game, so yes - the least amount of point you have in most cases, they better you are.

what are the points or and is it best to hve the least

I had games go 800+ moves on iyt in the past...

it could be you lol

hmmm looks like there is a common denominator there.. :)

this one has more moves jason & lovelysharon

lol - yep! Both still over 200 pips to go! :-)

looks like it still has a long way to go too... lol

is this too long?..is still running..

Anti Backgammon - aissi vs lovelysharon

I was wondering what the record is in # of moves on an anti game on BK?????

How would you know that he did this without going to your game, which would have brought the dice up anyway?

So you think he decided what rolls you were going to get? (since you're calling it cheating)

well it seems to not be doing it now...i can't get the dice to roll in any game i tried...so if you tried to fix it i reckon you did.....and VNV nation.....it was cheating when he did it because it was at a VERY critical point in the games and he wound up getting me doubles 5's and then did it again and got me a 5-2 which sent 2 of his pieces back because i was barred..hard to explain the circumstances but he knew he wanted to see what i was going to get for dice so he rolled them for me....i'm glad it's not doing it anymore....thanks