posted by Gma Bobbye (Bobbye Kuhlman) on 03/30 at 20:43
I am relatively new here, and I have a question. Forgive if I don't use the correct terms. I was 'blocked' in at the start and couldnot move. My opponent, it seems, intentionally moves all others, without alloving my first 5 to move out. Is this common practice? I asked "are you going to let me out" but my opponent did not answer. I felt that I was intentionally being blocked. Yes or no? I would like an answer, either way. Thank you
Isn't that just good strategy on your opponent's part? The whole point of the game is to get all your pieces borne off...before your opponent does, and if possible do it while keeping some of your opponent's pieces trapped in your home board, or getting all of your guys borne off before he does any of his.
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posted by Gma Bobbye (Bobbye Kuhlman) on 04/01 at 03:55
I guess, if you look at it that way, but it is frustrating when they are all lined up, and I can't get out even with double 6s.
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posted by Gma Bobbye (Bobbye Kuhlman) on 04/01 at 14:11
I guess that I wouldn't think that way, I would like to give my opponent an even chance, rather than intetnionally blocking them.
and cathm should know cause she does that to me all the time LOL TJ can you fix the dice where I could win just one match against cathm??? Should would appreciate it
GMA I will respond to your orginal post- sometimes that's the way bacgammon works- you are most likely upset that the other player didn't answer you- sometimes other players has so many games going on that they just can't respond to every person they play. I'm not sure your playing partner can block you on purpose it's the luck of the dice- isn't it?? anyhow I hope you enjoy this site and welcome to this site- keep playing and have fun
Its not poor manners to block someone in. This is a game and people play to win, and the best way to win is by keeping your opponent out of the game.
Poor manners is not saying good luck at the start of the game, or good game / well played at the end.
Blocking someone in is exactly why I set out to do in a game, I play to win and if my opponent wants to have a laugh in the chat box too then all the better.
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posted by RedBaron (Will C. Crowder) on 07/21 at 18:58
Bobbye, I think your question has been answered, but there's just one thing I'd add: The game of backgammon is very boring when it turns into a simple race, where the person who rolls the best dice wins. At that point, it simply becomes a game of chance and one may as well just have a game where a certain roll total needs to be reached first and may the luckiest player win (in other words, why bother with the checkers at all?).
So I think your question stemmed from a basic misunderstanding of the game. Backgammon is a game of luck AND skill. Blocking an opponent (and avoiding being blocked by an opponent) is part of the skill. Sometimes, in fact quite often, the move which gets you closer to "home" for a given roll is not the best move, because it leaves you vulnerable to being hit or blocked.
Backgammon has been around for 5000 years, in one form or another...It's the oldest board game known to man, if I'm not mistaken. If it were PURELY a game of luck, it wouldn't have survived that long, nor would it be as popular as it is today.
Anyway, feel free to invite me to a game or match if you like...You can make it unrated so it won't count in the stats (mine or yours). I'm not an expert, either, but I know the basics and I'll be happy to help you learn them.
I think someone needs to refresh this a little with a top-level message to this thread--stuff was getting pretty tiny being squished the way it was. Go ahead reply to this message now, it won't be squished (until you put 16 more posts on).
poor manners??
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posted by Gma Bobbye (Bobbye Kuhlman) on 04/04 at 23:57
I posted a simple question, askignfor information. I must sy that I consider it VERY poor manners the way the responses turned into anything but related to my question.
Gma Bobbye is right. This is completely off-topic. If you want to talk this silliness you should start your own thread--or hijack a really old thread (maybe in the News and Announcements forum) that nobody ever reads anymore since it's old news. That would be a great way to:
a. keep yourselves from all being trolls
b. keep this goofiness away from where people have to be bothered by it.
Here's a good thread to pick on (it's near the bottom of the News and Announcements board, or you can click on this link to take you there): <a href="http://www.pocket-monkey.com/forum/msg.jsp?msg=1230">Click here to go to the thread, entitled "Planned Downtime"</a>
Now you can get off poor Gma's thread!
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BTW, to make a link to another message, you want the [msg] MonkeyTag described here.
-- T.J. ;-)
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posted by Gma Bobbye (Bobbye Kuhlman) on 04/07 at 14:03
Didn't mean to stir up hornets nest, , seems like sometimes, I have bad case of foot in mouth conditions, or what is more commonly known as "oldtimers syndrome!"
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The whole point of a game site is to have fun. We're not here to win fame and fortune. Just to play and relax. I see no harm in "silliness", in fact it can be a great stress reliever. I do find the "sniping" totally unnecessary and not what the majority of us are here for.
As to Bobbye's question - an opponent blocking you in is merely good strategy on their part. If they block you in and prevent you from removing any of your men from the board they have gained 2 points, instead of 1 (assuming no one has used the cube). You can do a google search for "backgammon basics" and get numerous good links for beginner play that describe the various terms and strategies.
Welcome to the site Bobbye. Please feel free to give me an invite, if you'd like. I'm willing to play any and all players and answer what questions I can. I'm not expert, just love the game.
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posted by Gma Bobbye (Bobbye Kuhlman) on 04/10 at 22:17
Thanks, lady, appreciate your comments, and look forwrd to play. As I said at the start, I am very new, and it does take a while to learn some of the strategy in playing the game. I can take a joke as well as the next person, but I did ask the question in all sincerity, siimply because I wanted to learn.
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I have had many people I know well say the same joke numerous times as a joke. I agree with frolind, I would have interpretted it as a joke
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posted by Silverwalker (Silverwalker) on 07/12 at 21:55
You know guys, something similar happened to me. I was playing Radar War Salvo, and this one gal hit four of my ships in the first round. I was like, give me a break willya? But she wouldn't!
Another time a guy kept capturing my pieces in chess. I asked him to stop, but he just ignored it. Then he kept checking my king! Again and again, so I had to keep moving my king and couldn't move any other piece.
This other time, there was this girl who was better than me at four-in-a-row. She kept winning, so I stopped playing the game. And she was my girlfriend! Boy, you can bet I didn't put out that weekend, let me tell ya. If she keeps getting four in a row online, then she won't even get two in a row offline, know what I mean?
Right now I'm playing hypergammon, and my opponent keeps throwing my pieces back to the bar. I keep doing the same in retaliation, but some people just can't take a hint!
People are so insensitive sometimes!
=)
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I ask ALL the time! But I never catch a break! But, seriuosly, I ask "only" as a joke. I would not want to be "let out" because I would want to get out and win all by myself. It is called the stradegy of the game. One guy did let me out because I was begging so bad and then I pitched a B---- because he did! lol Eventually you will get out, but loose the game. That's why it is a "game." This is my honest answer to your question.
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