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RE: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option
From: |
Ian Shaw |
Subject: |
RE: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:16:49 -0000 |
>
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 01:42:34PM +0100, Øystein O Johansen wrote
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > I think I'm changing my mind! This feature is really cool!
> Have anyone ever
> > won a game with this feature on?
>
Hell no! I never even got off the backgammon.
> Nope, didn't you see the score in Ian's post: gnubg 51 - Ian 0!
>
Short and bitter, it was. In my defence, I took every cube just to see what
would happen. I even tried playing defensively trying not to leave any blots.
There's always some joker that exposes a blot within a roll or two.
I think this backs up Zare's assertion that by choosing the rolls, one can
always win a backgammon. I think he uses it in his proof that backgammon is
finite.
Talking of variations, one could easily set a cheat factor (per player) in the
range -1 - 0 - 1 and use it to pick the roll nearest to the specified advantage
by interpolating between the equities of the best roll and the average roll. A
+ve number would give good rolls and a -ve number would give bad rolls.
This could be even a legitimate useful feature if you want to practice staying
cool when things are going badly for you!
--Ian
- Re: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option, (continued)
RE: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option, Ian Shaw, 2002/12/05
RE: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option, Øystein O Johansen, 2002/12/05
RE: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option,
Ian Shaw <=
Re: [Bug-gnubg] Recent RGB posting on "Change Dice" Option, ian dunstan, 2002/12/10