On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Joseph <[email protected]> wrote:
> You make a valid point Max - thanks for your inout.. although I guess ~99% > of the time while I am on the bar and closed out I will not be tempted to > offer the cube to my opponent. > > Over the board, I would probably not offer the cube until there was at > least one open point for me to come in on, unless there were fairly > exceptional circumstances (i.e. am miles behind in the race, at say 5 away > - 4 away and will probably lose the match anyway (say I have just ~4% MWC) > with the cube already at, say 4, so why not bump it to 8 with that small 4% > chance to win the entire match). > > In five years of playing, I cannot recall being in a non-exceptional > position where I have considered offering a cube while closed out and my > opponent bearing off (which may say more about my poor gameplay than > anything else). If there has been an open point for me to come in on, that > is a different story. > > Would be really interested to see any youtube links / sgf / transcriptions > where somebody in a non-exceptional (or even exceptional) position offers > the cube at a time when they have been completely closed out. Maybe when > they have taken off all but the last 2 or 3 of their checkers? Or they are > miles behind in the race throwing a 'Hail Mary'. > Match ID: UgngACAAAAAA Position ID: 7nYbAAAAAIABAA or gnubg ID 7nYbAAAAAIABAA:UgngACAAAAAA It's a Double / Pass at Grandmaster And a Too Good to Double / Pass after a roll-out When you got the cube here, would you pass ? N. > I can see how the non-autoroll makes sense in adhering to the rules of the > game (choice of cubing) but I'm not sure how practical it is. In the > real-life matches I've seen, most people just automatically hit the clock > when closed out. Does anybody have any other common examples of closed out > cubing? > > > Cheers, > > Sebalotek > > On 10 February 2015 at 09:57, Massimiliano Maini <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> you have to take a cube decision, even if you're closed out. That's why >> it doesn't auto-roll. >> >> MaX. >> >> On 10 February 2015 at 10:47, Wayne Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have a feature request to improve the efficiency of gameplay when >>> playing against the CPU. >>> >>> Please see >>> >>> http://i.imgur.com/oAIsA1u.png >>> >>> (Please note that 'autoroll' is already switched on in options as well - >>> with no apparent effect in this situation) >>> >>> Is it possible to implement autoroll of the dice on your turn when you >>> are 'closed out' against the opponents 6-prime in their homeboard? >>> >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > > -- “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” A. Einstein
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