It's just a bot - it won't be insulted if you make it roll over when it gets a particularly good roll. And similarly you can try again when you get an especially bad roll. And if you're curious about how things would have gone after a particular roll, you can go back and use Edit to specify that roll.
People seem to be reluctant to do this because they consider it cheating. You be the judge - to me it greatly improves everything about the experience of playing against a computer. But don't overdo it - you want to have SOME experience handling bad positions. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Bug-gnubg mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Bug-gnubg digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Gnu backgammon (Barb Pylatuk) > 2. Re: Gnu backgammon (Michael Petch) > 3. Re: Gnu backgammon (David Bellows) > 4. Re: Gnu backgammon (Ian Shaw) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 14:33:52 -0500 > From: Barb Pylatuk <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Gnu backgammon > Message-ID: <20150518143352.707030d1@mom-HP-Compaq-dx2300-Microtower> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > This is the most frustrating game! Whenever I am winning, gnu > automatically starts hitting all my men all the time. If I am losing > and waiting to get on the board, gnu manages to clear all its men so > that I can only get on at 4. Then, once I am on at 4 my rolls are > double ones or one and three or some other nonsense so that I > am guaranteed to lose. Similarily, if I have gnu cornered it will roll > doubles so it will get clear across the board on to its own side. The > game is rigged to win. If I do win a game, and start another game it > starts again to hit all my men all the time. If it is a close match and > we are rolling to remove our men from the board, gnu is rolling doubles > continually until it is off the board. > > I don't know why I keep playing. I do not want to win every game but I > certainly would expect a fair chance. Gnu does not offer that. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:33:48 -0600 > From: Michael Petch <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Gnu backgammon > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > > On 2015-05-18 1:33 PM, Barb Pylatuk wrote: > > The > > game is rigged to win. If I do win a game, and start another game it > > starts again to hit all my men all the time. If it is a close match and > > we are rolling to remove our men from the board, gnu is rolling doubles > > continually until it is off the board. > > > > I don't know why I keep playing. I do not want to win every game but I > > certainly would expect a fair chance. Gnu does not offer that. > > > > Thanks for letting us know our neural network in the current release is > working so well! > > -- > Michael Petch > GNU Backgammon Maintainer / Developer > OpenPGP FingerPrint=D81C 6A0D 987E 7DA5 3219 6715 466A 2ACE 5CAE 3304 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:11:51 -0700 > From: David Bellows <[email protected]> > To: Barb Pylatuk <[email protected]> > Cc: gnubg-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Gnu backgammon > Message-ID: > <CAHyhA= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > It could be that it is a better player than you realize. Do you have a > match you can send us that demonstrates what you are claiming? > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Barb Pylatuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is the most frustrating game! Whenever I am winning, gnu > > automatically starts hitting all my men all the time. If I am losing > > and waiting to get on the board, gnu manages to clear all its men so > > that I can only get on at 4. Then, once I am on at 4 my rolls are > > double ones or one and three or some other nonsense so that I > > am guaranteed to lose. Similarily, if I have gnu cornered it will roll > > doubles so it will get clear across the board on to its own side. The > > game is rigged to win. If I do win a game, and start another game it > > starts again to hit all my men all the time. If it is a close match and > > we are rolling to remove our men from the board, gnu is rolling doubles > > continually until it is off the board. > > > > I don't know why I keep playing. I do not want to win every game but I > > certainly would expect a fair chance. Gnu does not offer that. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bug-gnubg mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:59:56 +0000 > From: Ian Shaw <[email protected]> > To: Barb Pylatuk <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Gnu backgammon > Message-ID: > > <5CB9C5CB80F1E94AAE935ADD217BBD54655792C0@RIVERSERVER2011.Riverside.local> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Bard, > > I'm afraid gnubg does not cheat, so if you are losing a lot, it's because > of your mistakes! > > If you need to convince yourself that gnubg does not cheat, try two things > in Settings, Options, Dice: > 1) Play with manual dice, so that you enter the rolls yourself. > 2) Set the seed for the random number generator to the same value (e.g. > 1). You will see that the rolls follow a defined pattern, whatever the > position. This proves that gnubg does not change the rolls to give itself > good numbers and you bad ones. It will also always make the same move for a > given position, which proves it does not take account of upcoming rolls. > > I hope you overcome the frustration and grow to love gnu backgammon. It's > a great tool for improving your game. I didn't realise how bad I was at > backgammon until I started playing a really good opponent. > > Try playing with the tutor mode on; see how often gnubg disagrees with > your choice. > > Regards, > Ian Shaw > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Barb > Pylatuk > Sent: 18 May 2015 20:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Gnu backgammon > > This is the most frustrating game! Whenever I am winning, gnu > automatically starts hitting all my men all the time. If I am losing and > waiting to get on the board, gnu manages to clear all its men so that I can > only get on at 4. Then, once I am on at 4 my rolls are double ones or one > and three or some other nonsense so that I am guaranteed to lose. > Similarily, if I have gnu cornered it will roll doubles so it will get > clear across the board on to its own side. The game is rigged to win. If I > do win a game, and start another game it starts again to hit all my men all > the time. If it is a close match and we are rolling to remove our men from > the board, gnu is rolling doubles continually until it is off the board. > > I don't know why I keep playing. I do not want to win every game but I > certainly would expect a fair chance. Gnu does not offer that. > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > > > End of Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 150, Issue 2 > ***************************************** >
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