[Bug-gnubg] Re: Beaver/Raccoon in Match play

2009-11-17 Thread Timothy Y. Chow
Hades wrote: Hmm ok I see. Too bad, I thought there is an option to enable that feature. Can someone tell me how often the developers update particular things or if you can contact them? The developers follow this email list closely so you're doing the right thing already. They update

[Bug-gnubg] Re: Beaver/Raccoon in Match play

2009-11-15 Thread Myshkin LeVine
Hi Hades, The standard rules of backgammon do not allow for Beavers and Raccoons in match play. Therefore GnuBG allows them only in money play. This is unlikely to change in the future. Please see the section Rules of the game in the gnubg manual. In particular see the last sub-section

[Bug-gnubg] Re: Beaver/Raccoon in Match play

2009-11-15 Thread Timothy Y. Chow
Myshkin LeVine mysh...@verizon.net wrote: The standard rules of backgammon do not allow for Beavers and Raccoons in match play. [...] So yes it is your mistake. :-) It's a bit harsh to call it a mistake, even in jest. I would say instead: Using beavers and raccoons in match play is

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Re: Beaver/Raccoon in Match play

2009-11-15 Thread Christian Anthon
Enabling beavers for matchplay probably won't happen as the rule change would have a substantial impact on the evaluation near the end of the match. That is, implementing it amounts to more than just enabling an option. Christian. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Hades dtha...@aol.com wrote: