Backgammon

down the slide I go.......1789 to 1525 in the last two days without a win, all the while watching the program babysit my opponents in every way possible.........computer refuses to play me at this point......haha.........anyone seen "Groundhog Day"?........yeah, it's like that

Just wanted everyone to know.

No better than .....forget it. We all know the predictability of this very fallible program....

okay.......really tired of sore losers who act like 4 year olds here......ie: stalling the time clock, or leaving the game without resigning..........im gonna start calling you out one at a time......"buckeye 1957", your're first..........(to be con't)

xxxxxsivers We all know the only buddies you have are in your boyfriends pants.

@DonCoyote, DonHarris, Sivers is an idiot, lives in his momma's basement and tends to miss a most of his daily medications.   I use to keep a list of all his names, but he kept coming up with so many new ones that I was running out of paper. Now get this, the last time I played him, he was playing under the name Auntree199, he told me that the reason he chose that name was because he felt like he was a woman trapped inside a man's body.

@doncoyyote---nice thought but that bottom feeding DUMDASS xxxsivers will just use a different name I've heard he uses lots of them. 

After seeing some of xxxxsivers comments I can't understand why anyone will play him.Fun is fun but he starts dropping f-bombs and using the "C" word, I would hope people would boycott him.

FREAKING RIDICULOUS AOL PIECE OF CRAP. AOL'S "FREE" COMPUTER CHECK UP IS ALSO A FRAUD AND A SCAM-BEWARE OF ANYTHING WITH AOL

I have had trouble starting against a live opponent because the screen looks backwards. I had played for years only one direction against a computer on a Direct T.V. Backgammon game - and when I play against THIS COMPUTER, well, the screen does set-up the pieces in the direction I am used to - BUT- even at the middle level of difficulty- although I am able to win now and again - WOW! -- any SLIGHT mistakes or "questionable" plays causes the computer to capitalize ALMOST EVERY TIME - The computer seems to have been programmed to take a little extra pride in knowing what roll is needed to take full advantage AND QUITE OFTEN when the SLIGHTEST opportunity presents itself for the computer to do so.

I just played a guy and I had 3 blots, he had 2 and he doubled. I was going to lose but he had to rub it in. I never played like this. You can win and still be courteous.

i just play the game as is . no sense trying to get aol to revise it 

doubles are meaningless as well as gammons.i was trying for months to reach 1800 and than said ' why  " . would get close and then the game changes and would crash .

 i find it interesting chatting with players from all over the world as well as the repeat players you hook up with . the maddening aspect of it all is waiting for an opponent . have'nt figured a way to speed it up . sitting there like a dummy is exasperating , but if thats the way it is until something changes we are all in it together . play for the joy of competetion and let go of the rest .

Here's an interesting tidbit. Every time I play against the computer. if I get put on the bar. It always takes me between 8 and 12 rolls go get off said bar if their are 4 or less spots open. Yes I have counted the rolls and sometimes I have taken hits and put on the bar just to see how long it takes to get off. I have also noticed that when playing a person the dice seem to favor one person or the other quite a bit with a lot of doubles and much needed rolls game after game. It would be nice if they would fix the dice programming and this so called scoring system

AOL'S FREE COMPUTER CHECK IS ALSO A BOGUS PRODUCT. "FREE" CHECK UP DEMANDS A CREDIT CARD NUMBER THEN FINDS ERRORS THAT DO NOT EXIST!!!!! PLEASE BEWARE OF ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH AOL.

GREAT TO SEE NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THIS USELESS AOL CRAP. THEY OBVIOUSLY DO NOT CARE-NEVER HAVE-NEVER WILL.

This game is no fun the computer cheats!!! I have played Backgammon, the Russian and Acey Deucey versions of Backgammon against live opponets sitting across the board from me and neither myself nor my foe has EVER had a series of losses like I have experienced in this game in the last three weeks!!  YOU NEED to get REAL.

michaeltodd0305@  Played again today lost 4 in a row. I couldn't win if the other guy resigned.....  No doubles and sit on the bar with 4 points open...

@ michaeltodd0305, I am on one of those downward spirals to 1496.  I have lost 12 games in a row.  I never win the opening roll, and very seldom get doubles...

sadly i agree. its a pity. the world aint fair either

To show you how screwed up this site is.  I played against my other account.  This account has never lost a game, because I rig it to win every time. The information on that account shows that I have lost 23 times. I do not know where or how they figure the win loss ratio.  There is something crooked going on. What advantage is it not too have random dice throws I do not understand?  Why rig a great game like Backgammon ????

my last opponent was awarded no less than 3 sets each of double 5s and 6s to smoke my arse.......the following game i was awarded the same to smoke his.......thank you so much, games.com, for taking one of the world's most beautiful and cherished games into your hands and molding it into a steaming pile of  $#!t............effing amazing

It's sad when you can pretty much guess what the dice will be rolling next.

Most people who play on this site do not realize that the program has a flaw.  They say, if you don't like it, you do not have to play it.  Since most people do not care the program will never be fixed.  If the dice were really random, the skilled Backgammon player would win 90% of the time and the site/game would be boring. So the computer has to keep everyone some how in the game.  Hats off to those who keep those high ratings and can stay in the rating game. I want to know how the computer targets you for good rolls or bad rolls.  If you play long enough, you can predict the rolls and see the computers flaws.  Try this, if you have two computers log in on two different accounts and play your self, you will see all the flaws in the program. Question? How come you almost always roll double 6 the first time on the bar.  In real Backgammon the odds are 37 to 1 to roll double 6, so why does double 6 come up most of the time when you first get on the bar?? Also your opponent rolls doubles on their 2nd or 3rd roll most of the time.  The double 6 roll comes up two or three times in a game, if you roll real dice it just will not happen.  Real Backgammon players play with rounded edges and corners on their dice, those are the real Backgammon dice.  This site uses square dice and this has too be the problem..... It is always in the DICE.....

God forbid you play the game any way different than what the program wants you to play!!.......I have no problem blitzing and/ or leaving blots for the sake of position and laying the groundwork for future moves, but damn, if the program doesn't approve of it, you pay the price......first, it gives your opponent an exact roll to nail a blot, then it won't let you off the bar (no matter how many slots are open), then it gives your opponent doubles (typically 4s, 5s or 6s)........I've seen this pattern enough to almost call out what's gonna happen before it happens..........it either gets them back in the game, or puts them in such a big lead you resort to a back game........but you're not done being punished.........as they bring their checkers toward their homeboard, they're allowed consecutive small doubles, and small rolls to avoid leaving blots you can hit to get back in it...............these clowns couldn't program a calculator, let alone random number generating software.................i know, "it's free so don't complain"...............I'd rather pay for fair play.........any suggestions, anyone?