Is there a stop to Internet Backgammon cheaters?

Anonymous
2010-04-09T18:01:10+00:00

So I have enjoyed playing Backgammon in the past, but nowadays is just IMPOSSIBLE.  I am sure many others have noticed this.  There are players out there that can control the dice at least for them, and some can even move more chips than the allowed by standard rules.

For example, not 10 minutes ago, I rolled 6 and 5, then the guy doubled me on his first roll, and got double three, then I rolled and I got 4 and 1, then he rolled and got 3 and 1, then I rolled and got 3 and 2, then he rolled and got double 5 eating my lonely chip in position 1 and covering position 3 from position 8.  Do you call that a lucky roll?  I call that an engineered roll, if you know Backgammon.

Yesterday, a guy moved 6 chips using a double 5.  That same guy rolled 4 consecutive pairs.

Yesterday, I had 5 out of 6 positions occupied in my side and I ate one of the other player's chips.  I did this repeatedly.  The guy just lost 1 roll out of 4 chips I ate.  He also had 5 of 6 positions occupied.  He ate a chip of mine twice.  I had to roll some 10 times before I could get out each time.

If you know Backgammon, you know this is NOT right.  Losers out there have found a way to cheat, and that ruins the fun for us, the ones with a brain.

Microsoft, please put an end to this.  Your Windows license is expensive, and I paid for it, and I expect to be able to enjoy all the features in the OS, and that includes the included Internet gaming.  Roll a patch that can end this blatant cheating!

MCP

Windows for home | Other | Gaming

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Anonymous
2010-04-10T13:55:17+00:00

Hi,

If you have any feedback’s, then I would suggest you to post here:

https://connect.microsoft.com/?wa=wsignin1.0

 Please respond back with the status of the issue and let us know if you have any issues.

 Azam – Microsoft

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-11T23:56:40+00:00

    go to Pogo.  Nobody quits and there is a move timer where the palyer must forfeit if they don't move within a prescribed time, which is adjustable by the host.  It is free to sign up.  You see the screen name of the person who you are playing and you can choose not to play them in the future.  You will never waste your time with Msoft Backgammon again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T20:45:34+00:00

    You should read Tripp523 on May 22,2011.  He actually used a cheat program.  They do exist and are being used.

    I do find many players who play an honest game and enjoy both winning and losing with a good player.  However I find very few player who can play or know the odds.  No one plays the advised opening moves (except the obvious like 61,31 etc) but no one plays the best moves for 21,23,25,32,34,36,41,45,51,46 etc, as published in board games and books on backgammon.

    I have played BG for 30 years on the 'board' and have read many books on strategy and tactics.  You might enjoy "Backgammon for Blood" by Bruce Becker.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T20:21:35+00:00

    Can't help you with the 5:15 problem but if you suspect a cheater, then don't play - quit right away.  If enough people boycott them, maybe they will go away and we can have enjoyable games again, winning some and losing some.

    See my 'how to spot a cheater'  that I wrote on page 1.

    Happy hunting for non-cheaters.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T20:20:23+00:00

    It's not cheaters...the board going crazy is some glitch in the program and usually will continue to run properly even if you look and see they have a rock already home until you move to a position that is in the glitch and then the program will terminate.  There are no cheaters only people that don't understand backgammom.  I can tell a newbie usually on their first move or when they double me right away.  Backgammom is a game of strategy...taking risks...setting traps...thinking ahead.  Sure I get beat by newbies that get lucky with there rolls and basic moves but, if you get beat by someone that thinks and takes risks...that's not cheating.

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