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
    2012-01-05T10:36:22+00:00

    Can't speak for all quitters, but so many of them have been burned by cheaters they are fed up.

    All of these people are not stupid. Cheating is obvious, and when they see it they hang it up.

    Why should they sit there being made a fool of.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-01-05T10:33:14+00:00

    " One shouldn't quit just because your losing.  Stay with it or resign."

    There is a time and a place for resigning and there is a time and a  place for quitting

    I have never minded being beaten when the game was fair. However these cheaters are playing what appears to be a normal game to a point, then when they see they are being beaten they switch on the cheat program, and doubles fly out of no where for them.

    Their 1-1's are always so convenient when ever they need them to form blocks. They never seem to get an odd roll that  that leaves any stone uncovered,....EVER.

    Most of these people will roll get a number assigned to them and then they have to figure out what the cheat program want's them to do with it.

    This whole thing is a bunch of BS. I think many of these people have never played BG much and now have the cheat program.

    They simply cannot play with out it, and have never developed the skill to compete with out cheating.

    So many of them have had games dropped on them, they know that the non-cheating person is not going to sit there and be made a fool of.

    You don't get 6/6 4/4 3/3 2/2 6/4 6/2 5/5 and never any odd combination, it just doesn't happen.

    Funny while they are getting these fantastic numbers you are getting 1/2 1/3/ 1/1 or any number always accompanied by a 1 constantly, especially if you are trying to get the last of your stones home.

    As soon as I see this,...I'm out of there, and no I don't resign. To heck with them.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-01-04T19:41:36+00:00

    I will always double right away if my opponent has 4 wins and I have, say 3. There is nothing for me to lose in this case as a single will give them the win anyway.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-01-04T19:23:36+00:00

    Absolutely, quitters are a disturbing piece of evidence on what people are really like when they can be anonymous.

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