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
    2011-12-02T00:16:14+00:00

    Great post. I tend to find cheaters quit if you win the first roll, make a pretty good first move, or are taking super longe times to move.

     

    I tend to wait just once if a person is taking a very long time between rolls. I have no idea assuming they have cheats because the long pauses are almost always followed by "the perfect roll" for the situation. Why else wait so long . . . especially if it wasn't happening before.

     

    It is even more frustrating to lose to a player making the idiotic and poorly chosen moves that can be clearly determined because they are cheating rather than taking risks or are bad players. I know people play sporatically, I do it when solid techniques are too predictable and I need an edge. But when the moves don't make sense, a good player can tell that it is cheating rather than entering chaos into a pattern or just a poor player.

     

    I love the game, it sucks playing against people who are clearly cheating. I used to hate thinking they were cheating because I thought maybe I was just a sore loser. I know know there are just losers who have learned to win.

     

    I wish I knew when you were playing so I can play with you in a legitimate game.  You look like you know how to play the game and have experience.  I have been playing mostly on the physical boards with real dice for many years.  Wish we could play that way.  Always hard to find good players like you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-29T02:32:27+00:00

    here is just one of many that came up in a google search for MSN backgammon cheats.

    http://www.ehow.com/how_4485499_find-cheats-msn-backgammon.html

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-26T16:56:48+00:00

    I have my self roled a lot of doubles within a game with out cheating but i concure i think cheating is going on some have a lot of doubles in a time some get a lot of lucky dice when finishing and some move more than the dice say....

    I just played someone who got 11 doubles in the last game ridiculus!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-26T04:55:25+00:00

    Players can get on hot streaks, but not like I see here. I play craps or some type of dice game almost every day.

    I gamble craps at the casino in actual play or watching almost daily and I keep dice in my pocket and shoot them just for fun.

    I often play backgammon against myself or my room mate or one of the kids daily.

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