MS Internet Backgammon cheaters

Anonymous
2011-02-19T18:20:49+00:00

I have a Masters Degree in statistics (so I have a modicum of awareness regarding probabilities in rolling a pair of dice) and have been playing competitive backgammon since 1975. There is no doubt that the complaints presented under headings such as "internet backgammon cheaters" are accurate observations. I've been told there are also sites where a player can go to download the cheat program(s). When one is significantly ahead in a game and a double would intelligently be declined, but is accepted by the opponent, and that player then communicates "good luck" and subsequently rolls 5 or 6 doubles in a row, something is not right. I have also noted, after reading contributed complaints, that a player can, and does, move more pips than the number rolled on the dice. Many times, but not always, you see an indication of a cheater when chat has been turned off. They are so ignorant that they believe if they can't see your message "not again" or "it's your turn" it isn't sent. Either way, the isCERTAINLY A HIGH NUMBER OF CHEATERS. A "normal" game of backgammon just does not have 5 to 10 doubles rolled by the same player. That doesn't mean it never happens, but not with the regularity it occurs in MS Internet Backgammon. It used to be a pleasure for me to spend a few moments of free time playing. Now it's just aggrivating and not worth dealing with opponents who know they can't compete without cheating. Why not add a level of players to the current "Expert", "Intermediate" and "Beginner" ...  "Dummies" so the cheaters have a chance of winning legitimately? I don't know what the so called "cheat codes" do or how they work. Has Microsoft lost so much of it's technical edge they can't find a "fix". How about each time a player executes a fix (cheat) code, he/she gets bumped off the site with a note "You've been busted as a cheater". Too easy?

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Anonymous
2012-01-01T04:51:23+00:00

I agree, it seems like there are people cheating.  That is why I looked up "Is cheating on internet backgammon possible."  

On the other hand, I am not one of the smart ones (I play because I can't sleep) and I probably couldn't figure out how to cheat if I tried, but I have still gotten rolls that make it impossible for the other player to have a fair chance.  That is too bad too because I love a good game to the end, win or lose.  It seems like a conundrum. I wonder how much is the computer changing up the odds.  Sometimes I wonder if I am even playing real people.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-07-11T23:02:42+00:00

    OMG are you guys serious? Listen to yourselves, it's really very sad. I love backgammon and acey duecey  just as much as the next person and I have played since the 5th grade. I am now 50 yrs old and it saddens me to read the replies about backgammon cheaters. First of all, it is impossible to cheat at backgammon on the net, 2nd there is no cheat sheet, 3rd yes it's true the game freezes a lot at times. My rating went from 1900 to 1400 and I would love to blame a cheater but that would just be childish now wouldn't it? But when I was kicking butt and the other guy was losing I thought it was great and I bet that person thought I was somehow cheating too. It's a computer that is rolling the dice, not a person, not a cheater ,and not MSN;  man what is with you bunch of sad little people? It's a game on a computer making you act like a bunch of little girls. Have a great day and maybe play another game, something solo perhaps.

    So you are trying to convince me that:

    hacks do not exist

    stalling is not a form of cheating

    grow up your self , I bet you play solo, a game played by one, unless you belong to a group :(

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-08T06:52:44+00:00

    OMG are you guys serious? Listen to yourselves, it's really very sad. I love backgammon and acey duecey  just as much as the next person and I have played since the 5th grade. I am now 50 yrs old and it saddens me to read the replies about backgammon cheaters. First of all, it is impossible to cheat at backgammon on the net, 2nd there is no cheat sheet, 3rd yes it's true the game freezes a lot at times. My rating went from 1900 to 1400 and I would love to blame a cheater but that would just be childish now wouldn't it? But when I was kicking butt and the other guy was losing I thought it was great and I bet that person thought I was somehow cheating too. It's a computer that is rolling the dice, not a person, not a cheater ,and not MSN;  man what is with you bunch of sad little people? It's a game on a computer making you act like a bunch of little girls. Have a great day and maybe play another game, something solo perhaps.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-08T02:09:29+00:00

    I can only guess that microsoft wants to discourage use of the game server and the bandwidth it uses. They would prefer if we all use games that require a login and sell advertising.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-05-24T15:55:58+00:00

    Why do they even play?  That is not playing.

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