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
    2011-02-19T21:46:56+00:00

    find another backgammon game or find people around you to play with

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-16T07:38:45+00:00

    I too really dislike the game.  I'd would have 95% wins on expert, but some players crash the game when they are losing, which causes both of us to register a loss.

    Please fix the game so that cheaters can't "fix" the game :)

    TY

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-31T14:29:45+00:00

    Please send Feedback to the link below as there is nothing that we can do from the Microsoft Answers Forum. 

    http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195

    Sincerely,

    Marilyn

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-04-07T08:58:26+00:00

    maybe your just **** at gammon?

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