Msn zone backgammon Cheat

Anonymous
2012-10-31T12:34:57+00:00

there is a msn zone backgmmon cheat that allow a player to stall the game then turn the timer against his opponent. It has happend to me 5 times in the last 10 days.

1- Player (A) use the cheat against  player (B).

2- Player (A) stall the game.

3- Player (B) try to force player (A) to play by clicking on player info then the yes button to force player (A) clock to start but nothing happens. 

4- It still show that it's player (A) to make a move but his timer doesn't start.

5- Player (B) still waiting for Player (A) to make his move and wondering why Player (A) timer didn't start!

6- Player (A) tells Player (B) that the dog ate the timer.

7- Player (B) timed out instead!! and lose the game inspite it was Player (A) turn to make a move and player (B) couldn't do anything to stop this cheat.

Is microsoft going to do anything about this? or maybe I should start looking for other gaming sites?

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Anonymous
2015-02-18T13:54:56+00:00

This has been happening for over 10 years now, it will never be fixed. About 1 out of every 10 matches with ranks over 2100 you will encounter a cheat. This is what I do...

  1. Never play against "Guest" - they use Guest because they are blocked by so many players now.
  2. When you know they are cheating, add them to your "do not match" list.

3. Quit the game and never deal with that pathetic loser again.

Help improve the backgammon community by losing gracefully and never stall. The person you are playing is not responsible for the dice roles they get.  If anyone stalls you follow the same steps above. If EVERYBODY does this the losers will only be playing each other in a  very short time.

P.S. The dice are random, they act exactly like real dice even though sometimes the roles seem incredible. If you play enough with real dice you will realize this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-07T09:59:31+00:00

    I have it happen to me quite often. Most of them have rotten attitudes, lets face it they are abusive and mean. It's just getting worse.  You do scream shots and report them but no one cares.

    How do they do it?  I have started not pushing the button when they stall, maybe that will help.

    Answer is NO. Microsoft does not care and has no intention of fixing the game so it can not be manipulated in any way. How about their rolling 4-6 sets of doubles in a row?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-07T08:47:50+00:00

    yeah first time i hit chaeater after long abscence from zone on my 40th something game player knick greengoo or some thing like that.   i won game and would have had my alltime high of 2000 .  maybe if they were strung up by there thumbs there would be less of them.  they will be sorted out one way or the other.  this i know. :) .   oh yeah i stopped playing when i lost my old rating.  while back.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-18T23:54:10+00:00

    This happened to me lots of times like 2 years backward; however, when I started playing backgammon again this 3 months - cheaters did not do this way anymore. I was kicked off after the opponent stop playing. Would msn do something about this?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-07T14:13:02+00:00

    Just had this happen to me. My opponent moved her checker from 19 to 24 and then back again very quickly and then statred to whine about my stalling, BUt I was winnng and the board showed it was her turn. Alot of cheaters make ti site very frustrating.

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