First a "bug" and then the key thing: I'm in Windows 7 x64 with the latest build and once every 7-game set or so the game is hiccuping and the sound goes off causing the system to run like a brick requiring a reboot. If I catch it right away (like I'm not in a bar re-roll scenario) then I can just exit and all is fine but if it goes on there's only the reboot. Also, once it happens I can't save. No drive ever appears to save the file to.
Okay, some of you will know my name from chiming in once every 6 months with something minor over the last several years. I love this product but I find it's become a love/hate relationship. A little background: 1. I'm not a rocket scientist but the light does flicker pretty solidly up there. 2. I owned a game testing company for 13 years and had to learn to play every type of game--well, during that time. 3. I belong to a weekly board gaming club where we play "euro-style" games pretty seriously and I win my fair share and this is at a top college with rather bright students. I say all that because GNUBG makes me feel like I should just go get some sticks and figure out how to make a fire and kill animals with my bare hands for food. I play at the Advanced levels and (WARNING: I'm saying this from frustration not logic) there are times I just feel like this damned thing MUST be cheating even though I know it makes no sense for it to do so. There has to be a psychology to it all. I leave a pawn open in a critical time after being extremely careful and, presto, far more often that seems possible he not only hits me but rolls the perfect roll to do so. The only thing that can hit me? 5-4? He rolls a 5-4 I go on the bar and never recover. +50 lead shot to hell in one open. He also seems to roll doubles more often than I do while bearing off especially if we're neck and neck. It's gotten so bad that lately I've lost something like 10 sets (to 7) in a row with most of them not even being anywhere near close. I've also decided that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES am I EVER to accept a double from him. If he offers I decline and take the loss. Why? Because I can only recall rare cases where accepting ever ended with my winning and, seemingly often, as soon as I do it he rolls some amazing roll that seals my fate right then and there. I also started jotting down the PIP count after a minimal period of five turns each. I did this for 25 games. After 25 games the total sum of the values was -50. That's just -2 a game so that seems possible but I'd feel a lot better if I didn't have the feeling that I'm always on my way to a loss by that point already. I also play with Tutor on and I'm not making lots of bad plays. So my question has NOTHING to do with the engine. I KNOW it's not cheating. Why am I having such a hard time with this? Must I accept that backgammon just isn't my game? Is there some rosetta stone that will help improve my game that I'm not aware of? _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
