I play backgammon to a reasonable standard and have always regarded myself as an unlucky player, both as a real-life player and when playing the gnubg version.
But, over several years, I have become convinced of a strong tendency in gnubg to punish what it may regard as a bad move with remarkable, even outrageous, luck. This has become so apparent to me that I can usually predict extraordinarily lucky throws by the computer immediately before they are made. This also, on occasion, works in reverse. Occasionally the computer makes what I would regard as a bad move. This has then resulted in a series of ridiculously lucky throws by myself. I can offer no evidence for this wild assertion, it's purely anecdotal. ------------- Regards, Paul Thornett Regards, Paul Thornett On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 03:32, Ian Shaw <ian.s...@riverauto.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Teddy, > > > > The luckier player wins a lot of the time. However, I’ve definitely seen many > games where the luckier player had played badly enough to still lose. It’s > often me! > > > > Perhaps you’re sample size is not large enough. That’s all I can suggest. > > > > (I’m not sure what happens if you play on any setting lower than ‘expert’). > > > > Best regards, > > Ian Shaw > > > > From: Bug-gnubg <bug-gnubg-bounces+ian.shaw=riverauto.co...@gnu.org> On > Behalf Of hereodt Z > Sent: 25 June 2022 20:04 > To: bug-gnubg@gnu.org > Subject: No bugs, just a question > > > > Dear all who created GNUBg, > > > > > > Thank you for your wonderful, GREAT software. > > > > It provided me with countless hours of fun and relaxation.Maybe a little TOO > much, but that's my problem ;). > > > > > > > > How come the winner, be it me or the computer, is always the luckiest player? > > > > I thought backgammon was a game of skill. 'Course, luck plays a role, but the > outcome of the game to be SOLELY based on LUCK?! C'mon! How is it possible? > > > > Let's say I am not skilled and indeed, I can win only if I get lucky . > > > > But the computer is World Class, after all. How come IT never wins when it is > less lucky than me? > > > > > > Thank you and Best regards, > > Teddy > > > > > >