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Forum Archive :
Etiquette
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Is it a legitimate and/or 'sporting' tactic to offer a single point in a
situation where there is some threat of a gammon but no sure thing? I
had an opponent do that once; the idea was supposed to be "I'll offer
you a sure single point, instead of you playing for a possible gammon
but, given the amount of contact remaining, risking a possible
turnaround loss." I actually found it an interesting ploy with
merit both ways.
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Peter Schneider writes:
This is in fact a settlement, which I think is not uncommon between good
players if a situation becomes strategically uninteresting and the cube
value is high and a swing would cost a lot. (Over the board, one can
settle for any value, e.g. 0.75 of the stake; that's different in online
play, therefore settlements are not that common online.) I'd recommend
for online play to chat a bit and explain one's rationale, in order to
avoid misunderstandings.
IIRC, Crawford/Jacoby wrote that as the favourite, it would be good
sportsmanship to offer a settlement value that is a little lower than
what one thinks the real equity would yield.
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Happy Juggler writes:
When I first started playing online about 1 1/2 years ago, it was not
clear to me whether ratings took into account winning by more than
necessary to win a match. If the score is 10-10 in an 11pt match and my
opponent offered to resign one point when a gammon was certain I
actually declined. Then I read the fact sheet on ratings and realized I
was being ignorant.
There is another type of resignation though: The resignation gambit.
This happens when your opponent is for example losing 7-9 in an 11pt
match. He is facing a likely or certain gammon and offers to resign a
single point. You refuse. He offers again next turn. You refuse. He
offers again next turn. You refuse. He doubles next turn. You decline
out of habit, losing a single point. This slimy trick could never
happen offline but has happened online to many players. It violates
one of the offline rules of bg but what can you do about it? It is
cheating but all of the tournaments I have ever played online have no
explicit rules against it so you can't even do anything about it in a
tournament situation. The tournament groups need to get their act
together on this one.
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Etiquette
- Am I too slow? (sevenout+, Apr 2004)
- Am I too slow? (Stephen Turner, Jan 2002)
- Am I too slow? (Daniel Murphy, June 1997)
- Commenting on dice (Ron Barry+, Mar 2001)
- Dealing with droppers (Bill Hill, Dec 1998)
- Dealing with droppers (Patti Beadles, Mar 1996)
- Dice cup (Walt Swan, June 2000)
- Direction of play (Ric Gerace+, Aug 2001)
- Doubling opponent out (bustedchucks+, June 2005)
- Doubling to end a game early (Douglas Zare, Aug 2001)
- Etiquette for online play (Dean Ayer+, June 1997)
- Going for backgammon in a one-point match (Douglas Zare, Nov 2000)
- How long to wait? (Marsha Wisniski+, Dec 1997)
- Listening to music while playing (Max Urban+, Oct 2009)
- Moving hit checker first (Timothy Chow+, Oct 2009)
- Premature shaking (Paul Epstein+, July 2005)
- Rolling the dice (Julius Selbach+, July 2005)
- Rude conduct (Igor Schein+, Mar 2003)
- Under resigning (Bob Newell+, Aug 2004)
- Under resigning (Ilya Vinogradsky+, May 1994)
- When to quit (Albert Steg, Nov 1998)
- Why I never complain about the dice (Phil Simborg, Mar 2004)
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