David Byrum
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Absolute Backgammon
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David's Backgammon
The dice rolls are selected at the time of the roll using a random number generator. That is true for all skill levels. No cheating going on.
Years of programming and research, as well as playing backgammon, went into creating the skill of the computer opponent, not cheating.
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Who might this be? I think the only way you would trust a person is if you chose them yourself. I suggest you find a person like that and have them examine the game. Since the game does produce random dice rolls, I would encourage it.
Since you think the game picks the rolls it needs to take advantage of the situation it finds itself in, I suggest you try my other backgammon game - Absolute Backgammon. It has an option to have a series of random dice rolls generated just before the game start. During the game, these dice rolls are used (you can view them to see). That way you can know for sure that the dice rolls are NOT picked for the situation. If you still think the computer gives itself better rolls, it also gives you a chance to choose to use its dice instead.
Your expert could also analyze a few of these series of dice rolls to determine the probability they are random or not.
I have analyzed the dice rolls for many thousands of rolls looking for patterns and looking at the distribution of dice rolls. All is as it should be. There are no detectable patterns and the distribution of dice rolls is correct: each of the 36 possible rolls comes up equally over many thousands of rolls.
Feel free to email me at macgammon@aol.com.
David's Backgammon
Or you can read all of his posts by clicking on FICHEYE in his posts. I think you will get the picture.
David's Backgammon
By the way, FICHEYE (Dennis Hastings ) has been enjoying the game for many years now. Here is a direct quote from him 8 years ago in March 2008:
" I love your game."
As of November 2000, he reported to me that he had played over 10,000 games with David's Backgammon.
Go figure!
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I think you have answered your own question though, since you have not had to pay in the past for updates. My upgrade policy has not changed for this version.
I think it would be much more productive if you would email me directly to find out what your situation is.
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David
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Better luck Ancient_Eagle_Spirit
Absolute Backgammon
David's Backgammon
It is not true mac software and does not use the mac interface. Since it was not written for the mac, it uses X11 software as its interface, not OS X.