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Subject: Re: Slow games

pedestrian: Something like this?

Never-ending tournament

10. February 2012, 22:24:12

Bernice

Subject: Re: Slow games

pedestrian: now that is the height of ridiculousness (SP)....Fencer should step in and not allow that sort of nonsense.

10. February 2012, 22:40:48

pedestrian

Subject: Re: Slow games

Bernice: It's just a bit of light-hearted fun

10. February 2012, 23:25:57

norrsken

Subject: Re: Slow games

pedestrian: Agree. It is not really serious just a way of dealing with some frustration that I have almost 20% of my games with one of the top turtles.

10. February 2012, 22:47:30

Subject: Re: Slow games

pedestrian: I signed up for anti-backgammon, I can make some of those games last for 400+ moves

11. February 2012, 00:38:16

Subject: Re: Slow games

Vikings: I used to think that anti-back was the game that allowed the maximum number of moves. No. I have seen a game of regular camelot on Goldtoken that lists 939 moves. the outcome (draw) was obvious after about 100 moves, but they continued at it for 800 more. And to top it, the game lasted only 3 months. Now say this game was played by the Kid and his Eminence ...

11. February 2012, 01:54:52

Subject: Re: Slow games

rabbitoid: 459 and counting Anti Backgammon (SL-Mark vs. Vikings), it'll probably go at least 650, I like to extend the games when I am in control just to see who will resign

11. February 2012, 04:36:25

Chimera

Subject: Re: Slow games

Vikings: I'm in :) how about 551

11. February 2012, 08:38:55

Subject: Re: Slow games

Vikings: In theory even a simple backgammon game could go on forever (spread pieces, take, throw back and so on) but the odds are against it. Cloning BG seems a good candidate too, with the ever growing number of pieces but I can't find a good example.

11. February 2012, 12:37:52

SL-Mark

Subject: Re: Slow games

Vikings: "459 and counting Anti Backgammon (SL-Mark vs. Vikings), it'll probably go at least 650, I like to extend the games when I am in control just to see who will resign"

LOL, and have you compared the number of doubles (esp x6s) we have each had in this game!!!

Will join you in the NeverEnding anti-backgammon tourny

11. February 2012, 16:13:43

Subject: Re: Slow games

Modified by Vikings (11. February 2012, 16:14:57)

SL-Mark: I wasn't talking about our match, it's a good see-saw match,II was just using it as an example of my longest going current match.
And yes, I was the first to sign up

14. February 2012, 02:04:58

Mousetrap

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

rabbitoid: I am playing a game of anti now at 1442 moves and loving it. Its been going 4 years I think now and we both want see how long we can keep it going.

14. February 2012, 03:25:28

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

Mousetrap:

14. February 2012, 10:50:27

Gabriel Almeida

Yeaaaah... but still no team tournaments news, right? :)

14. February 2012, 11:36:04

Gabriel Almeida

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

Mousetrap: Well... I can show you a game (in a prized tournament) with 92 moves that is running since January 2009. More than 3 years ago. They would take more than 15 years to make this 1442 moves! :)

14. February 2012, 21:33:16

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

Gabriel Almeida: A little math: that's 92 moves in 2 years = 730 days.
number of days needed for 1440 moves would be 1440 * 730 / 92 = 11426, 31 years.

Filip, will brainking still be here in 30 years?

15. February 2012, 01:00:20

Gabriel Almeida

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

Modified by Gabriel Almeida (15. February 2012, 01:03:03)

rabbitoid: Wrong calculation, my friend. In fact, it's more than THREE years. More than 1100 days, in this case.

So... 1440*1100/92 = 17217 days. More than 47 Years!!!!

However, in brainking, this seems to be right, because "players are only using properly their time limits to move". Opinions...

By the way, we are talking of a Backgammon game. 7 points. 3 Years... and counting. It's not in the middle, yet...

P.S. - I'm not criticising directly those players. I really like them (one of them in particular), he/she is a nice player, and I don't want to offend him/her. I say is that rules should avoid that kind of games.

15. February 2012, 01:17:48

wetware

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

Gabriel Almeida: like a married couple...growing old together

18. February 2012, 16:34:06

Mousetrap

Subject: Re: Slow fun game and 15 years

Gabriel Almeida:

14. February 2012, 21:28:20

Subject: Re: Slow fun game

Mousetrap: Wow, I'm truly impressed. You've even lost count of the years, It's just had its fifth birthday :)
Still that's a very good pace. 5 years is about 1800 days, 1440 double moves, that's better than a move a day, with the inevitable periods of absence.

18. February 2012, 16:36:23

Mousetrap