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Dealing with droppers From:   Patti Beadles Address:   pattib@netcom.com Date:   20 March 1996 Subject:   Droppers: Another Solution Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   pattibDoKIt3.GsF@netcom.com Ignore them. I used to worry about them... moral righteousness and all... "it's not fair!" "I deserve those points!" "People should be warned!" "Keep a list of all the cheaters!" But you know what? It really is a trivial problem. It really doesn't happen all that often-- I haven't had anyone drop a game on me in many many months. The people who do it don't stick around the server very long anyway, so nothing you do is going to keep it from happening. The fix just doesn't exist. Why get your blood pressure up? Why concoct elaborate solutions that just shift the problem elsewhere, or make things more complex without making them more fun? If it happens, just shrug it off and go to the next match. And worry about more important things... like whether you should have split or hit loose with that ace, or whether you took an impossible cube. -Patti -- Patti Beadles | 2.7% may be huge, but I'll put pattib@netcom.com/pattib@gammon.com | my money on the 97.2% side. http://www.gammon.com/ | or just yell, "Hey, Patti!" | Now also patti@velo.com   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Etiquette

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