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Fun and frustration
Eric Hsu wrote:
> Okay, since I am sick of (1) the computers-cheating thread and (2)
> my current losing streak, I beg you all to console me with stories
> of your own losing streaks, or legendary losing streaks. I started
> on FIBS a couple of months ago, climbed up to 1720+ and now I have
> plummeted to 1650. I guess it's not that much of a plummet, but it
> feels like I must have lost 20 out of the last 22 matches, against
> all levels of competition, all match lengths, all levels of player
> clever and absurd. Yeesh!
That's not much of a plummet. Earlier this year I was ready to crack the
1700 barrier, when in a 3 week period I dropped from 1694 clear down to
about 1480. I couldn't believe it! I'm now back in the 1680s, but it
really opened my eyes to a couple of things. 1 - I'm more likely to accept
initial invites from somebody in the 1400s than I used to, and 2 - I think
my dramatic plunge was God's way of telling me to put BG into perspective.
Now instead of spending 3 straight hours playing BG, I might play for 1 1/2
hours and read a book or something else for 1 1/2 hours :-)
Jim - Truth on GG
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Fun and frustration
- A game brings you money (Michael J. Zehr, Feb 1996)
- A story from my youth (neilkaz, Aug 2008)
- Backgammon at 50 (Mary Hickey, July 2005)
- Backgammon by mail (MelRae, Aug 1997)
- Backgammon haikus (Phil Simborg, July 2004)
- Backgammon hustler (Socks, Apr 2004)
- Backgammon laws (Walt Swan, Dec 1999)
- Beginner's luck (Paul Tanenbaum, May 1999)
- Characters we all know (Alan Webb, Feb 1999)
- Choking under pressure (Kevin Bastian, Dec 1997)
- Danish Championship semifinal match (Daniel Murphy+, Nov 2004)
- Don't come looking for sympathy ... (Ian Shaw, Nov 2004)
- "Good roll!" (jfk+, Jan 1998)
- Hard luck story contest (Einar Tryggvason, Apr 1996)
- "I resign" (neilkaz, June 2011)
- Lonely checker's lament (Luvrhino+, Aug 2001)
- Losing streaks (Stanley E. Richards+, June 2006)
- Losing streaks (Leo Bueno+, Nov 1999)
- Losing streaks (Jim Peplow, July 1998)
- New Year's resolutions (Alan Webb, Jan 2000)
- One-liners (scuba, Jan 2007)
- Simborg's laws of backgammon (NYCGuy, June 1997)
- Some learning humor (Daniel Murphy, Aug 2011)
- Ten commandments of backgammon (Morten Wang, Nov 1997)
- The square thing (David B. Sandler, June 1996)
- Translation fun (James Eibisch, Feb 1998)
- What are the chances? (Pete+, Mar 2003)
- Wishing good luck (Michel Tarragnat, Apr 2005)
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