GREETINGS BACKGAMMON PLAYERS !
This is Dshort, and I am the tournament director for the 3 point tournament.
This message is being sent to all of the players in the tournament.
I am enclosing first round pairings and rules.
You will be receiving your first boards very soon.
The doubling cube is used for this tournament - and we will observe the Crawford rule. Each player plays a match to 3 points against their opponent. First player to get to 3 points wins the match. A gammon is worth 2 times the value of the doubling cube, a backgammon is worth 3 points the value of the doubling cube. To use the doubling cube you MUST be on manual.
To put yourself on manual, you have to send in a message to the server first.
When you are on manual, you have the option of rolling the dice or doubling before you move. When your opponent controls the die you will automatically roll the dice before each turn even if you are on manual.
To place yourself on manual, send an email to pbmserv@gamerz.net with:
Backgammon Board (board number) (userid) (password) manual
in the subject line. For instance, if your userid is freddie and your password is chocolate and you are playing on Board 12345, the email would look like this:
Backgammon Board 12345 freddie chocolate manual
When you are on manual, before you move each time you will have to send either
Backgammon Board (board number) (userid) (password) double
or
Backgammon Board (board number) (userid) (password) roll
To accept a double, send
Backgammon Board (board number) (userid) (password) accept
To reject a double, send
Backgammon Board (board number) (userid) (password) reject
Remember that if you reject a double, you automatically lose that game for the value of the doubling cube. If no one has doubled yet, the value of the game is one point. Changing the value of a game for a gammon or backgammon only comes into play when a player has finished bearing off, not when an opponent rejects a double.
I am sending in the challenge commands for the first game of every match.
Players should email me
copies of their completed games to
christian
was: pepper889@hotmail.com
If the email bounces back as undeliverable, try me at davidnyj889@hotmail.com as sometimes I am over my storage limit on my accounts.
Players then should send in the challenge commands for their next game(s) in their match themselves and continue to forward completed games to me as they finish. When matches are over, please realize we will not be able to proceed with the next round until all first round games are over.
The tournament is open to 48 players and is single elimination. We will pair the field down from 48 players, to 24, to 12, to 6, and then to the final 3.
The final 3 players will each play a 3-point match concurrently with the other two finalists. If one player wins both of their matches, they win the tournament.
In the event of a 3-way tie where Player A beats Player B, Player B beats Player C, and Player C beats Player A, each player will again play 2 new 3-point matches against each other. If there is still a 3-way tie after the second set of finalist matches, 3 co-winners will be named.
Anyone interested in seeing the ratings I used to determine the seeds?
Here they are! Established players were ranked ahead of our 2 provisionally rated players, who were ranked ahead of our one unrated player. In cases where 2 players were tied with the same rating, the higher seed was given to the player with the better lifetime +/- win/loss record.
Established =========== Rank Name Rating Won Lost Active/Limit Seeking ---- ---------------- ------ ---- ---- ------------ ------- 1 sydsad 1958 89 64 3 / 10 4 gjug 1920 48 39 1 / 10 5 mlc 1918 98 62 1 / 8 9 gnaw 1889 52 35 3 11 frankb33 1884 156 85 4 12 jens_ulrik 1884 250 203 19 / 20 14 christian 1871 86 78 2 / 7 15 gordon 1867 127 112 1 / 20 20 pedro 1842 375 280 11 / 50 21 sarahl 1838 53 44 3 23 rrognlie 1835 902 867 8 24 bernhard 1831 169 138 / 6 28 frolind 1821 75 51 2 / 10 99 33 pingel 1813 84 62 37 jeroen 1805 25 22 3 / 10 38 jimmay 1804 411 327 2 / 30 40 absinthe 1802 90 78 2 / 5 49 marconte 1785 82 65 1 / 16 52 dshort 1782 17 13 2 23 58 hardy 1773 304 214 3 / 25 59 frans 1770 287 326 8 60 sydney 1769 58 58 12 / 50 62 volta 1766 75 77 / 9999 63 hartwell 1766 303 404 1 64 jimreed 1764 134 110 / 25 65 cliff 1764 111 79 8 / 12 66 dzander 1763 255 230 11 / 20 67 di 1762 373 384 3 68 seamus 1760 13 13 11 87 hassan 1747 1072 994 34 89 fdean 1746 24 21 1 / 10 10 96 saha 1739 30 44 1 98 guzzle 1737 17 22 14 99 steved 1737 193 253 10 100 ableseaman 1736 114 80 6 108 greuel 1727 408 355 6 / 101 111 arth 1725 320 382 10 / 99 91 119 kaleigh 1707 337 305 11 / 30 120 sharkey 1706 26 29 / 9 136 clearwater 1687 40 50 / 7 147 karen53 1667 7 16 16 3206 151 zappa_daj 1662 38 37 6 152 camb 1660 10 19 161 yerit 1629 31 65 10 165 kain 1605 33 50 1 Provisionals ============ Rank Name Rating Won Lost Active/Limit Seeking ---- ---------------- ------ ---- ---- ------------ ------- 29 jklewis 1753 10 6 1 69 marco 1616 4 7 /reject
OK now, here are the first round pairings...
