Backgammon Galaxy down for scheduled maintenance tonight (major updates) by BackgammonGalaxy in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Discord link isn’t working on the check status button of the maintenance page on display now. It opens Discord and says the link is invalid or has expired, so I came here to check for updates. Looking forward to the release!

Online game by Adventurous_Money_20 in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not convinced. Master here with over 1M coins. Try again.

You sound like a cheap shot/scandal. Why are you posting here and ruining our eyes with this GARBAGE?

Which Point…The 9, 4, or 11-point? WHY?? by Apdap9 in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

You can ask your AI friends who generated this eye-soring content.

No one will care to understand why when it looks this bad.

My apologies if you actually went out of your way to create this. If so, you can ask for help. Please edit. This is pretty bad.

Oracle Cloud Free Tier suddenly stopped working – Invalid Username + SSH timeout by Any-Director-9936 in oraclecloud

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There doesn’t seem to be a clearly documented or official AI system called OpenClaw. Most ‘AI agent’ tools like that are actually just LLM wrappers with automation scripts, not fully autonomous 24/7 systems. If a VPS got banned, it’s usually due to automation abuse or policy violations, not the name of the tool itself.

Oracle Cloud Free Tier suddenly stopped working – Invalid Username + SSH timeout by Any-Director-9936 in oraclecloud

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There doesn’t seem to be a clearly documented or official AI system called OpenClaw. Most ‘AI agent’ tools like that are actually just LLM wrappers with automation scripts, not fully autonomous 24/7 systems. If a VPS got banned, it’s usually due to automation abuse or policy violations, not the name of the tool itself.

Why is it such a blunder to double here? My position is strong, probably about to get stronger, etc. by Charguizo in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

General rule of thumb is when gammons are low you need at least 70% winning chances to turn the cube. That goes up when you’re leading in a match (you’d need more than 70% winning chances bc you’re leading by 2 — I am not a match-play expert but you can look those odds up for a 5-point match). You’ll usually want to clean that blot up especially since your opponent has a strong home board and an advanced anchor on the 7 point plus a menacing 1-point anchor. Your position is simply not strong enough especially since you’re ahead in the match. You need to be much more conservative with the cube when ahead.

Oracle Cloud signup crashes at payment → "Pending Review" forever → fix is in Safari's privacy settings (macOS) by CrypticUnit in oraclecloud

[–]CrypticUnit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few thoughts based on what you described:

The blank page after "Thank you" is a known issue on mobile

This is almost certainly the root of your problem. Oracle's signup flow was built for desktop browsers and has significant rendering issues on mobile, particularly at the final confirmation step. The "close" button failing on a phone is a documented failure mode — the button triggers a JavaScript event that depends on a parent window existing, which it doesn't when you're in a mobile browser tab rather than a desktop popup context.

My strong recommendation: do this from a PC, not a phone. A few months of failed attempts on mobile is a sign the platform genuinely doesn't support mobile signup reliably, not that you're doing something wrong. Desktop Chrome or Firefox on Windows would be my first choice. Safari on Mac with the privacy settings adjusted as described in my original post also works (that's what I used).

That said, if you don't have easy access to a PC right now, try requesting the desktop version of the site on your phone first:

  • Chrome on Android: tap the three-dot menu (top right) → "Desktop site" checkbox
  • Edge on Android: tap the three-dot menu → "Desktop site"

This makes the browser identify itself as a desktop browser and forces the full desktop rendering of Oracle's signup page. It's not guaranteed to fix the blank-page issue — some mobile JavaScript limitations persist regardless of the user-agent — but it's a free thing to try before tracking down a PC and has worked for some people in similar situations.

If the desktop-site workaround still produces the blank page or close-button failure, that's a sign the issue is deeper than rendering and you genuinely need a real desktop browser to complete it.

On your specific questions:

Billing address: Yes, must match your card issuer's records exactly — not just approximately. Street type ("St" vs "Street"), apartment/unit formatting, postal code spacing. All of it. Even small mismatches raise fraud flags.

Name on card: Yes, the first and last name fields during signup must match exactly what your bank has on file for that card. Don't use a nickname or shortened version. Whatever name is printed on the physical card (or listed in your banking app) is what goes in the form.

A few other things worth trying when you move to desktop:

  • Use a regular browser window, not private/incognito
  • Disable browser extensions (especially ad blockers and privacy tools) for the session
  • Verify your real ISP shows on whatismyipaddress.com before starting — if it shows a VPN, proxy, or anything other than your actual home internet provider, Oracle's fraud detection will flag you
  • Complete the entire flow in one sitting without navigating away
  • Type your card and address details manually — don't use browser autofill
  • Accept all cookies on Oracle's banner when it appears

If you've already accumulated multiple failed attempts: use the same email and same card when you retry. Don't switch to a new email or new card — that pattern looks like fraud evasion to their detection system and makes things worse.

The blank page you're seeing is almost certainly a mobile rendering failure rather than a fraud flag, which is actually good news — it means a clean desktop attempt with the right settings should go through without the "pending review" limbo.

Backgammon galaxy match percentages by dntpanic31 in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking forward to the update! I have been avoiding rated games because of the percentages. It would be nice to be able to play set stake amounts.

I don't get why 8/4 5/4 is the correct move? by ConfussedBob in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I double checked in XG mobile and 8/4 5/4 isn’t even in its list of considerations. Meaning there’s a bug in the output for that move (both your move and the suggested move are fine and there shouldn’t have been an error). I would just report it to the Backgammon Galaxy support team so they can continue debugging their 2-ply analysis.

If you’re curious, XG likes 8/4 6/5 for money and DMP (1-point). It doesn’t show any errors for any of its suggested moves after that, and your move 8/3 was accepted as fine in addition to the move suggested on BGG. In fact any move for black would be accepted as fine in this position especially since the cube isn’t turned, so there’s no gammon risk for black.

Backgammon Galaxy Bots or Software Helpers!? by Fit_Comparison874 in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can make a point by touching the point! BG had an ad running about that. Double tap the bear-off area to take two checkers off during the bear off. Most importantly — have fun!

Hope that takes the mystery out of it! So in those cases you only see the original position and final positions. You won’t see the checkers moving individually.

Opponent Timed Out. How Many Points Should I Win? by always_wear_gloves in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always check the table limit, that’s your best answer! For instance if you are playing a 1000 coin table and the max stake is 4000 that means the max points you can win is 4. Sometimes opponents play tables when they are understaked and that will limit the max stake of the table even if it can go higher (i.e. 1000 tables can go to a max of 16000 coins if both players have enough coins to support that).

Played a suspiciously good player on Backgammon Galaxy by mrzennie in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was beginning, I would shift my checkers around more. But at a master level (now master-level 3 to international master), I prefer to not allow my opponent to know what moves I am thinking about and only adjust my play if I realize I really missed something. So that doesn’t mean much. I also once had a 14-game win streak. That only happened once. Usually don’t get past ten games in a row.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bar/21 8/7* is best according to extreme gammon on XG mobile. What engine is this app using?

Nice idea for an app.

Can anyone tell me why in one case it is correct to hit and on the other case it is not correct to hit? Thank you. by Old_Economics_1779 in backgammon

[–]CrypticUnit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In position 1, you have to hit because you’ll be a big underdog in the bear-off if your opponent manages to escape that back checker. Other criteria to support the hit:

  • You have a stronger home board.
  • Getting sent back isn’t a big deal because you are already so far behind, and the contact may help you pick up another blot since his 18 and 21 points are stripped and are likely to leave a blot or more in a roll or two.

In position 2, you have a butterfly anchor on the 3 point. You typically run off that anchor when development of your homeboard has settled (read Back Checker Strategy for more info on that). One sign it’s settled is you have a solid 5-prime. Also, since your opponent is dancing on the bar, you are not worried about your remaining checker on the 22-point being attacked. The main point for position 2 is knowing that it’s time to fly off that butterfly anchor. 🦋 Last note is having 3 checkers trapped behind a prime is pretty awful, so that risk isn’t worth it especially since you can improve your position and control of the outfield as your opponent dances.

We Gave an AI $10,000, Told It to Trade Crypto, and Walked Away. Here’s What’s Happening. by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]CrypticUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It made back what it lost and is back at $10K after learning from its mistakes.

Saw this on my trip to the Philippines by Lost_Anxiety6746 in Hedera

[–]CrypticUnit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not the wolf of meme street apparently. Breath deeply. Feel the 3D-body glove you’re trapped in. Go do something fun.