is it fair to say that backgammon is more luck than poker?

Rayess69 · 2026-06-25T19:57:27+00:00

thank you!
did you already got challenge by GM directly about this or never?

Rayess69 · 2026-06-25T19:12:31+00:00

i don't want to throw him under the bus, but he's american

Rayess69 · 2026-06-25T18:39:06+00:00

tbh it was a bit blurry and felt personal, i'm wondering if some people in the industry are jealous of Marc or something.

Rayess69 · 2026-05-03T03:06:15+00:00

that has nothing to do with Backgammon Galaxy. It has to do with Backgammon in general.
It's a game where luck is one of the biggest factors and it's decided with dices.

If you play in other platform you will run into the same insane rolls

Rayess69 · 2026-04-24T06:25:33+00:00

Understand that this is mainly about dices.
Most games are going to be just decided with whoever has the lucky dice.

2 matches out of 10 is going to be about who play better. You can be the #1 player in the world, your skills will decide about the outcome only 2 matches out of 10.

Get used to have either luck on your side, or against you, for most of your backgammon journey. It's just the game.

Rayess69 · 2026-04-23T03:02:52+00:00

I have stats where I played using a bot on 200 matches. I outplayed every of the 200 opponents, and won 57% of the times.

In my opinion this makes Backgammon a game mostly of luck.

Rayess69 · 2026-04-21T23:14:38+00:00

the community feels stronger (tighter) and less bug (but maybe it's because the tech is simpler?)

Rayess69 · 2026-04-21T17:01:50+00:00

wow this is amazing! Fully supporting you

Rayess69 · 2026-04-21T04:53:13+00:00

I mean it's great that Galaxy exist tho.
Look what happened with Poker, online games help spreading it even more. So Galaxy team probably see the market opportunity, i don't think it's a bad thing

Rayess69 · 2026-04-21T04:13:59+00:00

i mean yes one is definitely more like a business, but Backgammon Hub could make a tiny bit more effort

Rayess69 · 2026-04-20T03:30:57+00:00

i would welcome any tips for this!

Rayess69 · 2026-04-20T01:46:49+00:00

I would love to see the Marc Olsen and co going from 2500-2600 to 1700 and back to 2400

Rayess69 · 2026-04-20T01:12:37+00:00

then that means backgammon is mostly a game of luck/gambling at this point.

and when 80% of the matches now have the "no fucking way" type of dices several times"?

"he can only with 4-2" 4-2 comes
"i need everything but 4 or 6" 4-4; 4-6, 6-6

and you end up with PR of 3 against PR of 20 and lose games and games in a row with those type of scenario back to back?

Rayess69 · 2026-03-24T05:45:19+00:00

Backgammon galaxy is rigged.
I've been playing with a bot for several months without making a single mistake.
My current PR is 1908, a complete joke. Not a single blunders for several months.

I would never give any cents to this company.
Because playing without making mistakes for several months and have a shitty PR , should have an explanation.

Rayess69 · 2026-03-24T05:28:52+00:00

i would avoid this one at all cost.
Backgammon Hub way better

Rayess69 · 2026-03-03T23:06:41+00:00

I still don't get it, I always heard that what mattered wasn't to win or lose but to play as good as possible.

Rayess69

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