Cannot recommend

There are a dearth of online ways to play backgammon against real opponents, so it is tempting to play BGOnline2 just to play backgammon, but there are problems with the system that outweigh this to such a degree I rate it 1/5 and do not recommend it.

First, the community cliquish. Most importantly though is that the dice are very peculiar - weird enough to wonder what is going on, but you do not have the data to answer the question. Calling the dice random does not address this because no one is looking at stats that take into account the context of the game - that is, if I roll doubles when I need them, but you roll doubles when you are on the bar and cannot get in - there is nothing random about that, but it may appear so because the overall quantity of doubles is even and may even be close to the expected random variable value.

No one addresses this and the conversations can get quite rude and arrogant.

I would love to find another system because there is something off in a way that very creep about FIBS and this client program. Sorry.

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