■ 🕑 1. The Giko Backgammon Tournament │ Just a fun idea I had. We should collect a list of interested parties │ for an April tournament, best of 10 (permitting use of doubling cube) │ per match, maybe with a $5 buy-in per person │ │ (winner gets 90% of funds, 10% of money goes toward paying VPS bill) │ │ Playing for nothing is also fine but $5 feels like enough to stake │ that the games would be a little more interesting but nothing to get │ upset over. │ │ Best of 10 may sound like a lot but incorporating the doubling cube, │ 1 game becomes 2 becomes 4 becomes 8 potentially very quickly... playing │ with a small number of games per "match" gives RNG an advantage over │ skill, which is something to be avoided │ └─■ 🕑 2. │ that would be cool but i don't know how to play backgammon. │ └─■ 🕑 3. Just grab my attention someday and I'm happy to teach you!