The ELOs at SimplyBG are currently undergoing reengineering. These changes are not changes to the algorithm in any way. What is happening mostly is the additional support to ELOs for increased granularity based on both player and match types being played.

We have always supported ELO ratings on matches as described on this page:
https://www.simplybg.com/features.html

Attached see recent chatter from the chat board in the Openplay Parlour  related to ELO discussion.

Please feel free to comment on this post.  You're welcome to subscribe to it, as doing so will send you notices whenever updates are made.

Update May-01-2023:
The Player stats showing ELOs has been updated to show ALL your ELOs and a bar-configuration-tool to graph 4 ELOs at a time.
See: https://www.simplybg.com/dashboard/playstats/


Update May-05-2023:
The presentation of the ELOs for players is currently being worked on. In the coming days and weeks, you will be able to view all ELOs for any player.


Hank

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Hi,
anybody else missing that?
Whenever there's a change on said page it would be nice to have a sound playing.

Cheers, /T

Hi
I keep wondering, if I'd be the only one who is annoyed by the behavior of the players' list in the Openplay parlour Opponents list.
Items in the list can only be sorted by that "Sort" button, which offers to sort after "Most relevant"(?).
Also, the items on that list keep jumping around.
Is there a deeper meaning with that?

Cheers
/T

I saw these helpful videos online that show some introductory tips and some discussion of the rules of backgammon.

Question: How do you see what your ELO is?

                  The best place to see your ELO is on the Dashboard Player Stats Page .

Question: Why does it seem the dice auto-roll is enabling itself?

                  The dice will indeed automatically engage in an auto-roll state whenever your turn is in a position of no moves.
                  One example is when you have one or more checkers on the bar and your opponent has a full block in the HOME
                  board and the double-cube is not in play for you.

Question: How can I see if my opponent is actively viewing the playboard of our match?

                  There are a couple of ways to detect if an opponent is viewing the playboard.
                    1)  There is a red, yellow, or green dot in the upper left corner of the opponent avatar shown on the /play/ link.
                          When your opponent is active, the dot will be green or yellow when they viewed the board in the last few minutes.
                          And red otherwise.  At times this dot may be flashing a white/red pattern. This is an indicator that your opponent is
                          active at the site and is viewing one of the pages that will notify them if it is their turn.
                    2)   The Dashboard Matches page shows all your unfinished matches.  Whenever your opponent is actively viewing the
                          match, a green lightbulb icon is shown in the list nearest the player's name. The lightbulb icon will appear grey otherwise.

Question: Is there a setting for me to play against "the computer"?

                  No. SimplyBG is 100%, real players.

I have been investigating various online video meeting services for the purpose of adding this as a feature to SimplyBG.

The idea is to have audio and video, group meetings, side-by-side with an active backgammon match. Both opponents and kibitzers would be able to join the online video session.

I feel this feature would significantly improve the online playing experience.

Adding this feature to the SimplyBG site would introduce additional costs as imposed by the service providers of the video streaming service companies.

This would be the 1st add-on feature we would provide at SimplyBG. It would be an elective feature that you would choose to enable on your account.

If the idea of group video and chat integrated with the backgammon playboard is something that you are interested in, let me know your thoughts to help me proceed with this work.

Thank you, Frank

Please see the YouTube video, An introduction to the Raptor League Backgammon Tournament on SimplyBG.com.
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How do I opt out of email notifications?

I don't know how many of you have used the Meetup tab shown next to your active match play board.



I used it today for the first time to schedule a time with my opponent to meet.  And it is a winner!

When you go to the dashboard it is the first item that is loaded up as a reminder that you commit.

In the Unfinished Matches Dashboard , the match item with meet-up times will display a summary of your and your opponent's "Meeting Times Offered".




Helpful to schedule playing times with opponents across the world.

In our discussions and documentation on the game of Backgammon, we often want to refer to the board using common names.

Here are some common names you can use in your discussions of the backgammon board:

The backgammon board has 24 triangles referred to as "points" on the board.

The board has four segments referred to as Home (aka Inner), Outer, Opponent Outer, and Opponent Home.

Your Home board may also be referred to as your Inner board.

Your Home board contains points numbered 1 thru 6. On the opposite side, the Opponent Home board contains points numbered 19 thru 24.

The points have common nicknames for them.  Point 7, just outside of your Home board is referred to as your Bar Point. Point 18 is your opponent's Bar point.  Point 13 is referred to as your Midpoint (12 your opponent's Midpoint). And point 5 is often referred to as the Golden Point.

For more details and useful references, see the Backgammon Game Basic page at the SimplyBG.com Backgammon Play Venue .

For use in your content within this forum, you can show dice in your text using [die]1..6[/die].  Dice appear as: ⚀ , ⚁, etc.