Clarcks Corner: Norway vs Iran Tied

Nation stunned again!

Norway started out strong with the Jedi himself taking responsibillity and leading Norway to 1-0 after a staggering attack perfomance. World Champion Jon Kristian Røyset was next up, ending up on DMP and heavily favorite. Roiseth went down in a last second freakshow...It was nothing he could do. Sonrik pulled trhough after a trhilling DMP, and put the preassure to taking it down on the new kid, Tommy. Tommy went out strong...but again...not very lucky. Tommy played on the highest level, but...it was not enough...


Norway 2 Iran 2


Clarck Kent

Gammon, Set & Match: Nations Cup Third Round

Update from  first match in Nations Cup 3'rd round from John and Jimmy: Jedi vs parvozrokh 

John Mcenroe                                                            Jimmy Connors

Clarck Kent: The nations cup is moving forward to round 3 where Norway is to face Iran. I let the backgammon experts take over from here, over to you guys, Jimmy & John

John: Al right...we're back on the centre court for the third round of the Nations Cup where we have whitnessed another astonishing attack performance by the Jedi.

Connors: And as always...when Jedi is playing...It's totally packed....

John: I know...i'ts unbelivable...even my mother is here!

Connors: I mean...what could we expect here. An old veteran returning to the game, the crowd is behind him....John, I gotta tell you....I feel sorry for the other guy!

John: Well, it's by no means easy. The Iranian guy was under pressure already before the match started. He knew..If he can't hold up to that big serve Jedi holds....It's just over!!! Jedi comes in to the net and cubes.... The preassure is on.., constantly!

Connors: And Mackie...

John: Yes?

Connors: The crowd it loving it!

John: And also...what can the Iranian really do If he does not have dices made of Cryptonite?

Connors: Macky!

John: What?

Connors: Clark just fainted....

John: pfff...That guy is such a vimp! Why did Jedi hire him in the first place?

Connors: Dunno...al right let's look at the statistics:

11 point match, Score is  JediMenace: 11,  parvizrokh: 3

JediMenace	Category	parvizrokh
World Class (-0,0092)	Total Error	Advanced (-0,0178)
World Class (-0,0068)	Checker Play	Advanced (-0,0171)
Advanced (-0,0228)	Cube Play	Advanced (-0,0208)
4,60	Performance Rating	8,88

JediMenace	Game per Game	parvizrokh
World Champ. (+0,0000)	Game 1	Expert (-0,0125)
World Champ. (-0,0022)	Game 2	World Champ. (-0,0002)
World Champ. (-0,0033)	Game 3	Casual Player (-0,0436)
Advanced (-0,0179)	Game 4	Advanced (-0,0170)
World Champ. (-0,0015)	Game 5	Casual Player (-0,0362)
World Champ. (-0,0023)	Game 6	World Class (-0,0053)
Advanced (-0,0221)	Game 7	Advanced (-0,0170)
World Class (-0,0080)	Game 8	World Champ. (+0,0000)
Expert (-0,0126)	Game 9	World Champ. (-0,0021)

John: Well...Jedi is still not so stable from the baseline as he used to be...but he kinda compensates for it with his constant attacking style:
Connors: Yeah, thats true John, and if the opponent is not ready for it...it puts him of.
John: Let's look at some of the stuff Jedi did wrong in this match:


Jedi leads 8-2 in an 11 point match: Jedi on roll, Cube action?

John: I mean, Jedi has just fired that big serve, he moved forward as usual...and you just know he will fire that cube...and he does!!!
Connors; Yea, but this approach was a bit to early I think. He came in just a second to late, giving the opppnent just that neccecary angle to hit a passing shot. Let's hear it from HAWKEYE:








Hawkeye: Yaohooo, finally! This XG guy is so boring!!! Well let me tell you guys. On this matchscore this is just too aggressive, Jedi should cool it at least one more throw. Its a cube blunder, giving up 0.8%

John: Alright Jimmy, Jedi keeps picking the points for Norway...what can we expect from the other guys?

Connors: Well...I don't think Norway has to fear too much about Roisets form at the moment. I mean...the guy is practically a Jedi product. They have the same attacking style of play, only at this point..., JK is a bit more stabile from the baseline. I mean...the guy knows winning!

John: What about the others guys on the team, Norty and Sonrik?

Connors: Well...they are by all means favorites in this particular match...but look at their winrate Mackie. Not at all good so far for these players.

John: Is it the lack of international experience?

Connors: Well...that could be one factor. Take this guy Norty for instance. Technically he plays brilliant as long as the matches don't go to 5 sets. I mean...it looks like his errors appear when the preassure is on and the stamina gets put to a test.

John: But do you think he will pull it through this time?

Connors: Again...the math is simple.When u have a world champion in your ring corner...and a Jedi!!!....I don't see how you can loose! I mean Norty has two defeats so far...but Mack... he is better than this!

John: And what about the cap, Sonrik.

Connors: I mean...the guy obviously knows the game...but... he has not been out there in the same way as Jedi and Roiset....fighting on the international, and intergalactical arena.. He needs to pull through...for him self and for the team!

John: You think he Is up for it?

Connors: Well... due to all the time and energy Jedi has put down on the guy in trainig ...day out, day in, he better be ready! There are bigger matches coming up, and Norway needs not just the Jedi's to deliver..., if they are going to win the tournament!

John: Alright! Norway 1 Iran 0. That was all for now. Back to you Clark!

Conners: Mackie....he is still out!

John: Oh...right....well, we will be back from centrecourt in a cople of days with more action from the Nations Cup.

Jimmy and John out!

EVENT 2: Wrong Information given about analyse results!

Dear followers. Due to the fact that i lagged behind in Event 2, and Tommy worked up a margin i figured it was impossible to catch up, I resigned the contest. I also wrote and end note where I commented on his average. I how ever had not calcultated his average thorougly, and my comments was a bit too flattering.

I was noticed by one of the viewers who actually had calculated the 23 matches posted, and found Tommys average in these matches to be 4.0. In the remaining 10 matches Tommy played a bit stronger and more stabile, so his total average should be in the range 3.5 - 3.8. I will get back with ecact number when i got the time to go through it all. It must be said though, there were a lack of normality during the entire session, leading to crazy numbers.

I appologize, the former article was written quite late, just after facing defeat. I was not quite avake and based my writing on my personal feel at the moment! I also thank the viewers that are up an awake and noticed me of the dis-information. The challenge is not about fiction, it's about the truth.

Tommy still gets the T-shirt though.

Jedi

A mathematical curiousity?

Alrigh, last week I had a massiv downswing and i lost staggering 14 matches in a row, The probabillity of that happening is extreemly low. So last week I did perform an Alien Autopsy on my own game to check if I was totally loosing it. It showed an average of 3.9 during the downswing. Well, now it happend again. For the second time within 10 days i loose 14 matches in a row. I tell you.... The dark power of the dices are so freaking unbelivable that one of these days i'm going to be struck by lightning, and feel normal about it!!!

This is how a downswing looks like. Imagine to have this twize in two weeks: 24 lost matches, 6 won. LOL, i cant fight it! I dunno whats going on. My brainwaves are producing anti jokers....

I can't win! I am calling Mummy!!!!

Jedi...

Clarcks Corner - Nations Cup Round 2

Iiiiiiiit's Tequila Time. Norway was meeting Mexico in round 2 and faced oppnonents with nicks making you hungry. And also, guess who is back on the Scene.....YES.....the mean machine Jon Kristian Røyset! First out on the battlefield was the new guy, the fastest drawer in the west, the 5 point specialist Tommy The  Gun Nesbakk. Tommy came out strong, buuut, the taco was just to hot to handle, and Tommy yet again went down to a weaker and most lucky oppnonent. Next out was the world champion, JK. Not quite JFK, but close enough! JK went out superstrong and looked to make potatoes out of the poor mexican. But suddenly things changed and JK was in serious danger of loosing gammon when his oppnonent was 4 away. Luckily JK has been under Jedi supervision all his life and knows how to deal with...yes....endgame. At the acedemy we try to avoid loosing. So JK fought back and won . He also neutralised Mecicos lead. It was now 1 -1.

Next man out, and as you can see i made a new paragraph. Because....yes....the myth the legend, the comeback kid himself, the JediMenace entered the ring. He was dancing in the ring corner, jabbing some lef and right punches in the air...and the crowd was going wild....He looked to be in attack modus....and....Norway 2- 1.

Last man out was Sondrik. This was the toughest match so far for Sondrik, and he finally pulled it through on WO. Norway 3 Mexico 1

Here is a small picture of Nesbacka celebrating the victory...! Things are picking up!









Clarck Kent


(Picture of Nessbacka on the Town)

EVENT 2 OVER BY TECHNICAL KO!

TOMMY WON EVENT 2 - JEDI RESIGNED

Alright. If had done a little resarch i would never have challenged the Kid on the 5 format. He has specialised himself on the 3 & 5 scores and i was crushed. Tommy knows all the windows on the 5 point format. He does not calculate, he does not count, he does not guess...he knows! Normally i only give recognition to one player, and that is Jon Kristian, because i know he is in control. But at least on this 5 format i have to give credits to this Kid. He is probably among the top 3 players in the world on 5 pointers.

To sum it up we had a strange series of matches with a strange luck factor that made things very difficult, and made lots of matches very short, making errors in XG extreemly costly. And it mostly hurt my game. I was not ready for this format at this time. It didn't make it easyer to know that in addition to winning a match i also had to produce a medium 2 or a low 3 to hope to take or split the statt. That created a lot of preassure on my comeback shoulders...and i dealt with it poorly.

After 23 matches I had won about 70%, but was still behind in the bet with 5 points due to Tommy kept neutralising my wins with taking the statt. I decided to go on to 30 matches to see if my postion got better. If it didn't I decided to give him a Gin position, or a Technical KO. It is highly unlikely that i would catch up. It must have taken some serious braindamage on Tommys part.

I think we played in total 34 matches before it was all over. I have only posted 23 of them, and i will post all of them if Tommy insists. But since the position is Gin and the challenge is over, let me for now just sum it up quick. Tommy played super strong, and if the match scenarious had been more normal, he would have played even stronger, because the guy is programmed on the 5's. I think Tommys average (roughly calcutating also the matches not posted) is about high 2 or 3 blank.I had my worst experience since my comeback and played worse and worse. I could not adjust to the 5 format, i was not good enough prepared, and due to really short matches my errors got very costly. I also got really psyked out by beeing behind most of the time...it produced stress...and was not good for my decicions. I played 4200 matchpoints since early August, and my level is dropping...I think the volume is killing me. At the moment i don't see things clearly, its all a mess!

So Tommy won the challenge fair and square. But has promised me a REMATCH on longer matchscores!

And last but not least he also won the fameous T-shirt which was originally made for Arild Itsø, and looks like this:

I ADMIRE

THE JEDIMENACE

Event 2: Match 23 of 50

JediMenace vs. nortyno

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5 point match, Score is  JediMenace: 4,  nortyno: 5

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
World Class (-0,0059)	Total Error	World Class (-0,0073)
World Class (-0,0061)	Checker Play	World Class (-0,0052)
World Champ. (-0,0024)	Cube Play	Beginner (-0,0517)
2,94	Performance Rating	3,67

JediMenace	Game per Game	nortyno
Expert (-0,0118)	Game 1	Advanced (-0,0177)
World Class (-0,0063)	Game 2	World Class (-0,0098)
World Champ. (-0,0022)	Game 3	World Champ. (-0,0003)
World Class (-0,0051)	Game 4	World Class (-0,0064)
World Champ. (-0,0015)	Game 5	World Champ. (-0,0019)
World Class (-0,0058)	Game 6	World Champ. (-0,0048)

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
16(1) -0,687(-15,23%)	Move Errors Equity lost (cost)	8(2) -0,526(-13,21%)
0 -0,020(-0,15%)	Double Errors Equity lost (cost)	1(1) -0,101(-1,49%)
0 +0,000	Take Errors Equity lost (cost)	1(1) -0,158(-1,36%)
0	Outplays	0
16(1) -0,706(-15,38%)	Total Error Equity lost (cost)	10(4) -0,785(-16,06%)
7 -0,691(-39,19%)	Jokers Luck	10 +0,691(+39,19%)
World Class 2,94	Level of Play Luck	World Class 3,67

Not many intresting errors here:

Jedi behind 0-2, jedi on roll, cubeaction?

Jedi: This posiotion just felt right. I had all the right threats, i cube, tommy takes?









XG: Tommy should not take this. It's a takeblunder

Summary match 23:
Tommy is vicorious
Jedi takes statt
Total score 20-25

Event 2: Match 22 of 50

5 point match, Score is  JediMenace: 0,  nortyno: 10

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
Advanced (-0,0216)	Total Error	World Class (-0,0056)
World Class (-0,0094)	Checker Play	World Champ. (-0,0049)
Distracted (-0,1403)	Cube Play	World Class (-0,0097)
10,81	Performance Rating	2,81

JediMenace	Game per Game	nortyno
World Class (-0,0052)	Game 1	Expert (-0,0107)
Intermediate (-0,0304)	Game 2	World Champ. (-0,0027)

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
4(1) -0,368(-4,86%)	Move Errors Equity lost (cost)	3(1) -0,207(-3,10%)
1(1) -0,109(-0,94%)	Double Errors Equity lost (cost)	1 -0,068(-1,16%)
1(1) -0,452(-7,73%)	Take Errors Equity lost (cost)	0 +0,000
0	Outplays	0
6(3) -0,930(-13,53%)	Total Error Equity lost (cost)	4(1) -0,275(-4,26%)
3 -2,491(-43,37%)	Jokers Luck	5 +2,491(+43,37%)
Advanced 10,81	Level of Play Luck	World Class 2,81

Ait, it was getting late. Only one poss sums it up for this one:
Tommy leads 2-0, tommy on roll, cubeaction?

Jedi: Tommy gives the 4 cube! Ok i wished, i wished that i had 15% here. Deep down i knew i did not have it, but i took the cube and recubed and lost the race with one pip.









XG: Uh..Sonrik...is that you???  Don't do this to yourself. It's a huge takeblunder!

Summary of match 22:
The kid takes the double!
Total score: 19 - 24

Event 2: Match 21 of 50

JediMenace vs. nortyno

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5 point match, Score is  JediMenace: 3,  nortyno: 6

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
World Class (-0,0065)	Total Error	World Class (-0,0053)
World Class (-0,0053)	Checker Play	World Champ. (-0,0029)
Advanced (-0,0199)	Cube Play	Expert (-0,0124)
3,27	Performance Rating	2,64

JediMenace	Game per Game	nortyno
Advanced (-0,0165)	Game 1	Intermediate (-0,0329)
World Class (-0,0097)	Game 2	World Champ. (-0,0026)
World Champ. (-0,0032)	Game 3	World Champ. (-0,0016)
World Champ. (-0,0032)	Game 4	World Champ. (-0,0016)
World Champ. (-0,0044)	Game 5	World Champ. (-0,0010)

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
10 -0,410(-8,67%)	Move Errors Equity lost (cost)	6 -0,284(-4,63%)
2(1) -0,139(-1,12%)	Double Errors Equity lost (cost)	1(1) -0,409(-6,07%)
0 +0,000	Take Errors Equity lost (cost)	0 +0,000
0	Outplays	0
12(1) -0,549(-9,79%)	Total Error Equity lost (cost)	7(1) -0,693(-10,70%)
10 -1,407(-51,42%)	Jokers Luck	11 +1,407(+51,42%)
World Class 3,27	Level of Play Luck	World Class 2,64

Alright, a strong match from both, but the kid still managed to take the statt with minimum margin that bastard, as we play with 0.5 statt margin.


0-0 Jedi on roll, cubeaction

Jedi: I am a bit optimistic here and fire the cube, looking a bit too much on my good scenarioes. I figured entering on the 1 was a huge markedslooser.









XG: A bit too optimistic yes, infact a cube blunder.

Summary match 21:
Tommy scams the double!
Total score: 19 -22

event 2: Match 20 of 50

JediMenace vs. nortynoLukk

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5 point match, Score is  JediMenace: 5,  nortyno: 2

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
Advanced (-0,0182)	Total Error	Expert (-0,0121)
Advanced (-0,0200)	Checker Play	Expert (-0,0132)
World Champ. (-0,0031)	Cube Play	Expert (-0,0102)
9,11	Performance Rating	6,03

JediMenace	Game per Game	nortyno
Advanced (-0,0158)	Game 1	World Champ. (+0,0000)
Expert (-0,0135)	Game 2	World Class (-0,0080)
Intermediate (-0,0309)	Game 3	Beginner (-0,0500)
Intermediate (-0,0277)	Game 4	World Class (-0,0089)
Expert (-0,0149)	Game 5	World Class (-0,0085)

JediMenace	Category	nortyno
24(5) -1,557(-20,64%)	Move Errors Equity lost (cost)	16(4) -1,004(-11,83%)
0 -0,028(-0,38%)	Double Errors Equity lost (cost)	3(2) -0,381(-3,29%)
0 +0,000	Take Errors Equity lost (cost)	1(1) -0,111(-1,39%)
0	Outplays	0
24(5) -1,585(-21,02%)	Total Error Equity lost (cost)	20(7) -1,496(-16,52%)
13 +1,747(+49,44%)	Jokers Luck	8 -1,747(-49,44%)
Advanced 9,11	Level of Play Luck	Expert 6,03

Another blunder match:


Jedi leads 3-0, jedi to play 4-2

Jedi: I take the 4 point without to much thought here. I felt leaving a shot at the 13 point was to dangerous.


















XG: By taking the 4 point directly you throw yourself into timing problems. You also loose the attack on the 5 point! Tommies board is not super strong yet, so there is no reason to worry to much leaving one blot behind. Taking the 4 point is a blunder!






Tommy behind 0-3, tommy on roll:

Jedi:Tommy fires the cube, I pass instantly.






















XG: Well, and you should, because Tommy is way too good here, and it is a blunder to cube!




Jedi leads 3.2, Jedi to move 44

Jedi: Here i was certain that the right idea was to stack pieces as much as possible and avoid making many points. I therefor moved 44 in following matter
















XG: Nope, you should make the smooth approach 13 - 9 (2) 12-8 (2). Tommy is just as stripped as you and will have break up his defense. What you do is a blunder!


Jedi leads 3-2: Jedi on roll, cubeaction?

Jedi: I am up 36 in the race, i have a fairly easy position to play home, i fire the cube, tommy takes and recubes.














XG, Tommy is wrong. This is a pass, and a takeblunder!


Summary match 20
Jedi is victorious
Tommy takes statt
Total score: 19-20