Backgammon Online

07-Jul-2025
12:17 PDT

Friends,

I will be traveling without my computer for a few weeks and won’t be able to open the registration form for BBL-31 while our BBL Legacy Cup is still being played.

If you would like to play in BBL-31, please send me a direct message either on ZE or through the contact form on our BBL website and I’ll make sure to save your spot while I am out. I will still be able to receive all messages and communicate back.

We still plan to start BBL-31 on our usual date, July 26. I assume the BBL Legacy Cup will be completed by then.

Best,
Leoton

20-Jul-2025
20:57 PDT

Thanks to Leoton for setting this all up. The new format has been wonderfully fun.

Huge call out from me to Gem. Classic game in our last match that could have gone either way. Prime example of "I don't need a 55 right now" situation. https://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=6749606&p1=lilwarrior&p2=gem001

Great match Gem!

And Jart - what can we say. Wow - tough match. We are now in the final death throes for one of us. One game for the whole Legacy 1 Enchilada.

https://zooescape.com/backgammon.pl?v=200&gid=6750742

21-Jul-2025
02:53 PDT

Good luck to both jart and lilwarrior in their final bout.

21-Jul-2025
08:06 PDT

Friends,

While we are awaiting the result of the final “winner-takes-all” game in the BBL Legacy Cup, the BBL-31 registration form is back online. For those who already let me know that they would participate, no need to register again. However, we still have plenty of seats available and the tournament starts in 5 days!

Hope to see all of the regulars back!
Best,
Leoton

21-Jul-2025
18:34 PDT

This post was deleted by jart238 on 23-Jul-2025, 16:42 PDT

23-Jul-2025
15:43 PDT

Well, it took us a whole month, but the first BBL Legacy Cup is now officially over! Congratulations to Jart238 who became our first Cup Winner!

Also congrats to Lilwarrior who beat Jart238 in their final match but lost in the super-final, “winner-takes-all” game.

Big thanks to all 16 participants for playing in this new format. I would love to hear your feedback about it and whether we should continue having it along with the regular tournaments.

Wanted to remind all BBL members that we are supposed to start BBL-31 in three days, however the number of people signed up is uncharacteristically low - we usually have at least 32 players, but we just got a little more than 20 registered as of today. If I don’t have a 32-player minimum met by July 26, I’ll have to postpone or cancel the next tournament.

Best,
Leoton

23-Jul-2025
17:07 PDT

Great match!! A back and forth affair won by a great player.

25-Jul-2025
05:28 PDT

Thanks Leoton and LW, it was hard fought on both sides and fitting to need a tiebreaker. Thanks to all my friends here also, more than a few.  

26-Jul-2025
06:31 PDT

Friends,

First of all, thank you for all the late signups, as we now have met the minimum number of participants (plus 1)!

This time, 33 players signed up, so we will have 3 groups of 8 players and one with 9.

Based on the snapshot of participants’ ratings as of July 26, the four-group seeding is now set, and all games can begin! The top four players from each group will go to the 1/8 finals, with the playoff portion of the tournament being conducted on a best-of-three basis. All games must use the BG format only.

As always, I would like to reiterate that this is a BLITZ league. When you signed up, you agreed to play fast, abide by the rules and code of conduct, and report individual results on our BBL website promptly. We had a lot of back and forth on this. Please make sure you fulfil your part of the agreement.

IMPORTANT: Please update your challenge criteria to ensure you can be challenged by your group opponents or challenge them yourself first! Check your ignore lists, too. Please avoid any delays as all your group games must start by August 1!

To see who your group opponents are, please go to the home page of the BBL website (https://tinyurl.com/ze-bbl - bookmark this page!), where you will find the link to the Results page. Everything is set up on that page, including a ZE challenge link for each group opponent, which is created for your convenience. Click that link for each group opponent, and your BBL challenge will automatically open on ZE.

On the home page of the BBL website, you will find the result submission form. The winner of each game should fill in this form within 24 hours of completion in the following format: Player A - Player B 1:0, Gammon (if applicable).

As usual, I intend to update the results multiple times a day as I get automated notifications on your result submissions. Please review the results page often, and if you are not seeing some of your results, please don’t hesitate to submit them even if you lost a game. Your assistance here is greatly appreciated.

Here are a few important suggestions to speed up the games:
a) Communicate with your opponents to see what time of the day is best for both of you to be online.
b) If you happen to be on the losing side and your game is out of reach, consider resigning and updating the website with the result yourself, as your opponent might not notice that the game was over.

As usual, feel free to connect with me directly if you have any issues, questions, or concerns

Best,
Leoton
https://tinyurl.com/ze-bbl

23-Aug-2025
14:34 PDT

Congratulations to Maxmator on his second BBL trophy!

A big round of applause to all playoff participants:
Schenevmerla - Finalist, moving to the first place on the overall ladder!
Gem001 and Nightking - Semifinalists
Slimshadey, Erikutzu, Mariusadi, and Pointbuilder - Quarterfinalists
Whisk01, BossyKitten, Cviatko, Leoton, Blokhin2, Jart238, and Tatcat - Sweet 16 participants

As usual, all players who made the playoffs, received their bonus points in the BBL Leaderboard. Please check the current standing on our website.

Huge thanks to all participants! See you all in BBL-32!

Leoton