Quote from: stiefnu on November 13, 2009, 12:04:26 AM
However, I do have a nagging doubt about the wisdom of leaving a blot on our 8-point. The late, great and sadly missed Walter Trice, though admittedly writing about opening moves rather than replies, said "...the question of the worst play for each roll is a very easy one! No matter what you roll, if you move both numbers from the eight-point, you can be confident that you have made the worst possible play". Should this be a consideration here?
As Bob put it so succinctly, no.
You can't roll doubles on the opening roll, so any
opening move involving two checkers from the eight will leave at least two blots and fail to make a point.
We rolled doubles and this move makes a point, hits a blot and only leaves one indirect fly shot from the bar. It's not at all the same. One could say "apples and oranges", but those fruit are too similar to make a good analogy. It's more like trying to compare "Wednesday" to "cheese".