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Author: Irfon-Kim AhmadIrfon-Kim Ahmad Date: Feb 11, 2008 01:55
Tane' Tachyon tachyonlabs.com> wrote:> Serene wrote:
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>> ChickPea wrote:
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>>> A couple of people here played for a bit, but couldn't keep it up (the
>>> games expire if inactive for 5 days).
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>> Yeah, I much prefer Scrabulous. I can keep all my games on one page,
>> they don't expire, and if I feel like playing one fast game, I can
>> find someone to play right away.
>>
>> I usually have 15 or so of those going at a time.
>
> I found playing Scrabulous to be a really strange experience without
> all the face-to-face interaction/feedback I'm used to getting with
> Scrabble. I'm sure you get used to it, but not being able to tell
> things like whether the other person is having a "good one!" or "you
> spoiled the triple-word-score for *THAT*?!?!?" reaction, yeah, I
> found it kind of unsettling. ...
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Author: SereneSerene Date: Feb 11, 2008 03:28
Tane' Tachyon wrote:
> Serene wrote:
>
>> ChickPea wrote:
>>
>>> A couple of people here played for a bit, but couldn't keep it up (the
>>> games expire if inactive for 5 days).
>> Yeah, I much prefer Scrabulous. I can keep all my games on one page,
>> they don't expire, and if I feel like playing one fast game, I can
>> find someone to play right away.
>>
>> I usually have 15 or so of those going at a time.
>
> I found playing Scrabulous to be a really strange experience without
> all the face-to-face interaction/feedback I'm used to getting with
> Scrabble. I'm sure you get used to it, but not being able to tell
> things like whether the other person is having a "good one!" or "you
> spoiled the triple-word-score for *THAT*?!?!?" reaction, yeah, I
> found it kind of unsettling.
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Author: SereneSerene Date: Feb 11, 2008 03:29
Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:
[Scrabulous]
> What I'm finding weird is both that it's not my usual dictionary (we
> don't use the official scrabble dictionary, but a good dictionary we
> also use for other purposes) and the number of people who seem to
> have memorized three-letter word lists, and play very tight games.
I only recently got the hang of making high-scoring moves by playing
tightly like that, and I think that might also be part of why I can
win at Scrabble now, when I've never won in person.
Serene
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Author: Tane' TachyonTane' Tachyon Date: Feb 11, 2008 04:48
Serene wrote:
> Tane' Tachyon wrote:
>> Serene wrote:
> [...] Time-limited games make me tense.)
>
>> Playing Scramble (Boggle) has been easier for me to deal with in that
>> way, because each round is basically done in silence anyway, but
>> where it gets strange is that if I play it with my children using the
>> physical box of letter dice, I win, but if we do it online, they win.
>> Even my cat has been kicking my ass in Scramble.
>
> *laugh*
>
> Could you post a link to the Scramble game?
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Author: SereneSerene Date: Feb 11, 2008 04:49
Tane' Tachyon wrote:
Thanks!
Serene
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Author: SereneSerene Date: Feb 11, 2008 04:50
Tane' Tachyon wrote:
Hey, you're this week's top scorer! (I assume of my friends on
Facebook, but maybe of all, huh? :-)
Serene
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Author: Tane' TachyonTane' Tachyon Date: Feb 11, 2008 05:16
Serene wrote:
> Tane' Tachyon wrote:
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>
> Hey, you're this week's top scorer! (I assume of my friends on
> Facebook, but maybe of all, huh? :-)
"Top scorer" here means "played enough games with my cat to rack up a
fair number of delegates^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpoints despite always
losing." Ah, and Balor's (my cat) young assistant informs me that
Balor is now ranked #7 in the Santa Cruz area.
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Author: Irfon-Kim AhmadIrfon-Kim Ahmad Date: Feb 11, 2008 16:39
Vicki Rosenzweig redbird.org> wrote:> Quoth Tane' Tachyon tachyonlabs.com> on Sun, 10 Feb 2008
> 15:45:17 -0800:
>>>Serene wrote:
>>
>>> ChickPea wrote:
>>>
>>>> A couple of people here played for a bit, but couldn't keep it up (the
>>>> games expire if inactive for 5 days).
>>>
>>> Yeah, I much prefer Scrabulous. I can keep all my games on one page,
>>> they don't expire, and if I feel like playing one fast game, I can
>>> find someone to play right away.
>>>
>>> I usually have 15 or so of those going at a time.
>>
>>I found playing Scrabulous to be a really strange experience without
>>all the face-to-face interaction/feedback I'm used to getting with
>>Scrabble. I'm sure you get used to it, but not being able to tell ...
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Author: Kathryn BurlinghamKathryn Burlingham Date: Feb 11, 2008 18:14
Irfon-Kim Ahmad wrote:
> Vicki Rosenzweig redbird.org> wrote:>>
>>What I'm finding weird is both that it's not my usual dictionary (we
>>don't use the official scrabble dictionary, but a good dictionary we
>>also use for other purposes) and the number of people who seem to
>>have memorized three-letter word lists, and play very tight games.
>
> *That* is actually what really ruins a game for me. When people play
> entirely two-and-three-letter "Scrabble words" (i.e. words that you
> never hear in common usage but are well-known primarily for their
> Scrabble utility) in very tight grids or ladders such that they make
> three or four words each play worth scandalous amounts of points while
> exposing no surfaces for you to play your own words off of. I'm not
> often a "sore loser"...
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