Tom you requested a URL of the offending poster...
calling a fellow poster a 'moron' when the poster posted a good word with a set (because it isn't apparently to their elite standards) then calling me Moron II and so on.. I think you'll see it all.
The game was then restarted as per apparently their usual.
Some of these folks were good friends of mine here for a few years, so I'm hoping knowing that it hurts and offends someone - might make them stop doing this (restarting games just cause others are not as elite as they are)
I too wanted the ability to restart games easier, but it wasn't to slam fellow team players because they were not 'good enough' it was just cause late at night it was really tough for two of us to continue when a game had no more words etc. However it's being abused, and I'm hoping me pointing it out - as someone they used to enjoy here - might change that behavior and if not think it'll need changed. I have a few ideas up my sleeve to try to bring the game full circul to what it used to be.
I honestly feel bad because I think I might have been one of the main factors in shaw...andrew and other awesome TPs leaving, because I was one of those obsessed with only '8 ltr words' and so on.. well I started the drive, but I just never realized how far we had went, or how far it would end up going.
I feel the intent of the hidden boards - when we convinced you to keep them, was a place for us team players to play without someone intentionally blocking triples or using a triple for "SITS" (4 points AND wasting 2 s's ..) I'd like to see it return to that intent, and one special board for those who now play this 'elite expert too-good-for-anyone-but the very best or those using anagram programs' to play .. a board 99 or something for them.
Not asking alot, as you'd orignally had 3 TP boards remember and I suggested we minimize it so we TPs will play on the main boards sometime or we'd never have MORE TPs do to attrition.
At any rate those who were doing the restarting of games I'm hoping will listen to me - if not I'm hoping you will make it very hard to abuse the system and fellow TPs as is being done now.
I do hope you deal with the person who turned this board totally hostile last night by calling people moron's and telling us to f' off and so on, she's the only one on that isp so shouldn't be hard if a warn doesn't put a stop to it.
Take care!
Still love the boards and I will do what I can to play peacemaker here again as I used to.
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