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re: scribble
[8287] by "Tom 7" (cc903576-b.hamden1.ct.home.com)   on Sat 05 Jan 2002 10:35:23     [ reply ] [ up ]

It means that most people try to work together to achieve high scores, since there is just one score for the entire board.

It's not "wrong" to play competitively.

However, think of it like going out to hit the ball on a tennis court with someone; no game -- just hitting it back and forth for fun. In this kind of setting it is impolite to smash a winner across the other guy's court. What you really want to do is make it fun for your opponent, and he makes it fun for you.
re: scribble
[8369] by "Anonymous" (66.nhp.org)   on Tue 08 Jan 2002 14:52:10     [ reply ] [ up ]
re: scribble
[3597] by "Tom 7" (ip207.pittsburgh5.pa.pub-ip.psi.) on Thu 14 Jun 2001 18:57:38 [ reply ]
snoot is a sort of social experiment. Most of the games have no real well defined-goal; no winner and no loser. Think of scribble as a board in the middle of the park with pieces and a bunch of people around. Talk to them and see how the game should be played -- they know better than I do!


re: scribble
[5970] by "Anonymous" (66.nhp.org.....) on Fri 21 Sep 2001 08:47:57 [ reply ]
That's the beauty of it. You can play for your own individual glory or for the glory of the team. I've found some of the games where you try to maximize the teams points interesting and exciting, but I love it when people are playing for themselves and piss the group off. As you get better, you will realize that you can play for yourself as well as set people up for some good moves. However, people tend to get anal about it. Loosen up folks - it's just a game.