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| [33568] by "bean" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Mon 08 Mar 2004 12:28:24
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PLEASE read the beginner's instructions as well as the expert's.
Please read the chat before placing your letters.
It will make the game more fun for everyone.
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| Expert's Guide Framed, New Top 50 Page, etc. |
| [33367] by "Mike" (pool-68-160-192-181.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Thu 04 Mar 2004 06:32:48
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Hey Tom and/or everyone else,
I was bored tonight so I modified the "Expert Guide" so that it uses frames and breaks up the large guide into smaller, manageable sections. It looks pretty cool, I think:
http://www.geocities.com/janssenchimica/scribble/
More importantly, I also added a Top 50 Games page, in lieu of the [very] old "Hall of Fame" that you used to have in the late 1990s. I've maintained a Top 50 sheet on my hard drive (in Excel format), but wanted everyone to see the best games, without having to tediously search for them in the archives. Check it out by going to the above page, and clicking the "Top 50" link at the bottom left. Or just go here:
http://www.geocities.com/janssenchimica/scribble/top50.html
I know crap about HTML, but for a total newbie, I must say it looks very nice, especially the colorful table at the end. :-)))
I will update the Top 50 page once every few weeks, but as far as the actual guide goes, I think it's just about done. I may make some minor cosmetic changes in the future, but nothing big. I may put in a small section about the unconventional 15-letter games, but who knows. If anyone thinks I'm missing anything else, plz let me know... Much appreciated :-)
-= Mike =- |
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| Expert's Guide updated... |
| [33293] by "Mike" (pool-68-160-200-196.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Wed 03 Mar 2004 03:22:37
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I added (and deleted) a number of things to the expert's guide located at:
http://www.geocities.com/janssenchimica/scribble/
I decided to remove the extremely basic stuff about entering words, and now direct readers to read Tom's instructions for that information.
I added a "Miscellaneous Tips" section towards the end containing 8 tips that most people never follow. ;)
I changed the section that said "No game has ever been played with JQXZ on the four DLS tiles", since this was accomplished on 2/14/2004. :-)
At the very end, I added the obligatory egotistical section, providing links for the eleven games over 1700 played here, and what the absolute top players consider good games. I was so tempted to make a list of the best players (and their respective IPs), but I realized this would probably offend a helluva lot of people... heh. Especially since we all know who #1 is... LOL j/k ;-)
In the future, I'm going to make a separate page with links to the Top 50 games, whatever those may be at the time (right now 50th place is 1595!). I'll also probably spiff up the main guide, dividing it into sections with a small frame on the left where one can click individual sections which would then be displayed on the right.
Feel free to e-mail me (address in the guide) with any constructive criticism or questions you may have. Thanks! :) |
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| word list discrepency |
| [32983] by "EyesWideOpen" (pandora.isinet.com)
on Thu 26 Feb 2004 11:43:44
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Tom, I was wondering if you had an updated version of the word list used for Scribble. The one located at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/tom7misc/manarags/wordlist.asc?rev=1.1&view=auto doesn't have words listed that the tester reports as being valid words (Ex: http://snoot.org/f/a/s/test?word=raj).
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| piazadora |
| [32982] by "EyesWideOpen" (pandora.isinet.com)
on Thu 26 Feb 2004 11:15:36
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First person who can find the definition of the word 'piazadora' gets a cookie.
I can't find the definition anywhere but it is valid to Scribble:
http://snoot.org/f/a/s/test?word=piazadora |
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| word list |
| [32940] by "Debi" (cs24357-53.austin.rr.com)
on Wed 25 Feb 2004 15:33:16
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Is there some unusual word list that is used other than a dictionary? I have the 2 & 3 letter lists. |
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| just bothered |
| [32849] by "saboteddy" (cpe-66-8-134-128.hawaii.rr.com)
on Tue 24 Feb 2004 03:12:35
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ok ,i've been playing scribble for a while now , and i've encountered a few pple i like to call friends. But i've also encountered pple dat i like to label troubled. Well the pple dat i call friends are probably da best scribble players yet and i envy them . But there are a few i jus can't stand . they make playing scribble very hard for me sometimes and all though i love scribble , i would hate to give it up jus because f a few certain pple . i don't know wat to do ........? |
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| Non-expert, high scoring game |
| [32813] by "EyesWideOpen" (pandora.isinet.com)
on Mon 23 Feb 2004 16:04:38
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I would just like to acknowledge a game that was played recently on the general (non-expert) boards which scored 1320:
http://archive.snoot.org/scribble/04.02/23.15.50.03-1320.html
This, I think, is pretty darn good for a non-expert game and I'd like to thank mclink, Otto and anyone else involved (don't remember if anyone else was playing or not and the archived game wasn't available at the time of this writing) for cooperating. ;-) |
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| Muddle words |
| [32523] by "NJgal" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Sun 15 Feb 2004 20:34:58
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I love playing muddle but where do these words come from on the word lists at the end of the game? I'd say three quarters of them I never heard of. This is a great game...I'm just curious. |
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| The All-Premium DLS Game Achieved!!! |
| [32506] by "Mike" (pool-68-161-65-25.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Sat 14 Feb 2004 05:27:59
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Yes, it finally happened. Tonight, Laura and I played a game whose four key DLS tiles were occupied by the J, Q, X, and Z. There is no better combination of DLS tiles than this -- it's unbeatable. View this masterpiece here:
http://archive.snoot.org/scribble/04.02/14.04.32.23-1719.html
What a nice Valentine's Day gift this was... hehe. It only came in 3rd place all-time (77 points behind 1st place!), but getting JQXZ on the DLS was one of our long-term Scribble goals. We were only 10 points away from having every trip be worth over 300 points (TRAJECTS was "only" 290). Something else to shoot for, I suppose... hehe. I invite any and all to try ;-)
That's all... just the usual narcissistic rambling. Thanks for putting up with it, Tom. :-)))
-= Mike =- |
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