| Small reminder, plus more Ego Stroking! :-) |
| [28582] by "DeLorean" (pool-68-161-95-137.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Sun 09 Nov 2003 12:04:27
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First, the ego stroking --
http://archive.snoot.org/scribble/03.11/09.11.56.53-1530.html
Word #40. Nuff said. :-)
As for the reminder, Tom, remember to add more directories to the scribble archives (maybe other archives too) before the new year. Right now they only go up to December, 2003. Thanks.
-= Mike (DeLorean) =- |
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| teared, as is crying |
| [28171] by "Anonymous" (146.235.2.37)
on Wed 29 Oct 2003 09:32:35
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hi again, "teared" wasn't accepted as a word. i went to www.dictionary and this is what it says...intr.v. teared, tear·ing, tears
To fill with tears.
and you will hear people saying... oh, while he was talking he teared up. thanks. |
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| brung is not a word? |
| [27893] by "laverty" (12-238-132-95.client.attbi.com)
on Wed 22 Oct 2003 22:01:30
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i just tried to type brung and it didn't accept it as a word. how come? thanks. |
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| Medieval Chess rules |
| [27583] by "Henry" (mail.watchfire.com)
on Thu 16 Oct 2003 13:03:09
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The medieval immediate ancestor of chess is "Shatranj"
http://www.ku.edu/carrie/archives/mediev-l/melcher/2001/02/msg00065.html
In short: pawns move only one space
Queens move only one space, like kings.
Bishops move exactly two spaces, can move over other pieces.
Tends to be a bit of a meat grinder.
I presume that the earlier comment about the difficulty of cylindrical chess goes to any non-rectangular board, like the hundreds of circular chess variants.
There are also some four-handed variants on the square board ... would that be possible? |
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| Highest word score ever in scribble |
| [27371] by "MJ" (du40143.iro.ptd.net)
on Sun 12 Oct 2003 13:59:46
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If you check the url below you will see the game with the highest word score ever in scribble. The word is Quizmaster for a total of 499 points. This was acieved with alot of team effort.
MJ |
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| Muddle Player |
| [27344] by "bean" (netcache-2003.public.lawson.webtv.net)
on Sat 11 Oct 2003 11:58:47
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I have to say that Susan is probably the best Muddle player I've seen. She almost always has the highest score! I couldn't type that fast even if I could find all those words!!!!!
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| THE ABSOLUTE MOTHER OF ALL SCRIBBLE RECORDS!!! |
| [27043] by "DeLorean" (pool-68-161-135-10.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Tue 07 Oct 2003 00:44:28
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Wow, I don't even know how to begin. Tonight, 10/6/2003, LJ and myself played a game of Scribble that will, in all likelihood, *never* be broken points-wise. We completely annihilated the old scoring record (of which I bragged a few weeks ago) by 101 points!
We scored 1709. You read that right. Seventeen hundred and nine.
If you'd like to see an absolute clinic on how to play this game, visit the following URL:
http://archive.snoot.org/scribble/03.10/06.23.41.08-1709.html
Just a few days ago, I had proclaimed that we'd probably all be "six feet under" before a game over 1700 points was achieved. Now it has been done, and, thankfully, we're not dead yet :-)
I have been playing Scribble at this site for the past six years. LJ has been playing here even longer than I. We are by far the oldest Scribble "veterans" on this site, other than Tom. In those six years, I'd estimate that LJ and myself have played upwards of 3000 games, if not more. This game will forever represent the culmination of all our efforts. Quite simply, it will never, ever, ever, *ever* be broken. Never. Ever. :-)
I don't know what's left to say -- as LJ proclaimed, "We can both die happy now". :-) Originally, I had planned to "retire" if a 1700+ score was ever reached, thinking that it was impossible. But I can't just abandon this site after all these years. We'll still be here, though playing the games will probably never be as exciting again, since we know there's no chance we'll ever break this score.
That's all. My apologies for this long "essay", but such a score deserves such an egotistical rant and rave. Simply amazing. We made history tonight.
Lastly, I just want to thank Tom for making this site. :-) We'll see you on the boards!
-= Mike (DeLorean) =- |
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| Scribble Dictionary |
| [26897] by "DeLorean" (pool-68-161-118-24.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Fri 03 Oct 2003 00:52:48
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Tom,
In your infinite generosity, would it be possible to send me the list of words that Scribble deems acceptable? I am putting the final touches on a huge Excel sheet, which lists *all* words with J,Q,X, or Z on the DLS... the actual words have been entered -- all that's left are not really words, just proper nouns that I have to test. Like I found out the game takes BREZHNEV, a former Soviet president. Also, today I learned the game takes both IBM and ICBM (!!). Instead of having to think of these things on my own and testing each one, was hoping I could skip a step and just request the dictionary you use...
I'll let you know my e-mail address if you say yes... thanks!
-= Mike (DeLorean) =- |
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| 90 variant |
| [26488] by "Anonymous" (134.241.47.194)
on Thu 25 Sep 2003 14:42:49
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shouldn't the black pawn on b1 be at e1 so black can move his other pawns? |
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| Ending Game |
| [26487] by "Dee" (host18.mcopips3.m.subnet.rcn.com)
on Thu 25 Sep 2003 13:56:33
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If there are no words to be made why can't the game end after I give up? |
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