| Hall of fame |
| [16310] by "Whit" (12-230-42-67.client.attbi.com)
on Tue 08 Oct 2002 13:16:56
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Could we have a hall of fame for the upper scribble boards? :)
Also - just some ideas if you ever have time, would be fun to have a 'most used words' list - :) Also highest word scored list...:) |
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| [16301] by "Whit" (12-230-42-67.client.attbi.com)
on Tue 08 Oct 2002 12:17:55
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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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| scribble |
| [16282] by "Anonymous" (netcache-2003.public.lawson.webtv.net)
on Tue 08 Oct 2002 00:14:01
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I guess I got to the board after you had received the complaint. You have a wonderful site & very interesting games but as the last posting pointed out, it is not pleasant being called names. The two players involved love to tie up the games or they have written what they should each do to end a game when someone else inserts a word. Since I have been playing your games, no one has been as rude or childish as they are.
I have posted here before & want to thank you for always giving a helpful
reply. I just hope that I can continue to enjoy playing your games. It certainly helps to sit back & relax once in a while. Again thank you. |
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| Tom7 - some suggestions |
| [16262] by "Whit" (12-230-42-67.client.attbi.com)
on Mon 07 Oct 2002 21:24:10
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As a 'newbie' again, but probably your most prolific player for a few years, I'd like to express some thoughts before I become 'biased' again lol.
First - on the Sico game, I'm not sure if you have done so yet but it'd be ideal to have 2 sections -
for example
Games 1-5 would be labeled perhaps "beginners' or "for those who don't need valium"
Games 6-10 could be labeled "experienced players" or "for those uptight pro's"
Now I'm not suggesting that anyone can't play ANY of the games - just that it might help the envirnment if there were sections like that - I think it'd would cut down on tension... and perhaps if your really energetic you could toss in an invisible game 11 and 12 (like ya have in scribble....)
Now, about the scribble 'expert' boards... I was one of the best scribble players here ever I think - I was around before the hidden boards ever happened... and I was pretty intimidated to even post a word back then cause all the team players were playing 'up there' - now here's my problem... I think people dissing, labeling 'webtv'ers' or 'aolers' or anyone else is just as bad if not worse then someone 'gasp' wasting 3 s's on a 5 point word. I think ever effort should be made to completely disallow people doing that here.
Labeling a group of people because of what ISP (aol or Webtv) someone uses is wrong and causes hostility. I think you should consider putting in big bold warning at the top of the scribble area that this will no longer be tolerated and after 1 warn ban anyone who does it for X amount of days. I don't know how much of that I did back 'then' - I do know I came up with the word TP - to try to STOP the bashing of others (in other words rather then referring to others as this .. or that..lets just refer to US as team players...)
Now onto another subject, I've noticed a few 'experts' are using a anagram generating program, and if that's how THEY want to play and it's agreed to by the other players they are playing with then it's just another form of the game... but frankly I like to play without a dictionary live, and without an anagram program online. I'd like to suggest a 17th game set up for people using those programs... and ask that they limit the use to just that board. I suppose people will still continue to do so on the other boards but unless it's an agreed upon style of playing I'd think of it as cheating, and while I wouldn't CALL them on it, we'd both know - if you know what I mean?
I just think there is still alot of skill and strategy involved even if one doesn't have to think up the words themselves, in figuring out the best placement and so on... but it takes away from the game when people use those without it being agreed upon in the first place.
Well I have a lot more to say but I am sure this post is getting very wordy, so that's it for the moment.
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| Tom! Remember me? |
| [16173] by "Whit" (12-230-42-67.client.attbi.com)
on Sat 05 Oct 2002 11:58:25
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If you don't I am sure you will soon enough, I was always the one with all the suggestions lol.
I'd like to suggest a % listing for the # of words found...
you know where it says
162,000 words of 1,700,032?
Would be nice to see it say
162,000 words of 1,700,032 (12%)
Also - putting in the rules that 3 letter words don't work would be helpful.. if it's there I didn't find it LOL.
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| scribble |
| [16118] by "Anonymous" (netcache-2003.public.lawson.webtv.net)
on Thu 03 Oct 2002 18:53:56
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I just tried to use the word qana but the message I received said it wasn't in the dictionary. Could you please tell me why this word wasn't accepted? |
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| Muddle Scores |
| [15812] by "Anonymous" (164.156.93.167)
on Tue 24 Sep 2002 17:33:54
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This is a cooperative game. I think you should drop the xxx beat yyy 25 to 5. |
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| Final Score for expert games |
| [15037] by "bean" (netcache-2003.public.lawson.webtv.net)
on Wed 04 Sep 2002 19:43:18
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Tom,
What is the average final score in the Expert Games (15 & 16) in Scribble? |
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| Scribble bug |
| [15003] by "bean" (netcache-2003.public.lawson.webtv.net)
on Tue 03 Sep 2002 20:31:22
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Game 16 (09-03-02) It gave me a rack of letters and I put in "charming" on H 1.
It showed the score of 151 (I believe that was the score) but when I went back it showed a new game again with the same rack of letters. I put "charming" in again and then it showed a completely different rack of letters stating I didn't have the necessary "h" for that word. WHAAA??????? |
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| Muddle bug |
| [14835] by "Jacquilynne" (hse-toronto-ppp294640.sympatico.ca)
on Sat 31 Aug 2002 18:07:29
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This is what the recent games list recently looked like. As you can see, it has me listed as having played 4 games, 2 solo and 2 against Guest. I only played the two solo games. Further, I can see no evidence that Guest was even playing at the same time I was on other boards.
recent games:
id longest words got summary
13902 "rubaces" 25/80 (31%) Jacqui (sympatico.ca) solo: 34 pts.
13900 "peered" 30/102 (29%) Jacqui (sympatico.ca) solo: 40 pts.
13901 "tetrode" 0/91 (0%) Jacqui (sympatico.ca) tied Guest 0 to 0.
13899 "urbane" 16/57 (28%) Guest (adelphia.net) beat Jacqui 19 to 0.
13898 "acerated" 28/154 (18%) Guest (rr.com) solo: 49 pts.
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