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| [57647] by "BadPenny" (ab-proxy-3122.bay.webtv.net)
on Fri 30 Jun 2006 01:14:35
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You people need to relax. It's a GAME. Play the board that comes up. If the S's are gone, make set'ups for other letters. If the U's are gone, try to get the Q on the board. Don't read the chat if it upsets you. Play the expert rules if you want, but those rules are not official. If others want to play a different way, their way is just as correct. |
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| Registration |
| [57645] by "No Name J" (user-vcauug1.dsl.mindspring.com)
on Thu 29 Jun 2006 22:30:58
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Registration, it’s a good thing.
Why? Because hopefully the following will happen:
1. The majority of trolls will be eliminated.
2. The “regulars” will have to learn to get along better with others.
The knife, hopefully, will cut both ways.
You troll...you get banned.
You cuss, name call, or ridicule another player...you get banned.
You lock games...you get banned.
The fun factor isn’t just ruined by trolls wasting u’s and s’s. The fun factor is also ruined when new players are treated like, well, crap by the regulars. Being bossed around and told what to do has turned many a player away. Sure, there are nice ways to make suggestions, but that is not the norm.
If this is a game, then why is every move so calculated? Yes, a high score through cooperative play is the ultimate goal. However, telling each player what word should go where and when is not playing a game. Instead, that’s playing against a computer opponent (namely the anagram programs which give players words based on the tiles available).
Time and time again I see games with trips set up (and ruined) or ready to be set up so the few regulars can make the big scoring word plays. Now, don’t get me wrong, some players are playing and making actual high scores without the use of a program enhanced selection of words to choose from.
Then again, some players just want the “praise” from other players. They want to be the one’s to make the trips etc.. They get upset and quite an attitude when the trip isn’t played “their” way (ie. the word from the anagram software). I think more often than not, it’s the loss of them making the play.
I notice that if a webbie, col, proxy, aol, or other “no name” isp makes a great word start or trip, there is no praise. Only in a rare case is an exception made. Usually, the praise has some backhanded insult though.
In conclusion, this is my opinion. I see registration as a good thing. Makes more sense to have 15-17 registered games so the regs can play how they want and the regular folks can play how they want without the fear they will upset one of the chosen who seem to want all the control.
The trolls want control. The regulars want control. Play the gosh darn game! No drama anymore, pleassseeeeeee.
No war of words, please. Just an opinion on all the scribble drama.
Signed,
No Name
(J)
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| [57644] by "" (user-vcauug1.dsl.mindspring.com)
on Thu 29 Jun 2006 22:26:33
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| Game 1 |
| [57627] by "MrsK" (cpe-66-75-5-94.san.res.rr.com)
on Wed 28 Jun 2006 13:09:21
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6/28. 10:00am pacific time, USA.
Registration doesn't seem like such a bad idea. |
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| Cooperative playing in Scribble |
| [57576] by "alpha" (ab-proxy-3122.bay.webtv.net)
on Fri 23 Jun 2006 21:58:45
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Tom,
You're probably sick of hearing this, but I have a question about the webTv troll that keeps messing up all the games with his infamous plays (using the u's to spoil the chance of having a U for the Q, playing 3 letter words on a trip, using the S's as fast as he can, blocking the trips with words that cannot be extended, etc):
The instructions state clearly that this is meant to be a cooperative game, so how can someone making plays to deliberatly thwart most other players be considered a cooperative player? He is most definately not a team player, and ruins the fun of your game for other players, many of whom have been loyal to this site for some time.
I know the expert boards are set up for those who want to play by expert rules, but we can't play regular scribble with this player being allowed to make the types of plays he makes. It's been going on for some time, and he's getting to be an expert at spoiling every game. How is this cooperative play, and fair to every other player?
It's frustrating for other players and it's rude/childish behavior on his part. He's being allowed to to be the one uncooperative player, and I fully understand the frustration that leads players to make rude remarks - yes, I have done it myself, although more often than not I just swear to myself and stop playing when he's around.
The last straw was tonight when someone played deepen, and in chat wrote er/s, and this guy's response was to play "ers" on the deepen on the trip, and then wrote in chat "Like this?" I know he thought was being cute, but he was just showing his uncooperative attitude.
That play really ticked me off.
I feel better having written this out, but I will always believe that letting someone continue to play unccoperatively is against the tenets of your game, and I don't understand it being allowed.
Other players, please do not start a word war in here about this player or trolls - this is just meant as an expression of my feelings and is not intended to set people off.
Tom, you can tell me it's too bad and to suck it up, but I think you can't ask us in the instructions to be cooperative with other players one the one hand and justify this type of behavior on the other. |
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| [57551] by "" (59.22.144.83)
on Tue 20 Jun 2006 19:07:17
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| Game 8 (scribble) |
| [57539] by "MrsK" (cpe-66-75-5-94.san.res.rr.com)
on Mon 19 Jun 2006 22:15:20
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I'd say the above-mentioned game is an excellent example of how being able to play more than 1 word in a row is a problem. I realize not everyone can do it (I can't), but webtv users almost always can (from what I've seen there are only a few others who can). Most of the time, it's to save an 8-ltr trip FROM a goonie, but in game 8, a goonie purposely stranded 2 premiums.
Is there a backdoor that can be closed?
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| so we can't play scribble - but Muddle's up again |
| [57522] by "alpha" (ab-proxy-3122.bay.webtv.net)
on Sun 18 Jun 2006 21:11:49
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I noticed yesterday that Susan put us up to 17.3% of words found in Muddle -- it took awhile, but I think people weren't playing as feverishly as we did to hit 17.2, and there were some newish players that were scoring 1 - 7% each game.
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| problem: games won't end |
| [57514] by "alpha" (ab-proxy-3122.bay.webtv.net)
on Sun 18 Jun 2006 18:28:19
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Hi Tom,
It's about 6:30 p.m. EST and I can't get the last letter to take to end a game (I think it's game 9) -- archives full? or some other problem?
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| [57510] by "" (59.14.18.156)
on Sun 18 Jun 2006 09:12:05
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