| Why use just 'a,' 'i,' or 'tv'? |
| [36567] by "Anonymous" (hq.llgm.com)
on Wed 12 May 2004 13:55:43
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I've seen 'a,' 'i', 'and 'tv' used a number of times over the last few days and this use makes no sense to me. These are usually used toward the start of a game, the points are low (no kidding) and there are other possibilities for words with the given letters, so I don't see why anyone would place just these -- it certainly doesn't help with changing the tiles!
I admit I may be missing something, so I'm asking: can someone explain why they would place 'a', 'i', or 'tv' on the board at the start of a game?
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| What's the deal? |
| [36546] by "me" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Tue 11 May 2004 22:59:52
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Is there a unique dictionary that I don't know about? I have seen some pretty wild so-called words since coming here a week ago.
Looking at dictionary.com my search for the following came up a little short:
indicias, outfasts, snoozles, zincy, rax, etc., etc. It amazes me the "words" or lack there of that this site accepts.
Whatever happened to REAL Scrabble where you were only able to use real words....no names, abbreviations, acronyms, etc., etc.
It's not much fun when you know you can throw everything in including the kitchen sink & it be accepted. Where's the challenge in that??? |
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| [36353] by "bubsB" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Fri 07 May 2004 19:12:11
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Help! you have to get some way to identify msntv players.I can't get in to play because it sez you can't make 2 words in a row even tho I'm not the last msntv player! |
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| NJGAL |
| [36220] by "stinglerette" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Thu 06 May 2004 08:20:43
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Are you the one who used to play on wordscramble? |
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| Hanging the snoot |
| [36010] by "Chimee" (ipdial-163-137.tri-isys.com)
on Sun 02 May 2004 12:42:29
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I sooo like Hangsnoot. I kind of remember the game my friends and I used to play during elementary years. Anyway, Tom, is there a place in the web where i could find (free) downloadable Hangsnoot? Or it's not downloadable and is only played on-line? |
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| The Final Scribble Milestone... Done. :-) |
| [35975] by "Mike" (pool-68-161-136-48.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Sat 01 May 2004 01:05:26
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We've done it!!! The mythical 1800+ game is no longer mythical. :-))) Laura, myself, coz, and Natalie (for one play... hehe) played what is now the best [non-15-letter] game of all time. See this masterpiece here:
http://archive.snoot.org/scribble/04.05/01.00.51.54-1808.html
How was this done? With exceptional tile order and a lot of luck. And some skill too... heh. This game had all 4 premiums on DLS squares, *in addition to* a G on the DLS. We actually made a few sub-optimal plays towards the end of the game, which would've turned this into an 1810s or 1820s game, but no matter. We can die happily now, and I know I'll be sleeping well tonight :-))))
-= Mike =- |
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| gotta brag |
| [35897] by "rider" (rdu163-56-213.nc.rr.com)
on Tue 27 Apr 2004 22:09:55
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http://www.snoot.org/f/a/s/muddle/viewrecent?n=142166&flags=
it's been a while since i've done one over a hundred. |
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| Define FUN, everybody. |
| [35363] by "deni" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Sun 18 Apr 2004 09:54:16
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(your own definition, please, not what you think the "others" think is fun -- it might help to answer before you read on)
Fun in scribble to me is cooperative play in which chat is supportive and friendly. Set-ups are used to the best advantage of the game. A great word is not necessarily a great play -- sometimes 2 itty-bitty words are worth a lot more points for the game.
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| To Tom: |
| [35357] by "Nick" (63-228-198-167.slkc.qwest.net)
on Sun 18 Apr 2004 06:22:45
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It's strange, isn't it?
What started out as a social experiment became even more than you ever would have expected, Tom...
For the hell of it (and through pure boredom), I went back to a site that I loved as a kid. Snoot. Scribble.
It had become something. Something else...
Recently, I read through all the old posts. They had a fascinating irony to them.
So, for those of you, Webbies, 2 cents, and newbies, let me give you a history of Scribble:
It started out as a fun tropical island. People played around. Some cooperated. Most didn't. Some people got to know other people. Others just kept to themselves.
Then factions formed. "Experts" & "Newbies". They hated each other. At times, passionately hated. Things were beginning to change.
Experts demanded their own section of the island away from the scum and filthy Webbies and Newbies. Expert boards were built.
I believe back in the day, I and others made the first normal +1000 game. I stayed up all night long waiting for my IP to change after everyone went to bed. What an accomplishment!
Experiments began. As a joke, I said we should do a 15 letter word. I said "cinematographer". It was the only one I could think of! Then some people actually did it! Things were getting weird. OXYPHENBUTAZONE became the word of choice.
Times changed... 1000 became rocks against bullets. 15 letter words became illegal contraband.
A new leader was born. Whit. She was "polite" about it, but questioned even the plays of the more seasoned veterans on the island...
I was disheartened. It wasn't fun anymore. For those who invented "lowball", guess what? It was around years ago. I became the "evil spider", ("spider" at the time, was a word in my IP). I would block trips, devour S's, smear waste upon the boards. I don't know why I did it. I guess I didn't like what Scribble was becoming. I wanted the tropical island back.
So I left. I left good friends like Shaw, GW, LJ. These strange people who I knew only by nicknames, but felt a strange bond to. I left the island.
Whit had guns, but then came the new militia. DeLorean.
I remember DeLorean. I used to get so mad at him back in the day when I was an "expert". He would do some boneheaded things. Single-setting TLS's and the like.
Then he walked the island and found a "secret weapon". An anagram generator. He suddenly became a God.
As I've found, he drove Whit away. Fantastic scores like 188 were now worthless. With the anagram generator, nothing below 200 would even be considered. It's funny. The island that Whit had created eventually drove her away too....
Silly. It is considered cheating to put down a 15-letter word because there is no strategy, but anagram generators ARE okay?
So, this is Scribble folks. A computer game played by computers. Look at the tiles, enter them in your machines. Copy. Paste. Repeat. An island run by robots. Elitist robots who get mad. Mad at those who try to come up with words in their head once in a while.
I'm tired of it. Kill the pig. Spill its blood.
I remember back in the day, all the boards would be filled up. Sometimes you would have to wait to get on ONE board during peak hours!
No one wants to visit the island anymore. It has become a country club where people scoff at hungry Webbies who hold out their tin cup for a few tiles.
What an allegory for society you have created, Tom!
So I wonder, do you ever look down on us and laugh?
It was a fun visit, but it's time to go home.
Thanks for the experience,
Nick
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| Long wait |
| [35353] by "gracie07" (24-161-70-83.hvc.rr.com)
on Sat 17 Apr 2004 22:29:07
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Lov the game, but such a long wait. lol |
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