| An Observation |
| [34985] by "two_sense_worth" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Wed 07 Apr 2004 11:21:42
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A New Game Is Afoot...
It Could Be Called "Lo Ball"...
It Has Been Initiated By Very Intelligent / Skillful Player / Players...
Who Seem To Have Become Bored With The "Bump" ~ "Set" ~ "Spike" ... Of Basic Scribble ...And It's Adamant Advocates.
Or They / He Could Just Be Rebelling Against The Over-Bearing Fanaticism Of The Self-Proclaimed Experts Who Try To Demean The Less Skilled Or The Vision-Impaired Or The Mentally Lapsing With Name Calling & Clicquish (?) Sneering.
These Childish So-Called Experts...Who Pout...Stamp Their Feet ... Delete Games ....
If They Don't Like / Approve Of The Plays Or Letters On The Board.
"Lo-Ball" Prepares Us For Whatever Live Gives Us....
The Experts Can't Deal With This Lack Of Control.
These "Rule" Adherents / Advocates ... Play A Complete Game By Themselves...
"Rule": ~ No Consecutive Plays.
Wish I Knew How To Do That.
"Lo Ball" ...Takes A Lot More Skill Than Basic Scribble ...
Tho It Is Very Frustrating If One Hasn't Changed His Mind-Set To The New Game.
Change IS Interesting....
And I Have Not Only Learned A Lot From Scribble Players...
I Have Learned A Lot About Myself.
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| DNS rewrite |
| [34782] by "Tom 7" (h-66-167-56-251.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net)
on Sat 03 Apr 2004 18:02:35
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In an attempt to get rid of the intermittent "500 crash" messages, I've changed something significantly. I think it was the cause, so if you get these messages or notice their conspicuous absence, then let me know! |
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| Mike ~ a suggestion |
| [34776] by "deni" (209.240.205.62)
on Sat 03 Apr 2004 17:49:08
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I would like to suggest that The Expert Guide be renamed, "A Guide for Cooperative Play".
If I were a newbie, I wouldn't read The Expert guide because I am obviously not an expert. I think that the new name would encourage others to read it... and perhaps (dare I say it?) use the tips.
Though this is addressed to Mike, I encourage all comments ~ |
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| New 1st Place, one point shy of the magic number :-) |
| [34415] by "Mike" (pool-68-161-75-126.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Mon 29 Mar 2004 05:19:35
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Teddy, coz, and I just played what is now the new 1st place game, with 1799 (!!) points. With two tiles left, I tried every possible word for the highest score, but couldn't find enough to get it over 1800. It's killing me here. :)
We will do this -- it's getting closer and closer, only a matter of time now. See this beauty here:
http://archive.snoot.org/scribble/04.03/29.05.14.57-1799.html
-= Mike =- |
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| definitions in scribble |
| [34323] by "rider" (24.163.56.213)
on Sat 27 Mar 2004 16:38:35
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very excellent idea. just when i think you've perfected this Tom, you find something new. ;-)
john rider
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| Tile Order Question |
| [34024] by "Mike" (pool-68-160-192-153.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Sun 21 Mar 2004 23:56:31
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Tom, just out of curiosity, is the complete tile order for any given Scribble game generated at the outset of the game? Or are only the first 10 tiles generated, with the remainder generated "on the fly"...?
Also, for anyone else, I added all former "First Place Games" to the Top 50 page (below the Top 50 itself), which traces the "#1 game" all the way back to the beginning of this site. :)
- Mike |
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| 2000 Scribble Games Not Expandable |
| [33974] by "Mike" (pool-68-160-201-38.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Sat 20 Mar 2004 23:45:53
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Tom, I downloaded the "TAR.BZ2" archive of Scribble Games from 2000, only to find that I can't open it with any unzipping program I have.
I tried WinZip, which gave an error ("Error reading header"). Then PowerArchiver, which specifically says it can handle TAR.BZ2 files, said it was an invalid archive. Then I tried WinAce, which didn't do anything.
Any suggestions? What do you use to open it? I dunno what the end size would be, but would it be possible to "repackage" the archive as a conventional ZIP file... thanks :) |
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| Score Range Chart Added |
| [33900] by "Mike" (pool-68-160-193-83.ny325.east.verizon.net)
on Wed 17 Mar 2004 04:11:31
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I was somewhat bored tonight, so I added a pretty cool chart (histogram) to the "Final Scores" page of the expert's guide, showing the number of expert games played, sorted by score range. It covers the past six months (from Sep. 1st, 2003). I elaborate a little more on this in the guide.
I think it looks pretty neat... and it shows that we've improved over the past six months! :)
- Mike |
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| Apology |
| [33881] by "Austin" (cs666887-42.austin.rr.com)
on Mon 15 Mar 2004 22:35:17
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Please accept my sincere apology for some very poor playing today. It has been a very bad week, and I tried to use scribble as a distraction. My plays were deplorable, and I promise to try to get back to relearning. It looked as if I was trying to ruin games, and that was clearly NOT my intention. Please accept my apology. P.S. I miss the "gripes" you give me to help me learn!!!!! Thanks. |
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| [33661] by "Mindy" (netcache-3003.bay.webtv.net)
on Tue 09 Mar 2004 20:27:55
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I never paid any attention to the comments made on the game because im not a "chatter." I didnt realize until today that others were having fun at my expense. I went in the archives and looked and really got my feelings hurt. Im sorry if you think I'm a "letter waster" I was just trying to have some fun doing something that I WAS enjoying. but a few people just took the fun out of it. anyway sorry for the trouble I didnt know this was for "experts" only since it said beginners
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