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| [57645] by "No Name J" (user-vcauug1.dsl.mindspring.com) on Thu 29 Jun 2006 22:30:58 [ reply ] |
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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) |