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12-23-2011 , 03:33 PM

#551

GambleGamble

The Godfather of Buffalo

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11,993

I would assume that 2p2ers are better than the regular population at any strategy based game

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12-23-2011 , 05:25 PM

#552

blackize

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10,520

Anyone else think this game is vastly inferior to scrabble? Strategy and tile draw are definitely more important, but rack balancing and word knowledge take a major backseat. Plus I hate that you can sit there and try random **** until you get a word.

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12-23-2011 , 05:37 PM

#553

Triumph36

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Originally Posted by blackize

All of these things help to increase variance which is obviously good for the success of the game.

On the main online scrabble server (at least the one I know of) people will often play VOID, which is just like WWF's system - it won't let you play an illegal word. Paradoxically, I think this helps to increase fairness - this way I think a player is a little less likely to trot out their dictionary, because the penalty for challenging is dire.

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12-23-2011 , 08:35 PM

#554

Brocktoon

Unreada Bill

Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,675

TBH, the whole challenging and requisite knowledge of obscure words and game specific 2 letter words is my least favorite part of playing scrabble with people anyway.

I actually enjoy being told right away whether or not the word I'm trying is acceptable and think it makes the game more fun and fair to beginners.

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12-23-2011 , 10:39 PM

#555

mdm13

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Originally Posted by Brocktoon

I'm a diehard scrabbler and I think that challenging is the only way to go for high level live games, but for beginners it does make things more fun. And in the WWF format challenges would make the game go pretty slow/people would just look up the word.

In record scoring scrabble games the use of phonies is always a source of contention, because if someone gets burned challenging QAT or PHT early on they are likely to just stop challenging and an opportunist can really rack up the points without actually being particularly good.

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12-23-2011 , 10:42 PM

#556

blackize

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I just get frustrated with the locked down boards you get when playing with almost anyone decent

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12-23-2011 , 10:45 PM

#557

mdm13

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,756

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Originally Posted by blackize

I just get frustrated with the locked down boards you get when playing with almost anyone decent

i don't find that to be that true. decent players will bingo more often and are less likely to do the stair step thing. although in WWF bingoing is significantly less valuable than in scrabble.

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12-23-2011 , 10:49 PM

#558

diddy!

Twas diddyeinstein

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10,849

wow. never knew that PHT was good and now I see that PHPHT is as well. can't wait to throw that down on someone soon.

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12-23-2011 , 11:09 PM

#559

GMan42

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Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,257

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Originally Posted by diddyeinstein

wow. never knew that PHT was good and now I see that PHPHT is as well. can't wait to throw that down on someone soon.

It's especially fun to put down a word like that in a live game and see the reaction. I still remember the indignant "what the **** is that?" I got from my wife when I opened a game with CWM.

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12-23-2011 , 11:46 PM

#560

Brocktoon

Unreada Bill

Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,675

PHT is a word? PHPHT? Please let me play these on someone soon

These are not in the dictionary according to dictionary.com. How are these words?

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12-24-2011 , 01:49 AM

#561

offTopic

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http://www.thesneeze.com/cartoon-raspberries/

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12-24-2011 , 02:33 AM

#562

Triumph36

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Originally Posted by Brocktoon

PHT is a word? PHPHT? Please let me play these on someone soon

These are not in the dictionary according to dictionary.com. How are these words?

The Scrabble dictionary is a combination of many different dictionaries and is basically as inclusive as possible - if a word is in one of those dictionaries, it's valid in Scrabble. Other vowelless words include PYX and HYP.

I got screwed that WWF does NOT accept MYC as a valid word when it is clearly in the Scrabble Dictionary.

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12-24-2011 , 02:45 AM

#563

blackize

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Originally Posted by mdm13

i don't find that to be that true. decent players will bingo more often and are less likely to do the stair step thing. although in WWF bingoing is significantly less valuable than in scrabble.

I definitely bingo more than anyone I play with. Maybe I'm just playing with people who understand strategy but have poor word knowledge or anagramming skills

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12-24-2011 , 12:01 PM

#564

GMan42

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Originally Posted by Triumph36

Minor nit--I wouldn't exactly qualify Y-only words as being vowelless, but those are good ones.

My favorite vowelless word has been BRRR, which has bailed me out of awful racks on a couple of occasions.

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12-24-2011 , 11:01 PM

#565

djk123

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,069

lookin for a challenge! my sn is 'Dapper Dan' .. make sure you have the space

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12-25-2011 , 01:36 AM

#566

triplej2688

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,778

looking for a challenge also. So Unreal. Regular letters and be sure to add the space in between. Please mention 2p2 in chat.

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12-25-2011 , 04:53 AM

#567

cardsharkk04

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,945

I played tribals the other day, which is a word according to scrabble, but apparently not in WWF. Super lame. Also NTH? my idiot friend played that one against me. He's definitely using a word finder, but he leaves triple word scores open like its his job so I'm not very concerned.

I posted earlier looking for a challenge and Deldar has been consistently kicking my ass. But if any of you guys who are above average but not pulling out words like hyoidals, areae, and serails want to play then hit me up. SN is YouSuck!lol

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12-25-2011 , 04:50 PM

#568

g-bebe

because robots are strong

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 22,860

dropped SUPERHOT on the U with the dw/dw squares, the S being a blank tile, for 91 which is my second highest word score ever. in the same game i dropped my highest word score of like 140!

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12-27-2011 , 12:06 AM

#569

Unoriginalname

adept

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 940

Got asked by two friends this week if I cheat. Not sure if I should be offended or take that as a compliment.

And no I've never once cheated. You don't get crushed because I cheat. You get crushed because you do stupid **** like set me up for all of the triple word tiles.

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12-27-2011 , 12:20 AM

#570

fezjones

banned

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,961

sick brags itt

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12-27-2011 , 12:28 AM

#571

diddy!

Twas diddyeinstein

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10,849

Guy next to me last night at the movies was playing WWF before it started. I heard him tell his friend that he was with "There's no two letter B words" to which his friend responded, "What about BE?" and he kind of shook him off. Then he played a word in the game he was working on and said, "Five points! Take that!" I was dying inside.

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12-27-2011 , 02:29 AM

#572

keepitreal

veteran

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,483

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Originally Posted by diddyeinstein

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12-27-2011 , 10:35 AM

#573

Brocktoon

Unreada Bill

Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,675

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Originally Posted by diddyeinstein

Then he played a word in the game he was working on and said, "Five points! Take that!" I was dying inside.

Sarcasm?

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12-27-2011 , 03:21 PM

#574

GambleGamble

The Godfather of Buffalo

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11,993

And my new pet peeve is people who resign after you drop big words on them or have big leads... I have 1 that does it constantly and I don't know why I play her... Played CHURNER for 90 points to go up 291 to 92 with 34 letters left and they quit

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12-27-2011 , 03:41 PM

#575

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

When I first started playing I got a bunch of 60-ish words and a couple 110+ words. My 3rd game ever I finished at like 562. Now I think I've gone 4 or 5 days with no word over 40. Nothing ever fits and it's getting really frustrating. I'm starting to have flashbacks of SNG grinding.

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