a big beef about online Scrabble
I love Scrabble. I don't know if I've ever mentioned it, but I do love Scrabble. A. Lot. So imagine my joy when Facebook added the Scrabulous application. Now, I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I *am* pretty darn good at Scrabble, on my own steam. So there I was, happily playing along, when all of a sudden, people who I'd previously played have suddenly quadrupled their previous scoring ability! People were using obscure words that I am absolutely 100% sure that they would at the very least have HAD to look up in the dictionary.
But wait. No. It's better than that. There are even BETTER cheats available online. Anagram solvers are bad enough, but there is actually a site where you can go and plug in the letters on the board, plus the tiles you have in your hand, and it will scan the dictionary and give you all the possible options, plus the point values.
Let it be said that I do NOT use online cheats when I play online Scrabble. There's no challenge and no real glory that way. For all of you who have been going around 'kicking ass' at Scrabulous because you've discovered these wonderful cheat boards, you may score 450 points and improve your playing stats, but there are lots like me out there who prefer to 'lose' with the measly 286 we earn all on our own.
But wait. No. It's better than that. There are even BETTER cheats available online. Anagram solvers are bad enough, but there is actually a site where you can go and plug in the letters on the board, plus the tiles you have in your hand, and it will scan the dictionary and give you all the possible options, plus the point values.
Let it be said that I do NOT use online cheats when I play online Scrabble. There's no challenge and no real glory that way. For all of you who have been going around 'kicking ass' at Scrabulous because you've discovered these wonderful cheat boards, you may score 450 points and improve your playing stats, but there are lots like me out there who prefer to 'lose' with the measly 286 we earn all on our own.
Comments
Maybe they felt compelled to one up you ? LOL!!
It is a tough world out there with those gregarious people which make them irascible !
Now don't think my comment is aspersion or anything.
You can't help it if you are a sesquipedalian , quintessentialor a largess !
I used to wonder how my Mom came up with such unusual words but she mentioned some kind of feature available right on the scrabble site to find obscure words.
Mom's fun is in playing and winning. In her mind she is being clever and innovative and using all possible resources to win.
I don't use anything but my own persistence in finding a word that works. I don't have a huge vocabulary like some folks.
My fun is in playing and having a close game but I only pretend to care who wins. Mom enjoys playing and really rubs it in when she wins. It makes me chuckle.
It depends on why you play scrabble. If you're competitive and winning is the goal then you need to lay out the rules ahead of time. You will eventually find a suitable opponent.
If the reason you play is to connect like I do with Mom, then enjoy the interaction. I'll get off my soapbox now. ha
OTH, most societies are predicated on the premises of winning at all costs. It's sad, but there you are.