Re: Scrabble, Officially

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:30:06 GMT, bill van <billvan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <qbudnTOWhvjzYnbanZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> huey.callison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I suppose the only answer that satisfies everyone would have been to
>> edit the entire computer dictionary. But, really, this was a computer
>> game, and regardless of whatever case you may be able to make that I'm
>> some kind of hardcore neckbeard propellerhead dork, I don't think that
>> simple amusements should begin with "First, edit a dictionary". So, we 
>> played our Scribble and drank our beer, and if you don't like it, you 
>> can blow it out your quijybo.
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>There is no need to blow it out of any orifice. You can, obviously, use 
>any house rules you want. I wouldn't play at your house with those 
>rules, though, because as I understand it, you can use them to accuse 
>the computer of cheating when it uses a word you don't know, and then 
>play a non-existent word that happens to fit your letters, and which, by 
>the look of the examples (quijybo, say), will score at least 40-50 
>points on a double-word score, plus a 50-point bingo bonus.
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>In fact, if you played the q on a double-letter score and the word over 
>a triple-word score, quijybo would score 167 points. That's a 
>game-breaker. It leads to potential disputes between the players over 
>fairness, and in that case the strongest personality/bull****er will 
>win. I wouldn't play with those rules if you paid me.


You're looking for quixotry.

Boron