Last Tuesday I went with Jordan, my friend in Simi Valley in California, to watch him at jujitsu. He is training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and various MMA (mixed martial arts) for a tournament in Las Vegas occurring in mid-March. The experience got me thinking about some important differences between this culture and Scrabble culture.
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I would like to see more annotation with commentary and analysis of candidate moves. I seem to recall that the Scrabble News would have a featured game in each issue. Maybe this is something that should end up in each issue of the Last Word or something published separately. If a player can explain his or her thought process, it might be edifying for other players. Listing Quackle's options are a bit insufficient, and certain annotated games that I see (I don't look that often and am probably missing better ones) seem to lack that element of explanation. (One exception: I love cesarsalad's annotations and feel that they deserve to be collected and published for all of their entertainment value. None of this would have happened without ROADEOS.)
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