Comments | wordfreak: See you at The Sundowner (or New Year's Scrabble Getaway)

wordfreak

See you at The Sundowner (or New Year's Scrabble Getaway)

Jan 09, 2006 03:47

I've had a week to ponder the previous weekend's Scrabble tourney getaway in Albany. Here's some of the highlights and lowlights. It's rather detailed, so I've divvied it up into sections. Click on any of the links below to jump to that section of my story.

( Travelling Toplofty )

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Comments 11

tournament result anonymous January 9 2006, 12:26:51 UTC

Good tournament, Roger! Considering where you were seeded, you did well. Sorry to hear you are no longer with Britt.

John Robertson

Re: tournament result anonymous January 9 2006, 14:52:13 UTC

Hi Roger, I am also sorry about the breakup with Britt, and loneliness does come with it but in time everything will heal.
You are always so pleasant to be with and lots of fun and laughs.
Hope to see you soon again and your site is great Thank you.
Annette Tedesco

scotch: a cure for most ailments iplusprinted January 9 2006, 18:11:49 UTC

hey - i'm very glad that you decided to join us that night after all, and that my scotch served a useful purpose. heaven knows I didn't need any more of it! :-) take care of yourself, i'll see you on the chat sooner or later. ~rjs

cesarsalad January 9 2006, 19:16:10 UTC

you seem to find bingos pretty well but you need to get the jqxz 5s down.. challenging judas and azote probably cost you that game.. and ataxis.. etc. those are very important words and there's only a few hundred of them.

wordfreak January 9 2006, 21:05:02 UTC

Those were lapses in judgment, for sure. I've seen all those words before. I either get greedy for points and convince myself the phonies are good, or I get scared and challenge words I know are probably good. Occasionally, it works the other way. Many games are won or lost on challenges, for sure. The more words I absorb, the better I'll be at this careful skill.

iLifer

... cesarsalad January 9 2006, 21:38:01 UTC

still.. sundowner was a fantastic find! too bad you didn't play it..

1416 wordfreak January 9 2006, 23:00:58 UTC

The new cross-tables are up and I've revisited my previous peak rating of 1416. This time it's going up from here.

iLifer

SNaRLERS baudekin January 10 2006, 04:29:22 UTC

Hey, that was SNaRLERS you played against me in Game 2, not SNaRERS...

I saw that you had 6 consonants & a blank as your last rack, and didn't even consider checking to see if you had a bingo. Nice find!

Re: SNaRLERS wordfreak January 10 2006, 06:05:34 UTC

Yeah, that was a typo in my tourney report. SNaRL(E)RS was the play through your E. Nice catch.

iLifer

Re: SNaRLERS baudekin January 11 2006, 16:22:37 UTC

Neat account, Roger, and Panties also plays thru all the letters including the vowels in HOLD UP YOUR LUSTY BODY. Man, are we scrabblers a weird bunch or what, ha, ha, Tim

Re: SNaRLERS wordfreak January 11 2006, 20:14:37 UTC

Actuallly, PANTIES plays through all the consonants and vowels in the phrase "Holds your butt up." I forgot about SAPONITE, PETUNIAS and SUPINATE.

iLifer