(that's when using the LJ web interface directly; if you use a posting client then I dunno whether it will still work literally that way; a client probably has some feature to auto-generate the lj user tag too)
On the subject of missing things, the "easy to find when you know it's there" is something I have trouble with too. Also in bridge: a lot of bridge problems are easy when they're presented to you as bridge problems because you know there's a catch.
Right, it's like the act of asking the question automatically flaws the question because you automatically ask yourself "why would they ask this question if it was so simple?" and thus hard solutions are easy to find when presented as 'puzzles'. Can't think of how to remedy this yet though. I've sort of overcome it just by getting myself to spend more time on each rack, and if I can remember, ALWAYS look for a bingo. Even if it's not there, that usually illuminates other shorter words in the rack anyhow.
I made my list of these about a year ago. Most of those were tournament experiences, not an individual move in any game. The worst of those was probably missing EULOGIAS at the All-Stars tournament in 2003. At least that game wasn't annotated.
I also think my experience at the Big Apple tournament last October would have made the bad 10. Not sure exactly where.
Just yesterday I played D(EN) for 8, to bingo the next turn (drew EINNRST and was feeling iffy about both of those, too!). Thought Quackle would love that one until I typed the rack in at home. :)
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(that's when using the LJ web interface directly; if you use a posting client then I dunno whether it will still work literally that way; a client probably has some feature to auto-generate the lj user tag too)
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I also think my experience at the Big Apple tournament last October would have made the bad 10. Not sure exactly where.
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hilarious post...you HAVE to have a sense of humor about these things! the JESSE thing is classic.
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