Can't find the old WU thread, so I'll just make a new one

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:27 am

Istenem wrote:
if your hobby is edifying wordgames then WU is the premiership and scrabble/word blox are pre-season friendlies against afc goole and barnstaple town. you should win (by) much more but it doesn't stretch you or give any real sense of achievement.

I could not agree less

But then again, I don't play machines to be amused by them.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:10 pm

Much like a tight trivia game, Word Up/Soup is still profitable if you are good enough. Some scores over the weekend (VB + EWQ):
2390, 2335, 2229, 2228, 2148, 2125, 2113, lots more 2000+.

If anybody wants to add their words/scores to the national board website send me a pm or email, as I don't check FC often.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:31 pm

Ernest W. Quality wrote:Much like a tight trivia game, Word Up/Soup is still profitable if you are good enough.

Just sub 2200 (yesterday) for a mere quid is stretching my definition of the term profitability

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:55 pm

You need to go somewhere it hasn't been bummed.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:41 pm

Terrifyingly good scores chaps, well done.

Oh how you'd love Word Soup in my local mens club. £1 was at 750 points a few days ago

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:39 pm

I found original Word Up on an old gamesnet (not the oval screen) in a pub on Monday night with £1 at 350.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:15 pm

I've had a jackpot for 550 points before!

ggdr · Post by **ggdr** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:29 pm

I upped my PB to the psychologically unimportant 2100 score on Monday, at the fine Hop Pole Inn in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Have also finally put in a decent score on Puzzler.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:30 am

Guess that officially puts you into the knockout stage of the champions' league.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:40 am

I normally consider Word Up/Soup an aperitif before embarking on the main menu of cash delights. However, I might start not playing it first, as it seems to attract idiots keen to show off their erudition (sic) who proceed to "help" you by insisting on pointing out CAT and DOG, or, if on a particularly inspired day, SEX.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:01 pm

ggdr wrote:I upped my PB to the psychologically unimportant 2100 score on Monday, at the fine Hop Pole Inn in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Have also finally put in a decent score on Puzzler.

Nice one, ggdr.

What did you get on teh Puzzler?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:34 pm

[quote]seems to attract idiots keen to show off their erudition (sic) who proceed to "help" you by insisting on pointing out CAT and DOG, or, if on a particularly inspired day, SEX./quote]

Ha, too, too true!

dmac · Post by **dmac** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:59 pm

ggdr · Post by **ggdr** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:47 pm

Think 1581 is the Puzzler mark to beat now, edging out a guy called BEN by two points.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:08 pm

very well played GGDR, kudos to you.

pity there is not a prize for this; by the look of it there are quite a few strong players across the country. but equally satisfying that we know that the best in the country look in here.
the S of SWP is alive and kicking. at the moment GGDR is the best in a nationwide game and i reckon that people who will read this are at least 40% of the top 50. well played gents.