word up gossip

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:39 pm

[quote="unknownpseudonym"]the word was (and may be again): PSEUDOPSEUDONYMOUSLY. ]

Surely that wouldn't be in there. Its prob better to go for more everyday words like INCOMPREHENSIBILITY or INCONSPICUOUSNESS, that might just be in the dictionary.

Maybe BOUNCEBACKABILITY will be in it.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:00 pm

fair enough maybe that post was a little oblique. but i did put a winky man in it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:57 am

Ernest W. Quality wrote: Shame there isn't an additional national scoreboard.

Agreed. Tho' many players may just give up when faced with the UK's top scores. The Peterhouse team, who we found had equal amounts of enthusiasm for the game, seemed to throw in the towel once we had topped their scores (and showed them how to clear the grid).

I dare say if we were faced with scores 200-300 pts above our best we might just say 'sod this for a game of soldiers' and do something else with our time.

May be better to have a national tourney instead, so players enter into the fray with egos unpunctured at the local level.

Looking forward to the next London meet, Ernest - hope you're keeping your hand in on PW...

Bob

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:13 pm

15 achieved CONGRATULATIONS, 17 next.

any game with a hi score table is cosseting players' egos. the old photoplay machines had national tables so it is not beyond the wit of man. it must have been considered by itbox etc but for whatever reason it was abandoned. at ATEI in january itbox's prototype 'lounge' (which had a similar function as this) was fanfared but it has not been seen. (i think there is a thread about this lower down.)

btw. yes; i know that fanfared is not a word

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:59 am

unknownpseudonym wrote:15 achieved CONGRATULATIONS, 17 next.

Sweet play.

We've now secured the towns of Ipswich, Harwich, Chelmsford and Colchester (beating old forum stalwart ScarletJim's score at the Marquis with a 1704).

A solo effort of 2453 on Sum Up at Harwich's Mariners Hotel Inn is a possible one player record.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:49 pm

Sum Up perfection achieved by Sir E.W. Quality and DJ Hodge: we got the most valuable sum possible in the game: 9*9*9/8/7 = 459 (can also be done another distinct way (up to cycles)).

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:31 am

vaginalbob wrote:A solo effort of 2453 on Sum Up at Harwich's Mariners Hotel Inn is a possible one player record.

A certain "EW Quality" got 2778 at the Cambridge Arms on his own. Just under world record standards though.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:49 pm

Ernest W. Quality wrote: A certain "EW Quality" got 2778 at the Cambridge Arms on his own. Just under world record standards though.

Damn you, Ernest, now how can I possibly provide a crushing riposte with no Sum Up in the vicinity of the homestead?

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:51 pm

You could call me a dick or something I suppose. But then I will just get 2800 and you will be vanquished.

Oh, and got that 459 sum again, this time in the Cam Arms.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:42 am

JUXTAPOSITIONS is 490 points

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:06 am

How many points did you get from that grid overall?

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:40 pm

vaginalbob wrote:Damn you, Ernest, now how can I possibly provide a crushing riposte with no Sum Up in the vicinity of the homestead?

Got 2956 on Sum Up today. Yer ma...

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:46 am

chen83 wrote:JUXTAPOSITIONS is 490 points

I thought it should be worth 504, or have I miscounted?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:57 am

sorry to gatecrash the VB social.

was playing WU for about 20 minutes yesterday. the prize bar was around 1400 for £1. anyway.
i was left in one game with

_E
_A
OT

wanted TOEA (not sure if this is allowed)
so shuffled to

_E
_O
TA

anyway pressed the free word button (expecting TOE)
but it gave me OAT (and i am 99% sure that this word never used to be allowed).
so i deduce that the wordlist has been updated, can anyone shed light?

Demmerz · Post by **Demmerz** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:30 am

For a good word list they should be on the blower to you good sir: you seem to know a staggeringly worrying amount of obscure and/or obsolete words. Perks of the job, I suppose.

That said, if they had a comprehensive word list there'd be more words to make, more points to make, and potentially more money to pay out.

Not that the extra points would be worth a player's while anyway: at 1,420 points for £1 the game can be fairly sure it won;t be paying out much...