Word Blox

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:17 pm

GOORY top word score today, for 450 points.

(This may have required some cunning chaining of particular cubes.)

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:52 pm

dmac wrote:I find that even on a screen where Scrabble is playing perfectly, this tends to stick. After submitting a word, unless you leave some time, it's liable to not record the first letter of the next word.

We should put together an exciting top 10 of itboxes based on screen responsiveness.
Here's my current no.1:

Congratulations to the operators, engineers and staff who made it all possible for...

THE ROYAL GEORGE - EUSTON

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:42 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:THE ROYAL GEORGE - EUSTON

I looked this up on beerintheevening to see which one it was and two things tickled me. One, this guy's review of the place:

"Quite the most fragrant toilets I have ever had the pleasure of urinating in. Literally 100 years of the good patrons piss left to grow and nuture in to something magnificently horrific. Go on, have a smell.

Decent enough pub though - but the Erdinger tasted like bubble bath."

I'd hate to know what a pub has to do to NOT be rated as "decent enough" by that guy!

Two, the description of the quiz machine:

"Quiz machines (Underground)"

This is I presume a very out-of-date reference to the old standalone Underground game, rather than an indication that you have to go down to the cellar to play their ItBoxes...?

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:20 am

9200 and something now.

There seems to have been a certain 'OLLIE/OLL' who has done a lot of these in London. Luckily, he rarely hits above 6000.

dmac · Post by **dmac** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:48 am

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:12 pm

dmac wrote:saw 10050 in Glasgow Walkabout yesterday

FECK

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:59 pm

9600 and sth today - consistently hitting 8000+ with several 9000+.

Maybe tomorrow will be the day I knock the Glaswegian off his/her/their perch.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:00 pm

£20 jackpot achieved on this - only once, mind.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:25 pm

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:58 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:£20 jackpot achieved on this - only once, mind.

What I find curious is that the game does not stop at that point.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:04 pm

10400 done this morn'.

A quid was the paltry reward for my Herculean efforts.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:13 am

good effort, one pound does seem very mean for getting 10k+.
i heard talk of a fixed-level JP, does the rules page say anything about it? tbh i'm not playing this one much any more but will have a look later. not that i'm gonna get much more than 7k.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:29 am

Istenem wrote:good effort, one pound does seem very mean for getting 10k+.

I've had NOTHING for getting 9.5k - 10k+ on various occasions. Mind you, I had already won a reasonable amount beforehand..

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:53 am

very impressive CP

. where are you based? do you play WU?