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roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:24 am

Please, please set up a Word Soup Longest Word National Board

Would be a good idea, as long-word-finding games usually end up in a half-cleared dog's dinner of a grid and sub-800 point score, so profitable for you lot.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:11 am

It's not really a national board unless it's across all cabinets.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:12 pm

Ernest W. Quality wrote:It's not really a national board unless it's across all cabinets.

And when has that ever happened?

It's a national board if you can place by playing in any town in the country.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:24 pm

Alternatively, give me the trophy now.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:39 pm

Fotherz, this cockiness gives all word game supremos a bad name.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:00 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:
Ernest W. Quality wrote:It's not really a national board unless it's across all cabinets.
And when has that ever happened?
It's a national board if you can place by playing in any town in the country.

You can't, there isn't a machine in every town.

I was extremely close to getting an 18 letter word last Friday.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:18 pm

Ernest W. Quality wrote:You can't, there isn't a machine in every town.

I don't quite know what you're getting at with all this.

I managed MULTIMILLIONAIRES on Saturday.

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:24 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:I managed MULTIMILLIONAIRES on Saturday.

Are you Rafa Benitez then?

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:54 am

I am actually not trying to be sarcastic here, but wouldn't this board just have you 4 on it? So what's the point?

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:38 am

WaterGate wrote:I am actually not trying to be sarcastic here, but wouldn't this board just have you 4 on it? So what's the point?

For once Watergate's posted something I understand, and he's right, isn't he?

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:21 pm

WaterGate wrote:I am actually not trying to be sarcastic here, but wouldn't this board just have you 4 on it? So what's the point?

To root out other good players and inspire the masses!

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:26 pm

Dave
Jon
Civ
A&A

All capable of beating us in this category.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:34 pm

fotherz wrote:Dave
Jon
Civ
A&A

All capable of beating us in this category.

Too right - it would be a good fight, for sure.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:59 pm

in theory i'd welcome one of these but in practice it would become like the top scores of scrabulous where there were 20 jokers who had achieved their life's work by setting up OXYPHENBUTAZONE

scanning ENABLE and planning a specific word/words to get is all very well but it does rather stick two fingers up at the spontaneity of the game.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:21 pm

Istenem wrote:scanning ENABLE and planning a specific word/words to get is all very well but it does rather stick two fingers up at the spontaneity of the game.

Well, it just becomes a different kind of task.

What I would like about it is that it would upskill players, showing them that it is possible to manipulate the grid to create real biggies and implying that many of the big total scores are achieved thanks to these words' contribution.

Anyway, there can still be spontaneity in having a promising candidate pop into your head or in artful shifting of the tiles.