http://lavonardo.net/blog/2008/03/15/game-of-the-week-scrabulous/ The life and times of a fallen hacker Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://lavonardo.net/blog/2008/03/15/game-of-the-week-scrabulous/#comment-127 lavonardo Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:09:46 +0000 http://lavonardo.net/blog/2008/03/15/game-of-the-week-scrabulous/#comment-127 Thanks for the information, I began to figure this out by looking at the scoring stats - it's always the same guy who scored big with this word. Looking at the individual games confirms what's been going on. And yeah, my best word score remains the 36 achieved with JETS, but I'm certain that it'll improve sooner or later. Thanks for the information, I began to figure this out by looking at the scoring stats - it’s always the same guy who scored big with this word. Looking at the individual games confirms what’s been going on.
And yeah, my best word score remains the 36 achieved with JETS, but I’m certain that it’ll improve sooner or later.

]]> http://lavonardo.net/blog/2008/03/15/game-of-the-week-scrabulous/#comment-126 enile Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:43:30 +0000 http://lavonardo.net/blog/2008/03/15/game-of-the-week-scrabulous/#comment-126 The people scoring with these unlikely words are cooperating with their opponents - they plan a desired result for the board then swap tiles until they have the required tiles to progress. So the games are not really games at all (just bids for transient fame), and you might easily beat such a player in an actual contest (though perhaps not if your best word score is 36). You can observe their behaviour by opening a completed game and looking at the turn sequence. The people scoring with these unlikely words are cooperating with their opponents - they plan a desired result for the board then swap tiles until they have the required tiles to progress. So the games are not really games at all (just bids for transient fame), and you might easily beat such a player in an actual contest (though perhaps not if your best word score is 36). You can observe their behaviour by opening a completed game and looking at the turn sequence.

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