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Frustrating Scrabble part deux
Jan. 18th, 2009 03:38 pmI think people partly got the wrong idea.
I wasn't frustrated just becasue I was losing, but because I was facing a player who didn't seem to be putting any thought into the game. Having realised why I was losing - board too blocked - I sacrificed a blank to create some open space and am now over a hundred points in the lead.
I'm still frustrated. If you're a Scrabble player, maybe you'll understand the frustration caused by an opponent who manages to score 6 on a triple word score (with lots of free space around it). She played 'at'. Having looked at the tiles left in the game, I'm sure she could have managed one of cat, sat, mat, bat, fat, hat, vat, etc. before we even look at longer easy words.
I play games for both the challenge and for the social element. This particular player isn't interested in chatting (I've tried a few messages) and seems to have no real interest in the game. I can only guess that for her its a pastime on the level that my great aunt used to play Patience. You do it a lot and it helps pass the time.
(Someone asked why I don't abandon the game. Fair question. Partly courtesy. It's rude to abandon a game part way through. Whatever her reasons for playing, she obviously gets something out of it as she plays her turns faster than anyone else I'm playing. I may find her annoying, but that's no reason to dip out on her.)
I'll stick to playing friends in future. All the seven other people I'm playing at present are players who put some thought into what they're doing. Some, like![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
megamole , are far better players than I am, but the game is fun. And knowing who I'm playing creates part of the social aspect for me.
I wasn't frustrated just becasue I was losing, but because I was facing a player who didn't seem to be putting any thought into the game. Having realised why I was losing - board too blocked - I sacrificed a blank to create some open space and am now over a hundred points in the lead.
I'm still frustrated. If you're a Scrabble player, maybe you'll understand the frustration caused by an opponent who manages to score 6 on a triple word score (with lots of free space around it). She played 'at'. Having looked at the tiles left in the game, I'm sure she could have managed one of cat, sat, mat, bat, fat, hat, vat, etc. before we even look at longer easy words.
I play games for both the challenge and for the social element. This particular player isn't interested in chatting (I've tried a few messages) and seems to have no real interest in the game. I can only guess that for her its a pastime on the level that my great aunt used to play Patience. You do it a lot and it helps pass the time.
(Someone asked why I don't abandon the game. Fair question. Partly courtesy. It's rude to abandon a game part way through. Whatever her reasons for playing, she obviously gets something out of it as she plays her turns faster than anyone else I'm playing. I may find her annoying, but that's no reason to dip out on her.)
I'll stick to playing friends in future. All the seven other people I'm playing at present are players who put some thought into what they're doing. Some, like
megamole , are far better players than I am, but the game is fun. And knowing who I'm playing creates part of the social aspect for me.
