FIRST Scrabble-off?

[Cody Carey]

I love scrabble and I would enjoy expanding my vocabulary through FIRSTERS, so If anyone is interested, at the Pitt and Philly Competitiouns, I am bringing some scrabble supplies... Please post telling me if you would like to join the fun. Also post with suggestions of When/where this could be held.

Depending on how many people actually want to, this could be held tournament style... If nobody ends up liking the Idea, I'll still have a couple of scrabble boards, So if you want to play a quick game... Come on over and ask me, because I'm alwayse up for it :)

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I love Scrabble, but I will only be at Championships and BMR. If you go to IRI, we can always scrabble it up there.

[KathieK]

I love Boggle and Scrabble but will only be at UTC and Championships. Maybe we should get together in one of the online rooms one night for a FIRST scrabble match!

[Greg Marra]

I am quite a fan of scrabble, but I don't think I'm going to have very much down time at Philly.

What would be really awesome is a way for FIRSTers to play Scrabble (or some varient) online against each other. That'd be sweet.

[Bemis]

'Tis a great idea, Cody! I will play! Except you beat me badly in English class the other day. Rematch time, my friend. I will have a couple boards on hand also then. We could use lunch break, if the games are short enough.

[pyro20911d]

I love scrabble....although..hmmmm......you most likely play it alot, and have greatly expanded your vocabulary, but...count me in:cool:

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[pyro20911d]

and cody...we need to reshoot the "jesus" picture for your avatar

[Cody Carey]

ONLINE SCRABBLE! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets do it, what time and where?

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Hypothetical online scrabble rules:

Members:
Archimedes
Curie
Galileo
Newton
Einstein (Board controller)

5 said players enter online chat at specified time. None of them have conflicts during this period, resulting in an uninterrupted game. It can be done with AIM. 1 chat room window has all 5 in it to discuss, and Einstein speaks individually with each of the 4. Einstein announces point values, and a webcam of the scrabble board is also available for players to view in making their decision. A webcam isn't even necessary - perhaps a file of any sort where Einstein can draw letters and the lovely players can see a board shot.

So it goes til somebody wins.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Hypothetical online scrabble rules:

Members:
Archimedes
Curie
Galileo
Newton
Einstein (Board controller)

5 said players enter online chat at specified time. None of them have conflicts during this period, resulting in an uninterrupted game. It can be done with AIM. 1 chat room window has all 5 in it to discuss, and Einstein speaks individually with each of the 4. Einstein announces point values, and a webcam of the scrabble board is also available for players to view in making their decision. A webcam isn't even necessary - perhaps a file of any sort where Einstein can draw letters and the lovely players can see a board shot.

So it goes til somebody wins.

A simpler alternative: Yahoo! Literati (http://games.yahoo.com/lt)

During the summer of 2003, we had a group of 6 or 7 FIRSTers who played Literati a couple times a week. It was a good time for all. Plus, it's easier than using a webcam and AIM. If anybody wants to start something up with this, I'm game.

[114Klutz]

I'll be happy to join; although not much of a scrabble player, I'm a programmer, and crazy enough to build a web based scrabble application.

Bah - this'll probaly never happen now AOE 3 is out :/

[MissInformation]

As much as I love words, Scrabble always frustrated me because it lacked action (now, Boggle, Boggle is fun). And then I started playing speed Scrabble, where each person is given just two minutes to play their word when it is their turn. Speed Scrabble is way more fun than regular Scrabble.

Heidi