FIRST Scrabble-off?

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

A simpler alternative: Yahoo! Literati

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