I don't like it when folks choose not to play tournaments because of their divisional placement... and I'm musing about doing just that. If I have the time and resources to play just ONE tournament for the rest of the year (really since BAT), do I really want to play division two? No, I really don't.
I'm getting some pressure to play it, since it's in my backyard.
Bah. I'm really on the fence here.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
Three more team games at Scrabble club Tuesday night, this time as Mosaic. Mosaic's experience as a team did make a difference; I'm not sure how to quantify it. I know it affected our time management. We KNOW each other's strengths and weaknesses; we don't have to spend time arguing over which decision is better in a certain scenario. (Although we still do at times.) We defer to the "strong" one in a lot of areas. This saves time. We have also developed some shorthands for things.
We each track, which helps our accounting. We each write the racks (mostly out of habit).
We had several plays where our entire "collaboration" consisted of "that?" "Yeah." "Wait, what about…" "It's okay, because of…" "Oh, yeah." With no pointing, writing down, anything. Can't beat telepathy, man.
Our opponents, Cheezchick and Ataraxy, joined later by Mrsscheisskopf, were a blast. They are hilarious and sharp. We kept them in time trouble, which I'm convinced was pretty much our only advantage (that and the incredible patented Marsh Luck which has helped me out of many a jam.)
I really am lucky. I have proof.
We each track, which helps our accounting. We each write the racks (mostly out of habit).
We had several plays where our entire "collaboration" consisted of "that?" "Yeah." "Wait, what about…" "It's okay, because of…" "Oh, yeah." With no pointing, writing down, anything. Can't beat telepathy, man.
Our opponents, Cheezchick and Ataraxy, joined later by Mrsscheisskopf, were a blast. They are hilarious and sharp. We kept them in time trouble, which I'm convinced was pretty much our only advantage (that and the incredible patented Marsh Luck which has helped me out of many a jam.)
I really am lucky. I have proof.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
And Scrabble today!
Three team games with Bob and Vince. The team won every time. If I'm remembering correctly, and of course I am, this means that the team has never lost. Don't underestimate how much stronger two heads are than one. Far better draws? Blanks growing on trees? Too bad. The team wins. (Mosaic is quite a bit stronger than its component parts of Marsh and JVP.)
This particular session, I happened to be on the team every game, woohoo. Only one triple-triple, but it was a fun one... bONE[F]IsH. The rest of the stuff was fairly pedestrian: OUTWITS, BRAI[N]IER, GOORALS, TRENDI[E]R, OUTLIER, ARISTAE, VELOuRS, and TRAINER. Anything else? VOTIVE now takes an S. Lots of good hard racks with tricky solutions.
The sun is shining, the kids are here until 6, and I'm doing okay.
Three team games with Bob and Vince. The team won every time. If I'm remembering correctly, and of course I am, this means that the team has never lost. Don't underestimate how much stronger two heads are than one. Far better draws? Blanks growing on trees? Too bad. The team wins. (Mosaic is quite a bit stronger than its component parts of Marsh and JVP.)
This particular session, I happened to be on the team every game, woohoo. Only one triple-triple, but it was a fun one... bONE[F]IsH. The rest of the stuff was fairly pedestrian: OUTWITS, BRAI[N]IER, GOORALS, TRENDI[E]R, OUTLIER, ARISTAE, VELOuRS, and TRAINER. Anything else? VOTIVE now takes an S. Lots of good hard racks with tricky solutions.
The sun is shining, the kids are here until 6, and I'm doing okay.
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