Scrabble

clartharlear

Are there any players in Cork?

Kazbah

I am a bit of a scrabble fan

clartharlear

I'd love if there was some sort of league or something. I love scrabble, but I feel I'd be a small bit less of a loser if I was playing it in real life rather than online!

TanG411

I enjoy a game of Scrabble.

Not great by any means, but get the odd 5-6 letter.

Bundasbar

Love playing scrabble, usually have to get my fix online playing through facebook but all good

TanG411

I never knew how poor I was at Scrabble until I played it online.

Currently, I have 71 points.
My opponent has 203.

There's still 39 tiles remaining.

EDIT: Only lost by 104 points. 217 - 321

Bundasbar

Larkin91 wrote: »

I never knew how poor I was at Scrabble until I played it online.

Currently, I have 71 points.
My opponent has 203.

There's still 39 tiles remaining.

EDIT: Only lost by 104 points. 217 - 321

tis not bad though...it all depends on your tiles too, hate the vowel games i get sometimes:mad:

Kold

I wasn't aware that it was the type of game that warranted a scene.

clartharlear

Kold wrote: »

I wasn't aware that it was the type of game that warranted a scene.

One way or the other, therein lies the problem.

curly from cork

i am totally addicted to online scrabble. i play it on lexulous and f.b . would nt mind chescking out a scrabble group if there is such a thing in cork ?

clartharlear

That makes two of us!

curly from cork

clartharlear wrote: »

That makes two of us!

you play on lexulous ??:)

clartharlear

Usually in the sowpods junction room, my name is claire_h. Match me if you ever see me!

curly from cork

sows ....:D me too ! Also tourny terrace which is great. varients of scrabble. organised into tourneys
my name is ajw so feel free to match me too:)

mudokon

Did lexulous used to be called scrabulous or something, I used to play on a site but I don't think it was lexulous but the rooms mentions sound familiar.

A scrabble club would be a great idea, even if it was only meeting in a pub for a game or something, depending on peoples ages of course.

curly from cork

yes it was scrabulous. but scrabble closed it down as it was too similar, and i think had copy right problems. now we play with 8 tiles instead of 7. some words allowed are different to the scrabble dictionary. generally its the same though.:)

im not a drinker but would nt be averse to a meet up in a pub and diet coke over a game of scrabble:D

mudokon

I only suggested a pub as there isn't many places around Cork where you could meet up for something like that other than pubs. Maybe some more people will be interested.

Costigans would be a good place as they have a small room in there which would sit four people comfortably & is seperate from the main bar.

I have'nt played Scrabble in ages.

clartharlear

The pav hosted a knitting group on Tuesday evenings. I think they've taken a break for the summer though.

Anyway, have board, will travel!

gimmick

I'm a regular on lexulous.

UK 1852
US 1399

curly from cork

good ratings gimmick im on a downward spiral lately. peaked at about 1820 but down to about 1720 now :eek::eek:
addictive though

gimmick

My highest was about 1880 when I just could not lose a game for about 3 weeks. Went through a very bad patch before that were I went from about 1850 to 1740. Kept loosing, and it all started when I was actually beating a very high rated player, who quit on me while I was winning - crazyboyinohio. Must have lost 45 of my next 50 games after that.

clartharlear

I usually play on facebook. My sowpods rating there at the moment is 1890. I never play twl. It's too frustrating that they don't allow perfectly cromulent words like ch and zo.

stats:
Rating Playing Completed Won Lost Drawn Best Bingo
1890 2 1049 705 339 5 TEASABLE for 157 points.


Average Score / Move Average Score / Game Current Streak Best Streak
32.10 408.75 2 13

curly from cork

played against a guy one night who said he was nt going to play for a few weeks til the computer dealt him some good letters. he reckoned that it was all fixed . you had a winning streak for a few weeks then terrible letters for weeks on end

my only problem with that theory is i have been losing now for months :)

gimmick

Not that crazy a thought. During my most recent losing run, I was forever stuck with 2 u's, 3 i's, v and k etc. Even when I swapped, it get the same if not worse back.

gimmick

clartharlear wrote: »

I usually play on facebook. My sowpods rating there at the moment is 1890. I never play twl. It's too frustrating that they don't allow perfectly cromulent words like ch and zo.

Thise things really bug me actually. Got stung by a fella playing MM in a game recently. I have issue with QI as well. And some of the 7 letter words are beyond belief. No way are they words.

Best word I ever got was OXIDIZE on a triple. Think I got 140 for it.

john47

As to original poster question, there is a Scrabble Club in Cork and Bantry, which ever suits, check out http://irishscrabble.org/.

Clubs also in Galway, Belfast and a couple in Wexford and several in Dublin, again check out website above, or contact me John Ryan on wexford.musings.2009@gmail.com.

I and many others on FB, I'm http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/John-Ryan/100000527746555 and through me you can find many more.

Toodles

John

valerieanne

scrabbleathon in beer garden in goblet bar, evergreen rd, cork city in protest to changes to the game on facebook at 6pm sat 13th. all welcome