SERIOUSLY. If you know me, you know I am fiercely competitive. I DESPISE losing. I am actually a very, very sore loser. If you beat me, I will probably ignore you for several days because I can't stomach the bitter loss. Thus it goes without saying that being married to me can be a tricky negotiation. Throw in one subtly competitive husband, and you can imagine that Scrabble gets ugly from time.
So. Here's the thing. My man has been winning our latest round... until I played ROULADE and brought the score to 247-228. I was in the lead. Then he played DIS and was beating me by 3. We were down to the last tiles. I knew he had the Z. I had the Q. Last night, I played "QI" off of the "B" in "BOOGEY". But for some reason, it didn't take. We logged on to play this morning, and my move wasn't there. I was confused, and so I threw the QI up on the board quickly, but I PLAYED IT OFF THE WRONG B! I played it off the B in BOXY.
Are you getting the same heavy knot in your stomach as I did when I realized my mistake? Not only did I forfeit my Q-On-A-Triple-Letter-Square by BOOGEY, but I opened up the triple WORD square for a man with a Z.
I'm not going to lie, people. I cried actual tears. I may have even sworn (and yes, I was hastily chastised by my more mature husband). But COME ON. I'm not saying my intended play would've won me the game. But it sure as HELL wouldn't have given him a chance at 52 points, and it WOULD'VE given me 32 points instead of 17.
So here's the question. He's going to win at this point. In all honestly, I can handle him winning (in spite of what I said about me being a sore loser, I do respect someone who beats me fairly). But I cannot live with a misrepresented score. He was trying to pull the Billy Buckner card on me this morning, but I'm not having it. Therefore, the question I pose to you, my friends, is this:
SHOULD THE FINAL SCORE OF THIS GAME COUNT, OR SHOULD IT BE DISQUALIFIED AS A LEGITIMATE SCORE; FURTHERMORE, SHOULD IT EVER, EVER BE DISCUSSED AGAIN??
So. Here's the thing. My man has been winning our latest round... until I played ROULADE and brought the score to 247-228. I was in the lead. Then he played DIS and was beating me by 3. We were down to the last tiles. I knew he had the Z. I had the Q. Last night, I played "QI" off of the "B" in "BOOGEY". But for some reason, it didn't take. We logged on to play this morning, and my move wasn't there. I was confused, and so I threw the QI up on the board quickly, but I PLAYED IT OFF THE WRONG B! I played it off the B in BOXY.
Are you getting the same heavy knot in your stomach as I did when I realized my mistake? Not only did I forfeit my Q-On-A-Triple-Letter-Square by BOOGEY, but I opened up the triple WORD square for a man with a Z.
I'm not going to lie, people. I cried actual tears. I may have even sworn (and yes, I was hastily chastised by my more mature husband). But COME ON. I'm not saying my intended play would've won me the game. But it sure as HELL wouldn't have given him a chance at 52 points, and it WOULD'VE given me 32 points instead of 17.
So here's the question. He's going to win at this point. In all honestly, I can handle him winning (in spite of what I said about me being a sore loser, I do respect someone who beats me fairly). But I cannot live with a misrepresented score. He was trying to pull the Billy Buckner card on me this morning, but I'm not having it. Therefore, the question I pose to you, my friends, is this:
SHOULD THE FINAL SCORE OF THIS GAME COUNT, OR SHOULD IT BE DISQUALIFIED AS A LEGITIMATE SCORE; FURTHERMORE, SHOULD IT EVER, EVER BE DISCUSSED AGAIN??
14 comments:
Well....speaking as a fellow seriously competitive Scrabble player I say...yes it counts/ no it must not be mentioned again (and I play four on line games with four people I have never met who are just as competitive as I am) :) I LOVE Super Scrabble. Check out pixiepitscrabble sometime.
Rule #71: No excuses. Play like a champion.
Alfred wins this one. BUT.....IF HE IS SO STUPID (yes, I used the "S" word) TO EVER HAVE THE GALL TO MENTION IT AGAIN...you have the right to smack him around a little.
I make dumb-overlooking the obvious mistakes all the time, luckily NONE of those mistakes in something as important as Scrabble.
Sucks to be you today.
But does it help if I tell you that I love and adore you?
Jeff would say eating Panda while watching a Giants game and holding a tennis racket at the same time will help all your woes.
Jeni is right. He gets this round. I'll even give him a day or two to tease you about it. Then if he continues to bug ya about it, you get to smack him :)
I have some really good hacker... I mean, tech friends - Scrabble game, what scrabble game ;)
I have some great hacker, um I mean tech savvy friends... Scrabble game, what scrabble game ;)
Sorry my dear but you lose.
Team Andrea all the way....sorry Skip but blood is thicker than water.
I say you win.
Just because.
How do you expect to teach your children excellence and attention to detail if you don't put them into practice yourself. You lose. And Skip earns the right to bring it up mercilessly for as long as he likes without repercussion. Some people must be taught a lesson.
Skip wins. But if he ever brings it up you have the right to "withhold favors" ;-)
Skip would be wise to remember the old Chinese proverb "a wise husband knows when to keep his mouth shut otherwise a wise wife will shut it up for him".....okay, I made that one up :-)
This is the risk you take with electronic games. That being said, you knowingly played and therefore must let the game, and subsequently the points earned, stand. Sorry A. I would never say it person-of course. (One of the good things about our modern world...)
This made me laugh heartily. I'm reading this intense post...and when I realized it was about Scrabble I just had to giggle. Cutthroat Scrabble. I love you, Andrea.
Mike said that, "Billy Buckner has to accecpt his mistake over and over and over again. (Every time they show the heartbreaking footage) He doesn't get a, "do over" so neither should your friend, Andrea."
I say the final score of this game is not legitimate...because, well, because, I'm the boss...and the computer messed up by not logging your original, "QI".
Oh I feel your fire!!! Aric and I can never play Dr. Mario again because the last time we did...over nine years ago, I threw the controller at him and we didn't talk for days...true story. BUT...I agree with Jen. AND if he knows what is good for him he will NEVER speak of this game again.
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