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CPF Scrabble WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 16 2016 02:20 PM

Once again this year we have 11 participants, which is awkward, so hoping for a 12th.

Brackets going up soon.

Edgy MD
Feb 16 2016 09:45 PM
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I just played SHITFACE against some unknown opponent, and it somehow passed the dictionary test. I feel guilt.

Mets Willets Point
Feb 16 2016 11:12 PM
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Totally legit word.

cooby classic
Feb 17 2016 07:06 AM
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My husband played "blowjob" against a friend of ours, a proper British lady, and she said "thanks for the giggle". Adorable!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Feb 17 2016 08:10 PM
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In, I guess?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 17 2016 08:36 PM
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Woo

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 17 2016 08:50 PM
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Seeds based on last year's results:
1. Seawolf
2. JCL
3. Ceetar
4. Willets
5. Ochoseis
6. FMan
7. Kong
8. Edgy
9. Marathon
10. SMG
11. LWFS
12. Met Guy in Michigan

Double elimination, feel free to print a bracket and follow along http://www.printyourbrackets.com/pdfbra ... seeded.pdf

LOW SEED CHALLENGES

First round:
9 Marathon challenges 8 Edgy
-- Winner challenges 1 Seawolf

12 Met Guy in Michigan challenges 5 Chad Ochoseis
-- Winner challenges 4 Willets

11 LWFS challenges 6 FMan
-- Winner challenges 3 Ceetar

10 SMG challenges 7 Kong
-- Winner challenges 2 JCL

Play fair, play FAST, report scores and PBP. Have fun!

Begin anytime!

Fman99
Feb 17 2016 08:58 PM
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I await your challenge, LWFS! IT'S MUTHAFUCKIN ON

Mets Guy in Michigan
Feb 17 2016 09:53 PM
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Help me get started! Is this Words with Friends or another ap?

Edgy MD
Feb 17 2016 10:08 PM
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Do we need to stake any money? Will there be prizes? Sponsors?

A drug policy?

Chad Ochoseis
Feb 17 2016 10:24 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
Help me get started! Is this Words with Friends or another ap?

It's a different app. I just "invited" you to play on FB, which I think means I sent you a link to the game. You should be able to get to Scrabble from there and challenge me.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Feb 18 2016 05:09 AM
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Chad Ochoseis wrote:
Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
Help me get started! Is this Words with Friends or another ap?

It's a different app. I just "invited" you to play on FB, which I think means I sent you a link to the game. You should be able to get to Scrabble from there and challenge me.

Thank you! All set.

d'Kong76
Feb 18 2016 06:24 AM
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I don't play on a phone/device.. this is the regular fb game we've
used in the past, right?

I'm not sure who SMG is. If we're not fb friends PM me and me I'll
send you my fb info.

Fman99
Feb 22 2016 05:04 PM
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My opponent LFWS has not made a move since Saturday. :(

d'Kong76
Feb 22 2016 06:57 PM
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I put the Scrabble app on my android tablet this afternoon. This is
probably a dumb question, but how the hell do you close it?

Edgy MD
Feb 22 2016 07:05 PM
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'Thon, have you challenged me yet?

metsmarathon
Feb 23 2016 01:11 PM
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oops. no. I should do that, huh?

Edgy MD
Feb 23 2016 04:52 PM
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'Thon passes with his first move, so he's clearly waiting on an E to appear so he can complete his opening bingo, right? Right?

I figure it's worth 36 points to find out, and open with...

[fimg=600:3uxhq04j]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-23-at-5-44-11-pm.png[/fimg:3uxhq04j]

Edgy MD
Feb 23 2016 05:09 PM
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Any number one-point tiles would have completed his bingo, but he works off the T in CHESTY and cleverly bridges two DWS squares to get the coveted quadruple word score.

I counter with the boring HOO, hooking the H on a TLS square.

[fimg=600:31heqoot]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-23-at-6-07-21-pm.png[/fimg:31heqoot]

Edgy MD
Feb 23 2016 06:22 PM
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I arrive home to find he has hooked an F nicely with FLOC, and I fall off the pace with a pedestrian VANE.

metsmarathon
Feb 23 2016 10:22 PM
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in fairness, an E would've been the last thing i needed with that draw!

smg58
Feb 24 2016 10:02 AM
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D'Kong beat me 332-315. I got two v's on my last draw and could only play one of them.

d'Kong76
Feb 24 2016 10:15 AM
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Good game, smg... I'll post board a little later.

d'Kong76
Feb 24 2016 11:00 AM
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Chad Ochoseis
Feb 27 2016 09:56 PM
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Ohio 378, Michigan 297. I'll post the board when I'm on a real computer. The game was much closer than the score indicated. I didn't pull away until the endgame.

Willets, we're on.

Fman99
Feb 28 2016 09:50 PM
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Prodding LWFS along in our intro match, currently I am leading 280-223 with 21 tiles left. Big play was the bingo FODDERS, by me (both the F and E were blanks), with the S on NIT to make SNIT and catch a TWS in the process for 75 points.

Edgy MD
Feb 29 2016 07:17 AM
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When marathon was done throttling me, there was nothing left to dust for prints.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 29 2016 07:34 AM
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Score?

So it looks like 3 of the 1st 4 early matches are done and we can begin to move on.

Winners' bracket games:
Marathon challenges Seawolf
Ochoseis challenges Willets
Ceetar awaits a challenge from FMan-LWFS winner
Kong challenges JCL

Loser's bracket:
SMG vs. Seawolf-Marathon loser
Edgy vs. Kong-JCL loser
Michigan vs. loser of Ceetar-Fman/LWFS battle
FMan-LWFS loser vs. Ochoseis-Willets loser

seawolf17
Feb 29 2016 08:12 AM
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LET'S GET IT ON

d'Kong76
Mar 01 2016 10:28 PM
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JCL beat me 333-276.
Nicely done, 'bucket.

Edgy MD
Mar 01 2016 10:32 PM
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I challenge Kase?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 02 2016 05:37 AM
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d'Kong76 wrote:
JCL beat me 333-276.
Nicely done, 'bucket.

Same. Once of those matches where the Miller Lite Play of the Game was exchanging crappy racks. I had to do it twice and could have done it more.

VUG - A cavity in a rock like a cave. Great dump for 3 letters you hate having around.

I challenge Kase?

Si senor. I am waiting a challenge from the winner of Ceetar's first game.

seawolf17
Mar 02 2016 08:16 AM
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Marathon is slowly pulling away from me. Feels like I've had six vowels on my rack on every turn.

metsmarathon
Mar 02 2016 09:29 AM
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well, that would explain my constant pile of consonants...

Fman99
Mar 04 2016 01:27 PM
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LWFS has been vanquished, 380-335, the key play being the aforementioned bingo. I shall challenge Ceets now.

Ceetar
Mar 04 2016 02:03 PM
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Fman99 wrote:
LWFS has been vanquished, 380-335, the key play being the aforementioned bingo. I shall challenge Ceets now.

bring it on

Mets Willets Point
Mar 04 2016 03:56 PM
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Having annoying problems with Scrabble app:

A. It takes forever to open.
B. I play, I get confirmation of the play, and when I go back to check, I find that the tiles I put on the board are back on my rack and the other player is still waiting for me.

I'm trying to check in more often to make up for this. Sorry if it seems like I'm taking forever to play.

Ceetar
Mar 04 2016 07:11 PM
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Mets � Willets Point wrote:
Having annoying problems with Scrabble app:

A. It takes forever to open.
B. I play, I get confirmation of the play, and when I go back to check, I find that the tiles I put on the board are back on my rack and the other player is still waiting for me.

I'm trying to check in more often to make up for this. Sorry if it seems like I'm taking forever to play.

it's a reall ybad app.

Fman99
Mar 04 2016 07:16 PM
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It sure is. Earlier I was not able to start my match. Trying again now. What a pile.

metsmarathon
Mar 07 2016 10:22 AM
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marathon 402 seawolf 290

who's next?

d'Kong76
Mar 07 2016 10:36 AM
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I'm getting my clock cleaned, 278-129 (33r) by Edguardo. The
good news is, fuckit, there is no good news on the horizon...

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 07 2016 10:55 AM
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metsmarathon wrote:
marathon 402 seawolf 290

who's next?

You challenge the winner of the Ochoseis-Willets match, which I don' think is completed yet.

Seawolf drops to the losers' bracket and draws a challenge from SMG.

Can I get a progress report on the Ceeter-FMan battle and the Ochoseis-Willets duel?

Ceetar
Mar 07 2016 10:57 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

Can I get a progress report on the Ceeter-FMan battle

We're only about 5 turns in. I've got a slim lead.

I dug into the annoying Facebook settings and figured out how to turn on SCRABBLE app notifications though. That'll probably help.

Edgy MD
Mar 07 2016 11:04 AM
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d'Kong76 wrote:
I'm getting my clock cleaned, 278-129 (33r) by Edguardo. The
good news is, fuckit, there is no good news on the horizon...

I got lucky. I did a two-tile trade-in and then pulled the two tiles I needed for the most classick and obvious of bingos: RETINAS.

I then drew GIKNSU_ out of the bag and immediately saw SUCKING. Pure luck by a player who is otherwise in a deep Scrabble slump. It could happen to you!

Chad Ochoseis
Mar 07 2016 11:17 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

Can I get a progress report on the Ceeter-FMan battle and the Ochoseis-Willets duel?

I have two tiles left on my rack and Willets has three. I was well behind throughout the game, but pulled a 79 point AGONIST out of my bum a couple of turns ago and am now up 381-355. I am by no means counting Willets out.

Mets Willets Point
Mar 07 2016 02:10 PM
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I thought I had it sewn up when I played MIAOW on a triple word score and we both had just a handful of tiles on our racks, but then Chad dropped SIX for a 49-point swing. There was no way I could answer that with only three tiles! The better man won.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 07 2016 02:41 PM
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Thanks.

This means Marathon challenges Ochoseis in the winner's bracket.

LWFS challenges Willets in the loser's bracket.

smg58
Mar 07 2016 03:14 PM
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I've challenged you Chris I mean Seawolf.

d'Kong76
Mar 08 2016 06:13 PM
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Edgemeister finished me off this afternoon 437-227 in embarrassing fashion.
I think I put down no words larger than four letters the whole game. Had crappy
tiles the entire struggle even though being dealt the Z, X, and Q.

I'll be in The Loser's Lounge if anyone wants to join me. First pop on me. Second too.

(Edgy, may your night be filled with nightmares of G's, K's, and C's and U-less Q's)

Edgy MD
Mar 08 2016 06:51 PM
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Been there, my friend. Sorry to be on the north side of your exit, but I'm sure I'll be joining you soon enough.

d'Kong76
Mar 08 2016 07:16 PM
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Good luck the rest of the way!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 09 2016 07:07 PM
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We need Ceetar and Fman to finish their game, the winner challenge me, and Michigan to challenge the loser, asap!!11

Ceetar
Mar 09 2016 08:17 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
We need Ceetar and Fman to finish their game, the winner challenge me, and Michigan to challenge the loser, asap!!11

he has one tile left and it's his turn. It's gonna be tight.

Fman99
Mar 09 2016 08:50 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
We need Ceetar and Fman to finish their game, the winner challenge me, and Michigan to challenge the loser, asap!!11

he has one tile left and it's his turn. It's gonna be tight.

Was able to get nine points on my last turn, down 15, with 'AX' and get the six points in Ceet's hand, which ended up being the difference in the game.

I scored the bingo DENTOID but aside from that played with mostly crappy tiles. My best play otherwise was building WREN to also make FEE and ERN.

Final score Fman 350, Ceetar 346. Well played, sir.

Challenge to JCL is coming up.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 09 2016 10:04 PM
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Good game fellas

Ceetar
Mar 10 2016 09:30 AM
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Fman99 wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
We need Ceetar and Fman to finish their game, the winner challenge me, and Michigan to challenge the loser, asap!!11

he has one tile left and it's his turn. It's gonna be tight.

Was able to get nine points on my last turn, down 15, with 'AX' and get the six points in Ceet's hand, which ended up being the difference in the game.

I scored the bingo DENTOID but aside from that played with mostly crappy tiles. My best play otherwise was building WREN to also make FEE and ERN.

Final score Fman 350, Ceetar 346. Well played, sir.

Challenge to JCL is coming up.

yeah. Good game. (who do I play now?)

My downfall was playing the MIC on the triple word score to exhaust the bag while still holding the J. It left me with JOSEGNK and very few places to play the J and the K. Even on the very last turn I was desperately looking for a places to play KEGS and couldn't find one. (I opted to dump the J on the JO on the right rather than play KI/KEG for 18 because I didn't see anywhre else to put the J.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 10 2016 10:34 AM
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Ceets, you await a challenge from Mets Guy in Michigan. Loser goes home, winner plays Edgy.

Good work getting the openers done, everyone should be on the 2nd or 3rd game:

Winners:
Marathon vs. Ochoseis
FMan v. JCL
(winners play one another; losers await)

Losers:
LWFS v. Willets
SMG v. Seawolf
(winners play one another)

Edgy v. Kong (Edgy has already won this one)
Michigan v. Ceetar
(winner plays Edgy)

Mets Willets Point
Mar 10 2016 03:38 PM
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LWFS has been nudged, courteously.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Mar 10 2016 06:35 PM
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Mets � Willets Point wrote:
LWFS has been nudged, courteously.

I parry!

Ceetar
Mar 11 2016 07:14 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Ceets, you await a challenge from Mets Guy in Michigan. Loser goes home, winner plays Edgy.

)

bump

Fman99
Mar 12 2016 07:40 PM
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JCL shellacking me pretty well with multiple bingos (CLOTHIER and DIEHARDS). I am down 310-206 with 14 tiles left.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 13 2016 09:12 AM
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I took a big lead in the early innings with good draws and a good board but FMan put up some points too (WICCAN, TROUTINGS) and made it a game. What sealed the victory was a late-board play COZ/LOP/APE for 34 after he'd pulled close. 407-343 is your final score.

I will play the Marathon-Ochoseis winner next; FMan will have to chill until LWFS-Willets winner vs. SMG-Seawolf Winner winner is determined.

Chad Ochoseis
Mar 13 2016 04:58 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

I will play the Marathon-Ochoseis winner next;

You'll be playing Marathon. Nice, well fought game. I hit early with SPLICERS; he hit late with UNBRAIDS. And a late SUQ by Marathon suqked for me. I'm down by 15 with two tiles left and no rabbits to pull out of my hat. I'm traveling and don't always have scrabble handy, so it may be a day before it's official.

Chad Ochoseis
Mar 14 2016 10:47 PM
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And your final is Marathon 391, me 376. Good game, metsmarathon.

Who's next for me?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 15 2016 07:20 AM
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Chad Ochoseis wrote:
And your final is Marathon 391, me 376. Good game, metsmarathon.

Who's next for me?

OK, Marathon challenges me in the winners' bracket final.

Ochoseis chills for a round or two. We need a Michigan-Ceetar winner first. That winner plays Edgy, and that winner faces Ochoseis.

Let's also get an update on:

LWFS v Willets
SMG v Seawolf
Those winners play, that winner draws FMan.

Ceetar
Mar 15 2016 08:10 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

Ochoseis chills for a round or two. We need a Michigan-Ceetar winner first. That winner plays Edgy, and that winner faces Ochoseis.

We need a Michigan-Ceetar game first.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 15 2016 09:50 AM
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Somebody needs to tell that guy there's more important things than water crises.

d'Kong76
Mar 15 2016 09:53 AM
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WICCAN isn't even in the first dictionary I looked in.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Mar 15 2016 08:57 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Somebody needs to tell that guy there's more important things than water crises.

Send me a request, Ceetar. Ready to go!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 16 2016 05:28 AM
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Actually as the lower seed you should challenge him, Or if he challenges you then passes his first turn.

Ceetar
Mar 16 2016 08:10 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Actually as the lower seed you should challenge him, Or if he challenges you then passes his first turn.

let's do that.

(ugh, those are ugly letters)

Mets Willets Point
Mar 16 2016 09:59 AM
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LWFS very slowly handing me my ass.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Mar 16 2016 01:49 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Actually as the lower seed you should challenge him, Or if he challenges you then passes his first turn.

let's do that.

(ugh, those are ugly letters)

I sheepishly confess that I don't know Ceetar's non-forum name to find him for a challenge.

Ceetar
Mar 16 2016 01:58 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Actually as the lower seed you should challenge him, Or if he challenges you then passes his first turn.

let's do that.

(ugh, those are ugly letters)

I sheepishly confess that I don't know Ceetar's non-forum name to find him for a challenge.

I challenged you and passed, that should be the big clue. (also I friended you yesterday for this purpose. ;-) )

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 21 2016 08:57 PM
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Congrats to Winners Bracket Champion Metsmarathon! He outlasted me 399-357 and is 4-0 heading into the finals.

Our game got weird when I drew both blanks and an S two turns in and of course spent them all in one place (BOOSTED). He came right back with RESENDS and it was lead-swapping turn by turn till a devastating two-letter, trip-word dagger JO for 49, our Miller Lite turning point of the night. I had nothing left but Os and Us so never caught back up. Fman may take notice of CLIT and DIVER on the triple words.

Hey guys, Play your games! I'm waiting for another 5 games till my next!

metsmarathon
Mar 22 2016 09:30 AM
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after our bingo duel, it just felt like a game of a thousand tiny cuts. I had a terrible rack throughout, but was buoyed by the notion that perhaps you did too.

I was worried that picking up the Z towards the end of the game would be my undoing, but happily found it a good home.

so, uh... what do I do now?

Ceetar
Mar 22 2016 09:37 AM
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metsmarathon wrote:
after our bingo duel, it just felt like a game of a thousand tiny cuts. I had a terrible rack throughout, but was buoyed by the notion that perhaps you did too.

I was worried that picking up the Z towards the end of the game would be my undoing, but happily found it a good home.

so, uh... what do I do now?

start a words with friends tourney? gloat?

smg58
Mar 22 2016 09:57 AM
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Seawolf is one or two turns from wrapping up a win against me (338-268; he has four tiles and I have 5).

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 22 2016 10:15 AM
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metsmarathon wrote:
after our bingo duel, it just felt like a game of a thousand tiny cuts. I had a terrible rack throughout, but was buoyed by the notion that perhaps you did too.

I was worried that picking up the Z towards the end of the game would be my undoing, but happily found it a good home.

so, uh... what do I do now?

You wait while 6 other games get played. You will play either me or who beats me in my next game.

First we need the LWFS-Willets winner to play the SMG-Seawolf winner. That winner faces Fman.

We also need the Michigan-Ceter winner to play Edgy. That winner faces Ochoseis.

Then the winners of Fman and Ochoseis' next game play, with that winner facing me, then you. If you lose that game, it's a rematch for all the marbles.

Ceetar
Mar 22 2016 10:24 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

We also need the Michigan-Ceetar winner to play Edgy. That winner faces Ochoseis.
s.

who challenges? We're in end game

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 22 2016 10:59 AM
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Lower seed challenges.

3. Ceetar
8. Edgy
12. Michigan

Ceetar
Mar 23 2016 01:04 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Lower seed challenges.

3. Ceetar
8. Edgy
12. Michigan

go ahead and challenge me Edgy.

I win 308-304, barely hung on.

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2016 01:27 PM
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REFLOWER is the turning point of the game right there. Did the one who played it know it was cromunlent, or did he breathe a sigh of relief when the electronic referee accepted it?

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2016 01:45 PM
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I'm BFF'd up with ceetar on Fezbook, but when I search for friends to play Scrabble with, his name doesn't appear.

Anybody else have a similar problem? cents, if you can find me, maybe you can start the game.

Mets Willets Point
Mar 23 2016 01:50 PM
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Mets � Willets Point wrote:
LWFS very slowly handing me my ass.

Sl-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-owly.....

Ceetar
Mar 23 2016 02:15 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
REFLOWER is the turning point of the game right there. Did the one who played it know it was cromunlent, or did he breathe a sigh of relief when the electronic referee accepted it?

That was him. I was holding out for DEFLOWER. Or ROOSTERS.

You're challenged and passed. I'm unhappy with my tiles already.

Ceetar
Mar 25 2016 01:57 PM
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Feeling good. Gonna kick back with a beer to enjoy my lead over Edgy.

Fman99
Mar 25 2016 07:13 PM
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What about SMG/Seawolf, where's that one at? I have been on vacation and apparently not missing anything.

Edgy MD
Mar 25 2016 11:20 PM
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Ceets gets a big early lead with GRUNIONS.

seawolf17
Mar 28 2016 10:01 AM
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Fman99 wrote:
What about SMG/Seawolf, where's that one at? I have been on vacation and apparently not missing anything.

I won that one. Waiting for whoever's next to @ me.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 28 2016 11:38 AM
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seawolf17 wrote:
Fman99 wrote:
What about SMG/Seawolf, where's that one at? I have been on vacation and apparently not missing anything.

I won that one. Waiting for whoever's next to @ me.

Whoever wins the rumored LWFS-Willets game shall a'challenge you.

Edgy MD
Mar 28 2016 03:06 PM
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ceets is taking me apart. Vowels, I draw. So many vowels.

I finally worked my rack to get RAISING to appear in it. I spent a day looking for a place to play it and finally anagrammed and was able to play AIRINGS. I thought that might re-launch me into competition, but then the vowel fairy returned.

Ceetar
Mar 28 2016 03:08 PM
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sometimes the racks are just pretty and full of balance and it's easy. You spot the easy 33 point FIX without a second thought.

Ceetar
Mar 30 2016 05:55 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

We also need the Michigan-Ceter winner to play Edgy. That winner faces Ochoseis.

Okay. Bring it.

Chad Ochoseis
Mar 30 2016 06:12 PM
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It's brought.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Mar 30 2016 10:06 PM
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Finally closed out our match-- a 410-287 slog, with both of us penned to half the board by a couple of unfortunately-placed Cs-- and challenged Seawolf.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 31 2016 06:46 AM
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Awesome. Wolfie is our defending champ & did all his work in the losers' bracket last year.

Parting gifts are backstage for Willets (0-2); SMG (0-2); Michigan (0-2); Edgy (1-2) and Kong (1-2)

Mets Willets Point
Mar 31 2016 12:23 PM
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Drinking off that marathon in the losers' lounge.

smg58
Mar 31 2016 01:04 PM
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Does my parting gift include Mets tickets?

Chad Ochoseis
Apr 01 2016 02:14 PM
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Despite the fact that I keep doing stupid shit, the tile gods have been good to me, so the current score is Ochoseis 296, Ceetar 249. 24 tiles left. Ceetar played JOUSTER with two blanks. I've played ATELIERS and CENTERS. No blanks, but those ERS combinations make life very easy.

Ceetar
Apr 01 2016 02:34 PM
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Chad Ochoseis wrote:
Despite the fact that I keep doing stupid shit, the tile gods have been good to me, so the current score is Ochoseis 296, Ceetar 249. 24 tiles left. Ceetar played JOUSTER with two blanks. I've played ATELIERS and CENTERS. No blanks, but those ERS combinations make life very easy.

ugh, it was close last I looked what'd you do?!

I knew I'd ultimately end up regretting JOUSTER with the two blanks and the s and the j. very few useful pieces since.

Chad Ochoseis
Apr 01 2016 03:11 PM
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Bingoed with CENTERS. I played it last turn, but hooked the R off HOLE to play HOLER, which I thought was good. It wasn't, so I had to pass and hope that I could find a legal spot for CENTERS this turn. I did, but there's now a nice fat triple word score waiting for you when you get back to the game.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 01 2016 04:12 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
Finally closed out our match-- a 410-287 slog, with both of us penned to half the board by a couple of unfortunately-placed Cs-- and challenged Seawolf.

[Whistles]

[Twiddles thumbs]

[Generally acts like a hypocrite, considering his own response time thus far throughout this tourney]

Ceetar
Apr 02 2016 09:28 AM
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Chad Ochoseis wrote:
Bingoed with CENTERS. I played it last turn, but hooked the R off HOLE to play HOLER, which I thought was good. It wasn't, so I had to pass and hope that I could find a legal spot for CENTERS this turn. I did, but there's now a nice fat triple word score waiting for you when you get back to the game.

Unfortunately I only had low scoring letters and couldn't hook in both. aw well.

Chad Ochoseis
Apr 04 2016 01:58 PM
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And your final is Ochoseis 447, Ceetar 346.

So I play whoever survives among LWFS, Seawolf, and Fman. Winner of that plays JCL for the losers bracket championship and the right to face off against Marathon - correct?

metsmarathon
Apr 04 2016 02:17 PM
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i can't hardly wait!

i feel like youz guyz are conspiring to ice me.

seawolf17
Apr 04 2016 05:03 PM
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Should someone be challenging me? I'm not playing anyone right now.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 04 2016 05:27 PM
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seawolf17 wrote:
Should someone be challenging me? I'm not playing anyone right now.

LWFS says above he challenged you already.

You guys need to play that one so Fman can play the winner and Ochosies the winner of that, and me the winner of that.

seawolf17
Apr 05 2016 07:32 PM
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Urg. I wasn't logged in on my new phone and didn't see the game. GAME ON.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 13 2016 11:31 AM
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How about you lazybones celebrate National Scrabble Day by, you know, playing Scrabble or something.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 13 2016 09:07 PM
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Done. And done!

313-285, LeiterWagnerWorderGooder. (Bingoless. More of a clutch-and-clinch, points victory than any kind of knockout, really.)

FMan! I call you out, chump!

Fman99
Apr 13 2016 09:21 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:

FMan! I call you out, chump!

You say that in a dream, you better wake up an apologize.

Who challenges who here though?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 13 2016 09:24 PM
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I'm pretty much the lowest seed, so I've been challenging, for the most part.

Which is did. HEY, F-WOMAN! F-WOMAN! SINCE YOUR OLD MAN AIN'T GOT NO HEART, MAYBE YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT A REAL MAN LOOK LIKE!

Fman99
Apr 13 2016 09:27 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
I'm pretty much the lowest seed, so I've been challenging, for the most part.

Which is did. HEY, F-WOMAN! F-WOMAN! SINCE YOUR OLD MAN AIN'T GOT NO HEART, MAYBE YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT A REAL MAN LOOK LIKE!

My prediction for this Scrabble game?

PAIN.

Fman99
Apr 20 2016 09:07 PM
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I am losing 167-130 to LWFS but he's (admittedly) eternally in need of nudging.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 28 2016 11:18 AM
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Fman99 wrote:
I am losing 167-130 to LWFS but he's (admittedly) eternally in need of nudging.

Good Lord, yes.

Slow and unsteady takes another one, though. 343-332. Over to you, Ocho?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 28 2016 11:24 AM
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LWFS challenges Ochoseis, winner gets me, that winner gets Marathon, twice if necessary, for this year's trophy, to be presented by MEINTKIEWICZ, SCHOENEWEIS & NIUEWENHUIS

Fman99
Apr 28 2016 11:37 AM
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Is this double elimination? Or am I done done?

Nice match by LWFS -- I had hoped to walk off bingo with a blank but couldn't find a home for it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 28 2016 11:54 AM
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You have been eliminated with your 2nd defeat (2-2). About 2 months ago I put you in the losers' bracket

Chad Ochoseis
Apr 28 2016 12:40 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
Over to you, Ocho?

Ready and waiting.

How do you play this game again? It's been a while.

d'Kong76
Apr 28 2016 12:57 PM
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This is still going on!?!
The catering in The Losers Lounge this year kinda sucks. Someone
should say something to someone.

Chad Ochoseis
May 22 2016 10:14 PM
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Ochoseis 396, LWFS 341. I played CAUSTIC with two blanks, and then the board got tight. I'll challenge Lunch for the right to be the winner among the losers.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 22 2016 11:37 PM
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Nice handling of a gross, awful board by Ocho. Kudos.

Chad Ochoseis
May 23 2016 09:15 PM
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Played a game with Lunchbucket in almost real time. Nice game. Lots of words. Big words. I came out on top, 435-331, but the big difference was due to a late game bingo; it was pretty close for most of the day.

I challenge Marathon, who will win the championship if he wins one before I win two.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 23 2016 11:16 PM
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Good luck, Chad.

I was lucky/unlucky to get the blanks and the money tiles too early and couldn't capitalize the way I oughta -- best I could do was RUNLESS, spilling a blank and an S. After he dropped AVERSION on a triple word there wasn't enough bling left in the bag to catch up.

metsmarathon
May 24 2016 10:42 AM
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oh, sure... open with a bingo now that y'all have thoroughly iced me!

metsmarathon
May 25 2016 10:09 AM
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valiantly, i fought the good fight, but succumbed to no less than three bingos in the opening match against ocho, 340-445. ouch. i never even had a chance at a bingo in my rack.

the second round is for all the marbles. he leads 15-16.

Chad Ochoseis
May 25 2016 03:13 PM
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It's looking more and more like marathon will be our new champ. Let's put it this way...I just bingoed, and that brought me within 120.

Chad Ochoseis
May 25 2016 03:47 PM
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And the final scores in the championship series were:

Ocho 435, Marathon 331
Marathon 413, Ocho 291.

Congratulations to our 2016 world champion, metsmarathon!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 25 2016 03:58 PM
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Thank you for your participation. See you next January thru May!

FINAL STANDINGS
(9) Marathon 5-1
(5) Ochoseis 6-2
(2) JCL 2-2
(11) LWFS 3-2
(3) Ceetar 2-2
(6) FMan 2-2
(1) Seawolf 1-2
(8) Edgy 1-2
(7) Kong 1-2
(4) Willets 0-2
(10) SMG 0-2
(12) Michigan (0-2)

metsmarathon
May 26 2016 08:18 AM
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woohoo!

i shall do my best to be a magnanimous, gracious champion. but first, suck it, losers!

ahem. now, back to being magnanimous and gracious. sorry for that little bit of ugliness there. i look forward to being bounced unceremoniously in the first round next year.