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| Re: How I feel about the inclusion of proper nouns by Ray of Light 04/04/2013, 3:48am PDT | ||||
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Gentleman Jim Browser wrote:I am all for it! See, the problem behind the word list problem is, competitive Scrabble is run by old people and old people cannot learn new things. They know the word list is bad but it's all they've got. And the owners of Scrabble will not hire a bunch of lexicographers to fix it, they don't give a fuck, they make money licensing the logo on the word list no matter what it contains. So I would go further, and make Google the arbiter of word choice. Pick a hundred obscure-but-legit words to form the Dow Jones Scrabble Acceptability Index, and require that every play has 50% as many hits as the index (with language filter, of course, and maybe "-twl -scrabble" to cleanse legacy wordlists from the results). PSY, PUTIN, LOLOL, and IDGAF are now good, while brazen bullshit like CWM, CHLORIN, POILU, VROW are gone. JAPAN and EMAIL remain good but for the right reasons. An exciting and useful wrinkle is that words would emerge and disappear over time, counteracting the natural advantage given to ancient Scrabble players. People who are legitimately well-read or good at crosswords (not me) would finally receive the edge this game promises (but denies) them. |
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Analysis of a Scrabble Game. by 07/24/2007, 4:00am PDT  You could have been somebody, Ray. NT by 07/24/2007, 5:59pm PDT We're all very impressed, Ray. We just wish you'd set your mind to more accessab NT by 07/26/2007, 5:18pm PDT 30 months later by 03/17/2010, 8:33pm PDT Re: 30 months later by 04/07/2010, 12:17am PDT I want an answer you jerk! NT by 01/17/2011, 7:48pm PST Re: I want an answer you jerk! by 01/18/2011, 12:07am PST Re: How I feel about the inclusion of proper nouns by 04/04/2013, 3:48am PDT I've always considered competitive Scrabble a horror show by 06/12/2023, 12:26am PDT |
