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The case for Collins

Dec 12, 2010 04:05

I have just spent nearly two weeks playing 72 games of Collins. I'll spare the details of my performances in the two respective tournaments. Nothing to really write about there, except that I probably will need three years to master the Collins and the intricacies of the game associated with that book. Cramming for three months before one of ( Read more... )

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skin_it_mahatma December 12 2010, 12:42:52 UTC

Brian, this is a well thought out, important post.

Thank you for expending the energy and time to write it.

It was fun hanging with you in Johor Bahru, I am sure we'll do it again, soon.

wisemonkey December 12 2010, 13:20:54 UTC

this is a great post. i am trying to get into it and i have to admit it was pretty discouraging when i couldn't even guess what 90 of the top 100 sevens could possibly be. the idea that games are more competitive, though, is certainly appealing. i hope you will consider coming to our tournament in february!

wisemonkey December 13 2010, 06:26:58 UTC

Agreed! From my own limited study in Collins, I had the feeling of "starting over," and these new words are generally impossible to spot without studying them. I like the extra challenge. Plinking down STONERAW# against Bing some time ago felt really good. A bingo of that probability from OWL2 wouldn't be anything as exhilarating.

chaithedog December 13 2010, 06:27:48 UTC

(That was me)

tolarjev December 12 2010, 15:41:39 UTC

If players like Odette Rio (Philippines), Helen Gipson (Scotland), Chris May (Australia), Tamas Adrian (Romanian resident of Japan), & countless others had tournaments to attend in North America, they'd likely vacation in the land of multiple tournaments every weekend. For anyone who has the tiniest social inclination, the presence of such likable & interesting people would go a long way toward compensating for the inconvenience of learning some Maori & Afrikaans words.

greatscott66 December 12 2010, 20:37:02 UTC

This. Exactly why we should be playing SOWPODS instead of OWL only. Thanks, Brian, for an excellent post.

jigsawn December 12 2010, 23:20:55 UTC

Brian, you said it beautifully. I agree with 100% of what you said.

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listeme December 13 2010, 16:30:03 UTC

There's at least another, but I'm drawing a blank (haha).

We're hoping to start at least semi-regular sessions here in Centreville after Jan. 1.

skin_it_mahatma December 13 2010, 21:03:46 UTC

i visit southern maryland thrice a year, keep me posted.