Is it because Albany just happened ( Read more... )

For those of you who played in the West Hartford Scrabble, club, veteren club player Pat Patrick passed away from lung cancer. I had lots of funny games with Pat, she was one of the people I played a lot when first getting into Scrabble.

Be well all.

I want to play in tournaments again... but the disaster in organized Scrabble has been such a turn off. Have things settled down?

If you are not on CGP, this clip will give you a feeling of how the discussion feels:

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Played on the ISC, am even trying to meet DBL for some live games. Posted to CGP... at one point CGP was full of words, strategies, ideas. I got several positive messages, and a recurring theme is that the Scrabble populace in North America is not interested in Collins events. They respect it and the players, but the pro-Collins crowd is so vocal ( Read more... )

I am shocked and saddened to see this message in my inbox from CGP. Stan will be missed, he was a great guy and always fun to play and hang out with.

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WARNING CAUTION - generalizing satire below designed to challenge the ego ( Read more... )

(My response to the typical "higher rated players don't have a life, they don't have fun" comment ( Read more... )

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There is a segment of the Scrabble community that is price sensitive, especially in this rough economy... "a special room rate of US$129.00 per night at the event hotel" is too much for more than few players to budget with that many nights and a plane ticket, plus the expense of eating out etc. If I was price senstive, I would hesitant to point out ( Read more... )