Comments | spherulitic: Hi again journal

spherulitic

Hi again journal

Oct 08, 2018 23:24

Among massive social media companies, the Russians are less evil than Facebook or Twitter, so let's see how this goes.

In Minneapolis this weekend, bbstenniz pointed out that a lot of these scrabble tournaments nowadays are just the same core group of people playing in various cities around the US. On reflection, that's a pretty sad indictment of the state ( Read more... )

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winterene October 9 2018, 18:38:19 UTC

Won't you need to cross post for anyone to see?

chaithedog October 13 2018, 05:53:38 UTC

I would hesitate to blame the organization as a whole for this development. Many things have changed in the past 15 years ( ... )

spherulitic October 13 2018, 23:34:28 UTC

A few of the things you describe are directly the fault of the organization, and a few of them are indirectly their fault, through neglect or misplaced priorities ( ... )

wrongradical October 19 2018, 04:43:52 UTC

It is disappointing that my own Club in Mississauga has turned 80% Collins while the international dictionary is hardly played at the Toronto Club. I have come to the conclusion that for me to get more challenging games I will have to trek out to North York to play every Wednesday. It is not fun to go to my local Club and play people who do not enjoy playing me. The two- dictionaries situation I am sorry to say has divided the Mississauga Club and reduced its attendance drastically. I find it sad that as the sole remaining original member from 1993, I might abandon it for more challenging games this season by going only to Toronto.