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[wantonhalo]

Alright time to talk about the Scrabble of the year

Comments

[crosstables]

anything beyond Jesse Day is matchplay's Bay Area
beyond Jesse Day is matchplay's Bay
Jesse Day is matchplay

[spherulitic]

I think we should have had qualifications for the next WSC based solely on Collins rating (although the argument is closed and done for now, which I accept), only because now there are opportunities to play # and get a Collins rating, and so if players are interested in qualifying for something overseas, there's no hardship. I suppose the goal is to make sure that players who are interested are best prepared as they can be by playing the best competition they can get stateside in the appropriate lexicon. For the flip side of Conrad's great performance, look at Team USA at this past WSC -- we sent what was one of our strongest teams, and lost a spot for the next WSC.

[wantonhalo]

The thing is that players who are very adept in TWL should be able to do well in Collins, sensibly. Especially since some great players don't have the opportunity to play a Collins tournament, this logic seems to make enough sense.

As for my example, I do like your point--there are certainly examples the other way, so it might not be strong enough.

[skin_it_mahatma]

Noah, I've always respected your viewpoints, and you almost always make level-headed assessments. I notice a couple of minor deviations this week

[wallydraigle]

Count me in as someone who thinks this is one of the worst rules I've ever seen. Just as a scenario, let's say I move back to Hawaii or Jason goes back to Japan. Or someone wants to play but lives in a horrible travel spot (like Gibson does). One of the main good arguments is that we want to send the best possible team. This would be a huge step backwards.

If you're saying we can make exceptions, then we shouldn't make the rule...

[srockhop]

so is preendgame when there are fewer than seven tiles and endgame is when you know definitively what your opponent has? i've heard so many different versions.

[magratheazaphod]

I feel like endgame is when you have exact information about their rack and pre-endgame is when you start trying to look at specific plays your opponent might make based on the exact contents of the tilebag (i.e. oh I should block that spot at the top-right because he might play JUDO for 60 and there are two Us and an O left).

[nagekinoki]

If you extrapolate inferences, couldn't that possibly mean pre-endgame pertaining to the third move of the game?