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fotherz wrote:
grecian wrote:Haven't seen one of these yet, but the departure of Word Soup sounds like a bit of a shocker - as you say, a favourite not just with the word mavens on here, but also with Joe Public.
Indeed. Hard to imagine they were losing money on it.
I'm not so sure. I think that the newer, stingier payout structure may have been counter-productive. I'm thinking now about people who would be pleased with a 6-800 score. Not everyone is a walking thesaurus after all. And they want rewarding with the odd quid now and then. The way it whacks up from 800 for a quid then 1500 next game for a quid and then crawling down after about 20 games towards something the mediocre player could happily achieve is too harsh.

Compare that with the previous structure -750 for a quid, then it would shoot up to 1150 then a few games of that and then it would throw you a 750 for a quid again. And so on. Now I'm sure all this means nothing to the walking t's out there, but I guess I'm speaking for the cheerfully mediocre...
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I'm reserving judgment until I see it gone with my own eyes. This game has a habit of disappearing for short spells then reappearing again. Maybe it will come back as Word Sap.

Shit game. New name.
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That does deserve a... ...<chortle>!

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Post by BigEd »

STOP IT NOW! :x
Otherwise we will have yet another thread dedicated to that pap game.
Its gone. Get over it. Move on. Nothing to see here. Finished. Expired. Terminated.

99.9999999% voted that it is no longer worth playing.

I watched 'Electric Dreams' on BBC4 tonight, all about the 1980s and remembered the Sinclair Spectrum with fond memories. It was great in its day, but the world has moved on. My mobile phone has better games than it did. Just let go..... you will feel so much better in the end.
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Yes, with a cherry on top!
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Post by mr lugsy »

the campaign for re-instatement starts here.



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And ends here! :lol:
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Post by kingzilla »

Hmm If Itbox has dropped Word Soup then Gamesnet will Follow as Gamestec is behind them both :(
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Post by kingzilla »

I do think the game is looking dated nowadays and needs perhaps a revamp in graphics but i believe Two Way Games own the rights to it and are not bothered about doing another version. R.I.P Word Up
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hurrah! we are saved.
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Post by roberto la vigna »

History will repeat itself and it will come back as Word Yoghurt.
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