word up gossip

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:08 pm

Did you know that the conference is being renamed for next season?

Its going to be called th "Blue Square Premier".

I think the website should reflect this.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:31 am

Ernest W. Quality wrote:It means you are simultaneously winning the Conference North, and bottom of the Premier League. Assuming that score was on WUGM and not the old version.

Old version

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:24 pm

i beat my own best and my surrogate best on WUGM the other day:

2038 at the elephant in finchley. so, as the mayor of trumpton used to say; that's that.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:05 pm

2165, Lloyds, Chelmsford

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:26 pm

For someone who thinks he's doing quite well to get to 1200, I was overjoyed to see a board filled with close-together Zs and other friendly letters.

I was around the 1490 mark with 3 letters left and heading for the rather exclusive-if-much-lambasted-for-being-sad 2000 club with 3 letters left.

A - D - O

ADO. I pressed confidently. A - D - O I pressed again. WHAT!!!!!?!!!!!

No fecking ADO? Honestly, I thought Jeremy Beadle would pop out from behind a curtain and tell me that they were just having a laugh, ADO really was acceptable, I'd won my £4 and all was alright with the world.

Sadly no. I've been in that situation once before (i.e. at 1500+ and had an ordinary word disallowed), I've probably had ADO disallowed too... but honestly, as overly-generous as the new dictionary is, you can't allow such outrages to continue on machines with the old wordlist.

Aggrieved of Falkirk

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:18 am

This is why I find the old wordlist is more annoying. It's better to have stupid words allowed than normal words disallowed.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:44 am

2339 with the bro and co, Colch.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:02 pm

i met a very pleasant publican yesterday who was watching while i played WU on a paragon yesterday. she was quiet as a mouse until i cleared then was very chatty and pleasant and we discussed the catastrophic vulgarity of WUGM. she certainly knew her stuff but i doubt she's a top twenty player as it was pretty easy to top her pub's scoreboard. but it is nice to encounter somebody who acknowledges the skill rather than giving suspicious leers if you dare to collect any money from the SWP machine.

in other news: the old version doesn't recognise JACKPOT as a verb which was EXASPERATING (although i'm pretty sure that is a swop).

in other, other news i have just bumped into both frances de la tour who is a scrawny harridan and luís boa morte who is surprisingly tall too. but fatter.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:03 pm

oh, and yesterday i saw ray parlour (although it might have been charlie dimmock).

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:43 pm

Are you in fact Lawrie Sanchez?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:19 pm

close, i'm dirty sanchez.

anyhow just checked your website and it has my EXASPERATION so it counts as a new entry in the 12s. it was at the 3 crowns on jermyn street.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:25 pm

I broke 2100 today without getting a word of over 200 points (top word was QUIPPED). Surely that's a record of some sort?

Nearly topped the solo record with a 1845 NC (QUIZZICALITIES-aided).

Also, whilst playing Word Cube, heard a bloke tell a little boy who was watching in rapt admiration, 'That's skill, son.'

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:38 am

unknownpseudonym wrote:anyhow just checked your website and it has my EXASPERATION so it counts as a new entry in the 12s. it was at the 3 crowns on jermyn street.

EXASPERATION is already on there, so as a duplicate it's not allowed. You said EXASPERATING above, so which one was it?

Just realised my Sanchez question was totally irrelevant since Boa Morte isn't at fulham now anyway, but is now at West Jam.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:39 am

vaginalbob wrote:I broke 2100 today without getting a word of over 200 points (top word was QUIPPED). Surely that's a record of some sort?

Yes, perhaps the "World's most boring short story" record.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:33 am

the ~ING was at the three crowns (WU) and the ION was ago so i now have both. go me. also yesterday i regot the wholly satisfying COCCYXES (doesn't qualify for the website) and REEXAMINATION (does(WUGM)(crown c.g.))