ISSUE 54 - WORD UP HAS GONE

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:17 pm

Yes, I know.

He's a scrabbler with no talent who has spent years memorising lists of words.

Not what we aspire to.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:56 pm

bastard. he has been to all my local places where the beer is poison. just when i'm on lent too.

any pointers Fotherz? is he known to the board/scene?

nw6 · Post by **nw6** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:57 pm

Seen a couple of HULLHULLs in the last few weeks in local pubs

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:03 pm

sue denim wrote:any pointers Fotherz? is he known to the board/scene?

Second best player in Maidenhead.

nw6 · Post by **nw6** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:57 pm

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:20 pm

New top Word Soup word: MULTIBILLIONAIRES

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:25 pm

btw The overall long word record will fall over Christmas holidays.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:48 am

what sort of wordlist doesn't have this in it? ah yes one with ZAX, QAT etc. ffs

the blow was softened by a workmanlike 15, two stylish 11s and 2089

and a pint which was so uncommonly good that i had another and £18 from PMP/GW?/TFD

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:26 pm

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hahah a hah a hah a hahahahahha....

ZAX · Post by **ZAX** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:04 am

sue denim wrote:what sort of wordlist doesn't have this in it? ah yes one with ZAX, QAT etc. ffs

As explained previously Sue Zax is a perfectly acceptable word, a cutting tool used by tilers etc...

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:24 am

"Word Up has gone"

Could be it has - I've seen a '55'!!!!!

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:40 am

Another TRANQUILLIZING, for 700 points, last night.

2000+ only got me £3.

wires74 · Post by **wires74** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:09 pm

PPRO give us the bad news has 55 got rid of WU and other various assorted games ?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:19 pm

guys, WU has gone which is a real pity.

the bastard child that is that soup thing should never have come to the throne. when it did, it sounded a knell as soon as it came in. It showed the providers what a huge gulf of talent there is bwn the top player (all 50 of him), the good players (i'd estimate 20 nationwide), the plucky stabbers (maybe 300) and the clowns who will play it for amusement (me).

before that, all players could enjoy the game at their own level. personally i couldn't give a toss about winning beer money; it is all about edification for me. and the odd beauty on EWQ's website.

WUGM was a complete disaster for everybody-1. it was ill-conceived and bastardized.

soup/GM has meant that it is far too easy to clear the grid with useless scrabble words which don't exist outside of irresponsible wordlists. i won't go on about this as you have heard it all before. but for those who know, is it any surprise that money is being recouperated? 20xx is a great effort and should be worth more than £1.

with soup, good players can (and will even for the modest returns) ace it really easily. this makes it unplayable for the drippy couple and Signor Bob, nobody is a winner.

if the profiteering numbnuts at LL could admit a mistake and fanfare a triumphant return of Word Up (with the proper dictionary) it might stand a chance with appropriate frontscreen marketing. as it is, they have lost the longest-serving (and you'd assume most profitable) game on their menu.

you can polish a turd like WWTBAM with new questions and a stupid, slow interface but it is the behaviour of a cretin to try to gild a lily.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:23 pm

I suspect that Word Up cannot return under its old name due to a copyright issue. That seems to be the only explanation for making Word Soup in the first place.

As you point out, they have massacred an old favourite, and will now pay for it.