Did i say i didnt want anyone pissed off at me ? LOL we all know that if i havent pissed off someone, somewhere , by the end of the day i havent had a good day. Well a few have weighed in with opinions on passing . The 1 thing Dorcas said that i did not agree with was the prime function of the pass button being for a rack of completely bad tiles, the submit button serves the same function, why add another button? Saying that, i usually use the same strategy Dorcas spoke about, when passed to i uisually take the free turn, but not always. And it depends on who im playing too. I notice that its usually the women of wordox as opposed to the men who get ticked off about passsing.... usually.
I dont think it makes a player weaker to pass on the final play of the game , i have seen it "bite them in the ass" tho as one person put it. However you rarely see that end of game passing going on. If the leagues and Hoyle and the rules of wordox agree that passing as a strategy is acceptable , why cant players who choose to not employ that strategy accept that there are those who will use it , and finish a game without forfeiting or otherwise causing a scene including refusing to play a person if they do use the strategy. THAT was the main reason for the initial post. And mummy , hang around ox wouldnt be the same without ya ;-).
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Hmm, so you believe "forfeiting or otherwise causing a scene" is something to be avoided? I totally agree. There will always be people who don't want to play other people for ANY NUMBER OF REASONS, including passing.
Now let's see... would it be better to refuse to play that person in the first place, or to sign up for a tourney the undesirable person is signed up for, while PLANNING to forfeit and disrupt the tourney? You tell me!
In the case of passing, when you know ahead of time your opponent will use that "strategy" - you can plan to play (or not play) accordingly. But you don't always know ahead of time, and that's when a pass feels "unethical" - because you've played the game under one assumption, and it got stomped on.
I've already made it clear that I try to take advantage of passers, and I won't forfeit simply because I believe as long as there is still another turn to be played, my opponent is not perfect and MAY MAKE A MISTAKE. But I don't begrudge other people their feelings of being taken advantage of, nor their wish to avoid such situations.
At the same time, I recognize that leagues function better when everyone is willing to play everyone else, and since I have an interest in the well-being of my league, I'll continue to play ANYONE.
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