Playing at Hoyle

It was good to see everyone at Hoyle Sunday. I got to work in a tourney with the good folks at FSW and i got to do a pards at Exox with my hotty partner Hollypeenyo. Won both tournaments so all in all it was a great day.
People were asking where i have been.... the fish have been biting and i took CJ fishing a number of times, been swimming and working on a tan, playing softball and basketball etc.
Reading list The Murder of Tutankhamen by Bob Brier and The Good Old Days- They Were terrible by Otto Bettmann. Cya.

WordSteal

What little time i have to play lately has been spent playing at wordsteal.com . Most of the time when i am able to play no one is on at Hoyle and wordsteal offers rated games. It also offers an updated dictionary . For those interested in the difference here is the updated 2 letter word list...aa ab ad ae ag ah ai al am an ar as at aw ax ay ba be bi bo by de do ed ef eh el em en er es et ex fa fe go ha he hi hm ho id if in is it jo ka ki la li lo ma me mi mm mo mu my na ne no nu od oe of oh oi om on op or os ow ox oy pa pe pi qi re sh si so ta ti to uh um un up us ut we wo xi xu ya ye yo za
Another good thing about wordsteal is you can now control watchers and there are no sound distractions. The limited graphics may run better on some older pc's as well. For no pinkers it adds a bar on the pink to remind ya not to play the pink and there is a version of the s rule in place now.
Now that i have talked about the good lets deal with the bad and ugly of wordsteal. If you are a crossover from hoyle and have any ability at all the established top rated players are suspicious of ya and several in that group have a fear of "ringers",which are top rated players that went and registered a new name. The reason that pisses these toprates off is because if you are using a new name with a 1600 rating and beat a 2100 rated player it takes a big chunk of their hard earned rating points while the 1600 rated player doesnt take any rating hit for a loss. Yes i know that shouldnt matter much but to many it does.
I miss playing in tourneys but getting a game in when i can means alot and wordsteal offers that option so if ya want to play some truly badass players that dont do hoyle i promise you can find them at wordsteal.
Cya ;-)

U.F.C.

What is U.F.C.? Ultimate Fighting Championship. When UFC started it was pretty much no holds barred no rules but a few years ago a guy named Dana White had a vision, a reform initiative was launched that included a meeting with Larry Hazzard, head of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, in July 2000, at which time Hazzard outlined rules modifications that would make UFC more palatable to nervous pols and talked a couple of casino owners (the Ferttita brothers)into backing him, and the end result is a combat sport that has blown boxing out of the water in popularity. For those who dont know the rules but love a good knock down drag out fight check this out....
Weight classes: Lightweight - over 145 lbs. to 155 lbs. Welterweight - over 155 lbs. to 170 lbs. Middleweight - over 170 lbs. to 185 lbs. Light Heavyweight - over 185 lbs. to 205 lbs. Heavyweight - over 205 lbs. to 265 lbs.
Bout duration: All non-championship bouts shall be three rounds. All championship bouts shall be five rounds. Rounds will be five minutes in duration. A one-minute rest period will occur between each round.
Fouls: 1. Butting with the head. 2. Eye gouging of any kind. 3. Biting. 4. Hair pulling. 5. Fish hooking. 6. Groin attacks of any kind. 7. Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent. 8. Small joint manipulation. 9. Striking to the spine or the back of the head. 10. Striking downward using the point of the elbow. 11. Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea. 12. Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh. 13. Grabbing the clavicle. 14. Kicking the head of a grounded opponent. 15. Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent. 16. Stomping a grounded opponent. 17. Kicking to the kidney with the heel. 18. Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck. 19. Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area. 20. Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent. 21. Spitting at an opponent. 22. Engaging in an unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent. 23. Holding the ropes or the fence. 24. Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area. 25. Attacking an opponent on or during the break. 26. Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee. 27. Attacking an opponent after the bell has sounded the end of the period of unarmed combat. 28. Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee. 29. Timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury. 30. Interference by the corner. 31. Throwing in the towel during competition.
Ways To Win: 1. Submission by: Physical tap out. Verbal tap out. 2. Technical knockout by the referee stopping the contest. 3. Decision via the scorecards, including: Unanimous decision. Split decision. Majority decision. Draw, including: Unanimous draw. Majority draw. Split draw. 4. Technical decision. 5. Technical draw. 6. Disqualification. 7. Forfeit. 8. No contest.
Referee may Restart the round: If the fighters reach a stalemate and do not work to improve position or finish.
Ok now that ya got the rules i will be writing more laterand if ya dont like the fights just ignore the posts.........cya

"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated"

I know that breaks some peoples hearts lol..... Anyway I have been quite busy with doing some remodeling work on my home, spending time with my kid and the usual crap people do when they arent online. I needed a break from the ox world and i know the ox world can always use a break from me. On to weightier matters.
I dropped in on the interleague room today just in time to see Ceedie forfeit a match against Wordman. Refusing to play a cheater is one thing but passing up a chance to play against a world class player because you dont like that player is ignorant. That is as bad as the player who declined to play me because i "scare" them.... yes that actually happened to me a few weeks ago. I scare you? wtf kinda of garbage is that? Ox isnt a boxing ring where you strap on the gloves and get the crap beat out of ya. Its not a cage match , get real. Wussy.
Reading list.
I am working on reading The Belgariad by David Eddings, just finished "A Feast For Crows " by George R R Martin, and read a few more John Grisham books. I also read a few books by Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) and i have a couple of Tom Clancy novels to read.
Thats it for now maybe i will see some of ya soon ;-)

For Wordsteal Players

some of ya play at both sites and here is the info from Phil
The latest word is it will be Monday before the site is back. Sigh. (Mark's ISP needs to make some setting change on their system to accomodate a hardware change that Mark made.) We are all sorry for the downtime, and hope it's back running early Monday. Fingers crossed....Phil
There ya go

Wordox at a glance

Interleague
Public MyLeague operated by mummykins_oxfest (42 players)
Description: The newest concept in wordox...a shared interleague room.
extremeox (VU Games)
Public MyLeague operated by Aylalei (39 players)
Description: We take OX to eXtremes. You have just found the THE league. Soc RM 2
OxFest (VU Games)
Public MyLeague operated by OxfestHA (28 players)
Description: A Wordox League Where People Come First
Wordox In Accord
Public MyLeague operated by CristyAnn (16 players)
Description: Small Friendly and Honest A great Group Of People Having FUN No Drama
Synergy
Public MyLeague operated by SynergyTeam (43 players)
Description: For a high level of competition and camaraderie - play Wordox with Synergy.
Wordox United
Public MyLeague operated by Rosebud948 (24 players)
Description: WordoxUnited The Best People For The Best Fun. That is what makes Us Number 1!

The Death of Wordox??

I got an email tonight concerning the setup of a voting booth at Accord's league on whether to keep the league active ,close it , set up a new 1 , interested at all etc. The email said that Ox and Accord are both dying the slow death. I hope not!
With Spring here and Summer around the corner participation in tourneys will continue to fail as always happens this time of year. I , for 1 , will not be on as much because i have many plans for my free time this summer.
Another problem is that many antivirus programs and spyware removers think that the WonWebLauncher is a spybot and people have trouble getting in to Hoyle because of that.
Maybe one day the new owners of Hoyle will correct that problem, who knows? But until then i hope everyone can find time at least once a in awhile to join a tourney or blast a yahoo message out asking for laddergames. I will have more to say on this whole subject later about turning things around for people interested in trying.
Cyas at the tables ;-)

The Balls Bomb

On my partners blog she posed the following question ....Why is it that, in the middle of a verbal battle, someone always brings up balls?} The answer, my Spicy friend , is that no matter how big the set of grapefruits a guy has the "balls" are the most vulnerable point of attack an oppenent can strike out at. Some women , lacking a set of testicles, do have ( except for Oliver who claims to have found a set, if Oliver really is a woman) and some men also have what i like to refer to as testicular fortitude which can also be vulnerable to attack. Thats why my first rule of battle is "Kick em in the nads if ya can" and im sure im not alone in that philosophy.
People who dare to be controversial are always subject to an attack on the balls, or lack of said testicles. When you dare to put your thoughts in print you are 99.9% guaranteed of a ball attack. And before i forget reading of a ball attack or writing about a swift kick in the nuts can also be very funny :-) People love balls and some love attacking them !! I hope what i wrote helps with the answer to your question :-)

Happy Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to my daughter C.J. who turns 4 years old today! Also a Happy Bday Shout out to tbear and to cleopatra2u , may you both have many more happy ones! Hope to see hoyle up soon .... tc all

ugh

Wordox is down, the hoyle overflow must have overloaded wordsteal too because its down. In times past you could get a fix at one or the other but today noooooooooo. I went and played some scrabble yesterday and some low rated genius accused me of using a "word builder" because i was winning the game. Apparently he had never seen words like quern and veep. I told him he was a dickhead and that if he was across a real table from me i would gladly punch him in the nose. Im really lucky i guess that i cant punch every asshole on the internet because either someone would shoot me or have me arrested pretty soon. On a happier note Team Pepperrin successfully defended the EXOX tag team titles Sunday night, it was a bloodbath but none of the blood was ours :-) Have a good day! p.s. Bite me Olivia

Olivers post

Says Olivia "Tell me Jeff,How can you remember all these weird words you impress us with when you have such a short memory span? Because, otherwise, I can not really explain the fact that within less than 2 months you forgot Shaddy s eviction from this wonderful league, all because of ... let me see how you called them ... "as nice as you will find anywhere , very unpretentious" players.Oliver "
Well Oliver , its like this.... I havent forgotten Shadows eviction, i thought it was bullshit then and i think its bullshit now. The players didnt evict Shad, the admin did. Still i said what i did
"as nice as you will find anywhere , very unpretentious" because of the very warm welcome i got from most of the players upon my return. Shadow was evicted because of a couple of unfounded complaints from a couple of players who actually had no proof of anything and those complaints in my opinion were foolishly acted upon in an unreasonable manner by the admin, who by the way did not all vote to evict the kid, the vote was not unanimous but it was their choice to make because at the begging of the league name it states MY LEAUGE which means the admins can do whatever the hell they want. My return was based on the fact that me and my hotty partner Holly get to play pards in a league that doesnt have monkeypox. Also my words are no weirder than yours so bite me :-) P.S. Bite me again:-)

Extremeox

I have said a lot of bad things about some of the leagues and some good stuff about a few of them too. When i said that the toughest competion is to be found at Synergy i stand by that. However with crossover players all the leagues are tough but i want to say something about Exox now. I created Exox and i missed playing there when i left and upon my return i discovered that the players there are as nice as you will find anywhere , very unpretentious, and i appreciate them welcoming me back with open arms.. Kudos to the Extremists.
Also it wouldnt be me to not throw in a brag... its nice to have that Extremeox title belt back where it belongs, hanging on my shoulder as i strut into the Extreme Asylum :P
cya at the tables

The anonymous post i referred to

here it is Anonymous said...
"you must be referring to the truly great egos as its quite evident your arrogance and demeanor hasnt improved one bit. "
Yes you nutless wonder i am still as arrogant as ever and if you dont like it tough titty. As a matter of fact i thought i had improved my arrogance a bit in my off time and im sad that you think it hasnt gotten any better. As far as ego goes if you read anything on this site since i started it and im sure you have, i have stated that ego makes the game a lot more fun and a lot less stuffy. So asshole, leave a name next time so that i know exactly who to frame my replies to.
God this is fun i missed it!! BTW Team Pepperrin kicked ass tonight, thanks for being there Pard!

anonymous comments

In the previous post if you read the comments left i appreciate the wbs... ty .... and if you want to leave an anonymous comment i dont mind as long as its nice but if you are going to say something derogatory have the balls to leave your name. Its easy to talk shit when you arent letting people know who you are. Sprout some stones and leave a name.

Ox Vacation is Over

My vacation from regular competition is over!! I rejoined extremeox today, primarily because i miss playing in partners tourneys with my bad ass pard "The Spicy One" Hollypeenyo but also because i missed seeing alot of the players i have grown to know over the years. I am not rusty thanks to being able to get in games at WordSteal on my time off.
WordSteal by the way , has implemented the TWL2 wordlist which drops some words and added about 400 new ones. I will post some of those new words later for those that care.
Back to Exox.... i won my first 2 tourneys back and victory was toooo sweeeeeeeeet as usual ;-)
Hopefully Team Pepperrin can get in some tourneys at Accord and FSW as time and circumstances permit since they are the only other groups that we play in that offer pards.
On a side note a player a few nights ago mentioned that a certain Interleague team needed shaking up but from what i see and hear the truly great teams have no interest in playing the chimp and his bimbo (who has 1 funny ass profile if you care to read it, she(the bimbo) has nerve talking about belittling other people when she calls Wordman a pompous ass in public).
On to happier matters, thanks to the Exox admins Aylalei Ron Duncs and Rosey for the welcome back, i truly appreciate it.
Cya at the tables ;-)

Rambling

Congrats to the Colts on their SuperBowl victory, maybe the sportswriters will get off of Peytons back now. I have followed his career since his college days at the Univeristy of Tennessee and im glad he finally won a big 1.
Enough on that.... Earlier in the week i wrote a note to "The Spicy One" asking her if she maybe wanted to rejoin Interleague and get in a few pards matches. She declined , stating that she was glad to be away from that mess and after seeing another weekend that was supposed to be hosted by United yet had no United tds hosting tourneys with Shadow and Mumm once again taking the load i cant help but agree with her. She (Holly) is the brains of the partnership anyway. Once again that piece of trash Amplify the league killer gets his way, when are people going to wise up to this guy and see that he is poison?
Enough about that asswipe, see ya all at the tables whenever i can get away from work :-)

Reading list and more

I havent been playing much lately, been enjoying the time away. Someone gave me a John Grisham novel a few weeks ago, i didnt think i would get into it but i was pleasantly surprised and i went on and read The Rainmaker, The Firm, The Summons, A Painted House , The Client and i am currently reading The King of Torts. I also read the first 2 books in the Dean Koontz Frankenstein Trilogy , I am not big on horror having been burnt out on the vampire stuff Anne Rice put out but they were good. Also read the Geodyssey trilogy by Piers Anthony, one of my favorite writers , it was his fictionalized takes on the origins of man, pretty good reading. Also read a couple of books by Alan Dean Foster in the Pip and Flinx series, he is always a favorite.
Watched a few movies, Accepted , college movie, wasnt that good. My Super Ex Girlfriend was fairly funny and the Adam Sandler movie Click was watchable, not great but not bad.
While i am away i still keep an eye on the scene who joins where, tourney wins etc.... kudos to Oxfest on attracting some top players, and i saw that old Ampy joined them too, he should be a great contribution to the family fun!!
Thats it for now , i miss seeing some of you, im sure quite a few do not miss seeing or hearing from me :-) GL and cya eventually.

Crybabies strike again

It seems that someone in Interleague has taken offense at the mention of member league tourneys that happen after Interleague is over for the night. Things like petty jealousy and bullshit like blackballing players was just the beginning and now the whiners go after the tds and leagues too. What a shame. Why dont you people concentrate on refining your game instead of attacking people for harmless advertising?

Crybabies

I used to be proud to be a member of every wordox league . Then one day i got to talking to Richard/aka Wordman and told him i thouht about starting a site where i could speak my mind about ox and other ox players could respond. I forgot about that idea for awhile then after another conversation with Richard concerning WordoxUnited letting Amplify join he reminded me of our prior talk. I had been hearing about blogs and decided to start one of my own as relates to my life , my thoughts on the wordox game and community and whatever else i decided to put on here.
As i started writing my enchantment with leagues quickly faded for the most part and i figured out why... Crybabies, You know, the people who run to administrators every time they lose a game or if someone plays a weird word or someone (heaven forbid)makes an off color comment. Include the gutless ones in that as well. The ones who boot people from their leagues because they win. Tittybabies and pussies.
Putting your thoughts into writing is about the only way to raise hell in the online world, im gonna do so as long as i feel like it , also no matter what league i belong to (if any) i remain first and foremost a hellraiser and i have my eye on the ox world , im not afraid to say what i want and if ya dont like it bite me.

Ricky

Ricky withdrew from synergy exox and interleague. Why you ask? He got into a dispute with minifrump over reprting matches, she wanted to take it to the admin of the league in question, so he withdrew instead. Dude..... why the fuck is there always a problem with you reporting matches? This has gone on for years dating back to when you first joined wordplay. If you lose you report and then play the next game, its that freakin simple. Your opponent doesnt mind waiting for the report. Entering a tourney and leaving after 1 round is 1 thing, you have that right even tho its weird but the report thing i fail to understand. You know better. Whether she didnt report a match is beside the point, if you lost you report immediately, no ifs ands or buts. Your getting pissed off and withdrawing will likely please some people but you could have saved yourself a hell of a lot of bullshit and trouble over the years by playing by the rules. Shame on ya.