I was in rated at steal addying a tourney and decided to play the bot. The bot sent back a message that it no longer plays people rated over 2450 due to point farmers. I guess this means that the lobby hacks i have seen with ratings of 2450 and up to a whopping 2800 up will be either reduced to lobby posing, the norm for most of them, or testing themselves against the human element.
Im sure a few will get new names and continue playing the bot because there are people that just want a rough game without waiting on a poser to nut up and sit for a game or 3 but for the most part i expect to see the usual rated crap
cya at the tables
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
wordsteal and competition
With winter approaching things should pick up for steal league . Mummy is sponsoring a contest with 30 dollar gift on the line for the most games played in November. Ty mum xoxoxoxoxo.
I havent been to hoyle in a while but there is a serious lack of competition at steal. Not just in the league but in rated also. In rated you see players rated 2300 and up sitting at a table rejecting players until they get someone in the 1900s . Other players leave games if they are losing. In tourneys players take off if they lose a match instead of finishing out the tourney. Poor sportsmanship does not make you a badass wordox/steal player. It just shows how much of a dickhead you are. So for all the true players come on out of hiding , me and GG are waiting to whup ya lol
cya at the tables
I havent been to hoyle in a while but there is a serious lack of competition at steal. Not just in the league but in rated also. In rated you see players rated 2300 and up sitting at a table rejecting players until they get someone in the 1900s . Other players leave games if they are losing. In tourneys players take off if they lose a match instead of finishing out the tourney. Poor sportsmanship does not make you a badass wordox/steal player. It just shows how much of a dickhead you are. So for all the true players come on out of hiding , me and GG are waiting to whup ya lol
cya at the tables
Friday, October 03, 2008
From Bluberry
PASSING AND WEIRDOX GAMES
ON PASSING:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Passing IS a strategy... Just as playing only two tiles when you can play more is a strategy. Just as not clearing when you can, because you are far behind, is a strategy. Expecting me to make a stupid play against myself (oh... I DO that alright, but never on purpose) instead of passing seems, quite simply, asinine to me. And the 'pretend attempts' by the people who say they would never pass, are just pathetic.
ON WEIRDOX:
For as long as I have been playing there have been variations on the game. Now there are more and the reason there are more is because most of us have been playing a long time and the new formats present a challenge to us. If you think it is because we are such poor players that we need the playing field leveled, think again. There's a whole lot more to this game than spelling. Some of our superior spellers are not so great at strategy and so they complain about the "weirdox" games as they have tagged them. I say this: If you want to show your superior spelling abilities off, go get in a spelling bee. If you want to truly excel at WORDOX, which is the game we are playing, learn to play all the variations well. I really don't know how some of you can be so smug about your abilities when you refuse to step out of your comfort zones.
I disagree with mums. I don't think the many variations make it easier for the new player. I think it makes it harder because they have so much to learn. The new games like A-B-C and some of the others are a challenge for those of us who have been around a long time, so I know they have to be for the newcomer.
I thought about that the other day when I was playing Barefoot. She is learning the game and she's learning all the variations. She is going to do some serious butt kicking in the future and you people who refuse to play anything but regular ox won't stand a chance against her, superior word knowledge or not. Again, and as simply as I know how to put it... If you want to just compete using your spelling abilities, you're playing the wrong game. Strategy is a part of the game of wordox and the variations step it up.
These are my personal opinions.
Thanks for listening,
Bluberry50
ON PASSING:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Passing IS a strategy... Just as playing only two tiles when you can play more is a strategy. Just as not clearing when you can, because you are far behind, is a strategy. Expecting me to make a stupid play against myself (oh... I DO that alright, but never on purpose) instead of passing seems, quite simply, asinine to me. And the 'pretend attempts' by the people who say they would never pass, are just pathetic.
ON WEIRDOX:
For as long as I have been playing there have been variations on the game. Now there are more and the reason there are more is because most of us have been playing a long time and the new formats present a challenge to us. If you think it is because we are such poor players that we need the playing field leveled, think again. There's a whole lot more to this game than spelling. Some of our superior spellers are not so great at strategy and so they complain about the "weirdox" games as they have tagged them. I say this: If you want to show your superior spelling abilities off, go get in a spelling bee. If you want to truly excel at WORDOX, which is the game we are playing, learn to play all the variations well. I really don't know how some of you can be so smug about your abilities when you refuse to step out of your comfort zones.
I disagree with mums. I don't think the many variations make it easier for the new player. I think it makes it harder because they have so much to learn. The new games like A-B-C and some of the others are a challenge for those of us who have been around a long time, so I know they have to be for the newcomer.
I thought about that the other day when I was playing Barefoot. She is learning the game and she's learning all the variations. She is going to do some serious butt kicking in the future and you people who refuse to play anything but regular ox won't stand a chance against her, superior word knowledge or not. Again, and as simply as I know how to put it... If you want to just compete using your spelling abilities, you're playing the wrong game. Strategy is a part of the game of wordox and the variations step it up.
These are my personal opinions.
Thanks for listening,
Bluberry50
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
more about passing
Shadow said...
"Funny. I was looking through the official rules (http://hoylegames.sierra.com/rules/hoy_wdx_rules.jsp) for Wordox and nowhere did I find that passing was acceptable.What an odd occurrence."
Want to talk about odd... I have the Hoyle Word Games CD with the rules for Wordox in the manual and it states
"If you choose to not make a word on your turn you may pass to your opponent" .
Are we in The Twilight Zone?
If need be i guess i can have the rulebook scanned and posted online for any naysayers out there that still dont understand why a pass button was included on the game.
And for anyone that cares i may not choose to pass or then again i might , depends on how i feel the odds are gonna fall so if you want to give me a free win on the chance that i might pass feel free :-)
Cya at the tables
"Funny. I was looking through the official rules (http://hoylegames.sierra.com/rules/hoy_wdx_rules.jsp) for Wordox and nowhere did I find that passing was acceptable.What an odd occurrence."
Want to talk about odd... I have the Hoyle Word Games CD with the rules for Wordox in the manual and it states
"If you choose to not make a word on your turn you may pass to your opponent" .
Are we in The Twilight Zone?
If need be i guess i can have the rulebook scanned and posted online for any naysayers out there that still dont understand why a pass button was included on the game.
And for anyone that cares i may not choose to pass or then again i might , depends on how i feel the odds are gonna fall so if you want to give me a free win on the chance that i might pass feel free :-)
Cya at the tables
Sunday, September 28, 2008
For the Anti-Passers
"Opinions are like assholes , everybody has one. "
Every league out there states in its rules that passing is an acceptable strategy. If i dont like a games rules i dont play the game. Makes perfect sense to me. I have been passed on and passed myself. It is a gamble, it can backfire. You can pass and the other player makes a play , your turn comes and you are stuck with nothing or a pass situation again and pass the other player plays gets more points etc etc. Or you can get what you wanted which was a win. Otherwise why would you play? Oh yeah , just for fun and not for ladderstats or tourney wins or a 100 other reasons. I would rather see someone pass on purpose than see them put up a bullshit play that we both knew was bullshit when you put it up there. And i have seen a number of players do just that. Other players opinions of me and my game philosphy can be summed up in 5 words ... Dont like me... bite me And i shall leave this post with a quote from a player that read the blog and emailed me
"WORDOX RULES STATE THAT
PASSING IS ACCEPTABLE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE PASSING, OR THINK PLAYERS WHO PASS
ARE "SCUM," THEN DON'T PLAY WORDOX. FIND A NEW GAME."
Every league out there states in its rules that passing is an acceptable strategy. If i dont like a games rules i dont play the game. Makes perfect sense to me. I have been passed on and passed myself. It is a gamble, it can backfire. You can pass and the other player makes a play , your turn comes and you are stuck with nothing or a pass situation again and pass the other player plays gets more points etc etc. Or you can get what you wanted which was a win. Otherwise why would you play? Oh yeah , just for fun and not for ladderstats or tourney wins or a 100 other reasons. I would rather see someone pass on purpose than see them put up a bullshit play that we both knew was bullshit when you put it up there. And i have seen a number of players do just that. Other players opinions of me and my game philosphy can be summed up in 5 words ... Dont like me... bite me And i shall leave this post with a quote from a player that read the blog and emailed me
"WORDOX RULES STATE THAT
PASSING IS ACCEPTABLE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE PASSING, OR THINK PLAYERS WHO PASS
ARE "SCUM," THEN DON'T PLAY WORDOX. FIND A NEW GAME."
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Removed Post
The people have asked about a recent post i removed. after i posted it i had time to think about it certain phrases came to mind such as ... He took a gun to a knife fight and he fights battles of wits with unarmed individuals and why the big fuss over a monkey ho? So the line of thought when i removed it was this , Ballsac breath wasnt worth the space i used to type out the post. Even writing this explanation is an effort lol
Anyway.... Dorcas refused to quit if i passed- how unfair of her lmao. Wordman however said he would quit. I think he was just bullshitting me tho. Is there anyone that will quit if i pass? A cheap win is still a win... just like a weirdox F***-up win :-)
Cya at the tables
Anyway.... Dorcas refused to quit if i passed- how unfair of her lmao. Wordman however said he would quit. I think he was just bullshitting me tho. Is there anyone that will quit if i pass? A cheap win is still a win... just like a weirdox F***-up win :-)
Cya at the tables
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Squidoo
check out my squidoo page cool site feel free to click ads i can use the dime , i have a college fund to support. http://www.squidoo.com/wordgamer
Cya at the tables
Cya at the tables
Monday, September 22, 2008
Adsense
tryin to get adsense set up on here and see if i can get a cash flow going. If i can make money on the net i wont have to go to work!!! that means i can play more!!! can you say oh hell yeah!!
Weirdox
No matter what anyone says i refuse to believe that weirdox of any type levels the playing field for players that arent as good as other players. Crossox ,2 tile , peach grove , borderline and even no pinks are just bastardized variations of the game and if a player with even the slightest bit of ability would make the attempt to learn new words and observe strategies and apply them they might do better at the game and quit relying on the off chance of a cheap win when a player screws up in a weirdox format.
nuff said
cya at the tables
nuff said
cya at the tables
Friday, September 19, 2008
Triple Crown Action
Im Back.... First thing i have to say is Wtg Nats on running up a 90 game win streak at steal league. Very nice!!!! She is an awesome player and she is currently staggering around with the weight of 2 of the championships inm what im will be now calling the Triple Crown. She is the current champ at www.myleague.com/wordsteal and she also holds the #1 gold at www.igl.net/fswordox/ . The holder of the 3rd jewel in the Triple Crown is Dorcas at www.myleague.com/we . Some players may not be interested in pursuing all 3 but it interests me to follow it and possibly get into the chase myself work permitting.
Back to what i consider the main jewel in the crown.... the wordsteal league. We have a new contest coming up for players to win a premium membership or a gift certificate so keep your eyes peeled for that info. We have the most up to date dictionary in the game on our site so come on out and see if you can hang with the best. www.wordsteal.com
Dont be a wussy get out and compete , all of the leagues need your support.
Back to what i consider the main jewel in the crown.... the wordsteal league. We have a new contest coming up for players to win a premium membership or a gift certificate so keep your eyes peeled for that info. We have the most up to date dictionary in the game on our site so come on out and see if you can hang with the best. www.wordsteal.com
Dont be a wussy get out and compete , all of the leagues need your support.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wordox for Everyone
Each league in the hoyle merger had a great history. I had a hand in a lot of it with most of those leagues playing, tding, admin, fighting ,drinking ,cussing, raising hell and generally having an awesome time. Friday Aug 15th 2008 a new chapter in wordox league history begins with every league united under the banner http://www.myleague.com/we/ Wordox for Everyone. Games will be played in social room 2 and while im sure there will be the usual growing pains i hope it all works out well for the new group. The list of players that have joined so far is awesome and i look forward to playing against them all.
Cya at the tables
Cya at the tables
Thursday, July 31, 2008
loopy loopless
Sorry loopy , the loop only includes certain people at certain times, some days i am in the loop and some days im not but thanks to friends i am still current on events despite being delooped
Apparently , to my udder( lol @ cait) amazement (im not the only one amazed brother!!!!) the leagues at hoyle have all agreed to merge. Now dont get hasty , this doesnt include the good people at FSW which is a cases ladder and not a myleague. This can only benefit the players involved in the merger and im glad that most people had sense enough to see that. I wish it had happened a long time ago but suggesting it even a year ago i doubt that players and admins would have wanted to pull together.
In one email Bluberry had this to say "If it's clear from day one that everyone is welcome, then the people who like to manipulate the list of players by accusations of cheating will be thwarted in their efforts from the get-go. The new league HAS to be for all. If we are asking existing leagues to close their leagues, then we must welcome EVERYONE. Players play where they are welcome." She is right , if you want to play just set aside past differences and play. You dont have to give a rats ass about the player you are across the table from.
Best of luck to the new league admins. I think you will have an easy job.
Cya at the tables.
Apparently , to my udder( lol @ cait) amazement (im not the only one amazed brother!!!!) the leagues at hoyle have all agreed to merge. Now dont get hasty , this doesnt include the good people at FSW which is a cases ladder and not a myleague. This can only benefit the players involved in the merger and im glad that most people had sense enough to see that. I wish it had happened a long time ago but suggesting it even a year ago i doubt that players and admins would have wanted to pull together.
In one email Bluberry had this to say "If it's clear from day one that everyone is welcome, then the people who like to manipulate the list of players by accusations of cheating will be thwarted in their efforts from the get-go. The new league HAS to be for all. If we are asking existing leagues to close their leagues, then we must welcome EVERYONE. Players play where they are welcome." She is right , if you want to play just set aside past differences and play. You dont have to give a rats ass about the player you are across the table from.
Best of luck to the new league admins. I think you will have an easy job.
Cya at the tables.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
New Wordox Order and stuff
Thanks to my friends for the public and private support . You know who you are :-) I greatly appreciate it. I am as passionate as anyone about our sport , be it at Hoyle or Wordsteal. I am probably one of the few that gets adrenaline rushes when i play Dorcas or Richard or Ivystung just to name a few. I plan on being a force to reckon with for years to come in league play so get used to it.
It has been mentioned in the scheme of a new league that some players dont want to play other players and what if monkey and ceedie join will you play them? Hmmmmmmm ..... Kes vs King Kong and Godzilla? Sure i will play them and try to whup their sorry asses lol and if i lose so what... its just a game and i wont lose every time. Bring it on i say!!
Seeing people get mad and withdraw from leagues is sad. I have done it in the past myself and regretted it every time. I urge everyone to think before you click that button and if you did click it please consider returning. Every player in every league is a valuable asset not to be thrown away .
Interleague is Friday. Saddle up and drag your butts in to play. It will be fun and painless for the most part.
All this buzz about new leagues , the discussions and emails going around make me think about Holly. Wouldnt she just be having a blast with this? Can you hear the cackle* ?
see ya all at the tables ;-)
It has been mentioned in the scheme of a new league that some players dont want to play other players and what if monkey and ceedie join will you play them? Hmmmmmmm ..... Kes vs King Kong and Godzilla? Sure i will play them and try to whup their sorry asses lol and if i lose so what... its just a game and i wont lose every time. Bring it on i say!!
Seeing people get mad and withdraw from leagues is sad. I have done it in the past myself and regretted it every time. I urge everyone to think before you click that button and if you did click it please consider returning. Every player in every league is a valuable asset not to be thrown away .
Interleague is Friday. Saddle up and drag your butts in to play. It will be fun and painless for the most part.
All this buzz about new leagues , the discussions and emails going around make me think about Holly. Wouldnt she just be having a blast with this? Can you hear the cackle* ?
see ya all at the tables ;-)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
applause
kudos to the synergy exox and oxfest admins for considering a New Wordox Order . One league will be to everyones benefit in more ways than just the obvious. Instead of a few fractured leagues a single unified group might be able to get attention from the hoyle owners , or band together with leagues in other games to get that attention and get them to update the certificates so new players can get in to bring fresh blood to the games. If nothing else maybe wordoxers can get a franchise on the wordox game so that the 1 league and the operating cases ladder is all thats allowed to run in hoyle since after all, it is cases ladder owned. All that aside it would be an awesome event to have 1 league in place for everyone everyday. Hopefully everyone can see benefits. What few drawbacks anyone can dream up dont matter if everyone remembers to have fun.
Cya at the tables
Cya at the tables
Monday, July 21, 2008
The Wordsteal League
I went to hoyle today , 15 people in soc 1 no one in any other room. The ws league had already hosted 8 tourneys 75 matches played. Players on yahoo ready to ladder with a message sent. Yes im bragging about my league and the site. Its alive people! Players there. Keyboard enabled entry of your letters if you prefer typing them to dragging. Want no pinks ? pick no pinks and a bar is placed over the pink square. Qi ki oi ono ahi just to shoot out a few new words.
Sure there are a few buttholes but hey thats life. Rack up a table and whup them or play a few with the regular friendly people. There are plenty of those to balance out the butthole population. The timers are too fast you say? Well give it 2 weeks of regular play at the ws league and 40 secs at hoyle will seem like forever. We do offer longer timers on request tho if need be and the tds will host 40 sec tourneys if you ask. and for those that want to u can become a td and host them too.
I dont care if you are an admin td player butthole artist poet genius priest cop fireman prostitute go-go dancer whatever. There is a place for you in the ws ladder room. If you dont want people to know who you are at first get a new name . I wont tell on you. Come play and enjoy , we are waiting for ya take a walk on the wildside at wslr www.myleague.com/wordsteal
cya at the tables
Sure there are a few buttholes but hey thats life. Rack up a table and whup them or play a few with the regular friendly people. There are plenty of those to balance out the butthole population. The timers are too fast you say? Well give it 2 weeks of regular play at the ws league and 40 secs at hoyle will seem like forever. We do offer longer timers on request tho if need be and the tds will host 40 sec tourneys if you ask. and for those that want to u can become a td and host them too.
I dont care if you are an admin td player butthole artist poet genius priest cop fireman prostitute go-go dancer whatever. There is a place for you in the ws ladder room. If you dont want people to know who you are at first get a new name . I wont tell on you. Come play and enjoy , we are waiting for ya take a walk on the wildside at wslr www.myleague.com/wordsteal
cya at the tables
Interleague Buzz and stuff
It seems that no one is able to really get in and play at Interleague on the Hoyle website . I made the suggestion that the hoyle admins set aside their differences and egos , fold their leagues and create one league for everyone. Elect a head admin and a couple of helper admins and have a kickass league. Yeah i know , pigs will fly , snowballs will retain their moisture in hell, the world end in a fiery explosion....
Hoyle is dying. The leagues are dying. Look at the memberships on each league and most people that are left play at all of them. I know that some players hate other players and some would get their panties in a wad if this actually happened but if i can set aside the past and let players like Redfan or Olivia join my wordsteal league, and yes i have had plenty of problems in the past with them and others then i know you admins can do it. If you are going to ensure the survival of league play at hoyle while hoyle is still available then this is your time to act. I have encouraged my steal players that can access hoyle to come play in the leagues there but like i told Dorcas , thats just a band-aid. Major sugery is needed and merging all the leagues is the best bet in my not so humble opinion. If you want a league that runs 1 tourney a day when you can beg 4 players to join then sit on your collective asses and do nothing. If you want to actually have fun on a ladder again follow my suggestion or better yet come to wordsteal league where we have a new dictionary , a no pinks bar for that option and an active ladder with people ready to play.
Either way do something.
Cya at the tables
Hoyle is dying. The leagues are dying. Look at the memberships on each league and most people that are left play at all of them. I know that some players hate other players and some would get their panties in a wad if this actually happened but if i can set aside the past and let players like Redfan or Olivia join my wordsteal league, and yes i have had plenty of problems in the past with them and others then i know you admins can do it. If you are going to ensure the survival of league play at hoyle while hoyle is still available then this is your time to act. I have encouraged my steal players that can access hoyle to come play in the leagues there but like i told Dorcas , thats just a band-aid. Major sugery is needed and merging all the leagues is the best bet in my not so humble opinion. If you want a league that runs 1 tourney a day when you can beg 4 players to join then sit on your collective asses and do nothing. If you want to actually have fun on a ladder again follow my suggestion or better yet come to wordsteal league where we have a new dictionary , a no pinks bar for that option and an active ladder with people ready to play.
Either way do something.
Cya at the tables
Thursday, July 10, 2008
wordsteal
Sources close to the issue raise hopes that the site (wordsteal) may smooth out in days to come. Congrats to sneaks and bammer on getting their room admin wings , its been a long wait. Congrats to Oxtail on winning the laddergames contest, she played a lot of steal and will be getting her gold in the next few days. Things are a bit slower now hopefully when school starts it will pick back up. Friday at interleague needs players and tds and saturdays at synergy needs support from players , i hope to be at both places this weekend .
Cya at the tables
Cya at the tables
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Barb said
"If only we could get some of that energy over at hoyle then Saturday nights would be like the days of old. I miss those crazy tournies"
At Steal league we have so many players that cant get into hoyle, some are mac users and some have windows vista and some just have issues with their router. If we didnt have those problems I would allow my group to join interleague and promote a relationship with hoyle. As it is the ones that are able to get in do come to synergy sat nights or at least they have in the past. I personally miss the fun at syn and also at extreme but its a rare sat night in the summertime that i can get over to play and the exox tournies are usually too late for me. Im sure some rejoice over those facts knowing my history with some people but still i usually have fun when i do get to head over. If anyone ever devises a solution you can be assured i immediately offer my group the choice.
Cya at the tables
"If only we could get some of that energy over at hoyle then Saturday nights would be like the days of old. I miss those crazy tournies"
At Steal league we have so many players that cant get into hoyle, some are mac users and some have windows vista and some just have issues with their router. If we didnt have those problems I would allow my group to join interleague and promote a relationship with hoyle. As it is the ones that are able to get in do come to synergy sat nights or at least they have in the past. I personally miss the fun at syn and also at extreme but its a rare sat night in the summertime that i can get over to play and the exox tournies are usually too late for me. Im sure some rejoice over those facts knowing my history with some people but still i usually have fun when i do get to head over. If anyone ever devises a solution you can be assured i immediately offer my group the choice.
Cya at the tables
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