Scrabulous = Fabulous? Or C-H-E-A-T-E-R?
Jan 01, 2008 | Tags: internet
Sure, scrabble is fabulous, if I’m playing with a genuine Scrabulous player. But if I’m playing with someone I suspect is cheating, I get very disgruntled, and I want to scream on the top of my lungs that scrabble is SCRABCRAPULOUS!
For those that don’t know, Scrabulous is an online scrabble game through Facebook.
There are some people I play Scrabulous with where we play equally just as good, then all of a sudden they’re placing really nice bingos or scoring 25+ points every move. There are some people I play scrabble with in real life that don’t do so well, but online they’re like professional Scrabble players placing all kinds of awesome bingos.
Imagine my surprise when I read this article. I knew that there were many cheating websites out there, but to discover www.scrabblewordfinder.com within that article just completely astounded me. I thought the cheating websites were more like tools to unscramble your tiles to actual words. The Scrabble Word Finder isn’t like that. It actually enables you to input every single word that is already on the board along with your current tiles, and tells you what your best next move is. What the HELL?
Why do some people have this urge to be better than others and have to prove it in the wrong, cheating way? Is it the crab theory? I understand the natural tendency to want to win, but by cheating? Come on. Go ahead – be better than me. I don’t care. No way in hell am I succumbing to the level of cheating.
Of course, there are people who legitimately play 25+ points almost every move. I’d happily lose to my Scrabble whiz friends. It just makes me want to play more and more, because it’s a true challenge.
I can’t live without the internet, but I can surely live without Scrabulous. I’ll stick to the tried and true Scrabble board on a dining room table.
**Disclaimer: this post is not intended for anyone in particular, just a simple vent and explanation why I’m quitting Scrabulous. So long, my friend, Scrabulous!
