Scrabble to allow proper nouns - is this the end of civilization?

[gturner]

The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said.

Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.

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Mattel said there would be no hard and fast rule over whether a proper noun was correct or not.

BBC News link

Are they insane? No hard and fast rule? Borg designations, Klingon names, and the company I founded just so I could use my 'Z' on a triple-letter score; all that's now okay?

We are looking at social chaos like we've never seen before. Blood will run in the streets. Mother's will murder their sons.

All because Mattel wants to make a quick buck.

 

[RoJoHen]

This seems completely unnecessary. Are proper nouns in the dictionary? And if not, how do you make sure they are spelled correctly?

 

[Deranged Nasat]

This is a dark, dark day.

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the shower.

 

[gturner]

I assume the proper spelling will be ascertained by the officers responding to the domestic violence complaint.

 

[Roshi]

Pussies!

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Pussies!

That's a point- do plurals count now, too?

 

[Holdfast]

I feel... VIOLATED.

 

[RoJoHen]

Next thing you know Colonel Mustard is going to be murdering people with laser beams and nerve gas.

 

[Holdfast]

Next thing you know Colonel Mustard is going to be murdering people with laser beams and nerve gas.

Mustard gas, surely?

 

[gturner]

I feel... VIOLATED.

^ Perhaps you should take a Xanax and calm down. Hey! "Xanax" on a double-word score! I WIN AGAIN!

 

[Holdfast]

^ Perhaps you should take a Xanax and calm down. Hey! "Xanax" on a double-word score! I WIN AGAIN!

I reckon ZYPREXA* would work better.

(*28 points, plus 50 point bonus for using all 7 tiles. Calculate that one, motherfucker. )

 

[gturner]

g-ddammit! g-ddammit!

This rule change is going to double the US divorce rate.

 

[RoJoHen]

Next thing you know Colonel Mustard is going to be murdering people with laser beams and nerve gas.

Mustard gas, surely?

Nah, that would give him away.

 

[Colonel Green]

Next thing you know Colonel Mustard is going to be murdering people with laser beams and nerve gas.

But that's MY bit!

 

[Canadave]

Not true, folks. Just a silly spin-off version that's been badly misreported.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Not true, folks. Just a silly spin-off version that's been badly misreported.

Doomsday is averted!

The integrity of Scrabble remains inviolate.

Never scare us like that again!

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Next thing you know Colonel Mustard is going to be murdering people with laser beams and nerve gas.

But that's MY bit!

As for YOU, get out of that uniform and back to the church. We've had quite enough topsy-turveyness for one day.

 

[Omnius]

It's not like you're not allowed to play by your own house rules.
But honestly, who here has played Scrabble recently? (online doesnt count)

 

[RoJoHen]

But honestly, who here has played Scrabble recently? (online doesnt count)

Not recently, but I now want to develop a Scrabble drinking game.

 

[Holdfast]

But honestly, who here has played Scrabble recently? (online doesnt count)

Not recently, but I now want to develop a Scrabble drinking game.

Will seeing double count as a double word score?