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

[RoJoHen]

It will not.

 

[Holdfast]

Man, you play by a tough set of house rules.

 

[RoJoHen]

I take drinking games very seriously.

 

[gturner]

Darn it Canadave, can't you leave us to our mock outrage?

In any event, if the spinoff allows proper nouns, surely it will include some apostrophes so we can spell our favorite alien names.

 

[RoJoHen]

They should double the size of the board and start including lower-case letters and punctuation.

 

[gturner]

Punctuation, like lots of exclaimation marks? "Zyprexa!!!!"

How about including numbers and slashes, too?

Perhaps a game where 115.85.10.254 and http://www.trekbbs.com are valid words?

"That's not a valid IP address!"

"Is too!"

"I just typed it in and got a 404 error!"

"Well the corporate web server must be down for maintenance."

"Liar."

 

[RoJoHen]

Worst. Game. Ever.


There should be a Binary Scrabble where you can only spell out words using ones and zeros.

 

[gturner]

11010101011101011101010100001110110101011110000111100101011111101111 "Ha!"

"That's not a word!"

"Sure it is. It's just PKZipped."

 

[thestrangequark]

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)

I play all the time. In fact, I own four Scrabble boards. 1 classic, 1 Super Scrabble, and 2 Travel Scrabbles, one of which I keep in Manhattan in case I'm in the city and need it. I played a dozen games last week, on top of my 30 active online games.

Thank god it isn't true!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Civilisation will only end once they introduce proper nouns to Countdown. And not even Rachel Riley could keep me tuning in if that ever happened.

 

[RJDiogenes]

First Round Monopoly and now Proper Name Scrabble. What's next? Jack-The-Ripper Operation?

 

[Zulu Romeo]

First Round Monopoly and now Proper Name Scrabble. What's next? Jack-The-Ripper Operation?

Operation: Shipman Edition.

 

[Geckothan]

They're changing it for the Web 2.0 (read 'stupid') generation who like to make up buzzwords for everything.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

They're raping my childhood!!!!!

 

[thestrangequark]

Didn't anyone read the link? It's not true! We can breathe easy! Now, if I coule only understand why people start up online Scrabble games and then don't play them I'd be happy!

Also, I'm dying for Scrabble opponents -- pm me if you want to play!

 

[Unicron]

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

But abbreviations still count, right?

 

[Zulu Romeo]

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

But abbreviations still count, right?

Why IS "abbreviation" such a long word?

And why is "monosyllabic" a word with many syllables?

 

[RoJoHen]

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

But abbreviations still count, right?

Why IS "abbreviation" such a long word?

And why is "monosyllabic" a word with many syllables?

Just to see if you're paying attention.

 

[RJDiogenes]

According to this, RJDiogenes is worth 19 points.

 

[Omnius]

If abbrevations count: XXX is 24 points!!