Ways not to endear yourself to me in a game.

[kyrielle]

I play Words With Friends from my iPhone with random partners. It's a word game with letter tiles not unlike Scrabble. It has a chat feature, which I try my best to ignore.

A recent game with a bozo:

I get the first move and play PARCHED, hitting a double word and scoring 63 points (including 35 for using all my letters). I feel slightly bad for my opponent, as that's one heck of a start to a game.

My opponent plays FAKE (using the A in parched) for 11 points, but when I see the move in the game I also see that he has sent a chat. The chat reads: "do u mind me askin u ur asl please?"

I reply "Yep." And feel no guilt and a certain amount of glee as I play ADDRESS across fake for FAKED, use all my letters again, and score another 63 points.

The score is now 126 to 11, and my opponent resigns.

Normally I am sad when an imbalanced game causes an opponent to resign before it's done. Not in this case.

Comments

[lady-of-mists.livejournal.com]

I remember a few of those ASL requests... :makes the creeped out face:

But good for you getting the big scores! :D

[kyrielle]

*grins* Thanks. Actually, might as well get them against a creep as not. A certain gleeful vindication is more socially acceptable when directed at a creep. ;)

[geordie.livejournal.com]

LOL! Merciless. Dead in two shots. And he wasn't dealing from a full deck, by the look of his text.

Texting spelling always irritates me, but that's a matter for my LJ.

[kyrielle]

No, apparently not. *grins* I got some lucky letters to pull it off, and I couldn't have gotten them against a better opponent.