Favourite words found

[pigletta]

Not an award-winning word but I was very happy to find SOLSTICE on this particular day!

[RussDNails]

Dear Lalatan,

Thanks for sharing..........checked it out, your keyboard is still available on Amazon...........pretty weird looking but I'm sure it serves you well and might be advantageous for me too. Alas, I've resigned myself to adjusting to the shallow keys on my new laptop--it's not too bad really but I feel it's prone to making typing errors. I suppose I could try bluetoothing (is that a word?) something like your keyboard to my laptop if I get motivated to try.

We're also playing a different style--I'm trying to type fast and you're looking for long words. I was hoping some of the other speed demons might share their thoughts as I'm curious about their set ups.

Anyway, it's always good to hear from you!

Best,

Russ

[lalatan]

I just played 1 of my faves: HORRIPILATIONS. Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up even thinking of that word.

Russ: fwiw, I use a Logictech K350 wireless keyboard for game play. I bought it after reading multiple reviews of gamers who flogged it hard and it stood up to it for years. It has the ergonomic curve to it and I love the feel of the keys while typing, a little bit spongy. Cheers to you

[RussDNails]

That it is--I was one of your two likes

[fasteddieb]

Thanks for the reply--I think you had posted a different video sometime in the past where there was a distinct "clickety-clack" sound in the background as you were furiously typing away

That's why I asked--I was wondering if you were still using the old style keyboard...............it sounds like from your post that you must also be using the newer "chiclet" style laptop keyboard these days? No worries if you don't want to reveal any trade secrets

Best,

Russ

maybe this is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TyDS7Qk1Q

[RussDNails]

Thanks for the reply--I think you had posted a different video sometime in the past where there was a distinct "clickety-clack" sound in the background as you were furiously typing away

That's why I asked--I was wondering if you were still using the old style keyboard...............it sounds like from your post that you must also be using the newer "chiclet" style laptop keyboard these days? No worries if you don't want to reveal any trade secrets

Best,

Russ

[fasteddieb]

Nice work! Do you mind if I ask what type of keyboard you use? I have a newer laptop with a "chiclet" style keyboard that doesn't provide much keystroke "depth". I remember the older "mechanical" type keyboards that typically came with desktops had/have a much deeper key travel depth and I just wonder if I might be able to type more accurately on the mechanical type? I find that the super shallow key depth on my laptop lends itself to a lot of typing mistakes. I'd never be able to achieve your speed no matter what I do but I am genuinely interested to hear about your keyboard.........

Cheers,

Russ

The crazy thing is I don't usually use that keyboard and took a little to get used to it. I didn't know how to record and my brother had experience streaming games online so I used his computer and keyboard. I asked him and apparently it was the Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard 2002~2005 version. I know what you mean with the "mechanical" keyboards having a better touch sense. I haven't played using this type of keyboard in a while so I can't really say whether or not it a) helps with typos b) if the mechanical nature of it helps or slows you down.
That keyboard lasted at least 12 years just looking at when I took the video. He's using a different keyboard now.

[RussDNails]

Nice work! Do you mind if I ask what type of keyboard you use? I have a newer laptop with a "chiclet" style keyboard that doesn't provide much keystroke "depth". I remember the older "mechanical" type keyboards that typically came with desktops had/have a much deeper key travel depth and I just wonder if I might be able to type more accurately on the mechanical type? I find that the super shallow key depth on my laptop lends itself to a lot of typing mistakes. I'd never be able to achieve your speed no matter what I do but I am genuinely interested to hear about your keyboard.........

Cheers,

Russ

[fasteddieb]

Man, I don't think I can reach a point of putting words like those together, lalatan. Do you have a medical PHD or something? lol Also Fasteddieb, where is your video? Seems like I might have seen it at one point, but can't find it right now. Can't imagine averaging such high scores.. I'd have to have an icredibly large board to have a shot at 1000.

Here's a video I did a couple of years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvy6ZjU0-g

[fasteddieb]

I think a 6x6 board might be enough for me, if I had a long enough time limit. Fifteen minutes might do it. But I have the feeling that if fasteddieb played the same board under the same rules as me, he'd still get at least twice as many words and points. Any board and any time limit that allowed me to average 1,250 points would see fasteddieb averaging 2,500 or more.

I don't think I would get that many points. Maybe 2000. I tend to run out of steam at 3 minutes. I'd have to start learning new words before I get anywhere close to 2,500 points. Also, I've been playing wordament on MUWG and I've gotten worse at wordtwist since the dictionaries aren't exactly the same.

[bwt1213]

Man, I don't think I can reach a point of putting words like those together, lalatan. Do you have a medical PHD or something? lol Also Fasteddieb, where is your video? Seems like I might have seen it at one point, but can't find it right now. Can't imagine averaging such high scores.. I'd have to have an icredibly large board to have a shot at 1000.

I think a 6x6 board might be enough for me, if I had a long enough time limit. Fifteen minutes might do it. But I have the feeling that if fasteddieb played the same board under the same rules as me, he'd still get at least twice as many words and points. Any board and any time limit that allowed me to average 1,250 points would see fasteddieb averaging 2,500 or more.

[Surge2169]

Man, I don't think I can reach a point of putting words like those together, lalatan. Do you have a medical PHD or something? lol Also Fasteddieb, where is your video? Seems like I might have seen it at one point, but can't find it right now. Can't imagine averaging such high scores.. I'd have to have an icredibly large board to have a shot at 1000.

[lalatan]

Thanks fasteddieb and Spike!

fasteddie, I checked your scorecard this morning and calculated you are averaging 1,251 pts/game over 63 games!! I have seen many usernames similar to Bogglequeen or king but you seem to be the only 1 who lives up to your advance billing. Just a suggestion but have you ever considered changing to "incomprehensiblyfasteddieb"? My brain can't comprehend that kind of speed and skill even though I've watched your video. To me it's like watching the world champ solve a Rubik's cube under 7 seconds. I just watched it but can hardly believe it happened.

P.S. I stitched together 2 Frankenstein words late last night: RADIOCHROMATOGRAMS and BIOSTRATIGRAPHICAL, both 34/18. Always fun to find words like that.

[Spike1007]

I've tried some fairly weird combinations, but I really doubt that would have occurred to me. And if it did, I probably would have decided that it didn't have a chance & wasn't worth even typing it in. Good job!

[fasteddieb]

Really cool find. I would have never guessed that would have worked.