Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[mpd]

I'm not exactly sure why you're so preoccupied with this but given that this derogatory post (and others) is regarding me, I'll address it.

The primary purpose of intentionally playing 'your' games, or those of a couple other players, is not to beat your scores. Yes, they provide a challenge which I enjoy, but whether or not I outscore you isn't particularly important. This game is relatively new to me, and though I have played extensively on other sites, they generally use outdated versions of the TWL dictionary. In order to get better here I need to learn and incorporate a new, very large set of words into my existing foundation.

If the site provided a complete word list after the completion of each board I would have no real reason for singling out any particular game or player(s). The reason I choose to target your games is because you have the most extensive knowledge of the dictionary used here - something that has undoubtedly taken significant effort. I analyze the word lists of games you have played, as they are likely to contain many words unfamiliar to me, and then try to incorporate them into larger boards with the hope of achieving a personal best - I feel like this method is fairly standard. I realize I could simply study word lists, and save your ego the cost of some lost records, but I already spend enough time on Aerolith and engraining new sets and combos requires a fair bit of practice as well.

So, no, I don't see you as a "dastardly villain" though the public belittlement in your post over something so trivial has certainly tarnished my opinion of you. But hey, perhaps I need therapy.

[Naboka]

Sometimes you just have to laugh at human behaviour.

The grudges, obsessions, whatever that drive players for rational or irrational reasons.

With games being so popular, studies of game psychology must exist. Why humans do what they do. The good and the bad.

We've all seen players who just can't stand another player. Often for something best understood in therapy.

I suppose I can take it as a compliment that a player with a high score 450 points more than anything I've ever done has become preoccupied with beating my games. Clicking through hundreds of games to find that dastardly villain deserving a lesson. You don't play a quarter to a third of your games against one player by accident.

Seems there are higher goals in life than beating an arthritic guy who just turned 75 in a typing competition.

But, hey, to each their own.

Think I'll find someone in a wheelchair and challenge them to a hundred yard dash. Yeah, that's the ticket. With bad knees, I can't run, but...

When the breeze stirs the windmill, the dragon must be slain.

[JedMedGrey]

Thank you, Naboka! and also bwt and crazycate.

[Naboka]

and my meager contribution to this thread:

Best word: SOOTED (10 pts.)
Longest word: LESSENED (8 letters) New record!

PUZZLE STATS:
Played: 17 times

Not meager at all. If it brings you joy or satisfaction,

that's really pretty important.

Comparing ourselves to others is just self defeating. At the gym, there are guys moving ungodly amounts of weight. So much weight that the bars are bending. So much noise with that much weight clanging and banging. Very competitive, testosterine loaded individuals. Conversations with them leave you feeling they aren't especially happy. Maybe it's the roid rage.

Think I'd rather be happy than killing myself trying to impress others.

In the kindergarten class last year, we had a kid with dysgraphia. He was also barely old enough to be there. (but free babysititing, so...) And he came from a background where academic learning was just a joke. Anyways, heavily handicapped, couldn't even figure out how to draw a vertical or horizontal line. Couldn't even draw a straight line. He was in shock and overwhelmed and depressed. No fricking way was this kid passing kindergarten. No way.

But he did. A lot of extra exercises. A lot of extra work made pleasant. A lot of hugs and positive reinforcement for little successes. And by the end he could write so we could read it. (No one else would be able to, but we had learned how he made his letters.) And he could read! No one in the class made as much progress as he did.

Of course, by the end of the year, he still was nowhere near the academic level of some of the top kids on their first day. We had a boy, probably a genius, who could have been reading at 5th grade level if he had put in the effort. But he was superior, knew it, and felt put upon at the suggestion there was something he didn't know.

The point is: we were far more proud of the kid who surpassed all expectations. We were proud of the other achievers also.

All of us are different. All of us come to the plate with different resources. What matters most is how we use our own resources to meet challenges we set for ourselves. And the satisfaction that brings us.

I wish more people posted their successes. Those successes are at least as important as those who put up unreal results. Those results and success are what most of the players here can identify with. Those are the successes that the majority of the players here can appreciate-and not be left feeling "I'm no good at this."

This game is good mental exercise. And just like being at the gym, it's good to exercise. Bending the bar and making everyone's eyes pop out really isn't a standard anyone else should use for their own progress.

Being healthy. Being happy.

"Seizing the day" is often best accomplished with delicate hands and appreciative hearts.

[JedMedGrey]

And those particular words can take us back to elementary school when we somehow managed to get a higher score on a maths or vocabulary quiz than the "smart" kids! Well done, CrazyKate!

[crazykate]

Your style of play is like taking a walk and counting success when you see a friend, and giving yourself a pat on the back when you've made that friend's day brighter. It's a more relaxed style of play. I ought to adopt it.

While I currently have a similar playing style to Jed (smiling at unique words and patting myself on the back for records), I personally don't see it as quite so altruistic as you make it sound - like making a friend's day brighter. It's more like making my own day a little brighter ... And even though I'm not playing in a very competitive way, I'm not above a little gloating, particularly if I find a good word that the current record holders missed, and even more so if the word itself sounds a little smug.
Kind of like this result, on a game that had been played 16 times before, and I recognised the names of the three current record holders:

[bwt1213]

And another minor achievement:
Best word: QUORUMS (10 pts.) New record!
Longest word: QUORUMS (7 letters) New record!

PUZZLE STATS: Played: 13 times

When finding words others have not in games that have been played more than 10 times, I get to smile. When those are the longest or best words, I pat myself on the back.

Your style of play is like taking a walk and counting success when you see a friend, and giving yourself a pat on the back when you've made that friend's day brighter. It's a more relaxed style of play. I ought to adopt it.

[JedMedGrey]

And another minor achievement:
Best word: QUORUMS (10 pts.) New record!
Longest word: QUORUMS (7 letters) New record!

PUZZLE STATS: Played: 13 times

When finding words others have not in games that have been played more than 10 times, I get to smile. When those are the longest or best words, I pat myself on the back.

[JedMedGrey]

and my meager contribution to this thread:

Best word: SOOTED (10 pts.)
Longest word: LESSENED (8 letters) New record!

PUZZLE STATS:
Played: 17 times

[Naboka]

Very, very impressive. I think that you will eventually get your "all red" score card in the not too distant future.

A question: I think that some words have been moved between categories (Rare, common etc,) over the years. Does any one else feel this way?

hadn't noticed that--not that it hasn't happened.

have slowly become aware of what really isn't in the category I would expect. Like truly esoteric terms falling into wide or rare rather than ultra rare. Or fairly common terms being in ultra rare.

(The choice of ultra seems like a stretch.)

been filling in a chart of points per letter per word for each category. kind of puts it all into perspective. If I could figure out how to do charts, I'd put it all together and post it for the rest of you.

Takes a lot of the mystery out of it. Not all but a enough.

As we both know, there are still various words that aren't accepted that leave fingers scratching the skull.

[dannyb]

Very, very impressive. I think that you will eventually get your "all red" score card in the not too distant future.

A question: I think that some words have been moved between categories (Rare, common etc,) over the years. Does any one else feel this way?

[Naboka]

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[Naboka]

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The absurdity..

of it all.

Oh well.

Hydrate.

And start again.

[bwt1213]

Congratulations! And just note that 121 words in two minutes is more than 60 wpm. I'm struggling to break 40. So keep going! I'm happy to see someone else set a personal best!

[Naboka]

You ever look at the board and just screech?

You just hit all 7's and the money's pouring out of the slot machine.

Been trying to pace myself to keep the arthritis at bay: try to stay under 110 words.

But, somehow or other, time just disappeared for this game, and I started thinking, "damn, just end, this is getting strenuous. I just want to stop typing."

Then the game ended.

Looked down.

And screeched.

The wife yelled from the bedroom, "are you okay? Do I need to call 911? Why are you screeching?"

New personal best!!!!

And no ER visit needed.

Double win.

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Sure do miss the old days when everything functioned and I didn't have worry about pacing myself and overdoing stuff. Think a lot of us are experiencing the same thing.

ps: now my wrist hurts. guess I'll go watch Big Bang Theory with the spouse.