Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[dadsbricks]

Come to think of it, how about "fewest words to 100, 200, 300 . . . 1000 points". So I'd have the (temporary) record for 64 words to 700+ points. And no, I couldn't go back and say that I'd take off some low point words and make it 60 words to 700+ points. I got what I got at the end of the game. I'm pretty sure lalatan has the record for 100 points already, with 3 words. But that was back before all the fancy number names happened, so maybe someone can do it in two now. Should we start a new thread for this? What should it be called? Someone will have the perfect name, and his name isn't mine.

Still seems like a typing speed test to me, especially as I can't touch type despite a long ICT career. For a mix of the two interests, would a new high score table that is the multiple of the already collected APPW and either APPG or AWPG stats. That way, if you score from a lot of words and they are reasonably high value words, you will likely outdo the likes of me, only scoring a handful of words per game, but getting the really high value words.
To be honest, I used to get annoyed at the impossible-looking APPW winners getting an average close to the maximum highest word score. In the end, I couldn't beat them without dumping lower games, so I joined them. I would like a platform that is a balance so I could have fun recording all those new "Best Word" and "Longest Word" challenges that I now find and then leave for someone else, while still competing in a competition that gave me a chance. Perhaps that's thinking hyperegotistically, but perhaps that's better than thinking floccinaucinihilipilificationalistally about the low point boards :-) (Especially as I'm a member of a family that tends towards being hoarders. I like to think of us generally as being antifloccinaucinihilipilificationalists, since we assess everything as having some value somehow - and finally I've found a web platform to use those words with meaning and only a little bit of forced relevance).

[rosedraws]

Ah the thrill of flying fingers managing to type in noncommunicableness and noncommunicablenesses, without making a mistake, when there are just 5 seconds left! :-D

[Brisul]

I actually like the new boards. Average went up some in both 4x4 and 5x5 even though i'm dealing with an eye issue at the moment. Surgery next month so maybe i can up it a little bit more and things wont' be somewhat distorted. But Brisul made a hell of a jump in average so I know he loves the new boards. LOL.... keep it going my friend !!! Mega , Estive and fasteddib are doing their usual.. Blowing everyone away...Keep it going!!! I see lots of others rising to the occasion also.

Sorry to hear about your eye, but glad to know you're remedying the situation!

[ThunderRock]

I actually like the new boards. Average went up some in both 4x4 and 5x5 even though i'm dealing with an eye issue at the moment. Surgery next month so maybe i can up it a little bit more and things wont' be somewhat distorted. But Brisul made a hell of a jump in average so I know he loves the new boards. LOL.... keep it going my friend !!! Mega , Estive and fasteddib are doing their usual.. Blowing everyone away...Keep it going!!! I see lots of others rising to the occasion also.

[Brisul]

I like the new boards but I think I'm getting old and slower.

I doubt that. I played a game in December which became my all time highest one time score...only to find out that one score was your average game score that month.

[fasteddieb]

I like the new boards but I think I'm getting old and slower.

[Brisul]

It's less about bragging for me. I'm curious as to how the Hall of Fame high scorers like Fast Eddie, Estive, Thunder and others are enjoying these new boards.

[bwt1213]

Which reminds me of the old Mae West quote: "When I'm good, I'm very, very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better."

[dannyb]

Reminds me of that old joke: "I used to be conceited but now I'm perfect."

[Naboka]

[QUOTE=Master Of The Universe;n31886]I can't speak for other players that prefer to go for high scores versus long words, but I don't post because it would feel too much like this.

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Good book for everyone to read: Rethinking Narcissism by Dr. Craig Malkin.

Nothing unhealthy about sharing one's success--or feeling really positive about oneself.

Being unable or unwilling to share one's success is probably problematic in itself.

Trouble, though, with sharing too much success comes resentment.

And who in their right mind wants to be resented?

As long as we're successful but not too successful, others can be happy for us.

Then you cross the threshold, and...

Strange world we live in.

Ps: Only playing for trophies has a bit of Burgandy somewhere in the mental hash. Lot of ego involved. Look at all the dumped boards lost trying to keep up a pretense. Playing the humble boards has its own merit. It's own challenge.

[Master Of The Universe]

I can't speak for other players that prefer to go for high scores versus long words, but I don't post because it would feel too much like this.

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[lalatan]

I think this thread in particular started off as lalatan's personal achievements and accomplishments, and other long word players started comparing their own results to his.

Actually, this thread was started by Razorflame for everybody's use. My personal achievements thread was https://forum.puzzlebaron.com/forum/...-run-continued and it has been dormant since June 2022. I thought about replying to Brisul's post with "We talk more." But I clutter the forum too much already.

John13verse34, those things can happen, as you likely know. I know I've played the word you found before. About 2 weeks ago I found a word with parallel in it, something like PARALLELNESSES. As soon as I submitted the game, I saw un- I could have added. Stuff like that used to irk me but now I think it's only 2 records lost amongst tens of thousands gained. I wrote about how I was attempting to get out of competitive mode. Every day I say to myself this is just for fun. I think I'm making progress...

[John13verse34]

John13verse34, I don't know if you'll see this post. Just to give you some feedback: while playing 4x4 for the last month, I tried to better your best/longest word records 10 times. The stats suggested there could be more. I couldn't surpass you until the 10th attempt. You found EVIDENCES (8/9) and I found COUNTEREVIDENCES (30/16). So, you're doing a great job of locking up the board with your finds. That's a difficult thing to do when pt values are low. I accidently beat another of your records when I manufactured DEXTROROTATIONS and it was accepted. I can't fault you for that one since I'd never seen or heard the word before I tried it.

Thanks for the callout, lalatan ! Always good to know about better words that I could have found :-D In general, I need to be more vigilant about looking for "COUNTER-" variations.

I snagged a 4x4 record from you this morning, which I consider a prime achievement :-)

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[crazykate]

It seems like these threads are dominated by the long word players but never the high scoring crowd.

I think this thread in particular started off as lalatan's personal achievements and accomplishments, and other long word players started comparing their own results to his.
But the "high-scoring crowd" in general seems to be less active in the forums than the long word hunters and the more casual players. Maybe they're just playing all the time, leaning no time to chat?

[Brisul]

It seems like these threads are dominated by the long word players but never the high scoring crowd.