Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[Naboka]

Very impressive, and congratulations, Naboka! I always knew you were destined to become a big fish.

I bested my previous high score playing 4X4, and just barely missed being a member of the 700 club (699). I also bested my longest word/highest word score playing 5X5 (REINSTITUTIONALIZATIONS) 23 letters, 47 points. Of course the word had already been found, but the icing on the cake was getting the high score on that grid, and besting a 5X5 big fish.

As always, happy playing.

congrats on the record. They just keep going up, don't they. See a lot of boars where you have 500's. Guess the 600's get retired.

One more point. That must have been excrutiating to miss 700 by a single point.

On the plus side, it's better than before.

I probably owe some of my success to your faith. You kept suggesting, and I kept denying. Then...why not give it an honest shot and stop being lazy, me said to self.

[jbud1980]

A streak resulting from the unintended consequence of obsessively analyzing systems and trying to figure out how to improve performance.

All streaks must end. The wife informed me that she's not getting a share of the gold, and the husband has far too many things to do to be wasting his time with computer games.

Very impressive, and congratulations, Naboka! I always knew you were destined to become a big fish.

I bested my previous high score playing 4X4, and just barely missed being a member of the 700 club (699). I also bested my longest word/highest word score playing 5X5 (REINSTITUTIONALIZATIONS) 23 letters, 47 points. Of course the word had already been found, but the icing on the cake was getting the high score on that grid, and besting a 5X5 big fish.

As always, happy playing.

[Naboka]

Don't worry that gold us safe. You are on a nice little streak.

A streak resulting from the unintended consequence of obsessively analyzing systems and trying to figure out how to improve performance.

All streaks must end. The wife informed me that she's not getting a share of the gold, and the husband has far too many things to do to be wasting his time with computer games.

[dannyb]

Ps: I'm just tapping through games to find ones where I have the record to see if I can beat them. So I'm playing very few games--just 4 this morning so far. Now would be the time to turn on the jets if you're wanting the gold.

Don't worry that gold us safe. You are on a nice little streak.

[Naboka]

Naboka, as I have said before, you have moved up another level. Congratulations on an impressive morning.

This morning I have had some very good openings with my initial look at the board. Scored 387 and 353 points before taking a second glimpse at the board. I was close to 300 points on four other occasions. I should learn how to type!

Wow! It took me a second read to really grasp what you're saying. That's some impressive memory.

Your method was one of the inspirations for the hybrid approach I've developed. Unable to read quickly made memorizing numerous overlapping anagrams necessary. So looking at the board constantly wasn't necessary.

Yeah, learning to type helps. But later in life, it's not as easy as it was. The fine motor skills seem more elusive. My typing has improved a lot, but it's still inconsistent. I'll get in a rush and the trashcans start rattling down the alley.

Seems to come in phases of competence and incompetence. One day typing is sooooo easy, then the next the fingers won't cooperate at all. And the brain is wondering "where is the 'b' key again?"

Ps: I'm just tapping through games to find ones where I have the record to see if I can beat them. So I'm playing very few games--just 4 this morning so far. Now would be the time to turn on the jets if you're wanting the gold.

[dannyb]

Naboka, as I have said before, you have moved up another level. Congratulations on an impressive morning.

This morning I have had some very good openings with my initial look at the board. Scored 387 and 353 points before taking a second glimpse at the board. I was close to 300 points on four other occasions. I should learn how to type!

[BoggleOtaku]

Lalatan, thanks for your reply.

I had been interested in how many records you may lose, so thank you for sharing that number. That's a good way to put it--I probably lose 25-50% of my "best" records.

I was surprised to see both TAME- and SAD- prefixes in the same puzzle, maybe the first time I've seen that. I may have seen WILD- before.

Thanks for the congrats. I am working on high scores and was happy to break 900 this month after a couple stagnant years.

[lalatan]

I have a personal target trying to best the word recorded from whom I consider our top best word player.
Here are my meager results since last summer.

New record .................................................. .......Previous record
TAMEHEARTEDNESSES ................................SADHEARTEDNESSES
UNTRAGICALNESSES .....................................TRAGICALNESSE S
UNBURNABLENESSES ..................................BURNABLENESSES
CANTONIZATIONS ..........................................CANONIZA TIONS
UNREGENERATIVENESSES .........................REGENERATIVENESSES
UNREPRODUCTIVENESSES .........................UNPRODUCTIVENESSES
DESCENDABILITIES/DETONABILITIES ....TENABILITIES
UNINSIDIOUSNESSES .....................................INSIDIOUSNESS ES
HYPEREXCITABLE ...........................................HYPEREX CITED

I conclude I usually only succeed when the root word is common and I catch a simple prefix like "UN-".
I estimate my success rate was on order of 1 out of 100 games where this player was the record holder.
By contrast, I bet one-quarter to one-half from my records are not the actual best word in the puzzle.

Thanks for the intel, BoggleOtaku. I recognize that I played all those words. I didn't know I missed un- that often. I know when I'm in pursuit of a major goal I get impatient at times and don't look around as much for prefixes. I just want to set the record and move onto the next game. I assumed the 5% of the records I lose was due to mainly 16 pt words but now I'll reconsider that assessment.

TAMEHEARTEDNESSES, smh at the volume of -heartednesses words. I suppose we better be on the lookout for WILDHEARTEDNESSES too.

Just last week I saw your ID on 2 records and thought you don't leave me as many lunches as you used to. Also I've noticed on a lot of games you not only have a high pt score but also high pt value best words and longest words. So, congrats on that!

[Naboka]

Once again, the incredible advantage of having played a game within the last hour and having studied that board, and having written down any odd words. Got 100 of the 109 played words.

22 words and 58 points better than the earlier attempt.

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[BoggleOtaku]

I have a personal target trying to best the word recorded from whom I consider our top best word player.
Here are my meager results since last summer.

New record .................................................. .......Previous record
TAMEHEARTEDNESSES ................................SADHEARTEDNESSES
UNTRAGICALNESSES .....................................TRAGICALNESSE S
UNBURNABLENESSES ..................................BURNABLENESSES
CANTONIZATIONS ..........................................CANONIZA TIONS
UNREGENERATIVENESSES .........................REGENERATIVENESSES
UNREPRODUCTIVENESSES .........................UNPRODUCTIVENESSES
DESCENDABILITIES/DETONABILITIES ....TENABILITIES
UNINSIDIOUSNESSES .....................................INSIDIOUSNESS ES
HYPEREXCITABLE ...........................................HYPEREX CITED

I conclude I usually only succeed when the root word is common and I catch a simple prefix like "UN-".
I estimate my success rate was on order of 1 out of 100 games where this player was the record holder.
By contrast, I bet one-quarter to one-half from my records are not the actual best word in the puzzle.

[Brisul]

Whoa! I thought it was kind of amazing that I had exactly 10,000 points after ten games. My next two scores were over and under, so it changed my average. But just now in my 13th game, my final score gave me exactly 13,000 points in 13 games. Totally unplanned (by me any way) and really neat. Ok, I guess I can get some work done now

[mdyak]

On a Mac you can move between the tabs in the window by pressing Option & Command, but it doesn't create a new game window, it just changes the window that you're using (like if you couldn't use the mouse). Like right now I have 3 windows open, so I can move between them. One of them is a game I could play. Yet it won't advance to another game only change to another tab.



You're welcome!



Yep, but you don't have to buy hardware very often like a PC. You upgrade the software only. Like my Mac hardware is 7 years old & still top of the line in comparison to PCs, every so often I just have to upgrade the software to stay with current technology.




Option.

Thanks! I'm an idiot when it comes to anything about PC's.

[2cute]

You're right, and I should have noted that the shortcut works only for Windows PCs. Basically, you're going ahead a window and back one or back one and then ahead one. One command is illegal and the other gets you a new game. The advantages are: (1) you don't have to keep the pointer on a single line, especially one that moves, and (2) you don't get hand cramps by holding and clicking the mouse. Another advantage is that it's easier to avoid clicking "new game" with your mouse hand when you find a board you want to play. I mean, you still can, just not as often.

On a Mac you can move between the tabs in the window by pressing Option & Command, but it doesn't create a new game window, it just changes the window that you're using (like if you couldn't use the mouse). Like right now I have 3 windows open, so I can move between them. One of them is a game I could play. Yet it won't advance to another game only change to another tab.

And now I used the "Control-R" command, and that works even better than mine. Thank you, 2cute! You're a blessing!

You're welcome!

I'll repeat 2cute's recommendation: Command R. I don't have a Mac now. I had one of the original Macs and wrote one of the first applications that wasn't from Apple or Microsoft, and sold it at the first computer show after the Mac's introduction. The new Macs aren't like that first one. I think I'd like everything about the new Macs except for the price.

Yep, but you don't have to buy hardware very often like a PC. You upgrade the software only. Like my Mac hardware is 7 years old & still top of the line in comparison to PCs, every so often I just have to upgrade the software to stay with current technology.

What's the Mac equivalent?? Don't have ALT key.

Option.

[bwt1213]

I'll repeat 2cute's recommendation: Command R. I don't have a Mac now. I had one of the original Macs and wrote one of the first applications that wasn't from Apple or Microsoft, and sold it at the first computer show after the Mac's introduction. The new Macs aren't like that first one. I think I'd like everything about the new Macs except for the price.

[mdyak]

Keyboard shortcut I discovered. ONCE YOU'VE PLAYED A GAME OR ABANDONED IT, hold down the ALT key. Then alternately press the left and right arrow keys to see a new game. The cursor does not have to be in any particular place, it doesn't matter if you get a board never played before, and no other actions are needed until you get a board you like and then you can play it as usual.

What's the Mac equivalent?? Don't have ALT key.