Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[lalatan]

This is Folkslinger (typing done by Seamonster). First, a great big congratulations to thinkbig aka lalatan on a double First Place (4x4 and 5x5). What a way to start a New Year! And what a competition this month! So congrats to lobster1 and Spike1007 also. I have not been able to compete due to surgery on my left hand. I don't type very well to begin with but now I'm pretty useless. I'll still be looking for big words, I just won't be able to type them in three minutes!

Thanks folkslinger. I never saw lobster1 compete for APPW before last month. I was amazed that he had played 53 games in 10 days with an APPW of 40.677. Only I and 2 other people, all experienced players, had gone that high before. I went over 41 pts/word for the month once before so I knew it was doable. So I decided to take up the challenge of bettering his score. My last month's APPW of 41.327 with 1.02 words played per game is the highest I've gone. In my 5 years of playing here I haven't seen it that high. So I'm happy about that.
Edit: This is the first full year I kept daily personal stats: I just found out I set 10,535 best/longest word records and retained 9,811. It was a good Wordtwist year for me. Woohoo!

Sorry you had to get hand surgery. I wish you a full and speedy recovery. When I play my late night Wordtwist session, I play it on a smartphone. There's a "mobile play" link on the game page when you log in with your phone. I put the phone on the bed, lie on my side and swipe to enter words. It's a one-handed operation so I thought I'd let you know about it.

Enjoy the word hunt.

[folkslinger]

Thank you for the good wishes. And the suggestion. That's an incredible new record. When I saw what you two were doing (over 41 average!), I picked the perfect time to have hand surgery.

[Brisul]

WTG, Brisul!

Thanks! I think it took a couple years off my life, but it felt worth it I do think I may just be a sideline player this month. I'll try to get high scores, but I doubt I'll get the required 51 games needed to compete.

[Razorflame]

I started off this month pretty hot. Already at nearly 560 p/g and already extremely close to setting a new most words record in 5x5, which I haven't done in a while Let's see what happens

[Brisul]

I started off this month pretty hot. Already at nearly 560 p/g and already extremely close to setting a new most words record in 5x5, which I haven't done in a while Let's see what happens

That's the best way to start the month, and year...and decade! Nice work!

[mcdonna]

Thanks! I think it took a couple years off my life, but it felt worth it I do think I may just be a sideline player this month. I'll try to get high scores, but I doubt I'll get the required 51 games needed to compete.

I have to be on the sidelines most of the time if I'm to get anything else done in my life!

[Brisul]

I have to be on the sidelines most of the time if I'm to get anything else done in my life!

What are you, some kind of responsible adult, or something?

[Crovax]

Got my first 4x4 800 in... I don't know, 10 years? Wasn't even that amazing of a board but I managed to type well enough for two minutes

[Brisul]

Got my first 4x4 800 in... I don't know, 10 years? Wasn't even that amazing of a board but I managed to type well enough for two minutes

Any time you're scoring over 800 on the 4x4 games, that is an elite level of play! That's awesome!