Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[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.