Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[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.