Wonderous and silly things

[Brisul]

I still like trying to make the top three in average score per month but lately I've been getting burned when someone comes in on the last day and tops my final numbers. I've been guilty of doing that myself and it's a fun strategy. My thing now is trying to raise my overall average. As of now I'm sitting at just under 895 and I'd like to get it up over 900.

Yes, I'm using one of my own quotes. I just wanted to say that getting to 895 took 18 games this month as well as however many games it took me once I got over 894 last month.

[Brisul]

And now my head hurts.... I just play and that's it!

Yes, but it's amazing how games like these get people's brains to operate in so many different ways. If that is the mission of this, then job well done!

[leabhar]

Speaking of averages, there's something I've been meaning to write and I keep putting it off. Well, it's the start of the month and a perfect time to post it. It all comes down to the easy question: "what do I have to score on the next game to raise my average by a full point?". Here's an easy answer with no algebra at all for anyone with mathphobia. Let's suppose you've played 55 games so far with an average of 486. If you'd averaged a point more with every game you'd played so far, your average would be one point higher already, right? A point a game for 55 games is 55 points. If your next game won't pull your average down, you need to get that added point on that game, too. So, the next game would have to be 486 + 55 + 1 = 542 in order to raise your average by a point. To raise by two points, it's two points per game you've played, plus your current average, plus two on the next game. So you'd need 486 + 110 + 2 = 598 to raise the average by two points with the next game. You can do the same kind of thing to figure what you'd need to raise the average by a half point, a tenth, stuff like that. But I'll leave that as an exercise for the student. Heck, you can even figure out how much your last game improved or lowered your average by using the same logic. Again, an exercise for the student. But I hope this makes computation seem at least a little easier. Lots of computation can be simplified this way. So, is this a "wonderous" thing, or is it "silly"? I'm sure I'll be told!

And now my head hurts.... I just play and that's it!

[floppers]

I'm thinking wonderous, but then I love numbers, and maths, fond of fractions...my problem is that I'm so easily distra...Oh! Cookie....!

[bwt1213]

Speaking of averages, there's something I've been meaning to write and I keep putting it off. Well, it's the start of the month and a perfect time to post it. It all comes down to the easy question: "what do I have to score on the next game to raise my average by a full point?". Here's an easy answer with no algebra at all for anyone with mathphobia. Let's suppose you've played 55 games so far with an average of 486. If you'd averaged a point more with every game you'd played so far, your average would be one point higher already, right? A point a game for 55 games is 55 points. If your next game won't pull your average down, you need to get that added point on that game, too. So, the next game would have to be 486 + 55 + 1 = 542 in order to raise your average by a point. To raise by two points, it's two points per game you've played, plus your current average, plus two on the next game. So you'd need 486 + 110 + 2 = 598 to raise the average by two points with the next game. You can do the same kind of thing to figure what you'd need to raise the average by a half point, a tenth, stuff like that. But I'll leave that as an exercise for the student. Heck, you can even figure out how much your last game improved or lowered your average by using the same logic. Again, an exercise for the student. But I hope this makes computation seem at least a little easier. Lots of computation can be simplified this way. So, is this a "wonderous" thing, or is it "silly"? I'm sure I'll be told!

[RussDNails]

It's just important to do what's fun for you, after all this is a game! I'm sure you'll hit your goal if you work at it...............yeah, I watch the leader boards and noticed you got bumped down last month. Bummer, but nothing to be ashamed of.........

As an aside, the title of this thread has been bugging my ocd........I'm almost 100% sure that "wonderous" is not a word! I think "Wondrous" is the correct spelling.........

[Brisul]

Hey Brian,

Yeah, I'm not much on playing for average so I submit a lot of games..........I could get my average up a bit by submitting less games but that's not what's fun for me. I like the total points deal--I'm currently #2 on the all-time 5 x 5 points list and am gunning for the top.......
Cheers,

Russ

I still like trying to make the top three in average score per month but lately I've been getting burned when someone comes in on the last day and tops my final numbers. I've been guilty of doing that myself and it's a fun strategy. My thing now is trying to raise my overall average. As of now I'm sitting at just under 895 and I'd like to get it up over 900.

[RussDNails]

Hey Brian,

Yeah, I'm not much on playing for average so I submit a lot of games..........I could get my average up a bit by submitting less games but that's not what's fun for me. I like the total points deal--I'm currently #2 on the all-time 5 x 5 points list and am gunning for the top........plus, playing the "harder" boards where higher scores are not achievable is a learning experience for me--if I play these all the way out (which of course means a lower score will pull my average down) I can see the list of words from previous players and this is one of my top ways of learning new words.........

Cheers,

Russ

[Brisul]

Hi Brian,

The feeling is mutual When I see a Brisul board I always feel excited for the challenge of trying to top your (always in the 900+) score!

Cheers,

Russ

Let me tell ya, it doesn't happen often, me beating your scores, that is. You own so many scoring titles. The scores cover so many ranges too, from the 600's to the 900's. My ego kicks in when I see one of your highs in the 700's and I think, "I can score in the 900's on that easily" and then I don't even come close!

[RussDNails]

Hi Brian,

The feeling is mutual When I see a Brisul board I always feel excited for the challenge of trying to top your (always in the 900+) score!

Cheers,

Russ

[Brisul]

Hey Russ! I have to admit that when I can beat a good score of yours, I feel like I've pulled off a victory for myself.

[leabhar]

My wife is complaining that the keyboard is not working as well, I tend to hit the keys more aggressively in that last 15 second flurry of inspiration to rack up those decisive points, or like as leabhar says when you have try to type "tiro" multiple times and it doesn't register. I remember thinking the program was glitched when I kept typing in "diew"..after the fact I realized the word I was going for was spelled "deaw". "Peag" is also another fav of mine. I did not know "kier" was dutch. There is an indian dessert called "Kheer" (wonder if that works for wordtwist?), and that's always what I thought of when playing "kier"

Oh yum, I love kheer! The Dutch kier means "ajar". And I am in the Netherlands. I am an almost retired female archivist. I play often, but in short bursts and am not nearly as good as the top. I love to find words on boards that have been played multiple times and one day, really one day! I will be able to play the v-e-r-y-l-a-s-t-w-o-r-d on a board. Really!

[RussDNails]

Didn’t rub me the wrong way at all—like I said, it brought me a good laugh...........I’m also often curious about the demographics of the people who play here........wish I did have 8 hours a day to play but real life gets in the way Getting closer to retirement though so maybe I will soon spend more time here

Best,

Russ

[Denali87]

Haha! Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way. It was my wife that said this because she sees how much I play this game and figures that someone that is so much better than me must play 8 hours a day or something. I stood up for RussDNails and said that he is probably a successful guy just like myself who has discovered this wonderous game and get get enough. My wife and I run a successful moving company in Pennsylvania if anyone is interested to know...I find it amusing that Russ considers himself a terrible typist while achieving scores of over 800 regularly. You cannot be a terrible typist to blast out 150 words in a period of 3 minutes! I wish I had the problem of seeing more words than I have time to type.

[RussDNails]

Thanks for the good chuckle for today I’m hardly some guy with no job living in a trailer............for anyone curious I’m actually a humble med-tech at a local hospital..........also massively ocd about this game and always learning new words hence my track record on this site. I’m a terrible typist with a good vocabulary and on most boards I see more words than I have time to type...........

Cheers,

Russ