The bid dogs have eaten

[dannyb]

I understand the frustration that lalatan felt when he bid the game adios. For a couple of weeks, before his farewell, I had been saying to myself, "The big dogs have eaten, and all we have are the scraps." There are more players that can knock out a lot of 700+ scores and the "hot boards" are being retired quickly. I agree, with bwt1213, that retired boards should be reintroduced more quickly than they have been. I don't agree that 40 play boards should be retired permanently. They might not be "fun" for the top players, who chase 700+ scores, but they still have value for the smaller dogs, the average player, and those looking for long words/high scoring words.

[2cute]

I agree. I too have spent over 5 minutes searching through games, though for a different reason. I don't have the time to memorize 16 letter words for the sake of the game, I play 'just for fun' so I work with the vocabulary I already have. I'm lucky if I can find a 9 letter word (my best) or find a higher scoring word. Most of the puzzles have more successful or studied players and its tough for me to find a game I can play. Initially I only played 4x4 as I knew more 3-4 letter words. For the past couple years though, I now play more 5x5 games as I like finding a longer word. I'm so excited if I find a -nesses game . . . ooo, finally I can try it out. Or a -ing game. Don't get those too often. I know, I feel like I'm cheating, just increasing my letter count by adding an ending. Yet again, its supposed to be fun, that's why I'm here.

Course I have a solution for when I'm bored with this site, I play elsewhere. I play all kinds of games, not just word ones. I'm better @ the word ones because I play on this site, yet I'm far from 'the best'. ... And as far as 700+ points ... that's not my league, I'm lucky if I hit over 200+ on a game. Course if you wanna play 8 or 9ball with me, that's a different story. I have played the perfect game (shot 9balls in with one play). I can't do it everyday, yet I have done it more than once. So I suspect each of us finds the way we can enjoy these sites to make our in person life more manageable.