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#player1 Joe_E Joe E
#player2 Carl Carl
>Joe_E: EJNOS 8D JONES +40 40
>Carl: ADEHILN F6 HA.DLINE +72 72
#note I spent a long time on this play because I wasn't sure on HANDLINE. It looked a bit strange and I wondered if I was confusing it with HARDLINE. If HANDLINE were the only bingo, I would have tried it, but with INHALED and HEADLINE available, it would really suck to lose a turn because I got greedy. But after some consideration, I felt confident enough to proceed. The F2 placement is better. (-1.5)
>Joe_E: DILPP - +0 40
#note It looked wrong to Joe too. When he challenged, I figured it would come off the board. It actually takes an R! I'm still pretty rusty after several years off, and my word knowledge is hit-or-miss.
>Carl: EGILRTT H1 GLITTER. +80 152
>Joe_E: DILPP 13B LIPP.D +26 66
>Carl: AIOORUV 9B OVOI. +24 176
#note How on earth did I miss VOILA? Ugh. (-8)
>Joe_E: UUUU -UUUU +0 66
>Carl: AOQRRRU 2B RORQUA. +36 212
#note Definitely better than QUA G3.
>Joe_E: AAK E11 KA.A +34 100
>Carl: AEIORRV 14G ARVO +12 224
#note This is way off. The correct plays are something like 3G RIVIERA or 3H IVORIER. I should have seen that it was foolish to try to close this board down, and to just play for points. One big factor in this mistake-- as with missing VOILA no doubt-- is that Joe played extremely fast this game. By the end, he still had around 18 minutes left on his clock, whereas I had gone overtime by a minute. One major weakness in my game is that I don't see plays as quickly as others, and am more likely to screw up when rushed. Part of this is due to rust, but realistically, that's always been a weakness. (-17)
>Joe_E: DEEGIST K9 EDGIEST +76 176
>Carl: AEEIRWX 10A EX +50 274
#note I saw WAXER/WEDGIEST but figured it was better to play this now and use the W next turn. It worked out, but Quackle says WAXER is clearly better. It scores more and turns over more tiles for the blanks. (-6)
>Joe_E: FOY A13 FOY +42 218
>Carl: AEGILRW 11H WAG.LIER +63 337
>Joe_E: ARSZ 15K .ZARS +72 290
>Carl: ??ACFNU O8 sCU.F +39 376
#note I was already in time trouble prior to this rack and spent most of what remained trying to find a non-existent bingo through that R. I saw FURNACES N5 and even FRANCIUM M6, but SCURF is clearly better than either.
>Joe_E: ACMO 1A COMA +36 326
>Carl: ?ADNNNU 4A iNUNDAN. +66 442
#note I was in serious time trouble by this point and missed that INUNDANT also plays at 3H for two more points and a better position. Frankly, I was glad to have found anything at all. In fact, given all the emotional turmoil in my life and a poor night of sleep, I played waaay better at SWILLLNS than I could have expected. I'm still making too many mistakes, but notably, my only missed bingo was AEROSC(OP)E, which I might have missed even at my peak.
>Joe_E: EET 14M TEE +14 340
>Carl: BHMOUWY 8L WHY. +16 458
#note Stupidly low on time here. The right play is one space over to the left. Better yet, HUB/HEDGIEST. (-16)
>Joe_E: BE 15G BE +24 364
>Carl: BIIMOSU 7J BIOS +18 476
#note BIJOUS (-30)
>Joe_E: EEINTT 5H .ENTIE +12 376
>Carl: IMU 10N M. +20 496
>Joe_E: T D8 ..T +10 386
>Joe_E: (IU) +4 390
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