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#player1 Thomas_Reinke Thomas Reinke
#player2 Noah_Walton Noah Walton
>Thomas_Reinke: AEFMOPR 8H PROEM +24 24
#note This isn't very good. But it does keep one of the letters for the -IAL hook.
>Noah_Walton: EEEGIOT 9F OGEE +15 15
>Thomas_Reinke: ADFIINS 10E IF +26 50
#note K5 FADEINS is 44, which I would have played had I seen it. Quackle likes this best, so that's cool, maybe this game won't end up being a total trainwreck. (That's an example of the advanced literary technique called forshadowing)
>Noah_Walton: EEIOSTV L8 .OVIE +20 35
#note I insta-played this. This is probably one of the worst things I did this tournament: played too quickly. I could've played VOE here. I'm not sure I would've (though I can't see why it would be a bad idea), but I certainly should've at least thought of it and about it.
>Thomas_Reinke: ADIINST 11C DISTAIN +76 126
>Noah_Walton: EENSSST J4 STEN.SES +77 112
#note He said he was going to play just OSES until he saw the rest. This is a very nice play.
>Thomas_Reinke: KLNNUYZ 5G KLU.Z +36 162
#note I played this thinking it didn't take the Y.
>Noah_Walton: AAFTTUV 6D TUFA +21 133
>Thomas_Reinke: IINNORY H11 .RONY +27 189
#note Not playing L1 IRONY is a huge blunder.
>Noah_Walton: AADGOTV H1 VAGA. +30 163
>Thomas_Reinke: BEEIIIN D2 BINI. +14 203
#note C9 INDIE. Mistakes piling up.
>Noah_Walton: DHOORTU 12A HOOD +33 196
>Thomas_Reinke: ABCEEIR A8 BEAC. +36 239
#note BEACHIER is a word. I should have just played it, it's 185 ever-loving points. Embarrassment envelops my soul like a shame-cocoon.
>Noah_Walton: IORTTUU 2A TUR.IT +20 216
#note Played too quickly again, perhaps. Though I did look for a while on his time, so maybe I just wouldn't have seen the play here period. It's OUTTUR(N).
>Thomas_Reinke: AEIRRRT 14B RETRAI. +18 257
#note With TARRIER blocked I spend a while only to make this poor play. BEACHIER is still the best.
>Noah_Walton: ?DEOOPU C1 D.OOP +26 242
#note Man...missed ROUP! This appears to be better than normal because of the consonant heavy pool, though the U is never that great. Even if this is better than ROUP, it's still a play I should've thought of.
>Thomas_Reinke: ADEEIRW 15A AERIED +36 293
#note W's aren't much fun, but 36 points is more than enough fun to make up for it.
>Noah_Walton: ??EEMUY B9 MY +32 274
#note Interesting rack! I thought about MY B9, EYE L4, and MUlEY L1. As far as I can tell, these are still the options worth considering. I suppose MY L4 is also an option, but I like keeping the (PROEM)S hook open. This is also why I didn't like EYE, and to some extent MUlEY. MUlEY is a bit different as a play though, as it scores quite a bit better than other plays. I'm still not a big fan though. It opens up a place to play the Q for one thing, while making me more vulnerable to Q draws. EEU?? really isn't that bad with such a consonant heavy pool. I think I'm still okay with this play. Are there things I haven't explored about it, though? You tell me!
>Thomas_Reinke: AGJLLNW 13F GL.W +21 314
#note Quackle likes tacking on the A for four more points. I seriously thought about E5 GULL to block the X, but I thought he might be doing some bingoing and I wanted it for myself.
>Noah_Walton: ??EELUX 5C ..X +42 316
#note I considered this, EXpULSE, cULEXEs, and LUrEXEs and (V)EX. Didn't really see the point in play (V)EX over this. It just didn't look this play yielded bad draws. The Q is not a problem, and if I don't get it, he does, and I should have the advantage, with my points. Plays on column M can lead to a Q-stick loss.
>Thomas_Reinke: ACHJLNQ E1 Q. +11 325
#note The Q wasn't really what I needed. I wanted to avoid getting stuck with it, and it doesn't empty the bag, but I have basically no chance after this, even if I draw a blank. Quackle likes A2 TAJ, but that seems hopeless as well.
>Noah_Walton: ??AEELU M3 EUcLAsE +76 392
#note Did I just not think of fishing here? I knew this would lose to a J-stick. I can just play something like (EM)U and win all the time.
>Thomas_Reinke: ACHJLNW L1 JAW +26 351
#note M12 HAJ. Very poorly played by me. Final score recorded as 351-414.
>Noah_Walton: N 3L ..N +6 398
>Noah_Walton: (CHLN) +18 416 |
