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#player1 Tasha Tasha
#player2 Rahn_McKeown Rahn McKeown
>Tasha: ADFLMNO 8F FLAM +18 18
#note Tasha Crashes and Burns at NSC Episode 6: Da Phony! I must have been nervous for this game because I underdrew for the first time ever. Also, this is my favorite game of the tourney because of the cool 1-in-the-bag situation in the end. I missed FANDOM, a word I actually played before. But hold up, if I'm going to miss FANDOM, why don't I just play FOLD? I saw FOLD immediately just now.
>Rahn_McKeown: DEFORTU G7 F.U +11 11
#note Rahn already posted his version so I jacked all of his racks. :D
>Tasha: DNNOOPW I8 .OWN +10 28
>Rahn_McKeown: DEGNORT 10F GRO.N +22 33
>Tasha: DNOPTUV 11B PUNTO +17 45
#note The best play with this rack is absolutely BAD ASS! Chococate chip cookie to anyone that finds it.
>Rahn_McKeown: DEEGRTZ J6 ZEE +42 75
>Tasha: ADEIRSV K5 VAR +25 70
#note The only play I really considered was K3 DIVA and I thought VAR was better defensively. I missed VIAND. I like VIAND better.
>Rahn_McKeown: DGHRTTW C9 TR.TH +18 93
>Tasha: ADEEGIS 12A GA.E +22 92
>Rahn_McKeown: DEGOSTW 11I .OWT +16 109
#note Underscored by two.
>Tasha: ADEIILS D3 SEDILIA +70 162
#note Damn. Why do I forgot vowel hooks during a game? FLAME takes an A.
>Rahn_McKeown: DEEGLQS 6C Q. +11 120
>Tasha: ABCIITU 3B BI.CUIT +24 186
>Rahn_McKeown: DEEEGLS L6 GEED +23 143
>Tasha: ?AAINOO 2H ANOOpIA +68 254
>Tasha: ?AAINOO -- -68 186
#note How embarrasing. I confused this with ANOOPSIA. I do this a LOT so there must be something wrong with my brain. I played IXTER* at this tourney. IXTER* is my imaginary marriage between IXTLE and OXTER. Note: IXTER* stayed on the board.
>Rahn_McKeown: AELNRRS 14C SNARLER +68 211
>Tasha: ?AAINOO H1 OA. +9 195
#note Missed IOTA.
>Rahn_McKeown: EMNRUXY I3 YUM +31 242
#note Oooh, I'm lucky he couldn't use the X on row 15.
>Tasha: ?AEEINO 15E AEON +24 219
>Rahn_McKeown: ADENRXY 12J READY +30 272
>Tasha: ?AEEIOP N10 PA.EE +32 251
#note Passed up the bingo for two reasons. One, I have a blank and it's only 60 points. Two, I always misspell it. After the ANOOPIA* fiasco, I want to make sure I get my next bingo right. PAYEE is the best non-bingo play.
>Rahn_McKeown: DIKLNSX 15L DISK +44 316
#note Underscored by one.
>Tasha: ?CIOOSV 13L VO. +24 275
#note I was dying for a chance to play OVONICS.
>Rahn_McKeown: ?IJLNTX F2 J.N +26 342
>Tasha: ?CEIIOS B3 .I +4 279
#note I think this is a pretty cool situation and I took fourty-five minutes on this turn. Okay, so I have COISITE*. I should play that, but let me look at the pool first. Wait, I shouldn't bingo because I'll win only if the X is in the bag and my gut tells me the X is sitting pretty on Rahn's rack. It's a good thing I was thinking along these lines as COISITE* isn't even valid, but that's besides the point. Obviously I should fish off an I. Quackle says playing 11N AI is the best play. This is because if an L is in the bag, Rahn bingos out with EXHIBIT on column O. Although AI blocks EXHIBIT, it's also a sure-fire loss. So I'm going to ignore Quackle. I will lose if an I or X is in the bag. (If the X is the bag I'm shoving my rack up somebody's nose.) I will lose BADLY if the L is in the bag. Unless Rahn completely blows the endgame, I will win only if I draw the H. If I draw a B or T, I'll still bingo out but it won't be quite enough. So I did a little risk tasking and did a little praying. (Over-the-board, it didn't occur to me that I could draw the other blank.) When I was explaining this situation to another player later on, he asked if I was SURE I would lose if I play the bingo (See math isn't my strong point). I said that over-the-board I was pretty sure that after bingoing I'll win only if Rahn didn't have the X. Now that I know that COISITE* isn't good, I can say with 100% certainty that I would have lost!
>Rahn_McKeown: ?BIILTX O8 IBeX +48 390
#note When I drew the H, I freaked out because I suddenly decided that Scrabble has 3 L's instead of 4 and Rahn is about to bingo out with EXHIBIT after all. But then I came to my senses because I HAVE E-H! and all is well. After the game, Rahn said he couldn't find a winning play. In actuality, IBEX IS his only winning play. But I could always do something Tasha-like. Like play N2 CHOICES.
>Tasha: ?CEHIOS A4 HErOICS +104 383
#note WOOHOO!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WORKED!!! I WIN! I'M A FREAKING GENIUS!! :D Before the recount, I "won" by two. After the recount, the score was tied. Final score recorded as 389-389.
>Tasha: (ILT) +6 389
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