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#player1 Joel Joel
#player2 dacrON dacrON
>Joel: IIIII -IIIII +0 0
>dacrON: AEEGIRR 8H AGER +10 10
#note I felt the E was worth sacrificing the early points, but Quackle prefers AGREE or EAGRE, the other plays I considered.
>Joel: DILOXY G7 XYLOID +35 35
>dacrON: EEEIKRR F5 EKE +26 36
>Joel: CEEIN H11 NEICE +30 65
#note The most frustrating moment of the tournament. Joel plays this, and I immediately hold. I think for a few seconds, pretty sure it's no good, and then mumble under my breath "wow I can't believe I am so bad at spelling." Joel the draws his tiles, so I assume he's courtesy drawing, and put my head down to think. Four minutes later, still so totally confused that Joel might misspell this word, I look up and Joel has mixed his tiles. But I haven't released him from the hold! Unfortunately, he misheard me as saying "I accept", so we called the director over. We explained the situation, and the director said his instinct is to say I accepted the play because I didn't say anything when Joel drew tiles. Feeling that was a crap ruling, I asked for a second opinion, and the director left. At this point I was so flustered and annoyed and felt like I was about to be seriously wronged (and STILL pretty sure the word was spelled wrong), I walked over and said I would just let the play stand. I really think there's an issue in the rules here, and I am very upset that I was going to be punished for something that was not my fault. Spoiler alert: I end up bagging Joel, so there was no issue.
>dacrON: EEIIRRS E7 REI +13 49
>Joel: BNT 5E B.NT +12 77
>dacrON: AEHIRSV K8 .AVISHER +78 127
#note I'm now so nervous/anxious that I almost chicken out of (R)AVISHER, and completely whiff on a high probability bingo for 26 more. Seriously frustrated.
>Joel: DFF 9J D.FF +18 95
>dacrON: BCDLNOT F10 BLOND +35 162
>Joel: HM L12 HM +31 126
>dacrON: ACGTTTU 4A GUTTA +20 182
>Joel: ADEP H1 ADEP. +33 159
>dacrON: ?CEIOTT N9 sCOTTIE +89 271
#note h(E)TE(R)OTIC is available here, although not as good a play.
>Joel: AQU A1 QUA. +42 201
>dacrON: AIILNOS D9 LIAISON +68 339
>Joel: NOPV 15J P.OV.N +36 237
>dacrON: ?AAGJLS I6 JA. +12 351
#note 13A JAG(S), but I was so hopelessly a mess after the director call that I was too afraid of a 3x3 through the J, lol.
>Joel: IUZ 1A .UIZ +32 269
>dacrON: ?AGLORS 1H .RuGOLAS +77 428
>Joel: AEEORRT 4H .ERORATE +72 341
>dacrON: MNOSWWY 2L WOW +35 463
>Joel: EIU C3 E.UI +8 349
>Joel: (SMNY) +18 367
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