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#player1 Sal_Piro Sal Piro
#player2 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
>Sal_Piro: AEU 8H EAU +6 6
#note weird placement, I asked Sal what he had here, what he answered surprised me, but I don't remember.
>Joshua_Sokol: IINOPTY 9D POINTY +27 27
>Sal_Piro: AHLMOSS 7C SHALOMS +77 83
>Joshua_Sokol: BGINRSU 10I SUBRING +71 98
>Sal_Piro: EGY O7 YEG. +27 110
>Joshua_Sokol: AAEEILU L8 AU.AE +12 110
#note AU(R)EI instead. Not a mistake I should be making!
>Sal_Piro: EIKLM C2 KELIM. +24 134
>Joshua_Sokol: EEIILTU 4C .IEU +8 118
#note in much worse shape than I would have been after AUREI
>Sal_Piro: BCO N5 COB +16 150
>Joshua_Sokol: ?AAEILT 12E ALIEnAT. +58 176
#note Didn't look at the damn C he gave me. I should have taken 10 more points, despite the extra givebacks. I. Will. Never. Miss. LAITANCE. Ever. Again! (cue to ten years from now when I still miss stuff like TAILRACE.
>Sal_Piro: EF 10F FE +28 178
>Joshua_Sokol: AEEILNT 6C .ALE +19 195
#note Hilarious draw of LIENATE after ALIENATE.
This is the play that gave me a chance to win this game against my Scrabble daddy. I smelled something was up, for some reason, although Sal's recent plays were relatively innocent, I could tell from his demeanor that he was ready to go.
>Sal_Piro: ?DEENTT 3F NETTlED +61 239
#note I was unhappy to block my own lane last turn, but I figured I didn't need to bingo to win here, and Sal could easily open something up. Nope, he just bingos starting in N after I had just blocked a 2x2 that would have had to start with S N-T-P-H or something even more ridiculous like RH, TH or PH! Fortunately for me, Sal missed (K)iTTENED.
>Joshua_Sokol: EIINORT H1 RO.I +15 210
#note Ouch. This was a painful rack. I didn't miss anything this time, at least. This seems like the best I can do, but I'm in double trouble with all of those heavy consonants out. Mostly worried about the Z, as one should be at all stages of the game.
>Sal_Piro: JOW 13C JOW +31 270
#note Sal said this was his only vowel.
>Joshua_Sokol: AEINOTV 14A AVO +21 231
#note This was pivotal. Against a human player I can't really expect for everything to stay open for the rest of the game, so 11C TAV will not work unless I get a very fortuitous draw. After JOW, 11A AVION seems like a very bad idea as well, since if Sal manages to score with his heavy-pointers, he can easily outrun a bingo of mine. I think I definitely need to fork the board here.
>Sal_Piro: RX A13 R.X +30 300
>Joshua_Sokol: EHIINOT 15C ETHION +40 271
#note Quackle likes 11D OH a lot! Apparently I have a very strong chance of a bingo next turn. I don't know what OH will accomplish if I do not draw into anything next turn, though. Seems I will just lose. ETHION opens a lane less likely to get blocked, allowing me to continue to open things on the left side if I don't hit, and also allowing me to outscore if Sal decides to play paranoid. I am in disagreement with Quackle here, but that's probably because of what happened next.
>Sal_Piro: OVW 11C VOW +36 336
>Joshua_Sokol: ADEGINZ 14H AGNIZED +92 363
#note lol
>Sal_Piro: CDFIRRT K1 CR.DIT +18 354
#note There is no use trying to prevent my Q-bomb here. This is the best endgame play, kudos to Sal. He always plays well against me.
>Joshua_Sokol: DNPQRS F14 Q. +31 394
>Sal_Piro: FR M13 F.R +12 366
>Sal_Piro: (DNPRS) +16 382
#note After beating Sal 3 years ago, I have, with much luck on my side, overcome the 0-7 drought that ensued.
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