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#player1 Robert_Goetz Robert Goetz
#player2 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
>Robert_Goetz: AGILNW 8D WALING +28 28
#note This game features two absolutely terrible blunders in a row. Not for the faint of heart. I can't even believe I'm annotating this.
>Joshua_Sokol: EFIIIQS 7G QI +44 44
#note going in to this game I'm just hoping not to blow the tournament. I'm not at all nervous about losing, since if things head south I just have to win the next game. I can also afford to lose by a little bit this game and lose the next game by a little bit and still be OK.
>Robert_Goetz: UV F8 .UV +14 42
>Joshua_Sokol: EFIIIRS -II +0 44
#note Wondered about EFIRS vs EIRS here. I thought EFIRS was slightly stronger for bingos next turn and also just more balanced in general, the F can be used for scoring as well as bingos. However, EIRS is remarkably stronge than EFIRS here, mostly because of the floaters on the board I imagine. EFIRS might hit a similar amount of 7s but definitely not nearly as many 8s. #tacticssmll
>Robert_Goetz: BUY 6H BUY +21 63
#note also, my 7 lane is now gone, as it often would have been, which is another big factor to consider. I was playing this game too fast already, since my original idea was exchanging IIF, but quickly changing my mind after his play.
>Joshua_Sokol: EFIORSS K4 IFS +21 65
#note This was quite aggressive. I didn't see 7D OF, which makes it quite hard for Rob to do much of anything. This is a bit counter-productive, since my 2nd S is useful to hook LUV (or BUY for that matter). This nicely creates a spot to play a bingo that doesn't require the S to be in 1st to 6th position, but he is just too likely to play there, and there is just no reason to give up an easier spot for Rob to bingo as well. My rack is more than good enough to coast despite being a bit down on the scoreboard. OF 5J was definitely too aggressive though, at least I didn't play that. #finidingsmall #tacticssmall
>Robert_Goetz: DEOPY 3K DOPEY +30 93
>Joshua_Sokol: EORRSUX O1 OX. +39 104
#note Hide your eyes, folks. Missing OR(Y)X until a few seconds after I hit my clock. The big issue was that I don't see the word ORYX quickly enough. The next big issue is that I was concerned that I drew RUX to my bingo leave. The next smaller issue is that I played too quickly. This is a bush-league error that puts me back over 30 points, the leave of ERRSU being a few points worse than ERSU despite hitting a few more bingos. #findinglarge
>Robert_Goetz: ?AEEINT 11C ETEsIAN +68 161
>Joshua_Sokol: AEERRSU H11 .URAE +18 122
#note and as all these thoughts permeated my mind, such as "I should lose this game now, I deserve it." and "am I going to blow this whole tournament now?", I once again faced fake results orientation. I saw REAROUSE, then REASSURE, andd wondered if there was an anagram. I got close, but failed to recognize my high-prob 7. ERASURE keeps me well in the game. #findinglarge
>Robert_Goetz: ANOP N1 PA.ON +36 197
>Joshua_Sokol: EEEORRS D6 RE.RO.E +20 142
#note Now that that's over with, hopefully I play decent Scrabble for the rest of this game. I saw that I had missed ORYX very soon after playing OXY, but luckily I did not realize that I missed ERASURE until I was replaying the scene of this game in my head on the ride home from the tournament. Crazy how I can see ERASURE instantly in my head hours after actually playing a physical game. I wish I was more confident and comfortable in the context of the game.
>Robert_Goetz: AAGHL C3 GALAH +37 234
>Joshua_Sokol: EGILSWZ D2 ZIG +35 177
#note sigh, I really thought I tried hard not to lose by too much after these massive blunders. But W(AR)EZ 6B was there. #findinglarge
>Robert_Goetz: ACINO 13H .ACINO +18 252
>Joshua_Sokol: EELRSVW B5 EW +29 206
#note I thought this was more defensive and bingo-prone than LEV or REV. It isn't more defensive, but it is more bingo-prone. #questionable
>Robert_Goetz: EJN L1 JE.N +42 294
>Joshua_Sokol: EFKLRSV A1 KERFS +51 257
>Robert_Goetz: ACEIORS O5 ORACIES +79 373
#note oof
>Joshua_Sokol: HLOTTUV N9 THOU +32 289
#note now that I'm not winning, I should at least be able to limit the damage a bit. between HUT and this, HUT is a lot better, since it keeps a scarce vowel. #strategymedium
>Robert_Goetz: ?AENOTT 15A dETONAT. +74 447
>Joshua_Sokol: EILSTTV 9B VE.T.S +26 315
#note 4J V(IN) is the V fish I just missed. I also missed STILB(I)TE fwiw. I also missed SLITT(I)ER fwiw. But mostly I just missed V(IN) which is just dreadful. #findinglarge
50% chance I draw the R, perhaps there's a universe in which I get that down. Also VI(R)T(U)S is just better? Why did I miss that?
>Robert_Goetz: BDDILMM 14B DIB +24 471
#note MM E5 first. -15
>Joshua_Sokol: DILRT E6 DR.. +19 334
>Robert_Goetz: DLMM 12C M.M +15 486
#note amazingly, Robert lost out of 3rd by 15 spread points
>Joshua_Sokol: ILT 12K LIT. +16 350
>Joshua_Sokol: (DL) +6 356
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