If three stories make a trend, I guess six makes an obsession: it's the all Scrabble news day, here's the big mixed bag (S-O-R-R-Y) of stories:
Do you play Scrabulous on Facebook? Well, the version that got everybody hooked is getting the creators sued. Hasbro owns the rights to the game and the Calcutta-based creators of Scrabulous are in court for copyright infringement. I hope they saved a U to go with their Q and get it settled quickly. Bonus draw: Scrabulous cheat words.
The National Scrabble Championship is being held today in Orlando, Florida. You can follow the scores all day. I'm rooting for Marlon Hill and Matt Graham. I'm not kidding. I have a little Scrabble-following problem. These guys are hot.
Want to be a celebrity in Senegal? To find out how, read more.
In Senegal, Africa, the game is a real sport. Locals train for the game intently, as it's an escape from daily hardships, "Scrabble is a way for us in Senegal to forget about the (food) crisis and the problems that engulf our country," as well as an educational tool — kids Scrabble in school to learn spelling and grammar.
The Francophone World Championships were held this week, the Cote d'Ivoire's Poka Elisée (pictured above) claimed the title. One competitor was disqualified for lying about his age. Senegal's Mamadou Youck was competing in the 14-15 year-old division at 16. Senegal holds nine world titles in Scrabble despite a literacy rate of 40 percent.
Can't get enough Scrabble? The book Word Freak by Stephan Fatsis started my scrambled obsession — and you can catch my favorites Marlon and Matt in the movie Word Wars. That sounds like a hot weekend plan to me.
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before I clicked, I was thinking, I bet she has read that book and seen that movie...
Loved them both!
1Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one
2I am a scrabble freak, such a fun game!!
3I Scrabble, but after reading about these guys I'm embarrassed because my dedication pales in comparison to these guys.
4I prefer scramble... Boggle was one of my favorite games... yes, I'm a nerd
5Is G.I Joel still competing this year? He's my favorite from the book and movie.
6I Scrabble but not online.
7it was a rare case where the movie was better than the book. I like Fatsis but I skimmed through we deal of the more boring chapters.
8iss nice dat we have a smattering of fans worldwide, but issa dayum shame da business side of da game izz utterly neglected (mostly da fault of da players in Babylon--amerikka, if u wonderin. n if u notice da 3rd k izz missin, da prez got it).
Matt had his best National's in Orlando, i drew poorly but won 3 games by ONE pt cuzza opp errors n finished far off da pace, while Joel continued his one man boycott against da powers dat wuzz.
iss always been messed up we don't play da same game worldwide--BECAUSE i'm much more a tactician den anythig else, i would have great difficulty playing outside Babylon cuzza da lexicons, but iss more messed up dat tourney scrabble has taken strides in da wrong direction. Hasbro kicked da kiddie tourney's prize fund up to 10gs n our National's prize fund izz gonna b significantly reduced.
watchin da game earlier tonite, i saw where a Chinese investment group bought a minority interest in da Cavaliers. if anybody know any other Chinese investment group, tell em 2 holla at me--i know something they could buy and make a crapload of money off da investment.
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