# Anybody playing Draw Something? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 23, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612 "2012-03-23T16:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/41 "2012-03-24T23:03:41Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Damnations! I sent a Golem, drew a brown gu with the label “Jew Bot” since gołems are from the OT. Net dropped that, so I sent the IRA. Um, the word was Ireland for that one. CRAP. I just sent That Same clue back to YOU for Ireland !:smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/42 "2012-03-25T01:32:24Z")
So this game is like pictionary? Is it competitive? Cooperative? What are you trying to do? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/43 "2012-03-25T02:18:59Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > So this game is like pictionary? Is it competitive? Cooperative? What are you trying to do? Co-op, you are trying to guess each others drawings and put together a streak of correct guesses. It’s quite fun. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/44 "2012-03-25T06:48:28Z")
Add me if you want. Same name. I’m bad at drawing, and I think it’s a lot easier to draw on an ipad than a phone. Also add me for words with friends, scramble with friends, or hanging with friends (all zynga, all work pretty well) if you’re interested. The game is fairly glitchy - we’ve had to cancel a few games when they’ve mysteriously failed to show up, and I had to cancel with one person because they got tired of fixing it. It also doesn’t handle notificatons right. It also has a surprisingly short dictionary - I’ve had the same words come up many times and I’ve not played more than maybe 100 or 200 turns. You’d think you could easily generate a dictionary of tens of thousands of these things easily. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/45 "2012-03-25T13:00:10Z")
My wife and I downloaded this game for our iphones a few weeks ago. At first it seemed ok and the idea, though basic, seemed like fun. We haven’t touched it since about 3 days after downloading for a couple of reasons: 1. Games just get lost in the abyss. The night we downloaded it I sent her a drawing and it wouldn’t show up after hours of waiting. When I gave up and tried to start a new one with her it said “You’ve already got game going with her lets go find it” then it never did. It showed up the next night. This happened multiple times with multiple people. 2. Drawing on the iPad may be better, I dunno, but trying to draw on the tiny iphone screen with your finger is an exercise in frustration. 3. The game would be WAY better if they didn’t have canned words and let you make up whatever word you wanted to draw. So we gave up on it due to the buggy online and the boring words to draw. I heard Zynga just bought this company and this game so we’ll see how it changes. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/46 "2012-03-25T13:13:38Z")
Looks like fun - my doper handle is my Draw Something name, I’m a terrible drawer so if you’re up for a challenge, start a game with me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/47 "2012-03-25T15:26:17Z")
I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to write words, Labtrash! 😛 Although I was kinda grateful for the hints… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/48 "2012-03-25T19:49:33Z")
I’m adding some people in this thread - I’m ZsofiaFejes because there was already a Zsofia. Also I am a very, very bad artist. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/49 "2012-03-25T20:05:50Z")
Ha, awesome zipline, SenorBeef! ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/50 "2012-03-25T20:35:36Z")
The more I play this, the more I feel sorry for the people who have to try to make sense of my scrawls! It’s fun though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/51 "2012-03-25T20:55:25Z")
Yours are awesome! I love how you’re always “Oh, shit, no” and trying something completely different. Sorry about that “virus” thing. I was all “Fever? No, there’s no e…” ETA - by the way, I should be better now that I have bought green and brown. 🙂 Also you can totally tell when you’re playing against an iPad. I am, obviously, not an iPadder. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/52 "2012-03-25T21:01:39Z")
That virus was a _piece de resistance_. ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/53 "2012-03-25T22:14:56Z")
Babale, don’t Balrogs have wings?? :)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/54 "2012-03-25T23:14:41Z")
Drawing from my phone, give me a break!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/55 "2012-03-25T23:45:01Z")
Isn’t there any way to go back and see what you drew again? I was trying to show off my Ewok and I couldn’t find a way. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/56 "2012-03-25T23:55:39Z")
I don’t think so, but if you have an iphone, you can click the home button and standby button at the same time and take a screen shot - it’s added to the camer roll. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/57 "2012-03-26T00:08:34Z")
I found out that my cell phone drawings look like a left handed three year old drawing with someone else’s right hand. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/58 "2012-03-26T00:27:52Z")
I found out that I am not as clever as I thought I was. (See, that was the “Wow signal”?) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/59 "2012-03-26T00:29:08Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I found out that I am not as clever as I thought I was. (See, that was the “Wow signal”?) I’m slapping myself now I recognized it after I gave up From SETI, right? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612/60 "2012-03-26T00:31:52Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > I found out that my cell phone drawings look like a left handed three year old drawing with someone else’s right hand. Add “and wearing mittens” for my iPod work Much easier on the iPad when I can get to it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-draw-something/616612.md?page=4)