# EA has ruined Facebook Scrabble **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 29, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477 "2012-05-29T20:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/1 "2012-05-29T20:23:05Z")
Too mild for the pit, and I understand full well the futility of complaining about something I enjoy for free, but the mental midgets at EA have “upgraded” the scrabble app for Facebook, and turned it into a more obnoxious version of Words With Friends. It used to be a clean, easy to navigate GUI, and now looks like a tarted up spelling app for grade school children. Seriously, it looks like a conference room full of marketing douche bags threw up on the white board. Awful. Simply awful. ---
**Author:** ![girafferider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@girafferider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/girafferider)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/2 "2012-05-30T12:22:51Z")
I agree – totally! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/3 "2012-05-30T13:41:49Z")
Honestly, I’ve been playing it for years and don’t really see any changes on my end. The only change I see is that it’s now all the way on the left of the window rather than nicely centered. The controls in the Scrabble window are the same as they ever were for me. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/4 "2012-05-30T13:43:10Z")
I switched from Scrabble to Words With Friends quite awhile ago because the Scrabble app was so junky. The game is slightly different, but same enough to have the same kind of game experience. Some of the differences are improvements, honestly. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/5 "2012-05-30T14:41:43Z")
Really? [Here](https://picasaweb.google.com/101217234683025233569/Skadooosh?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-a-vH_5v6nLw#5748335717621006722) is the old interface, and [here](https://picasaweb.google.com/101217234683025233569/Skadooosh?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-a-vH_5v6nLw#5748335764366730978) is the new one. You don’t see a difference? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/6 "2012-05-30T14:51:59Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> the Game Room. **twicks** , who has games of Scrabble, WWF, and Lexulous going at the moment ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/7 "2012-05-30T18:28:52Z")
Does anyone know if I can play iPhone scrabble against people who are on Facebook? Or are they totally different sets of players? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477/8 "2012-05-31T23:00:39Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Really? > > [Here](https://picasaweb.google.com/101217234683025233569/Skadooosh?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-a-vH_5v6nLw#5748335717621006722) is the old interface, and [here](https://picasaweb.google.com/101217234683025233569/Skadooosh?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-a-vH_5v6nLw#5748335764366730978) is the new one. > > You don’t see a difference? Definitely see a difference here but mine doesn’t look like the new one you show. Here is a [screenshot](http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/colin_mcbride/?action=view¤t=scrabble.jpg) I just took on my Facebook a few minutes ago.