# Scrabble Tournament? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386 "2001-07-05T19:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/21 "2001-07-06T21:08:03Z")
I’ll play (and if a cribbage tournament should arise I’ll play that as well). ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/22 "2001-07-06T21:46:51Z")
So the tourney will be midnight on July 7? I can make it home by then. Will **Dynosaur** AIM, ICQ, or email everybody, or will it be whoever shows up? My ICQ# 115025111. I’ll be ready. BTW, I’ve never played in a tourney before, so how exactly will this go? Please post some kind of rules for us who haven’t a clue 🙂 . dob ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/23 "2001-07-06T21:55:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flymaster \* > \*\*I’m in, assuming the games are at midnight-ish EST. \*\* Saw this while I was waiting for my post to clear. I’m CST. **Do** let us know which midnight it is. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/24 "2001-07-06T22:17:14Z")
Waaaa, I want to play. But I can’t get it to load! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/25 "2001-07-07T01:46:56Z")
I’m “Dr\_Paprika” on [games.yahoo.com](http://games.yahoo.com), where I usually play. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/26 "2001-07-07T02:08:36Z")
Me! Me! I’m in! I’m in like Flynn! I’ll go quartzy over all you alls! ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/27 "2001-07-07T04:24:13Z")
To answer the questions about the timing, what I was thinking was that I’d collect everyone who “registered” by tomorrow and set up some brackets. Then, it’d be up to the people paired in the games to decide when they could get it in (within a reasonable amount of time, of course…2-3 days per round should be sufficient, I’d think) Also, I figured we’d do double-elimination. If anyone has any suggestions on something they think might work better, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/28 "2001-07-07T15:38:48Z")
Dyno said: > [@](#): > > Some of us have recently gotten into playing Scrabble over at [http://www.games.com](http://www.games.com), and I got to thinking, during my latest bout with insomnia, why don’t we have a Stright Dope tournament? Jeez, man, don’t you play enough games?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/29 "2001-07-08T01:38:58Z")
Okay. Jeez, I’m a late contestant. I waxed my bikini area and everything. I’m in, pity to the one who will play against me. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/30 "2001-07-08T06:06:59Z")
OK, let’s see…we’ve got: \*\* me dobbinaire MikeG Mnementh Zoggie Wicked Blue Mooney252 Scotticher blanx Grok mblackwell dpr Flymaster obfusciatrist DrPaprika Enderw24 Mercutio winner of me vs. dobbinaire\*\* So, by virtue of signing up first, dobbinaire joins me in the sole first-round match. Everyone else, you can see your opponent. Contact each other, set up a time, and play the game. Post results here. After the first round results are all in, I’ll post the next round. If there are no objections, it WILL be double-elimination. May the blessings of the Scrabble gods be upon you all. And, David B, apparently, no, I don’t play enough games. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/31 "2001-07-08T19:52:27Z")
174 to 383. **Wicked Blue** won. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/32 "2001-07-08T20:05:23Z")
Aww yeah, who’s the Queen, baby? 😃 **Zoggie** , I am sure I got you on a bad day, and it was pure luck that my first word was a bingo. Good game. 🙂 Rose ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/33 "2001-07-08T22:07:01Z")
**Mooney252** 287 **Scotticher** 227 It was fun! ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/34 "2001-07-08T23:53:46Z")
**DynoSaur** 27? **dob** 23? I forgot to look :o. Anyway, **Dyno** won. **Mercutio** , you get him(her?). Ready for the next game. dob ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/35 "2001-07-08T23:57:20Z")
**me 293 dobbinaire 230-something.** I had fun. Hope dobbinaire did, too 🙂 **Merc** , your first round match is with me. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/36 "2001-07-09T02:20:07Z")
Scotti and I really scored 387 and 327 – but it’s only because we were playing in French. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/37 "2001-07-09T09:23:17Z")
**dpr** won. I forgot to note the score before closing the window. I think it was around 280 to 230. Had a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/38 "2001-07-09T09:39:18Z")
dpr 288 mblackwell 218 But don’t let the score fool you - he played really well and I got lucky with all the big score letters. It was great just playing a social game of scrabble with a friendly opponent. We may need to do this more often. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/39 "2001-07-09T12:35:21Z")
Ok, sorry…missed this one yesterday… **obfusciatrist** , post here or email me at [mike@vanne.net](mailto:mike@vanne.net) when you’re available. ---
**Author:** ![blanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@blanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blanx)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386/40 "2001-07-10T02:30:03Z")
**Grok** - 258 **blanx** - 263 It was a good time, and a great game! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-tournament/71386.md?page=3)