Words With Friends is a Scrabble-like game played on the internet. On any given day I have four or five games going on. I play with friends and a complete stranger named Chip. I've been playing with Chip for several months and I know nothing about him, except he's never won a game he played with me. I keep thinking that Chip will give up, but he keeps coming back for more. In a game last week Chip was leading the entire game. I thought he was finally going to win one. Nope, I pulled off a win by 3 points.
I don't know why I continue playing the game. I have anxiety every time I get a "Q." I panic that I won't be able to play it and get stuck with a 10 pointer. If I get a "U" and the "Q" hasn't been played, I'll hoard it just in case I get the "Q." I usually wind up playing the favorite "Q" words: qi, qat, and qis. I have no idea what any of those words mean and I couldn't use any of them in a sentence, but they don't require a "U."
I also panic when I have a "V" or a "C." I really dislike those letters.
These days my only stress is worrying about words. It is good to be retired!
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I play WWF also and have my regulars. All people I know. My daughter decided to branch out and play with “strangers”. She plays through Facebook. I believe that when you play using your FB profile your opponent can find out some general info about you. Daughter is married with 3 kids. Her profile pic shows her and the three kids, (hubby was taking the pic so he’s not in it). One of her “strangers” chatted her during a game and said he thought he saw her in town, asked her, “Don’t you live on Maple?”. Kind of creepy.
ReplyDeleteI have never played but I know of others who are addicted.
ReplyDeleteI have never played. Maybe I should; it might improve my vocabulary!
ReplyDeleteHaven't played in years. My sister routinely beat me until one day I literally made up a word, divot. She challenged, I flung open the dictionary, and there it was.
ReplyDeleteGS played WWF a lot and would have many games going at a time.
ReplyDeleteI play poker on line. Sometimes my computer crashes and I go ballistic. My wife asks what's wrong? "I just lost 2 million dollars in poker because this stupid computer lost connection." She reminds me gently, "You know it is not real money right?"
ReplyDeleteIt is good to be retired.
That's funny! I have heard of that online game but have resisted mightily because I know without a doubt I would be hooked. :-)
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