Slog - Comments on Kiss Your Scrabulous Goodbye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye I took part in a "Whatever happened to that lawsuit against Scrabulous?" discussion last week. Here's the answer: Scrabble is ready to unveil their Facebook application. I'm willing to bet that people won't go to the Scrabble application of their own volition, so Scrabble's going to have to force the game by putting Scrabulous out of business. Especially since the Scrabble version of Scrabulous sucks ass.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0800 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:33:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by leek NoooooooOooOooooo....

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067027 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:17:54 -0800 Comment by Blunderplank I still don't understand the point of playing Scrabble online. Everybody can cheat. I had a "live" player stuff a dictionary in the bathroom once so how hard can it be over the internets?

]]> Blunderplank http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067028 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:18:38 -0800 Comment by Oh, excrement Not that I play much, but still....

]]> Oh, excrement http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067030 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:20:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Just because it's legal doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

Now to figure out what to do about all those Oregon Trail and Hug Me invites ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067052 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:38:45 -0800 Comment by Easier putting Scrabulous out of business... gee, I'm shocked that you can't rip off someone's copyrighted work (in this case, a game) and start a Facebook business with it.

You want word games? Invent your own!

]]> Easier http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067061 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067061 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:42:53 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, damn. And I was just getting into Scrabulous (the fabulous Kerri Harrop introduced me). Scrabulous is everything a good web applet should be. Scrabble TM is not. But this is perfectly representative of the modern world, where the legal and aboveboard version of EVERYTHING is crippled and shitty compared to the "pirate" version.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067064 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:45:26 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop God dammit, Scrabulous is the only reason I'm even on Facebook. And, I haven't gotten to beat Fnarf enough yet.

And, in case you were wondering, he has a great vocabulary and is prone to rage, particularly when hit with a juicy triple word score.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067149 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:33:31 -0800 Comment by Greg @6: GAME ON!

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067210 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:07:32 -0800 Comment by Fnarf "Prone to rage" will come as a huge shock to anyone who reads my comments here. But, yeah, MIZZ Harrop, you've got my dander up, and I've been practicing. I've gotten to 500 in a game recently. So I am ready to crush you like a slow-moving insect -- or, alternatively, cower helplessly under your terrible blows. Either way.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067229 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:23:06 -0800 Comment by aaa scramble is way more fun anyway....

]]> aaa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/kiss_your_scrabulous_goodbye#c1067481 Teh Internets Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:33:24 -0800