Slog - Comments on Tried to Play Scrabulous Today? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today MSNBC has the pitiful story. You can still play Scrabulous for the time being at the Scrabulous site, apparently. But all my hard-earned statistics are no more. Why did I join Facebook again? Sure wasn't cause I wanted to receive pictures of eggs that would eventually turn into pictures of animals that don't grow in eggs. And don't even bother with the official Scrabble app on Facebook. You could pack up a board and a dictionary and head to a friend's house in the time it takes to load that stupid thing.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:15:36 -0800 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:49:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gloria Too bad for Facebook. I tripled my time there because of Scrabulous.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086764 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:19:38 -0800 Comment by Ziggity I had just bingoed. ADAgIOS, triple word bonus, 80 points. My opponent never saw it.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086768 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086768 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:23:17 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Grr. Kerri Harrop just got me hooked and now I'm jonesing. So typical. "We will protect our brand by killing it". Scrabulous was the best thing that ever happened to Scrabble, or at least since "Word Freak" came out. Now they go back to the top shelf in the closet. Good work, geniuses.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086771 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:25:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You joined facebook so you could keep in touch with your friends when you went to Chi-town, annie.

Scrabulous came later.

Besides, I'm busy collecting Karma badges and managing my virtual garden ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086778 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086778 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:29:09 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds I
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]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086795 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:36:26 -0800 Comment by Matthew Corporate jagoffs.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086799 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:37:19 -0800 Comment by cochise. no, i'm working today.

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086803 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:38:46 -0800 Comment by stinkbug legal stuff aside, why didn't Facebook either make announcements that it would be shutting off in hours/days and/or save user stats, etc.? Did they just completely erase of trace of it from Facebook?

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086825 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:45:39 -0800 Comment by stinkbug (and by "from Facebook" I meant "from north american Facebook users." - But I guess they simply "disabled" it?)

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086832 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:50:15 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe All Scrabble games must begin with Petula Clark.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086835 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:50:20 -0800 Comment by tom in chicago pogo.com has Scrabble for free. 2, 3, or 4 players. once you get the app set up, it's quick and easy and fun!

]]> tom in chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086855 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:13 -0800 Comment by Dalton More info on the silly Scrabble mess:
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-glaser-on-scrabulous-silly-split-rights-for-scrabble-led-to-this/

]]> Dalton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086886 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:24:53 -0800 Comment by Ryan Scramble still works, and it's pretty fun.

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1086931 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:45:53 -0800 Comment by daniel Yeah sure "increasing brand awareness and boosting sales of our tangible", did you go out and buy a scrabble board or are you just talking out of your ass?

I mean I know a lot of web developers hang out on message boards but still... writing a facebook app is a greater accomplishment than inventing scrabble?

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087010 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087010 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:14:10 -0800 Comment by SDizzle This ruined my Tuesday (not that Tuesdays don't already suck). I was in the middle of a game with my arch nemesis (you know who you are) and was up by at least 100 points. Couldn't they have at least sent out a warning first-- like "we're shutting down tomorrow because of the evil man"?

Sigh. And now I've managed to start two games on scrabulous.com where I'm playing against myself because apparently I can't read directions. This day could only get worse if time started going backwards.

]]> SDizzle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087063 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:34:42 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Hasbro didn't invent jack, daniel. They bought the rights. It was invented by Alfred Butts in 1938, and if intellectual property was managed properly with the rights of the public involved, those rights would have expired the day Butts died in 1993.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087073 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087073 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:38:29 -0800 Comment by Greg Ah, American copyright laws... always managing to enrich corporations.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087092 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:47:57 -0800 Comment by daniel Look I'm not in favor of indefinite intellectual property rights nor corporate megaliths but neither am I going to dismiss the notion of "bought the rights". Alfred Butts got his money, the next guy may not.

Anyway you think if Scrabble was 20 years old Scrabulous would have said: "oh no we'll obey *this* law because it's just"?

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087093 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:48:11 -0800 Comment by Fnarf If Scrabble was 20 years old it wouldn't be Scrabble. And Butts got bupkuss; it's a corporate brand now, disassociated from anything. Hasbro (or its successor) will own those rights in 2108 as well. Fuck them. They're IP sharks; they couldn't invent a way to wipe their ass.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/tried_to_play_scrabulous_today#c1087149 Games Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:18:46 -0800 Comment by mc scrabulous.com works, so how was it banned?

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