At the opening, would you have considered "aerie" instead? It opens up two TLS spots but it also means if your opponent takes one, you could take the other, and it floats two open vowels A and E which would come in useful for our eventual bingo and they cannot both be blocked simultaneously (and if the bot had a Z which is the worst case scenario, it would've already played it in its opening, so the only way we get punished really heavily is if it immediately drew the Z--which mind you, it did lol). As far as the leave goes, I think GE? should be better than AEI? simply because the latter has too many vowels.
I completely agree with HARMED. Chances look small for any win. And the bot is not gutsy. It just permutes everything. And destroys. Also, nice! As a decently high rated Scrabble player, I support this trend.
Ahhh, good to know I'm not the only Neanderthal with an interest in watching experts play scrabble. Came down here to say "nice" and found the comment section already overflowing with the sentiment.
If the bod doesn't get two insanely lucky draws in a row and make consecutive Bingos, and a third ridiculous draw to get INSULATE, Mack wins easily. I conclude the bot needs ridiculous tile luck to win.
i feel like NETT only creates one endgame where you win. all other plays create two endgames where you win. your biggest miss is probably NISI which in the scheme of things is not a huge miss. just unlucky at the end.
A good close game!
The comeback is so doable
At the opening, would you have considered "aerie" instead? It opens up two TLS spots but it also means if your opponent takes one, you could take the other, and it floats two open vowels A and E which would come in useful for our eventual bingo and they cannot both be blocked simultaneously (and if the bot had a Z which is the worst case scenario, it would've already played it in its opening, so the only way we get punished really heavily is if it immediately drew the Z--which mind you, it did lol). As far as the leave goes, I think GE? should be better than AEI? simply because the latter has too many vowels.
2 8's that end in GUARD VANGUARD and ... 2 8's that end in BUCKET
EL draw for MARVELED through the V :)
nice.
I completely agree with HARMED. Chances look small for any win. And the bot is not gutsy. It just permutes everything. And destroys.
Also, nice! As a decently high rated Scrabble player, I support this trend.
Ahhh, good to know I'm not the only Neanderthal with an interest in watching experts play scrabble. Came down here to say "nice" and found the comment section already overflowing with the sentiment.
If the bod doesn't get two insanely lucky draws in a row and make consecutive Bingos, and a third ridiculous draw to get INSULATE, Mack wins easily. I conclude the bot needs ridiculous tile luck to win.
i feel like NETT only creates one endgame where you win. all other plays create two endgames where you win. your biggest miss is probably NISI which in the scheme of things is not a huge miss. just unlucky at the end.
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