You might wonder why the score is important. Like I said before it is truly only a matter of knowing how to use the seven letters before you. The way I see it if it is a landslide it is typically not a good game. Not an even match. I am not saying that people are stupid by any means. What it boils down to is that not everyone knows the same vocabulary.
I totally blame my Mother... LOL
My Mother has always been a fan of crosswords, scrabble and even upwords. When we went to camp there was no tv unless we went to Joan's. We would often play board games under the lights of lanterns at night. I can remember my Mother asking loudly from another room "What is this _______? My clues are is a an X amount of letter words with such n such letters." I would like to think she helped over the years to expand my vocabulary. Shh though... don't tell her I am being nice lol.
I was thinking I never really explained what a person sees if they click your name while in the game room. Here is what the screen looks like that pops up:
As you see it gives the players name, rating, completed games, abandoned games, wins, losses, streak, IM option, ping, ignore option, and a profile button. Here they are in a little more detail:
- Rating is judged by the rating of your opponent win or lose. The further apart your initial rating is from your opponent the more points you gain if you win and fewer you lose if you suffer a loss. Example: 1500/1500 you are even so win or lose it is the same amount of points. This changes the further apart the get. 1500/1700, 1500 wins and steals about 30-50 points points from the 1700, 1700 wins they steal about 3-5 points.
(not all games are rated. some are unrated. you can have 2-5 players. you can even set a timer per play or per game.)
- Games Completed is total number of games you play period. It does not matter if they are wins, losses, draws, abandoned, rated, or unrated.
- Wins a count from any game you win. You can win by playing, the other player resigning, or a force forfeit. Often players will quit if you are ahead of them. Instead of canceling they resign. Cancel = draw. Resign = win. Force forfeit, a dishonorable way to win in my honest opinion... This occurs when a person runs out a timer. You can either force them to resign or wait for them to continue playing. Another form of a force forfeit is another player sitting after they have left the game unintentionally and resigning them.
- Losses a count from any game you lose. You lose by resigning on your own terms or by being forced to resign.
- Streak the number of games you have won in a row.
- IM works just like any other IM system. This one has a lovely option though. In game options on main chat area you can turn this IM feature off so people cannot bother you.
- Ping is often used to see if a person has disconnected. Many respectful players click this and not force forfeit when the continue box pops up after 3 minutes. If you are in one of the many leagues throughout the game rooms it lets the leader of the specific game know this person has lost connection. They are then usually put on a timer and if they time out someone sits and cancels the game instead of forcing them to resign.
- Ignore *smiles* my favorite button. If someone is being rude in whatever fashion you can just ignore them. You will not see any words they speak. I love this feature. Works wonderfully on all the sex cam bots.
- Profile button if clicked leads you to a game status page. Will show you the opponents of that player for a set amount of time. This can also be a life saver if people think you are a cheat. Many cheaters either cushion their score or use a program. This status page will state if you have played the same person over and over. Some people do play the same players more than once. not usually more than 2x a day though. Also now gives a time stamp on the game. Lets you see if was a quick game or a longer game. Most cheaters are short games. You do have an option from this page to go to the players actual profile.
Today's Movie: Keith
This film is not rated. I am very impressed with it. It takes place with some high school seniors. The kid she never noticed. The foreign exchange hottie and the over achiever. Sounds like most high schools.
What happens though when the most popular girl in school, the over achiever, gets saddled with the non existent boy for a lab partner? She does it all. Tennis player with a scholarship to Duke, trying to maintain he grade point average, while keeping busy with all her other activities for school like yearbook and key club to name a couple. She winds up dating the really sexy foreign exchange student while the boy she never realized was there tries to capture her attention.
She starts to fall for him and loses her concentration on everything else. He captivates her then disappears. This messes with her since they had words. She has to find him. when she does though will she know all that he has to hide?
This is a definite must see movie. Though it is not rated I think it is content that is best for 13 and up. It deals with teen aged minds. Younger might not totally understand everything going on.
Today in IMVU I used a couple of the previously submitted items I never sold to make something new for some friends. I had fun creating for Kemi. Though I admit the new mesh I used for Anukis I would have probably thrown out the window and told anyone else to kiss my rear.
Akemi is going to need to have some lovelies to put on herself being a Free Companion in IMVU. She loves butterflies and was actually my inspiration behind the flutterby fairy collection a few days back. She is a red head in IMVU and loved the hair for the flutterby fairy. So I made one in red for her. She also wanted one with the butterflies I intended to use for her servants. Add to this the 2 pieces I recovered from being hidden with now something new... A collar and a cuff set to well mark her property. This is what was made by request for Akemiana aka Kemi:
Now fair enough that would have seemingly appear to have taken a bit of time for 4 items. The hair was already made pieces so they were a breeze. The pieces for the cuffs and collar are pretty interchangeable since their maps are the same size.
Anukis wanted a lovely lolita style ribbon with a bow and a medallion. It looked simple enough. It took me longer to make her collar than the 4 of Kemi's combined. The mesh was put together a bit odd for the maps she provided for a layout. My guess is she is a newer mesh developer as it had to be all figured out to work right.
After several hours with minimal cussing finally a collar for one of my favorite furries was created:
Overall a productive day and a very informative long blog >.< LOL see you all tomorrow with "L"
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