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    It is an outrage!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8604625.stm

    The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said.
    You leave my favourite game alone Mattel!
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    Re: It is an outrage!

    That sucks

    What is the limit on proper nouns, names, places?
    if so I can see a lot of Shaniqua being played off an existing letter
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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Is this one of those PR things, where they suggest something truly apocalyptic, then due to outstanding public demand, reverse the change that never made it to production anyway?
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    You aren't implying that Mattel are just after some free publicity are you?

    Like when Dixon's announced it was to stop selling VHS recorders or CTR TVs?

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    what do you take me for, some kind of hateful cynic?
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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Well, yeah, kind of

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Yet another thing that is being dumbed down for todays youth

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    They haven't allowed text speak yet have they??

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Hmmm, you could use the score of a number as a number tile? That way you might?
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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Quote Originally Posted by MaddAussie View Post
    They haven't allowed text speak yet have they??
    lol that would be a sad day, how many points would you get for ROFLCOPTER?!

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Quote Originally Posted by trumpington101 View Post
    lol that would be a sad day, how many points would you get for ROFLCOPTER?!
    67 without any bonus tiles...

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    Re: It is an outrage!

    Quote Originally Posted by trumpington101 View Post
    lol that would be a sad day, how many points would you get for ROFLCOPTER?!
    assuming someone had already played cop or similar you otherwise couldn't play it, too many letters

    Funkstar, I assume you mean CRT not CTR?
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