[Misc] Don’t dabble with my Scrabble.

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

Does everything have to watered down and made safe for the soft handed wimps of the new world?

“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don't quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble," he said. "They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words."

Jesus f***ing wept.

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

Mattel says the new board is designed to be accessible for those who find word games intimidating.

www.bbc.co.uk

BBassic · Apr 9, 2024

Filing this one under a big old shrug.

They're not changing the original game, that still exists and can be played by those of us (myself included) who enjoy asserting vocabularic dominance over others.

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

Nobby Cybergoat · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
Does everything have to watered down and made safe for the soft handed wimps of the new world?

“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don't quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble," he said. "They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words."

Jesus f***ing wept.

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

Mattel says the new board is designed to be accessible for those who find word games intimidating.

www.bbc.co.uk

Just an excuse to launch a new version of a game isn't it?

Why not just let and let live? If you've got the energy for anger over something, there's plenty better places to spend it than on board game makers

Chicken Run · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

Yep totally agree

schmunk · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

I presume your bicycle has gears, a freewheel and pneumatic tyres...? Your home central heating and double-glazed windows?

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

Nobby Cybergoat said:
Just an excuse to launch a new version of a game isn't it?

Why not just let and let live? If you've got the energy for anger over something, there's plenty better places to spend it than on board game makers

Where did I say I was angry?

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

schmunk said:
I presume your bicycle has gears, a freewheel and pneumatic tyres...? Your home central heating and double-glazed windows?

Nope.

I live in the wild. I get around on foot and I play scrabble to the death.

A1X · Apr 9, 2024

Reckon this is one of Joe Lycett's ones

hans kraay fan club · Apr 9, 2024

BBassic said:
Filing this one under a big old shrug.

They're not changing the original game, that still exists and can be played by those of us (myself included) who enjoy asserting vocabularic dominance over others.

Indeed. It is to be sold as double-sided board, with the original game on the opposite side.

Total non-story, that will be spun by the Daily ail et al, as evidence of a WoRlD GoNe WoKe.

Surprised and disappointed at @The Clamp tbh.

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

hans kraay fan club said:
Indeed. It is to be sold as double-sided board, with the original game on the opposite side.

Total non-story, that will be spun by the Daily ail et al, as evidence of a WoRlD GoNe WoKe.

Surprised and disappointed at @The Clamp tbh.

I’m not being

serious.

Somethingdean · Apr 9, 2024

You used to have winners and losers. Now it seems the younger generation are so used to losing we might as well scrap competition and do away with the pretense.

Chicken Run · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
I’m not being serious.

Come on TC, one of top boys turns up and says he’s disappointed and you’ve turned un-resilient and all Milksoppy, don’t back down i say!

Nobby Cybergoat · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
Where did I say I was angry?

Your use of the phrase "jesus f****** wept" suggests you're not totally calm about it

As does the fact you've even bringing up this utter irrelevance

chickens · Apr 9, 2024

Honestly I’m of the opinion that this is a tiny, inconsequential part of a very deliberate and calculated move in our society, away from the “individual as king” towards a more organised society.

Cultures where population numbers require individuals to work together symbiotically are seen as more productive than those where everybody wants to be their own Billy Big Balls and rule the school.

Being brought up in a similar time to you, I absolutely get the gut reaction of “FFS, will these kids even be able to wipe their own arses.” However, I think it’s the way society as a whole is going, the ability to collaborate and work with others is going to be prioritised over individual skill-sets.

The ant hill and the bee hive are more productive than those creatures who forage individually. Between AI and climate change, I’m not sure the future’s going to look very much like what we grew up with.

TLDR - FFS, will these kids even be able to wipe their own arses.

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

Nobby Cybergoat said:
Your use of the phrase "jesus f****** wept" suggests you're not totally calm about it

As does the fact you've even bringing up this utter irrelevance

Well, you’re wrong. It’s more of a resigned sigh. Think I’m sighing the phrase rather than shouting it in anger.

Commander · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

I agree. And as someone who has employed a lot of young people over the last few years, I can tell you that you can absolutely see the results of this in them. They are just miles less resilient than we were at their age, and they completely go to pieces when things start going wrong. This problem is going to come home to roost for the UK at some point, big time. Probably when war kicks off with Russia.

The Clamp · Apr 9, 2024

Chicken Run said:
Come on TC, one of top boys turns up and says he’s disappointed and you’ve turned un-resilient and all Milksoppy, don’t back down i say!

I’m serious about the new milksop generation. I meant every word of that.

Not so serious about the scrabble issue.

JamesAndTheGiantHead · Apr 9, 2024

I went through a very intense Scrabble phase in my early 20s and a few of us got very competitive over it, to the point where we’d agonise over every letter and calculate to the nth degree the most effective scoring method, usually planning a few moves ahead.

This meant each turn would take 5 - 10 minutes where we’d sit in complete silence.

After a while we just decided to go back to playing ‘cat’, ‘hat’ and ‘bum’ type Scrabble, which became a lot more fun.

As others have pointed out though, you don’t need to redesign the game to do this, just agree on the level of competitiveness you’re going for beforehand or play with a sand timer to keep things moving along.

Flounce · Apr 9, 2024

The Clamp said:
It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

We’ll have no losers please has been a thing for years hasn’t it, hence the pathetic whinging not fair entitlement in this country now :shrug:

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