{"id":6113,"date":"2011-06-04T08:08:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T13:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2011-06-04T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T17:38:00","slug":"anthony-is-my-favorite-opponent-on-wordfeud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=6113","title":{"rendered":"Anthony is my Favorite Opponent on Wordfeud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5795108557\/\"  title=\"SC20110603-162430.png\"><img width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3013\/5795108557_8510106ae8.jpg\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>My sister introduced me to this word game for your phone a couple of weeks ago.  I loved playing Scrabble as a kid so I was immediately hooked.  <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after we started playing someone named Surazal invited me to a game.  I declined because I didn&#8217;t know who they were.<\/p>\n<p>After Jenni told me it was a friend of hers from Kansas City, I felt better about playing with someone unfamiliar to me. I actually sent him an invitation to play.  We&#8217;ve played a few times since then and he is, by far, my favorite opponent on Wordfeud.<\/p>\n<p>With others, it might take an entire week (or more) to play one game.  With Anthony, we could probably complete an entire game in one day if I didn&#8217;t limit my playing to morning, lunch and after work.  I think he can complete multiple games in one day with one opponent if the other person could match his pace.<\/p>\n<p>Like me, he is also up early on weekends.  Last Saturday, we were playing back and forth pretty fast around 7 AM.  I was surprised that anyone was up that early (I&#8217;m usually the only one I know who wakes up before 7 AM on weekends), let alone before me.  He said he&#8217;d been up since 5 AM.  We were playing words pretty quickly back and forth.  As soon as I played a word, he would play another.  It led me to think, at this pace, we might as well be sitting across from each other playing.  Except, I was sitting in the toilet for part of that game so that might not have been a good idea.  LOL.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I really enjoy Wordfeud because now I can finally play a Scrabble-type game with someone.  I found a chess game, Chess Buddies, for my phone that works a similar way.  I really want to play, but Brian won&#8217;t play with me and I don&#8217;t know anyone else who has it.  I asked Anthony the other day if he knew how to play chess.  He said he did, but it&#8217;s been a while.  I hope he gets Chess Buddies so I&#8217;ll have someone to play chess with.  Finally.<\/p>\n<p>Jenni came to my work yesterday to pick up some materials for the Riverfest volunteer work she&#8217;s doing.   While we were sitting there eating lunch, she told me that Anthony mentioned to her that I asked him to play chess.  I guess I could have asked Jenni too.  She knows how to play.  Not sure why I haven&#8217;t.  Here&#8217;s how their conversation went (from what Jenni shared with me):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>ANTHONY:<\/strong> Your sister asked me to play chess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JENNI:<\/strong> It&#8217;s probably because she thinks you are smart enough to play chess with her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANTHONY:<\/strong> I think it&#8217;s because I kick her ass too much at Wordfeud and she really wants to win.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gee, thanks!  Incidentally, I won our last game.  Barely.  But a win is a win.  It was probably the closest game I&#8217;d ever played.  I think I had 411 points, but lost 3 points when he played his last tile.  We finished the game at 408-407 in my favor.  Go me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister introduced me to this word game for your phone a couple of weeks ago. I loved playing Scrabble as a kid so I was immediately hooked. Shortly after we started playing someone named Surazal invited me to a game. I declined because I didn&#8217;t know who they were. 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