Session Results - 30 June 2005

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Nathan Benedict	3-2	+151	1.400	388.200	1634 | (-28)
2	Ed Saunders	4-3	+31	1.571	365.571	1395 | (-3)
3	Joshua Kassel	4-3	-230	1.571	364.143	1232 | (+22)
4	Naurlene Canterman	4-4	+174	1.000	386.625	1300 | (+1)
5	Monique Kornell	2-2	+131	0.750	368.000	1264 | (-2)
6	Karen Lundeen	2-5	-257	1.000	328.714	1075 | (+10)

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Session Notes

This was the 34th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by a 6 players, who played a total of 19 games in which we scored 13,915 points for a 732.4 point-per-game average. Of the 47 recorded bingos we played, 5 were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 536 points by Naurlene Canterman (her highest game of the season!)
Low Win - 332 points by Karen Lundeen
High Loss - 404 points by Rex Kremer (Opponent at 418)
Bingo Kings - Joshua Kassel and Ed Saunders for both averaging 1.571 bingos per game
Nongo of the Night - Joshua Kassel notes he had a beautiful, but nonplayable bingo of QUINONE on his rack.
Strong Start - Naurlene Canterman and Joshua Kassel managed to score 326 points in the first five consecutive plays of the game:
   - Naurlene opened with a phony of baudier* for 72
   - Josh countered with OVERDOES for 68
   - Naurlene played ZENITH for 54
   - Josh came back with CHEATING for 82
   - Naurlene then played AX for 50
Some interesting bingos:
- ADDUCES \v. Brings forward as evidence (played by Monique Kornell)
- DARNELS \n pl. Annual grasses (played by Nathan Benedict)
- MALTOSES \n pl. Types of sugar (played by Ed Saunders)
- OPTATIVE \n. A mood of verbs that expresses a wish or desire (played by Nathan Benedict)
- SONANCES \n. Sounds (played by Ed Saunders)
- SOUTANE \n. A long garmet worn by clergymen (played by Karen Lundeen)
- TANAGER \n. A brightly colored bird (played by Ed Saunders)

This session featured two contests honoring the 4th of July. First was a prize for the highest scoring play made using any 4 tiles. The entries were:
HOOF for 55 by Josh Kassel
CLEF for 51 by Ed Saunders
QuOTH for 45 by Monique Kornell
EAUX for 42 by Nathan Benedict
The second was for the "best" play of a word with a 4th of July theme. As noted in the contest rules, this was a completely subjective contest that was judged on an anonymous basis. In order to illustrate the nonbiased way in which such contests are judged, I am including the Instant Message session between me and our impartial juudge, who happened to be Morgan Christian, in which a winner was selected:
Josh [10:27 AM]:  hey dork!
Morgan [10:28 AM]:  sup
Josh [10:28 AM]:  yo... need you to judge sumptin fer me
Morgan [10:28 AM]:  shoot
Josh [10:28 AM]:  Scrabble contest
Josh [10:28 AM]:  The Contest:
- 4th of July Contest #2 - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the "best" play of a word with a 4th of July theme (e.g., HOLIDAY, FIREWORK, SPARKLER, PARTY, etc.). To qualify for this contest, you must record the word you played used in a 4th of July-themed sentence as well as the point value of the play. Entries shall be judged on an anonymous basis by a random and patriotic person your humble director finds.
Josh [10:28 AM]:  The Entries:
-- My friend's Uncle Sam oufit was zany, but mine was ZANIEST. (84 points)
-- Steve is not invited to my 4th of July party because he OVERDOES it on the bar.  (68 points)
-- The sparkler lit up with a FIZ on the fourth.  (30 points)
-- The TODDLERS watched in ill-concealed excitement as the fireworks lit up their first 4th of July evening.  (61 points)
Josh [10:28 AM]:  which of the 4 is a winn-ah?
Morgan [10:29 AM]:  ok...
Morgan [10:29 AM]:  one sec...
Josh [10:30 AM]:  ::playing Jeopardy theme::
Morgan [10:30 AM]:  the rules is misleading..
Morgan [10:30 AM]:  am I looking at usage in the sentence over the actually 'relation' of the word?
Morgan [10:31 AM]:  or both
Josh [10:31 AM]:  you are judging which is the "best"
Josh [10:31 AM]:  completely subjective
Morgan [10:31 AM]:  with that.... <drum roll>
Morgan [10:31 AM]:  I'm gonna have to roll with toddlers
Morgan [10:32 AM]:  fiz is more of a '4th of july word'
Morgan [10:32 AM]:  but the toddlers sentence is the mo bettah
Josh [10:32 AM]:  if that is your judgement, then so be it

Ed and Josh both take home $4.50 prizes.

None of the four progressive jackpots was won, and each shall have $1.12 added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $701.79 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (7 July) shall feature the following contests:
- Low Win - A quarter of dues shall be awarded to the player with the lowest winning score.
- Trading Pays Off Contest - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest scoring play one turn after after exchanging tiles.
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $8.60 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $1.12 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 100 or more points in a single play
- Club 565 Progressive Jackpot - $15.33 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 565 or more points in a single game.
- 9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot* - $5.96 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who plays a bingo of 9 or more letters in length.
* = Jackpot prizes cannot be combined.

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Bingos Played

The following is a list of bingos played by player at NSA Club #565 on 30 June 2005. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Nathan Benedict   (7 bingos)
CLUTTER
DARNELS   (LANDERS, SLANDER, SNARLED)
DENARII
nauchal
NETTLES
OPTATIVE
TAILBONE
Naurlene Canterman  (8 bingos)
baudier
EROTICA
MOSSIER   (ISOMERS)
outheave
OUTSETS   (SETOUTS)
PLEATERS   (PETRALES, PRELATES, REPLATES)
PUNISHER
SATIRISE
Josh Kassel  (11 bingos)
ATONIES
CHEATING   (TEACHING)
MANGIER   (GERMINA, REAMING)
MUNSTER   (STERNUM)
overdeal    (OVERLADE)
OVERDOES   (OVERDOSE)
RATINGS   (GASTRIN, GRATINS, STARING)
RATIONS   (AROINTS)
SCONCES
SOURING   (ROUSING)
ZANIEST   (ZEATINS)
Monique Kornell   (3 bingos)
ADDUCES
REPROACH
SWINGES   (SEWINGS)
Karen Lundeen   (7 bingos)
EDUCING   (DEUCING)
INTERNS   (TINNERS)
LOUSIER   (SOILURE)
NOSIEST
OUTLASTS
RUSTING
SOUTANE
Ed Saunders  (11 bingos)
GRATINEE   (INTERAGE)
INSTARS   (SANTIRS, STRAINS)
MALTOSES
moshing   (GNOMISH)
NITERIES
NUMBERED
OUTLAND
SOLDANS   (SOLANDS)
SONANCES   (CANONESS)
TANAGER
TODDLERS

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