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#player1 transport_merge transport merge
#player2 sneakyofverb sneakyofverb
>transport_merge: GKNU H6 GUNK +18 18
#note this game can be best defined as an exercise in luck. pure, blind luck. read on. there's a punchline to be found somewhere.
>sneakyofverb: ANORRTU I6 URAO +21 21
>transport_merge: IMX J8 MIX +40 58
>sneakyofverb: AEINRTT 11E NITRATE +91 112
>transport_merge: CEEOO 12D COOEE +25 83
>sneakyofverb: AAHILLN 13H HALLIAN +78 190
>sneakyofverb: DELOQUW (challenge) +5 195
>transport_merge: EFLU 14L FLUE +25 108
>sneakyofverb: DELOQUW L8 QUOD +33 228
#note l9 OLDW(IF)E is pretty slick. but i'm not gonna find it because i don't possess magical powers. (except for the keen ability to be really fortunate when i put my mind to it.)
>transport_merge: ADEGOST 15F DOTAGES +87 195
>sneakyofverb: EIILORW M7 WIRE +28 256
#note it was wire-to-wire since peter said he was going to play the exact same word on his next move. (bad puns come free of charge.)
>transport_merge: EW 14I WE +19 214
>sneakyofverb: BCEIILO 14B OBELI +23 279
>transport_merge: AFIR 15A FIAR +33 247
>sneakyofverb: ACIJMNV 13B MA +23 302
#note the board was already getting pretty tight, so i really didn't feel like opening anything new. figured i was being safe with this play because it only takes an A hook...
>transport_merge: ??IIISS -??IIISS +0 247
#note i can't believe peter threw back both blanks and two Ss. a true gentleman.
>sneakyofverb: CEIJNRV J2 JIVER +39 341
#note but now i'll switch it up and play with more calculated abandon because i'm scoring points and going for those blanks or whatever.
>transport_merge: ANOZ N5 AZON +50 297
#note yikes. guess who doesn't have an S or blank?
>sneakyofverb: BCEHNOT O1 BOTCH +50 391
#note with the bag favoring consonants, there's no need to use all your vowels for eight more for TECHNO. plus, the B isn't helpful with all the unseen goodies. (thought about BENTHOIC*, but correctly figured i was making it up. it's BENTHONIC, idiot.)
>transport_merge: ?PRY O8 sPRY +60 357
#note yup, figured something was gonna happen here now. this is the point where doubt may set in. just tell it to wait.
>sneakyofverb: DDEIINS 3I D.NED +18 409
#note wanted to kill the lines. chickened out on DIDIE. it was at this point i realized OMA is also an acceptable word.
>transport_merge: T O14 .T +6 363
#note oh, so he's fishing for something specific through the V. no worries, i've got that covered...
>sneakyofverb: EGIIPSS 4H GI.ES +31 440
#note let's wrap this up. because i'm definitely not missing anything. i repeat, i've considered every single possibility...
>transport_merge: ?ENSTVY A8 ENVoYS +50 413
#note jeez, i totally blanked on SMA (and could've just played GIPSIES). i should've been punished so much more for my extended oversight. peter obviously thought i was holding an S when i unwittingly - and needlessly - opened up the largest hook in the history of the game.
>sneakyofverb: AIPS B5 PIAS +10 450
#note today's lesson: no matter how many words you know or how strong your tactics are, you can sometimes come out on top if your opponent can't ultimately hit the juicy hook you graciously provided many turns ago.
>sneakyofverb: (T) +2 452
#note peter lost 10 for time so the final score was 452-403
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