I imagine most players wouldn't out of common decency. But racist assholes like Webb would, so slurs being legal would give the racist assholes a slight advantage, that's why they're pissed that they're being banned.
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Scrabble removes over 400 derogatory terms from the game, some scrabble players express anger over not being allowed to use racist terms.
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I imagine most players wouldn't out of common decency. But racist assholes like Webb would, so slurs being legal would give the racist assholes a slight advantage, that's why they're pissed that they're being banned.
Need that meme with the guy that hesitates which button to press
I misread the listing, it's a banned word, the formatting with the different colours and strikethroughs just indicates when it was banned.
This is the list of words I think.Seattle Scrabble Club
www.seattlescrabble.org
There are some funny removals there.
Wait, they are removing words like badass and boobies? In that case the Scrabble players have every reason to be annoyed. It's not just racist terms after all as the OP insinuates.This is the list of words I think.Seattle Scrabble Club
Fart should never be a banned word, when are you ever going to be able to play flatulate?This is the list of words I think.Seattle Scrabble Club
It's a derogatory term for a French Canadian.
These words were already banned I believe
Also I believe Boobies is allowed but not Boobie by the list
Seriously?
i....I thought that was canuck, and that's the name of one of the hockey teams iirc....
i don't think people need to be allowed to make slurs, but it makes the gameplay worse when you have to memorize an additional 400 rules on top of the already absurd memorization requirements
comp scrabble is all about memorizing which 2 & 3 letter words are "real" words and which ones aren't, and there's so much fake stuff on those lists already
comp scrabble is all about memorizing which 2 & 3 letter words are "real" words and which ones aren't, and there's so much fake stuff on those lists already
I understand taking out the slurs and such, but a number of those words aren't really 'bad' other than being run of the mill obscenities. If the goal is to keep the list 'family friendly', then I guess that works - but if you're a pro level player then that just ends up being a lot of new words to try and remember to not use.
Unless I'm misunderstanding the list Badass wasn't banned. Right? I'm confused.
Racial slurs can get lost but getting rid of badass would be dumb as hell.
Canuck refers to Canadians in general. Pepsi, from what I remember, was more popular than Coke in Quebec and because of that differentiator it eventually developed in to a slur. I could be wrong on the actual origin but that's what my family told me growing up.
The same white folks who complain about not being able to use the N-word now can't even get a double word score on it.
It is? Now I have to worry about all those times I thought someone was asking for a Pepsi.
Huh really?
I thought maybe the tournaments were sponsored by Coke lol.
The list is pretty weird. It includes a lot of very tame words (fart, effing) but fails to include some widely used clearly offensive ones (faggot, bitch, dyke, retard).
I guess, it's because those all have also a non-offensive meaning. I guess that's also why ho is acceptable (as in "Sail ho!") but the plural hos is not.
I guess, it's because those all have also a non-offensive meaning. I guess that's also why ho is acceptable (as in "Sail ho!") but the plural hos is not.
Look, the tournament organizer gets to set the rules for their tournament. If you want to play as Shin Akuma, go play at home.
Wait, what--Scrabble?
Wait, what--Scrabble?
Hey Scrabble nerds, no part of your wordgame is protected speech, and "social justice" is a more worthwhile pursuit than the lifetime total you've spent putting letters in a line. Get some perspective and understand what does and doesn't matter in your lives.
This is the list of words I think.Seattle Scrabble Club
I'm going through this list and some of them... don't seem like... derogatory at all? Uncouth perhaps, but not degrading.
Johnson? Shithead?
Also, how is "gook" still acceptable?
I have a lot of questions. Also, a suggestion - maybe take out racial slurs as well.
That's right.
On a separate note, (replying to the thread in general) I thought the recent Daily Show clip was worth watching:
What a dumb thing to pitch a fit about.
The list of what words are acceptable and what words aren't was already arbitrary. Knowing which words are legal and which words aren't is a part of the game (and I assume incredibly important for high-level play). What difference does this make?
The list of what words are acceptable and what words aren't was already arbitrary. Knowing which words are legal and which words aren't is a part of the game (and I assume incredibly important for high-level play). What difference does this make?
Gook is also a headgear so they excused it. It is what makes the thread title so funny. Lots of clear derogatory terms aren't banned because there is another definition. Sure, redskin is also technically a subculture of communist skinheads. I'm sure the average player playing it means the slur. Instead, the ban seems to focus on swears.
Presumably Mattel has been deciding what words are valid in competitions since those started happening.
If this is the first time these people have thrown a fit over it, that tells you everything.
People who defend the use of racist slurs in a game, or have a problem with being unable to play them, to the point of quitting over it, should continue quitting all the things until they go away and live in exile in a cave somewhere.
If this is the first time these people have thrown a fit over it, that tells you everything.
People who defend the use of racist slurs in a game, or have a problem with being unable to play them, to the point of quitting over it, should continue quitting all the things until they go away and live in exile in a cave somewhere.
Pretty much this. I hate defending this, but it's true - you have these gigantic word lists memorized for the purpose of being able to play optimal scrabble. The players don't know what any of the words mean, just that they are playable words. Removing 400 of them can fuck up your game, I guess.
I don't think most normies are craving racism in Scrabble.
Source: I wanted to do this a decade ago, but realized how crazy it would be. I did memorize the 2-letter word list, though, but that's long gone.
This seems more like Hasbro is trying to make the game super family-friendly. Not allowed to say asshole, blowjob, clit etc? This isn't social justice, this is some 4kids shit lmao.This is the list of words I think.Seattle Scrabble Club
TIL Scrabble has its own Forbidden & Limited list.
And yeah, there's no excuse. Those words should not be a thing in a "professional" environment
And yeah, there's no excuse. Those words should not be a thing in a "professional" environment