Greetings. I generally really enjoy this site and I am happy to be a paying Premium Member. Thank you to the developers, volunteers and administrators of this site. However, I have become frustrated that all my fun/work/games at Letter Tycoon in the Arena this season have all been for nothing. Currently there are some players who are evidently using some sort of word-scrambling program to make obscure words. One can simply look at the summary of games and learn of this unusual pattern, the use of non-colloquial words, and the incredible recent surges to the top of the ranks. I notice some of the same culprits at the word game Hardback (which I don't play.)
I will be professional here and not name these players, but it doesn't take a detective to check the statistics to see that something is quite wrong and unfair to players who don't use such cheating tools. I do admit that I classify myself as a strong player at word games having won several Scrabble championships in my city and others, and I also own the Scrabble dictionary which this site uses to verify words. But honestly, the obscure words that are being played should be raising red flags to administrators - this is taking the fun out of the games for the rest of us. Yes, I have given red thumbs to the players who I suspect are ruining our fun. Yes, I have written reports as well. What more can be done to bring back the fun in these games? Thank you.
I will be professional here and not name these players, but it doesn't take a detective to check the statistics to see that something is quite wrong and unfair to players who don't use such cheating tools. I do admit that I classify myself as a strong player at word games having won several Scrabble championships in my city and others, and I also own the Scrabble dictionary which this site uses to verify words. But honestly, the obscure words that are being played should be raising red flags to administrators - this is taking the fun out of the games for the rest of us. Yes, I have given red thumbs to the players who I suspect are ruining our fun. Yes, I have written reports as well. What more can be done to bring back the fun in these games? Thank you.