Scrabulous Returns to Facebook as Wordscraper
Scrabulous Returns to Facebook as Wordscraper
July 31, 2008
Earlier this week Hasbro DMCA'd Scrabulous right off of Facebook.
But the popular Scrabble knockoff has returned with a new name - Wordscraper - and a slightly new look.
Cnet reports:
The game has effectively returned, but with a redesigned board, a few original play options, a different points tabulation system, and a new name...
The reason for Scrabulous' extreme makeover has its roots in some pretty gray legal matters: the real problem wasn't that it ripped off Scrabble, but that it ripped off Scrabble so blatantly. The colors of the board were the same, the list of rules led to a Wikipedia entry for Scrabble rules, and the two names were similar enough for Hasbro to cry foul...
So will this end the legal spat? Maybe... Many other games on Facebook bear strong-but-not-too-strong resemblances to board games like Battleship and Risk, but so far haven't encountered the same corporate scrutiny.
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Posted 11/20/08 at 11:59am
Baruch_S: They should make a kosher Cooking Mama for the Jewish gamers.
Baruch_S: They should make a kosher Cooking Mama for the Jewish gamers.
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:55am
KN: cage match
KN: cage match
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:55am
KN: Jewish Defense League VS PETA
KN: Jewish Defense League VS PETA
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:54am
PHX Corp: see update at the bottom for what's going to happen to those Teens over killing the cat
PHX Corp: see update at the bottom for what's going to happen to those Teens over killing the cat
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:53am
Baruch_S: @NovaBlack: Nice find. I hate to tell PETA this, but I'm still have turkey for Thanksgiving.
Baruch_S: @NovaBlack: Nice find. I hate to tell PETA this, but I'm still have turkey for Thanksgiving.
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:49am
NovaBlack: got a link to that thread? i cant find it :S
NovaBlack: got a link to that thread? i cant find it :S
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:48am
NovaBlack: lol PETA responds to majesco... http://kotaku.com/5094386/peta-beats-a-dead-horse-asks-for-veggie-cooking-mama
NovaBlack: lol PETA responds to majesco... http://kotaku.com/5094386/peta-beats-a-dead-horse-asks-for-veggie-cooking-mama
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:47am
KN: coo'
KN: coo'
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:45am
JDKJ: @KN: The Thread in the ECA Forum.
JDKJ: @KN: The Thread in the ECA Forum.
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:40am
KN: what thread
KN: what thread
Posted 11/20/08 at 11:39am
nightwng2000: For interested parties, head over to The Thread for, very possibly, the FINAL update. 2 Minutes to post time. :)
nightwng2000: For interested parties, head over to The Thread for, very possibly, the FINAL update. 2 Minutes to post time. :)
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KN: ok frontpage tell me about frontpage kid. Gimme some gold
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Shadow D. Darkman: *sigh* FAIL.
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KN: it's frontpage kid!
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Shadow D. Darkman: *facepalm*
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KN: sup frontpage
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E. Zachary Knight: Zel, I got your back.
E. Zachary Knight: Zel, I got your back.
Posted 11/20/08 at 10:47am
PHX Corp: looks like the kids are getting a more proper punishment in canada for nuking a cat
PHX Corp: looks like the kids are getting a more proper punishment in canada for nuking a cat
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This just in, Wordscraper will be banned by the BBFC under new far reaching legislation to be introduced in the UK parliment. I know its true because I misread it on the internet.
Okay...I'm going now.
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So now there are two..
US - Wordscraper
Rest of the world - Scrabulous (which never stopped working)
Is it the same people doing both apps?
(btw. this new editor sucks.. backspace takes you to the previous page!)
..and everything is double spaced..
That backspace thing sounds like a browser setting. Backspace works just fine in the comment box.
the double space is automatic paragraph spacing, is all. Line-to-line within a single paragraph, everything is single-spaced.
For single spacing:
Shift+enter works for me.
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