I already played with 2 different players that used a solver because there is no way that in every turn are you gonna get 50+ points on random words that most people have no clue what they mean.Its a shame that people can't play the game for fun.

I haven't run into any cheaters yet...at least I don't think so. So far, nobody has gone over four letters, which is almost worse than cheating because I can't put my freakin' tiles anywhere. And I'm really starting to wish that we could opt out of random matchmaking. I'm being bombarded with push notifications now, but I don't want to turn them off 'cause then I won't know when my opponents move. Also, maybe it's stupid, but I kinda feel like a jerk when I reject people's game requests...and I woke up with 16 new requests this morning...


Also, has anyone seen Nokia's stock today? I'm so tempted to sell, but I have a feeling it will go up even more. But we need money and I'm not sure if we can wait until the quarterly report.

Le gasp, Tyler gave me my first rejection! That cuts deep, man. Seriously, though, I kinda wish a few other people would've rejected me. I was going for the Invite achievement and now I have too many games going, but I don't want to back out of any of them. It is nice to see how active Windows Phone actually is, though.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Le gasp, Tyler gave me my first rejection! That cuts deep, man. Seriously, though, I kinda wish a few other people would've rejected me. I was going for the Invite achievement and now I have too many games going, but I don't want to back out of any of them. It is nice to see how active Windows Phone actually is, though.

Haha sorry about that man. Just like you said in your previous post, it feels bad to reject people, but I've had close to 20 invites in the last 24 hours. I decided to limit my active games to 5 at a time, so I've just been rejecting all other invites.

No worries; like I said, it was mainly just for the achievement anyway. I've had about 30 invitations since downloading this last night, so I'm doing the same thing (mass rejecting). Heck, I really only intended on playing with my wife, but it's kinda fun to play with a few people throughout the day.

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AlphaJax may be the best free game on WP. I love Scrabble. Just wish didn't have to wait so long between turns when playing some people. But pass n play is a plus.

Originally Posted by nCogNeato Does anyone know if AlphaJax uses cloud saving like Wordament? While were at it, does anyone have a complete list of Xbox LIVE WP games that use cloud saving? I know there can't be many.

Anyone?

Ok, AlphaJax got way too annoying. People play too infrequently, yet I get tons of new game invites (in the middle of the night). I had to turn my Xbox notifications off. :(

They shouldn't have allowed people to just "start new games" with anyone. It should've been something like this:
1) User requests random opponent
2) If any open games (i.e. a game where opponent has made his first move), join that
3) If not, create new game and make your first move (therefore, next person who requests a random opponent will join your game)

It seems like when you request a random opponent, it's just grabbing any random gamertag and starting a new game :\

Originally Posted by zohar Ok, AlphaJax got way too annoying. People play too infrequently, yet I get tons of new game invites (in the middle of the night). I had to turn my Xbox notifications off. :(

You know, you can turn off push notifications within the game. That way, it only notifies you while you have the game running (or not at all). Just take a look at the settings. It kinda defeats the purpose, but the option is there.

Originally Posted by zohar 2) If any open games (i.e. a game where opponent has made his first move), join that 3) If not, create new game and make your first move (therefore, next person who requests a random opponent will join your game)

I would like this as an added option. In a way, I like the random game requests. It almost makes me feel popular. Ha ha. But I do agree that they can get annoying and it would be nice if you could opt out of the automated matchmaking.

Also, I think there should be a time limit if there isn't one already. It's great that everyone can play at their own pace, but if someone decides to never finish a game, your stuck with it in My Games. If you want to get rid of the clutter, you have to resign and take a negative mark on your stats. It's not a huge issue, but it would be nice if games are ended after a couple of weeks (or a month) of inactivity. Maybe you could set an agreed-upon limit within each individual game. Or they could set up a reminder system so that if you've been waiting long enough (a minimum of 48 hours perhaps), you can send a reminder to your opponent and if they don't make a move within a week, the game automatically ends. It would be allowed no more than once per turn, of course, to minimize potential harassment. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Also, I think there should be a time limit if there isn't one already. It's great that everyone can play at their own pace, but if someone decides to never finish a game, your stuck with it in My Games. If you want to get rid of the clutter, you have to resign and take a negative mark on your stats. It's not a huge issue, but it would be nice if games are ended after a couple of weeks (or a month) of inactivity. Maybe you could set an agreed-upon limit within each individual game. Or they could set up a reminder system so that if you've been waiting long enough (a minimum of 48 hours perhaps), you can send a reminder to your opponent and if they don't make a move within a week, the game automatically ends. It would be allowed no more than once per turn, of course, to minimize potential harassment. Just a thought.

You don't automatically win the game after 72 hours of inactivity? That's how Wordament is, it's real nice. I assumed this was the same, I have 2 games with 48 hours of inactivity, so I assumed I'd automatically "win" those games sometime tomorrow.

Also, I'd love to see other modes in this game. Like a 5 minute time limit mode that you can enter with someone, if you want to actually sit down and play the game for a while.

Well looks like no Deal of the Week again so can anyone recommend me some 99Cent games was thinking like SpiderJack or Connect 4 but i don't know got about 5Dollars to throw away so shoot me some games i should try..

Originally Posted by MiXmAsTaRoB Well looks like no Deal of the Week again so can anyone recommend me some 99Cent games was thinking like SpiderJack or Connect 4 but i don't know got about 5Dollars to throw away so shoot me some games i should try..

There won't be any DotW's til after the new year.

I recommend any of the non-Nokia exclusive $0.99 games. I've played almost all of them and enjoyed them all enough to recommend them.

My favorite 99 centers:
Cut the Rope
Crimson Dragon
Little Acorns
Feed Me Oil
Chickens Can't Fly
Spider Jack
Battlewagon (most people hated it but I really enjoyed it)
Ionball EX
Deer Hunter 3D
Fruit Ninja
Max & the Magic Marker

Nice may try battlewagon demo and looks like spiderjack for sure since I enjoyed cut the rope... And the rest of the list I almost have except ionball ex thanks for the suggestion and the tip why no deal of the week

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 You don't automatically win the game after 72 hours of inactivity? That's how Wordament is, it's real nice. I assumed this was the same, I have 2 games with 48 hours of inactivity, so I assumed I'd automatically "win" those games sometime tomorrow. Also, I'd love to see other modes in this game. Like a 5 minute time limit mode that you can enter with someone, if you want to actually sit down and play the game for a while.

Well, I don't know, there might be an auto-win. I actually haven't had a game stay inactive long enough to find out; I just assumed it had been neglected. Which reminds me...it would also be nice if I didn't have to exit the game and then start it again for My Turns to refresh. Not sure if this is a problem with the servers or the game itself, but it's annoying. I also have problems with push notifications not going off at times. Today, they wouldn't come up when my phone was "sleeping" and then they would all come flooding in when I woke it up.

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If someone doesn't make a move after a certain length of time, that person resigns the game. I forget what the time limit is though.

Originally Posted by MiXmAsTaRoB Nice may try battlewagon demo and looks like spiderjack for sure since I enjoyed cut the rope... And the rest of the list I almost have except ionball ex thanks for the suggestion and the tip why no deal of the week

Because the guys at MS are cheap and lazy.

Honestly, I don't know. EastX speculates that the big Black Friday sale that we got (6 games) was actually the next 6 DotWs all lumped together. This seems possible, but still isn't a good excuse. It's not like DotW takes a break on Xbox after a big sale.

Originally Posted by eastx If someone doesn't make a move after a certain length of time, that person resigns the game. I forget what the time limit is though.

It's longer than 3 days. I'll keep an eye on my 2 games that are currently at the length, and let you guys know if/when they're forced to resign.

Angry Birds Star Wars comes to WP7

Angry Birds Space comes to WP7

Angry Birds Star Wars is awesome. I'm seriously bummed there's no Live support/achievements though.

Originally Posted by DrUnkAgAIn Angry Birds Star Wars is awesome. I'm seriously bummed there's no Live support/achievements though.

Yeah that's beyond ing lame for a lot of us who use WP to supplement our gamerscore. However I can understand that Rovio wants to get these out on WP7 ASAP, since WP7 is almost out the door and if these games had to spend 2 months in Xbox certification hell, it could cost them a significant amount of sales.

That being said, I just don't find Angry Birds fun enough to justify spending a dollar on without achievements. Even the Star Wars license is enough to pick it up. I'm probably in the minority here.

EDIT: In reading some of the comments on Paul's post on WPCentral, I guess there are several of us who are going to skip this.