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National Scrabble Championship
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National Scrabble Championship
Congratulations to Craig on qualifying today for the NSC final, where he'll play David Webb in a best-of-5 showdown on 18 October. Seems like his Scrabble skills are more refined than his views on football ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Thanks, adds to my rather packed schedule over the next 3 months.
Got my local club's tournament this Sunday
The National Scrabble Championships Team event the weekend after
National Championships final (£1,500 first prize, £750 runner-up) Oct 18th
World Championships - Johor Bahru, Malaysia (US$15,000 first prize) Nov 26th-29th
Causeway Challenge - Johor Bahru, Malaysia (US$20,000 first prize) Dec 2nd-6th
Throw in lots of media guff as well of course. Countdowners have it easy...
Got my local club's tournament this Sunday
The National Scrabble Championships Team event the weekend after
National Championships final (£1,500 first prize, £750 runner-up) Oct 18th
World Championships - Johor Bahru, Malaysia (US$15,000 first prize) Nov 26th-29th
Causeway Challenge - Johor Bahru, Malaysia (US$20,000 first prize) Dec 2nd-6th
Throw in lots of media guff as well of course. Countdowners have it easy...
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Re: National Scrabble Championship
Do you find that you get more Scrabble-related publicity and attention due to your Countdown success? I bet a lot of your opponents are extra-keen to beat you as a result of it?
- Craig Beevers
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Re: National Scrabble Championship
Probably do a get little extra press attention due to winning Countdown, I would think most Scrabble tournaments would mean nothing to outsiders where as they would generally be familiar with Countdown. So the association probably helps with giving me a context and hyping me up.Martin Smith wrote:Do you find that you get more Scrabble-related publicity and attention due to your Countdown success? I bet a lot of your opponents are extra-keen to beat you as a result of it?
Being a Countdown winner probably incentivizes the players at the middle and lower rating ranges. I don't think it would make much difference at the top, a fair few of the top players have won Countdown anyway and those that haven't would be potentially good enough to go on Countdown and win a series.