Please could you make the letters on the tiles larger, thicker and a darker black? Maybe also add a border/outline around the tiles as well. Thanks.

@lefttoeshuffle I unblocked you for a while so consider yourself lucky.

Now, removing that feature entirely just to please you would be a very selfish way to do it. The best compromise would be a 'Show Observers' option in settings (preferably the in-game settings menu). That way, the person playing would have the choice about whether they wish to be informed about it or not. People like you could remove the eye for good, and people like @zaph could continue using the feature. People could still watch games as always (whether censored or not).

Your request is kinda like suggesting we remove the lobby entirely to "stop annoying trolls" (of which you're a well-known one funnily enough).

@lexulous I like this new method. It's nice to be able to give my opponent some time if they're about to run out near the end. I prefer to finish the game properly.

Honestly, the new version is a completely broken mess of countless bugs and missing features. An exercise in frustration. All I've seen so far is negative feedback in there. The best idea would be to employ someone to port the old flash version to HTML5 or whatever this new one is using. I'm pretty sure the user base will decline unless we get the old layout and features back. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Old version wasn't broken, this new one is. Temporary measure at best. BTW, I've been playing since Scrabulous days and never had a problem with previous changes until now.

@hellothere459 Try refreshing the page in future after the game ends. Your rating should then be updated accordingly.

@lexulous I noticed you've made some improvements since the initial v2 release (letters a little bigger, faint outline around the tiles, different 'J' etc), but it's still not what it should be. I made a side by side comparison of the latest board vs the board we all loved. Would be interesting to get some feedback from others. My observations would be 1: The letters on the old board are larger and fit the tiles more uniformly. 2: The previous letters are a very dark black which, along with the larger size, helps them pop and improves visibility. 3: This new board has a weird haze/filter over everything that, along with the worse font, really strains my eyes and prevents me playing for long. Like @AliceGracieA said, everything is too pale/washed out and too small. It is better than it was though.

I like it a lot. It's most useful for me towards the end of a close game. It's a little game in itself finding the higher scoring words. I think it should simply be renamed 'Score Strength' though to save confusion. It currently implies that the highest scoring move is the smartest move which often isn't the case (tactically, positionally etc). Of course, there are certainly times when it is.

So basically right now, you can never be sure whether your sentence has been received by others, but from your end it all looks fine. That's not really the way to do it, particularly when there's no logic to it.

Addition: I've been testing with a friend next to me. Separate computers, both logged in, chat enabled and working. Basic chat getting through no problem. I type "daft", followed by "g'daft friends". From my end I can see them and it looks like they went thought normally, but it's just blank space on their end. "Good afternoon" gets through fine, and oddly, so does "I am daft". So we can clearly see there's not much logic to it. You can obviously forget about using words like 'gay'. I mean, why is that blocked anyway? It's a common, tame, inoffensive word regardless of whether it's used to describe sexual orientation, feeling happy, or as an ignorant throwaway that some kids use ie "that's gay bro".

Final thoughts: I think the way they've implemented it is more offensive than the words they're trying to censor. Ditch the filter entirely. We have better options. We can mute lobby chat at any time and/or we can censor the truly offensive people. It can't be a guessing game as to whether your politely intended sentence got through or not. And why are they nuking the entire sentence containing the 'bad' word, and not just the word itself? A happy medium would be bringing the dots thing back and allowing the rest to get through. Or even a blank space for the 'bad' word as long as the rest isn't censored. If there has to be one, then keep the filter list logical and to a minimum. Nuke the most common bad guys eg the 'f' word, 'c' word etc, but not the whole sentence.

Admins should remember that Lexulous is also a social thing for many people. It's rare for people to swear just for the sake of it and the current draconian, broken implementation not only breaks the flow of chat, but is also completely unnecessary and unfairly punishes the decent people!

@Sparks Hey, sorry I was rude above. I can be a little touchy sometimes.

@jrp32 Admins said recently that it's not an option during the live games for time reasons, but they've kept it for the more laid-back email games. I agree with you that it should be an option. They have a 'move confirmation' toggle, so why not the other one?

@kathybarathy That glitch has never happened to me Kathy (unless through my own error). I always get a full rack after playing a move. Do you use the website or the app? Do you use a computer, phone or tablet? Live or email games?

Make sure you press 'recall' (or escape) when it's your turn, just in case any of your letters are hiding on the board from fiddling around during your opponent's turn. I've mislaid tiles that way on occasion. Apologies if I'm stating the obvious there. I thought it was worth mentioning because it's always good to eliminate human error first.

@sparks I've said it before: ditch the filtering and word censorship entirely but make it slightly easier to mute (and unmute) those that abuse it.

Some new ones would be fun. The old ones are a little stale. How about all the national flags as well so we could easily display our location if we wanted to?

@admln Hi AdmLn, I saw you causing trouble in lobby the other day. Pretty sad. You're definitely one who should be muted or banned. You probably already have been multiple times. Thanks for reminding me of that sensible older post of mine. It's a shame they didn't implement it like that. It's kinda creepy how you're crawling though my older posts and making false assumptions etc. I'm not Major BTW, keep trying.

@thatguythere202 AutoHotkey for windows is pretty good.

My chat's been disabled as well. I won't be playing much more if I can't even politely say hi to my opponent.

@roymccoy I figured it out. Forgive my ignorance, but how did you use the tool to ascertain that there was indeed a valid 8 letter word for exactly 134 points?

@roymccoy Do you ever play live games on the website? That's where it is. You should pop in sometime.

@roymccoy It should be ideally, but in light of the inconsistency (and lack of clarity from admins), it would just add more confusion. If it's showing 100% for a +79 when there's a +122 available, it's fair to say that 'Score strength' would be misleading. Perhaps the algorithm is smarter than we think and 'Move strength' is actually more appropriate. It might also take into account the strategic value of the move and such.

This link describes more of what I'm talking about:

https://www.scrabulizer.com/static/strategy

Sidenote: I don't use this site to cheat. It's just one of the better analyzer type sites.

@roymccoy Maybe 'Word strength' is the way to go then, i.e. you've found a 100% word that can potentially yield the highest score. 'Move strength' is looking even more silly now.