John--
FWIW, I believe Felt rated the blank at 29.
Stu
----- Original Message -----
From: John O'Laughlin
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [quackle] Quackle with 2 blanks needs some work
Stu,
You've stated the value of the blank as "about 30" and TalAQ scores 27
more. Quackle usually rates the blank around 25. There are plenty of
bugs in Quackle, but I don't think this is one.
John
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:57 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jason, O'Laugh and all--
>
> Not being a programmer, I only assume that a program modification
> could take care of this. Quackle Champion Player, set to Collins played
> Tal(A)Q for 64 pts. (QT plus 2 blanks off an A) when QaT for 37 was
> possible. Since every expert I know would play the latter to conserve a
> blank, it seems to me that learners would benefit if Quackle conserved a
> blank if, say, fewer than 30 points were gained by using the second blank.
>
> Stu Goldman
