Jim Kramer v. Real Networks Scrabble Machine
17 Nov 2006
SCRABBLE® Publicity Event in Seattle, Nov 17th
Seattle-based Real Networks
purchased the on-line rights to SCRABBLE® earlier this year. RN and NSA are
coordinating a publicity event in Seattle to highlight their new SCRABBLE® product.
There will be a "Man-versus-Machine" match where Jim Kramer (2006 USSO Champion) will play the RN Scrabble® program for money.
RealNetworks: MAN vs. Machine Press Release
The event took place on Friday, November 17th at Westlake Center from
11:30 AM until 1:00 PM.
Press Release: MAN beats Machine--wins $10,000. [17 Nov 2006]
Link to Seattle Times Article: Scrabble: It's man vs. machine [18 Nov 2006]
Jim K's picture on the front page: Seattle Times [pdf]
A big THANK YOU! goes to our own Mike Frentz who wrote
down all the racks, plays, and board positions for these games!
Quackle Files:
(download Quackle program from www.quackle.org and use it to open the .gcg files]
*Note: 3 corrections were made to racks in games 1 and 3. The .gcg files have been updated and game reports
have been regenerated with the corrections.
Word document showing screenshots of Quackle--images of the all games and the plays:
JimKvRNALL.doc [right-click on the link and choose to save the file]
Game 1:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Jim Kramer GL 419
------------------------------ -> RealNetworks 466
1|E R ' E N D I V E S ' =|
2|L A O F I E R Y | Game over.
3| J A D E D ' ' - |
4|' I E ' - '| --Tracking-----------------------------------
5| E - - | GL 2
6| L U T I N G S V " |
7| ' ' T E A Z l E S |
8|C H E M O X U W O ' F O H|
9| C W A I N ' O ' |
10| " h " K I " |
11| T O Q U E I D |
12|' G I N B O N S A I '|
13| R ' O ' - |
14| - A P A L T R Y - |
15|R U M B A T A R P E N T|
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Game 2:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Jim Kramer CNTT 417
------------------------------ -> RealNetworks 406
1|= ' = ' M|
2| V " " - U| Game over.
3| I - ' ' - T|
4|J O I N E R ' W A D E| --Tracking-----------------------------------
5| L V B A P l| CNTT 4
6| A O H I A G A L A X Y|
7| T ' K ' Q I ' |
8|O E B E G W I N C H E R S|
9|U ' L E Y E ' O F |
10|T E q U I L A " O F " |
11|R M - D A D O |
12|U E S ' N O R '|
13|N - ' ' N O T |
14|G R I P E R " A - |
15|= ' D I S S E I Z E|
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Game 3:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O -> Jim Kramer 442
------------------------------ RealNetworks F 441
1|= ' = M O V E R|
2| - " P E - | Game over.
3| R I G I D ' P U L E - S|
4|' - A N I M A T E R O| --Tracking-----------------------------------
5| F L U X N E E R| F 1
6| " " E R A " D|
7| ' O ' R S I|
8|= ' B O W S K O A N|
9| ' O I ' N E|
10| " H A D Q U I E T S|
11| J A G I N D |
12|' C O W C V '|
13| B o T A n I Z E U T |
14| - N A Y T L I G H T |
15|A L O E E ' Y =|
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