The Most Heartbreaking Game in Scrabble History

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Welcome to Episode 24 of Scrabble History, a series where I break down some of the most incredible plays, epic rivalries, and amazing moments in Scrabble's rich competitive history.
I focus on the most brilliant plays and epic victories in Scrabble history on this channel, but for every incredible comeback, there's someone on the other side dealing with a potentially crushing defeat. There's one game in Scrabble that stands out in my mind as the most heartbreaking game I can remember. But it's also one of the most inspiring games I've ever witnessed.
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@viviblue7277 5 месяцев назад

The sportsmanship feels like the real story here. It’s incredibly difficult to act that humble in defeat and mean it. That is something to strive for.

@infrences 5 месяцев назад

It depends on how you lose. Sometimes your opponent’s play is so amazing that you just have to sit there in astonishment ngl

@tsukiiiiiii 5 месяцев назад

Honestly I admire Jerry's mindset here. He admits that he himself makes mistakes and instead of beating himself over it he simply embrace it.

@domino14 5 месяцев назад

James is one of the most naturally gifted Scrabble players ever. He wasn’t really a hardcore studier; PAGURID came out of nowhere. He missed a handful of bingos through the tournament, but still did great. I’d released the first version of Aerolith shortly before this tournament. When watching a bunch of people competing on 9s, James was invariably beating all of them - this included people who have actually studied 9s.

@estancia84 5 месяцев назад

James cheats

@user-mx5hg4tr5q 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely heartbreaking. Jerry was so close, yet he lost. I met him once at a tournament, and he was so kind and so supportive to a player much weaker than him. That interaction will always be one of the best experiences of my (albeit limited) scrabble career.

@дигл_лайв 5 месяцев назад

At first the setup was obvious for Jerry to lose, but then it became super improbable for him to lose, and then you made it so obvious that James is going to devastatingly lose even though he did everything right, for it to all come back on itself in the end. I was, quite frankly, bamboozled, and it was amazing :D

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

Then I've done my job!

@janekotoole8751 5 месяцев назад

I love that your videos aren't just celebrations of the quality of play, but the quality of the people, such a nice change from the hyper-aggressive coverage we get of so many competitive endeavors, and something we could use more of.

@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563 3 месяца назад

To compete is to recognize the other as your peer. Without respect, a battle becomes a brawl.

@wbeaurowe 5 месяцев назад

May we all be like Jerry in our losses. What a stand up dude.

@henryt9281 5 месяцев назад

F that. I would have flipped the table, trashed the room, smashed the cameras, and ripped up the winner's check unless they gave me another chance at that turn.

@qqw743 5 месяцев назад

10:35 "Me, devastated after my toughest loss," seems like a topic for a compelling, if heartbreaking video.

@Ramboost007 5 месяцев назад

I think this was from the 2023 World Championship, and he's done a video about it

@axcertypo 5 месяцев назад

@@Ramboost007 this is correct. Also, don't worry, I comforted Will right after he left the view of the camera.

@craiglarimer1173 5 месяцев назад

Was this when Will had a pretty big lead in games then everything went south for him?

@wanderer15 5 месяцев назад

It's from this video! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-STfJlnAdvJY.htmlsi=VRla1SVJK2tRGDx2

@phyphor 4 месяца назад

I don't play Scrabble, myself, but I find your stories, of people either doing great things or just being great people, inspiring regardless. Thanks for making them!

@pandurendradjaja8994 5 месяцев назад

That conclusion-"it inspires me to be more like both of these players"-is such a great sentiment! Excellent storytelling as always, what a game!

@joeedley3936 5 месяцев назад

one thing to add: at that time RESINIER was NOT acceptable, otherwise I'm sure Jerry would have played it in the middle game. another great video! glad to see my best man get positive recognition for it!

@dikephobia 5 месяцев назад

the side-notes do mention that I am sure?

@JohnDoe-ti2np 5 месяцев назад

@@dikephobia Yes, at 3:10

@qqw743 5 месяцев назад

Would love to see origin story vids. How do players get into competitive Scrabble? How did you? What's the life like?

@yriiiiiii 5 месяцев назад

Incredible how something as simple as a game of scrabble can be so moving. Because its not just the game, but the story and the people behind the game. The fact that it is so moving is also a great testament to your amazing storytelling, which i believe is one of the main reasons you have gotten me, among so many people interested in the world of professional scrabble. Keep being great Will!

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

I really appreciate this, thank you.

@kylemcmullan2831 5 месяцев назад

What a class act by Jerry. It's always great to see veterans setting a good tone for a scene. From what is sounds like, James also would have been the same way if Jerry had found the bingo to close it out. Just good players with good attitudes all around.

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

Absolutely. No doubts in my mind that James would have been equally classy

@feyetho9524 5 месяцев назад

I'm so terrible at Scrabble and only play it with children (and often still lose), and yet I have watched almost every video Will has released for the past 6 months. I can't explain myself.

@wanderer15 5 месяцев назад

I appreciate it!

@vari1535 5 месяцев назад

Incredible storytelling! The way you created tension, set up surprise, and reflected on it made this so engaging to watch--and a similar story goes for all your videos!

@2140Mark 4 месяца назад

I left the game over thirty years ago, but am privileged to say that I knew Jerry and played against him several times back in the day. Always a gentlemen in every respect and am not at all surprised at this bit of history. Credit to him, and to James.

@TheGenghisKha 5 месяцев назад

I like watching this channel because it seems like players have a lot of personality even in their play styles. It's cool to share the stories of these players

@Harrs2 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for the story Will. Both these players have SO MUCH HEART that I'm tearing up. Congrats to both of them for their placings.

@MrTheboffin 5 месяцев назад

I think the counter point to that 92% chance being brillant is that if his opponent had made the setup, he already had what was needed to win or believed he was likely to get it.

@domino14 5 месяцев назад

There were three unseen E’s for ALOETIC, and given his very low clock I believe he was going for that mainly.

@furkanyilmaz0 4 месяца назад

bro your storytelling is mindblowingly good, watching this video just felt like watching a movie. honestly brilliant work!

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

thank you very much!

@SamRosin1 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful video that did this story justice, and wonderful comments by Jerry. I had remembered HOISE as an error compared to HEROIC from Quackle analysis at the time, interestingly. I didn't know there is a macondo 3(!!)-in-the-bag pre-endgame solver in development. (Though, as another commenter pointed out, James may be able to infer much more than a T, i.e., a rack very close to a bingo and/or a rack without the X. Maybe the Quackle sims from 2007 assumed opprack of ACILOT or something.)

@domino14 5 месяцев назад

Yep 3-in-the bag solver works, and since it’s open source anyone can try it out. I am still fixing some bugs around it that crop up sometimes. So I can’t be 100% confident in its results among non-bag-emptying plays. With that said we did manually try a bunch of these and it seemed to have calculated correctly. Once it’s all working perfectly I’ll make a little more fanfare about it.

@SamRosin1 4 месяца назад

@@domino14amazing! I'll check it out

@SamRosin1 4 месяца назад

@@domino14amazing!! Can't wait to try it.

@hridaysamtani5797 5 месяцев назад

What an amazing story! Props to Jerry for being so gracious. Inspires mere mortals like us to keep pushing ourselves in the quest for excellence. Thanks for sharing, Will!

@Oler-yx7xj 5 месяцев назад

The losing gracefully thing is one of my favourite things in Go, losing a group with grace is it's whole art

@thegodofpez 5 месяцев назад

WHOA!!!! This is the game I mentioned in a recent comment!!! Not sure if it’s a coincidence but either way so glad you covered it! You’re the man, Sir Anderson. 🤟

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

It was already on my to-do list, and I'm sure your comment made me bump it to the front of the line!

@D3PR3C4T0R 5 месяцев назад

Getting teary eyed over a Scrabble video while sitting in a parking lot? Yes, let's.

@baIec Месяц назад

Damn this one was moving man... Such a great life lesson, dont have anything to add to what Jerry said, those were beautiful words

@IgnorantSeeker 5 месяцев назад

This is why Scrabble world is so much better than chess world. People are capable of inspiring the best quality in each other, but these environments are not built everywhere. We should strive for this in every sphere.

@meta04 5 месяцев назад

Now that's otalgic.

@OMN1N 5 месяцев назад

Love the video Will! Just wanted to say that the gate on your mic is a bit strong making it cut in and out between words, making it sound a bit harsh.

@deguvnor598 4 месяца назад

Beautiful sad story (for Jerry) and happy ending (for James). I like your winning pose and defeat stroll pictures. That's the mountain and valley moments. I was in the hall in Vegas and may have passed by you after that painful loss not knowing what you just went through. Scrabble is life. It has its stories, good and bad. Will, you are a great story storyteller. Even if I didn't play Scrabble, I'd still be subscribed to your channel

@LisaPerry-xp6mn 4 месяца назад

Amazing story and so beautifully told

@LRXC1 4 месяца назад

I love these videos so much, wow I’d be devastated at that ending

@TheEssentialHughJazz 5 месяцев назад

Hi Will! I wanted to commend you on keeping the topics of your videos dynamic and interesting. I appreciate you going that much further to make each one engaging. That's why I watch them all :)

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

@niconewtime5589 5 месяцев назад

What a lesson this is on staying gracious in defeat and just on perspective on life in general

@Qaqaq 5 месяцев назад

As soon as I saw this video's title, I correctly guessed what the game had to be.

@mini2199 5 месяцев назад

Its something very gracious that both of them could simply see themselves smiling and joyous of ending up second place

@dentonyoung4314 5 месяцев назад

Two Scrabble greats, one of them makes a very human error and gets second.. I love the example of sportsmanship displayed.

@josephmallick2654 5 месяцев назад

I could have spared him some of that heartbreak had I not allowed his THYREOUS* the game before!

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

Dave Wiegand also blew an endgame to James in R30!

@craiglarimer1173 5 месяцев назад

Loved this video! Heartbreaking but also uplifting. Keep them coming please.

@MrWill830 5 месяцев назад

Your videos are really good. I'm not that much of a scrabble nerd but I love them, keep it up, wishing your channel to grow :)

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much

@MrWill830 4 месяца назад

@@wanderer15 you're welcome !

@GooglySushi 5 месяцев назад

One of your best videos! Great storytelling.

@Michael-st6zq 4 месяца назад

Loved this episode! Another great story well told:)

@Cherokeechuck9 4 месяца назад

It would be awesome to see you play the team scrabble with another GM

@garys5175 4 месяца назад

Great stuff Will, thank you.

@yellowdicesam 5 месяцев назад

the new profile picture confused me for a second lmao

@AllemandInstable 5 месяцев назад

like the storytelling, the morale, and the main protagonist

@jakko_ Месяц назад

4:33 Funny how both of these plays include the number two as the hooked word!

@bowlofwhiskey 5 месяцев назад

What if you reviewed viewers’ games for a livestream somehow

@Manigo1743 5 месяцев назад

Is it just assumed that players at this level know all 7 letter bingos, and are able to find them 100% of the time?

@AlexDings 5 месяцев назад

The top players have likely _looked at_ every 7 letter bingo at least once, and will find _most of them_ most of the time, but it's incredibly difficult getting to 100%. In fact there's only one player who has a literal 100% success rate. Regular viewers of this channel will know who I'm talking about 😀 The miss shown in the video is unusual because the words consists of pretty common letters. It's like missing a 25 yards field goal, or a two foot putt in golf or something. It shouldn't happen to a top player, but once in a blue moon it just will

@BeyondMediocreMandarin 2 месяца назад

Ouch, that's brutal!

@vincentskater 5 месяцев назад

OH MY GOD THE PLOT TWIST LETS GOOO HAHAHAHA

@davidtydeman1434 2 месяца назад

Both players are excellent

@user-be9qm4es6v 5 месяцев назад

lez is not legal now?

@mattcanik 4 месяца назад

it's been removed from most lexicons, yes

@tranonehalf 5 месяцев назад

I believe James still the reigning Players Champion* 😊

@wanderer15 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha, true!

@socksygen 5 месяцев назад

heartbreaking hamburgers, batman!

@EltWilder 5 месяцев назад

Words are hard.

@Forensource 5 месяцев назад

I might see Jerry today.

@AOOA926 5 месяцев назад

Yo!!! New pfp

@SasmithaXD 5 месяцев назад

Will chillin in New pp

@AOOA926 5 месяцев назад

Why did you change your profile picture?

@wanderer15 5 месяцев назад

mostly because when anybody links to my channel, that image is absurdly low-resolution on both YT and Twitch. Sorry if you liked the old one :)

@AOOA926 5 месяцев назад

@@wanderer15 I did but this one is much better

@I_like_smashburgers 5 месяцев назад

nice pfp

@irakyl 4 месяца назад

Will, you truly are the Lebron James of basketball

@miscman84 5 месяцев назад

5:13 wrong array-based nerd game icon

@tumultuous 5 месяцев назад

Let’s see some Scrabble Together gameplay on your Twitch channel 😂

@Austin101123 5 месяцев назад

4:22 what about 7 letter bingoes with 4th letter c making croque?

@justin_tang 5 месяцев назад

Well spotted, but CROQUE actually isn't in the word list -- not even for Collins!

@Austin101123 5 месяцев назад

@@justin_tang ahh interesting, I thought it would be a common enough food to be valid since I've heard of it before. Valid words always weird to me. No queso, cunt, queef, rewatch, ruleset, empath, dumpster, overmorrow, fatass, dumbass, asshat, fucktard, many more I'm sure.

@moz2589 4 месяца назад

Play a game using the shrek scrabble board

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

I seriously may do this

@dynimo1 5 месяцев назад

It would be nice to know how the game ended...

@wanderer15 5 месяцев назад

I showed the final board, but yes, there were two more moves I skipped over to speed the video along - James played (R)EX for 26, and Jerry played his G with G(OY) for 7 for a final of James 423, Jerry 367.

@dynimo1 5 месяцев назад

@@wanderer15 Cool thanks!

@pererarohini6892 5 месяцев назад

40k coming soon

@Harriet1822 3 месяца назад

Generosity is beautiful.

@bellingham.mobile69 5 месяцев назад

Hi❤

@yriiiiiii 5 месяцев назад

Greetings 👋

@KrazyKyle-ij9vb 5 месяцев назад

Hi! :D

@Outthere115 4 месяца назад

Like for unregistered hypercam 2

@wanderer15 4 месяца назад

I considered editing that out, but it amused me so I left it

@Zebris0 5 месяцев назад

@canthishamstergetto2ksubs530 5 месяцев назад

Actually heartbreaking, he seems like an amazing person, if he still plays scrabble, I hope he gets another chance. Amazing video will, the storytelling is incredible.