Congrats to Ken on his top 10 finish at the Southeastern Scrabble Classic in Atlanta this weekend!  13-9 record netted him 27 NASPA ratings points.  Huzzah!

Now, this weekends stats and standings update:

					old	new		avg	avg			Final 2015-16
	W	L	Win %		rating	rating		points	bingos			rating
Marc	4	0	100 %		1746			491	3			1716
Steve	19	5	79 %		1728			420	1.83			1689
Matthew	31	11	73 %		1643			405	1.88			1630
Will	49	20	71 %		1571			413	1.76			1546
David	2	1	66 %		1481			371	1.66			1480
Ken	12	12	50 %		1420			384	1.37			1469
Betty	46	37	55 %		1251	1235		370	1.24			1181
Joe	2	3	40 %		1238			388	1.4			1252
Victoria	41	53	43 %		1123	1148		361	1.43			1211
Margaret	12	11	52 %		1105			379	1.08			1132
Eric	1	2	33 %		1082			363	1.33			1104
Lisa	0	2	--		890	884		322	0.5			896
Fred	4	5	44 %		805			334	1.22			733
Janny	15	43	25 %		668			310	0.22			574
Kaye	1	3	25 %		575*			282	--			nr
Darrell	0	8	--		500*			278	0.25			nr
Karen	0	4	--		500*			282	0.25			nr
Alex	0	4	--		500*			280	0.5			nr
Cheryl	5	19	19 %		286			300	0.33			291

Thank you to Victoria for this week's results!

Victoria 489	Betty 278		Victoria 357	Lisa 287		Betty 414	Victoria 356
TUCKERS			NITERIE			ENTITLED	UNLOOSE
RETAINED							TERRIES
SEROSAL
Victoria 404	Betty 321
	UNLISTING*

Good luck to Ken!   He is battling at the 2nd Southeastern Classic in Atlanta.  The Main Event finished it's first day today and Ken sits at 5-3, 11th out of 34.  Woohoo!



And the real cartoon housewives of Atlanta are cheering him on!

For the truly bored and Scrabble-addicted, I've updated my blog  (http://mridoutscrabbleblog.blogspot.com/) with a new entry from the Memorial Day weekend tournament in Chicago - the Arden Cup.  As always, it includes quiz on bingos I found (and a lot I missed!) and some neat definitions and factoids in the quiz answer section.

Now with that bit of ego out of the way, on to the good stuff, updated standings, stats and ratings!  See bottom for a note about ratings calculation as relates to newcomers :)

					old	new		avg	avg			Final 2015-16
	W	L	Win %		rating	rating		points	bingos			rating
Marc	4	0	100 %		1746			491	3			1716
Steve	19	5	79 %		1728			420	1.83			1689
Matthew	31	11	73 %		1660	1643		405	1.88			1630
Will	49	20	71 %		1571			413	1.76			1546
David	2	1	66 %		1481			371	1.66			1480
Ken	12	12	50 %		1420			384	1.37			1469
Betty	45	35	56 %		1262	1251		371	1.26			1181
Joe	2	3	40 %		1238			388	1.4			1252
Victoria	38	52	42 %		1098	1123		359	1.43			1211
Margaret	12	11	52 %		1110	1105		379	1.08			1132
Eric	1	2	33 %		1082			363	1.33			1104
Lisa	0	1	--		890			358	1			896
Fred	4	5	44 %		811	805		334	1.22			733
Janny	15	43	25 %		668			310	0.22			574
Kaye	1	3	25 %		new!	575*		282	--			nr
Darrell	0	8	--		500*			278	0.25			nr
Karen	0	4	--		new!	500*		282	0.25			nr
Alex	0	4	--		500*			280	0.5			nr
Cheryl	5	19	19 %		287	286		300	0.33			291

Ratings note:
In an attempt to emulate the NASPA system, newcomers' club ratings cannot go below the 500 entry point until after 13 games.  Until then, the asterisk denotes "provisional ratings".

What that means for all of us with "established ratings" is that games against players with provisional ratings don't count for or against others' club ratings, win or lose.  I -do- include scores and bingos into the other stats I keep and post here though.

Examples:  I went 2-1 Sunday, but my two wins were against our awesome newcomers.  So for purpose of rating, I went 0-1 (I lost to Victoria), and so my rating dropped.  On the flip side, Cheryl went 1-2 on the day, with one win and one loss against the newcomers.  For rating calculation, though, she only went 0-1, and so only lost one club rating point.

Should Karen and Kaye join us again (and again and again we sure hope!), once they have passed the 13-game mark, wins and losses against them will be counted the same as games against anyone else.

Meanwhile, until a player the -50- club game lifetime mark, what would otherwise be the usual ratings gain or loss from a given club session is then increased or decreased by 50%.

What a fun session, having two local Mensa chapter members come give us a try!  And thank you to Fred for inviting them and coordinating Sunday.

Victoria	4-0	+402
Betty	3-1	+289
Matthew	2-1	+320
Margaret	2-1	+162
Cheryl	1-2	(186)
Kaye	1-3	(351)
Fred	0-1	(90)
Karen	0-4	(545)
Matthew 427	Karen 225		Margaret 429	Kaye 307		Victoria 497	Karen 293
PRIORESS			RANDIEST			SENORAS
						AIGRETS
						[one other]
Betty 465	Cheryl 250		Cheryl 355	Karen 300		Matthew 402	Kaye 277
HOTELIER
DIGESTS
Victoria 482	Betty 341		Kaye 283	Cheryl 257		Betty 396	Karen 311
INSNARES	PLAYSETS					PRINCES	GORIEST
BERATES
TANGOER*
Margaret 368	Fred 278		Victoria 371	Matthew 364		Betty 393	Kaye 263
CERISER*	REEARNS		ENCHANT	TASTIER		GALLEON
Victoria 372	Margaret 322
WESTING
LICENSE

I think this will just be a reminder for everyone, but we likely have at least two new players coming tomorrow.   Please be sure to bring boards, tiles, and clocks so we have enough.  Also, if anyone has up-to-date "cheat sheets", please bring those, too! :)

					old	new		avg	avg			Final 2015-16
	W	L	Win %		rating	rating		points	bingos			rating
Marc	4	0	100 %		1746			491	3			1716
Steve	19	5	79 %		1728			420	1.83			1689
Matthew	29	10	74 %		1660			405	1.97			1630
Will	49	20	71 %		1571			413	1.76			1546
David	2	1	66 %		1481			371	1.66			1480
Ken	12	12	50 %		1420			384	1.37			1469
Betty	42	34	55 %		1272	1262		370	1.26			1181
Joe	2	3	40 %		1238			388	1.4			1252
Margaret	10	10	50 %		1110			380	1.15			1132
Victoria	34	52	39 %		1069	1098		356	1.39			1211
Eric	1	2	33 %		1082			363	1.33			1104
Lisa	0	1	--		890			358	1			896
Fred	4	4	50 %		811			341	1.25			733
Janny	15	43	25 %		678	668		310	0.22			574
Darrell	0	8	--		500*			278	0.25			nr
Alex	0	4	--		500*			280	0.5			nr
Cheryl	4	17	19 %		287			302	0.38			291