It's weird for the nervous pirate to decide to cheat, although maybe it's in a pirate's nature to cheat?
But it's also weird to describe a word ending in "ium" as a verb. "ium" words are chemical elements, structures, conditions, y'know, nouns. So it's not just cheating, it's bad cheating.
Apparently nobody, including OP knows how to play scrabble. You're allowed to make up a real sounding word, it's the opposing player(s) that's supposed to challenge it. What happens after the challenge depends on what rules are decided beforehand, so it could be the player with the fake word just loses a turn, or if the challenge is invalid the challenger loses a turn.
But making up a word is not cheating. If it doesn't get challenged, the word stands.
Doesn't seem like he's offended to me, just providing context on your post. It's different that the captain kills the man because he wants to (or because he lost the game) vs because he was cheating
The first panel implied the captain requested the game, but the crewmate doesn't want to play because the captain will win.
So the crewmate decides to cheat?
But if you cheat "to win," then by definition, you did not actually win.
So, you're saying the joke is that this crewmate is a serial cheater who is constantly being caught and the captain knows this and uses it as a pretense to bait the crewmate so that the captain can justify a punishment?
Idk, I think that seems like a bit too much for me...
How did he cheat? I feel like to cheat at Scrabble you'd have to lie about letter scores or bring your own tiles in, otherwise you're just playing an incorrect word and the opponent has an opportunity to call them on it
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I was excited to learn a new word, but I think you lied to me.
Yeah, it'd also make the comic slightly more funny if it were a real word.
It's weird for the nervous pirate to decide to cheat, although maybe it's in a pirate's nature to cheat?
But it's also weird to describe a word ending in "ium" as a verb. "ium" words are chemical elements, structures, conditions, y'know, nouns. So it's not just cheating, it's bad cheating.
Sounds like copium
Apparently nobody, including OP knows how to play scrabble. You're allowed to make up a real sounding word, it's the opposing player(s) that's supposed to challenge it. What happens after the challenge depends on what rules are decided beforehand, so it could be the player with the fake word just loses a turn, or if the challenge is invalid the challenger loses a turn.
But making up a word is not cheating. If it doesn't get challenged, the word stands.
I literally play in tournaments.
This thing here is what we call "a gag." Guess what? It is not real. It's not a documentary or real life. It's called "a cartoon."
They also didn't have Scrabble in the 18th century - there's another thing you can whine about.
I never get how people on reddit get offended by the most mundane things.
edit: The two responses below are the same guy - he's got a lot of accounts.
Except he was correct in explaining the rules and you are being weird about it. Go take a skavivium buddy!
Doesn't seem like he's offended to me, just providing context on your post. It's different that the captain kills the man because he wants to (or because he lost the game) vs because he was cheating
why lol
Not to be that guy, but it's not funny if it's not a real word.
The joke is "the artist is stupid," which isn't a joke unless we already know OP isn't stupid...
Isn't the joke that the guy was trying to cheat?
I get that making up a word is cheating...
But that doesn't make sense as a joke...
The first panel implied the captain requested the game, but the crewmate doesn't want to play because the captain will win.
So the crewmate decides to cheat?
But if you cheat "to win," then by definition, you did not actually win.
So, you're saying the joke is that this crewmate is a serial cheater who is constantly being caught and the captain knows this and uses it as a pretense to bait the crewmate so that the captain can justify a punishment?
Idk, I think that seems like a bit too much for me...
I think it's just not funny.
I definitely don't think it's funny but I thought he was cheating and then mocked for cheating.
Really don't know tbh.
How did he cheat? I feel like to cheat at Scrabble you'd have to lie about letter scores or bring your own tiles in, otherwise you're just playing an incorrect word and the opponent has an opportunity to call them on it
A world like Trudge.
Same here, but at least I learned about the word "convivium", meaning a feast or banquet, instead while searching for this.
Perambulate would have fit here a bit better
Captain needs to stop being such a kwyjibo.
Hahhaa nice one
If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying
More stupidity at We're Out of Cornflakes
Captain's got that unbeatable vocab game! 😂
https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1exr2ms/never_play_scrabble_with_your_superior/
Did you bother to look at the usernames?
It's the same poster. They're reposting themselves from a year ago.
and???
Rule 3?
You clearly do not have enough to do