Ngelixa Iscrabble sele ikho iminyaka, ukuthandwa komdlalo osekwe kuFacebook Amagama nabahlobo ibangele umjikelo omtsha womdla kumdlalo. Nangona uninzi, nokuba yeyiphi na imisebenzi yomdlalo kuphela njengesixhobo sokwenza ukuba uzive ngathi isidanga seminyaka emine sesiNgesi sasiyinkcitho, okanye ukutshabalalisa ubuhlobo, UAndrew C. Thomas wayenomdla ngakumbi kuhlalutyo lwamanani lomdlalo. Sebenzisa izigidi zemidlalo eyenziwe, umsebenzi wakhe usinika ukukhanya okutsha kwizicwangciso zokudlala umdlalo, kunye nokuba iileta zeleta zinokuba ngaphezulu kunokuba zibonakala njani.
Ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe, uThomas wadlala izigidi zemidlalo ye-Scrabble eyenziwe kwinkqubo ebizwa Quackle . Umsebenzi wakhe ngemidlalo ehambelana nayo ubonelele ngesimanga, kodwa nesothusayo isigqibo: Ukuba umzobo weethayile ngumlinganiso omkhulu kumdlalo. Ngokuka-Thomas, ngaphandle komyalelo wethayile omiselwe kwangaphambili, umdlali wexesha lokuqala angabetha intshatsheli enamava. Ukuze asuse le nto yokungahleliwe kumdlalo-nakuphando lwakhe-uThomas wasebenzisa enye indlela yokudlala.
Kumsebenzi wakhe , UThomas uveza enye indlela apho abadlali banikwa iithayile ezibhalwe kwangaphambili, kwaye zombini zoba kwindawo ebekelwe kwangaphambili yeethayile ezibekwe ngendlela ethile. Kweli cebo, umdlali 1 utsala ngaphambili kwindawo yogcino nomdlali 2 ngasemva. Ke, bobabini abadlali kunokwenzeka ukuba bafumane iithayile ezifanayo nokuba zithini na ubude begama.
Esi sikimu sethayile esimiselwe kwangaphambili sisetyenziswe njengesiqwenga esiphambili sophando lokulinganisa lukaThomas, apho abaleke khona i-10,600 yee-odolo zethayile amaxesha ali-100 nganye. Oku kukhokelele kwizigqibo ezininzi ezinomdla malunga nokuba zeziphi iileta ezixabisekileyo. Usebenzisa ezi zigidi zemidlalo yokulinganisa, uThomas wabela amaxabiso amatsha kwiithayile zeleta. Oku kuthathela ingqalelo ukubaluleka kwethayile nganye, inani lamagama anokwenziwa, kunye nethuba lokuba iithayile ziya kumlimaza umdlali ukuba azidlalwanga ekupheleni komdlalo.
Umzekelo, uThomas uqukumbela ngelithi i-Q tile yeyona nto inobungozi, ixabisa -6 amanqaku. Nangona ihambisa amanqaku ali-10, kunciphisa kakhulu amathuba okufumana amanqaku ebingo-oko kukuthi, umdlalo apho zonke iithayile zisetyenzisiweyo, oko ke kunika amanqaku ongezelelweyo angama-50 ngaphezulu kwenqaku lamagama.
U-X no-Z kwelinye icala baxabisa malunga ne-3-5 ngamanqaku ngaphezulu kumdlali kunexabiso labo lobuso. Njengo-Q, la manqaku aphezulu, anengxaki kwiithayile ezingxoweni, kodwa uThomas ubhala ukuba inani labo eliqingqiweyo lamagama ebingo ayenzelwe lula ngokusebenziseka kwamagama amafutshane.
I-C kunye no-V zezona ngxaki ziphazamisayo kuba akukho magama mabini anokusetyenziswa, oko ke kunciphisa ixabiso lazo. Kodwa uphando lukaThomas lubonise umahluko omkhulu phakathi koonobumba ababini, ngakumbi xa kuthelekiswa Iscrabble ukuya Amagama nabahlobo . V yinto enkulu enokubakho kwimidlalo yomibini, kodwa C ibaluleke ngakumbi. Ngapha koko, ngokumangazayo kubaluleke ngakumbi kwi Amagama nabahlobo .
Ileta J yenye indawo apho Amagama nabahlobo butts phezulu ngokuchasene Iscrabble. UTomas wafumanisa ukuba in Iscrabble , ithayile inefuthe elikufutshane lokungakhathali kumanqaku, kodwa lolunye loonobumba abaluleke kakhulu kwi Amagama nabahlobo.
Kude nangaphezulu kweyona tile ibhetyebhetye kuwo nawuphi na umdlalo yi-S, ngenxa yexabiso layo eliphantsi, okuthetha ukuba ithayile enomngcipheko omncinci ongakhange udlalwe ekupheleni komdlalo, kunye namandla ayo okwenza ubuninzi. Kumsebenzi kaThomas, le leta ingaphandle komgangatho ogqithisileyo woqingqo-maxabiso, ngaphandle kwesiqhelo.
Kungenzeka ukuba umsebenzi omninzi kaThomas ngumnqwazi omdala kubungcali Iscrabble abadlali, kodwa banokuba luncedo kubadlali abaqhelekileyo nabasakhasayo abajonge phezulu kumdlalo wabo. Ingcebiso yohlobo olutsha lomdlalo olucutha ukungalungelelani, nangona kunjalo, lunokubhenela kubadlali abanzima abafuna umdlalo okhuphisana ngakumbi. Ukuthelekisa kwakhe le midlalo mibini yokwakha amagama kuyanceda, ngakumbi kubantu abafana nam abacinyiwe Iscrabble njenge Amagama nabahlobo ineenguqu ezibalulekileyo kumdlalo owenzelwe ukuba ubandakanyeke ngakumbi.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, elona candelo linomdla kophando lukaThomas kukuzenzekelayo kwezigidi zemidlalo. Oku kunika umbono omtsha ngokupheleleyo kumdlalo, kwaye kubonelela ngedatha yokuzixhasa. Ngezixhobo zokulinganisa ngoku ezifumaneka ngokulula nakweyiphi na umdlalo webhodi yebhodi, ngubani owaziyo ukuba yeyiphi into entsha, eyonakalisayo yokuqonda umdlalo enokuthi yehle kwipiki?
( UAndrew C. Thomas nge I-Spectrum ye-IEEE )
