Thailand's gaming community gets going again post pandemic - kids join adults including Bangkok Brit

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Thailand's word and maths gaming community have got going again after a long time in the pandemic doldrums.

 

Masks were still the order of the day along with ATK tests but children and adults alike had smiles on their faces as they competed in spelling events, maths games, Sudoku, quizzes and the world's most popular word game Scrabble - known for contractual reasons in Thailand as "Crossword Game".

 

It was all taking place at the Pacific Park shopping center in downtown Sri Racha at the weekend with live streaming of the Max Ploys Ed-Sport Eastern and Central Championships event on Facebook.

 

 

Next weekend the "crossword gaming circuit" presently called "ED- Sport" moves onto Chiang Mai in the north at the Airport Plaza then on 25th and 26th to Central in Had Yai in the south.

 

Pre-pandemic, thousands of Thai children took part. Numbers are expected to rise as confidence increases in the kingdom. 

 

Domestic and international Scrabble and Sudoku events in Thailand are some of the best in the world attracting large corporate sponsors keen to associate their products with education.

 

Thailand had two Scrabble world champions in the past in 2003 and 2009 and the best players in the world always came to Thailand for the "King's Cup" in June/July - an event that has been cancelled since 2020.

 

Trophies and cash bursaries were handed out to the dozens of winners and runners' up at the weekend on the eastern seaboard.

 

Winning the top prize in the Scrabble open division was ASEAN NOW's very own Rooster, a translator and Saturday columnist who lives in Bangkok and hails from the UK.

 

 

He said he was very lucky to defeat fellow professional player Thitipol Barameemuang in the two game final on a giant board, much to the amusement and intrigue of Sunday afternoon shoppers. 

 

"My opponent played MITED and DOILIER which are not words," he said. "I challenged these off and it helped me to a fortunate win".

 

The near 61 year old is the oldest winner of a Scrabble tournament in Thailand. 

 

Pictures show many young schoolchildren enjoying the event as well as one game between Rooster and Thitipol (note AREOLA was misplaced for the photo but played correctly in the real game, and Rooster got away with DAWTY that wasn't challenged; in that preliminary  game Thitipol won 502-492 points).

 

Teachers - especially expatriates in Thailand - are advised to contact the Crossword Game club on Facebook to get their children involved in this highly educational community. 

 

Pictures courtesy of Max Ploys Ed-Sport and Rooster. 

 

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[Tropicalevo]

Well done Rooster.  ????????

[champers]

In what context would one use the word "bedyes"?

[ThailandRyan]

Ah Rooster, such a connoisseur and egalitarian....

 

[RichardColeman]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

The near 61 year old is the oldest winner of a Scrabble tournament in Thailand. 

Maybe he does not have a predictive text phone, send emojis and text/talk teenager ? 

[tgw]

wow. "gaming community"

 

there was me expecting an ESL convention with PUBG or CS:GO, maybe LoL, but that is ... something completely different.

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, champers said:

In what context would one use the word "bedyes"?

Third person singular past tense of verb bedye, verb to colour something, dye it, 

[phukettrader]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Masks were still the order of the day along with ATK tests but children and adults alike had smiles on their faces

And they know this how exactly? ????

[champers]

30 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Third person singular past tense of verb bedye, verb to colour something, dye it, 

Be honest, you looked that up?

[jacko45k]

Just now, champers said:

Be honest, you looked that up?

I saw the 'dye' meaning, but yes, had to confirm it was really a word.

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Third person singular past tense of verb bedye, verb to colour something, dye it, 

 

14 hours ago, champers said:

In what context would one use the word "bedyes"?

My stock reply to a bar girl's question.

[mikebell]

Cambridge Dictionary checked & didn't find at least 3 words in the picture.

[jacko45k]

6 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Cambridge Dictionary checked & didn't find at least 3 words in the picture.

Have to include US and Canadian words... although I thought those were mostly 4 letters!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Scrabble_Players_Dictionary#:~:text=The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary,of American and Canadian English.&text=Merriam-Webster%2C Inc.&text=Merriam-Webster%2C Inc.,-ISBN