Scrabulous back under new name: Wordscraper
The brothers behind the popular Facebook application Scrabulous have returned with a new word puzzle game, only two days after they took down their Scrabble-like game in the wake of a lawsuit filed against them by board-game maker Hasbro. The free game had been one of the most popular applications on the social-networking site, and many fans who turned to the game for a dose of procrastination each day griped loudly online when it disappeared. Hasbro had complained that Scrabulous infringed on its copyright. The new game, Wordscraper, by Indian brothers Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, has a whiff of Scrabble to it and features many of the play options that made many Facebook users fans of the original Scrabulous. But the game has a different point system than Scrabble, uses circles instead of squares and has a few other differences.
Hasbro partnered with videogame publisher Electronic Arts on an official version of Scrabble for Facebook that it is hoping to get Scrabulous fans to use. But on Tuesday, when Scrabulous was taken offline for Facebook users in the United States and Canada, the “official” Scrabble game for Facebook was not working smoothly. EA said the application had been the target of a malicious attack. Before it was shut down, Scrabulous had more than 500,000 users who were playing Scrabulous on a daily basis, according to its Facebook page. Some Scrabulous fans are still annoyed with Hasbro for its part in pulling the plug on their favorite Facebook game. In very early reviews, users who have tried out Wordscraper are so far giving the new game a thumbs-up on the game’s Facebook page.
Source: Washington Post
Comments(18)
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@1 what are you on about? are you on something?
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I cannot wait until Facebook fades away..
Just like Hi5..
Just like MySpace…
Facebook will be “out of fashion” in no time!
These game and application makers for facebook, are just trying to squeeze one last cash grab before the Facebook bubble bursts, and that is months away!
@1
If making subtitles is something a 2 year old can do, why can’t you do it?
Can we please get a critical update on NTI?? (Newtorrents.info)
Yesterday, they posted that “we are back up and running and will be back in a FEW HOURS”
It has been over 24 hours now, and they are totally DOWN again.
RLSLOG staff, any updates on their legal or server issues??
Thanks
FREE GARY MCKINNON!!!
@ DJWill_I_AM444
Man, you post in EVERY release that appears with some crap!
Are you unable to use one of the other million better torrent trackers out there abd STFU!!!
@6
they are down cos they have been busted, and are currently handing over the IP details of everyone who was n00b enough use them, good luck, your gonna need it…
Can I haz CheezBurgerz??!?!?
FYI, A duck’s quack doesn’t echoooo!
Wow some people need attention, eh, Blbla?
Pedos like Bibla need only one type of attention.
A .45 right between the eyes.
Facebook is for idiots.
ron is an idiot!!
anyway, Blbla, I think I have same experience with you.
My sister is 7 years old, and I’m currently 18. Whenever my sister says my name, it turns me on so much that I want to get it on with her. I know this is very wrong, but I couldn’t resist. So, one day, I asked my sister: “Do you love me?”
She replied: “Of course I do peter!!!”
I was touched by the innocence and the naiveness of her. I wanted to resist, but unconsciously, I took her little skirts off and we did it.
Afterward, she asked me: “Hey peter, what did you do to me? that felt pretty good…”
Many bands on facebook are also using facebook friend adding software to automatically drive up their number of friends, send out messages, and send out and comments, is this legal?