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Oh, Scramble With Friends - I will not be giving you any money...

While, due to some problems with the game, I recently switched to Ruzzle, I still have a handful of long-time opponents I play in Scramble With Friends. While I've made mention of a power-up called a mega-freeze, which players can pay actual money for and provides them an extra minute in a round, it appears a new such option has become available for players. At the end of each and every round now, a pop-up appears on the screen, which says, "Get 20 seconds of extra play," for, you guessed it, money. This is one reason I made the switch to Ruzzle. The game doesn't ask for money to give me or my opponent an unfair advantage. The game is void of power-ups, which can also give one player a significant advantage over the other. It also tends to play much smoother than its Zynga counterpart as well.

It would really be quite something to see competitive games played in the manner Zynga offers. In baseball, a team would be afforded a 4th out in an inning if they paid some extra money. In football, a team would be given a 5th down if they spent a little extra. Yeah, that would be fair...

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