I don't know how this happened......

 .......but I am currently playing 30 games of Words with Friends.  A few years ago on my old blog I wrote about the scams that occur with that game and after that I changed my profile to male and pretty much I stopped getting scammed.  I never start games but if someone invites me to play a game, I'll accept it.  Since that time of that post, I've had about 5-6 "women" that I've played with.  The reason I italicized women was because they were women's names on the invites and pictures of women alone or with their significant other or with their children, so I'm assuming they were women.  We didn't chat, we just played.  The game would end.  I wouldn't rematch but a few days later they would usually start another game which I would accept.  

But recently, about 3 weekends ago, suddenly I became "popular" and I was getting invites left and right for people who wanted to start a game with me.  I'm thinking "okay, must be the scammers out there again" but not all of them were scammers.  As my usual policy, I accepted invites to the games.  There were scammers that were easy to spot.  The scammers usually were level 1 (I'm level 16) and usually only play a letter or two at a time.  And they send a message.  I found that you could mute conversations, which I did and wonder of all wonders within a play or two suddenly I was no longer playing that person (they opted out of the game).  Scammers.  I did have a chat with a couple of the scammers just to see what they were asking for.  The few I had chats with wanted to "get to know me better" by "hanging out on Hangouts or WhatsApp" and one or two of them got right to the point "let's have an opportunity to share pictures of each other."  One was blatant in saying they wanted to be on Hangouts to share sexily explicit pictures that my wife wouldn't find out about (remember I had changed my profile to male a few years back).  Most of the scammers come with really suggestive pictures in their profile (big busts or wearing really revealing clothing).  My profile picture is Winslow.  

Anyway, there were the scammers but there were legitimate people wanting to play a game and I'm okay with that.  I like to play the game and I do like playing challenging people who I have to really look to see where to place words to make the most points or make sure they don't have an opportunity to place a word that would be high scoring.  I'm competitive but I'm okay if I don't win.  I just like playing.

I think I must have been listed some place as "match of the day" as I see that sometimes coming through my feed for games to start, but like I said before I don't start games, just accept invites to play games.

Not all the people that start games play back quickly.  I usually do unless it is nighttime, I'm driving or I am at work (though I do catch up on games during my breaks/lunch) . Anyway, some will only make one move a day and then I won't hear from them for several days.  Several have started games with me and then after a few moves they never play again.  The game is set to time out after 11 days of no activity.  Counts as a win for me when that happens and then I block the player.  I figure if they start a game and can't commit to playing it through I don't want to play them again (that may be cruel, but it is how I manage things).  

Most of the time I'm really only actively playing 5 games with people who quickly play back.  In the mornings I'll have maybe 10 games to get through to catch up on moves.

It is just weird.  I think sometimes when someone who just likes to play the game finds someone who just wants to play the game and not scam them or chat, they'll continue to want to play that person again and again.  So I may be having repeat players from this round of popularity I seem to be in and might always have a lot of active games I'm playing. 

So, if you are on Word with Friends and you want someone new to play with, feel free to look me up.  My user name is Winslow (go figure) and there is also zyngawf_26791315 under Winslow's name on my profile.  You'll also see a dapper picture of him in a blue tie.  Hit me up for a game.  I'll accept the invite.  Just don't chat or try to scam me.  

The way I look at it, the more the merrier.