Don't Ask, Don't Tile

I am still pondering the sexual orientation/Wordox ability debate that was discussed in my last post. I know it is convenient & logical to dismiss Oliver's claim that homosexuality & skillful Wordox playing go hand in hand as just the attention-seeking ramblings of our own resident Hellenic misanthrope, but he may just be on to something. I think it is possible that his correlation is accurate, but QuestionMadness may be mistakenly assigning it to the wrong sex.

I have played some gay males in various leagues & I cannot remember one of their names. I remember some of their profiles & some of the snappier things they may have said in the lobby, but I never made a connection with any of them. There may be some I play that do not choose to make their sexual orientation known in the Hoyle arena, but I have no idea who they are. What I do know is that, had they been stellar players, I probably would remember at least one of their names. Is it possible that male homosexuality actually inhibits skillful Wordox playing? Can anyone name one of the male Wordox Legends who was light in the loafers? If you think back on it (& many can think a lot farther back than I can,) haven't all the male superstars of our game been blatant, cock-waving hetero's? You never see any TOC's being won by players named "DonnieStardust" or "AnitaMann". No, Oliver missed the boat with his claim & it would indeed be easy to dismiss the entire notion as delirious drivel, but he may have serendipitously stumbled onto an actual relationship between homosexuality & Wordox skill.

Almost daily, a gay Woman of Wordox beats the beejeesus out of me. She tops the standings for several leagues on a regular basis. I would call her one of the primo female players in Wordox and, since she is a lesbian, that must be the operative variable. Therefore I conclude that, if a woman wants to be a top-ranked Wordox player, she should consider becoming one of the sisters in comfortable shoes. For many of us who are older, it is too late. All we can hope for is a bi-curious phase in our late 40's. (If our ranks rise suddenly & we stay up there awhile, you will know that we are in the midst of such a phase.) Younger women still have time to experiment & decide if they want to travel down the path to an alternative lifestyle & thousands of extra Ladder Bux.

I do believe Oliver is not so crazy after all. He just picked the wrong gender.