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Jul 29 2008 2:52pm EDT

Status Update: Argh. Scrabulous. Is Gone.

A cry of woe went up from Facebook users today with the suspension of Scrabulous, the Scrabble knock-off that had created a huge following -- except among executives at Hasbro, which sued the site last week. As word spread that the game, run by two brothers in India, had been disabled on Facebook (though available still on its own site), Facebook users vented their frustrations, grief, anger, and, in at least one case, happiness (likely a recovering addict) via Status Updates. Here, a sampling:

AG is missing Scrabulous.
TB is actually relieved that Scrabulous is gone.
BK is Hey! What happened to Scrabulous!?
DE wants Scrabulous back.
AR thinks Hasbro is incredibly stupid.
SR misses Scrabulous.
AH Argh. Scrabulous. Is Gone.
CD thinks Scrabulous should've given some warning...
TM is upset that Scrabulous has been shut down.
HS is extremely unhappy about the Scrabulous situation.
AWJ is golfing with the girls while mourning the passing of Scrabulous. As luck would have it, she was closing in on her highest score ever.
AG is missing Scrabulous.
JC looks forward to playing Scrabble with you as soon as it's debugged!
TW is mourning the demise of Scrabulous.
KH thinks Hasbro should drop dead.
JL is distraught that Scrabulous has been disabled!!
RE expects worker productivity to surge now that Scrabulous is down.
AZ is wondering if he's the only one who isn't affected by the Scrabulous calamity.
EH are you f---ing kidding that Scrabulous is no more?!?
MH wonders, "Why did Hasbro bother if their Scrabble was going to stink so bad?"
TF hates Hasbro.
CC-P is jonesing for Scrabulous.
HCS is extremely unhappy about the Scrabulous situation.
JVD mourns Scrabulous.
DK misses Scrabulous and resents THE MAN.
RM wonders if she can keep playing Scrabulous if she changes her location to, say, Singapore... anyone try that yet?
AS is trying to find out why Facebook shut down Scrabulous.
LH OMG! It's time for a SCRABULOUS riot!

--Contributed by Portfolio.com staff


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.
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