Previous participants in the Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge were surveyed about their preferred lexicon for the 2012 Challenge. There were 23 surveys returned with the following responses:
Not able to play this year 2
Will only play CSW 5
Will only play TWL 4
Will play either, prefer CSW 10
Will play either, prefer TWL 2
Based on these results the following procedure will be used for the 2012 Can-Am:
When registering, players will indicate their preferred lexicon. They will not be able to change this after the end of the qualification period.
During the tournament, if both players have registered as preferring CSW, their game will be played to the CSW lexicon, with 10 point per word penalty challenges. All other games will be played to the TWL lexicon with double challenge.
Players will have until 2012-7-30, which is one week after the end of the qualification period '''to withdraw without penalty''' if they are not comfortable with the number of their opponents who have opted for their non-preferred lexicon.