Lexulous...the end of a Scrabble clone?

My sister and I love to play scrabble.  It's so much fun, and even though I'm not the most amazing at it (she always beats me!), it gives us something to do.  It's really hard to do that with someone who's all the way across the country and three hours behind.  

We always played through the site Scrabulous, which eventually became named Lexulous after Scrabble brought up a lawsuit, which was fine.  It had the same layout, the same number of letters, and the same point values.  But then, a few days ago, we went onto the website just like normal, only it had been awhile since I've been so busy.  

It was totally normal.  I logged in, I went to our favorite room (Tiles Lagoon), and then I waited for her to make a room.  But then, as I looked at the screen, my eyes started freaking out.  Everything was different!  The layout of the triple letters, triple words, double letters, and double words was made to resemble some sort of pretty pattern.  The letters were worth more than they previously were, and we received eight letters instead of seven!  I had no idea what was going on.

I just thought to myself, Ok, just play like usual.  I can totally kick her butt this time.  But after time went on, I realized I was losing.  By an enormous amount.  There was a 200 point gap between our scores!  Why was this happening?  

Because she managed to get both a triple word AND a double word at the same time!   How on earth is anyone supposed to compete with that?  There was no way I was winning the game.  

So today, we attempted again.  And of course, the first letter she put down earned her 65 points! 65!  I get happy when I get above thirteen for a word, and right away, she was killing me.

One day I will beat her.  I don't know when.  I don't know how.  But I'm going to, and it will be at a time she will least expect.