Learned League

Also: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/science/llama-coronavirus-antibodies.html

I was doing well in Theatre -- even scored a 9(6) tie against crossword champ (and off-Broadway pianist) D@n F3yer -- and then I spaced yesterday and forfeited, dropping me from 2nd to 5th in my group.

Wow, sorry. D@n was always really nice, I used to seem to always run into him getting off the subway on the way to the tournament when it was back in Brooklyn.

It's funny how he and the other most-winning champion, Jon D, both have the same job.

317 out of 2184 in the Theater minileague, 85 out of 2494 in portmanteau. "epipen" eluded me.

i had a couple of real good one days lately! 94th percentile in video game business which was shockingly hard (i would've placed 5th overall if i had had a little more confidence in my tougher correct answers). however i did finish 5th overall on stand up comedy audio! the canadian content question gave me 99 points lol

I got to #168 on standup. Had never heard of Melissa Villasenor before!

oh, and i got 100% robbed on portmanteaus, i spelled smize wrong and didn't get points (even though i thought there was a "sounds like" rule?). i was sure it was smize but the portmanteau thing had me second-guessing the spelling, i knew it was "smile with your eyes" so i wrote smeyes.

...and as i read this complaint i go back and look and it was given to me after the fact, lol. still only 314th placement, even though i scored on 11/12! one bad money away from top 100, shame.

don't know melissa villasenor?! you should be watching snl! just kidding you shouldn't idk why i still do

New season! Welcome to rookies (and remember, no discussion of questions while the match is still live).

Also, there's an article about LL in The Ringer today:
https://www.theringer.com/2020/5/20/21264342/online-trivia-learned-league

I think I'm going to get 1 point today, these questions are hard!

sshh!

There's no penalty for wrong answers, right?

we back baby

leee, as i was told upthread: no discussion about the current day's questions no matter how innocuous until the next day
and no penalty for wrong answers, guess away

Ack sorry! And thanks.

I will comment that I like the new mobile-friendly interface.

same

Won my first match in my rookie rundle! I like that the questions (somewhat like Jeopardy questions) give you enough information to point you towards an answer, even if you don't directly know what it is.

I won my match! I only got two answers but me opponent's point scheme gave me 2 points, whereas they answered the same questions correctly but I have them 1 total.

love to get a hockey question on day one

At least for the rookie Rundle, the easiest and most difficult questions seem too be reversed in the standings page?

I bombed my day one.

btw leee, it's the same questions for everyone.

I tied my first day. My opponent and I both got Q2, 3 and 4 correct and had assigned similar points; they got Q5 and I got Q6.

Are we allowed to share which rundles we're in?

sure!
I'm in horizon.

I'm in R Keystone -- I assume R signifies Rookie?

man i can't believe i missed out on this again

Oh no! Ilxmail me your email and I’ll get u for next time.

oh cool ! thanks !

I'm in Rundle C Metro Div I

pretty annoyed i got 5/6 questions right on each of the first two days and lost both

Apropos of one yesterday's questions, it's nice to see that I can leave off a leading article (e.g. "the") and still get the answer counted correctly.

I assigned 3 points to a question about James I when my opponent was Scottish. Oops.

blew the ♂♀ question because i misread it as asking for zodiac signs; stole a win thanks to some curious defense by the friend who invited me to ll

I don't get why the answer to the Holi question was "fitting"

Is it good or bad to have a higher MCW? Or is it just a fun statistic for no real purpose besides amusement?

the latter, give or take 'fun'

I don't get why the answer to the Holi question was "fitting"

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, May 23, 2020 12:54 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think just because it's just so blatantly colorful. Like, yes, "Festival of Colors" is an appropriate name for something that looks like this:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/8f/07/b88f07b28b2fdb410d0b48b11130fe7c.jpg

Oh something about the phrasing made me think it was supposed to be a play on the word "Holi." Anyway, I had no idea and I'm impressed such a high % of people got it!

I'm in R Keystone -- I assume R signifies Rookie?

― Gazelle Bundchen (Leee), Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:36 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yep, R is Rookie. After your rookie season, you'll be placed in an A-, B-, C-, D-, or E-level rundle, depending on how you finish in your rookie rundle. Also note that the league that you're placed in as a rookie is the same as your referrer, so you're in R Keystone because I'm in A Keystone. (For a long time, I was in Coastal, but the leagues get realigned every so often, and the branch that we're in was moved a couple of seasons ago.)

once you're placed in your sophomore season, you can move up or down in the rundles based on how you play in that given season.

Can someone explain yesterday's math question to me?

zero to the fouth power + two, one to the fourth power + 2, etc.

It’s not a fun question.

oh hm

I got pwned yesterday, but I'm pleased with myself that I got the math question.

I spent a long time trying to figure it out, both before and after answering. Kind of kicking myself because it occurred to me that 258 was 256+2, but I was just thinking of 256 as a number obtained by repeatedly doubling 2 (rather than specifically 4^4), so I didn't see the connection to the other integers in the sequence.