Learned League

My first 9/5 yesterday

Cool! I believe in LL lingo - LLingo! - that is called a Dolly Parton.

j/k

Someone else had your name and initial when you joined? Also, a little extra-impressive since you missed the easiest question of the season thus far.

I'm on track to have my 2nd-highest TCA this season, but I'm languishing in the relegation zone with a record of 3-9-4.

I did just notice that I have my own branch now, even though there are only 4 people in it!

Wondering if it is because our friend who recruited you is inactive.

Actually some people HAVE called that a Dolly Parton, but not sure if that is Commissioner-approved.

I see people on the same Branch are also all in the same Rundle.

Same league (Keystone, in my case), if not same rundle.

Oh right, that's what I was trying to say.

Seems like your Branch can also affect your Division.

So all the people who are in your branch who are not you are in C Keystone Div 1

Just noticed something else. I believe the Past Answers page on the the Commissioner's Desk used to only give the current season or prior season in the off-season but now it has lots of seasons along with MLs.

you missed the easiest question of the season thus far.

It took me a microsecond to retrieve it.

I guess no one has to leave for a new branch to formed, I just saw in my lineage.

I'm a respectable 7-8-2 now, so my upcoming match vs NA might actually be interesting.

Things i never thought i would say: gee, i am glad i listened to that dj khaled/drake song twice yesterday

I'm a respectable 7-8-2 now, so my upcoming match vs NA might actually be interesting.

managed a tie only because 'cabaret' was on tv on sunday

Okay, I see.

I'm a respectable 7-8-2 now, so my upcoming match vs NA might actually be interesting.

Are you on the jaymc branch?

Yes I am.

leeee was that you that destroyed me a couple of days ago?

for those of you concerned about my unusually hot start to the season, be reassured that i'm sliding back down into my typical exact middle of the group rank

Yeah, but if it's any consolation, I've been on an inexplicable hot streak for the last couple weeks by getting 4 or 5 right answers nearly every match (of course I'm probably jinxing myself now).

I've stumbled again recently (1-3-0), but getting lucky on Estonia + my opponent giving 2 points for it got me the win and guarantees that I will avoid relegation (my one goal for this season).

i am squarely in the middle of my C rundle and i think that may be where i'm staying: average amongst the intelligentsia but not much more

No comment. Thinking of signing up for Stuff... or ELSE! ML, looks like fun. Did not do the precursor, Bird Nerds... or ELSE!

Finished 10th and right at 0.500 thanks to a gift of a 5(2)-4(3) win! Pleased as hell that I'm right in the middle after a horrific start and that I ended with a non-losing record.

I finished just below the promotion zone in my C rundle after hovering above that line for a little while. But the bloom has been off the rose for a while now so no biggie.

I managed to escape relegation, so I'm happy with that. I just checked, and my rundle had the highest QPct across all of LL (.797). Which means I had a bunch of matches where I thought I did pretty well, but my opponent did just a bit better.

best finish ever -- second, behind the fucker who won for the fourth time -- and finally made the tourney. fortunately our QPct was nowhere near that of jaymc's rundle

My QPct is one correct question from being division-average, so my actual performance mostly ended up matching my Pythagorean.

that's the guy who invented the steam engine, right?

With his nine pound hammer and anvil, yeah.

In other news: https://www.learnedleague.com/register.php?1960smusic

How did everyone do on Biblical Phrases in Common Usage?

I learned a lot of people paid more attention in Sunday school than I did

I've been doing pretty well in this current crop of One Days by finishing above the median on almost all of them, and the one where I wasn't I was in the 43rd %ile. My usual milieu has been in 20s-30s.

Kicking myself for forgetting to sign up for the Presidents in Pop Culture ML, which seems like it'd be in my wheelhouse.

it's pretty good, more challenging than I expected so far

Looks like my branch has been moved to a new league for next season: Sakura.

Cherry Blossom Time!

I do prefer the name Sakura (which I voted for along with Wakanda) over Keystone, so that's fun!

I actually find it interesting to track you guys once in a while since most of you are in the same division, hope that’s not crepey.

n/a has a match against KosmanJ tomorrow!

Maybe I shouldn't even say that, according to one of jaymc's earlier posts, sorry.

i didn't even know that was somebody. their pop music get rate is not great so maybe i can pull it out.

If anyone needs to send someone a referral, lmk - I have one to use.

He’s the classical music critic out of SF and namesake of the Kosman Koin.

A (the?) classical music critic for the SF Chronicle and SFGate