Learned League

I got it right, but it didn't come to me right away. My first thought was "Lasso" (which was the MCW), and then when I came back to the questions later, "Lash" came to mind and sounded better.

i thought lasso then changed it to colt. "lash larue" did seem slightly familiar once i saw it but not enough that i felt bad for getting it wrong.

Lash Larue sounded slightly familiar to me too - I think probably from crossword puzzles. But I had no shot at getting it right.

I'm on a bit of a lucky tear this week! 5 wins in a row, 26 of 30 correct, jumped to first in my rundle. Must be a fluke.

OK it's hilarious that the "deadlift" question is the only one I've ever seen where the correct % is basically independent of rundle and in fact the very highest percentage correct among the non-rookie rundles was E!

Ha, yeah, I just saw that on the message board. As I posted there, I got it wrong, while my wife, who has no interest in trivia but has spent more time at the gym than I have, knew it right away when I asked her.

I've noticed over several years (not specifically in LL) that anything on body, health and fitness are great equalizers.

that was a lucky 3pt gift for me, surprised at how few Llamas even lift bro
annoyed at myself for not being able to dig up the twinkie defense

I think video game questions also tend to be more consistent across rundles.

surprised at how few Llamas even lift bro

no you're not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK-0UbQxZTA

I know I need to get better at keeping LL in perspective, but I'm kinda steamed that I lost 7(5) to 8(5) because I gave my opponent 3 for Gorilla Glue (which she, a European, got right), but missed the Bedlam question which I have 1 point to.

I hear you

Oof, I did brutally in the Midseason -- just 2 right!

I guess relatedly, I've had one of the worst TCAs in my rundle (currently third worst), so it looks like my kvetching is misplaced whenever I'm above the relegation zone!

thank you, sammy

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2012/01/HagarTattooYou.jpg?w=625&q=75

oh duh

i unintentionally created a movie mashup in answering the anime question earlier this week; my answer was "attack on titan AE" (which was still marked correct)

I *never* do joke answers because I would rather make a wild guess and hope for the best, but there was no way I was going to get that one right, so I answered "Horny on Main."

It's been an interesting season for me so far. I'm 6-5-8, which puts me in 9th place. That's the most ties I've ever had in a season.

lol at attack on titan being the easiest question this year for me

Trouble on Trition was not accepted, I hear.

Or Triton even.

Weekend finally here so I can finally recommend the Great Works of Art Anki deck, which helped me get both of this week's art questions right (though I'll add that this week has been the first time that studying that deck has paid off, too).

Thanks! I haven't been consistent with that Geography deck but I really like the way it is done.

Are you using the recent update of that art deck from this year?

Wow, that deck is so nice.

The one I'm using was last updated in 2017, do you have the link to the newer one?

Ah! Found it: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/184436527

Cool. I just did a search of the LL Message Board and Anki was mentioned exactly once, in 2014, so either not used or a well-kept secret.

There's something wrong with the search, because I learned about it on the board, and not in the thread that shows up in the search results.

Yeah, the only reason I know about it is via the LL board. (I've never used it, personally.)

From that one post? My search must not be working properly.

No, from assorted references over the past couple of years. I think the search isn't working properly. I did a search just for "deck," which returns 30 results -- but they're all from 2015 or earlier. It doesn't seem very plausible that no one has used that word in 6 years.

I've scratched my way to 11th, then noticed that I'm just 2 points away from promotion! Obviously a very packed field, and given my bad tiebreakers, I'm not going to worry too much about this; I'm just glad I've gotten a cushion between me and relegation.

OK I'm sharing this here instead of the LL board because I don't want to give my opponents an extra leg up on me (NA thankfully got promoted ahead of me): https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/445411558

You'd think the State Attorney would be in a higher rundle

“It violates everything that should be honest and straightforward about our elections,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle (D) said on Thursday, noting that investigators are still probing the case as well as two other suspicious candidates in other state races.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/19/florida-fraud-artiles-rodriguez-election/

argh tying 9(6)-9(5) is miserable

I gave them a 0 for gracenote because they had a .891 classical music

i had a week of 5 or 6 right and am on a week of 2 or 3, wheeeeeeee

are AnkiWeb and the Anki phone app somehow not compatible? Or am i doing this wrong?

They are compatible afaik

when i searched for that Great Works of Art one before, 2 other decks showed up but not that one

okay well the answer seems to be that the AnkiApp that I downloaded and have been using is like a rip-off of Anki and is not actually affiliated with it?

WT...?

https://getpolarized.io/2020/02/03/anki-ripped-off.html

I almost didn't get Gracenote because while I knew it I thought "that can't be right because the word note is in the question" -- fortunately I couldn't think of any other answer

I'm in 5th place! I think this is the highest I've reached this late in the season, and I still have a reasonable chance at promotion!

I know that there's been talk about how this stretch of matches (going on 10-11) have been historically easy, but I don't care, I'll take it.

Ok what the hell, I've secured promotion?!

Congrats! I've had a pretty good season by my standards, going into the final day at 9-6-9. Most excitingly, I've set a personal record for TCA.

Yeah, me too! I was on a tear and have since lost my last 6 in a row (lol?) but should finish in the top eight in C.

good season here too, i was expecting to get knocked back down to C but i've held my own