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What about high-ranking White House officials

Actually, I am going to answer my own post and note that the Commish has laid down the law about this, so I am going to respect that decision, but I still find the whole thing amazing sometimes.

jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link

@Leee: You only have to pay after you've completed a full rookie season, so you can try it out and decide if you like it. I have plenty of invites to spare, too.

jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link

can one of you kind individuals send me an invite, please? ilx webmail reaches me :)

frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link

Ah ok, that sounds reasonable. You can ilx mail me, and thanks!

Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link

Suge was one of the year’s biggest rap hits; surprised that didn’t give away that clue. I guess people aren’t much listening to that world unless they are specialists.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:19 (four years ago) link

the 30 also covers a full year, which is i believe 3 or 4 seasons, so if you like the first season you're not paying too much to keep going!

i don't see where to send invites tho, is it possible to do so during the season or do we have to wait a month?

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link

also if we have this many ppl i am definitely thinking ilxor private rundle next go around

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link

Okay, I just looked, and you can only give out 1 invite per season (unless you are a Premier or Commissioner's Circle member). Pretty sure there were more at one point, but I don't blame Thorsten for wanting to put some controls on growth.

I'll give mine to you, Leee, since we've actually met IRL!

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:47 (four years ago) link

Oh, and Will, the referral page is here:
https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/referral.php

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link

if my quick scan is right, leee, unctious, and jim want invites? and jaymc has leee? so i will send one to Unc & someone else get jim? (lmk if i missed any. i am so tired rn)

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link

Unc contacted me, I will take care of ‘em

Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:42 (four years ago) link

ok jim i'll send you a message then!

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:47 (four years ago) link

Why the low get rate on Q4 yesterday, Charles Pathé? This was the flaw in my defense, since I thought everybody must know this, especially an opponent with .761 in Film so assigned it a zero, allowing him to tie me 4(4)-4(3). Note: really don’t care that much, long ago gave up agonizing on defense, valuing speed over accuracy, having long ago settled down into C Rundle, most of my enjoyment now coming from the occasional 1DS or ML.

Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link

HI DERE

Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link

Also I was in the 6% who put Friendly instead of Howard Johnson the other day.

Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:25 (four years ago) link

I got it right, but I wasn't 100% sure about it.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link

(Pathé, that is.)

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link

I have found the less I overthink defense and the more I just go with my gut, the better my defensive performance is. I have never heard of Charles Pathé before, even after seeing the answer it is totally unfamiliar to me and my lifetime film score is .776

justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link

dang, i somehow got to 5 and 0. pride goeth before a fall, i imagine i'm gonna get ganked now.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link

for every music nerd who's like "i'm surprised hardly anyone got this question about dababy" there's a math dork who's like "i'm surprised hardly anyone got this question about fundamental calculus concepts" etc. also "why did everyone else get this question wrong that i got right" inevitably comes off as bragging

na (NA), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link

on defense, i think 'age of opponent' is probably a more important factor than any particular subject percentage

mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link

lol, i seem to keep hitting the "most common wrong answer;" would not have thought a third of the missing group would've also gone with cornet!

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link

also, i learned something on the "massif" question but holy shit are some of these questions ever posed in the most convoluted way possible

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link

i don't worry too much about defense, i mostly focus on which questions seem hard/easy to me, factored through a glance at their strongest/weakest categories.

i went with cornet too. i overthought the "related to" aspect and the most trumpet-adjacent instruments i could think of were bugle and cornet.

na (NA), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link

Early in my LL career, I tried to figure out defense by researching my opponent, which is not against the rules (though some people think it should be). These days, I don't have time for that, so I mostly just glance at the info on their profile and occasionally look into their question history to see if their strengths lie more in Games or Sports.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link

also, i learned something on the "massif" question but holy shit are some of these questions ever posed in the most convoluted way possible

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, February 26, 2020 9:25 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

This one didn't seem particularly convoluted? I think sometimes he just tries to provide a lot of information, to give players multiple ways to get to the right answer. ("Vinson" triggered "Vinson Massif" for me, so I didn't even read the second sentence.)

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link

hey now's a good a time to ask as any. so cornet, 32%. does that mean 32% of people wrote that? or 32% of the 74% who got it wrong? either way i also wrote it lol and that's a remarkable mcwa

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link

I also answered "cornet"!

For a MCWA, the percentage is of *all* players. In other words, more people answered "cornet" (32%) than "tuba" (26%).

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link

A MCWA that's more common than the actual correct answer is not totally uncommon; it usually happens a few times a season. AFAIK, the most extreme example is still this question, in which the MCWA had 71% and the correct answer had 11%.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link

ok that is straight up a cruel question hahahaha

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link

I think this was before MCWAs but I remember this question being very tricky - https://www.learnedleague.com/ll52/questions/md15/md15q2.php

Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link

I don’t want to do too much research against my opponent but if I have a history of any kind with them and remember to click on the appropriate button I find that useful.

Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link

Damn right I put "cornet," cornu is the one 5th declension noun I remember from high-school Latin! I was like "it's a horn, cornu, I GOT this."

I'm also in the "Pavlovian response to Vinson = Massif" crowd.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link

I'll give mine to you, Leee, since we've actually met IRL!

Thanks! My time in Chicago finally paying off!

Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link

“Age of opponent” is indeed useful info, but never noticed it in the profile.

for every music nerd who's like "i'm surprised hardly anyone got this question about dababy" there's a math dork who's like "i'm surprised hardly anyone got this question about fundamental calculus concepts" etc. also "why did everyone else get this question wrong that i got right" inevitably comes off as bragging

Yeah, does often seem like bragging especially on the LL message board, which is why I don’t say such things there, may say such things here more often where hopefully it might seem less like (humble)bragging.

As far as math goes, one weekend I participated in a 1DS called Pencil and Paper Math, spent a few hours on it, ended up making maybe one silly mistake, misread something else, couldn’t get some complicated calculation to converge, thought I did pretty well but then saw dozens of people coming in with clean sheets. There is just no way to compete with the Joon Pahk’s of the Xword/Trivia World.

Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link

i had a clean sheet on a one-day once -- i don't even remember what -- and still finished like 23rd due to subpar moneyball choices

mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link

i've had a couple of clean sheets on one days! and i had a mini league where i was perfect through 7 or 8 days.

i have a niche.

I...
have...
a...
niche.

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link

I've done 12/12 on a 1DS three times: Poetic Women, New Jack Swing, and Mystery Theme 22. But the first one is the only one where I actually finished on top (and it was a tie).

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link

xp Ha, I always get the regular-season questions about video games wrong.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link

the regular season video games questions are usually pretty damn hard!! i think it's because they're written by someone who's like "uhhh i need a video game question" and asks about, like, the most popular free app in the apple store in 2018 or something lol

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link

wow, i remembered that pretty precisely

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link

i feel like there is/was a way to check what your wrong answer was on questions you blew. is that still hidden somewhere on the site?

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link

https://learnedleague.com/thorsten/pastanswers.php

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link

Yes, that’s always good for the current/past season. Keep meaning to train myself to review it but don’t quite care enough.

Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link

best i've done in a one-day was a clean sheet and 6th place overall in "rock 'n roll oddities"
best i've done in a minileage was 11 wins 0 losses, 1st place in my division, and 23rd place in the championship for "rock 'n roll." though i lost one day of the "indie rock" minileague but ended up in 7th place in the championship, so maybe that's better.
i also have a niche

na (NA), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link

at least when i get 9-6'd i don't have to worry about my defense

mookieproof, Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link

I got 9-6'd yesterday. :( Could've been a tie, but I second-guessed myself on "tomato" and went with "eggplant."

jaymc, Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link

haha! i went with tomato in a total "there's no way it's right but whatever" kinda guess. haven't they been eating tomatoes in like italy for hundreds of years?

also was stunned to see vaudeville with a higher average defense/lower get rate than lyme. i for sure was guessing when i wrote lyme, but what other than vaudeville could q3 have been?!

Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link

i guessed "burlesque" :( i was so sure i had gotten it right and then i saw the answer and felt pretty dumb

na (NA), Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link

on the other hand i was sure about lyme disease because it's crazy to me that it's only been around basically in my lifetime

na (NA), Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link

yeah, wasn't interested in that one so much

jaymc, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 20:30 (three weeks ago) link

I got a 1DS proposal accepted!

Femininomenology of Spirit (Leee), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 21:47 (two weeks ago) link

congrats! what's the topic?

jaymc, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 22:06 (two weeks ago) link

The MiniLeague I'm running starting in January (The World of Pop Music) may be of particular interest to denizens of this forum.

justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 22:32 (two weeks ago) link

yes! def looking forward to that one.

jaymc, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 01:38 (one week ago) link

Women in Punk! Xps

Femininomenology of Spirit (Leee), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 01:46 (one week ago) link

Xps, more like X-Ray Spex

jaymc, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 01:49 (one week ago) link

Lol spoilers.

Femininomenology of Spirit (Leee), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 02:55 (one week ago) link

Finished first in my Folk Music group.

Sir Lester Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 October 2024 20:16 (one week ago) link

But ofc did very badly in the Final.

Sir Lester Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 November 2024 15:32 (one week ago) link

I have no memory at all of the other ML Finals I have been in, except maybe the general idea that they are usually super-hard.

Sir Lester Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 November 2024 15:34 (one week ago) link

I got all 12 right in the Star Trek: TNG 1DS but didn't even crack the 90th %ile, which is the second-biggest heartbreak for me this week.

Femininomenology of Spirit (Leee), Friday, 8 November 2024 20:15 (four days ago) link

People love them some Star Trek.

Sir Lester Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 November 2024 00:15 (three days ago) link


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