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
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
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
― 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
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.
― 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