one of today's questions is Bad, imo― mookieproof, Monday, June 8, 2020 1:48 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mookieproof, Monday, June 8, 2020 1:48 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Which one did you mean?
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
very nitpicky, but a 'royal flush' is just an ace-high straight flush; it's not a fundamentally different hand imo. we don't put an aces-over-kings full house in a different, uh, rundle than jacks-over-nines or whatever
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
i clearly have no business being in a B-level. I am kinda consistently needing 4 out of 6 and it's more often 3.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
xp Ha, I don't know shit about poker and was pleased to get that one right on a wild guess.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
i'm a poker player and when I wrote out the hand strengths I forgot quads D:
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
i clearly have no business being in a B-level. I am kinda consistently needing 4 out of 6 and it's more often 3.― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:58 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:58 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I think it sometimes takes a few seasons to get sorted correctly. After my rookie season, I was promoted to B, but then bounced back and forth between B and C for a few seasons before eventually winding up in A, where I've more or less stayed for the last few years. (I also think I just got better at LL over time.)
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
haha ppl are of course arguing the poker question on the message boards but the mason-dixon line argument is even more nitpicky
'the susquehanna river (among other things) crosses that parallel; does the width of the river not constitute a "section"?'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
does anyone have a spare invite for bored of Hull here please? I quite fancy giving this a go.
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
i don't think you can join midseason unfortunately.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Don't think so either. Next season is second half of August, looks like, so when the call for recommendations goes out we can help you then.
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
I didn't realise, thanks both, I'll keep an eye out for it in a couple of months
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:19 (four years ago) link
I have become unexpectedly good at defensive scoring, to the point I am now 3rd in my rundle with an 8-2-3 record and 16(!) UFPA. This despite badly muffing several questions. I was so pissed at myself for missing the India/Pakistan answer the other day.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
there is a guy in my rundle with 7 ufpa
i am very much not that guy
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
Hah, nearly twinsies, Eliza: I'm 8-3-2 with 17 UFPA! However, I'm in 8th place, and I currently have the highest CAA among the top 9.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
Also, my defense was bad yesterday, though my opponent's was worse and I was able to edge them by a point. Three points for WILD STRAWBERRIES? I'll take it of course, but really?
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
Well, it was the hardest question of the day across the league (23%). Arguably your opponent should've noticed that you're 5-for-5 on film questions so far, though it's still a small sample size.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
i have 7 ufpa this season so far! my defense has been sick. verrry lucky. are we in the same rundle? is it me lol? (d lyc 2)
i have the same problem w/ the royal flush as a separate hand thing but it is pretty much "accepted" that it's its own hand. i also wrote em all out and got that one, i don't play much but i used to work for a poker website like 10 years ago so i'd feel quite the fool if i had missed that one.
im somehow in first in my rundle (im guessing the 7 ufpa helped... in fact i know it does. i have won so many days on just defense this season). i am almost 100% sure that'll change by tmrw tho
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
broken record here but 21 UFPA and only 29 TCA means I am out of my element.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
having reached a certain stasis over a few years, my theory is that, apart from the true polymaths and the *very* occasional overachieving defender, what really produces your ranking is CAA, and there's nothing you can do about that
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
Got 5(!) questions right, played perfect defense, and still lost -- as expected.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Thursday, 11 June 2020 17:37 (four years ago) link
4 right, lost
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 11 June 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
Got all 6 yesterday, woke up worried they were not going to accept Krohn with a K but in my heart I knew Thorsten would allow it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 11 June 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
it's safe to assume spelling only counts when it's explicitly stated that spelling counts or when your misspelling yields an answer to the question that is the name of a real thing that is a plausible incorrect answer. (Monet will never count for Manet, to use the classic quiz bowl example about vowel pronunciation rules)
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Thursday, 11 June 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
I believe there's sound-alike rule. Correct spelling not required but the pronunciation has to be fairly close. So a K instead of a hard C would always be marked correct (even, presumably, "Hillary Klinton").
― jaymc, Thursday, 11 June 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
SOOO glad that stupid bits of trivia like "neap tides" stick in my brain for decades. Even though I lost the match.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
Why are people so smart when they play against me
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 12 June 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
My first win of the month!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 12 June 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
I kind of resent the idea that I might have to pay closer attention to Trump in case of another hydroxychloroquine-type question.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Friday, 12 June 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
Not worth it tbh
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
I GOT EVERY QUESTION WRONG YESTERDAY FFFFFFFFFFFFFU.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Saturday, 13 June 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 June 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
PS I even lost by a point.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Saturday, 13 June 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
You mean your opponent got one point?
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 June 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
Yes.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Saturday, 13 June 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
When are the results for the midseason classic usually posted?
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Monday, 15 June 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
shouldn't be much longer! usually a few hours after it closes.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 15 June 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
up now!
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 15 June 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
Hah there it is. Don't know why I was so anxious to see myself in the 63rd percentile.
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Monday, 15 June 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
Just noticed that I came in 6th in my rundle for the midseason -- so close to repping (which would've been accomplished with optimized moneying)!
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Monday, 15 June 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
I'm inordinately proud of myself for deducing The Bodyguard yesterday.
― Learned Leeegue (Leee), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
Good on you! I was trying to go through Alan Silvestri scores in my head and it just would not come to me, and of course specifying the songwriters rather than the performers planted an obvious land mine.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
a) there are really only two possible nick lowe songsb) i picked the wrong onec) neither would have helped me anyway
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
ashford and simpson and dolly parton seemed like the giveaways to me
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
yeah i guessed it based solely on dolly parton
― na (NA), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
i wasn't sure it was right but it was the only logical choice that came to mind
Wonder if people got credit if they put My Bodyguard.And glad I got credit for writing Davies for Q5.
― Soft Mutation Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
I put Farraday for Q5 knowing darned well it was wrong.
At first, for some reason, I wanted to put Colette for Q1 until I remembered it wasn't a pseudonym. But then I got it right.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
I ended up putting the MCWA for that one.
― Soft Mutation Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
lol, i also put Farraday knowing it was wrong! It's weird how our brains work!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Dolly was the only person in the Bodyguard question that I recognized.
Apparently Davy was an assistant to Faraday (sez the person who answered "pilot").
― Learned Leeegue (Leee), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link