Learned League

That is weird about Six Degrees of Separation.

Turns out I am competing with a Type A today as well.

i am enjoying the GKBook Club stuff so far.

I am enjoying as well

You'd think an English degree would help in this ML but not really! Moby Dick aside, anyway.

After a total whiff on the first day of the MCU ML, I think I'm going to regret registering for that one.

Gave that one a wide berth, not in my wheelhouse.

How's everybody doing in the Book Club? I am in third, I think.

But I have a match coming up on Monday against jaymc's distant relative, so I am a little worried.

Four one days coming due tomorrow, I have yet to peep out
Florida Man (Mon)
Salmon (Mon)
The Art World (Mon)
The French Revolution (Mon)
Maybe I will have a look-see now

not-quite-jaymc has a knowledge profile similar to mine and is in A Rundle, so I will proceed with cation.

Caution, even

Also just registered for School of Rock.

not doing well but really enjoying book club! 3-4-1

Synchronicity continues as I too am 3-4-1.

Anyone need a referral? ‘Tis the off-season.

Instead of Fred Willard I put Bob Odenkirk.

I got my first 9(6) AND 12/12 yesterday!

Anyone need a referral? ‘Tis the off-season.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:39 (nineteen hours ago)

yes please!

Can you send me ILX robomail with your contact info?

i was doing really well on the general knowledge book club (bouncing between 2nd and 1st place until i got my first loss on the last day and dropped into third) but i totally bombed the final. it didn't really seem to match up with the rest of the minileague since it was all book excerpts and no general knowledge.

also apparently i forgot to register for school of rock. ugh.

I didn't look at the final yet. I finished 4th or something, can't remember. And I am in School of Rock no further comment. Oh yeah, I am helping smith a music mini-league which is due in October. I think my name is on the page over there so jaymc could have figured it out anyway.

I finished 1st in my group for Book Club but also didn't do very well in the championship. In a few cases I recognized the author/book but couldn't get to what the question was actually asking. Like, I knew Chuck Barris but not Gong Show, Phyllis Wheatley but not YWCA, and Fun Home but not "Ring of Keys."

Oh yeah, I am helping smith a music mini-league which is due in October. I think my name is on the page over there so jaymc could have figured it out anyway.

Is it '60s Music? It doesn't look like there's a dedicated page for that ML yet.

Yes, that’s it. If you click through to contributors I am there along with Tony Hightower and others. Do you know him?

extreme lol at the mountain goats controversy from school of rock day 1

Is it in the Message Board over there? Looked for a second and didn't find.

Oh, wait, never mind.

HAHA meanwhile, John Darnielle has no idea about the unexpected fruit of his songwriting labor. Somewhere in a private corner of the internet, big fuckin nerds are arguing about a trivia question that *references* a song he wrote 25 years ago.

Yes, that’s it. If you click through to contributors I am there along with Tony Hightower and others. Do you know him?

― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, July 24, 2020 10:52 AM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oh, I see it now. Tony's flag looks familiar, so perhaps I've seen him on the LL message board, but I don't otherwise know him.

my school of rock opponent today went 0-for-6 on friday; now gearing up to be 96ed

i have an obvious comment about today's school of rock questions

We will see you tomorrow about that

TFW you confidently submit your answers and then see that half of them are wrong.

So many times I’ve replaced my first, correct guess with my second, wrong guess

hee hee hee on the AP question, ILX ftw

You know what that is called in LL jargon, don't you, siby?

I've forgotten, all the jargon is too contrived :)

my school of rock opponent today went 0-for-6 on friday

he is now 0-for-18 and i'm wondering if it's some sort of art project

Hey forks/ulysses, have you ever smithed a 1DS? I have an idea for one if other potential collabs fall through, and we share a certain interest in a particular subject.

i'd love to!

Sweet! I just saw that it's been done before, but I've PMed the smith for that to see if they're interested in a sequel.

OK I just heard back from the OG smith who said that a sequel is fine, can I ilxmail you to work out the details?

I've never smithed an official Learned League 1DS or ML, but I've posted a couple of quizzes on the Alpaca Farm.

Leee, please do; want to hear what your topic is to see if i can contribute.
if it's alt-comics or cemeteries, I'm good to go.

Leee, send me your email address so i can respond!

Sent!

Will reply shortly!

i've written a couple 1DSes ("pirates" and "vaporware" iirc), happy to help if you have any questions about the process

I've played over 1,000 LL matches, including Mini Leagues, and I'm pretty sure that yesterday was the first time I've lost 0(0)-9(6). It was in the Spain ML, and my opponent not only has a .775 lifetime QPct, he also lives in Madrid.