D'oh! "Atom" is from Greek, not Latin, of course.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 3 December 2020 09:07 (three years ago) link
three days ago i was in first place. now i'm tenth : /
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCCvN8YDuc
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 December 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
Do any of you have Premium memberships, if not Commissioner's Circle?
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 December 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
I chose to pay for Premier the last time, but haven't really used any of the perks.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 3 December 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
My very very favorites are the ones where I truly don't know the answer but manage to reason my way to "the only thing it could be," like "ilium"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 3 December 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
Also, I mean, HOW was "glory hole" not the MCW
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 3 December 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
I chose to pay for Premier the last time, but haven't really used any of the perks.― anatol_merklich, Thursday, December 3, 2020 10:02 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, December 3, 2020 10:02 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
The perks have never seemed compelling enough to justify the extra cost. Private rundles are theoretically intriguing, but I don't know that many people in LL beyond you guys, and everyone would have to be a Premium member to participate.
― jaymc, Thursday, 3 December 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
I usually pay for Commissioner's Circle, although I'm premier currently because I had a huge emergency expense right before it was time to renew - it's worth a lot more than $30 a year to me and I don't mind paying extra if I can afford to. Also I kinda like the player tracker, even if I don't really use an of the other premium features.
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 3 December 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
why do i always have my 5/6 days when the other person forfeits
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 December 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
They can feel it coming
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 3 December 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
A new vibration
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 December 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
I haven't gotten a forfeit win since my rookie season, and the rest things are going, I wouldn't mind a couple.
Really annoyed that I turned a win into a tie by zeroing the Butler question, which my opponent missed even though he got the Le Guin question right from two seasons ago.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
dolly parton talking about her favorite book is the only reason i got the butler q
― maura, Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
I heard someone else say that as well
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
years of being too online have ruined me for novels but you should really read octavia buter maura
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 December 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
This midseason classic: I got 8 right, which was enough to rep for C Sakura (nice!), and was in 69th percentile (nice nice!).
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
I yeah, I never paid attention to how it worked, I repped as well.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
Sigh at the 6 match winless streak I'm working on.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
Finally got a win yesterday, though it was against a poor guy who's had 15 (now 16) losses this season, none of which were forfeits.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
you're welcome
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
Haha, but...
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
Can you guys guess what my wrong answer was for the James Brown question was?
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
was it say it loud (i'm black and i'm proud)? bc that was my wrong answer that kept me from a 9(6). obviously i didn't read the question closely enough.
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
No, not quite.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
"Please Please Please." Figure the parenthesized part was "(Please Don't Go)"
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
i also went with i'm black
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Somehow my opponent today -- in a C rundle -- has a QPct of 81.8%. See yall in the relegation zone!
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
*waves hand*
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
The key part of the James Brown question was "first-person sentence." So it had to start with "I."
I missed it, too, because I just couldn't think of any titles that fit the bill. Kicked myself when I saw the answer.
― jaymc, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
yes, that's what i missed by not reading closely enough. also i'm black and i'm proud would have been later than 1965.
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
i even got that it was first-person, i just didn't register that both parts of the name were first-person sentences
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
originally had Give It Up until i noticed first person. and yes, black and proud woulda been later but it didn't click for some reason
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Okay, I signed up for Player Tracker, it does seem kind of useful.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
Not only did I miss 4 questions, my prediction was wrong, too -- I'm actually two spots above relegation.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Friday, 11 December 2020 17:22 (three years ago) link
Your Rundle is big, 36 players
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
Yeah, which I take to mean that I have that much farther to fall. OTOH, we have another player in that same rundle who's in line for a promotion to B and is neck-and-neck for first place.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Friday, 11 December 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I noticed
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
I think I am the only one here is actually going to be relegated.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
I might actually make it back to A, mostly off the back of a forfeit win on a day when I only got two right
― is right unfortunately (silby), Friday, 11 December 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
My career in A is entirely without distinction
not strictly LL-related but i finished 19th in the world quizzing championships this past weekend and earned the top scores in the entertainment and lifestyle categories, which i can only attribute to insane luck, including a music category that was much heavier on metal and eurovision than normal
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/groups/oqlusa/permalink/447543662903536
something folks here might enjoy is the online quiz league pop solos competition, which is starting in january - it's pop culture-only live trivia via zoom; i've been playing in the inaugural OQLUSA team season and it's a ton of fun
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
I think I did that once. Maybe Tony Hightower was the host.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
The world quizzing I mean, congrats. Not the other thing I just looked at.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
I've got most of you in Player Tracker now, just because.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
yeah, i did it in NYC the last few years - i don't think tony hosted last year, it was at some random bar in the financial district
it's a lot less distracting to do this without a bunch of people downstairs loudly yelling at a soccer game, it turns out
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
I did it a few years ago on Stone Street, I think, in some Irish pub.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
i will probably squeeze by in the C rundle again, somewhere near the bottom. Increasingly clear this is my current level.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
I will be joining you there soon.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link