Ha, my approach was: the only way out of this drama is through it.
I think you're onto something! My QPct tends to be slightly below C-rundle average, so I'm usually going to flirt with relegation unless luck swings in my favor.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
My TCA is incredibly low this season, think only one person here is worse and only then by one point. Tomorrow that might even invert.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
I just did some random searching through old threads on their message board and stumbled on the one for Glass's "Knee Play 1." The nigh-universal dismissal really hurts me as I find the excerpted song to have an ineffably religious quality to it.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
Well, I lost yesterday's match but just barely avoided relegation. Phew!
Probably could've done better had I not posted my worst defense in my entire 31-season career (.577).
― jaymc, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
i had a bad december
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
lol, exactly 75 out of 150 correct. i am a very average player.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
I had lousy defense this season too, I wonder if the seasons vary a lot in mean DE
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
Just looking to blame someone other than myself
i ... did well? finished second in our group. i'm not sure exactly how. the questions did seem a little easier/more in my wheelhouse this go-round but i also know i got lucky with some guesses and defense, since i usually end up right in the middle of the pack in C. i'll be moving up to B next season where i expect to be slaughtered and relegated back down to my rightful place.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
I am a firm believer that defense is mostly luck. I think some have done statistical analysis showing there is very little correlation year to year.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
I am extra firm in that belief because this was the 2nd worse defensive efficiency I've had in my 18 season LL career.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
Barely missed reaching 0.500, but ended up in 18th out of 36th, so dead average. This season's questions felt a lot harder to me than the last one, even though I only had one more correct answer in LL86 -- but then my CAA went from 83 to 90 for LL87.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
Looks like a bunch of us are signed up for A Feast of Food and Drink.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
I missed registering for it!! bah
― is right unfortunately (silby), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 02:44 (three years ago) link
I signed up for it but expect to do terrible.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
Same.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 03:32 (three years ago) link
yep
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
Some good 1DSs right now
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 January 2021 03:21 (three years ago) link
I highly recommend today's Not-Quite-Infixes ODS to the crossword fans. I'm still working on it, but it's an appearlingly meaty challenge.
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
THanks!
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 01:33 (three years ago) link
*appealingly
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 01:36 (three years ago) link
Oof! 13th percentile!
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
Forks' and my ODS is tomorrow!
― RandPaul's Drag Race (Leee), Friday, 29 January 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
excited!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
i dunno if there's some reason we shouldn't say which one is ours?
Only from an abundance of caution and I guess the conventions we're following in this thread, but for any registered LLers, it'd be pretty easy to figure out which one is ours.
― RandPaul's Drag Race (Leee), Friday, 29 January 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
i dunno, maybe we're into umbrellas now
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
There's only one that's got two smiths!
― RandPaul's Drag Race (Leee), Friday, 29 January 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
that's the kind of lateral thinking that shows why we're in learned league
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
So about The White Album 1DS.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 February 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
Although maybe only anatol and na did it.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 February 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
I playtested so didn’t compete. Thought it played pretty easy, although I missed Q6 and Q12, same as na, which turned out to be the hardest two. Seems like more than 70 people went 12/12.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 February 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
The African American History & Culture ML was really great. I only got 5/12 in the Championship but moneyed all of them, so I didn't do too badly.
― jaymc, Saturday, 13 February 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
Quite enjoyed the White Album one, but it seems my calibration was way off regarding difficulty of Snoop Dogg juice drink vs sheep dogg song title.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 13 February 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
Will belatedly check out the African American History & Culture thing as well, thanks for recommendation jaymc!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 13 February 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
i scored 8 of 12 for Black American History but was one question right away from 5th. That's LL for you!
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 February 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
Oops I qualified for the AfAm history final but neglected to do it :(
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 13 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
FYI
ALERT! Due to widespread power outages in the US and threats of more issues this week, and in response to a massive number of requests from LLamas, we're postponing LL88 MD1 to Monday 2/22 to accommodate the many players unavailable this week. Sorry for any inconvenience.— LearnedLeague (@LearnedLeague) February 17, 2021
― jaymc, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
Had another donut of a match day which is somewhat mitigated by the fact that it was tough for everybody.
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7T2BzVzrxA
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
Losing 2(3) to 1 (3) or rough variants thereof breaks my widdle heart
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
Er 3 (1) rather
Wait, what? Okay
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
my first LL forfeit in 12.1 seasons :( and a series of incorrect coin flips for me to start the season too. terrible feeling
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
it is a little weird how losing a match can make my whole day feel dimmer
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
im a rookie this year, lost yesterday by playing the worst defense possible lol (my opponent answered only two questions right, the ones i'd assigned the highest value to)
― little johnny juul (voodoo chili), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
defense is mostly a crapshoot
― na (NA), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
Yeah. Sometimes I have lucky seaons where it sort of works for me, but I try to not to spend too much time on it, ultimately it always seems to run cold again.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
the worst is when you wake up in the night and realize you forfeited, that is true stare-at-the-ceiling darkness of the soul
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
i've been doing a good job of getting answers right, and already got a couple good guesses in, so that feels like the important part.
― little johnny juul (voodoo chili), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link