Probably not. I haven't looked at LL recently at all, don't know what I am missing.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
I know it's early yet but I'm a little horrified by my current DE of 0.286.
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
lol the friend who invited me long ago currently has an incalculable defense because he's been 9-6ed twice
if an opponent ever misses against him (god forbid), it'll work in his favor tho
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
you think .286 is bad... i've started at .125. feel like i have completely lost my DE mojo, and i know people say it's luck but i have had consistently top-of-rundle DE for most of my LL career (im gonna chalk it up to writing a weekly pub quiz every week for the past 8 years)
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
Got Q2 right yesterday thanks to this thread! Least evil of the top 50 American billionaires
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
Apparently the author of the Rolling Stone article referenced earlier this week plays in LL, and they were assigned 3 for said question.
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Friday, 12 November 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Heh, hadn’t noticed that, but yeah. I track him along with his friend who also writes for them. I studied their work on the 70s Music ML when I worked on the 60s one and recently playtested the other guy’s “You’re So Vain” 1DS.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 November 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
Both of them seem to be pretty nice, at least in my dealings with them
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 November 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
I had a strong suspicion that the KMT question would play hard yesterday, but I had the bad luck of facing an opponent with an unambiguously Chinese name.
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
Three straight matches getting 5 right and yet I went 1-2-0.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
i knew i was gonna get relegated from rundle a last season when i got 4 straight 9(6)s and 4 straight ties
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
That's the A life but I'm punting around in C!
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
Lol, well put.
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
barely staying alive seems my style
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
We can tryTo understand The Learned League’s Effect on man
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
Whether you’re a LLamaOr a bad mama jamaBarely stayin’ aliveStayin’ alive
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
ah ah ah ah
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
Tough breaks, continued: my opponent and I both got 4 right, but though my defense cost me the match, it wasn't unreasonable or bad, just rotten luck: they had 50% in science but got the Meitner question right (to which I gave 3) but then they got ~olive branch~ wrong.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Like, I'm on pace to smash my previous best TCA*, but here I am, 4-5-4, and sitting in 16th.
* Yeah, yeah, LL91 is probably due for a course correction sooner or later, but kvetching is part of the fun.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
fuckin 7(5)-8(4) losses
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 December 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Don’t know how I feel about the Midseason Classic.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 December 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
In general, or this particular one?
― jaymc, Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
In general. I understand there is kind of civic duty to participate, but I don’t, not usually.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
I don't really feel any civic duty. I suppose I just treat it as a general knowledge 1DS. I usually participate, but not always.
― jaymc, Sunday, 5 December 2021 02:33 (three years ago) link
Oh wow, I came in second in my Rundle for the Midseason Classic!
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Monday, 6 December 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
I just found this interesting trivia blog. Hasn't been updated since lockdown initiation though.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Also, I lost an answered due to one misspelled letter today, ERDLICH instead of ERDRICH. Should I protest or let it go?
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
you deserved that correct answer
but it's just a fun thing, no protesting
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
THere now. Convenience link for Scoring Review: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/review.php
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
I'd let it go.
According to the rules, correct spelling isn't required but "a 'sounds-like' guideline will be used for misspelled answers." "Erdlich" does not sound like "Erdrich."
Granted, Thorsten is sometimes more lenient than the rules, so it wouldn't have surprised me if he *had* accepted "Erdlich." But unless you know that someone else got credit for that spelling, I don't think you have much of a defense.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
I agree that it's a fun thing, but there is a protocol in place, so I am going to practice using it this one time.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
The number one hit if I Google ERDLICH is Louise ERDRICH! And they do sound alike! The R sound gets buried, and R and L are related letters, as we know from Japanese, if not otherwise.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
They are both liquids.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
If I were Thorsten, I think it would be difficult to decide what counts as a "sound-alike" spelling. The line isn't always easily drawn.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
Anyway, I have just submitted. We will see what he says.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
See also how how Algeria is Argelia in Spanish.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_consonant
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
the erdlich horror
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
the liquid consonant/"r and l sound the same" excuses are a total red herring. what it sounds like doesn't matter. the answer is in writing. all the matters is if he thinks the spelling is close enough. which it might be!
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
oh i see you're responding to the "sounds like" guideline. that's a silly guideline for a written quiz.
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
Yes. Hoping so, but I found the rule here: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/therules.php#5a
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
But then there is also 5a 1.1.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
i worked in a minneapolis bookstore in 1995 and when she came in and browsed the 'divorce' section all of us were (very quietly) sad
little did we know
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
In any case, I also found this, from a certain reference workxp!
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
OMG mookie. I was thinking about that too, although I successfully refrained from putting that in my request for review as part of my bonafides.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
https://www.bainbridgereview.com/life/erdlich-novel-gets-a-look/
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
But it doesn't seem he has a rule about Common MIsspellings.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
That trivia site is by a well-known though now former-LLer.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
Wait, did she finally leave? I guess maybe it’s dicey even talking about it here.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
I checked her player page and she's not playing in 91.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link