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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 (three 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 (three years ago) link

you deserved that correct answer

but it's just a fun thing, no protesting

mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:31 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link

They are both liquids.

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:37 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link

See also how how Algeria is Argelia in Spanish.

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_consonant

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link

the erdlich horror

na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:00 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link

But then there is also 5a 1.1.

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:03 (three 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 (three years ago) link

In any case, I also found this, from a certain reference work
xp!

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:12 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link

That trivia site is by a well-known though now former-LLer.

Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:28 (three 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 (three years ago) link

I checked her player page and she's not playing in 91.

Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link

Her last post on Facepalm from a few months back is about retiring from LL.

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link

Anyway I really liked Love Medicine back in the day but never got around to reading anything else, maybe because of what mookie mentioned.

tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link

Seems like the two biggest Louise Erdrich stans round here are aimurchie and mookieproof.

Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link

oh i see you're responding to the "sounds like" guideline. that's a silly guideline for a written quiz.

Strongly disagree. The fact that the quiz is written should not invalidate knowledge gained from hearing rather than reading.

anatol_merklich, Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link

if an answer, when spoken aloud, is the correct answer, then the answer will likely be accepted as correct.

Weird thing is the use of the word "is" instead of "sounds like."

Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link

i'm definitely down to D this season. rehab has not been good for my average.

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 December 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link

*Phew* scraped by another season. Sorry, forks.

Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 December 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link

A typically average season for me: 10th place with a 12-10-3 record. My long-term LL goal is to even out my career record, which is now 363-374-138.

jaymc, Thursday, 16 December 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link

finished with 22 CAA in four straight losses, fell from 13th to 24th, just avoiding relegation

mookieproof, Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link

i did okay but drew the short straw. i think i can bump back up to c in a season or two.

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link

I smashed my previous personal record for TCA by 9 questions (why couldn't this season have happened when I was in B?) and nearly doubled my 9(6)s with two more this season.

But I also had a combination of rotten luck and my worst defense ever (though only by a handful of percentage points) and so I ended under 0.500 though thankfully above relegation. NA also swept me in our two matches.

Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 16 December 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link

my tca was above the #9 in our rundle, which is a thing someone who gets relegated says

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 December 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

What’s the etiquette about posting general stuff about other LLamas if you are friends with them on social media, like if I want to compliment someone on a good performance?

The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link

Subtweet imo.

Rabbit Pen Warren (Leee), Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:49 (two years ago) link

What about a sideways Subtweet approach, where I praise the person but don't spell out what it is for?

The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:47 (two years ago) link

you could stright up compliment them to their face(s) like a normal person

or you could make subtweets here and hope that we figure out which names you're dropping so we will be extra impressed with your slyness

mookieproof, Friday, 7 January 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link

What is this "to their face" you speak of, Lieutenant Mookieproof?

The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 January 2022 02:55 (two years ago) link

Is there anyone else who had never heard of the word "rundle" in their life before joining LL?

J. Sam, Friday, 7 January 2022 04:17 (two years ago) link


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