# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=105 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 106 --- ## [Remember the 1972 Dolphins Perfect Season? Nick Buoniconti has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-1972-dolphins-perfect-season-nick-buoniconti-has-died/837931)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-1972-dolphins-perfect-season-nick-buoniconti-has-died/837931 "2019-07-31T23:38:19Z")
ESPN — Hall of Fame LB Nick Buoniconti dead at 78 I was a young and impressionable boy of 11 for Super Bowl VII. Living in Upstate New York, with my university prof father, we were regular snowbirds road-tripping it dow… --- ## [NFL Offseason thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-thread/830347)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-thread/830347 "2019-07-30T18:13:10Z")
I didn’t notice until just now that we didn’t have an off-season thread, so here goes. The combine is currently going. In a shocker, Jason Witten decided to unretire and rejoin the Cowboys. In related news, ESPN gets a… --- ## [Last play from every World Series 1980-2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-play-from-every-world-series-1980-2016/837839)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-play-from-every-world-series-1980-2016/837839 "2019-07-30T15:16:56Z")
Found this gem on YouTube earlier. It was great to relive some old memories: -1997, which may be the best World Series I’ve ever seen (and, as a long-suffering Cubs fan, I’m begrudgingly including 2016 in that list) wit… --- ## [Indians pitcher throws ball over the center field fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-pitcher-throws-ball-over-the-center-field-fence/837795)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-pitcher-throws-ball-over-the-center-field-fence/837795 "2019-07-30T03:16:08Z")
Wild Thing! So what is the longest thrown ball during a game? Dennis --- ## [Most "class" driven rivalries in sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-class-driven-rivalries-in-sports/835358)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-class-driven-rivalries-in-sports/835358 "2019-07-29T23:39:51Z")
I’ve been told it’s Boca Juniors v River Plate in Argentine soccer-----Boca representing the poorer classes while Plate was the middle class team---- a hateful rivalry where violence forced the South American version of … --- ## [TdF2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2019/836627)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2019/836627 "2019-07-29T19:21:59Z")
C’est Le Tour! Exciting finish and no-one seemed more surprised by the result than Peter Sagan. The look over his left shoulder was priceless. :dubious: I miss Paul Sherwen. Don’t quite know what to make of Chris Hor… --- ## [Extremely simplistic take on MLB right now:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-simplistic-take-on-mlb-right-now/837738)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-simplistic-take-on-mlb-right-now/837738 "2019-07-29T15:26:50Z")
I’ve batted this around before but I think this crystalizes it: I understand Greinke is available and that Houston is after him…this kind of thing really seems to have taken off the last few years. A good team picks up … --- ## [Is there a Browser game where you just shoot stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-browser-game-where-you-just-shoot-stuff/811824)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-browser-game-where-you-just-shoot-stuff/811824 "2019-07-28T19:52:20Z")
I’m thinking something along the lines of the old Star Wars video game where there is an X you move with your mouse and you just shoot at targets. Something that is quick and fun to play for a few minutes at a time. Anyt… --- ## [What exactly was yar getting revenge for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-yar-getting-revenge-for/837641)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-yar-getting-revenge-for/837641 "2019-07-28T16:30:37Z")
Was he bullied in high school? Did the Qotile murder his father? What is the waiting period to buy a zorlon cannon? None of these questions are answered in the manual. (Need answer fast!) --- ## [CFL Plays: 104 yard TD run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-plays-104-yard-td-run/837411)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-plays-104-yard-td-run/837411 "2019-07-28T00:50:07Z")
Went to the game last night, Roughriders v BC Lions. Jon Ryan, late of the Seahawks, now with the hometown Riders, opened the score with a single: 1-0 Riders. See-saw match, with the lead shifting back and forth. Then… --- ## [Mr. Olympia Accused of Sexual Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-olympia-accused-of-sexual-assault/837511)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-olympia-accused-of-sexual-assault/837511 "2019-07-25T20:50:35Z")
Didn’t see any mention of this, but Shawn Rhoden, the current Mr. Olympia, has been charged on several counts in connection with an incident back in 2018. What I have been able to glean - \[ul\]\[li\]The delay in charging … --- ## [Who should be in the pamphlet “Famous Jewish Sports Legends”...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-in-the-pamphlet-famous-jewish-sports-legends/834998)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-in-the-pamphlet-famous-jewish-sports-legends/834998 "2019-07-25T18:10:13Z")
When Airplane! came out in 1980? Today? Would the pamphlet be bigger today? :slight\_smile: --- ## ["Links" golf courses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-golf-courses/837290)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-golf-courses/837290 "2019-07-25T16:58:24Z")
Heard a sports talk radio host today bitch that the Northern Ireland course used for this years Open was a “links” course and that such a course was built using the natural features already present while most American co… --- ## [Anyone Playing Sentinels of the Multiverse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-sentinels-of-the-multiverse/837613)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-sentinels-of-the-multiverse/837613 "2019-07-25T14:42:22Z")
It’s a card game (but not a trading card game, you get all the decks you need to play in the box) where superheroes team up against super villains. There are multiple decks. Four heroes each with a deck battle the Villa… --- ## [NFL Proposes 18-Game Schedule, But Players Only Play 16?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-proposes-18-game-schedule-but-players-only-play-16/837020)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-proposes-18-game-schedule-but-players-only-play-16/837020 "2019-07-25T14:20:42Z")
How does this make any sense? So with this the owners get their 9 home games for ticket sales … but fans will have no assurance that the players they’re paying to see will actually be on the field for that game. You c… --- ## [The Open Championship 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-open-championship-2019/837266)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-open-championship-2019/837266 "2019-07-25T05:42:00Z")
Here’s a thread to discuss the Open Championship. Ugh, this is sad, one of my favorite golfers of all time, David Duval, scores a 91 on the first day. --- ## [A quick puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-puzzle/837489)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-puzzle/837489 "2019-07-24T23:34:41Z")
I got the following puzzle message in an adventure game. It’s supposed to indicate the location of the next clue. The adventure takes place on a habitable moon, but I doubt that is relevant. ibrarylay 3.14 \ **Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-talk-about-8-ball-pool-for-iphone/837572 "2019-07-24T21:19:36Z") I am not on facebook and I don’t know where to talk about it. But I see that the game is manipulated. I suppose it makes sense that it has to be. But I just got disgusted now after watching it make me scratch on the brea… --- ## [Sabermetrics etc. and Gambling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabermetrics-etc-and-gambling/781897)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabermetrics-etc-and-gambling/781897 "2017-06-26T15:11:05Z")
These days there has been an enormous amount of statistical analysis on sports, much of it about the value of individual players, but some of it geared to predicting likelihood of victory. You see it all over the place, … --- ## [Fantasy football-expanding a keeper league](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-expanding-a-keeper-league/837464)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-expanding-a-keeper-league/837464 "2019-07-24T06:18:54Z")
Currently in a 12 team keeper league, we keep 3 each season with no restrictions on keepers. It’s a money league. Anyone have any experience in expanding such a league from 12 teams to 14? Can’t think of a way to do it … --- ## [Do you buy/read RPG supplements for fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270 "2019-07-23T19:54:39Z")
I brought this up in the Watchya Reading thread and thought it might be an interesting question. I buy and read lots of RPG manuals and books for games I will probably never play. I haven’t played a non PC RPG since the… --- ## [Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristiano-ronaldo-rape-allegations/822279)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristiano-ronaldo-rape-allegations/822279 "2019-07-23T06:00:57Z")
Not seen a thread in this, but CR7 has been accused of raping an American woman in Las Vegas in summer 2009. And reaching a settlement.. All I can say is, :(:eek: If true, his career and his freedom need to end, and so… --- ## [Flight simulators & joysticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-simulators-joysticks/837421)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-simulators-joysticks/837421 "2019-07-22T00:44:42Z")
I’m looking for a flight simulator that would be good at the aerodynamics and flying without requiring that I learn the specific detailed start-up procedures and all the ancillary stuff as is common in flight simulators. … --- ## [iPhone horror game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-horror-game/837319)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-horror-game/837319 "2019-07-20T17:18:47Z")
There was a game for the iPhone some years ago, it came out around Halloween. I can’t remember its title, or even quickly name the genre … I can only describe it, and hope it rings a bell for people … OK. I think its … --- ## [What about a boy playing on a girls' sports team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-a-boy-playing-on-a-girls-sports-team/702376)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-a-boy-playing-on-a-girls-sports-team/702376 "2019-07-19T17:54:10Z")
This article is about a high school boy who wants to play on his school’s field hockey team. He’s a skilled-enough player to make the varsity, which is not in dispute—he’s got a good chance to make the U.S. Men’s fiel… --- ## [Wimbledon 2019: Go, go Coco! You're cleared for takeoff, FAA!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2019-go-go-coco-youre-cleared-for-takeoff-faa/836475)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2019-go-go-coco-youre-cleared-for-takeoff-faa/836475 "2019-07-17T22:12:17Z")
Coco Gauff just won her 2nd Wimbledon match! Her expression was priceless when she beat Venus the other day. And Felix Auger-Aliassime is certainly making a show of it: I’m not a big tennis fan, but I do appreciate … --- ## [Cricket World Cup 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 468\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670 "2019-07-17T22:04:21Z")
It’s that time again! This year’s edition has a decidedly retro feel with the reduction to 10 teams and the roundrobin format that harks back to 1992. All teams play each other once and then it’s straight into the semifi… --- ## [Robot umpires!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-umpires/836883)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-umpires/836883 "2019-07-17T21:10:00Z")
Seriously: Robot umpires! I posted the news in the What’s new, Atlas? thread but I really wanted to hear what baseball fans think of this. It’s already generating some controversy, with some saying that the human ump … --- ## [Stadium half Texas fans and half Oklahoma fans, how is it done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stadium-half-texas-fans-and-half-oklahoma-fans-how-is-it-done/836367)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stadium-half-texas-fans-and-half-oklahoma-fans-how-is-it-done/836367 "2019-07-17T20:06:33Z")
Every time the Red River Rivalry (Texas Longhorns vs. Oklahoma Sooners) football game is done in Dallas’ Cotton Bowl, there is always a neat divide in the middle (half clad in orange and half clad in red.) How do they a… --- ## [Ways to avoid PKs to get a winner in football/soccer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-avoid-pks-to-get-a-winner-in-football-soccer/837136)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-avoid-pks-to-get-a-winner-in-football-soccer/837136 "2019-07-17T13:38:47Z")
Many people say PKs are bad but there is no other way to get a winner after 120 minutes are played since players are too tired. What other ideas have been tried to avoid using PKs when the game is tied? A simple sugg… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=106)