# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=110 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 111 --- ## [Mortal Kombat 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortal-kombat-1/832400)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortal-kombat-1/832400 "2019-04-26T13:31:38Z")
Hi SD, This question popped into my head recently. In the original manual for Mortal Kombat, the first game in the series, they did not list the fatalities for the characters. Rather, there was a space for you to tr… --- ## [Supraland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supraland/833096)
**Author:** [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supraland/833096 "2019-04-27T01:00:47Z")
So this appeared in my Steam recommendations a few days ago. (I’m playing on PC, but there might be other versions.) It’s a first-person puzzle game that is a clear successor to–and at the same time is nothing like–Port… --- ## [Your All-Time greatest team (any pro team sport)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-greatest-team-any-pro-team-sport/830025)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-greatest-team-any-pro-team-sport/830025 "2019-04-26T21:55:53Z")
PLEASE read the guidelines first: Pick a professional team sport. American football, baseball, hockey, basketball, and association football (soccer) of course, but also any other pro team sport you may be knowledgeable … --- ## [Dave Havlicek has died at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-havlicek-has-died-at-79/833065)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-havlicek-has-died-at-79/833065 "2019-04-26T10:16:37Z")
The great Celtics powerhouse has died. --- ## [retro core's battle of the VG ports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-cores-battle-of-the-vg-ports/833073)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-cores-battle-of-the-vg-ports/833073 "2019-04-26T07:11:41Z")
i found an amature video game historian who owned a lot of systems and home computers who takes a game and finds everything it was ever on and compares them Battle of the Ports - Oldest to Newest - YouTube Now he does… --- ## [Baseball rules question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-question/832756)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-question/832756 "2019-04-23T20:15:29Z")
College game. Bases loaded, no outs. Soft liner to shortstop. The ball is caught and (eventually) ruled a catch, but the umpire delayed the call. The runners treat it as a ground ball so all three have … --- ## [Super Rugby on ESPN+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rugby-on-espn/832951)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rugby-on-espn/832951 "2019-04-23T19:27:54Z")
I have an ESPN+ subscription for one purpose - to watch the Super Rugby competition. And for a while, I was able to watch every game of the comp, either live or on replay. But recently, the games seem to be disappearing… --- ## [Baseball Hypothetical: Untrue Outcomes Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hypothetical-untrue-outcomes-joe/832386)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hypothetical-untrue-outcomes-joe/832386 "2019-04-21T16:04:35Z")
You are the newly appointed general manager and dictator for life of your favorite baseball team. A well known agent, L.B. Applegate, asks for a meeting. He comes in, sits down, and says: “OK, Jess,” \[your name is Jes… --- ## [When's the last time you played kickball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-played-kickball/832754)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-played-kickball/832754 "2019-04-20T22:56:47Z")
Seriously. When’s the last time you played a game that’s traditionally only played by kids? Kickball, tag, hide and seek, four square, etc.? Were you playing with kids? Have you ever played with other adults? Why don’t … --- ## [Stay in school and not turn pro. Any good reason(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-in-school-and-not-turn-pro-any-good-reason-s/832423)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-in-school-and-not-turn-pro-any-good-reason-s/832423 "2019-04-19T12:00:57Z")
So my Virginia Cavaliers are NCAA champions. Several of their best players have the option now of leaving for the NBA draft. De’Andre Hunter is projected as a first round pick and Ty Jerome is considered by many to be la… --- ## [First Official News about the PS5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-official-news-about-the-ps5/832640)
**Author:** [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-official-news-about-the-ps5/832640 "2019-04-18T19:50:26Z")
Key points: Not releasing in 2019 Will still use physical media Backwards compatible with PS4 Will use solid state hard drives in some fashion; load times for Spider-Man are 19x faster on a PS5 devkit compared to a… --- ## [How Not to Dry a Baseball Field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-dry-a-baseball-field/832219)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-dry-a-baseball-field/832219 "2019-04-15T15:32:13Z")
In what a neighbor of mine would call a “great moment in poor judgment”, a high school baseball coach in Ridgefield, CT, decided to dry a baseball diamond with 24 gallons of gasoline and a match. It went about as well as… --- ## [Most unsportsmanlike and sportsmanlike athletes by sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unsportsmanlike-and-sportsmanlike-athletes-by-sport/831801)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unsportsmanlike-and-sportsmanlike-athletes-by-sport/831801 "2019-04-15T00:01:44Z")
Don’t have time to follow all 250 or so sports out there SO PLEASE DON’T RIP ME make your arguments, but based on my experience and first impressions: MOST UNSPORTSMANLIKE MLB Baseball -Pitchers trying to deliberately… --- ## [Really? No one into squash, here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-one-into-squash-here/831046)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-one-into-squash-here/831046 "2019-04-12T16:43:31Z")
Had to word the title like that because I strongly suspect the sport has never been discussed here. (Love to be proven wrong with a link) A wonderfully gruelling game that requires the right balance of chess-like patien… --- ## [Recommend some video games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903)
**Author:** [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903 "2019-03-28T01:38:35Z")
I’ve been replaying older games, but I’m looking for a new (to me) video game to get into. I’ve only got two rules: Has to be a PC game. I don’t have a console. No multiplayer, or must have single-player option. I’ve … --- ## [Online chess cheaters are making the game unplayable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-chess-cheaters-are-making-the-game-unplayable/657684)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-chess-cheaters-are-making-the-game-unplayable/657684 "2019-04-11T23:16:02Z")
As time has passed, bad behavior on the Internet has evolved at a fairly quick pace. It used to be that trolls would act like shit-flinging apes online, enraging people by tossing obvious verbal feces. People soon learne… --- ## [The extent to which outsiders could legally meddle with player's finances and free-agency decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-extent-to-which-outsiders-could-legally-meddle-with-players-finances-and-free-agency-decisions/832296)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-extent-to-which-outsiders-could-legally-meddle-with-players-finances-and-free-agency-decisions/832296 "2019-04-10T17:59:34Z")
Suppose some wealthy Washington DC tycoon didn’t want Bryce Harper to leave for the Phillies, and said “Hey I’ll pay you $500 million if you’ll stay here with the Nationals” - would that be permitted according to law and… --- ## [The last two game characters you played as fight. Who wins?(2019)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-two-game-characters-you-played-as-fight-who-wins-2019/831747)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-two-game-characters-you-played-as-fight-who-wins-2019/831747 "2019-04-10T09:32:01Z")
So,… In my ridiculous excitement for Borderlands 3, which will probably not come out for 10 months anyway, I did a search on the Borderlands series threads for something to do and came upon the old post It was fun th… --- ## [Great Article about the making of Morrowind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-the-making-of-morrowind/832240)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-the-making-of-morrowind/832240 "2019-04-09T22:18:27Z")
An oral history article about the making of Morrowind by the people who made it. If you enjoyed the game or like any of the Elder Scrolls games, it’s a good read. --- ## [Sports competitions that are almost "perfect" you'd be least likely to tweak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competitions-that-are-almost-perfect-youd-be-least-likely-to-tweak/831655)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competitions-that-are-almost-perfect-youd-be-least-likely-to-tweak/831655 "2019-04-09T19:03:59Z")
NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. I can’t think of anything more pure than the top 16 NHL teams facing off against each other in a single elimination, best of 7 advances anything can happen tournament. Even a low seed can win… --- ## [2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275 "2019-04-09T17:37:12Z")
It’s about another hour before the brackets are announced, but since I was on the boards anyway looking for the fried rice thread from a while back, I figured I’d go ahead and get this started. Link: Men's Tournament Ch… --- ## [March Madness Reseed Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-reseed-challenge/831132)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-reseed-challenge/831132 "2019-04-09T14:26:39Z")
Yes, it’s NCAA March Madness time again! While it’s fun to fill out brackets the usual way, I thought it might be interesting to try a different way to “play” the tournament. There’s always some disagreement and discuss… --- ## [Freedom Football League.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-football-league/831955)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-football-league/831955 "2019-04-09T05:13:06Z")
The XFL isn’t the only football league launching in 2020. The Freedom Football League will reportedly start up in March 2020. Ricky Williams and Terrell Owens are a few of the founders. Check it out for yourself: FFL | … --- ## [Xenoblade Chronicles or Xenoblade Chronicles X? Which should I get and play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenoblade-chronicles-or-xenoblade-chronicles-x-which-should-i-get-and-play/832250)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenoblade-chronicles-or-xenoblade-chronicles-x-which-should-i-get-and-play/832250 "2019-04-09T00:19:37Z")
I don’t get a lot of games and I don’t have the latest systems, but I do have a perfectly fine working Wii U. I played Breath of the Wild on it, but this summer( I am a teacher), I want to play a JRPG. I’ve pretty much … --- ## [Canadian Wins Valero Texas Open!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wins-valero-texas-open/832195)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wins-valero-texas-open/832195 "2019-04-08T17:36:17Z")
Wow! What a round of golf. Corey Connors birdied 4 of the first 5 holes then bogeyed the next 4. Looked like he was going to blow it but birdied 6 of the back 9 holes for a 2 shot win. Only the 5th Monday qualifier to wi… --- ## [is tanking in MLB as accepted and as bad as this article claims ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tanking-in-mlb-as-accepted-and-as-bad-as-this-article-claims/832149)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tanking-in-mlb-as-accepted-and-as-bad-as-this-article-claims/832149 "2019-04-08T03:12:25Z")
here’s the article : MSN On some of it I don’t think its as much as planned tanking as cheap or not superrich ownership who wont/cant spend the money they need to be competitive ……… And come on I’ve never seen an entir… --- ## [Old guy wants gaming advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-guy-wants-gaming-advice/831703)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-guy-wants-gaming-advice/831703 "2019-04-06T18:33:48Z")
I’m about to retire and am looking for new things to try. Never played video games. Not pong. Not Halo. Not grand theft auto. Nothing. How can i try this out without spending a fortune? --- ## [Best spaceship games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spaceship-games/832028)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spaceship-games/832028 "2019-04-05T01:45:18Z")
By “Space Game”, i mean the type of spaceship game where you fly around in a spaceship, earning money and reputation by taking on various missions. The big one I play at the moment is Elite: Dangerous, but whilst it is … --- ## [NHL March 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-march-2019/830387)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-march-2019/830387 "2019-04-04T12:32:07Z")
The month starts off with the Senators firing Guy Boucher. --- ## [IT A PuZZLe PoEM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-a-puzzle-poem/808920)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-a-puzzle-poem/808920 "2019-04-03T19:41:46Z")
Feel me in teeth, a tusk. I swooon yet Or pamper wife. What if you do it anew? He took the smoooch of tender mæd Go now gal, clean room. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=111)