# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=114 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 115 --- ## [Multi-Puzzle Puzzle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-puzzle-puzzle/827830)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-puzzle-puzzle/827830 "2019-01-24T23:48:58Z")
I have been watching videos on YouTube by Mr Puzzle and Chris Ramsay where they solve/review different puzzles that have been released. It seems like with every example there’s only a single thing to be solved and if yo… --- ## [2019 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot/824862)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot/824862 "2019-01-24T16:53:56Z")
It’s out. Who should get in? Rick Ankiel A much ballyhooed young pitcher, brought up very young by the Cardinals, and he swiftly caught Steve Blass Disease, finding himself unable to throw a strike. When it became ap… --- ## [What was the first pro sports venue named for a company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-pro-sports-venue-named-for-a-company/828156)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-pro-sports-venue-named-for-a-company/828156 "2019-01-23T23:25:42Z")
And what was the last time a new pro sports venue was named for anything other than a company? --- ## [NFL Salary Cap question - Dead money vs Cap Hit (Antonio Brown)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-salary-cap-question-dead-money-vs-cap-hit-antonio-brown/827755)
**Author:** [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-salary-cap-question-dead-money-vs-cap-hit-antonio-brown/827755 "2019-01-23T00:03:55Z")
Regarding the saga of an apparently disgruntled Antonio Brown, more than once I’ve seen a sentence like this: ESPN Story What does this mean? Does it mean the Steelers pay Brown the $21M, but it doesn’t impact their… --- ## [SRO at Fiserv Forum Milwaukee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sro-at-fiserv-forum-milwaukee/828223)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sro-at-fiserv-forum-milwaukee/828223 "2019-01-22T22:58:20Z")
Thinking of going to see the Bucks this Friday. Has anyone done SRO at Fiserv Forum? Are these decent areas to see the game? Is it even worth $50/pp? --- ## [Sports/games strategies that radicalized existing ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-games-strategies-that-radicalized-existing-ones/710706)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-games-strategies-that-radicalized-existing-ones/710706 "2019-01-22T15:59:59Z")
I have an adamantium-firm method/strategy of playing a certain sport. It flies against established methods of just about the entire current body of professional and pickup communities. Now history is flooded with scien… --- ## ["Property of..." team clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-of-team-clothing/828165)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-of-team-clothing/828165 "2019-01-22T00:32:23Z")
When I was young, my parents bought me a tee-shirt that said “Property of The New York Yankees”. These are common, and I think most sports fans own or at least have seen something similar on sports attire. Being a huge… --- ## [Why isn't the league table featured prominently in American sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-league-table-featured-prominently-in-american-sports/827272)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-league-table-featured-prominently-in-american-sports/827272 "2019-01-10T05:00:26Z")
So I spend quite a while watching American sports with the in-laws over the holidays (mainly NFL, but also some basketball and hockey). As well as the usual observations as a British person watching American sports (adv… --- ## [Final Fantasy 7 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-7-question/828118)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-7-question/828118 "2019-01-21T05:15:34Z")
Is there a canon reason why Aeris permanently dies in the game? If not, is there a popular fan reason? I always figured it has something to do with the white materia that Aeris loses when she dies. If you don’t have a … --- ## [I Need Help In Choosing A Game/VR System, Please Explain This To Me Like I'm Five](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-in-choosing-a-game-vr-system-please-explain-this-to-me-like-im-five/825218)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-in-choosing-a-game-vr-system-please-explain-this-to-me-like-im-five/825218 "2019-01-20T22:08:12Z")
I’ve been out of console gaming for years, but I’m looking at a nice Christmas bonus and may purchase a system to get back into it. However, I have absolutely no idea where to even begin. I think at this point I’ll prob… --- ## [Question about inelegible receivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-inelegible-receivers/827903)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-inelegible-receivers/827903 "2019-01-19T17:55:36Z")
I know that interior linemen cannot go more than 5 yards from scrimmage until the ball has crossed that line. But what happens if a pass is tipped by a defender and comes down within that 5 yard zone? Is an interior li… --- ## [Mario Kart @ Arrowhead Stadium seen by news chopper! Whoops!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-kart-arrowhead-stadium-seen-by-news-chopper-whoops/827853)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-kart-arrowhead-stadium-seen-by-news-chopper-whoops/827853 "2019-01-19T07:17:26Z")
Awesome and hilarious; I really wasn’t sure where to put this, but I figure it’s about video game happening at a football stadium, so I figured The Game Room worked on too many levels to ignore. :smiley: --- ## [New budget gaming desktop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-budget-gaming-desktop/827797)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-budget-gaming-desktop/827797 "2019-01-18T20:06:06Z")
My desktop appears to be dying. For a while now, plugging anything into a usb port turns the monitor off and breaks the internet, such that I have to run an easyfix repair utility (and reboot) to get the internet back up… --- ## [Dark Legacy: The Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-legacy-the-rising/827893)
**Author:** [@carnalito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnalito)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-legacy-the-rising/827893 "2019-01-18T12:55:01Z")
Any1 have an idea what the hell this game is supposed to be? I don’t get it. Dark Legacy: The Rising – The Scroll of Ascension | Upper Deck Blog --- ## [SO many questions about the Kyler Murray situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-questions-about-the-kyler-murray-situation/827711)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-questions-about-the-kyler-murray-situation/827711 "2019-01-18T02:43:45Z")
So the new Deadspin article answered my Q of do the A’s get a compensation pick. (They do not cause Murray has signed) But: Obviously he has to return the money now if he does not play for the A’s but, if he had a crip… --- ## [Celebrity Death Pool 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 1409\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331 "2019-01-17T01:48:12Z")
phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in as your 2018 Death Pool chaperone. While I may only be a place-holder for Baker (aka: the Death Mistress), it remains an honor. In case anyone is new to this game, the rules ar… --- ## [Please help me find PC game 'Liege Lords'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-pc-game-liege-lords/760494)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-pc-game-liege-lords/760494 "2016-07-25T17:53:20Z")
I’m in the middle of \[Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History\](Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History) by Simon Winder and on page 110, before he begins to get down to the rea… --- ## [NFL Penalties: New and Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-penalties-new-and-old/827775)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-penalties-new-and-old/827775 "2019-01-16T15:00:58Z")
I recently heard the NFL added some additional penalties for safety reasons. (I wager to cut down on risk of concussions?) I think one such penalty occurred when one team was punting to the other, but seemingly odd to me… --- ## [Another Football Anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-anomaly/827039)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-anomaly/827039 "2019-01-15T21:35:00Z")
In the Ravens-Chargers game last week, the Ravens scored the last touchdown (by interception as I recall). The Ravens’ score jumped from 16 to 22 Ravens. No one bothered to talk about the extra point or two-point convers… --- ## [Football with Ten Players?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-with-ten-players/826204)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-with-ten-players/826204 "2019-01-15T14:09:13Z")
Watching some “Coach” reruns, there was an episode where Coach Fox leaves Assistant Coach Luther Van Dam in charge of the team for a Saturday game. As luck would have it, turns out the Screaming Eagles lost due to having… --- ## [Mel Stottlemyre loses the fight to cancer, dies at 77](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-stottlemyre-loses-the-fight-to-cancer-dies-at-77/827767)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-stottlemyre-loses-the-fight-to-cancer-dies-at-77/827767 "2019-01-15T13:58:05Z")
Mel was the Yankees’ Ace During the Lean Years. He coached the Mets for 10 years including the 86 World Series Win and the Yanks for 10 years for 4 ring. He was an outstanding pitcher and pitching coach. If modern surge… --- ## [I've been running games on my 1.6 GHz laptop that shouldn't be able to be run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-running-games-on-my-1-6-ghz-laptop-that-shouldnt-be-able-to-be-run/827499)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-running-games-on-my-1-6-ghz-laptop-that-shouldnt-be-able-to-be-run/827499 "2019-01-14T22:41:35Z")
So I am a bit confused: My Asus Vivobook laptop says it has an Intel® Core iT-8250U CPU processor\*\* @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz. \*\* (Not sure what the mumbo-jumbo means but I’m assuming the bolded part is all that really mat… --- ## [Greatest team to get the biggest ass-kicking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-team-to-get-the-biggest-ass-kicking/827390)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-team-to-get-the-biggest-ass-kicking/827390 "2019-01-13T15:50:19Z")
With 11:26 in the 4th quarter of the NCAAF championship game, the almighty Alabama Crimson Tide seem to be headed to the woodshed versus Clemson. This has to qualify as one of the biggest whoopings by a seemingly invinci… --- ## [New Diplomacy Game! Recruitment and side talk thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-diplomacy-game-recruitment-and-side-talk-thread/821624)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-diplomacy-game-recruitment-and-side-talk-thread/821624 "2019-01-13T06:55:47Z")
Thanks to Panther Modern I now have a new reason not to work. I’m hooked on Diplomacy. The game Panther started is winding down now, with a victory for Russia. It was a good game, and mostly civil. I’ve started a new ga… --- ## [NFL 2018 Regular Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2018-regular-season/825323)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2018-regular-season/825323 "2019-01-11T23:35:13Z")
We’ve been doing individual threads for each week, but I think the last 5 weeks can go in a single thread. All the previous threads were only 1 or 2 pages long, and this way we don’t have to stress about starting the new… --- ## [Will a generic USB 2.0 PC controller work on a PS3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-generic-usb-2-0-pc-controller-work-on-a-ps3/827544)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-generic-usb-2-0-pc-controller-work-on-a-ps3/827544 "2019-01-11T00:30:06Z")
I’ve just got a PS3 and before even setting it up I lost the controller:eek:. I have no idea where it is but after hours of fruitless searching I have to assume the controller gnomes have nicked it. Looking on ebay I can… --- ## [Why wouldn't the NFL just hire officials/refs as full-time employees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wouldnt-the-nfl-just-hire-officials-refs-as-full-time-employees/827501)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wouldnt-the-nfl-just-hire-officials-refs-as-full-time-employees/827501 "2019-01-10T23:05:43Z")
Seeing that all the refs and officials have other side occupations seems like they aren’t fully mentally focused on the job. Maybe they do still pull it off anyway, but why not just hire and pay them all full-time and ha… --- ## [Cricket: Australia-India Final Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-australia-india-final-test/827227)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-australia-india-final-test/827227 "2019-01-10T12:33:21Z")
I’ve been watching the whole series since the timing works out to watch in the evenings on the east coast of the US. India is up 2-1 and have never won a test series in Aus. They batted first and scored over 600 before… --- ## [Any realistic PC driving games that simulate driving in London.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-pc-driving-games-that-simulate-driving-in-london/827405)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-pc-driving-games-that-simulate-driving-in-london/827405 "2019-01-10T09:57:21Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Direct3D team office has a Wall of GPU History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct3d-team-office-has-a-wall-of-gpu-history/827466)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct3d-team-office-has-a-wall-of-gpu-history/827466 "2019-01-10T04:04:24Z")
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