# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=121 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 122 --- ## [Who gets the win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-the-win/821753)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-the-win/821753 "2018-09-23T16:22:56Z")
Pitcher A leaves the game after five innings, his team (home team) up 2-0. Pitcher B comes in to pitch the top of the sixth. In the bottom of the sixth his team scores another 3 runs to go up 5-0. In the top of the sev… --- ## [US Women's soccer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-womens-soccer/821022)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-womens-soccer/821022 "2018-09-23T00:02:54Z")
Just thought I’d mention that Portland Thorns FC trounced Seattle Reign FC last night 3-1 to take second in the division and home court advantage for next week’s semi-final against the same team, who is in 3rd. Portland … --- ## [New Mafia game in Thread Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mafia-game-in-thread-games/821757)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mafia-game-in-thread-games/821757 "2018-09-22T23:09:58Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21223879#post21223879 It’ll be a vanilla game, with up to 22 players. --- ## [Games set in China? (PC only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-set-in-china-pc-only/821727)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-set-in-china-pc-only/821727 "2018-09-22T22:02:52Z")
With the exception of Sleeping dogs, what other games are there that are set in China? Preferably open world-ish. --- ## [Catch A Football in the Stands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-a-football-in-the-stands/821249)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-a-football-in-the-stands/821249 "2018-09-22T04:40:56Z")
In one episode of “Everyone Loves Raymond”, the father catches a record-breaking field goal, game winning football. But, in reality, is this even possible? Isn’t there netting over the stands in vicinity of the goal post… --- ## [Explain This College Football Play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-college-football-play/821501)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-college-football-play/821501 "2018-09-22T00:52:30Z")
I don’t really follow football, so I don’t know the finer points. Please bear with me: As seen on CBS Morning Show, some college game this past weekend had a surprise when a kick off was returned for a 90 yard TD after a… --- ## [Diplomacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy/819132)
**Author:** [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy/819132 "2018-09-21T18:03:26Z")
Anyone a fan of Diplomacy? I started recently and have really enjoyed it. I don’t have enough friends IRL who’ll sit for six to eight hours for one game, so I’ve resorted to playing online. I’m curious to hear everyone… --- ## [CFL: Lady in Saskatchewan just became a millionaire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-lady-in-saskatchewan-just-became-a-millionaire/821424)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-lady-in-saskatchewan-just-became-a-millionaire/821424 "2018-09-20T12:17:31Z")
Safeway is a sponsor for the CFL on TSN. One of their promotions is that if you shop there, your name is entered in a draw for each game. If your name is drawn before the game, you’re eligible to win groceries for a da… --- ## [NFL Week 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/821284)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/821284 "2018-09-19T20:30:30Z")
Thursday BAL @ CIN Sunday early early CAR @ ATL -3 LAC -7.5 @ BUF MIN @ GB -2.5 HOU @ TEN CLE @ NO -7.5 MIA @ NYJ -1 KC @ PIT -5.5 PHI -3 @ TB IND @ WAS -3.5 Sunday late ARI @ LAR -10 DET @ SF -3.5 OAK @ D… --- ## [Gaming PC...Did I Get A Good Deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-pc-did-i-get-a-good-deal/821512)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-pc-did-i-get-a-good-deal/821512 "2018-09-19T10:58:47Z")
I think I got a good deal on a rig that a friend at work built for me. For $400 I got a new Thermal Master case, Nvidia 1060 GTX 3GB GPU, 8GB DDR3 RAM, i5 3.6Ghz processor, 600W power supply, a 250GB SSD drive, Windows 1… --- ## [Has this been done? Modern version of AD&D characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-been-done-modern-version-of-ad-d-characters/821415)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-been-done-modern-version-of-ad-d-characters/821415 "2018-09-18T21:22:54Z")
It occurs to me that you could map the classic quartet of Warrior, Mage, Thief and Cleric to a modern/ real-life setting pretty well: Warrior: SOCOM operative, weapons and demolitions expert, hand to hand fighting maste… --- ## [Wondering about the future of portable gaming...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-the-future-of-portable-gaming/821474)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-the-future-of-portable-gaming/821474 "2018-09-18T20:49:30Z")
So the Nintendo 3DS is probably the last of the big portable game devices, with stuff like the Switch taking over. But, of course, there’s also smartphones. On the other hand, I don’t know if a current smartphone will ev… --- ## [Will Urban Meyer get fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-urban-meyer-get-fired/818935)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-urban-meyer-get-fired/818935 "2018-09-17T19:20:54Z")
Hasn’t been much talk around here about the Ohio State coaching drama recently, but there is now a report that says Urban Meyer knew a lot more than he let onabout one of his (now former) assistant’s domestic abuse histo… --- ## ["You've got to establish the run"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-establish-the-run/821152)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-establish-the-run/821152 "2018-09-17T17:49:31Z")
I don’t know why this phrase/idea bothers me so much, but sportscasters must use it 50 times a game. There’s this idea that you have to go out there every game and prove to the other team that you can run the ball - only… --- ## [Bad parts in great games.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-parts-in-great-games/821036)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-parts-in-great-games/821036 "2018-09-16T12:16:54Z")
Even the best games ever made have THAT part, whether it’s a level, a boss, puzzle, whatever, that are so annoying and frustrating that it brings the rest of the game down. For me, it’s the Anor Londo Silver Knights in … --- ## [Canelo v Golovkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canelo-v-golovkin/821430)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canelo-v-golovkin/821430 "2018-09-16T06:42:58Z")
Canelo v Golovkin - We’ll be arguing over this one for the next thirty years. SMH We say we are acting for safety when we set up all of these rules to make sure that boxers are evenly matched. But tonight I’m forced to … --- ## [England vs India Test Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-vs-india-test-series/818973)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-vs-india-test-series/818973 "2018-09-14T20:01:51Z")
Didn’t see one, so I thought I’d get a thread underway for what should be an interesting series. England batted yesterday; they had two decent sessions and one abysmal one. Joe Root has added “listening to wildly over o… --- ## [SDMB Pick 'em and Survival Leagues 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pick-em-and-survival-leagues-2016/763539)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pick-em-and-survival-leagues-2016/763539 "2018-09-13T22:05:11Z")
Last year’s thread. I’m late with this thread. For some reason I thought I had created it about a month ago, but I only renewed the various leagues then, no thread. Everyone would’ve received an invitation when I renewe… --- ## [NFL Week 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/821285)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/821285 "2018-09-13T21:52:05Z")
All lines courtesy of MGM Mirage at Vegas.com https://www.vegas.com/gaming/sportsline/football/ Thursday Baltimore at Cincinnati Baltimore -1, 44.5 Sunday Indianapolis at Washington Washington -6, 47.5 Carolina a… --- ## [NFL Week 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/820807)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/820807 "2018-09-13T18:57:29Z")
It’s here, real football. Thursday ATL @ PHI (-1.5), 45 Sunday early PIT (-4.5) @ CLE, 46 SF @ MIN (-6), 46 CIN @ IND (-3), 47 BUF @ BAL (-7), 40.5 JAX (-3) @ NYG, 43.5 TB @ NO (-9.5), 49.5 HOU @ NE (-6.5), 51 … --- ## [Looking for specific type of horror games for PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-specific-type-of-horror-games-for-pc/820256)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-specific-type-of-horror-games-for-pc/820256 "2018-09-13T15:38:25Z")
I hate jumpscares, so I never got interested in horror games at all, but I guess that there are games that have no or little jumpscares and I can work with that. I am interested in something where you walk around in firs… --- ## [What MMORPG should I try with my daughter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mmorpg-should-i-try-with-my-daughter/819268)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mmorpg-should-i-try-with-my-daughter/819268 "2018-09-13T14:47:36Z")
I’d like a new (not WOW or SWTOR) MMORPG to play with my daughter. Maddy is 12, highly skilled at things videogamish. She is very literate, not good at math. Madz is hitting puberty and it’s hitting back. She’s going… --- ## [Games with atmopshere like in Life is strange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-with-atmopshere-like-in-life-is-strange/821219)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-with-atmopshere-like-in-life-is-strange/821219 "2018-09-13T13:45:02Z")
I recently played Life is strange and I absolutely loved the atmosphere of being free to walk around a realistic American school, town and so on, at least where the missions allowed you, are there any games that function… --- ## [No Soft Toss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-soft-toss/821142)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-soft-toss/821142 "2018-09-13T02:12:05Z")
We were passing some little league baseball fields where a sign facing out from a chain link fence (running parallel to the 1st base line) read “No Soft Toss”. What does this mean? I WAG it means no playing catch in this… --- ## [Does any non-American sports team display a map of their state, province, etc as part of their logo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-non-american-sports-team-display-a-map-of-their-state-province-etc-as-part-of-their-logo/821154)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-non-american-sports-team-display-a-map-of-their-state-province-etc-as-part-of-their-logo/821154 "2018-09-12T04:01:34Z")
Some American examples: Minnesota Twins https://goo.gl/images/yRgDRx California (now LA) Angels https://goo.gl/images/yRgDRx New Orleans (Louisiana) Saints https://goo.gl/images/yRgDRx Also in Louisiana: https://… --- ## [Boxers' Training Styles: Trade Secrets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-training-styles-trade-secrets/821087)
**Author:** [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-training-styles-trade-secrets/821087 "2018-09-10T04:03:12Z")
I’m guessing the coach and staff of boxers like Ali, Frazier, Tyson, Mayweather, etc., kept a sharp lid on just how their boxes trained. Only long after will they disclose. With Ali, he admits to doing lots of sit-ups an… --- ## [Nintendo being behind.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-being-behind/821046)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-being-behind/821046 "2018-09-10T00:29:03Z")
Other than online, can you name what else Nintendo is behind on? --- ## [Help me build a new PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-new-pc/820963)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-new-pc/820963 "2018-09-09T18:57:42Z")
My PC is now over ten years old, and while I’ve upgraded it along the way I could really do with a new one. I don’t play games that often but I do like to play military flight sims, the latest being DCS World and my cur… --- ## [Active Shooter Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-game/815096)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-game/815096 "2018-09-09T17:19:30Z")
‘Active Shooter’ video game lets players shoot up a school. Parkland parents are horrified. Now, I’m all on the side of the first amendment. Teachers and parents who are calling for banning this game? Nope, terrible id… --- ## [I need some advice on a challenging game question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-advice-on-a-challenging-game-question/820992)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-advice-on-a-challenging-game-question/820992 "2018-09-09T00:12:02Z")
Interesting quandary – need unusual gaming advice I have a really good friend, a young Yemeni guy in his mid-20s who was born & raised in America. About two years ago he married a young woman from his family’s hometown … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=122)