# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=152 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 153 --- ## [Do professional referees keep a mental note of owing a team a call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-referees-keep-a-mental-note-of-owing-a-team-a-call/784960)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-referees-keep-a-mental-note-of-owing-a-team-a-call/784960 "2017-04-25T20:37:06Z")
I don’t watch a lot of sports but in order to keep my Canadian card I have to watch a minimum amount of hockey, so I’m filling part of my quota tonight. When a referee miss a penalty that seems clear afterwards do they … --- ## [Hockey Folks, Explain the SJ Sharks' Last 8 Seasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-folks-explain-the-sj-sharks-last-8-seasons/785053)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-folks-explain-the-sj-sharks-last-8-seasons/785053 "2017-04-25T20:02:09Z")
The Sharks just got eliminated by the Oilers. Another disappointing season for San Jose. Since 2010, and I’m sure before, they almost always underperform in the playoffs. Why is that? It’s almost as if a losing mentality… --- ## [The San Antonio Spurs: Holy moly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-antonio-spurs-holy-moly/784652)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-antonio-spurs-holy-moly/784652 "2017-04-25T17:35:57Z")
I read an incredible statistic today; the San Antonio Spurs have a .712 winning percentage - over the last twenty years. There is no sign of this stopping; it was higher than .712 this year. That is, I assume very unsu… --- ## [NFL Offeason Thread 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offeason-thread-2017/781798)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offeason-thread-2017/781798 "2017-04-25T14:21:19Z")
We have a baseball one, why not a football one? Free agency is up and running and it’s not going to stop until to (and through) the draft! Tons of deals have gone down that I’m not going to list here, however it’s wort… --- ## [SDMB Ark: Survival Evolved server](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ark-survival-evolved-server/773314)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ark-survival-evolved-server/773314 "2017-04-24T21:45:03Z")
Ark is one of those open ended survival games we’ve been flooded with since DayZ became popular, but it’s probably the best of them. There’s no real narrative but there are hints of one - you wake up stranded on a strang… --- ## [mlb softball games at end of spring training, probably late 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-softball-games-at-end-of-spring-training-probably-late-80s/784846)
**Author:** [@waem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-softball-games-at-end-of-spring-training-probably-late-80s/784846 "2017-04-24T16:46:56Z")
My memory is that for a few years around the late 80s (or possibly early 90s) NBC would broadcast a softball game at the end of spring training. It might have had AL stars on one team and NL stars on the other. Heavy on … --- ## [So I got a PS4.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-ps4/785056)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-ps4/785056 "2017-04-24T13:45:00Z")
My PSN ID/name is ChrisLeeNeal if anyone would like to add me. Playing through Uncharted 4 right now. It’s very good. Yes, I’ve played the three before it (although I have not finished 3 yet). --- ## [Is Zlatlan's career finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-zlatlans-career-finished/785089)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-zlatlans-career-finished/785089 "2017-04-24T09:05:36Z")
He suffered a ligament injury which will keep him out till January. He is a great striker, but he will be 36 in October and this is a very bad injury to get in your prime, never mind in your prime, I can think of many p… --- ## [Pillars of Eternity official thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillars-of-eternity-official-thread/715888)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillars-of-eternity-official-thread/715888 "2017-04-22T22:24:32Z")
Discarding the previous thread about the backer beta since we’re officially two days away from the best RPG since BG2!!! Backer and pre-order keys are due to go out today. There’ s a ton of streams and youtube videos ou… --- ## [Baseball stats: what does HS stand for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stats-what-does-hs-stand-for/784930)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stats-what-does-hs-stand-for/784930 "2017-04-22T20:18:53Z")
CBS sports page of baseball stats has a column headed HS. MLB.com’s stats page has no such category. What the hell does CBS sports think “HS” stands for? There is no explanation on the page. Padre Wil Myers is curre… --- ## [How common is rugby in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-rugby-in-the-us/782551)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-rugby-in-the-us/782551 "2017-04-21T01:31:42Z")
Just watched Scorsese’s film The Departed, 2006, and near the beginning there was a game of rugby between Boston police and firemen. Is the sport very popular over there? Is it mainly confined to certain areas such as th… --- ## [Any many-vs.-one video games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-many-vs-one-video-games/784598)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-many-vs-one-video-games/784598 "2017-04-20T03:25:57Z")
Back in the Old Days, most video games, if they involved a conflict of some sort, were a conflict of One vs. Many. The player controlled a single character, pitted that character against vast armies, and through superio… --- ## [PS4 audio problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-audio-problem/784772)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-audio-problem/784772 "2017-04-19T10:08:55Z")
My PS4 won’t play audio from a particular DVD anymore. It will play audio from other DVDs and other devices (e.g., computer) will play audio from this DVD. As far as I can tell the only difference between this DVD and ot… --- ## [How do sports arenas schedule around the playoffs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-sports-arenas-schedule-around-the-playoffs/784600)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-sports-arenas-schedule-around-the-playoffs/784600 "2017-04-18T19:29:07Z")
With the Capitals and the Wizards both in the playoffs this year, the Verizon Center arena is going to see several extra games played there. How does the arena make space around other events in its schedule for those ga… --- ## [Escalade Sports, are they a secret monopoly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escalade-sports-are-they-a-secret-monopoly/784685)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escalade-sports-are-they-a-secret-monopoly/784685 "2017-04-18T19:26:06Z")
Escalade Sports owns a wide variety of game room brands They own Prince,Stiga, and Ping Pong Original (ping pong) Arachnid, Accudart, Bullshooter, Unicorn, Winmau, and Nodor (Darts), Mizerak and Minnesota Fats(Billiards… --- ## [Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-epic-battle-simulator/784482)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-epic-battle-simulator/784482 "2017-04-17T16:40:16Z")
I don’t want this to come off like an ad, but it’s probably going to. Sorry. Anyways… This discussion has occurred dozens of times here, and thousands of times on the rest of the interwebs: “What if a company of WW2-e… --- ## [MLB ballpark. And you tumble onto the playing field.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-ballpark-and-you-tumble-onto-the-playing-field/784261)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-ballpark-and-you-tumble-onto-the-playing-field/784261 "2017-04-17T00:35:32Z")
You have a field level seat, a foul ball rolls up. Reaching for the ball, you accidentally spill onto the playing field. What happens? They escort you out of the ball park? Ban you for the season? Or for life? Is t… --- ## [Fallout 4: Mechanical Menace GLITCH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-mechanical-menace-glitch/784515)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-mechanical-menace-glitch/784515 "2017-04-17T00:22:41Z")
I would post this in the Fallout 4 Sticky, but it seems buried. Does anyone have a problem with the glitch in Mechanical Menace where ADA will not talk? I tried uninstalling it, (no clear cache option on XBox One as far… --- ## [Two Quick Soccer Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730 "2017-04-15T13:33:37Z")
How long after you score a goal does the ref generally give you to slide around on your knees, invoke your god, hug your teammates, and whatnot, before he makes play resume? On TV, is there a universal convention fo… --- ## [MLB. Buster Posey gets clocked!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-buster-posey-gets-clocked/784286)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-buster-posey-gets-clocked/784286 "2017-04-15T12:34:06Z")
Videos of this show he was clearly dazed. Granted, this wasn’t a glancing blow. And he is on the seven day disabled list. He was wearing protection, the helmet. And it is not a frequent event. But, is there better h… --- ## [Anyone use XPadder? Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-xpadder-thoughts/784205)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-xpadder-thoughts/784205 "2017-04-14T14:44:06Z")
XPadder allows you to map keystrokes like W, A, S, and D, to your game controller. It’s only $10, so not a big deal, but curious if anyone around here uses it and if you like it. --- ## [What was the name of this time waster game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-time-waster-game/784384)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-time-waster-game/784384 "2017-04-14T02:37:49Z")
I remember years ago playing one of those browser time waster games but can’t remember the name of it. Here’s what I do remember (and my memory may be slightly off unfortunately): It was played on a grid like a checkerb… --- ## [Codebreaking puzzle- Breach at Whitehall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codebreaking-puzzle-breach-at-whitehall/769025)
**Author:** [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codebreaking-puzzle-breach-at-whitehall/769025 "2017-04-14T02:35:17Z")
Normally, at this time of year, \*\*Biotop \*\*produces one of his fantastic CIA codebreaking puzzles. This year, I thought I’d steal the format and make one of my own… At 23:05 on Thursday 13th October, Essex police recei… --- ## [RIP Dan Rooney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-rooney/784410)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-rooney/784410 "2017-04-13T22:05:43Z")
Pittsburgh Steelers owner, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Dan Rooney, died earlier today – he was 84. --- ## [NBA season 16-17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-16-17/779924)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-16-17/779924 "2017-04-13T00:46:44Z")
I did not see a thread dedicated to this NBA season and considering that All Star weekend is days away, what better time to start one? There haven’t been any major surprises so far this season, which is pretty much the … --- ## [What would you do about this in-game choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-this-in-game-choice/784263)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-this-in-game-choice/784263 "2017-04-12T23:02:14Z")
Okay, so let me set up a game and choice in it. The Setup: You’re playing a game. In it, there are two main characters…let’s call them Person A and Person B. They are both opposites. Person A is a good guy and Person … --- ## [Upgrade GTX 650 Ti to 1050 Ti Worth It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-gtx-650-ti-to-1050-ti-worth-it/784283)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-gtx-650-ti-to-1050-ti-worth-it/784283 "2017-04-12T17:28:46Z")
Hi. I do a lot of intensive stuff such as 3d rendering, video rendering and of course gaming. I currently have a Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost and it is good but I am thinking of upgrading to a GTX 1050 Ti. Due to bad experie… --- ## [The Top Ten Best Deep Story-Driven Games I Have Played In the Last Five Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814 "2017-04-11T23:39:10Z")
So I’m bored. And I was playing a game earlier (I’ll name what one down below, in the list) that made me really enjoy what an interactive, deep, rich, great story it told… …and that made me think of other games that hav… --- ## [Masters 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2017/783854)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2017/783854 "2017-04-11T12:32:24Z")
Didn’t see a thread for the Masters. No Arnold on the first tee tomorrow No Tiger for the 2nd year in row Par Three Contest canceled because of weather. But there are plenty of other stories. Dustin Johnson winner o… --- ## [Achievement unlocked: D&D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290 "2017-04-11T03:31:22Z")
I’ve always wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons. I already love playing RPGs, plus I’m a huge OOTS fan. The problem is, there aren’t any local gaming groups that I know of. Well, my brother has a bunch a friends he used t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=153)