# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=168 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 169 --- ## [NFL Preseason Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-preseason-discussion/762577)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-preseason-discussion/762577 "2016-09-09T05:11:51Z")
Once the season starts I’ll do the usual weekly threads. The preseason started last night after we missed the hall of fame game. Preseason schedule I gotta figure out how I’m going to watch games this year. Gamepass i… --- ## [What games/sports are you really good at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-sports-are-you-really-good-at/764648)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-sports-are-you-really-good-at/764648 "2016-09-08T21:57:00Z")
I used to be very good at a rather obscure flight-simulator game called F-22 Air Dominance Fighter, made by a company called DID. It was a 1990s game and basically featured F-22 combat and other missions set in the Red … --- ## [Baseball out fielder, no plays entire game. Unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-out-fielder-no-plays-entire-game-unusual/764752)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-out-fielder-no-plays-entire-game-unusual/764752 "2016-09-08T18:15:54Z")
How unusual would it be for a major league outfielder to go through an entire game without making a play on any of the 27 (or 24) “outs”? --- ## [Do minor league teams suffer when they are far away from their affiliate's fanbase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-minor-league-teams-suffer-when-they-are-far-away-from-their-affiliates-fanbase/763770)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-minor-league-teams-suffer-when-they-are-far-away-from-their-affiliates-fanbase/763770 "2016-09-08T16:10:35Z")
From the teams in my town, it seems they do. I live in Portland, Maine. A city that is big on supporting Boston’s major league teams. The Sea Dogs are our AA baseball team, that has been owned by the Red Sox for year’… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 706\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425 "2016-09-08T15:35:39Z")
Alright, welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break. I’ll expect your “What I did on my summer vacation” essays on my desk by Thursday. We have everyone from last year registered on the Yahoo page and ready to go… --- ## [MLB and the play review team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-the-play-review-team/765314)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-the-play-review-team/765314 "2016-09-08T04:36:11Z")
I have a few questions, and the search engine couldn’t help. Plus, you folks are more entertaining. And thank you for that! Concerning the folks that all called upon to review plays in MLB, Do they have more than o… --- ## [Johnny Manziel career predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-manziel-career-predictions/688083)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-manziel-career-predictions/688083 "2016-09-07T22:40:04Z")
Manziel might be the most polarizing prospect in quite a while. Tebow may have gotten more attention over his extreme religiosity, but very few people thought Tebow would be a great NFL player, so predictions of his pro … --- ## [JB is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jb-is-back/765252)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jb-is-back/765252 "2016-09-07T22:02:19Z")
So glad they got rid of that nerd on steroids… JB’s the man. Now if they could only lose Phil… :smiley: --- ## [Does anyone here play Overwatch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-play-overwatch/764677)
**Author:** [@TheStake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheStake)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-play-overwatch/764677 "2016-09-07T19:05:08Z")
I have looked into it and it looks like fun. I just don’t have any friends who are into that genre and wanted an opinion from someone who has tried it. The animation looks good and i like the team based PVP type of game,… --- ## [Forza Horizon 3 in four weeks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forza-horizon-3-in-four-weeks/764576)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forza-horizon-3-in-four-weeks/764576 "2016-09-07T09:19:34Z")
Set in Australia with a map reportedly twice the size of Horizon 2. Yes, there will be Holdens and Australian Falcons at launch. --- ## [Please help me find a new game to play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-a-new-game-to-play/764794)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-a-new-game-to-play/764794 "2016-09-07T00:44:27Z")
My fiance wants to play a new game. Neither of us has any ideas though. My favoritest online game of all time was CoH (before CoV). My second favorite was WoW before Pandaria and possibly before Cataclysm. I still like … --- ## [The balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-balk/765087)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-balk/765087 "2016-09-06T21:19:16Z")
Always regretted not watching enough baseball when I was younger, and so things like the balk are still something of a mystical puff of arcane sleight-of-handery that makes Sotheby’s auction bidding and insinuating glanc… --- ## [MLB. Do 1st and 3rd base officials have a good view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-do-1st-and-3rd-base-officials-have-a-good-view/764973)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-do-1st-and-3rd-base-officials-have-a-good-view/764973 "2016-09-06T18:33:12Z")
when they are asked if it was a check swing or a strike? The call can be very important. Yet, it seems that call would be difficult to make. It is not an optimum angle to view it. I guess we have to live with it. Or… --- ## [Blue Jays fans, what do you think of the batting order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-jays-fans-what-do-you-think-of-the-batting-order/765143)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-jays-fans-what-do-you-think-of-the-batting-order/765143 "2016-09-06T16:38:42Z")
See here for 2016 batting orders A friend was ranting to me about how the BJ’s are mismanaged. He didn’t like the batting order. I don’t know much about it, but I’m guessing that Bautista and Donaldson should be 3rd and… --- ## [Red card for infraction committed during a penalty shootout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-card-for-infraction-committed-during-a-penalty-shootout/765099)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-card-for-infraction-committed-during-a-penalty-shootout/765099 "2016-09-06T13:34:54Z")
An unlikely scenario: Suppose a player misses a kick during a football (soccer) penalty shootout and then takes out his frustration by physically assaulting the referee or the opposing goalkeeper. This would, no doubt,… --- ## [Sports fans - any sports you dislike? Non sports fans - any you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-any-sports-you-dislike-non-sports-fans-any-you-like/764591)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-any-sports-you-dislike-non-sports-fans-any-you-like/764591 "2016-09-06T02:35:05Z")
I’m not a big sports fan. Don’t regularly watch any team sports on TV. Occasionally I’ll watch a local HS team just for something to do. On TV I’ll occasionally watch golf, or the local marathon. I golf myself, and u… --- ## [SCORN...or...H.R. Giger's Meatworld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorn-or-h-r-gigers-meatworld/765080)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorn-or-h-r-gigers-meatworld/765080 "2016-09-06T01:05:32Z")
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;\_ylt=A0LEVjQi2MxXj9UALK8nnIlQ;\_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTY4NwRfcgMyBGZyA3locy1tb3ppbGxhLTAwMgRncHJpZANZdlBCYXFNMFRWS0tfcUwualdsNy5BBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwM4BG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvc… --- ## [Didja miss The Duke, Baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-miss-the-duke-baby/765108)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-miss-the-duke-baby/765108 "2016-09-06T00:33:55Z")
He’s baaack! New towns to shoot up, new bad guys to incinerate(literally), and a fun multiplayer mode. Can’t wait. --- ## [Do you find Early Access games worth it on Steam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-early-access-games-worth-it-on-steam/685825)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-early-access-games-worth-it-on-steam/685825 "2016-09-05T03:01:56Z")
Steam offers ‘early access’ games, that are almost like a Kickstarter for game developers by offering an incomplete game for sale in the hopes that enough users will pay to help the developer complete the game. In return… --- ## [New Battlefield game is Battlefield 1 (WW1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlefield-game-is-battlefield-1-ww1/754106)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlefield-game-is-battlefield-1-ww1/754106 "2016-09-05T02:23:35Z")
Trailer. I heard rumors that the next BF game would be WW1 but I thought it was a joke since it’s such a weird era to address with a blockbuster multiplayer fps game, but there it is. And I’m actually a lot more excite… --- ## [As we close in on a new NFL season, I wanted to ask all NFL fans do you feel that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-we-close-in-on-a-new-nfl-season-i-wanted-to-ask-all-nfl-fans-do-you-feel-that/765034)
**Author:** [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-we-close-in-on-a-new-nfl-season-i-wanted-to-ask-all-nfl-fans-do-you-feel-that/765034 "2016-09-04T22:54:31Z")
NFL pregame Shows are a thing of the past due to the internet/social media? I was wondering how many NFL still watch NFL pregame shows in 2016 since we have so many options now before the game starts like the internet a… --- ## [32 inning Double header. Any "non-pitchers" pitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-inning-double-header-any-non-pitchers-pitch/764897)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-inning-double-header-any-non-pitchers-pitch/764897 "2016-09-03T17:27:57Z")
On May 31,1964, (Game 1 | Game 2) San Francisco played in New York during a double header and the two teams set the Major League record for most innings played in one day with thirty-two. This must have destroyed both t… --- ## [Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition is it an add or or a remake ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-arkham-origins-blackgate-deluxe-edition-is-it-an-add-or-or-a-remake/764850)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-arkham-origins-blackgate-deluxe-edition-is-it-an-add-or-or-a-remake/764850 "2016-09-03T06:19:28Z")
relative of mine just 100%'d arkham asylum and he wants the other batman games and I came across arkham origins while seeing what else they made but theres 2 versions arkham origins and this one If its an add on ill get… --- ## [Cycle race tactics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-race-tactics/764773)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-race-tactics/764773 "2016-09-03T04:12:57Z")
I’m not sure which forum this belongs in, so please move as appropriate. I don’t watch much sport, the sport I do watch, I watch because my friends watch it and I like to drink beer with my friends. I was in a bar, wai… --- ## [Marvel Avengers Alliance is shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-avengers-alliance-is-shutting-down/764769)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-avengers-alliance-is-shutting-down/764769 "2016-09-02T12:53:26Z")
Disney announced on 9/1 that the game would shut down on 9/30, right after they introduced a new Spec Op. Until D-Day, they’ve made all the rewards plenty and bountiful and all the gold buys for things like fast training… --- ## [Help me prep for my NFL fantasy draft tonight!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-prep-for-my-nfl-fantasy-draft-tonight/764577)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-prep-for-my-nfl-fantasy-draft-tonight/764577 "2016-09-02T03:13:26Z")
I signed up for a FF league. The draft is tonight. I am completely clueless. Fortunately, it’s all for funsies, so there’s nothing important on the line except my dignity. I don’t follow the NFL at all (huge college … --- ## [What computer games are you most looking forward to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-games-are-you-most-looking-forward-to/764053)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-games-are-you-most-looking-forward-to/764053 "2016-09-01T22:32:02Z")
Of the games that are either in the pipeline or you THINK might be in the pipeline for the fall or basically the entire 2017-18 time frame, what computer (or console if that’s your thing) games are you most looking forwa… --- ## [MLB: August 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496 "2016-09-01T20:16:44Z")
I’m slacking and forgot to start a new month. There’s plenty of trade deadline talk in last month’s thread, but feel free to continue here. We’re in the last third of the season, and there are still plenty of contenders… --- ## [Thimbleweed Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thimbleweed-park/764671)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thimbleweed-park/764671 "2016-09-01T16:41:55Z")
Is anyone else here excited about/heard of this classic point-and-click adventure from Ron Gilbert of Maniac Mansion, Zak McCracken, and Monkey Island fame? I’m just curious as I haven’t seen any mention of it on these b… --- ## [GoG re-releasing TIE Fighter and X-Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gog-re-releasing-tie-fighter-and-x-wing/702723)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gog-re-releasing-tie-fighter-and-x-wing/702723 "2016-08-31T20:49:54Z")
So, apparently Good Old Games is re-releasing two of the best PC games ever in a form that will be playable on modern OSes. I for one am stoked. I am not a gamer at all, but this tickles my nostalgia bone in a big way. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=169)