# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=178 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 179 --- ## [\[World Football\] Penalty shoot-out BEFORE extra time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-football-penalty-shoot-out-before-extra-time/756138)
**Author:** [@iLemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iLemming)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-football-penalty-shoot-out-before-extra-time/756138 "2016-05-31T02:15:52Z")
A radio talk-back caller today - university lecturer… of accounting, for what it’s worth (AU, Melbourne) - threw up a suggestion: To mitigate the ‘unfair’ nature of deciding applicable world football games via the penalt… --- ## [Got a new gaming rig--what one latest game should I get to revel in the graphics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-gaming-rig-what-one-latest-game-should-i-get-to-revel-in-the-graphics/756086)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-gaming-rig-what-one-latest-game-should-i-get-to-revel-in-the-graphics/756086 "2016-05-30T18:45:43Z")
It’s not totally top of the line but it’s pretty sweet–gtx 970m graphics card, i7-4210 cpu, 16gb ram. I can play all my four year old games at highest ultra super cool settings now at 75hz. :wink: I know the very lates… --- ## [2016 European Cup Final, Real v Atletico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-european-cup-final-real-v-atletico/755739)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-european-cup-final-real-v-atletico/755739 "2016-05-29T14:55:45Z")
Watch it herefree online. (:D) Ok,now that I got that out of my system, its on Saturday at the San Siro. For the second time in three years its an all-Madrid final, Real won the last one in 2014. Who do you think will w… --- ## [Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid pre-match thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-madrid-atletico-madrid-pre-match-thread/755891)
**Author:** [@VestibularVirus03](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VestibularVirus03)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-madrid-atletico-madrid-pre-match-thread/755891 "2016-05-28T15:17:42Z")
Hello and welcome to the pre-match thread of the Champions League final. Starting: 19:45 BST / 20:45 CEST Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza ( Milano ) Ref: Mark Clattenburg MATCH NEWS Diego Simeone says Atlético Madrid's har… --- ## [Video games they really need to make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371)
**Author:** [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371 "2016-05-28T00:23:36Z")
Earlier today I came up with the idea for a Digaea-like Strategy-RPG…Where your fighting units are Pokemon. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I swear I was not on painkillers at the time. :smiley: --- ## [Mayweather vs. McGregor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/755460)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/755460 "2016-05-28T01:58:35Z")
There’s been a lot of chatter about this potential mega fight. I don’t see it happening, but it’s fun to imagine. Under boxing rules, I think it would be a 1st round knockout for Mayweather while under MMA rules, the e… --- ## [Gaming Laptop Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-laptop-recommendations/755856)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-laptop-recommendations/755856 "2016-05-27T22:54:09Z")
My MacBook Pro may have bit the dust (I’m trying to figure out why it won’t boot) and I refuse to buy a new one because I don’t want what Apple is selling. So, I’m looking to go back to Windows and get a gaming laptop so… --- ## [Ads on Jerseys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-jerseys/755610)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-jerseys/755610 "2016-05-27T11:47:42Z")
Footy leagues around the world have been doing it for years, and it’s only a matter of time before we’ll see it happening with all the North American pro sports franchises. The NBA in the 2017-18 season will be the firs… --- ## [Vote for my new pinball machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-my-new-pinball-machine/754466)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-my-new-pinball-machine/754466 "2016-05-26T02:46:07Z")
So I was a pinball nut as a kid. Half my paper route money went into playing this until I got good enough that I could get a dozen games off a quarter. In 1999 I realized a childhood fantasy, and bought one. I recently … --- ## [Anybody playing Blood Bowl 2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-blood-bowl-2/755553)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-blood-bowl-2/755553 "2016-05-25T18:44:31Z")
I picked that up on Steam last week, and I am enjoying it. Any Dopers smashing elves? For those that don’t know, it is a video-game adapation of a Warhammer-themed board game based (somewhat) on American Football. It … --- ## [Hockey hypothetical - pulling the goalie during a power play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-hypothetical-pulling-the-goalie-during-a-power-play/754911)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-hypothetical-pulling-the-goalie-during-a-power-play/754911 "2016-05-25T09:54:05Z")
Let’s say your team is down by a goal, and there are about 10 minutes left in the game, when the opposing team is called for a penalty. Why not pull your goalie during the power play for a 6 on 4 advantage? To me it does… --- ## [Electronics Store Thunderdome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549 "2016-05-24T20:26:16Z")
Continuing the tradition. Has to be an electronics focused store like Best Buy, Microcenter, or Radioshack. Walmart and the like do not count. Same rules as the other threads. You can choose one item. I will be gene… --- ## [Office Supply Store Thunderdome!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-supply-store-thunderdome/755485)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-supply-store-thunderdome/755485 "2016-05-24T19:09:35Z")
Keeping with tradition that began with the Hardware Store Arena, no we have … The Office Supply Store Thunderdome. However, in this fight, you can use 1 object as a weapon or combine up to 2 objects to make 1 weapon. W… --- ## [$2 hot dogs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-hot-dogs/755010)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-hot-dogs/755010 "2016-05-24T18:52:07Z")
I believe this is the forum to post the following. Let’s hope THAT THIS becomes a trend. --- ## [2016 Preakness Stakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-preakness-stakes/755100)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-preakness-stakes/755100 "2016-05-24T12:38:01Z")
Nyquist again? He is my pick. Exaggerator was coming on strong at Churchill Downs but Nyquist had speed to spare. --- ## [Doom Multiplayer Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-multiplayer-question/755472)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-multiplayer-question/755472 "2016-05-24T01:36:30Z")
I’ve been dying in, uh, playing Doom 2016 multiplayer. On the screen where the parties are put together, there’s each player’s level and then a I, II, or III next to the level number. What do those Roman numerals mean? … --- ## [wrestling championship federation an e-fed is looking for menbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestling-championship-federation-an-e-fed-is-looking-for-menbers/755475)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestling-championship-federation-an-e-fed-is-looking-for-menbers/755475 "2016-05-23T19:43:12Z")
wcf is a wrestling roleplaying game or “efed” the address is wcfwrestling.com whats an e-fed ? : Technically, an “electronic federation”. A online community of role players who write competitive role plays based on p… --- ## [Web browser games for old people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760 "2014-11-28T19:36:57Z")
My mother in law wants to play free browser games, and I need to find a reputable website that I can put a short cut to on the desktop and say “have at it”. Searching around, it appears that the vast majority of free ga… --- ## [Crossword stumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-stumper/755425)
**Author:** [@Willowcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willowcat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-stumper/755425 "2016-05-23T00:55:53Z")
I am new at crossword puzzles and am enjoying the process of learning how to get better at solving them. From The Week magazine is the clue, Foster pair and I got the answer but have no clue as to what it means, oscars. … --- ## [any Sudoku experts? trying to figure out if this "tutorial" is flawed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sudoku-experts-trying-to-figure-out-if-this-tutorial-is-flawed/753465)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sudoku-experts-trying-to-figure-out-if-this-tutorial-is-flawed/753465 "2016-05-22T16:38:02Z")
I know the general jist of Sudoku, but I’m trying to advance my knowledge of little tips and tricks and shit to look for, so that an Intermediate puzzle doesn’t take me 30 minutes to solve. I stumbled into this tutorial… --- ## [Sporting Goods Thunderdome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188 "2016-05-22T15:33:38Z")
Inspired by the Home Depot Thunderdome … The Sporting Goods Thunderdome! Again, even though most sporting goods stores sell guns and bows/cross bows - they are excluded from the competition. No armor. No guns. No bows… --- ## [Anyone else play Out of the Park Baseball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-play-out-of-the-park-baseball/755329)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-play-out-of-the-park-baseball/755329 "2016-05-21T21:19:50Z")
Because if so, I’m looking for a replacement owner or two for my league. --- ## [Preakness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preakness/755265)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preakness/755265 "2016-05-21T00:08:07Z")
Made my first three horse racing bets today, after picking top two in Kentucky Derby by sheer dumb luck. Preakness $2 Exacta, 3-5 $2 Trifecta, 3-5-11 $2 Superfecta, 3-5-11-1 How’s my $6 investment look? --- ## [Gambling to win. How much better is the second best method?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gambling-to-win-how-much-better-is-the-second-best-method/754942)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gambling-to-win-how-much-better-is-the-second-best-method/754942 "2016-05-20T20:31:28Z")
I’m trying to convince someone that if you’re going to gamble to win, the best way to do it is to bet your whole stake at once in a game with a low house edge. For this particular case let’s consider the following set up… --- ## [Things I want to see in the Assassin's Creed movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-want-to-see-in-the-assassins-creed-movie/755036)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-want-to-see-in-the-assassins-creed-movie/755036 "2016-05-20T17:35:33Z")
So there’s an Assassin’s creed movie starring Michael Fassbender coming out later this year. Here’s the trailer. Might be good, I don’t know, but it has made me think about what I’d like to see in it. Things I want to s… --- ## [MLB rules question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-rules-question/755155)
**Author:** [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-rules-question/755155 "2016-05-20T13:26:32Z")
I am aware of the rule that if a in-play batted ball hits a baserunner, then the runner is deemed out and the batter is credited with a base hit. Scenario: 9th inning. Nobody out. Runner on first base. Batter steps … --- ## [Why can't Doom's Space Marine use a Revenant's rocket launcher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-dooms-space-marine-use-a-revenants-rocket-launcher/755017)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-dooms-space-marine-use-a-revenants-rocket-launcher/755017 "2016-05-19T02:25:37Z")
Yeah, yeah, because the game isn’t made that way. I mean in-story. --- ## [Remember when Mech games were a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-mech-games-were-a-thing/754568)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-mech-games-were-a-thing/754568 "2016-05-18T19:12:30Z")
I was having a discussion with someone and I was saying I remember back in maybe the 90s and early 2000s when Mech games were a HUGE sub genre of PC game. I remember a friend of a friend had a special set of PC controls … --- ## [EPL Fantasy Football 2015/2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-fantasy-football-2015-2016/726815)
**Author:** [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-fantasy-football-2015-2016/726815 "2016-05-18T18:21:07Z")
Once more unto the breach dear friends. It’s back again. The Premier League in all its glory…and earlier than ever. The SDMB League on http://fantasy.premierleague.com has been renewed and anyone who was part of it las… --- ## [Relief pitchers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relief-pitchers/755009)
**Author:** [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relief-pitchers/755009 "2016-05-18T07:53:43Z")
The Pirates are becoming famous for their reliance on statistical studies as a basis for improving their on field performance. For example, they may be the the major league team that makes the most defensive infield shi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=179)