# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=18 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 19 --- ## [How does one assess who is winning on a Go board (the game Go)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-assess-who-is-winning-on-a-go-board-the-game-go/1015331)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-assess-who-is-winning-on-a-go-board-the-game-go/1015331 "2025-03-09T17:03:40Z")
I was watching a YouTube video about AlphaGo…the AI computer that beat the best Go player in the world (at that time…maybe still…dunno). And I see something like this: Ho… --- ## [Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans committee ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hall-of-fame-limits-future-appearances-on-veterans-committee-ballot/1015206)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hall-of-fame-limits-future-appearances-on-veterans-committee-ballot/1015206 "2025-03-08T18:46:27Z")
Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans committee ballot The core of the new changes: Any candidate on the eight-person ballot who receives fewer than five votes from the 16-member panel will not b… --- ## [Which non-American sports teams are their nation's equivalent of US sports teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215 "2025-03-07T20:56:18Z")
For instance: The Yomiuri Giants are very much the Japanese pro baseball equivalent of the New York Yankees - the most popular team, also most polarizing and disliked team, and has won the most titles. The Toronto Mapl… --- ## [Watching the Super Bowl when you’re not a fan of either team {Sports Fans please}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-super-bowl-when-you-re-not-a-fan-of-either-team-sports-fans-please/1014099)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-super-bowl-when-you-re-not-a-fan-of-either-team-sports-fans-please/1014099 "2025-03-05T18:54:21Z")
The question is about the Super Bowl but it could really be about any sport. When you are watching a championship game but your team is out do you find ways to root for a specific team or are you watching just hoping to… --- ## [Chess: Why don't they actually capture the king?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-why-dont-they-actually-capture-the-king/1014786)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-why-dont-they-actually-capture-the-king/1014786 "2025-03-04T20:41:07Z")
I have only a very rudimentary understanding of chess. I know how it’s played but nothing about strategies or how to play well. Fortunately that’s not what this question is about. Why must you announce that you have p… --- ## [Hoops coach who was fired stays on to lead his team to the postseason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoops-coach-who-was-fired-stays-on-to-lead-his-team-to-the-postseason/1015111)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoops-coach-who-was-fired-stays-on-to-lead-his-team-to-the-postseason/1015111 "2025-03-04T14:20:38Z")
Haskell Indian Nations University is an NAIA school in Lawrence, Kansas. Founded in 1884, it’s a government-funded school for Native Americans. On February 15th, as part of the DOGE purge, the women’s basketball coach … --- ## [Marvel Rivals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-rivals/1011347)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-rivals/1011347 "2025-03-02T20:50:08Z")
Marvel Rivals is a just released f2p Marvel 6v6 hero shooter game – basically Marvel Overwatch. I have grown so sick of the whole Marvel universe after it has saturated the last 10 years of all media more than anything … --- ## [Civilization VII coming soon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-vii-coming-soon/1002593)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-vii-coming-soon/1002593 "2025-03-01T16:05:41Z")
Apparently a leaked image suggests that the next game in the Civ franchise is getting announced soon. I haven’t really dug into an official Civ since three I think but maybe this is where I jump in? I recently read Sid M… --- ## [Dragon Age The Veilguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-the-veilguard/1007539)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-the-veilguard/1007539 "2025-02-28T04:24:14Z")
Anyone looking forward to this? I loved Dragon Age Origins back in the day. I remember liking DA 2 as well. I don’t think I finished Inquisition but I have a beefy PC now so I may jump into this one after getting the RPG… --- ## [Packers propose ban on tush push](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-propose-ban-on-tush-push/1014820)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-propose-ban-on-tush-push/1014820 "2025-02-28T01:04:14Z")
I don’t like this play solely because in my mind, everyone on the football field should only operate under their own power. You shouldn’t be able to push, pull, lift or throw teammates. I’m pretty sure the rules used t… --- ## [What less popular sports and games do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-less-popular-sports-and-games-do-you-like/1014168)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-less-popular-sports-and-games-do-you-like/1014168 "2025-02-25T02:09:43Z")
American Football, Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, Boxing, UFC, Basketball, Tennis, and even Cricket are all very popular. What not-as-popular sports or competitive games do you enjoy, that you think should be more popular an… --- ## [We Beat the Dream Team HBO on Max](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-beat-the-dream-team-hbo-on-max/1014675)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-beat-the-dream-team-hbo-on-max/1014675 "2025-02-24T23:52:44Z")
Interesting story from the players on The Select Team. They were All Americans selected to scrimmage with the Dream Team. Most of the players were eventually drafted into the NBA. The college players joked they were sel… --- ## [Have you ever flopped the nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-flopped-the-nuts/1014704)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-flopped-the-nuts/1014704 "2025-02-24T17:33:49Z")
Because it’s quite attractive if you have… I have… a few times. It’s always a really pleasurable feeling. --- ## [Wordplay and word puzzles in different scripts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677)
**Author:** [@Hapy-Mizri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapy-Mizri)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677 "2025-02-24T15:55:17Z")
Given differences between same-language (US and UK) crossword puzzles, what greater variations of word games are available in eg Hebrew script and others farther flung? --- ## [When was pinball popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-pinball-popular/1014066)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-pinball-popular/1014066 "2025-02-22T17:54:49Z")
I’m reading Haruki Murakami’s Pinball 1973 and now I’m wondering about when pinball was actually popular. My “back of my mind” assumption before starting the book was that pinball was mostly a 1970s thing. Looking this… --- ## [The Team Makes the QB, not Vice-Versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-team-makes-the-qb-not-vice-versa/1014129)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-team-makes-the-qb-not-vice-versa/1014129 "2025-02-20T18:59:19Z")
i chortled with joy yesterday watching Mahomes scramble for his life and, basically, play like crap because he was being mercilessly harassed by the Eagles stellar front four. I was especially pleased because it proved … --- ## [Bobby Hull, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-hull-rip/979054)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-hull-rip/979054 "2025-02-20T03:09:03Z")
Reports are coming out this morning that hockey legend Bobby Hull has passed away today, at age 84. Hull, who was nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” was a star for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1958 to 1972, before signing a mil… --- ## [Worst Texas poker hand is 2 and 7?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-texas-poker-hand-is-2-and-7/1014243)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-texas-poker-hand-is-2-and-7/1014243 "2025-02-18T18:33:48Z")
OK, like a good boy scout I did a search and found this explanation from 2005. The problem is that it is entirely posted by people who obviously have a good understanding of Texas Hold Em poker, which I do not. I’m an en… --- ## [Who still watches NASCAR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-watches-nascar/1014438)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-watches-nascar/1014438 "2025-02-18T15:39:20Z")
So, more to clear the disgusting stench of the NFL out of my mouth than anything, I decided to record the Daytona 500 and watch as much as I could. Here’s what I recall: An extremely crowded and busy pit row. Some pre… --- ## [Super Bowl LIX - Game Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lix-game-day/1014098)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lix-game-day/1014098 "2025-02-15T14:04:41Z")
Today’s the big day. Time to get your licks in. Starting a new omnibus thread for pre-game discussion, predictions, commercials, and of course the game itself. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles Time: Sunday, 6:… --- ## [Tour de France 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454 "2025-02-14T22:39:39Z")
This Saturday marks the beginning of this year’s edition of the big bicycle race in France. I haven’t been following racing as closely this year as I have in the past several since GCN+ shuttered their streaming service,… --- ## [22nd Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22nd-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/1012635)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22nd-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/1012635 "2025-02-10T23:38:57Z")
The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: Year 1 : Trillionaire Year 2 : Uncommon Sense Year 3 : Airman Do… --- ## [Is anyone here going to the 2026 Winter Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-going-to-the-2026-winter-olympics/1014145)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-going-to-the-2026-winter-olympics/1014145 "2025-02-10T19:56:18Z")
My daughter entered a form a few months ago to be considered for a time slot to buy event tickets. She got the second e-mail the other day, and once we figured out the website (in English, but using military time and Eur… --- ## [Steam Deck - the portable gaming computer from Valve. Any interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-deck-the-portable-gaming-computer-from-valve-any-interest/946634)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-deck-the-portable-gaming-computer-from-valve-any-interest/946634 "2025-02-10T18:07:01Z")
I actually think it looks really cool and if the price drops to $299 at some point, it might be a really fun thing to have. Some features I have ready about from various sources: Plays most PC games Dock will be sold … --- ## [(Ice) hockey at the Asian Winter Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-hockey-at-the-asian-winter-games/1014094)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-hockey-at-the-asian-winter-games/1014094 "2025-02-10T15:42:27Z")
The Asian Winter Games are in progress in Harbin (China). The hockey groups include such powerhouses as Singapore, Kuwait, and Bahrain. In its three games so far, Bahrain has allowed 83 goals (but they did score one). Th… --- ## [The Run to Super Bowl Licks (LIX). 2024 NFL playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 529\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410 "2025-02-10T04:46:12Z")
Since teams have already clinched playoffs berth and scenarios will start playing out in the next month, I thought it was a good time to start this thread. A few things to get started. I think any of the 7 teams that ma… --- ## [Who is the worst player to win World Series MVP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worst-player-to-win-world-series-mvp/1013154)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worst-player-to-win-world-series-mvp/1013154 "2025-02-10T02:22:20Z")
We’re having fun with the “worst Super Bowl MVP” thread so I thought it’d be fun to open this up. Who is the worst player to ever be MVP of the World Series? Again, by this we are looking not for the least impressive S… --- ## [Explain to a non-sports fan, what is the verdict on tape review of ref calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-a-non-sports-fan-what-is-the-verdict-on-tape-review-of-ref-calls/1013531)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-a-non-sports-fan-what-is-the-verdict-on-tape-review-of-ref-calls/1013531 "2025-02-09T22:36:13Z")
First off, I watch TV sports extremely infrequently, and don’t follow any professional sports. So I don’t really care one way or the other. But I am curious about how sports fans view the instant replay reviews of on-f… --- ## [NFL Coaching Carousel: 2024-2025 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735 "2025-02-09T20:53:37Z")
We’re 3 weeks away from Black Monday in the NFL, but I think it’s time to start the thread. The first big domino to fall happened this past weekend. Bill Belichick has accepted the head job at the University of North… --- ## [There should be a strategic/RPG Star Trek ship captain game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-strategic-rpg-star-trek-ship-captain-game/1013855)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-strategic-rpg-star-trek-ship-captain-game/1013855 "2025-02-04T19:11:28Z")
There have been a number of Star Trek games. Most are much shootier than Star Trek is. I’ve always wondered why there wasn’t a really solid career mode game where you have to command a series of ships, with the ships n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=19)