# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=181 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 182 --- ## [Do Doper sports fans like their team's announcers to be homers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doper-sports-fans-like-their-teams-announcers-to-be-homers/751550)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doper-sports-fans-like-their-teams-announcers-to-be-homers/751550 "2016-04-16T04:14:10Z")
There’s an article in the paper today about Tom Heinsohn, longtime broadcaster for the Boston Celtics (previously player and coach) who just loves his Celtics and views games through the prism of right and wrong (right b… --- ## [Doom 4 open beta April 15-17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-4-open-beta-april-15-17/752084)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-4-open-beta-april-15-17/752084 "2016-04-16T00:26:33Z")
Doom 4 will have an open beta for its multiplayer component this weekend. You can download it now through steam to be ready. I don’t expect too much, because the idea of a slow paced gamepad-friendly arena shooter with … --- ## [I'm suffering from Steam Backlog Paralysis (SBP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-suffering-from-steam-backlog-paralysis-sbp/751795)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-suffering-from-steam-backlog-paralysis-sbp/751795 "2016-04-15T18:43:34Z")
I’ve had more time off than normal recently because of some medical issues, and am going to have a month or two off coming up after a big surgery. I have probably 70-80 games on Steam that I can sink some serious time i… --- ## [Playing real cash in online poker- any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-real-cash-in-online-poker-any-suggestions/752162)
**Author:** [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-real-cash-in-online-poker-any-suggestions/752162 "2016-04-15T17:45:10Z")
As I mentioned in my Vegas vacation thread, I’ve got an itch for gambling (or just entertainment, really). I’m probably going to pass on a return trip to Vegas until 2017 when I get settled down financially, but in the m… --- ## [Boston Red Sox and Sweet Caroline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-red-sox-and-sweet-caroline/752134)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-red-sox-and-sweet-caroline/752134 "2016-04-15T14:14:19Z")
Is there any information on how Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” became an anthem for Boston Red Sox fans? My own theory is that the phenomenon might have been influenced by the 1996 ensemble comedy-drama “Beautiful Girl… --- ## [Enter the Gungeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-the-gungeon/752253)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-the-gungeon/752253 "2016-04-15T08:33:22Z")
http://store.steampowered.com/app/311690/ This game… Is not as good as The Binding of Isaac. If you haven’t played The Binding of Isaac, chances are that no matter where you’re coming from, you’re going to like The Bind… --- ## [Masters Week 2016!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-week-2016/751178)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-week-2016/751178 "2016-04-15T01:01:16Z")
It’s that time of year again. I have to think that Jason Day is the odds-on favorite this year, and I’d love to see final pairing of him and Jordan Spieth! --- ## [Football fans: last day of season and rival's fate is in your team's hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fans-last-day-of-season-and-rivals-fate-is-in-your-teams-hands/751527)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fans-last-day-of-season-and-rivals-fate-is-in-your-teams-hands/751527 "2016-04-14T14:45:36Z")
Assume it’s the last day of the season. Your team has mad it to a mid-table finish. A win may make them 1-2 places higher than a loss, but nothing real is at stake for your team. Your most hated rival though is bucking f… --- ## [European soccer fans showing up very uniformly in team colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-soccer-fans-showing-up-very-uniformly-in-team-colors/750994)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-soccer-fans-showing-up-very-uniformly-in-team-colors/750994 "2016-04-14T11:54:51Z")
I have noticed that in European soccer games, oftentimes fans, especially those seated behind the goals, will almost unfailingly be dressed in the team’s colors. Whereas in the United States, for instance, at a Chicago … --- ## [Google game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game/749868)
**Author:** [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game/749868 "2016-03-22T20:22:56Z")
There used to be a game played on Google, before they changed their search algorithms. To play, you tried to think of two terms that bring exactly one hit when input into Google. Anyone remember what that game was call… --- ## [How many games went past 12 innings in the 2015 MLB season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-games-went-past-12-innings-in-the-2015-mlb-season/752144)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-games-went-past-12-innings-in-the-2015-mlb-season/752144 "2016-04-14T00:55:16Z")
Pretty much what the title asks. For some reason my google skills are failing. Anybody know? --- ## [MLB. Do players pay for uniforms and the maintenance of them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-do-players-pay-for-uniforms-and-the-maintenance-of-them/752089)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-do-players-pay-for-uniforms-and-the-maintenance-of-them/752089 "2016-04-13T22:30:25Z")
It must be expensive. But then, most players could afford it. Are uniforms included in their pay? Or, is there a uniform, and maintenance fee deducted from their paycheck? Thank you for fighting my ignorance. --- ## [Why is baseball considered the "thinking man's sport"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-baseball-considered-the-thinking-mans-sport/749492)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-baseball-considered-the-thinking-mans-sport/749492 "2016-04-13T22:20:41Z")
There’s long been a connotation that baseball writers (and often also fans) are far more reflective and intellectual than fans of other sports. Where did this idea first pop up? Is there anything in baseball itself tha… --- ## [Playoffs - win on your home court/field, or your rival's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playoffs-win-on-your-home-court-field-or-your-rivals/751491)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playoffs-win-on-your-home-court-field-or-your-rivals/751491 "2016-04-13T17:00:51Z")
It’s the playoffs. Would you rather clinch the series on your home court/field in front of your own cheering, ecstatic fans, or on your rival’s court/field in front of their dejected, crushed fans? --- ## [I have a challenge for people who enjoy ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-challenge-for-people-who-enjoy-ships/750591)
**Author:** [@GO\_FOR\_JOE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GO_FOR_JOE)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-challenge-for-people-who-enjoy-ships/750591 "2016-04-13T12:57:51Z")
I have come up with a challenge for all the types of people on the board to solve, what ship has this painted on it internally http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p631/GO\_FOR\_JOE/image\_zpshxu7yxzp.jpeg --- ## [Bottom of the Sixth: Explain the situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-of-the-sixth-explain-the-situation/750924)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-of-the-sixth-explain-the-situation/750924 "2016-04-12T18:00:08Z")
So, I’m working on a jigsaw puzzle of Norman Rockwell’s Bottom of the Sixth. For those who can’t see the image, and are unfamiliar with it, it’s a baseball game between the home Brooklyn Dodgers and the visiting Pittsbu… --- ## [MIT Mini-Hunts- superb puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-mini-hunts-superb-puzzles/491177)
**Author:** [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-mini-hunts-superb-puzzles/491177 "2016-04-12T04:20:14Z")
Dopers who enjoy word/ logic puzzles, cryptic crosswords and the like, will enjoy these puzzles (links to pdf docs): Major Malfunction ACRONYM Background: these puzzles were written by Dan Katz as ‘warm-up’ puzzles fo… --- ## [You're an average Joe with the mind of an elite athlete. In which sport can you do the most good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-average-joe-with-the-mind-of-an-elite-athlete-in-which-sport-can-you-do-the-most-good/748366)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-average-joe-with-the-mind-of-an-elite-athlete-in-which-sport-can-you-do-the-most-good/748366 "2016-04-11T19:02:18Z")
Came to mind while thinking about the mental aspects of physical activity. Suppose you had the mind of an elite athlete in any one sport - all the judgment, timing, strategy, leadership skill, etc etc anyone could ever … --- ## [Scrabble question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/750270)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/750270 "2016-04-11T14:36:48Z")
I can’t find this one in the rules. I am about to close a game where we will both have 3 tiles left over. Are the tiles simply deducted from our score or is our final score before deductions what we get. I do know if one… --- ## [So, experts invite you to join their game...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-experts-invite-you-to-join-their-game/751236)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-experts-invite-you-to-join-their-game/751236 "2016-04-09T16:48:26Z")
What do you do if you, a modest amateur, find yourself invited to join a game by experts? Imagine the situation: you’re in a hotel, it’s belting down outside, you’re stuck inside, and a group of Bridge / Scrabble / what… --- ## [Mike Schmidt AP column on the :unwritten rules of baseball"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-schmidt-ap-column-on-the-unwritten-rules-of-baseball/750104)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-schmidt-ap-column-on-the-unwritten-rules-of-baseball/750104 "2016-04-08T19:32:52Z")
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fe6cc6b418494905967e112dc53c6bc3/mike-schmidt-emotion-ok-field-just-dont-cross-line I posted this here because we often get a lot of very entertaining questions about baseball in this Foru… --- ## [Reaching the football out to the pylon to break the plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-the-football-out-to-the-pylon-to-break-the-plane/750996)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-the-football-out-to-the-pylon-to-break-the-plane/750996 "2016-04-08T17:37:45Z")
I would like to argue that the football practice by ballcarriers of extending the football out to the end zone pylon is not worth it from a risk/benefit standpoint unless it is 3rd down or 4th down. There is a high risk… --- ## [The Skyrim Shaggy Dog Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254 "2016-04-06T20:08:27Z")
So this story is going around about a man who found a stray dog in Skyrim and wanted to adopt it: It all goes horribly wrong… …until in the end: It is quite, quite amusing, as gamer stories go. --- ## [Is Football (soccer) the only sport that does this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-football-soccer-the-only-sport-that-does-this/751301)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-football-soccer-the-only-sport-that-does-this/751301 "2016-04-06T19:41:33Z")
The ref ends the game in a close match once a team has finished its scoring opportunity (Usually the team behind). Before you start exploding about injury time and saying the ref doesn’t do that…when’s the last time you … --- ## [Snowboarding or skiing - which is easier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarding-or-skiing-which-is-easier/751135)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarding-or-skiing-which-is-easier/751135 "2016-04-06T19:21:22Z")
I’ve skied a few times, never very well. Which is easier to do in a barely adequate fashion? --- ## [Hockey Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-question/751093)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-question/751093 "2016-04-06T18:22:09Z")
How, if at all, would the game of hockey be changed if it went to a four 15 minute quarter format vs. the current three 20 minute period format? --- ## [How many games have you gotten 100% achievements on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-games-have-you-gotten-100-achievements-on/750713)
**Author:** [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-games-have-you-gotten-100-achievements-on/750713 "2016-04-06T17:56:55Z")
Just curious, as I’ve leveled up enough on Steam that I can display achievements and noticed my Perfect Games number - 3, and I’m actively working on two more. Completed - To the Moon (one achievement), Poker Night 2 (1… --- ## [Question on RG3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-rg3/751306)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-rg3/751306 "2016-04-06T17:30:54Z")
A lot has been made on how RG3’s ability has diminished after his rookie season. How much of that is because of his knee injury during the playoff game on that godawful field? Has his knee fully recovered or maybe he’s… --- ## [Villanova NCAA Basketball Champs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villanova-ncaa-basketball-champs/751230)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villanova-ncaa-basketball-champs/751230 "2016-04-05T21:23:54Z")
Sunk a 3 pointer at the buzzer! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Villanova 77 to NC 74, btw --- ## [SDMB 2016 NCAA Tournament Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2016-ncaa-tournament-pool/748859)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2016-ncaa-tournament-pool/748859 "2016-04-05T18:19:02Z")
Tournament time is here again! Once again we will be using the ESPN tournament site http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2016/en/bracket Group Name: SDMB Bracketeers Password: cecil123 There is a li… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=182)