# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=239 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 240 --- ## [Baseball replay rule question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-replay-rule-question/696926)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-replay-rule-question/696926 "2014-08-30T12:52:29Z")
Here’s one in the Pirates-Reds game that could have been a question: Situation: Runner on 3rd and two outs. A low line drive is hit towards third about 4 inches off of the ground. The third baseman dives to his left … --- ## [Way too early College Football chatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-too-early-college-football-chatter/692504)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-too-early-college-football-chatter/692504 "2014-08-30T05:52:58Z")
Consider your favorite conference, not the whole country, and indicate which team has the best chance of winning the conference. Which publisher’s pre-season rankings make the best sense to you? Which games are must-se… --- ## [Another "Do Any Video Games Do This?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-do-any-video-games-do-this/696629)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-do-any-video-games-do-this/696629 "2014-08-29T22:08:21Z")
Playing Titan Quest last night, I chuckled at one of the numerous times where you complete a side quest, an NPC says “Oh thank you! We’re a poor people with our homes ravaged by monsters but take our last magic amulet a… --- ## [How sports teams are designated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sports-teams-are-designated/696769)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sports-teams-are-designated/696769 "2014-08-29T18:56:05Z")
It has become the practice on ESPN (and probably elsewhere) to use sports teams nicknames when giving the scores, but their city-name when giving the standings. For example, the score page will say Rangers 7 Indians 4, … --- ## [SDMB 2014 NFL Pick'em](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2014-nfl-pickem/696860)
**Author:** [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2014-nfl-pickem/696860 "2014-08-29T14:02:18Z")
Is anyone interested in joining an ESPN NFL Pigskin Pick’em pool? I have set up a pool at http://games.espn.go.com/nfl-pigskin-pickem/2014/en/group?groupID=62320. Password is cecil. If you want to join, you must regist… --- ## [The Game (and explaining why you just lost it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-and-explaining-why-you-just-lost-it/695847)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-and-explaining-why-you-just-lost-it/695847 "2014-08-29T11:15:43Z")
So there’s this thing called The Game that you may have heard about. Mostly by ways of people telling you that you just lost it. I decided to make this thread in case anyone doesn’t already know or understand what it’s … --- ## [(Dungeons and Dragons) Interest Poll - SDMB D&D 5e PBP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-and-dragons-interest-poll-sdmb-d-d-5e-pbp/696775)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-and-dragons-interest-poll-sdmb-d-d-5e-pbp/696775 "2014-08-29T00:21:29Z")
How’s that for a bunch of acronyms? With the advent of the latest edition of Dungeons & Dragons, I’m considering running a forum-based game using the 5th edition ruleset. Since 5e is something of a throwback, I kind of… --- ## [Anybody still playing SWTOR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-swtor/696661)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-swtor/696661 "2014-08-28T19:22:34Z")
So I kind of drifted away from it a while ago(probaby right around Skyrim day :slight\_smile: ). I was getting an itch for playing an mmorpg again and started looking at my set of abandoned ones. I considered SWTOR, and … --- ## [Does women's professional sport represent a kind special female privilege?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-womens-professional-sport-represent-a-kind-special-female-privilege/696003)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-womens-professional-sport-represent-a-kind-special-female-privilege/696003 "2014-08-28T19:48:57Z")
Yes it does, of course it does. It’s a type of special privilege that society doesn’t have a problem bestowing upon women. I’m down with it, I don’t have a problem with that. I don’t have a problem with treating women we… --- ## [TerraTech (upcoming game on Steam Early Access)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terratech-upcoming-game-on-steam-early-access/696716)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terratech-upcoming-game-on-steam-early-access/696716 "2014-08-28T14:41:35Z")
TerraTech. There’s only a demo so far but I’ve been playing it for the past four hours and it’s tons of fun! Early Access is expected to start in October. The finished game appears that it will be sort of like an RTS ve… --- ## [Fantasy Football Recruitment Thread -- Open seats available!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-recruitment-thread-open-seats-available/696504)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-recruitment-thread-open-seats-available/696504 "2014-08-27T21:50:44Z")
There are currently (at least) 2 spots available in the Auction League. First come, first served. All are welcome, including fantasy football neophytes. All that is required is to show up for the draft (Auction League … --- ## [Quiz: which of these is not like the others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520 "2014-08-27T21:47:53Z")
Some well-known organization names: \[ul\] \[li\]Johns Manville\[/li\]\[li\]Owen Corning\[/li\]\[li\]Black & Decker\[/li\]\[li\]Johns Hopkins\[/li\]\[li\]Fisher Price\[/li\]\[li\]McDonnell Douglas\[/li\]\[li\]Young & Rubicam\[/li\]\[li\]Frito Lay\[/li… --- ## ["Nasty predicament" logic-type conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-predicament-logic-type-conundrum/696575)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-predicament-logic-type-conundrum/696575 "2014-08-27T20:08:27Z")
Hoping that the following has not already featured in The Game Room: it’s a logic-type problem which I recently encountered, and found fiendish and beyond my capacity to solve – after “step 1”, I was totally “stumped”. … --- ## [Video game mods that are better than the original](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-mods-that-are-better-than-the-original/696641)
**Author:** [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-mods-that-are-better-than-the-original/696641 "2014-08-27T19:56:26Z")
A lot of games have mods that people have made for them. Have you played any mods that you think improve on the original in nearly every way? The original Day Z would be an example. Tell me what you think! --- ## [If you're Wes Welker do you retire at this point? If you're the NFL do you force him to retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-wes-welker-do-you-retire-at-this-point-if-youre-the-nfl-do-you-force-him-to-retire/696461)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-wes-welker-do-you-retire-at-this-point-if-youre-the-nfl-do-you-force-him-to-retire/696461 "2014-08-27T19:30:02Z")
WW has yet another concussion, his third in less than a year. When is enough enough? I think there should be some sort of max-concussion limit set in the NFL where you are medically released/retired against your will… --- ## [Charging the field/tearing down goalposts when did it stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charging-the-field-tearing-down-goalposts-when-did-it-stop/696393)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charging-the-field-tearing-down-goalposts-when-did-it-stop/696393 "2014-08-27T18:25:28Z")
All one has to do is watch footage from a major sporting event in the 1970s or 1980s. Your team wins and all of the fans charge the field, ripping away caps from players, tearing down goalposts, ripping up pieces of the… --- ## [How Many Special Teams Touchdowns, on Average, in a Season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-special-teams-touchdowns-on-average-in-a-season/696601)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-special-teams-touchdowns-on-average-in-a-season/696601 "2014-08-27T00:28:47Z")
My google-fu is failing me. How many times, on average in an NFL regular season, will a kickoff or punt be returned for a touchdown? I’m guessing 25-30, but that’s just a somewhat-educated guess, based on multiplying th… --- ## [2014 Fantasy Football General Discussion (all leagues)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-fantasy-football-general-discussion-all-leagues/693856)
**Author:** [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-fantasy-football-general-discussion-all-leagues/693856 "2014-08-26T23:39:58Z")
Since it hasn’t been started yet I thought I’d get the ball rolling. Feel free to use this thread for recruitment, but once the individual league threads are started specific league discussion (draft time, scoring, etc.)… --- ## [Free Sims 2 Ultimate \[PC\] on Origin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-sims-2-ultimate-pc-on-origin/693884)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-sims-2-ultimate-pc-on-origin/693884 "2014-08-26T14:37:23Z")
You can now download and play The Sims 2 with all its DLC for free. You will need to download and use the Electronic Arts Origin client for it. Simply download and install the client, create an account if you don’t hav… --- ## [Teach Me Baseball (all facets)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-baseball-all-facets/695633)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-baseball-all-facets/695633 "2014-08-26T05:57:25Z")
Hi, so I’ve been trying to learn and appreciate baseball on and off ever since I was a kid mostly because my friends were big baseball fans. However, I never played Little League and I think that really put a kibosh on m… --- ## [Age of Empires: Castle Siege Announced...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-empires-castle-siege-announced/696477)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-empires-castle-siege-announced/696477 "2014-08-25T21:57:41Z")
(Why is there still there no image embedding in this forum? What is this 1999??? To think of all the amazing gif and jpg memes that this forum would have spawned and are forever lost to this world, is a pitiable thing! … --- ## [Sagarin's early College Football numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagarins-early-college-football-numbers/696374)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagarins-early-college-football-numbers/696374 "2014-08-25T17:15:09Z")
Anybody want to take a crack at explaining http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm ? --- ## [When "guaranteed win" goes bad: Sask Riders over BC Lions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-guaranteed-win-goes-bad-sask-riders-over-bc-lions/696447)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-guaranteed-win-goes-bad-sask-riders-over-bc-lions/696447 "2014-08-25T14:51:48Z")
So, the CFL season is half-way over, and the West Division is hot and competitive. Going into tonight’s game, the Lions and the Riders were both hunting to move up the standings, with the Riders visiting BC today. Earl… --- ## [Anyone here with the Longhorn Network who wants to help me out? :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-with-the-longhorn-network-who-wants-to-help-me-out/696373)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-with-the-longhorn-network-who-wants-to-help-me-out/696373 "2014-08-24T15:05:42Z")
So it’s year three into the Longhorn Network experience, and it’s still not on my satellite provider (DirecTV, though I will note that they sure as hell moved heaven and earth to get the SEC Network up this summer). Fran… --- ## [LeBron to return to Cleveland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebron-to-return-to-cleveland/692875)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebron-to-return-to-cleveland/692875 "2014-08-23T17:29:54Z")
http://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers I know there are already 2 lebron threads (one started by me), but I’ll go ahead and make this one too so that two separate “he’s back its a good/bad mov… --- ## [Choosing a DM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-dm/695446)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-dm/695446 "2014-08-21T22:57:44Z")
I have been binge watching star trek voyager over the last couple of days, and I had a funny thought. “You know who would make a great dungeon master? Q!” (From the episode where Q helps Q commit suicide) He could ma… --- ## [Dope Global Domination Game \[free browser-based strategy game\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-global-domination-game-free-browser-based-strategy-game/693720)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-global-domination-game-free-browser-based-strategy-game/693720 "2014-08-20T18:03:18Z")
This is a signup thread for the Dope Global Domination Game \[DGDG for short?\] that I’ll be running over at atWar-game.com. If you’ve never heard of atWar, it’s a free-to-play browser-based game (though there is a desktop… --- ## [The Blackwell series of adventure games now on sale at gog.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blackwell-series-of-adventure-games-now-on-sale-at-gog-com/696019)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blackwell-series-of-adventure-games-now-on-sale-at-gog-com/696019 "2014-08-20T17:19:41Z")
http://www.gog.com/promo/series\_gem\_promo\_blackwell\_200814 I got the bundle for cheap during the last Steam sale and I was so impressed that I bought the final chapter at full price immediately after it was released. So… --- ## [It's time, once again, for Americans to tell the world how to fix soccer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-once-again-for-americans-to-tell-the-world-how-to-fix-soccer/690742)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-once-again-for-americans-to-tell-the-world-how-to-fix-soccer/690742 "2014-08-20T05:21:21Z")
I want to acknowledge up front that this is a preposterous thread. As you might expect, I’m a total dilettante: 90% of the soccer I watch is during the World Cup. Just please remember that I admitted this up front when… --- ## [Yo, old geeks! What SPI games did you play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-old-geeks-what-spi-games-did-you-play/316518)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-old-geeks-what-spi-games-did-you-play/316518 "2014-08-19T16:25:10Z")
Now that we in the the older geek crowd have finished reminiscing about Original Dungeons & Dragons, how about SPI games? How many of you used to subscribe to Strategy & Tactics? Which were your faves? Me, my favourit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=238) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=240)