# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=263 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## [mens ncaa tournament bracket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-ncaa-tournament-bracket/680898)
**Author:** [@gmontan63079](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gmontan63079)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-ncaa-tournament-bracket/680898 "2014-02-10T03:05:42Z")
Apparently there are 4 quintinillion or so possible mathematical outcomes for the mens ncaa tournament bracket. That number is inflated because there are some outcomes that are obviously unlikely, like four 16 seats in … --- ## [ARod arbitration ruling: Banned for entire 2014 season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arod-arbitration-ruling-banned-for-entire-2014-season/678524)
**Author:** [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arod-arbitration-ruling-banned-for-entire-2014-season/678524 "2014-02-09T23:06:04Z")
Entire season, playoffs, as well. ARod plans to got to court to get an injunction, but it’s a real long shot. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24405698/report-arod-ruling-imminent-decision-appears-favorable… --- ## [Anyone play the Fables game The Wolf Among Us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-the-fables-game-the-wolf-among-us/672610)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-the-fables-game-the-wolf-among-us/672610 "2014-02-09T22:15:54Z")
I like Fables and Telltale’s Walking Dead games. I was wondering if anyone played this and if so what you thought. --- ## [mens ncaa tournament bracket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-ncaa-tournament-bracket/680902)
**Author:** [@gmontan63079](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gmontan63079)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-ncaa-tournament-bracket/680902 "2014-02-09T21:11:35Z")
Apparently there are 4 quintinillion or so possible mathematical outcomes for the mens ncaa tournament bracket. That number is inflated because there are some outcomes that are obviously unlikely, like four 16 seats in … --- ## [Canadian skater falls: no deductions??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-skater-falls-no-deductions/680852)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-skater-falls-no-deductions/680852 "2014-02-09T19:48:35Z")
I was watching some of the Olympic team skating competition today, and watched 3 teams in a row suffer a fall (somehow it’s always the ladies falling…do the guys ever fall?) including the Canadian team. The scores of the… --- ## [List your 3DS Friend Codes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-3ds-friend-codes/632080)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-3ds-friend-codes/632080 "2014-02-09T00:40:47Z")
My code is 1461 7482 9968 My handle is MyFootsZZZ. Would love to play some Mario Kart 7 with other Dopers. --- ## [Yo-Yo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-yo/679914)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-yo/679914 "2014-02-09T00:32:43Z")
Not the Ma variety but the toy/top/spinning dohickey. Do you have a yo-yo? Did you have one/some before? How many tricks could you do? I’ve misplaced the 6 or so that I had had since the 1950’s. It used to be a big dea… --- ## [New game: Cram That Board! (ouch)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-cram-that-board-ouch/680848)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-cram-that-board-ouch/680848 "2014-02-08T23:21:44Z")
Was having a little tete-a-tete with a fellow Doper last night/early this morning and it felt like a contest of some sort but I couldn’t put my finger on it. This morning it dawned. Here’s the contest: Keep to the Game… --- ## [The Great Language Game - how well do you recognize languagegs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-language-game-how-well-do-you-recognize-languagegs/680836)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-language-game-how-well-do-you-recognize-languagegs/680836 "2014-02-08T22:17:33Z")
You listen to different languages being spoken and you pick the correct one from a few choices. You get 3 lives and when those run out, you start again. Play it here. --- ## ["If you could pick any QB, in their prime, to win ONE game, who would it be?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-any-qb-in-their-prime-to-win-one-game-who-would-it-be/680492)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-any-qb-in-their-prime-to-win-one-game-who-would-it-be/680492 "2014-02-08T17:33:46Z")
This question came up in this thread, and I wonder who you guys would choose. My choice would be either Steve Young or Aaron Rodgers. They’re both great, great pocket-passers who will pick you apart if their under littl… --- ## [The Super Bowl brings up a racial issue...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-brings-up-a-racial-issue/680739)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-brings-up-a-racial-issue/680739 "2014-02-08T14:54:33Z")
… that I thought was kind of interesting. Not sure if this belongs elsewhere, given that the main focus isn’t sports, but putting it here for now. Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks quarterback, is only the second Africa… --- ## [Bravely Default: for all you JRPG lovers out there...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravely-default-for-all-you-jrpg-lovers-out-there/680824)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravely-default-for-all-you-jrpg-lovers-out-there/680824 "2014-02-08T10:32:23Z")
Just got the game; as a fan of JRPGs, how could I resist? The demo was pretty good, so I went for the game. I’ve already got 10 guests to rebuild Norende Village (though I haven’t gotten to the point where that’s even p… --- ## [A follow-on thread: what would actually happen if the soccer goal was wider?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-follow-on-thread-what-would-actually-happen-if-the-soccer-goal-was-wider/680791)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-follow-on-thread-what-would-actually-happen-if-the-soccer-goal-was-wider/680791 "2014-02-07T22:06:41Z")
In this thread Measure for Measure asks whether it would be a good idea to widen the goalmouth in soccer, on the grounds that change would increase scoring and thus theoretically make the game more exciting. The consens… --- ## [NHL February](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february/680307)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february/680307 "2014-02-07T21:31:36Z")
To start off the NHL February thread, I thought I’d post the “true” NHL standings as of the end of January. In these “true” standings, shootouts are ignored. Any game going to a shootout is just a tie worth one point. A… --- ## [Best way to win (sports)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-win-sports/680598)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-win-sports/680598 "2014-02-07T18:44:17Z")
So you’re a sports fan. Your favorite team has a Big Game coming up vs a Hated Rival (say, game 7 of the World Series, Red Sox vs Yankees). You’re walking on the beach and you stumble upon a lamp containing a genie, yada… --- ## [Horny Quaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horny-quaid/680520)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horny-quaid/680520 "2014-02-07T17:22:10Z")
A thread I just saw asks what’s the diffrence between “horny” and “randy” (or something along those lines). It made me think we could find synonyms for first names of notable people to see how that might sound. Horny N… --- ## [Populate a planet with critters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-a-planet-with-critters/680572)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-a-planet-with-critters/680572 "2014-02-07T15:53:54Z")
We’ve been given a “clone” of the current planet Earth sans humans or any evidence of human habitation or development, and no animals. You can put on one type of any living creature, so one person could put on robins fo… --- ## [Name Anagrams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anagrams/678453)
**Author:** [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anagrams/678453 "2014-02-07T12:34:58Z")
Take the name of something. Mix up the letters in that name to form a different word or a phase. That will give you an anagram, ma’am. To make a game of it you can suggest another name for the next poster. Scoring: … --- ## [Better Scoring System for Basketball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-scoring-system-for-basketball/680660)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-scoring-system-for-basketball/680660 "2014-02-07T10:49:15Z")
I am just putting this up to think about, and it may well be an ‘air-ball’; Lately I’ve gotten in the habit of only tuning in to NBA games to catch maybe the last quarter or (optimally) just the last 5 minutes. It seems… --- ## [2014 NLL Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-nll-thread/678177)
**Author:** [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-nll-thread/678177 "2014-02-07T00:38:51Z")
Well, the first two weekends of the new NLL season are now in the books and all nine teams have had a chance to show off their new looks in the retooled league. Over the offseason a new seven-year CBA was agreed to whic… --- ## [Come I Come?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-i-come/680678)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-i-come/680678 "2014-02-06T20:12:46Z")
Did you ever play a game by this name? When I was a kid and we were traveling (didn’t have to be too far, anything over a few minutes really) we would play this guessing game. It was like others like “I Spy with my littl… --- ## [What was this game? (Mac)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game-mac/679912)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game-mac/679912 "2014-02-06T18:24:41Z")
I used to play a macintosh game probably in the early 1990s though the game may be older than that. It was a fairly simple military conquest game where you had tanks, ships, and possibly planes and you moved across a map… --- ## [Brackets on SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brackets-on-sdmb/680664)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brackets-on-sdmb/680664 "2014-02-06T15:35:25Z")
Does anybody have any skills or experience setting up brackets here? I have done quite a few polls and am pretty sure I haven’t seen any good way to organize a bracket selection process other than by way of a sequence o… --- ## [The Ashes 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ashes-2013/663013)
**Author:** [@rhysf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhysf)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ashes-2013/663013 "2014-02-06T13:00:57Z")
Not long now till the start of the first test. As an Australian, I can’t help feeling a lot more positive about this than I was a few weeks ago, although I’m extremely sceptical that Darren Lehman will make much differe… --- ## [Is Skyrim Vampireism difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skyrim-vampireism-difficult/680573)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skyrim-vampireism-difficult/680573 "2014-02-06T01:18:25Z")
I just recently purchased Dawnguard and am deciding between joining them or being a vampire. I’m a mage-type player. Is being a vamp very restrictive, and would it fit being a mage better than the Dawnguard? --- ## [The Super Bowl and Roman numerals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-and-roman-numerals/680404)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-and-roman-numerals/680404 "2014-02-06T01:08:21Z")
Today was the 48th Super Bowl, or Super Bowl XLVIII. What will next year’s be? Will it be XLIX or IL? --- ## [Can Penn St. be immediately competitive post-probation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-penn-st-be-immediately-competitive-post-probation/680592)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-penn-st-be-immediately-competitive-post-probation/680592 "2014-02-05T23:10:27Z")
Seems like Penn St hasn’t collapsed under the Sandusky sanctions. Can they be reasonably competitive once the probation ends? --- ## [Which Wii games have simultaneous multiplayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wii-games-have-simultaneous-multiplayer/479228)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wii-games-have-simultaneous-multiplayer/479228 "2014-02-05T20:28:07Z")
Like a lot of people, we got a Wii for Christmas. I’m looking for multiplayer games in which the players need to play together to accomplish the goal. Not all multiplayer games have this. Most seem to have the players… --- ## [Jonathan Martin / Richie Incognito texts released.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-martin-richie-incognito-texts-released/680508)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-martin-richie-incognito-texts-released/680508 "2014-02-04T19:57:28Z")
I read through most of the texts. it’s no surprise how vulgar some of it is. Young rich athletes chasing tail and footballs. :slight\_smile: I see a friendship between two teammates. Most of the time the conversation is … --- ## [John Elway Is Overrated.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-elway-is-overrated/680464)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-elway-is-overrated/680464 "2014-02-04T18:56:46Z")
In the run up to last night’s Super Bowl, there was a lot of discussion about Peyton Manning’s legacy and his overall place the historical QB hierarchy. In all of these articles, there seems to be a great deal of unanim… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=264)