# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=350 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 351 --- ## [Greatest Golf Shot...ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-golf-shot-ever/624059)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-golf-shot-ever/624059 "2012-06-06T16:42:00Z")
So Tiger Woods made an incredible chip to basically win the Memorial yesterday and Jack Nicklaus (the tournaments host) said it was the best shot he had ever seen. He was referring to the difficulty of the shot, what wa… --- ## [Max Payne 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-payne-3/618935)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-payne-3/618935 "2012-06-06T15:10:55Z")
Steam has a preorder deal whereby if you preorder Max Payne 3, you get Max Payne 1 and 2 now as well. The cost is $89.99 and I’m tempted, but I’m just not sure what I can look forward to for Max Payne 3. I’ve seen the pr… --- ## [Cities and their Colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-and-their-colors/623838)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-and-their-colors/623838 "2012-06-06T11:07:59Z")
What cities (worldwide) have two or more teams with the same color scheme? I know Pittsburgh has their black and gold (Steelers, Pirates, Pens) and NY has blue and orange (Knicks, Mets, Isles). What others? I suppose… --- ## [Mets first no hitter. Or is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-first-no-hitter-or-is-it/623849)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-first-no-hitter-or-is-it/623849 "2012-06-05T23:06:25Z")
So Johan Santana pitched the first no hitter in the Mets 50 year history. Except Carlos Beltran hit a ball that was clearly fair on replay but the ump called it foul. Does this tarnish the accomplishment? It doesn’t feel… --- ## ["You throw like a girl" okay...how to stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-throw-like-a-girl-okay-how-to-stop/624178)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-throw-like-a-girl-okay-how-to-stop/624178 "2012-06-05T19:19:50Z")
I recently started playing softball again, and although the spirit is willing, I am re-building skills. My batting is okay, catching is improving, but my throwing is just tragic. I have read a few articles and tried to … --- ## [Is there any sportscast more padded than the Triple Crown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sportscast-more-padded-than-the-triple-crown/622432)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sportscast-more-padded-than-the-triple-crown/622432 "2012-06-05T18:12:42Z")
Consider the Preakness today. It’s being given a two hour time slot on a major network. According to the records, over the past thirty years the winning times have varied (!) from 1 minute 53 seconds all the way to 1 m… --- ## [NFL hiring replacement refs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-hiring-replacement-refs/624147)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-hiring-replacement-refs/624147 "2012-06-05T11:33:31Z")
Story here. Hmmm. I love my football, and definitely do not want to see any delay and/or disruption in the season, but I dunno. The current refs seem to have too many blown calls already. Not sure replacements are re… --- ## [Why do pole vaulting girls wear little bikini bottoms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-pole-vaulting-girls-wear-little-bikini-bottoms/623630)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-pole-vaulting-girls-wear-little-bikini-bottoms/623630 "2012-06-05T02:07:09Z")
Per this series When did female pole vaulters start with the tiny bikini bottoms? --- ## [Chess: Glee v Chessic Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-glee-v-chessic-sense/615264)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-glee-v-chessic-sense/615264 "2012-06-04T20:55:55Z")
This is a training game (I’m a retired professional chess coach) and should interest spectators as well. Chessic Sense can: take a move back (if he happens to blunder horribly, I’ll point that out!) ask my advice on h… --- ## [Toyota/NASCAR Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-nascar-question/623981)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-nascar-question/623981 "2012-06-04T18:28:12Z")
Anyone know if metric fasteners are used on/in the Toyota engines? --- ## [Picture Puzzles instead of Jigsaw Puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-puzzles-instead-of-jigsaw-puzzles/623255)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-puzzles-instead-of-jigsaw-puzzles/623255 "2012-06-04T17:04:26Z")
If you have yet to get into Picture Puzzles as a way to while away idle time, when you would normally head for the Jigsaw Puzzles instead, you may find that the lack of visual clues like borders, shapes and other pattern… --- ## [Who is the Freecell Champion ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-freecell-champion/488520)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-freecell-champion/488520 "2012-06-03T16:52:27Z")
Are you better than me ? Statistics: 85% Win Streak…56 Lost Streak…5 Won…3226 Lost…563 --- ## [Left 4 Dead 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-4-dead-2/623895)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-4-dead-2/623895 "2012-06-02T22:14:27Z")
So, does anyone here still play Left 4 Dead 2? I was playing it today with another Doper and was thinking that all-Doper Expert runs or Doper on Doper Vs. mode teams would be fun! So who here is interested, either in coo… --- ## [Chess: Zombywoof v Glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-zombywoof-v-glee/615262)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-zombywoof-v-glee/615262 "2012-06-02T19:22:26Z")
This is a training game (I’m a retired professional chess coach) and should interest spectators as well. Zombywoof can: take a move back (if he happens to blunder horribly, I’ll point that out!) ask my advice on his n… --- ## [Cricket- Kevin Pietersen Retires From Limited Overs cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-kevin-pietersen-retires-from-limited-overs-cricket/623861)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-kevin-pietersen-retires-from-limited-overs-cricket/623861 "2012-06-02T12:15:21Z")
It seems a pretty strange decision to me, not that I know a great deal of the politics of English cricket. He is pretty old- all of 32 (that’s tongue in cheek- these days guys start getting looked at as over the hill wh… --- ## [Help me understand the game of Nim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-game-of-nim/621202)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-game-of-nim/621202 "2012-06-02T12:03:19Z")
Nim. The game goes like this: create any number of piles of objects with any number of objects in each pile. You could have a pile of 3 red objects, a second pile of four blue objects, and a third pile of five green o… --- ## [MLB: May 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2012/620514)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2012/620514 "2012-06-02T03:56:48Z")
The Dodgers are blazing, the Padres are flailing. The Nationals are atop their division and the Red Sox are at the bottom of theirs. And the Twins have the worst record in the league. Can you feel the excitement? … --- ## [A cruciverbalist quandary...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cruciverbalist-quandary/623725)
**Author:** [@Riotous84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riotous84)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cruciverbalist-quandary/623725 "2012-06-02T03:33:44Z")
Hello all, I like crosswords so much I’ve decided to try my hand at making one. As if it weren’t difficult enough to find an appropriate template, I am having an even harder time trying to figure out how to arrange the … --- ## [Pujols to the Angels - great deal or fiasco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pujols-to-the-angels-great-deal-or-fiasco/605567)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pujols-to-the-angels-great-deal-or-fiasco/605567 "2012-06-01T23:17:31Z")
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom\_verducci/12/08/angels.albert.pujols/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp\_t11\_a2 I am torn. Pujols is one of the best hitters in the game. And it’s clear he he still has a few gr… --- ## [Match Game anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 693\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949 "2012-06-01T17:31:35Z")
I’ll be the host. I’ll need two contestants and 6 for the panel. If this works, we can rotate folks around. Game play: For round 1, I will post a statement in the form “Straight \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” The panel members will PM me w… --- ## [Diablo 3: Your Character(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-your-character-s/623601)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-your-character-s/623601 "2012-06-01T12:24:39Z")
Hi there everyone. Although we have a few threads on Diablo3 already active at the moment, none of them focus on the one thing that I find intensely fascinating thanks to the new skill system in D3, character builds. I… --- ## [EA has ruined Facebook Scrabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-has-ruined-facebook-scrabble/623477 "2012-05-31T23:00:39Z")
Too mild for the pit, and I understand full well the futility of complaining about something I enjoy for free, but the mental midgets at EA have “upgraded” the scrabble app for Facebook, and turned it into a more obnoxio… --- ## [I can't get 5 skulls in Orcs Must die on Chaos Chamber, Tower & Stream maps (nightmare difficulty)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-5-skulls-in-orcs-must-die-on-chaos-chamber-tower-stream-maps-nightmare-difficulty/623593)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-5-skulls-in-orcs-must-die-on-chaos-chamber-tower-stream-maps-nightmare-difficulty/623593 "2012-05-31T21:07:55Z")
I don’t get it. I am beating the maps and none of the orcs are getting through to the rift. So why do I keep getting 4 skulls instead of 5? Is there some other way skulls are measured out? Am I supposed to only use cert… --- ## [GamersGate Void](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamersgate-void/623680)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamersgate-void/623680 "2012-05-31T18:27:16Z")
GamersGate is releasing a new PC gaming program called “Void”. The concept is that you have a slot in your account you can fill with a game, free of charge. You watch an ad whenever you launch the game and the game in … --- ## [Question about Punch Out (Wii game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-punch-out-wii-game/623657)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-punch-out-wii-game/623657 "2012-05-31T15:44:13Z")
In the Wii game Punch Out, what does it mean when an opponent flashes red briefly before attacking? Just “look out, he’s going to attack!”? Or is there some other significance? --- ## [The Feud: Yeah, but it’s a dry heat - by JMLVT68 \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-yeah-but-it-s-a-dry-heat-by-jmlvt68-game-over/623155)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-yeah-but-it-s-a-dry-heat-by-jmlvt68-game-over/623155 "2012-05-31T14:49:42Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [Download Only Games? Yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-only-games-yay-or-nay/621739)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-only-games-yay-or-nay/621739 "2012-05-31T05:37:48Z")
Today someone brought this game to my attention: Now, being of the Cold War loving ilk it sounds right up my street. However there appears to be a problem, as far as I can see the title is available by download only. … --- ## [AL East & Pythagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-east-pythagoras/623466)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-east-pythagoras/623466 "2012-05-31T04:24:21Z")
As of this morning, Jame’s Pythagorean runs-scored model predicts the following for the AL East: (The won lost are rounded and the percentage is based on the rounded numbers. The last percentage in parentheses is based o… --- ## [Baseball: if an error is made in an attempt to record 3rd out ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-if-an-error-is-made-in-an-attempt-to-record-3rd-out/411556)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-if-an-error-is-made-in-an-attempt-to-record-3rd-out/411556 "2012-05-31T01:31:56Z")
If an error is made in an attempt to record the 3rd out, are all subsequent runs that inning unearned? Here’s an online baseball game batter-by-batter summary (my notes in parentheses): J.Posada takes strike 3 looking.… --- ## [The Democrats' Worst Nightmare: Republican Platform Spoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-worst-nightmare-republican-platform-spoof/623514)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-worst-nightmare-republican-platform-spoof/623514 "2012-05-30T06:18:02Z")
Inspired by the other thread and its inspiration: http://www.scribd.com/doc/94367949/Iowa-GOP-Proposed-Platform# Southern Baptism shall be the established church of the United States Government spending on all programs… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=349) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=351)