# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=42 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 43 --- ## [How do gridiron football officials measure where the ball went out of bounds on a punt?t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gridiron-football-officials-measure-where-the-ball-went-out-of-bounds-on-a-punt-t/981392)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gridiron-football-officials-measure-where-the-ball-went-out-of-bounds-on-a-punt-t/981392 "2023-03-22T01:20:24Z")
In gridiron football, during punts, how do officials judge where a ball went out of bounds on a punt? Sometimes it’s still many feet in the air while it reaches the sideline. --- ## [Who was it? Pitcher injured horsing around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090 "2023-03-16T11:28:58Z")
I think it was a 1960’s era pitcher. There was some horsing around on the team bus. Maybe cutting off his tie when he was injured. I believe the injury led to his retirement. Anyone know the name of the pitcher. Warren S… --- ## [How do I open the console commands on my computer? {In Skyrim}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-console-commands-on-my-computer-in-skyrim/981112)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-console-commands-on-my-computer-in-skyrim/981112 "2023-03-16T06:16:58Z")
I’m trying to change some things in a game (Skyrim) and apparently you can do so by opening the console commands. I’ve been pressing the tilde button in the game but no good. --- ## [Sumplete, a math game invented and coded by ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sumplete-a-math-game-invented-and-coded-by-chatgpt/981055)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sumplete-a-math-game-invented-and-coded-by-chatgpt/981055 "2023-03-15T12:56:03Z")
Has anyone else tried this new addition puzzle game? https://sumplete.com According to the website, “Sumplete was invented and coded entirely by AI (ChatGPT).” I’ve been enjoying it. It’s good for when I’m stuck on th… --- ## [Anyone looking forward to Total War: Warhammer 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-total-war-warhammer-3/958178)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-total-war-warhammer-3/958178 "2023-03-15T09:51:17Z")
Total War: Warhammer 2 has been a high-water mark for the Total War series. I have played most of them and, frankly, Warhammer 2 kinda ruined all of the rest. It is hard to play with only swords and muskets when Warham… --- ## [New balk rule in baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-balk-rule-in-baseball/980759)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-balk-rule-in-baseball/980759 "2023-03-15T00:35:11Z")
Suppose there are runners on first and third with nobody out. Pitcher has already used up his two throws to first. Runner breaks for second. Pitcher throws to the first baseman who is about to throw to second, but the… --- ## [MMO community pours one out for hacked player who lost 20,000-hour old school RuneScape account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmo-community-pours-one-out-for-hacked-player-who-lost-20-000-hour-old-school-runescape-account/981150)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmo-community-pours-one-out-for-hacked-player-who-lost-20-000-hour-old-school-runescape-account/981150 "2023-03-14T20:56:01Z")
this would make me kill someone if you’ve ever played the original Runescape you know of this guy’s pain provided he didn’t use hacks and trainers and such h … I played this game for a month when I was waiting for my … --- ## [Track & Field World's reaction to Fosbury Flop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-field-worlds-reaction-to-fosbury-flop/792300)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-field-worlds-reaction-to-fosbury-flop/792300 "2023-03-14T19:37:17Z")
At the 1968 Olympics, Dan Fosbury shocked the world by winning the High Jump gold metal using a very unorthodox way of jumping. Was the Olympic committee and the judges “ready” for this kind of jump? Did other competito… --- ## [World Baseball Classic - The Brits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-baseball-classic-the-brits/981053)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-baseball-classic-the-brits/981053 "2023-03-14T15:27:40Z")
Anyone know the level of interest in the WBC in the UK? --- ## [Chess facepalm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-facepalm/980712)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-facepalm/980712 "2023-03-14T03:29:53Z")
This is more applicable to ‘Dailys’ (Online correspondence chess) then over the board chess…though it certainly can apply. You all ever pour an obsessive amount of energy into a game…working out all the lines from a cri… --- ## [Is curling the only sport where the teams announce their strategy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-curling-the-only-sport-where-the-teams-announce-their-strategy/981094)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-curling-the-only-sport-where-the-teams-announce-their-strategy/981094 "2023-03-13T18:03:07Z")
Like @NorthernPiper I was watching the Brier today. One thing that struck me is that the players are miked up for the television feed, and so you can hear them discussing their strategy at every move. In fact, the oppos… --- ## [Watching Briar qualifiers in a pub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-briar-qualifiers-in-a-pub/980985)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-briar-qualifiers-in-a-pub/980985 "2023-03-13T11:35:05Z")
Decided to take the afternoon off. Stoped at one of my favourite pubs. Watching the page qualifier for the Briar, waiting for a blizzard to come through. Pint, stones, and a blizzard. Doesn’t get more Canadian. --- ## [The NFL Vikings' Bud Grant has died; he was 95](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058 "2023-03-12T06:00:57Z")
Growing up as a huge NFL fan in the 1970s, I always saw the Vikings in the playoffs just about every season. They’re the first team to go to 4 Super Bowls.Yes, they lost them all, but still to go 4x is quite a feat. Th… --- ## [Finally Beat Level 20 in Slay the Spire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-beat-level-20-in-slay-the-spire/980367)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-beat-level-20-in-slay-the-spire/980367 "2023-03-11T10:15:41Z")
In December after over 1500 hours I finally beat Level 20 for the first time with the Ironclad. Now today, I was able to do it with the Silent. Happy I was able to do it but a touch disappointed it wasn’t its own achieve… --- ## [Seriously, Tiger - a tampon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999 "2023-03-10T22:24:38Z")
So, at the golf tournament this week, after Tiger outdrove his opponent, he handed him a tampon. I’ve never made any effort to hide my dislike for the guy, but seriously? This asshole makes a practice of carrying tampo… --- ## [College Basketball 2022-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2022-2023/976438)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2022-2023/976438 "2023-03-09T21:18:07Z")
I’m starting this thread because I’m assuming there are other NCAA basketball fans here on the Dope. We’re about a month into the season, and already a lot has happened. North Carolina started the season ranked #1 and … --- ## [Which pennant-winning MLB team succeeded despite the loss of a great player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pennant-winning-mlb-team-succeeded-despite-the-loss-of-a-great-player/980352)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pennant-winning-mlb-team-succeeded-despite-the-loss-of-a-great-player/980352 "2023-03-09T18:48:34Z")
I’m sure there are many such, but I was just reading about Tony Conigliaro’s beaning in 1967 and thought “Gee, that should have devastated the Red Sox,” who of course went on to win the 1967 AL pennant. Either through in… --- ## [Spider Solitaire Addicts: What's Your Record?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-solitaire-addicts-whats-your-record/90593)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-solitaire-addicts-whats-your-record/90593 "2023-03-09T02:34:25Z")
Since Phil started the Freecell thread, I thought it was time for a Spider Solitaire thread. Here’s how I’m doing in Spider: One suit: too easy. I’ve played a few dozen games; lost only once. Two suits: I play 100 gam… --- ## [Indycar or Formula One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indycar-or-formula-one/980739)
**Author:** [@fordgt100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fordgt100)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indycar-or-formula-one/980739 "2023-03-06T17:03:36Z")
I used to follow F1, but the cars got muffled down, they took away the screaming V12 engines, and the cost to run a team skyrocketed due to all the crazy technology. I like em loud and fast, and Indycar just seems so muc… --- ## [Knowing what we know now about Tom Brady in hindsight, how many draft picks would he have been worth in a trade in 2000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-what-we-know-now-about-tom-brady-in-hindsight-how-many-draft-picks-would-he-have-been-worth-in-a-trade-in-2000/980345)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-what-we-know-now-about-tom-brady-in-hindsight-how-many-draft-picks-would-he-have-been-worth-in-a-trade-in-2000/980345 "2023-03-03T02:37:48Z")
In hindsight, Brady was/is the greatest NFL player of all time, and if NFL teams were magically given the knowledge of this somehow, he would certainly be the No. 1 player drafted overall in the 2000 Draft, not someone t… --- ## [Kobe Bryant Dead in Helicopter Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-bryant-dead-in-helicopter-crash/847010)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-bryant-dead-in-helicopter-crash/847010 "2023-03-02T01:35:24Z")
TMZ article. From it: --- ## [Xenonauts - Xcom for real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenonauts-xcom-for-real/638514)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenonauts-xcom-for-real/638514 "2023-02-25T04:14:15Z")
So there seems to be a more hardcore version of Xcom that’s about to come out. Having played the demo, it really did remind me of the original Xcom to a greater extent than Xcom: Enemy Unknown, as much as I like that gam… --- ## [NFL 2022: The Super Bowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407 "2023-02-23T03:27:27Z")
And somehow we’re down to the last thread of the 2022 season, featuring the unsurprising matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. What I did find surprising is that this will be the first Super Bowl… --- ## [Thoughts on the leaked Tears of the Kingdom art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-leaked-tears-of-the-kingdom-art/980093)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-leaked-tears-of-the-kingdom-art/980093 "2023-02-22T16:06:00Z")
Apparently, a retailer shipped out a book of art that is supposed to ship with the game, and may or may not have shipped out the game itself. I wondered if anyone else here is following this. The link to the photos I saw… --- ## [NFL Coaching Carousel: 2022-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2022-2023/977134)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2022-2023/977134 "2023-02-22T06:14:15Z")
Nathaniel Hackett doesn’t even get a full season at Denver, ouch!!! Someone’s got to pay for the Russell Wilson fiasco. Anyway, the hot seats are getting hotter as the NFL regular season comes to an end and the annual… --- ## [In Chess Tournaments, Do 1st Board, 2nd Board, etc. Actually Mean Anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-chess-tournaments-do-1st-board-2nd-board-etc-actually-mean-anything/980087)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-chess-tournaments-do-1st-board-2nd-board-etc-actually-mean-anything/980087 "2023-02-21T12:51:51Z")
In this video, the host speaks of entering a chess tournament, and describes the players on his team assigned to 1st Board, etc. I see the sense this makes in terms of seeding – your 1st guy plays theirs, your 2nd plays … --- ## [How would you explain American football to an adult who isn’t familiar with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-explain-american-football-to-an-adult-who-isn-t-familiar-with-it/968544)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-explain-american-football-to-an-adult-who-isn-t-familiar-with-it/968544 "2023-02-19T17:21:11Z")
Would I be best off starting with the offense and explaining the quarterback first, then the running backs and wide receivers? Keeping it simple with the explanation that almost every play is a run or a pass? Another me… --- ## [Pharaoh: A New Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharaoh-a-new-era/979900)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharaoh-a-new-era/979900 "2023-02-17T20:41:02Z")
This one never hit my Radar at all until Yesterday when It was released Yesterday. Seeing it brought a nice wave of nostalgia for the classic city builders. And it is, of course, a remake of the Original Pharaoh at a me… --- ## [2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-baseball-hall-of-fame-balloting/970233)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-baseball-hall-of-fame-balloting/970233 "2023-02-17T19:20:17Z")
Alright, let’s vote for who should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, you animals! Unfortunately, the board only allows 20 choices per poll and there are 40 possible candidates, so we can’t do a formal poll that works rig… --- ## [Can you help me find Super Bowls 41 and 56 on YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-super-bowls-41-and-56-on-youtube/979668)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-super-bowls-41-and-56-on-youtube/979668 "2023-02-17T02:21:24Z")
I’ve collected links for every Super Bowl ever played and recorded on YouTube — the complete games, not the highlights, and certainly not those cartoonish Madden game plays. But I’ve searched and searched and am not able… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=43)