# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=426 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 427 --- ## [sports headlines that failed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-headlines-that-failed/574678)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-headlines-that-failed/574678 "2011-03-20T15:26:30Z")
My favorite in Detroit was the day Colon struck out a bunch of Tigers in a victory. The headline was “wiffs of Colon smother Tigers”. --- ## [Come join the poker club for SDMB on PokerStars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590)
**Author:** [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590 "2011-03-19T21:53:51Z")
Pokerstars is now allowing players to create their own private clubs. This is something the Straight Dope poker playing contingent has wanted for a while. Anyway, the club manager can schedule both cash games or tourn… --- ## [Words With Friends smartphone app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-smartphone-app/575275)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-smartphone-app/575275 "2011-03-19T19:54:45Z")
Words With Friends is a very Scrabble-esque app, available for Droid and iPhone. It’s free for both, plus iPhone apparently has a paid version. Basically, it’s Scrabble by mail - one player makes a word, then, at their… --- ## [Has there ever been a genuine surprise in the draft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-genuine-surprise-in-the-draft/574836)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-genuine-surprise-in-the-draft/574836 "2011-03-19T13:48:26Z")
Has anybody been drafted in the NFL that has been a total surprise? As in totally out of left field? Let’s leave out: \[ul\] \[li\]The projected #1 pick dropped a slot or two, allowing another first-rounder to move up (Suh… --- ## [The Feud: Presidential Surnames by Wheelz \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-presidential-surnames-by-wheelz-game-over/575099)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-presidential-surnames-by-wheelz-game-over/575099 "2011-03-19T11:23:17Z")
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 … --- ## [Question about Kinect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-kinect/575111)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-kinect/575111 "2011-03-19T04:07:53Z")
Thinking about getting an Xbox with Kinect. Here is the situation: my living room is not that large so I would only be standing a few feet away. Also my flat screen is on a stand that is only about three feet high so t… --- ## [Glasnost Mafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasnost-mafia/571757)
**Author:** [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Replies:** 1357\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasnost-mafia/571757 "2011-03-19T02:21:58Z")
This game will have 21 players. And no color. It will be as open as I can possibly make it. Role list and other open game things to follow: Mahaloth Gadarene \*\*The Rules: \*\* Votes and unvotes must… --- ## [Words with Friends out for Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-out-for-android/571408)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-out-for-android/571408 "2011-03-18T12:11:55Z")
Just wanted to spread the word. Carry on. --- ## [In Soviet Russia, Mafia plays you! (Forbidden Thread for Glasnost Mafia -- No Players!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soviet-russia-mafia-plays-you-forbidden-thread-for-glasnost-mafia-no-players/572259)
**Author:** [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soviet-russia-mafia-plays-you-forbidden-thread-for-glasnost-mafia-no-players/572259 "2011-03-18T03:54:33Z")
For unspoiled discussion. --- ## [The Masthead: Forbidden Thread for SS Incorrigible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-masthead-forbidden-thread-for-ss-incorrigible/575046)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-masthead-forbidden-thread-for-ss-incorrigible/575046 "2011-03-17T19:22:51Z")
Please use this thread for unspoiled comments about Mafia: Mutiny on the SS Incorrigible. If you’d like to be spoiled, send me a PM. I’m hoping this will be a good game. We have several new players, which will make thin… --- ## ["Pissing In Paris" -- The Colloquialism Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693 "2011-03-17T17:28:09Z")
First, the backstory: I was at a birthday party for one of The Littlest Briston’s classmates over the weekend when I met quite possibly the worst person I’ve ever met in my life. A loudmouthed nitwit who talked about he… --- ## [How do you save more than once on ARMA 2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-more-than-once-on-arma-2/575039)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-more-than-once-on-arma-2/575039 "2011-03-17T17:12:46Z")
Arma 2 is a game that breaks easily. Just now, I had to revert to a previous save after having come out of a battle unscatthed because my chopper pilot is a moron. I remember there being a way to save more than once in … --- ## [When a player is fined in pro sports where does the money actually go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-player-is-fined-in-pro-sports-where-does-the-money-actually-go/574985)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-player-is-fined-in-pro-sports-where-does-the-money-actually-go/574985 "2011-03-17T14:34:40Z")
Simple enough question. When all those fines were dished out in the NFL this year where does the money actually end up? The owners keep it? The league keeps it? Goes to charity? Where does it go? Is it the same for a… --- ## [Egyptian Ratscrew (the card game) variant rules you use or have heard of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-ratscrew-the-card-game-variant-rules-you-use-or-have-heard-of/573552)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-ratscrew-the-card-game-variant-rules-you-use-or-have-heard-of/573552 "2011-03-17T04:10:43Z")
What beyond-basic rules do you like for Egyptian Ratscrew? Such as: sandwiches (e.g. 3 - K - 3) marriages (e.g. K - Q) gay marriages (e.g. J - K) (K - K etc. are already slappable as doubles) 69 (e.g. 6 - 9) --- ## [A-e-e-i-o-o-u](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-e-e-i-o-o-u/573933)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-e-e-i-o-o-u/573933 "2011-03-16T16:09:43Z")
That’s my Scrabble hand in Facebook Scrabble right now. My opponent has played the Z, J, and 2 C’s in the last three plays. Siiiiiiigh. And no, the J and the Z can’t be played upon. --- ## [Guess the band by the origin of its name.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502)
**Author:** [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502 "2011-03-16T16:09:00Z")
1 -This band got their name from the title of a song appearing in a Beatles movie, but not performed by the Beatles. 2 - This band’s name was originally the name of an alien cabal intent on controlling mankind. 3 - Thi… --- ## [Homefront: PC or PS3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homefront-pc-or-ps3/573261)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homefront-pc-or-ps3/573261 "2011-03-16T04:09:50Z")
Homefront is being released soon, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to get it. The only problem is, I’m not sure for which platform. I usually play shooters on my Playstation, but I keep hearing that mouse and keyboard is a… --- ## [NIT vs NCAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-vs-ncaa/574625)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-vs-ncaa/574625 "2011-03-16T03:09:06Z")
When did the NCAA tourney overtake the NIT as the tournament to be in? I know that the NIT started its tourney one year before the NCAA tourney. It also had the best teams in the country in the tourney, and the final w… --- ## [Did ESPN get their March Madness bracket wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-espn-get-their-march-madness-bracket-wrong/574807)
**Author:** [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-espn-get-their-march-madness-bracket-wrong/574807 "2011-03-15T18:00:10Z")
On this page, it looks like they have the winner of the East region playing the winner of the Southwest. And the winner of the West region playing the winner of the Southeast region. If you click on the GIF link at the t… --- ## [Do you support an 18 game NFL schedule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-an-18-game-nfl-schedule/574666)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-an-18-game-nfl-schedule/574666 "2011-03-15T17:32:58Z")
Simple poll, do you want the NFL to expand from a 16 game schedule to an 18 game one? --- ## [Need Fallout 3/Windows 7 help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fallout-3-windows-7-help/563499)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fallout-3-windows-7-help/563499 "2011-03-15T15:25:32Z")
OK, let’s see if I can word this well enough so that I get my point across… just FTR, I’ve looked elsewhere and tried other solutions, which I will do my best to relate below. I recently bought the Fallout 3 Game Of The… --- ## [The Finish the Lyric Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-finish-the-lyric-game/572698)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-finish-the-lyric-game/572698 "2011-03-15T15:18:38Z")
The rules are simple: finish the line or write in the next one, then post the beginning of another line from another song, e.g.: \[Post #1\] There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold… \[Post #2\] …and she’s buy… --- ## [CIV IV modding question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-iv-modding-question/574423)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-iv-modding-question/574423 "2011-03-15T15:01:10Z")
In this thread Lungfish really helped me out by helping me change the speed of the naval units. It worked. Now I need to change the movement requirements of ocean square spaces to 1/2 a movement point leaving coastal s… --- ## [Feud: Why do I know this? by DCinDC \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feud-why-do-i-know-this-by-dcindc-game-over/574228)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feud-why-do-i-know-this-by-dcindc-game-over/574228 "2011-03-15T14:46:59Z")
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 … --- ## [Flight Sim Players: Tried Playing This One Yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-sim-players-tried-playing-this-one-yet/572913)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-sim-players-tried-playing-this-one-yet/572913 "2011-03-15T05:44:58Z")
http://simulator-pro.info/ This guy claims his game is much better than the Microsoft version, and I’d like to give it a try, but wanted to check in here first. Not spam. Not affiliated. Thanks Q --- ## [For Serious Baseball Stat Geeks: Does Your Gut EVER Overrule Your Numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-serious-baseball-stat-geeks-does-your-gut-ever-overrule-your-numbers/281128)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-serious-baseball-stat-geeks-does-your-gut-ever-overrule-your-numbers/281128 "2011-03-15T04:17:45Z")
This is not so much a question for casual fans as it is for serious number-crunchers and sabremetricians. All of us are human, and we all have our favorite players, and we all have guys we just can’t stand. That goes wi… --- ## [NCAA Basketball March Madness Bracket Strategery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-march-madness-bracket-strategery/574732)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-march-madness-bracket-strategery/574732 "2011-03-15T01:50:30Z")
I was hoping us Dopers could collaborate/discuss/debate NCAA March Madness brackets. I’m not terribly knowledgeable about college basketball so I’ll take all the help I can get. Close games that I am on the fence about… --- ## [Rift: Gonna Play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rift-gonna-play/573732)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rift-gonna-play/573732 "2011-03-14T20:30:57Z")
Looks just like WoW to me, so I’ll stay with WoW. But again, what’s with these designers who can’t draw a decent human face to save their lives. Plus the outifits in Rift aren’t to my liking either. One of their Champi… --- ## [HS student makes winning basket in overtime to cap perfect season, then collapses and dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511 "2011-03-14T17:25:05Z")
Story here I guess that is the ultimate good news/bad news scenerio. --- ## [Unusual sports team names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-sports-team-names/574073)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-sports-team-names/574073 "2011-03-14T01:38:06Z")
I’m interested in finding relatively rare sports team names. My interest was piqued by my discovery that there appear to be barely a baker’s dozen teams sharing the name of my beloved Green Bay Packers at present. A cu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=427)