# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=454 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 455 --- ## [Major League Baseball: The 2010 Playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 629\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197 "2010-10-28T22:38:30Z")
Woo hoo! Here we go! AL: Tampa Bay Rays (96-66) vs Texas Rangers (90-72) Minnesota Twins (94-68) vs New York Yankees (95-67) NL: Philadelphia Phillies (97-65) vs Cincinnati Reds (91-71) San Francisco Giants (92-70… --- ## [Anyone up for Wikipedia Leapfrog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346 "2010-10-28T22:04:29Z")
I forget who started this game, but I sure had a lot of fun with it. The idea is that you are given a challenge to get from one wiki page to another, hopefully a very unlikely endpoint, using only the links in the pages… --- ## [Steven Sondheim's Treasure Hunts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-sondheims-treasure-hunts/497732)
**Author:** [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-sondheims-treasure-hunts/497732 "2010-10-28T16:10:26Z")
Does anybody know any details or history of the treasure hunts that Steven Sondheim used to throw during the 1960s? The details: I’m a big fan of a type of treasure hunt known collectively as a “puzzle hunt”. This enc… --- ## [Online Viewing of College Basketball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818 "2010-10-28T16:00:49Z")
Has anyone here used an online service for this? I’m talking about strictly legit, pay for use services. Any recommendations? --- ## [What other championships in the 4 major leagues have been underdog vs. underdog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-championships-in-the-4-major-leagues-have-been-underdog-vs-underdog/558544)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-championships-in-the-4-major-leagues-have-been-underdog-vs-underdog/558544 "2010-10-28T15:39:56Z")
This year’s World Series will feature underdog vs. underdog, “David vs. David”. It seems to me this rarely happens in the championship of the four major sports. The 1997 World Series had wild card, 92 game winner Flor… --- ## [The Feud: Alphabet City by Rebo \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-alphabet-city-by-rebo-game-over/557807)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-alphabet-city-by-rebo-game-over/557807 "2010-10-28T04:40:37Z")
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 … --- ## [NFL Week 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/558197)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/558197 "2010-10-28T03:54:23Z")
General discussion. Didn’t see a thread. --- ## [Sunday! SUNDAY! Sunday! — Mario Kart Wii Doper Invitational!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-sunday-mario-kart-wii-doper-invitational/558492)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-sunday-mario-kart-wii-doper-invitational/558492 "2010-10-28T02:21:10Z")
This Halloween Day: Battle it out with your fellow Dopers for Kart Supremacy online! I am opening a room at 2pm (In the US Pacific time zone). My key is 3868-2092-0220. Anyone who wants a piece of the action join in and… --- ## [Stern says NBA player salaries should be cut by 1/3rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stern-says-nba-player-salaries-should-be-cut-by-1-3rd/557941)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stern-says-nba-player-salaries-should-be-cut-by-1-3rd/557941 "2010-10-27T19:48:42Z")
I predict some real fighting over this. Has anyone felt the owners have not made enough money, except other owners. This could be ugly. The players make a lot of money, but there is a lot of money in the game. The sea… --- ## [really eccentric little flash game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-eccentric-little-flash-game/558343)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-eccentric-little-flash-game/558343 "2010-10-27T03:28:56Z")
Hi everybody, though I ordinarily am wary of flash game sites, I have spent quite a bit of time at this one and nothing has gone amiss. they have several physics-based games, but the coolest by far is the “Saunavihta” … --- ## [Currently, what is the best online 360 first person shooter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/currently-what-is-the-best-online-360-first-person-shooter/557309)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/currently-what-is-the-best-online-360-first-person-shooter/557309 "2010-10-26T23:35:09Z")
I spend most of my console time playing Modern Warfare 2, I’ve been told repeatedly here that that game sucks. -I prefer real combat (no laser swords or jump jets). -I couldn’t care less about the solo campaign mode. -… --- ## [Tiger Woods Will Lose #1 Spot next week, for how far will he dropg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-will-lose-1-spot-next-week-for-how-far-will-he-dropg/558290)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-will-lose-1-spot-next-week-for-how-far-will-he-dropg/558290 "2010-10-26T22:39:21Z")
To either Lee Westwood or Martin Kaymer. There are no IF’s AND’s or BUT’s about it. Lee Westwood is guaranteed to pass Tiger in the Golf Rankings when the rankings are released a week from today. Martin Kaymer is play… --- ## [XBox 360 Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-question/558439)
**Author:** [@rpinrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinrd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-question/558439 "2010-10-26T21:25:44Z")
So, my Xbox died last night. I really thought that we had moved past the red ring of death issue as I had had this console for at least 3-4 years with no problems. Unfortunately, the red ring of death came back and at … --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Basketball League 2010 - Any Interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball-league-2010-any-interest/557295)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball-league-2010-any-interest/557295 "2010-10-26T16:33:16Z")
We’ve had a fantasy hoops league here for the last few years and with the season just 11 days away I am a little surprised that no one has brought it up. I don’t recall who was in the league last season and who commished… --- ## [Anyone else looking forward to Fallout New Vegas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-fallout-new-vegas/557131)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-fallout-new-vegas/557131 "2010-10-26T14:18:33Z")
Didn’t see a thread on this and I know it’s supposed to be out early next week on Steam (I assume they will let folks who pre-ordered the game download it over the weekend and activate it when the game officially launche… --- ## [Doing my own wikipedia hoping game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-my-own-wikipedia-hoping-game/558380)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-my-own-wikipedia-hoping-game/558380 "2010-10-26T04:23:41Z")
However, you must link certain people in a certain path Version 1 Link Michelle Kwan to America Fererra, through, in order: Mariah Carey, Jarah Mariano, Eva Mendes. Version 2 Link Jessica Alba to Catherine Zeta-Jones… --- ## [WoW Interface Issue - please help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-interface-issue-please-help/558349)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-interface-issue-please-help/558349 "2010-10-26T01:48:43Z")
I have been tricked and now I’m a bat. For 50 more minutes. I don’t know if I can dispel the effect because I have an open ticket and it’s covering it. Is there a way to rearrange the interface so I can move the ticket … --- ## [\[Blood Bowl\] The Dopest Cup Registration Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-bowl-the-dopest-cup-registration-thread/554059)
**Author:** [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-bowl-the-dopest-cup-registration-thread/554059 "2010-10-25T18:35:58Z")
What a wonderful day for another bloodbath ! Since quite a few of us in the BloodBowl thread have expressed interest in playing in a Doper league, I figured I’d get the ball rolling to get this show on the road. \[SIZE=… --- ## [Minecraft - multiplayer diggin' holes and buildin' things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-multiplayer-diggin-holes-and-buildin-things/499547)
**Author:** [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-multiplayer-diggin-holes-and-buildin-things/499547 "2010-10-25T16:13:49Z")
This little game runs in a java applet and is strangely compelling. If you try it out, be sure to register an account and go multiplayer, because running around on your own isn’t much fun. I play mainly on the reddit… --- ## [NFL Matchup That Has Never Been Good On Paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-matchup-that-has-never-been-good-on-paper/558214)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-matchup-that-has-never-been-good-on-paper/558214 "2010-10-25T03:25:52Z")
So I guess MNF tomorrow is Dallas-Giants. (Shows how interested I am that I have to guess). I can remember when that would have been a high-stakes divisional game. Today, I doubt many outside the respective markets ar… --- ## [Puzzle fans, help me devise a wicked multi-cache! (Geocaching related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-fans-help-me-devise-a-wicked-multi-cache-geocaching-related/456069)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-fans-help-me-devise-a-wicked-multi-cache-geocaching-related/456069 "2010-10-25T01:12:54Z")
I a huge fan of geocaching. Lately I’ve put out a few myself with good success. I read about some multi-caches that people work on for months (This one, for example). The idea of a multi-cache is that the coordinates pub… --- ## [PlayStation Move: Who will get it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-move-who-will-get-it/553904)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-move-who-will-get-it/553904 "2010-10-24T16:28:46Z")
The Move will be released in North American on Friday and I’m thinking of getting it, but not right away. Reviews so far have been positive. The controllers are supposed to be a lot more responsive and accurate to the W… --- ## [I have a little spending money: Fallout New Vegas, or Civilization 5?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-little-spending-money-fallout-new-vegas-or-civilization-5/557392)
**Author:** [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-little-spending-money-fallout-new-vegas-or-civilization-5/557392 "2010-10-24T13:10:06Z")
With a little spare money and 2+ months until Christmas, I’m looking to get a good game to fill the time. I have narrowed it down to two that I want, and I’m just waffling back and forth between them: Fallout New Veg… --- ## [Is it possible to force 'mouse acceleration' behavour off in all PC games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-force-mouse-acceleration-behavour-off-in-all-pc-games/558107)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-force-mouse-acceleration-behavour-off-in-all-pc-games/558107 "2010-10-24T03:58:44Z")
I see it a lot these days. In my newest game Fallout New Vegas it only occurs in the menus and pip-boy, thank og. It’s where normal movement of the mouse causes the cursor to move at a glacial pace, then a very tin… --- ## [Univ of Minnesota Football Orientated East-West?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/univ-of-minnesota-football-orientated-east-west/554223)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/univ-of-minnesota-football-orientated-east-west/554223 "2010-10-24T01:59:18Z")
Watching the Minnesota Golden Gopher game against USC the shadows are indicated the endzones are East and West Side of the playing field. Looking at the wiki entry for the TCF Bank stadium, it says: To my knowledge, a… --- ## [Taking the Baton From Tiger Woods...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-baton-from-tiger-woods/557970)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-baton-from-tiger-woods/557970 "2010-10-24T01:53:26Z")
…is Anthony Kim. He bought 115 bottles of booze at The Palms, including a $25,000 bottle of Dom Perignon which he didn’t drink but sprayed the dance floor with at 3 AM. Then he pulled out of the Las Vegas Open. --- ## [XBox 360 replacement advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-replacement-advice/557157)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-replacement-advice/557157 "2010-10-23T21:51:41Z")
My XBox 360 just crapped out. No RRoD or anything but it freezes up after about 5 minutes of use pretty much every time I turn it on. It’s not a overheating issue since I took the console out of the cabinet and ran it ic… --- ## [Mornington Crescent question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794 "2010-10-23T14:58:36Z")
Now that the Aldwych Station is open for tours to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Blitz, is it a legal play even though it isn’t a scheduled stop anymore? What line is it on, anyway? --- ## [Who's closer to a pennant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-closer-to-a-pennant/558072)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-closer-to-a-pennant/558072 "2010-10-23T13:05:35Z")
With the Rangers win in the ALCS, who’s closer to a pennant: the Nats or the M’s? I’d say Washington, with Strasberg and the JuCo kid they drafted. --- ## [Limbo (XBLA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limbo-xbla/547727)
**Author:** [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limbo-xbla/547727 "2010-10-23T12:54:45Z")
Well, the Summer of Arcade is upon us, and the first of five titles to be released is out: Limbo, a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer of sorts. It’s a very simple game; there are no items to collect, and the controls ar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=455)