# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=467 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 468 --- ## [TRUE fan interference -- is this good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fan-interference-is-this-good-or-bad/551310)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fan-interference-is-this-good-or-bad/551310 "2010-08-27T03:35:06Z")
During a recent golf tournament, Juli Inkster violated a rule by using a weight on her golf club during practice swings to stay loose during a break in the action – story here. Apparently, this violation warrants a disqu… --- ## [stupid sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338)
**Author:** [@kodabear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kodabear)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338 "2010-08-27T00:26:09Z")
It is amazing what people consider sports --- ## [Little League World Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series/551015)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series/551015 "2010-08-26T08:51:12Z")
Just flipping through channels and saw this on ESPN. If you’re from Georgia or California or Japan or Taipei or Mexico, to make it to the finals you’ve proven that you are exceptional and you have beaten some really goo… --- ## [NFL on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-on-the-internet/551441)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-on-the-internet/551441 "2010-08-26T03:46:26Z")
MLB.tv is a fantastic package - for ~$100, you can watch every single MLB game online and on mobile devices. I didn’t get it this year, but am thinking about it for next year. Is there a similar program for the NFL? I l… --- ## [High DPI gaming mice and windows/game sensitivity settings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dpi-gaming-mice-and-windows-game-sensitivity-settings/551414)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dpi-gaming-mice-and-windows-game-sensitivity-settings/551414 "2010-08-26T02:48:15Z")
I’m hoping there are some hard-core gamers lurking in this subforum that might know the answer to this. I recently bought a mouse with a high dpi setting (roccat kova). I want it set on its highest so that I am (I as… --- ## [Brain Teasers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-teasers/548065)
**Author:** [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-teasers/548065 "2010-08-26T01:45:34Z")
The day before yesterday, Johnny was 9 years old. Next year, he’ll be 12. How can this be? After a power surge disrupted all the electronic devices in Brian’s house, he had to go over to Amy’s to find out what tim… --- ## [Golf in Myrtle Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-myrtle-beach/550620)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-myrtle-beach/550620 "2010-08-25T23:03:09Z")
I’m going to Myrtle Beach for five days next week. My father lives in North Myrtle and my daughter and I will be staying with them. I’ll get at least one chance to get out and play a round. Since I haven’t played golf… --- ## [Hiking/running/biking deathmarches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-running-biking-deathmarches/551185)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-running-biking-deathmarches/551185 "2010-08-25T20:11:20Z")
I guess Game Room is appropriate for this. This weekend I hiked/trail ran a Pemi Loop; 31.5 miles and 9,000 feet of elevation gain in 12:44:33. It was my first time doing this and although I’m not walking very sprightl… --- ## [If "So & So" Married "So & So" Game (From "Laugh-In")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-so-so-married-so-so-game-from-laugh-in/550339)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-so-so-married-so-so-game-from-laugh-in/550339 "2010-08-25T11:08:27Z")
In the 60s the show Laugh-In used to have a comedy bit where they’d say something like: And my favourite: I was just thinking if anyone could do this with present day celebrities. I am not up to date on who’s in so … --- ## [Starcrafters! League ranking question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starcrafters-league-ranking-question/551135)
**Author:** [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starcrafters-league-ranking-question/551135 "2010-08-25T01:08:38Z")
Well, not so much a question as a request for an explanation of the whole thing! I wasn’t really sure what was going on initially. Then I noticed that accounts had a balance of points. More points == higher ranking in y… --- ## [Charlotte Pub Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-pub-trivia/541689)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-pub-trivia/541689 "2010-08-24T20:08:13Z")
I’m sticking this in MPSIMS first, since this is where I see most of the other Charlotte area dopers hanging out. Would the mods mind letting this stay here for a day or two, before moving it to The Game Room? Who’s in… --- ## [Vista issue running a game in a window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-issue-running-a-game-in-a-window/550636)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-issue-running-a-game-in-a-window/550636 "2010-08-24T18:01:02Z")
I recently did a full system upgrade. I often like to play certain turn-based games where I can surf the net while the AI does their turns in the background. In the past I would merely have to toggle on “windowed” mode… --- ## [Let's say you wanted to open up a bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722)
**Author:** [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722 "2010-08-24T15:56:12Z")
and you wanted to give it a nerdy name that would appeal mainly to video gamers, what name would you use? So far the best 2 I can come up with are “The Secret Level” and “The Warp Zone”. Thoughts? --- ## [Who's Been ( the most) Everywhere,Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-been-the-most-everywhere-man/447698)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-been-the-most-everywhere-man/447698 "2010-08-24T15:04:47Z")
Here is the list of places from the (N.American version) of the song List the places you have been from the song. The place that the Wiki link takes you to will be used as the place to score a point.In the cases that… --- ## [Fantasy football help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-help/550979)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-help/550979 "2010-08-23T17:28:16Z")
I’ve been talked into joining a fantasy football league. I’m a casual fan at best. I like watching the games, and I follow the Redskins, but I’m not an expert by any means. It doesn’t help that I often work Sundays. That… --- ## [Watching tennis on TV the nets seem to droop in the middle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-tennis-on-tv-the-nets-seem-to-droop-in-the-middle/550948)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-tennis-on-tv-the-nets-seem-to-droop-in-the-middle/550948 "2010-08-23T16:55:16Z")
is it supposed to be lower in the middle or is it magic of TV camera angles --- ## [Best online time wasters to play at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-online-time-wasters-to-play-at-work/550913)
**Author:** [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-online-time-wasters-to-play-at-work/550913 "2010-08-23T16:19:27Z")
I find there are certain desirable qualities in games/time wasters to play while at work. Helpful qualities include: \[ul\] \[li\]Not dependent upon sound\[/li\]\[li\]Playable in short bursts\[/li\]\[li\]Don’t involve a lot of mo… --- ## [Id this Sports Illustrated (?) photographer: Tyson-Berbick fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sports-illustrated-photographer-tyson-berbick-fight/551160)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sports-illustrated-photographer-tyson-berbick-fight/551160 "2010-08-23T16:16:53Z")
Bert Randolph Sugar usually has some pithy comments about the participants in fights he reviews. In Tyson-Berbick, he said something to the effect, “Berbick’s best punch of the night was \[as he was falling to the canvas… --- ## [Tell me about your opposite self](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-opposite-self/550787)
**Author:** [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-opposite-self/550787 "2010-08-23T13:33:01Z")
I shot the Sheriff but I did not shoot the Deputy. I once shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. --- ## [An Auburn fan called my daughter ugly, then pissed in my gas tank...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-auburn-fan-called-my-daughter-ugly-then-pissed-in-my-gas-tank/549834)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-auburn-fan-called-my-daughter-ugly-then-pissed-in-my-gas-tank/549834 "2010-08-23T12:04:24Z")
…before slapping my grandma and running over my dog! If you ever peruse the various college sports (especially football) forums scattered about the net, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Some schmuck will post a… --- ## [Ps3 finally hacked?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855)
**Author:** [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855 "2010-08-23T11:01:31Z")
Seems like it! If so, happy days! Finally there might be some justification for the purchase of this games devoid, sluggishly loading, glorified doorstop! :smiley: Disclaimer: Sablicious does under no circumstances en… --- ## [SDMB College Football Pick'em](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-pickem/551109)
**Author:** [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-pickem/551109 "2010-08-23T02:12:49Z")
Any interest? --- ## [What bosses would be your top "wake up" bosses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bosses-would-be-your-top-wake-up-bosses/550667)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bosses-would-be-your-top-wake-up-bosses/550667 "2010-08-22T20:37:15Z")
Today’s top 10 list at Gamefaqs is “wake up bosses”, bosses that come along and are difficult. They wake you up from your lazy gameplay and force you to get your act together and try harder. Their list is: Murai - Nin… --- ## [Other than WoW, is subscription play worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-wow-is-subscription-play-worth-it/550593)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-wow-is-subscription-play-worth-it/550593 "2010-08-22T15:46:52Z")
I have yet to try a subscription model MMORPG. Imho, if they charge monthly, the game should be free…if they charge for the game, online play should be free. Besides WoW, has any game manufacturer created a game worth t… --- ## [Should Corey Pavin pick Tiger for the Ryder Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-corey-pavin-pick-tiger-for-the-ryder-cup/550428)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-corey-pavin-pick-tiger-for-the-ryder-cup/550428 "2010-08-22T04:15:29Z")
The top 8 qualifiers for the 2010 Ryder Cup was finally determined this past weekend. Tiger Woods was not one of them, in fact he was a distant 12th on the list. However, Woods can get a spot on the team because Captai… --- ## [Its.....the Wrestling Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-wrestling-thread/550483)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-wrestling-thread/550483 "2010-08-22T03:43:14Z")
I know from off-hand comments that I’m not the only person on this board who watches Professional Wrestling (yes, I know it’s scripted, threadshit elsewhere), so I thought I’d start a catch-all Cafe thread for discussion… --- ## [Do you believe Lance Armstrong, that he didn't dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-lance-armstrong-that-he-didnt-dope/550828)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-lance-armstrong-that-he-didnt-dope/550828 "2010-08-21T17:56:34Z")
I don’t. I think he’s guilty as sin. I don’t know that he doped (especially since I’m not an expert nor am I even remotely connected to the issue), but I very strongly suspect it, as a lay observer of professional cycl… --- ## [Donkey Kong (and Jr.) Record holder - Billy Mitchell...again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-and-jr-record-holder-billy-mitchell-again/549912)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-and-jr-record-holder-billy-mitchell-again/549912 "2010-08-21T04:57:33Z")
Yep, he has reclaimed the DK record. 1,062,800 for Donkey Kong. Have to give him credit, he is good at that game. Read about it here Thoughts? --- ## [Tournament Poker Strategy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tournament-poker-strategy/550627)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tournament-poker-strategy/550627 "2010-08-20T22:41:31Z")
We’ve done a bunch of threads about strategies within hands, but this is a thread about an overall strategy. I play four free tournaments a week at local pubs. It starts with usually 30-40 people. These people general… --- ## [Roger Clemens indicted for steroid perjury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-clemens-indicted-for-steroid-perjury/550769)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-clemens-indicted-for-steroid-perjury/550769 "2010-08-20T21:24:23Z")
So saith the New York Times. He joins Barry Bonds. No doubt some find investigations like this a waste of government time all around. But lying to grand juries and Congressional committees is vigorously frowned on rega… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=468)