# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=480 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 481 --- ## [World Cup / Fifa, ever pull goalie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-fifa-ever-pull-goalie/543646)
**Author:** [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-fifa-ever-pull-goalie/543646 "2010-06-18T18:32:50Z")
Ala hockey, ever pull goalie to even score or win? Famous examples? --- ## [The Feud: Ensemble Comedies by Wheelz \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ensemble-comedies-by-wheelz-game-over/543331)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ensemble-comedies-by-wheelz-game-over/543331 "2010-06-18T18:11:58Z")
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 … --- ## [Why did Kobe Bryant change his number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-kobe-bryant-change-his-number/543642)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-kobe-bryant-change-his-number/543642 "2010-06-18T16:00:12Z")
Always wondered… just never asked. Anyone know? --- ## [American College Football: Pre-season vs. Post-season Rankings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-college-football-pre-season-vs-post-season-rankings/540366)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-college-football-pre-season-vs-post-season-rankings/540366 "2010-06-18T12:14:37Z")
Do you know of a service, a website, or a publication that has historical analysis of these measures of football programs’ strengths? So far, the best I have found is Preseason Prediction Accuracy (1993-2009) Last year… --- ## [Can the United States win the World Cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-united-states-win-the-world-cup/542708)
**Author:** [@arwor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arwor)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-united-states-win-the-world-cup/542708 "2010-06-17T22:47:51Z")
Of course, it can’t. --- ## [The Feud: It's a Disaster! by MsWhatsit (game over)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804 "2010-06-17T22:22:09Z")
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 … --- ## [What Conference (if any) should Notre Dame Join?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-conference-if-any-should-notre-dame-join/542936)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-conference-if-any-should-notre-dame-join/542936 "2010-06-17T21:16:57Z")
Changes are in the air for many major college football teams. So far, Notre Dame has not done anything and if they do (or do not) join a football conference has implications to the rest of the Conferences. What should … --- ## [Total Soccer Noob: Rules & Halp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-soccer-noob-rules-halp/543498)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-soccer-noob-rules-halp/543498 "2010-06-17T17:15:28Z")
Hey. I was a really active, fit, and athletic type when I was younger until semi-recently. Now I’m disgusted with myself and am desperately looking for an activity to play. Any activity will do. A buddy of mine plays… --- ## [In which I awaken an ancient evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-awaken-an-ancient-evil/542604)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-awaken-an-ancient-evil/542604 "2010-06-17T15:24:09Z")
I would love to weave a Sampiro worthy narrative around this, but it’s just not in my skillset. So you get the tech journal version. Sorry. My 14yo son and 11yo daughter and I were discussing video games earlier and t… --- ## [Why is the Big 12 Conference falling apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-big-12-conference-falling-apart/542909)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-big-12-conference-falling-apart/542909 "2010-06-17T04:05:32Z")
Howdy! I like college football and basketball and find the current news of the breakup of the Big 12 Conference. Colorado goes to the PAC 10, with Texas, A&M, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State possibly following. Nebraska wil… --- ## [Racquet sports enthusiasts - I'm taking up tennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racquet-sports-enthusiasts-im-taking-up-tennis/543287)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racquet-sports-enthusiasts-im-taking-up-tennis/543287 "2010-06-17T01:41:48Z")
I won a pair of high-end tennis racquets. I’m a fan of the sport, but I don’t play. I can play squash and used to play competitive badminton (for those of you who have only batted the birdie back and forth on the beach, … --- ## [Jabulani - will the new world cup soccer ball cause celebration or sadness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabulani-will-the-new-world-cup-soccer-ball-cause-celebration-or-sadness/542567)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabulani-will-the-new-world-cup-soccer-ball-cause-celebration-or-sadness/542567 "2010-06-16T16:42:18Z")
So what’s the deal with the latest World Cup soccer ball? I didn’t even know there was a controversy until I see the Los Angeles Times this morning: The World Cup’s ball of confusion By Kevin Baxter June 8, 2010 | 10:1… --- ## [Give me good droid apps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-good-droid-apps/538814)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-good-droid-apps/538814 "2010-06-16T16:36:37Z")
Ok , so I finally broke down and upgraded to the shiny new world. Since it is simply no longer possible to get a phone that is simply a device to make calls, when mine finally gave up the ghost I went whole hog and got a… --- ## [Fun with Babelfish!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-babelfish/542830)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-babelfish/542830 "2010-06-16T16:00:29Z")
The rules: Go to the Babelfish online translator. Enter the phrase given by the previous poster and translate it from English to any language of your choice. Copy and paste the results back into the translator and con… --- ## [How do you split your time watching NCAA Football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-split-your-time-watching-ncaa-football/543132)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-split-your-time-watching-ncaa-football/543132 "2010-06-16T14:39:16Z")
Another thread has raised the issue of game time scheduling. Perhaps someone else will take this poll as a starting point to investigate further. The options are simple. From 0% to 100% in 10% increments, what part of y… --- ## [Argh. I'm through with the Xbox 360.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-im-through-with-the-xbox-360/541600)
**Author:** [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-im-through-with-the-xbox-360/541600 "2010-06-16T14:16:19Z")
My second 360 just red ringed. I’m so pissed. Why do we (the consumers) put up with this thing? It’s such a piece of crap. If I’m able to, I’m gonna take it back to Gamestop and see if they can replace it (I bought a wa… --- ## [Pre-Poll Data Gathering: Football/Soccer/Rugby/etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-football-soccer-rugby-etc/543297)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-football-soccer-rugby-etc/543297 "2010-06-16T14:04:59Z")
If there’s already been a poll on the issue just ignore this and point me to it, please. The furor over the racket at the World’s Cup and the ensuing argument about the value of soccer as compared with football has sugg… --- ## [Allowing a thoroughly defeated opponent to score a consolation point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-a-thoroughly-defeated-opponent-to-score-a-consolation-point/542914)
**Author:** [@FrobozzWiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrobozzWiz)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-a-thoroughly-defeated-opponent-to-score-a-consolation-point/542914 "2010-06-16T06:26:18Z")
I was having a discussion with a friend last night where I suggested that it was a common practice in sports for a team that is badly outplaying their opponents to allow them to score a goal in the last few minutes of pl… --- ## [Another two reasons I hate Steam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-two-reasons-i-hate-steam/543272)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-two-reasons-i-hate-steam/543272 "2010-06-16T06:10:39Z")
I hate Steam. For a while now, Steam has been downloading something called “Portal: First Slice.” As I understand it, this is a demo version of the original Portal. I have the original Portal. I didn’t ask Valve to sta… --- ## [Baseball - Long Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-long-pants/543158)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-long-pants/543158 "2010-06-16T02:48:42Z")
This probably has a factual answer or it may actually be debated, (there’s also the real possibility that this has already been answered in some thread somewhere … but I digress); however I figure the Game Room is the be… --- ## [Is there a good American football game online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790 "2010-06-16T01:54:51Z")
That’s the question. Is there a good American football game online? I have played Tecmo Bowl, but I can always beat it. Then there are the QB games where one throws the ball to receivers. pretty boring. I would just … --- ## [What annoys you about Multiplayer/Online First-Person-Shooter games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-annoys-you-about-multiplayer-online-first-person-shooter-games/541762)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-annoys-you-about-multiplayer-online-first-person-shooter-games/541762 "2010-06-16T01:14:47Z")
Games like COD4, COD MW2, BF BC2 and so on. I had an idea to post this while I was watching youtube videos. I wanted to list my own frustrations and I also wanted to know what other people’s were, and if they shared mi… --- ## [Soccer/Football fans: is "halfcourt" soccer/football ever played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-fans-is-halfcourt-soccer-football-ever-played/543133)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-fans-is-halfcourt-soccer-football-ever-played/543133 "2010-06-15T23:47:00Z")
I’m talking about a form of street football that would be mostly played among youth just horsing around and having fun. You could play it in a smallish field with some kind of ad hoc goal set up (t-shirts, chairs, etc.).… --- ## [Time for USC to pay the piper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-usc-to-pay-the-piper/542624)
**Author:** [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-usc-to-pay-the-piper/542624 "2010-06-15T22:55:11Z")
LA Times is reporting anonymous sources saying a 2 year bowl ban and loss of 20 scholarships will be forthcoming. --- ## [E3 -- Anyone else going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e3-anyone-else-going/543105)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e3-anyone-else-going/543105 "2010-06-15T18:37:07Z")
I’ll mostly be wandering around the show floor to research new titles, which should be a nice change from last year when I spent almost the entire show trapped in the Sony booth doing demos. I’ve been almost every year … --- ## [Any Farmville players here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-farmville-players-here/542975)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-farmville-players-here/542975 "2010-06-15T13:46:02Z")
Anyone play Farmville here? I do. I’m at level 42 and I’ve been enjoying the game since last fall. I really enjoy this game since it allows me to choose how involved I want to be. I can plant 4 day crops and basically no… --- ## [The Reply is a Grateful Dead Lyric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672 "2010-06-15T02:24:25Z")
Covers count (Watchtower, El Paso, etc.). Well, me and my uncle went ridin’ down South Colorado, West Texas bound. We Stopped over in Santa Fe, That bein’ the point just about halfway, And you know it was the hottes… --- ## [Mages of the Caribbean--or, a White Wolf game of pirates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mages-of-the-caribbean-or-a-white-wolf-game-of-pirates/543076)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mages-of-the-caribbean-or-a-white-wolf-game-of-pirates/543076 "2010-06-15T00:27:20Z")
I haven’t run a RPG in many years, to my dismay–it was once one of the great joys of my life. Next month I’m thinking of starting back up the the titular idea, and I was wondering if folks here would want to be my sound… --- ## [SDMB Bridge League - who/when/where/what](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bridge-league-who-when-where-what/540076)
**Author:** [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bridge-league-who-when-where-what/540076 "2010-06-15T00:14:51Z")
I rudely hijacked this thread (sorry dougie\_monty) to see if there was any interest among dopers in getting together for a regularly occurring bridge game. It looks like there should be enough of us interested to get at… --- ## [NFL question about penalties and the clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-question-about-penalties-and-the-clock/543196)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-question-about-penalties-and-the-clock/543196 "2010-06-14T22:25:21Z")
If you are running out of time and it is like in the last minute of the 4th and you have no time outs could you just go offsides on purpose to stop the clock? Maybe it wouldn’t always be the best depending on the yardag… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=479) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=481)