# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=483 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 484 --- ## [Help me play my submarine simulator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-play-my-submarine-simulator/542055)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-play-my-submarine-simulator/542055 "2010-06-07T03:16:18Z")
I have got Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific, and am struggling to be any good at being a submarine commander. Even at the easiest difficulty settings, I’m really letting my crew down, almost always getting sunk befor… --- ## [How will Tiger do at the Memorial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-tiger-do-at-the-memorial/541643)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-tiger-do-at-the-memorial/541643 "2010-06-07T02:07:49Z")
Tiger has committed to play at this week’s tourney - 2 weeks before the US Open at Pebble. So far this season he has a T4, MC, and WD. What do you think he’ll do this week? I predict a top 5 finish, but no win. --- ## [Paul Finebaum now a national radio personality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-finebaum-now-a-national-radio-personality/542161)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-finebaum-now-a-national-radio-personality/542161 "2010-06-07T01:33:27Z")
If you have satellite radio you may now have access to what I’ve been listening to on streaming audio for the past few years. And now the talk topics have expanded beyond Alabama-Auburn and SEC commentary. Paul is now a … --- ## [The Feud: Alphabet Creatures by Rebo \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-alphabet-creatures-by-rebo-game-over/541776)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-alphabet-creatures-by-rebo-game-over/541776 "2010-06-07T00:11:55Z")
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 … --- ## [Lord of the Rings Online goes Free to Play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-online-goes-free-to-play/541960)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-online-goes-free-to-play/541960 "2010-06-06T21:50:49Z")
My heart did skip a beat when I first read this. Hopefully the standard of the game remains the same, but my experience with free MMORPGs doesn’t bode well. --- ## [Other Fantasy baseball.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-fantasy-baseball/534379)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-fantasy-baseball/534379 "2010-06-06T20:15:24Z")
I didn’t want to clutter up the SDMB league threads, so this is for independent teams. Anybody wanna critique my team, I’m not sure exactly how I feel about it, some of my picks were not siting well as I pressed the but… --- ## [All Points Bulletin pricing structure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-points-bulletin-pricing-structure/542010)
**Author:** [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-points-bulletin-pricing-structure/542010 "2010-06-06T19:29:32Z")
Inspired by the tread on LOTRO going free to play. I was wondering on Dopers views on the pricing structure of the upcoming APB. Alongside the regular $9.99 monthly sub (with discounts for 3 and 6 month bulk buys), you… --- ## [When does the next generation handheld consoles come out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-next-generation-handheld-consoles-come-out/542089)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-next-generation-handheld-consoles-come-out/542089 "2010-06-06T17:12:32Z")
I don’t mean re-designs of the current systems. It’s been a few years since the DS and the PSP came out and I’m wondering when the next ones will be arriving. I’m assuming Nintendo is working on the next “Gameboy”, so t… --- ## [I just bought Morrowind, and it won't run well. Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-morrowind-and-it-wont-run-well-help/541448)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-morrowind-and-it-wont-run-well-help/541448 "2010-06-06T04:41:43Z")
It seems my computer is too new for Morrowind. I just bought the GOTY edition at Half Price Books for $6; I figure it is finally time to play one of the most highly rated games of the past 10 years! Here are my stats: … --- ## [NBA Free agent collusion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-free-agent-collusion/541663)
**Author:** [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-free-agent-collusion/541663 "2010-06-06T03:19:12Z")
In an AP article I read earlier today, LeBron James talks about how he and many of the other top NBA Free Agents are going to sit down and discuss their future plans. How does this not appear to be collusion, and thus i… --- ## [Are there any good 'Star Trek' games besides the "Starfleet Command" series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-star-trek-games-besides-the-starfleet-command-series/541127)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-star-trek-games-besides-the-starfleet-command-series/541127 "2010-06-05T23:06:59Z")
Not that I have anything against Starfleet Command, but I was looking for something maybe online, or something I can play over the Innerwebs. But I’m also wondering if there’s a version I can customize my own ship. I r… --- ## [NBA finals !!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-finals/541888)
**Author:** [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-finals/541888 "2010-06-05T20:34:11Z")
LAKERS owned the Celtics. Game one - was all Lakers. Chris Rock gets a verbal smack from Phil Jackson. Awesome! Lakers are gonna take this in five. My prognostication. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Sims 3: Ambitions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-ambitions/539986)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-ambitions/539986 "2010-06-05T12:26:18Z")
Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFeiW1MJlw I cannot wait! World Adventures was one of the most funnest expansions ever and this looks like a hoot. I did not see a Rock Star career, though. And a sort of o… --- ## [MLB: Double play often missed at 2nd; umpires ignore. True? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-double-play-often-missed-at-2nd-umpires-ignore-true-why/541384)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-double-play-often-missed-at-2nd-umpires-ignore-true-why/541384 "2010-06-05T05:46:12Z")
Expanding on my telegrahic title: Watching MLB with a Tivo I have confirmed something I’ve thought for decades. Namely that when turning the standard 2nd-to-1st double play, the baseman working second will often pull h… --- ## [Hockey Face-Off Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-face-off-question/541719)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-face-off-question/541719 "2010-06-05T04:46:03Z")
In the second period of tonight’s Flyers-Blackhawks game, Chicago scored a goal immediately after a face-off with about 2:00 left in the period. The player from Chicago tapped the ice with his stick very quickly, then r… --- ## [Easy question...Starcraft 2 and Steam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-starcraft-2-and-steam/540193)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-starcraft-2-and-steam/540193 "2010-06-04T22:47:00Z")
This will probably be an easy question answered in record time. Does anyone know whether StarCraft 2 will be available on Steam, and if so when it will be released there? I haven’t been following StarCraft 2 very much,… --- ## [Do NBA players shower at half time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863 "2010-06-04T20:57:10Z")
Is there time for NBA players to shower at half time? (provided, of course, that they played enough minutes to break a sweat.) Or do they all just have to sit around and listen to the coach bitch about their not getting… --- ## [No Indy 500 thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-indy-500-thread/541315)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-indy-500-thread/541315 "2010-06-04T16:44:48Z")
Wow. I remember as a kid this race was HUGE. I don’t know why it doesn’t seem that way anymore. Maybe it is the ESPN coverage with the “side by side” nonsense that makes it seem like just another race. Maybe I’m gett… --- ## [19th perfect game in history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-perfect-game-in-history/538842)
**Author:** [@Eggerhaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggerhaus)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-perfect-game-in-history/538842 "2010-06-04T15:50:22Z")
Dallas Braden of the A’s just pitched the 19th perfect game in MLB history. Gotta love baseball…the only game where the defense controls the ball and the only game where a perfect game is when nothing happens.:smiley: --- ## [The Feud: The Eyes Have It by notfrommensa \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-eyes-have-it-by-notfrommensa-game-over/541497)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-eyes-have-it-by-notfrommensa-game-over/541497 "2010-06-04T15:47:53Z")
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 … --- ## [Ken Griffey Jr. Retires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-griffey-jr-retires/541712)
**Author:** [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-griffey-jr-retires/541712 "2010-06-04T14:27:16Z")
Looks the Kid is hanging up his hat. Better for him to go out on his own terms than getting cut by the Mariners. I don’t see how he won’t make Cooperstown on his first ballot, but stranger things have happened. I reme… --- ## [Neophyte wanting to build a gaming PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neophyte-wanting-to-build-a-gaming-pc/540703)
**Author:** [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neophyte-wanting-to-build-a-gaming-pc/540703 "2010-06-04T13:37:30Z")
Hey, Dopers. I’ve asked this question on a more specialized board as well, but I figured I’d take advantage of the caliber of SDMB posters and ask here as well. I wasn’t sure whether this fit better in the General Ques… --- ## [EVE Players (especially industrialists) -- what do you look for in a corporation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-players-especially-industrialists-what-do-you-look-for-in-a-corporation/541653)
**Author:** [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-players-especially-industrialists-what-do-you-look-for-in-a-corporation/541653 "2010-06-04T13:30:22Z")
I’ve got a fairly high-end Orca/Obelisk pilot in EVE Online, and one of my friends has a near max level researcher/industrialist. In theory this is a great core around which to build a mining corporation, right? What’s… --- ## [Puzzle: Bizarro World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-bizarro-world/540983)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-bizarro-world/540983 "2010-06-04T12:12:55Z")
You are imprisoned in a dark dank dungeon. Most of what little light there is comes from a dim yellow bulb high overhead. It is always lit. There is a small CD-sized circular window that looks out onto a concrete courtya… --- ## [Baseball: To slide or not to slide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-to-slide-or-not-to-slide/541032)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-to-slide-or-not-to-slide/541032 "2010-06-04T08:23:42Z")
I played some softball tonight. I know that it is verboten to slide into first as a rule of thumb. For some reason, though, it seems that it would be faster to slide into a base than to run head on into it. Thoughts? Op… --- ## [Baseball: Is Manny Ramirez the worst fielder you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-manny-ramirez-the-worst-fielder-youve-ever-seen/540368)
**Author:** [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-manny-ramirez-the-worst-fielder-youve-ever-seen/540368 "2010-06-04T02:43:49Z")
Admittedly, I don’t watch a lot of Dodgers games, but the performance I saw last night when my Tigers visited LA was almost comical. He straight up missed balls, jogged slowly to pick up hits (causing a bloop single to … --- ## [Can an online poker player be good at the table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-online-poker-player-be-good-at-the-table/541696)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-online-poker-player-be-good-at-the-table/541696 "2010-06-03T19:06:18Z")
I was watching NBC’s “Poker After Dark,” where one of the players was a person who originally played online. I didn’t see the whole show, so I don’t know how well he did. So, I want to know how well online poker skills … --- ## [More GemCraft you say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-gemcraft-you-say/541551)
**Author:** [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-gemcraft-you-say/541551 "2010-06-03T16:18:54Z")
From www.gameinabottle.com - emphasis mine: \[QUOTE=GameInABottle\] We’ll relaunch our site on 01 July 2010. At the same time we’ll close the Arcade Lounge. There will be a new developer blog giving you more insight, an… --- ## [Are you wiser than a 5th grader?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wiser-than-a-5th-grader/540175)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wiser-than-a-5th-grader/540175 "2010-06-03T16:12:23Z")
not sure where to put this, so for the moment let’s just make it a game of listing questions like the above. questions that would distinguish the grownups and the 10-year-olds. they should be easily understood questions… --- ## [MLB: May 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2010/538025)
**Author:** [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2010/538025 "2010-06-03T14:29:29Z")
Well, the Jays lost yesterday 4-3 to Oakland. But at least I was there with my wife, my parents, my grandparents and my brother. And I saw Oakland catcher Josh Donaldson hit his first major league homer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=484)