# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=50 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 51 --- ## [Football Season is Around the Corner (Cheat Sheet Question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-season-is-around-the-corner-cheat-sheet-question/969906)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-season-is-around-the-corner-cheat-sheet-question/969906 "2022-08-19T03:25:55Z")
Draft night approacheth! I play in a standard PPR fantasy football league and put a lot of faith in cheat sheets you can download from places like ESPN or Sporting News. Is there any specific free cheat sheet you think i… --- ## [Little League World Series player suffers serious head injury falling out of his bunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795 "2022-08-19T00:07:35Z")
Snow Canyon player Easton Oliverson from Utah, 12 years old, suffered a serious head injury that required emergency surgery when he fell out of the top bunk of his bed while he was sleeping. Oliverson, a pitcher and o… --- ## [Finally got my poor character back but wow is EQ dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-got-my-poor-character-back-but-wow-is-eq-dead/969594)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-got-my-poor-character-back-but-wow-is-eq-dead/969594 "2022-08-16T22:02:07Z")
as i stated a while back here I had an attempt to get my main character back Well I was bored and since I have a brand spanking new PC I figured id try again and it was successful this time and other than a few technic… --- ## [NFL vs MLB standings charts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-vs-mlb-standings-charts/969697)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-vs-mlb-standings-charts/969697 "2022-08-15T17:12:57Z")
When I Google the NFL standings they show the points for and against in each team’s stats. But they don’t do that for the MLB standings. Any particular reason? --- ## [Great fighters we lost too soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fighters-we-lost-too-soon/969526)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fighters-we-lost-too-soon/969526 "2022-08-15T16:49:38Z")
Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the death of Salvador Sanchez. This made me think about what other great fighters died too young. What fighters do you think we lost too soon? --- ## [What % of sold D&D games do you figure never got played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-sold-d-d-games-do-you-figure-never-got-played/969604)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-sold-d-d-games-do-you-figure-never-got-played/969604 "2022-08-15T06:31:56Z")
D&D has been around since I was a kid but I’ve always wondered, since the game is really not your typical “Hey, let’s pull out a board game and play for a couple hours”, and people unfamiliar with don’t understand its no… --- ## [Are roleplaying games a cool new technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-roleplaying-games-a-cool-new-technology/969476)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-roleplaying-games-a-cool-new-technology/969476 "2022-08-14T21:46:54Z")
Continuing the discussion from D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer)): One line stood out to me: I wonder whether roleplaying games are more fun… --- ## [Video Card market stabilizing; anything worth buying yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-market-stabilizing-anything-worth-buying-yet/963343)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-market-stabilizing-anything-worth-buying-yet/963343 "2022-08-13T20:58:38Z")
The floor fell out from beneath crypto mining when China outlawed it. Worldwide shortages from the pandemic are gradually easing. Prices have started normalizing. I’m wondering if they’ve already plateaued. I’ve been wa… --- ## [Abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsome geometries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-non-euclidean-and-loathsome-geometries/969561)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-non-euclidean-and-loathsome-geometries/969561 "2022-08-12T15:14:44Z")
There were quite a few geometry visualizations, tools, and games developed in the 1990s, including at the University of Minnesota Geometry Center http://www.geom.uiuc.edu as well as by random developers who simply felt… --- ## [Anthem Video Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthem-video-game/825637)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthem-video-game/825637 "2022-08-12T04:24:04Z")
A buddy of mine recently got an invite to play the alpha of Anthem. Since I hadn’t heard anything about the game before, I hopped on YouTube and…whoa (Keanu Reeves). It’s an open world game. Not sure what the entire back… --- ## [Trainstation 2 - a fun mobile app of acquiring and dispatching trains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trainstation-2-a-fun-mobile-app-of-acquiring-and-dispatching-trains/969529)
**Author:** [@jadielyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jadielyn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trainstation-2-a-fun-mobile-app-of-acquiring-and-dispatching-trains/969529 "2022-08-12T04:09:52Z")
If anyone fondly remembers the days of model railroads is looking for a new mobile time-waster, this free-to-play Android/iOS app is worth considering. Basic gameplay is dispatching trains to gather materials and delive… --- ## [NFL Offseason 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 495\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634 "2022-08-10T20:15:41Z")
Here’s an omnibus thread for NFL off-season news. I assume we will have a separate thread for the draft. I guess we found out what Calvin Ridley’s personal issue was: betting on games. He gets an indefinite suspension a… --- ## [Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves 8/9/22 game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-sox-vs-atlanta-braves-8-9-22-game/969399)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-sox-vs-atlanta-braves-8-9-22-game/969399 "2022-08-10T02:31:36Z")
I was dozing off with the game showing on tv, and woke up, and thought, wth is wrong with that guy’s face?? I don’t know his name, but he looked like he was wearing some kind of full-face mask. Who was he, and what is … --- ## [What's Going On In This Soccer Sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-soccer-sequence/969246)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-soccer-sequence/969246 "2022-08-10T07:43:59Z")
Note that the Orlando player (in purple) just … lays down behind his teammates even as the play is taking shape. He remains on the ground until the ball has left his opponent’s foot. Is there some strategic reason for hi… --- ## [I'm having an issue with Xcom the long war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328 "2022-08-09T14:07:34Z")
If you haven’t tried this mod, do so! Beating the regular game on the hardest difficulty they call ‘the tutorial’ for The Long War! Anyways…the issue One of my best soldiers is named DeSantis (names are assigned rando… --- ## [What is the most football-obsessed nation in the world? (soccer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-football-obsessed-nation-in-the-world-soccer/968962)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-football-obsessed-nation-in-the-world-soccer/968962 "2022-08-09T07:52:11Z")
After watching the Euros last year and this year, my (ignorant) American impression is that it would be a tie between England, Brazil and Mexico. Germany, Argentina, Italy and Spain might come in close second? --- ## [Why does MLB delay/postpone games more often than the NFL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mlb-delay-postpone-games-more-often-than-the-nfl/969270)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mlb-delay-postpone-games-more-often-than-the-nfl/969270 "2022-08-09T02:30:51Z")
Baseball games get delayed/postponed due to rain fairly often. In my experience, football games rarely get cancelled due to inclement weather. It seems snow would be harder on the players than rain. Why the different … --- ## [Observations from watching Game 4 of the 1987 NBA finals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-from-watching-game-4-of-the-1987-nba-finals/969332)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-from-watching-game-4-of-the-1987-nba-finals/969332 "2022-08-09T00:10:52Z")
Watching a rerun from 35 years ago… (and most amazingly) there was a play where the refs disagreed on which team knocked the ball out of bounds, so they called a jump ball. Very few 3 point attempts. At one point Ainge… --- ## [Financial Modeling World Cup (MS Excel eSports)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-modeling-world-cup-ms-excel-esports/969244)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-modeling-world-cup-ms-excel-esports/969244 "2022-08-08T12:42:15Z")
My wife just turned on ESPN2. We caught the last 30 seconds of a tabletop hockey championship. And now, Excel eSports. I didn’t know this was a thing. I was ok with not knowing this was a thing. Yet I’ve put my newspaper… --- ## [MLB Rule: Trapped Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-rule-trapped-ball/968886)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-rule-trapped-ball/968886 "2022-08-08T02:31:00Z")
I was Goggling the MLB’s definition and rule on Trap Balls. It seems when a ball is tossed to 1st base as a grounder AND if the baseman “catches” it with the glove down, it is a trap ball and not a true catch. Even if hi… --- ## [Baseball: Is the Official Score Keeper Biased?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-official-score-keeper-biased/968830)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-official-score-keeper-biased/968830 "2022-08-07T13:33:23Z")
The day before in the Orioles vs Tampa Bay\* game, Trey Mancini was credited with an in the park homerun. This was only possible because the outfielder lost the ball in the sun. (This was a day game.) No error was scored … --- ## [NBA legend Bill Russell has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878 "2022-08-05T05:55:13Z")
One of the greatest ever to play three game has died. He was 88. Rest In Peace, Bill. --- ## [Vin Scully now calling the game up high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-now-calling-the-game-up-high/968999)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-now-calling-the-game-up-high/968999 "2022-08-04T22:53:42Z")
Best baseball announcer ever. --- ## [If you're a good athlete, is it better to stick with the same team your whole career, or play for multiple teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-good-athlete-is-it-better-to-stick-with-the-same-team-your-whole-career-or-play-for-multiple-teams/968986)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-good-athlete-is-it-better-to-stick-with-the-same-team-your-whole-career-or-play-for-multiple-teams/968986 "2022-08-04T21:15:52Z")
Say you’re an athlete who is good enough to be a starter on any team - one of the top 20 players in the league, on par with LeBron, Gretzky or Messi. ISTM you’re better off playing for, say, 3 teams in your career rathe… --- ## [Who is the best sports announcer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-best-sports-announcer/956250)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-best-sports-announcer/956250 "2022-08-04T01:23:18Z")
I was thinking about sports for no particular reason, and it occurred to me you do not often see sports announcers quote poetry or literature in a learned way. That’s fine - better they know the ins and outs of the game… --- ## [Examples of when trading a star for prospects / draft picks worked out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-when-trading-a-star-for-prospects-draft-picks-worked-out/968995)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-when-trading-a-star-for-prospects-draft-picks-worked-out/968995 "2022-08-03T17:06:24Z")
Today was the trading deadline in MLB, and various trades were made. This included one for Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals to the San Diego Padres. Whenever a trade like this is made, I can’t help but think t… --- ## [Help me with premier league fantasy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-premier-league-fantasy/969024)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-premier-league-fantasy/969024 "2022-08-03T13:40:52Z")
I’m going to be playing two leagues this year with friends from work, it’s strictly for fun as fantasy sports for money is absolutely forbidden at my job. One league is a traditional league, so I assume it’s like playin… --- ## [Anyone have MultiVersus on their radar? (Smash Bros.-style online brawler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-multiversus-on-their-radar-smash-bros-style-online-brawler/968974)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-multiversus-on-their-radar-smash-bros-style-online-brawler/968974 "2022-08-02T15:27:31Z")
There have been a string of failed Smash Bros. clones over the years, and I don’t think I enjoyed any of them. MultiVersus (launch trailer | subreddit) may be the first one that I think will go the distance. It’s owned … --- ## [Board Games for non\[yet\]-readers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-for-non-yet-readers/968043)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-for-non-yet-readers/968043 "2022-08-02T08:19:54Z")
Hey, guys-- I haven’t been around in a while, because I’ve been busy, and haven’t been online much at all. But I need some advice, and I can’t think of a better place. I’m being asked to start a “specials” program for t… --- ## [MLB: July 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252 "2022-07-31T21:40:07Z")
As always, July 1 means Bobby Bonilla day! The trade deadline this season won’t be until August 2, but we could see fire sales happening sooner, the Cubs and Nationals dismantling last year was painful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=51)