# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=511 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 512 --- ## [Phantom Shot, or how everyone can look bad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-shot-or-how-everyone-can-look-bad/524439)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-shot-or-how-everyone-can-look-bad/524439 "2010-01-11T02:44:05Z")
Ball doesn’t go in, but everyone thinks it does. The funny thing is, the guy who takes it out of bounds isn’t the only guy who makes the mistake. EVERYONE else does; they all start heading up court, or get into position… --- ## [NCAA reversing calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-reversing-calls/524381)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-reversing-calls/524381 "2010-01-11T01:50:40Z")
Does the NCAA have a record of reversing or changing the results of basketball games when a protest is filed? Or ordering replays? Assume that the refs made a really bad or highly questionable call which resulted changin… --- ## [Microsoft Flight Sim 2002 Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-flight-sim-2002-help/524310)
**Author:** [@Hentzau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentzau)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-flight-sim-2002-help/524310 "2010-01-10T14:50:39Z")
Okay, I’ve been trying to get the MS website to tell me this, but it wants my product ID number to determine if they need to charge me for the answer to a question. When I go to the website to find out where this number… --- ## [Travels of a CareBear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travels-of-a-carebear/524365)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travels-of-a-carebear/524365 "2010-01-10T04:58:21Z")
I am very confused … somehow this little EVE Online carebear has ended up in 0.0 space … and I am still alive :confused: I have carved myself a niche as a miner in a PVP alliance in Fade, and I seem to be some sort of m… --- ## [Texas Tech suspends Coach Mike Leach indefinitely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906 "2010-01-09T23:37:00Z")
I did not see another thread on this, if I missed it, mods please lock this one. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/12/28/ttu-leach.ap/index.html The suspension is a result of a complaint from Adam Jam… --- ## [College Football Bowl Season, Bowl Pool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733 "2010-01-09T23:17:30Z")
The regular season is basically over except for the Army-Navy game this weekend, and the bowl season deserves it own thread. Here is a link to the November-Early December thread Just wondering if there is any interest a… --- ## [My thoughts on Metal Gear Solid 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-metal-gear-solid-4/522888)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-metal-gear-solid-4/522888 "2010-01-09T19:33:15Z")
So I completed Metal Gear Solid 4 earlier today. Here are some of my thoughts on the game. Either something was seriously lost in the translation from Japanese, or Hideo Kojima is an unbelievably preachy, pretentious,… --- ## [Anyone with details on the 98-yard NFL record punt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-details-on-the-98-yard-nfl-record-punt/524035)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-details-on-the-98-yard-nfl-record-punt/524035 "2010-01-09T19:05:23Z")
I remember a friend talking about it in the early 1980s, but I don’t recall whether he was recounting something he had actually seen (e.g., if ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” showed the footage) or whether he was reading or… --- ## [My new homebrew Forgotten Rums campaign!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-homebrew-forgotten-rums-campaign/524292)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-homebrew-forgotten-rums-campaign/524292 "2010-01-09T17:27:22Z")
Alright, it’s not quite official, but I will probably be running a new quasi-fantasy campaign soon. It will be weird. Granted, it probably can’t compare to our current game, where we’re horribly crazy non-samurai in Lege… --- ## [The Prevent Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prevent-defense/524193)
**Author:** [@the\_grenader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_grenader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prevent-defense/524193 "2010-01-09T13:23:37Z")
I submitted this question to Cecil but was rebuffed with the suggestion that I post it here as someone may be able to offer an answer. Here goes: Every football fan knows the scenario: your favorite team is up by 7 poin… --- ## [Don't hold your breath while waiting for Microsoft ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hold-your-breath-while-waiting-for-microsoft/523277)
**Author:** [@Purple44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purple44)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hold-your-breath-while-waiting-for-microsoft/523277 "2010-01-09T07:14:41Z")
Don’t hold your breath while waiting for Microsoft to add more supported countries to GFWL ( Games for Windows LIVE ) that will be allow to race online. I hope Codemasters will change their mind and make DIRT 2 the last … --- ## [The Cleveland Browns march to 0-16 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleveland-browns-march-to-0-16-thread/511773)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 444\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleveland-browns-march-to-0-16-thread/511773 "2010-01-09T06:22:49Z")
Holy shit do they suck. --- ## [Brent Musberger as a sportscaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brent-musberger-as-a-sportscaster/524109)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brent-musberger-as-a-sportscaster/524109 "2010-01-09T02:56:09Z")
How do you feel about Brent Musberger as a sportscaster? I can’t stand him. His biases are so obvious that it’s ridiculous. --- ## [Why don't video games have an "old fart" mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-video-games-have-an-old-fart-mode/523947)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-video-games-have-an-old-fart-mode/523947 "2010-01-08T23:20:51Z")
I was just wondering. I’m 45 years old. I played arcade games in my youth, and console & computer games in adulthood. I’ve grown up playing video games, for all practical purposes. I can see why old farts today might no… --- ## [2009 NFL Prop Bet Extravaganza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-nfl-prop-bet-extravaganza/505871)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-nfl-prop-bet-extravaganza/505871 "2010-01-08T23:20:44Z")
Welcome, friends, to the 2nd Annual SDMB NFL Prop Bet Extravaganza. (Last year’s contest.) Below are 42 proposition bets about the 2009 NFL regular season (a separate playoff version when the time comes is a possibilit… --- ## [Anyone up for a Left4Dead-2 SDMB team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-left4dead-2-sdmb-team/517456)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-left4dead-2-sdmb-team/517456 "2010-01-08T21:42:38Z")
Been awhile since I played Left4Dead but I have purchased and downloaded L4D-2 and await its go-live date next Tuesday. In the past we had fun with fellow Dopers running around shooting zombies. Any dopers left getting… --- ## [The Sixburgh Steelers March to the Super Bowl Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sixburgh-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/506339)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 779\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sixburgh-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/506339 "2010-01-08T19:18:55Z")
It’s that time, the time when the Steelers reassert their dominance over the NFL and claim their 7th Lombardi Trophy. That’s right, preseason is upon us, so here it is, the 7th edition of my (in)famous thread dedicated t… --- ## [Discuss the idea of a competitive tax pool in baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-the-idea-of-a-competitive-tax-pool-in-baseball/523767)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-the-idea-of-a-competitive-tax-pool-in-baseball/523767 "2010-01-08T17:43:43Z")
As much as I have a deep love of baseball, I pay very little attention to the numbers game within. And no, I’m not talking about player statistics; I mean the money spent by teams on player contracts, the revenue generat… --- ## [Aussie Dopers - isn't cricket much more fun to watch now that we are mediocre again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-dopers-isnt-cricket-much-more-fun-to-watch-now-that-we-are-mediocre-again/523877)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-dopers-isnt-cricket-much-more-fun-to-watch-now-that-we-are-mediocre-again/523877 "2010-01-08T12:12:10Z")
I thought this summer would be a disaster with Australia playing the West Indies and Pakistan but luckily we just aren’t good enough to crush anyone any more. Thank God McGrath, Warne, Hayden, Langer, Lee and Gilchrist h… --- ## [Finger Physics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-physics/523923)
**Author:** [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-physics/523923 "2010-01-08T08:29:32Z")
Awesome game, so addictive - and they just released new levels! Looking for some help… on Stage 13, the 8th level (the egg one) - NO IDEA how to even get close on this. Any help/hints!!! Thanks all. --- ## [College Football November and early December 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-november-and-early-december-2009/516183)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-november-and-early-december-2009/516183 "2010-01-08T05:14:28Z")
apparently discussion about October has quit in this thread. this thread should probably either finish the regular season and another thread for the bowls or we could just this thread. Play it by ear. College Game Day… --- ## [Magic: The Gathering stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-stores/523649)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-stores/523649 "2010-01-08T04:53:18Z")
If you were going to get a gift certificate from an online M:TG card store, which one would you prefer? I want to buy a gift certificate for my friend but his favorite site, Star City Games, doesn’t offer gift certifica… --- ## [The Verb Feud by twickster \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verb-feud-by-twickster-game-over/523988)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verb-feud-by-twickster-game-over/523988 "2010-01-08T02:50:09Z")
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… --- ## [Get a color, give a title using it Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522 "2010-01-07T22:20:15Z")
The poster names a color, and the respondent gives the title of an artistic work (book, song, film, whatever) using it, then gives another color. To start with an easy one: The Color Purple Next up: Red --- ## [Whoops misread read thread title game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-misread-read-thread-title-game/524069)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-misread-read-thread-title-game/524069 "2010-01-07T21:00:18Z")
I know there are many of us that misread thread titles and this is the place you can place those misreads. This will let use confused readers list what we read and laugh at it. Suggestion at a better presentable format a… --- ## [Randy Johnson to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randy-johnson-to-retire/523912)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randy-johnson-to-retire/523912 "2010-01-07T20:15:23Z")
Wow, what a fantastic career for the Big Unit. As a tribute, baseball-reference.com put up a bunch of random Randy facts. Look at those names! I mean, when was the last time you thought about Phil Nevin or Devon White… --- ## [Has it been that long since our last Mornington Crescent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-that-long-since-our-last-mornington-crescent/520615)
**Author:** [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-that-long-since-our-last-mornington-crescent/520615 "2010-01-07T16:48:21Z")
So in the spirit of the season, I’ll start us off on a Holiday Jaunt Variant by declaring stirrups with: Chalk Farm --- ## [Most popular athlete who was a jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-athlete-who-was-a-jerk/521357)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-athlete-who-was-a-jerk/521357 "2010-01-07T14:53:42Z")
A lot of folk are saying Tiger’s popularity has nothing to do with his personal life, but instead is based solely on his skill and success as a golfer. Can you think of any athletes who were extremely popular with fans,… --- ## [The Feud: "You have the right to remain silent." by CT\_Damsel \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-by-ct_damsel-game-over/523098)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-by-ct_damsel-game-over/523098 "2010-01-07T14:08:06Z")
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… --- ## [Video Card suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-suggestions/523802)
**Author:** [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-suggestions/523802 "2010-01-07T13:33:47Z")
Hi folks, I’m looking for a new video card for my system, and I’m behind on the current tech. Let me give you an outline of my setup: Gigabyte EP45-UD3R mobo E6400 Conroe processor OC’d to 3.44GHz 2 gig of PC2-6400 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=510) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=512)