LL64: For the LLamas Among Us
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Re: LL64: For the LLamas Among Us
NM ... I think it was Turkey I was thinking about. Back to sleep ...
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There is a place to learn remedial defense?!? My lackluster defense this season (0.482!) has caused my opponents in Horizon B to cheerfully accept multiple 3PTs and wins from me this season. My attempts to rank question difficulty versus their % correct in categories and pouring over question histories has backfired every way I try. Ugh.Woof wrote:
OTOH, Demo is putting on a clinic about how to play good defense, so there's definitely room for improvement.
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Indeed, I missed this too! Deets!cmp146 wrote:There is a place to learn remedial defense?!? My lackluster defense this season (0.482!) has caused my opponents in Horizon B to cheerfully accept multiple 3PTs and wins from me this season. My attempts to rank question difficulty versus their % correct in categories and pouring over question histories has backfired every way I try. Ugh.Woof wrote:
OTOH, Demo is putting on a clinic about how to play good defense, so there's definitely room for improvement.
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My first thought was Germany, then changed to France. I then decided it wasn't going to be a major country. For some reason I always think Norway is much bigger than it really is and went with it. I considered Denmark, but thought that would be a trick answer and didn't put it down.
All that worry for naught as that was my zero point question. I still managed to pull out the win. That gets me to fifht place, one spot from promotion. Unfortunately, I'm two points behind fourth and trail badly in MPD, the first tiebreaker. I guess going 0-4 against the top four didn't help matters.
All that worry for naught as that was my zero point question. I still managed to pull out the win. That gets me to fifht place, one spot from promotion. Unfortunately, I'm two points behind fourth and trail badly in MPD, the first tiebreaker. I guess going 0-4 against the top four didn't help matters.
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Germany is not even close - smaller than Spain and Sweden.countyguy wrote:When I saw the questions and answers, it said France, Denmark, and Turkey.alietr wrote:How was Portugal a correct answer? And damn you, Mercator! How can Sweden not be larger than France?!?
I wish I were smart enough to come up with Denmark. Then I wouldn't have to waver over France and Germany.
The question could have specified "largest by area universally considered to be in Europe" and France would be the only possible answer.
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I originally thought Germany too, until I was thinking I may have been thinking of population, not land area (a reasonable mistake, you'd think a country with a lot of land area would have a lot of population.)gnash wrote:Germany is not even close - smaller than Spain and Sweden.countyguy wrote:When I saw the questions and answers, it said France, Denmark, and Turkey.alietr wrote:How was Portugal a correct answer? And damn you, Mercator! How can Sweden not be larger than France?!?
I wish I were smart enough to come up with Denmark. Then I wouldn't have to waver over France and Germany.
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So says a Canadian.dhkendall wrote:(a reasonable mistake, you'd think a country with a lot of land area would have a lot of population.)
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What's this "win" thing you are referring to?Bamaman wrote:I still managed to pull out the win.
I've dropped 5 straight -- and #6 today is almost certain - -and went from 9th to 18th.
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Knicks strategy?econgator wrote:What's this "win" thing you are referring to?Bamaman wrote:I still managed to pull out the win.
I've dropped 5 straight -- and #6 today is almost certain - -and went from 9th to 18th.
I wonder how many do try to tank, either to move down a league or stay put...
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Actually, it's only 4 straight. Tomorrow will be #5.Volante wrote:Knicks strategy?econgator wrote:What's this "win" thing you are referring to?Bamaman wrote:I still managed to pull out the win.
I've dropped 5 straight -- and #6 today is almost certain - -and went from 9th to 18th.
I wonder how many do try to tank, either to move down a league or stay put...
Nothing I can point to. My last 4 games I've gotten 3-4-3-3 correct, but my opponents have gotten 2-5-5-5 (and one of those was against Michael Falk, so I can live with that one ), so a combination of crap defense and questions that play to my opponents.
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I was going to make the same joke myself in my post, but figured I'd leave it open for someone else. The fact that it was the person my post was a reply to makes me even happier in my book.gnash wrote:So says a Canadian.dhkendall wrote:(a reasonable mistake, you'd think a country with a lot of land area would have a lot of population.)
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I'm a bit worried about what next season may bring. I noticed this morning that I am 12-0-1 against the bottom 16 players in my rundle and 2-6-1 against the top 12. Looks like I've been getting fat on cupcakes.
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I have to beat my wife (that doesn't sound right).... I have to outscore my wife tomorrow to have any chance of avoiding relegation. Going to have my game face on across the breakfast table. No collusion, no mercy.
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It's maybe a little early to be talking about NEXT season (doesn't start until May), but if anyone is looking for a referral, PM me.
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Just remember that the children will be present while you work on your trash talk. Loser does the dishes. NOW things are getting serious.boson wrote:I have to beat my wife (that doesn't sound right).... I have to outscore my wife tomorrow to have any chance of avoiding relegation. Going to have my game face on across the breakfast table. No collusion, no mercy.
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You'd still have people arguing for Turkey or Denmark. I considered Turkey, then thought maybe France's overseas depts are big (they're not). It's funny when a superlative question has 3 correct answers.gnash wrote:Germany is not even close - smaller than Spain and Sweden.countyguy wrote:When I saw the questions and answers, it said France, Denmark, and Turkey.alietr wrote:How was Portugal a correct answer? And damn you, Mercator! How can Sweden not be larger than France?!?
I wish I were smart enough to come up with Denmark. Then I wouldn't have to waver over France and Germany.
The question could have specified "largest by area universally considered to be in Europe" and France would be the only possible answer.
If I hadn't forfeited my first day, and won it, I'd be in the running to advance.
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Maybe Knicks 2013-2014 strategy, when they had no draft pick to reward them for their ineptitude.Volante wrote:Knicks strategy?econgator wrote:What's this "win" thing you are referring to?Bamaman wrote:I still managed to pull out the win.
I've dropped 5 straight -- and #6 today is almost certain - -and went from 9th to 18th.
I wonder how many do try to tank, either to move down a league or stay put...
Knocking on the Knicks aside, what would be the point of intentionally tanking to go to a lower rundle? I presume you'd only want to do that in order to play against weaker competition and win more matches... but wouldn't winning more put you back on the path to getting promoted back up to the higher rundle again anyway...?
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Common core was a stupid miss for me, one where I didn't think of it right away and got too impatient to let it come to me. It would have been worth 0 points to me, but I wouldn't have defended it at 2, and I could have won.
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"19Q4" cost me the tie yesterday… and now I'm tied for 5th-7th in Frontier B (with MeyerMM) with 6 spots moving up.
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I just discovered that that match was my first time in LL history scoring 7(3). Not only was that the last "perfectly bad defense" score I hadn't gotten; it was the last of all possible scores I hadn't yet achieved! That took me fourteen seasons; I wonder who's done it fastest, and who has gone the longest without doing it. I have to imagine there are several people, for example, who have never gotten 0(0).seaborgium wrote:Well, it was my turn this time to score the maximum points possible on three correct responses[/spoiler]
(Note: I'm not counting 0(F) among possible scores.)