LL82: LearnedLeague
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Re: LL82: LearnedLeague
My Koin is working super overtime this year, this time on Kuala Lampur/Jakarta which cost me a win. I'm mired mid-rundle, and I've personally found this season very challenging and my Qpct is below my average and I will struggle to get up to the same TCA as my worst non-rookie season. I've found a ton of answers fall under YEKIOYD to me, and I have not known many of them. I mean, I was shocked that 92% knew pesto is made with pine nuts. Huh? I could not identify a pine nut, and no pesto I've ever had has had pine nuts. Now, I have not had pesto at an italian restaurant so maybe that is my bad.
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Are you sure about that? Admittedly, alternatives can be used, but the nuts get pulverized during the making so the sauce itself has no visible nuts.
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So, no I guess I'm not. If that's the case, I'm even more surprised that 92% knew it is pine nuts, making it the second highest correct % of the season.
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That was one of my biggest surprises this season. I guess LL on the whole really likes its pesto.classicroadster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:30 amSo, no I guess I'm not. If that's the case, I'm even more surprised that 92% knew it is pine nuts, making it the second highest correct % of the season.
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Hrm, I guess this J! was older than I thought: http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_ ... ight=pestoclassicroadster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:30 amSo, no I guess I'm not. If that's the case, I'm even more surprised that 92% knew it is pine nuts, making it the second highest correct % of the season.
It might be cooking shows. Those are, apparently, really big.
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it was on WWTBAM long ago as wellVolante wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:58 amHrm, I guess this J! was older than I thought: http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_ ... ight=pestoclassicroadster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:30 amSo, no I guess I'm not. If that's the case, I'm even more surprised that 92% knew it is pine nuts, making it the second highest correct % of the season.
It might be cooking shows. Those are, apparently, really big.
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I somehow managed to confuse the East and West Indies and guessed Havana. Luckily I managed to get Degas, for which my opponent gave me 3 points to squeak out a win. Now, with two days remaining, I still find myself in position for a championship placement. Guess I should start crowdfunding for a replacement laptop so I can actually do it properly when the time comes.
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Boy I just love submitting entirely blank sheets. Just nothing clicked at all on 23. Even worse, I was familiar with all six answers, but the clues just weren't leading me anywhere at ALL.
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A bit of a Slumdog Millionaire moment yesterday when managing a rare victory against bomtr. My mother bought a mah-jongg set back when I was in junior high school so I was somewhat familiar with the tiles. And I've stared at the Degas statue in question at the Art Institute of Chicago enough that, after I convinced myself that Rodin could not possibly be the answer (his Burghers of Calais was a commissioned artwork, after all), I managed to come around to the correct answer.
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Rodin was my only other thought; could he have been the Van Gogh of sculptors? But then where could he have kept all his work meantime?Woof wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:39 pm And I've stared at the Degas statue in question at the Art Institute of Chicago enough that, after I convinced myself that Rodin could not possibly be the answer (his Burghers of Calais was a commissioned artwork, after all), I managed to come around to the correct answer.
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I locked in on "young girl was the model" and never looked back. I am aware that Degas did a bit of sculpting so I decided that was my answer.Lefty wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 5:10 pmRodin was my only other thought; could he have been the Van Gogh of sculptors? But then where could he have kept all his work meantime?Woof wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:39 pm And I've stared at the Degas statue in question at the Art Institute of Chicago enough that, after I convinced myself that Rodin could not possibly be the answer (his Burghers of Calais was a commissioned artwork, after all), I managed to come around to the correct answer.
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I got a 6(4)-1(2) win to bring myself out of the relegation zone going into the last day!
For the explorers question I had Cortez, Pisarro, Balboa, Velazquez, and Ponce de Leon under consideration, but I ultimately went with Pisarro. Considering how we have a Ponce Avenue and a Ponce City Market here in Atlanta I probably should have known which one was most likely to be a place name.
My other miss was on the play. I had never heard of that one.
For the explorers question I had Cortez, Pisarro, Balboa, Velazquez, and Ponce de Leon under consideration, but I ultimately went with Pisarro. Considering how we have a Ponce Avenue and a Ponce City Market here in Atlanta I probably should have known which one was most likely to be a place name.
My other miss was on the play. I had never heard of that one.
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I am in fourth in my rundle. All of the top three are tied two points ahead of me, but I hold a MPD advantage over all of them. So if I can win and any of them lose, I'm in. (And I am 9 points ahead in the Maso race, so I am guaranteed at least a share of that.)
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Trying not to make my stay in A rundle a 1-season one, I'm in 25th (one above the relegation zone) and tied in points with the person in 26th, over whom I hold a 3-point edge in MPD. She's the only person who can knock me into the relegation zone. So it all comes down to MD 25!
Note: the 26th-place player has 6 forfeits, although she just had to show up yesterday and pull a 9(6) to remain even with me in points. I'm curious - since players with more than 3 forfeits in a season "may" be forced to sit out the following season (per Rule 19.3) - 2 queries: how often is that rule enforced? And if it's enforced against my rundle-mate, would I remain in A even if I slip behind her today into 26th, since she wouldn't be returning, or would the extra slot be filled by a ronin or by someone who gets a battlefield promotion from B level?
Note: the 26th-place player has 6 forfeits, although she just had to show up yesterday and pull a 9(6) to remain even with me in points. I'm curious - since players with more than 3 forfeits in a season "may" be forced to sit out the following season (per Rule 19.3) - 2 queries: how often is that rule enforced? And if it's enforced against my rundle-mate, would I remain in A even if I slip behind her today into 26th, since she wouldn't be returning, or would the extra slot be filled by a ronin or by someone who gets a battlefield promotion from B level?
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I think it's always enforced unless there are extenuating circumstances, so the wording is "may".hbomb1947 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:46 am Trying not to make my stay in A rundle a 1-season one, I'm in 25th (one above the relegation zone) and tied in points with the person in 26th, over whom I hold a 3-point edge in MPD. She's the only person who can knock me into the relegation zone. So it all comes down to MD 25!
Note: the 26th-place player has 6 forfeits, although she just had to show up yesterday and pull a 9(6) to remain even with me in points. I'm curious - since players with more than 3 forfeits in a season "may" be forced to sit out the following season (per Rule 19.3) - 2 queries: how often is that rule enforced? And if it's enforced against my rundle-mate, would I remain in A even if I slip behind her today into 26th, since she wouldn't be returning, or would the extra slot be filled by a ronin or by someone who gets a battlefield promotion from B level?
Just my thought, but I don't see you being relegated so someone could get promoted. I would expect if she lands in non-relegation, she would still be dropped to last place in the rundle by the system due to the number of forfeits, making you in the safe zone.
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I'm just one spot above the relegation line going into the final match day and it's very precarious. The person below me has the same number of points, but has -22 MPD to my -19. I'm still leading my rundle in correct answers against by eight, so luck just hasn't been on my side this season.
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Thanks in no small part to a career low in CAA, which is 100% luck, I punched my ticket to the LLRC as of yesterday. Going to be interesting to see how things shake out next summer with the much larger player base.
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I managed to lock myself a spot in the championships thanks to missing things I should have known the past 2 days. My opponents rightly gave me a low score on geography questions based on my record, and I managed to get neither of them but get the 3-pointers.
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Are you saying you wouldn't have made the championships if you'd gotten those right?RJRouge wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:48 pm I managed to lock myself a spot in the championships thanks to missing things I should have known the past 2 days. My opponents rightly gave me a low score on geography questions based on my record, and I managed to get neither of them but get the 3-pointers.
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It was awkward phrasing, to be sure. The point I was trying to get across was that I missed questions for which I was assigned low points rather than missing other questions instead.