LL83: Learned League
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B Taiga again.
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Promoted up to C for the first time! Let's see if I can stay there. Prior to joining LL, in reading the questions, I fully believed that I belonged in D, so staying in C will be a good challenge.
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E Taiga Div. 2. (kicked down from D, and I guess there is no F. Yet )
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I never finished higher than 4th in A. With the new rules qualifying the top three for the championship, I knew there was a chance I had to prepare for a different playing process. So I was very surprised to win A Laurel last season. I don't expect to top the rundle again, but I intend to stay in A.
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Opening day, where everyone is tied for first place (not counting the alphabetized standings right now)
Good luck everyone!
Good luck everyone!
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And a reminder not to mention ANYTHING about a match day until the following day
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Win via forfeit on day 1 in B. I consider that a lucky result because I somehow managed to talk myself out of the Arabian Sea at 6:00 yesterday morning, which I was mad about for the rest of the day.
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Yesterday's set struck me as easy. I was sure I would lose, but I had a nice surprise this morning when I discovered that 4 correct earned me a win.
Whitney Houston was my first instinct, but then I stupidly switched to Bjork. I should have known that it made no sense for it to be a living singer. I wasn't even sure if Bjork had been around for that long--turns out her debut album came out in 1993.
I had no idea on San Francisco.
Hue and guillotine were educated guesses.
Whitney Houston was my first instinct, but then I stupidly switched to Bjork. I should have known that it made no sense for it to be a living singer. I wasn't even sure if Bjork had been around for that long--turns out her debut album came out in 1993.
I had no idea on San Francisco.
Hue and guillotine were educated guesses.
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I opened LL83 with a 3(3)-4(4) loss. Whitney Houston was a guess that actually was correct; I guessed Denver (which was wrong)...but was also the most common incorrect answer.
At least I'm 1.000 in DE after one day.
At least I'm 1.000 in DE after one day.
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Wishing but knowing every match won't be like yesterday for me...
5 instagets, and I couldn't come up with Arabian sea. I knew Red Sea had to be wrong, but just couldn't come up with anything else.
5 instagets, and I couldn't come up with Arabian sea. I knew Red Sea had to be wrong, but just couldn't come up with anything else.
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I am curious how many people who got San Francisco knew the question was about the Federal Reserve and how many just guessed a city in the West.
It would have been a better question if the missing city had been Richmond or Cleveland.
It would have been a better question if the missing city had been Richmond or Cleveland.
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Opened with a self-inflicted 3(3) - 3(3) tie...I recognized the city question as referring to govt money related sites but my mint Koin came up Denver over SF...the real kicker was Q2 where I didn't know it but thought, that's probably the Orwell novel with Big Brother, so I promptly typed in Animal Farm. Dammit!
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It came to me pretty quickly that they were talking about the Fed, but then again, I'm an economist. And used to like looking at money.
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The letters more than anything else made me think of the Fed, and I knew San Francisco was one of its locations, and it wasn't on the list. As I said elsewhere, if I had had to name any other city (besides maybe Philadelphia and New York), I probably would have guessed Denver (a U.S. Mint location only).
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I recognized the FRB letters but didn't realize the geographic dispersion was so skewed, and pondered over Denver in spite of gut reflex for L = San Francisco. I toured the Denver Mint a year ago and racked my brain trying to recall any tidbits from the tour guide. With no hits, I stuck with SanFran for the 5(4)-4(3) win in the dumb room rundle.seaborgium wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:12 amThe letters more than anything else made me think of the Fed, and I knew San Francisco was one of its locations, and it wasn't on the list. As I said elsewhere, if I had had to name any other city (besides maybe Philadelphia and New York), I probably would have guessed Denver (a U.S. Mint location only).
Richmond as a clue would just be cruel and sadistic. So, a perfect clue.
I thought "Arabian Gulf", no, they want a sea. Coin toss Red and Dead and chose Red. We both missed the singer at three points.
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Well, there's a catch to it, but I can technically say at one point I've lead an A rundle
(Opponent forfeited and an 8 point differential is a tough bar to beat on day 1 in A...)
(Opponent forfeited and an 8 point differential is a tough bar to beat on day 1 in A...)
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In high school I could rattle off all twelve locations
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The only feeling worse than being bomtr'd on Day 1 is being double bomtr'd on Day 1.
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No clue for me what the cities were about and getting San Francisco was not even thinking west. I just went for the city where I live. What did that luck do for me? Nothing as I had the awful loss of 6(5)-7(4).
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The locations letter/number made me think of coins and bills and post office. I thought Denver and San Francisco both had mints, and I figured I was slightly wrong because both were missing, but there had to be a city on any such list in California. Basically a lucky guess.
I also got lucky naming a dead performer who might have covered Winwood in 1990. I almost submitted George Harrison, but I couldn't imagine a modern dj remixing that.