Learned League

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK-0UbQxZTA

I know I need to get better at keeping LL in perspective, but I'm kinda steamed that I lost 7(5) to 8(5) because I gave my opponent 3 for Gorilla Glue (which she, a European, got right), but missed the Bedlam question which I have 1 point to.

I hear you

Oof, I did brutally in the Midseason -- just 2 right!

I guess relatedly, I've had one of the worst TCAs in my rundle (currently third worst), so it looks like my kvetching is misplaced whenever I'm above the relegation zone!

thank you, sammy

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2012/01/HagarTattooYou.jpg?w=625&q=75

oh duh

i unintentionally created a movie mashup in answering the anime question earlier this week; my answer was "attack on titan AE" (which was still marked correct)

I *never* do joke answers because I would rather make a wild guess and hope for the best, but there was no way I was going to get that one right, so I answered "Horny on Main."

It's been an interesting season for me so far. I'm 6-5-8, which puts me in 9th place. That's the most ties I've ever had in a season.

lol at attack on titan being the easiest question this year for me

Trouble on Trition was not accepted, I hear.

Or Triton even.

Weekend finally here so I can finally recommend the Great Works of Art Anki deck, which helped me get both of this week's art questions right (though I'll add that this week has been the first time that studying that deck has paid off, too).

Thanks! I haven't been consistent with that Geography deck but I really like the way it is done.

Are you using the recent update of that art deck from this year?

Wow, that deck is so nice.

The one I'm using was last updated in 2017, do you have the link to the newer one?

Ah! Found it: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/184436527

Cool. I just did a search of the LL Message Board and Anki was mentioned exactly once, in 2014, so either not used or a well-kept secret.

There's something wrong with the search, because I learned about it on the board, and not in the thread that shows up in the search results.

Yeah, the only reason I know about it is via the LL board. (I've never used it, personally.)

From that one post? My search must not be working properly.

No, from assorted references over the past couple of years. I think the search isn't working properly. I did a search just for "deck," which returns 30 results -- but they're all from 2015 or earlier. It doesn't seem very plausible that no one has used that word in 6 years.

I've scratched my way to 11th, then noticed that I'm just 2 points away from promotion! Obviously a very packed field, and given my bad tiebreakers, I'm not going to worry too much about this; I'm just glad I've gotten a cushion between me and relegation.

OK I'm sharing this here instead of the LL board because I don't want to give my opponents an extra leg up on me (NA thankfully got promoted ahead of me): https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/445411558

You'd think the State Attorney would be in a higher rundle

“It violates everything that should be honest and straightforward about our elections,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle (D) said on Thursday, noting that investigators are still probing the case as well as two other suspicious candidates in other state races.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/19/florida-fraud-artiles-rodriguez-election/

argh tying 9(6)-9(5) is miserable

I gave them a 0 for gracenote because they had a .891 classical music

i had a week of 5 or 6 right and am on a week of 2 or 3, wheeeeeeee

are AnkiWeb and the Anki phone app somehow not compatible? Or am i doing this wrong?

They are compatible afaik

when i searched for that Great Works of Art one before, 2 other decks showed up but not that one

okay well the answer seems to be that the AnkiApp that I downloaded and have been using is like a rip-off of Anki and is not actually affiliated with it?

WT...?

https://getpolarized.io/2020/02/03/anki-ripped-off.html

I almost didn't get Gracenote because while I knew it I thought "that can't be right because the word note is in the question" -- fortunately I couldn't think of any other answer

I'm in 5th place! I think this is the highest I've reached this late in the season, and I still have a reasonable chance at promotion!

I know that there's been talk about how this stretch of matches (going on 10-11) have been historically easy, but I don't care, I'll take it.

Ok what the hell, I've secured promotion?!

Congrats! I've had a pretty good season by my standards, going into the final day at 9-6-9. Most excitingly, I've set a personal record for TCA.

Yeah, me too! I was on a tear and have since lost my last 6 in a row (lol?) but should finish in the top eight in C.

good season here too, i was expecting to get knocked back down to C but i've held my own

Pretty good season yes, was in promotion placing after MD 22, with all in my own hands really, but then went on a fair loss to the rundle leader followed by a none-too-flattering 2(3)-6(3) defeat. I seem to be guaranteed a 4th or 5th placing in Meridian B. (Promotion isn't totally off the table I guess, considering the occasional higher-rundle attrition, but I'm not too bothered; contending in the top of B certainly has its charmes vs struggling against relegation in A.)

charmes even!

anyone have any very best wrong answers they wanna rep for? i can't even get thru them, so many of them wouldnt even be worthy of a temporary dn change on ilx which to me is the bar u have to pass for a VBWA

i was serious about "IM Cute" which in retrospect was more clever than "Tweet Cute" imo

Someone on the boards posted Meet ICQute, which is a great deep cut.

ninth-highest TCA, second-lowest CAA. so i finished second

the person whose stats i posted above won the rundle for the fourth time in the last seven seasons and got *eleven* more correct answers than i did. utter savage

5th, third highest TCA

4th, finishing with a 9(5), which is always kinda fun. Highest TCA; 109 would even be top-half in the A rundle it seems.

8th worst TCA, third best CAA, and second best defensive efficiency are why I ended up and overall.

Btw, the Rivers, Lakes, etc. is another deck I recommend. I almost got the Irrawaddy question right because of it (I went with Salween).

What's up with the fingerprint?