Learned League

i've been doing better than usual this season, though i've been frustratingly stuck at fourth place for a while

I was in the 92nd percentile for the Urban Planning one-day, which sounds good until I tell you I was the librarian for the American Planning Association for six years.

I really lucked out and somehow made it into the Latinx finals.

Me too! I played all three MLs, and I would not have guessed that would be the one I'd do best in.

i wished i had joined the latinx and midwest ones, i wouldn't have done too badly! i somehow limped into the lgbt finals and got absolutely bodied though, like bottom 50

through 21 matches i have 101 CAA

the top TCA-scorer in my rundle has gotten 100 right

ffs

Not sure how it happened, but I'm sitting at the top of an A rundle for the first time ever this late in the season. I think maybe the league that I was moved into last season (along with Leee and NA) is a little less competitive? Anyway, I've probably jinxed it by mentioning it, but still crossing my fingers.

Rooting for you from the cheap seats in the middle of C, jaymc.

xp nice!

I think maybe the league that I was moved into last season (along with Leee and NA) is a little less competitive?

That's sort of my take, mainly because our placement in the last MSC was pretty bad (with the caveat of course that not everyone plays it). Then again, I have a TCA > CAA only because I've benefited from THREE forfeit wins this season, so maybe we're just in a less dedicated league?

Congrats to jaymc!

Oh yeah, see that now. Congrats, jaymc!

Thank u! Looking forward to the championship.

Go jaymc wd!!

ended up with 122 CAA

of the 28,830 players, only 65 had higher

hell yeah! my all-time best is 120 but I only finished 8th that season.

oops lol I misread your post

tough breaks, mookie

haha thx

Sorry, mooks.

Couple of relevant 1DSs today

Bit surprised I placed as high as I did (but not that high really) on XTC, also that as far as I can see jaymc was the only other ILX0r to play.

First day of new season people, don’t forget to submit!

Got my customary day 1 loss out of the way.

Well, I submitted a MiniLeague proposal which is a decision that, if accepted, I'm sure I will come to regret.

This turns out to be true (hey it turns out writing, testing, and curating 78 questions is WAY more work than 12), but signups will be open for the Online Content ML in a couple of weeks regardless, so keep your eyes open. (There will, sadly, be no questions on the ILX forums).

Also the LL Championship results start posting tomorrow but I'm trying not to think too much about that because I did awful this year, unless everybody else also found it way harder than prior years.

I'm looking forward to your ML, Greg!

I did not do very well in the championship, but it was my first year competing, so I have nothing to measure it against.

I had a fantastic time working on an ML, but it was still a ton of work for most of us involved even for me, even though all I was doing was mostly fact-checking and writing recaps.

Round 1 of the champs was an unmitigated disaster for me, but I did well enough on round 2 to salvage 73rd place after 'day 1'

As I expected, I did not make The Cut.

My best MSC finish ever -- top 10%!

Kudos! I was top 20%, think maybe I could have joined you if I had moneyed better.

Thanks! Q6 was, if you'll excuse the pun, my moneymaker; it was required reading for a class that I pointedly didn't bother crack open, but I still went to lectures and it must've osmosed into my brain decades later.

I was a little worried I wouldn’t get credit for PETER MACKINTOSH for Q12.

I knew Q6 because it seems to come up a lot, although I never read myself. My should have monied were Q3 and Q8.

Just learned from the LL message board that CohenD2, who posted here as govern yourself accordingly, has passed away.

I also found this remembrance by Neal Pollack:
https://bookandfilmglobe.com/creators/remembrance/daniel-cohen-rip/

Oh! RIP.

I saw that on the OQL Facebook group, we had some brief interactions on this thread round about the time of the quizzing world cup. So sorry to hear this, seemed a very well loved presence in the quiz scene and a good friend to many.

Just submitted the draft of my latest 1DS

I've clinched another 1st place finish, which leads me to believe that the Plateau league really is less competitive. Granted, I will likely also set a personal record for correct answers, but in the season when I set my current record, I finished 8th (in the Sakura league).

Kudos! Another friend of mine also finished first in A, can’t remember what league he is in. Okay, I see, Sierra.

i've clinched my second first-place finish! (in D rundle lol)

apparently i was weirdly difficult to defend or something this time around. so far only 1 CA above my record but ~20 points above any of my previous points records

nice work!

Well done, 1st-placers!

I'm comfortable in mid-table obscurity in A Meridian, but I was a bit confused about why I am so low as 16th, given that I am 13th in Total Correct Answers, 11th in fewest Correct Answers Against, and actually 2nd in Defense. Will M.'s post holds a hint to the explanation: Turns out that it has to do with "defense against", which doesn't appear to have its own stat heading: I am rock bottom at Match Points divided by Correct Answers, i.e. I am apparently really easy to defend against!

just learned that i'm one off the lead for the maso in my phylum

my utter nemesis, however, is one up and there's no way this works out for me

Now in that pre-party tidy empty house limbo before a single guest arrives of having submitted my draft and waiting for the first feedback to flow in.

Heh, just submitted feedback to my own 1DS. It did send me an email, but the feedback didn’t actually show up, either on the site or the email, which is for the best, I guess.

Turns out that it has to do with "defense against", which doesn't appear to have its own stat heading

There is actually a stat like this if you click on Expanded Standings - Offensive Efficiency

There is actually a stat like this if you click on Expanded Standings - Offensive Efficiency

Oh! So there is! Yup, there I am at the very bottom. Thanks!

Doing some 1DS playtesting now. Starting to think of better ways to approach this than I have in the past, will report back later.