My first time on this year; would love a place to kibbitz on prior days questions and brag and bitch.I'm 3-0 but I'm chalking that up to beginner's luck and a rookie rundle.how about you?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
Riding the bottom of A babee. Did we not have a thread already?
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
nope.
this is really making me use some muscles that have long been neglected. I've always prided myself on fast reference google-fu. LL is just about information that you've been exposed to or otherwise can puzzle out from your memory. You don't generally seem to be able to "figure out" clues logically or utilize your skillset to uncover information... you just have to remember it! I'm approaching it where I read the questions late night, answer whatever i know immediately and sleep on the rest till the morning and that seems to help a bit.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
Oh hey! I remember James Redd and the Blecchs and I talked about starting a LL thread on ILX a few years ago, but we clearly never got around to it.
I'm 1-2-0 so far this season in A Keystone.
― jaymc, Saturday, 22 February 2020 22:31 (four years ago) link
I occasionally post on the LL message board, too.
You don't generally seem to be able to "figure out" clues logically or utilize your skillset to uncover information... you just have to remember it!
I don't actually think this is true! I don't know that the first few questions this season have necessarily been representative, but one of the things I like about LL is that you often can puzzle things out if you read the question closely.
Actually, the Vaseline question from the other day might be a good example of this. I'd never heard of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, but I kept focusing on "Titusville, Pennsylvania" and thought, is it related to the coal industry? If I'd thought harder, I might have landed on oil instead, which could conceivably have led me to petroleum jelly. (It didn't happen, but it could have!)
― jaymc, Saturday, 22 February 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
You're right, though, that a fair amount is dredging stuff up from memory. I always read the questions when I wake up in the morning and then usually let them rattle around my noggin for a while before submitting answers. Sometimes an answer will come to the surface in the interim. For instance, one time, on my way to work, I suddenly and inexplicably recalled the name Zamfir.
― jaymc, Saturday, 22 February 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
Anyway I never use my invites so hmu ilxors. Word is league growth will be capped eventually at which point I guess it becomes one in one out, so get in while getting is good.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Saturday, 22 February 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
Baffling
― or something, Sunday, 23 February 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
for the confused:https://learnedleague.com/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 23 February 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
Some other useful links:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-coolest-weirdest-internet-community-youll-never-be-able-to-join/2014/08/20/3c3f565e-26eb-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-learned-league.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mick-mulvaney-learned-league-trivia_n_5c941573e4b0a6329e147a61
― jaymc, Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
Thanks
― or something, Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
3 of 6 correct today, 2 that i kinda thought i coulda got right and 1 that was just no chance at all
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 24 February 2020 06:44 (four years ago) link
Hey don’t post about questions until the results are in, even obliquely! You don’t know who’s submitted yet.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 24 February 2020 06:58 (four years ago) link
well sure, but how is saying what i think i got right by the numbers revealing anything?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 24 February 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
I’m sure there is some ruling from the Commissioner on this on the site, pro or con.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 24 February 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
i challenge jaymc to 'smith' a one-day about ilx
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 February 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link
forks if I were to know you intimately I could derive third-order insight into the answers by analyzing how well you thought you did, imo. Best to avoid even the appearance of etc.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 24 February 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
Makes sense
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 24 February 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
i've been doing learned league for a few years on an invite from jaymc. i'm in C rundle, which seems to be about right since i almost always end up right in the middle of the rankings at the end of each season. i've had a strong start to this season so far but i'm sure i'll hit a rut and end up back in the middle again.
my ongoing minor issue with the main learned league is the "classical music" category, which seems very specific for a stand-alone category (that i suck at). i wish they just had a "music" category that spanned all genres.
― na (NA), Monday, 24 February 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
silby OTM about not posting *anything* about a Match Day until it's over
― jaymc, Monday, 24 February 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
U guys are playing 3D chess but whatever works is fine. Meet you back here at 1 in the morning to discuss.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 24 February 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
I can't immediately find anything from the Commissioner about this, though it is a widely accepted norm within the LL community. On the LL board, whenever anyone posts even the most innocuous thing about a question while the Match Day is live, the post gets deleted.
Also, here's someone in a Learned League thread on the Jeopardy! message board:
With the new season and new players, it is a good time to remind everyone of the rule about discussing matches on this board. Please do not make any comment about the questions until that day's results have been posted on the LL board. Do not say how many you got right or wrong. Do not say if you thought they were hard or easy. Just do not say anything at all about the questions until the LL day has ended and the next day's questions are up.
As extreme as it may seem, I think it makes sense to stick with that rule here, too.
― jaymc, Monday, 24 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
Oh, it's also in WestJ's LL84 welcome post:
Please remember, do not post anything here or elsewhere about any LL questions while a match day is underway. Not with a spoiler warning, not with oblique references, not asking if a question has an error in it, not anything. Period.
― jaymc, Monday, 24 February 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
Well it's tomorrow now and I can reveal the secret that a plurality LL'ers are not fans of Bhad Bhabie
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:47 (four years ago) link
Haha. That was actually my route in, and I almost thought the answer was "Bad" until I remembered that "Suge" was the name of a song by Da Baby.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
I lost 8(5)-7(5). Always disappointing to get the same number of questions right but lose on defense.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
I am averaging about three right per game, but in the rookie league with some judicious defense, that seems to be enough to stay fairly competitive.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
damn i almost missed this thread. u can find me having terrible defense to start, i'm 2-2 :/ i'm usually decent on defense? but i have been getting steadily worse somehow season over season. idk why.
also there was a thread but like a fool i smushed the words together LearnedLeague - any iLLx0rs out there?
i was gonna give a cryptic clue to my name since i don't like saying it on here (i mean i guess it's already too late to run for office due to my history on this site, i would guess) but then i realized i put it in the other thread so go look there!
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
also yes i haven't used an invite in ages so if anyone needs, hit silby up and then hit me up
and i 100% got that q yesterday on account of bhad bhabie (almost went with lil on account of yes indeed, until i read closer lol) (also i feel like lil was a question super recently???)
and yeah esp if this is a public board, no talk on today's results is always a good move. also no talking abt the random comedians u found and you're like "wow no way they're just like me!" and you sometimes check in to see what they got. its bad form
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
Completely new to this, but really like the idea. It seems like it's too late to join this season--is that correct?
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
yeah you have to join in between seasons
― na (NA), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
or you might be able to join but you wouldn't be able to play this season.
also no talking abt the random comedians u found and you're like "wow no way they're just like me!" and you sometimes check in to see what they got. its bad form
What about high-ranking White House officials
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
I too would like to join! Will M, silby, or any other kind ilxor have a spare invite?
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
theo von is a beast at learned league guys
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
Oh wait $30 for membership, gotta think about this.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
Actually, I am going to answer my own post and note that the Commish has laid down the law about this, so I am going to respect that decision, but I still find the whole thing amazing sometimes.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
@Leee: You only have to pay after you've completed a full rookie season, so you can try it out and decide if you like it. I have plenty of invites to spare, too.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
can one of you kind individuals send me an invite, please? ilx webmail reaches me :)
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
Ah ok, that sounds reasonable. You can ilx mail me, and thanks!
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
Suge was one of the year’s biggest rap hits; surprised that didn’t give away that clue. I guess people aren’t much listening to that world unless they are specialists.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:19 (four years ago) link
the 30 also covers a full year, which is i believe 3 or 4 seasons, so if you like the first season you're not paying too much to keep going!
i don't see where to send invites tho, is it possible to do so during the season or do we have to wait a month?
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link
also if we have this many ppl i am definitely thinking ilxor private rundle next go around
Okay, I just looked, and you can only give out 1 invite per season (unless you are a Premier or Commissioner's Circle member). Pretty sure there were more at one point, but I don't blame Thorsten for wanting to put some controls on growth.
I'll give mine to you, Leee, since we've actually met IRL!
― jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:47 (four years ago) link
Oh, and Will, the referral page is here: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/referral.php
― jaymc, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link
if my quick scan is right, leee, unctious, and jim want invites? and jaymc has leee? so i will send one to Unc & someone else get jim? (lmk if i missed any. i am so tired rn)
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link
Unc contacted me, I will take care of ‘em
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:42 (four years ago) link
ok jim i'll send you a message then!
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:47 (four years ago) link
Why the low get rate on Q4 yesterday, Charles Pathé? This was the flaw in my defense, since I thought everybody must know this, especially an opponent with .761 in Film so assigned it a zero, allowing him to tie me 4(4)-4(3). Note: really don’t care that much, long ago gave up agonizing on defense, valuing speed over accuracy, having long ago settled down into C Rundle, most of my enjoyment now coming from the occasional 1DS or ML.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link
Last place!
― Rimbaud: First Blood (Leee), Thursday, 30 November 2023 18:32 (five months ago) link
I've stumbled out of the gate, too -- currently in 20th.
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 November 2023 18:33 (five months ago) link
yesterday's presidents question was a+ trivia imo
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 December 2023 01:48 (five months ago) link
also honestly every single answer today should have been 'henry kissinger' with the questions being 'who dated marlo thomas' 'who suborned the paris peace talks' 'who killed the most people' etc
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 December 2023 05:44 (five months ago) link
i was just thinking that this season's questions seem easier than usual so far, or at least more in my wheelhouse - feels like a lot more pop culture stuff than usual
― na (NA), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:08 (five months ago) link
though that probably means the rest of the season will be all classical music and ancient geography
― na (NA), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:09 (five months ago) link
disappointed that the beastie boys, to my knowledge, never mentioned the great australian BIGHT
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 December 2023 03:58 (four months ago) link
also want to know who decides which vichyssoice ingredient is 'primary'
i'll take 'water'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 December 2023 04:35 (four months ago) link
yeah as far as i can tell there are two primary ingredients. i apparently chose the wrong one
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Saturday, 9 December 2023 04:42 (four months ago) link
The ingredienthood (or otherwise) of water seems like one of those things that should be settled once and for all in some kind of Quiz Constitution. I didn't even consider it, but see how it might throw you. I thought the Parmentier hint would make this one OK-ish (wiki says "best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe"), except it turns out leek was also accepted.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 9 December 2023 15:45 (four months ago) link
I got bight right because it's part of my flash card set, which also led me to assign it 1 point on defense against someone with a 70% geography score (they got it wrong).
Anyway, I've dug myself out of relegation, with a miraculous win against someone whose worst category is still 50%.
― Rimbaud: First Blood (Leee), Saturday, 9 December 2023 15:46 (four months ago) link
In a kind of reversal of the previous season, I'm lower half in correct answers, but only one point behind Championship qualification, having got a couple of ridiculous breaks with lucky matchups and strange opponent defence.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:13 (four months ago) link
I'd have known _____ of Biafra but didn't know about the Australian one and I guess wasn't really sure what the definition was.
― jaymc, Saturday, 9 December 2023 19:25 (four months ago) link
I need to brag because this season has been frustrating, but I was one of 2 people who got Q2 right yesterday and it was what got me the tie against the player in first place; what's more, they answered more questions right in that match and have 22(!) more TCA than me.
― Rimbaud: First Blood (Leee), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 16:18 (four months ago) link
I don't think I am in danger of relegation, but I'm going to end up with my lowest TCA in 20 seasons. Have the questions been harder this season or just not in my wheelhouse?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 13:59 (four months ago) link
by TBA it's probably the worst i've done in about 3 years, so it isn't just you!
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 15:07 (four months ago) link
by TCA* hah although I suppose it is TBA
I too am threatening to set a personal worst in TCA this year.
― Rimbaud: First Blood (Leee), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 17:45 (four months ago) link
My latest 1DS is up in beta and there are still lots of testing slots if your are not going to play;)
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 December 2023 23:16 (four months ago) link
You even
Wanted to plug the upcoming HEAVY METAL ML that I contributed to (my first ML!).
― Beverly Step On Me Crusher (Leee), Friday, 29 December 2023 00:54 (four months ago) link
Cool! I registered.
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 December 2023 02:15 (four months ago) link
Just submitted on Goth and Gothic and Music Theory.
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 14:04 (three months ago) link
Only missed one on Music Theory which means I wasn’t one of the umpteenth champs or perfect 12s. Just couldn’t come up with the words Secondary Dominant although of course I am very familiar with the concept.
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 23:27 (three months ago) link
No one else here played Godard except me?
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:54 (three months ago) link
In the run-up zone now.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 16:16 (three months ago) link
Into the top 50 of Music Subgenres and got all 12 questions! (And I was just two moneys from a higher percentile.) I expect that's the closest I'll ever come to winning one.
― Ella Minnow Pea (Leee), Monday, 15 January 2024 20:44 (three months ago) link
Cool. I just didn’t feel like playing that one.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 21:31 (three months ago) link
not sure why i signed up for the metal mini-league; i'm gonna get my ass kicked
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 January 2024 01:34 (three months ago) link
Ha, me too, but I don’t think I mind that so much.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 January 2024 01:44 (three months ago) link
It's because yall can't resist my wiles.
― Ella Minnow Pea (Leee), Thursday, 18 January 2024 04:57 (three months ago) link
Hah! Almost didn’t see your name!
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 January 2024 11:55 (three months ago) link
I created another difficult one. Play at your own risk!
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 January 2024 13:15 (three months ago) link
FWIW I would've gotten at most 2 questions in the metal MD1.
― Ella Minnow Pea (Leee), Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:34 (three months ago) link
Heh, been doing this for so long I have a pretty good idea of how many will play and who will do well.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 January 2024 20:28 (three months ago) link
Interesting story about the extinct Celtic language from yesterday’s Metal ML.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 February 2024 02:58 (three months ago) link
Opened with a 9(6) and in first place, only one way to go from here.
― Selune Gomez (Leee), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:50 (two months ago) link
Up, up and away?
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:37 (two months ago) link
James, I dismissed that as a bit of cheek at the time and yet after the first week I'm still undefeated! It's been an incredible run of luck with both the questions (my QvH is currently 129, which is pretty unsustainable) and opponents (lowest CAA).
― Selune Gomez (Leee), Saturday, 17 February 2024 15:10 (two months ago) link
nice work, Leee!
― jaymc, Saturday, 17 February 2024 15:17 (two months ago) link
Well, I'm in the midst of my regression back to the mean!
Also, my OQL team played Greg's last week, but I wasn't in the lineup. Sorry to miss you!
― Selune Gomez (Leee), Monday, 4 March 2024 18:48 (two months ago) link
good job jaymc getting #1 in the "just audio produced by" one-day. i surprisingly got #11 despite missing a question.
― na (NA), Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:30 (one month ago) link
!!!I forgot to check yesterday, but I had a good feeling about my chances.
― jaymc, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:57 (one month ago) link
Meanwhile, I came in 93rd %ile in Butts.
(I forgot to submit the producers one!)
― Andrew Marvell Cinematic Universe (Leee), Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:34 (one month ago) link
Finished first on the Comedy Bang Bang 1DS, this time shared with 22 (!) others.
Feel like that quiz could've been much harder than it was. A question about a Red Hot Chili Peppers parody song included an audio clip and asked what band the song was parodying. A question about the character of Dabney Coleperson included a photo of Dabney Coleman and said the character's name was "very similar...but with a gender neutral surname." Both questions very gettable without any familiarity with the podcast/TV show, which was slightly annoying because I would've gotten those right even without the extra hints.
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2024 15:05 (one week ago) link
i think one of my answers was misscored for that, it says i got andrew lloyd webber wrong but i'm pretty sure i would have gotten it. i'm not going to worry about it for a one-day though, i got another question wrong so i wouldn't have been at the top anyways.
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2024 15:16 (one week ago) link
is there a way i can see my answers? i wonder if i had some kind of mental blip
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2024 15:17 (one week ago) link
oh i found it. i put "webber" and it was marked wrong. was "lloyd webber" the required answer?
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2024 15:18 (one week ago) link
i also found it pretty easy - i haven't listened to the podcast regularly in years, aside from the end-of-year best-ofs, so i expected it to be harder
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2024 15:19 (one week ago) link
was "lloyd webber" the required answer?
I assume so. It's a double-barreled surname.
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2024 15:23 (one week ago) link