Birth of a LLama

[Radii]

Given your results so far, I think its safe to say I got lucky. Saved by random knowledge of the existence of an early Kevin Bacon/Paul Reiser (and many others) movie, as I had no idea on the Waterloo and composer questions either.

[ntndeacon]

The good news was that I played perfect defense against you. (small victories)

[digamma]

We are still jam packed. 1-8 separated by 2 points, 1-11 by 3 points. I'm in the group 2 points back.

[digamma]

Oh and 3 people are promoted.

[ntndeacon]

MD 20
Me 5(4)- HayesM 0(0)

So we are starting over the people playing . This was the person I played in my very first match. And I missed another sport question the second in 2 days! So on to the goals.

1. half the questions? yup! I sit at 77 correct answers which is a +17. Today I have already gotten half of the questions that will be asked this season! woohoo!
2. will I be in Rundle B? C? I currently have 36 points and if you have more than 30 (3rd) you are in Rundle B next season. Currently the last person going to each rundle is the following:
Rundle B: 30....4th is 29
Rundle C: 24..8th is 22
Rundle D: 19..13th is 15

3. more correct answers than my referrer? I have 77. He has 74. So only a +3 there. It is getting tight!

4. Ahead of the other referred guy?

points: 36-30 so +6 there
correct answers: 77-65 so +12 there

It is now officially impossible for me to fall any farther than C Rundle next season. Plus I am 1 point out of first. Miraculously Pollock tied yesterday! woohoo! One more and we'll be tied! and I have him crushed on Match point differential, which is tiebreaker number 1. SO someone needs to tie him or beat him again!

[Radii]

I've now gotten 4 right 7 days in a row. I seriously thought I had a shot at 6 today, but was way off base on one answer and missed an educated guess on another.

Its been really nice that there have been a lot of sports questions lately.

[Young Drachma]

Awesome is rocking it. So good!

[ntndeacon]

MD 21
Me 8(4)-DolanK2 6(3)

That could have been tricky. Tomorrow I get the person I tied first.

[ntndeacon]

MD 22
Me 6(4)-ThompsonMe 5(3)

So it's time to look at the goals.

1. half the questions? 85 correct +19 there. this goal is already satisfied.
2. at least in Rundle B next year? check
I can be no worse than 3rd. So I will definitely be going to Rundle B.
Rundle B 3rd has 34 4th has 31
Rundle C 7th has 26 (MPD 16) 8th has 26 (MPD 13)
Rundle D 12th has 21 13th has 16 points

3. more correct than my referrer? he has 81 so I'm at +4
4. ahead of the other referral? other referral is in third , so I am ahead there. +11 in terms of correct answers.

[ntndeacon]

MD 23
Me 6(4)-BrooksN2 3(2)
this close to the end I can't help but look at the goals daily.
1. half the questions? 89 correct +20 there. this goal is already satisfied.
2. at least in Rundle B next year? check
I can be no worse than 3rd. So I will definitely be going to Rundle B.
Rundle B 3rd has 36 4th has 31 Rundle B folks are set.
Rundle C 7th has 27 8th has 26 (MPD 11)
Rundle D 12th has 21(MPD -1) 13th has 17 points (MPD -25)so E rundle is pretty well set too
the only real question is who goes in C and who goes to D

3. more correct than my referrer? he has 85 so I'm at +4
4. ahead of the other referral? other referral is in third , so I am ahead there. +12 in terms of correct answers.

[ntndeacon]

MD 24
Me 5(2)-MarciondaC 1(1)

1. half the questions? 91 correct +19 there. this goal is already satisfied.
2. at least in Rundle B next year? check
I am again in 1st! I can be no worse than 2nd. So I will definitely be going to Rundle B. Well MAYBE!
There is a thing called Battlefield promotions for Rookie rundles.
If you win your R Rundle AND have more TMP than the winner of B Rundle then if there is a spot available you would then be eligible to move straight to A Rundle. Both in R Delta Div 1 and in R Rundle Div 2 there are battles for the titles. Each of the 4 of us has more TMP than the winner in B Delta. So there will be 2 eligible for Battlefield promotion in Delta this season. As a note...It happened in Delta last season.
Rundle B 3rd has 38 4th has 33
Rundle C 7th has 29 8th has 26 (MPD 10)
Rundle D 12th has 23(MPD -4) 13th has 17 points (MPD -27)
notice everything else is set.
3. more correct than my referrer? he has 86 so I'm at +5
4. ahead of the other referral? other referral is in third , so I am ahead there. +12 in terms of correct answers.

I'm playing the guy in third. ( who's my referrer's other referral) And Pollock is playing the person in 18th. I will have the tougher match it appears. Tomorrow can't come fast enough!

[ntndeacon]

MD 25
Me 3(3)-PerilloB 3(3)

Booo! And with that I do not win the Rundle! SOOO Close! So I will definitely be in B Delta next season.
All of the goals are settled in the positive though! I have a feeling there will be quite a few more losses next season than this one!

[Young Drachma]

These posts make me want to come back next season. I just sort of hate(d) the questions lol.

[ntndeacon]

Slowly but surely, we are getting a good sized contingent of FOFC folks! More each season!

[ntndeacon]

There's a fun minor league baseball one day today. A one day has 12 questions and you money 5. Each question is worth 15. The money questions if correct, are worth 15 plus the percentage of incorrect answerers for that question.

Also starting Monday are 3 minileagues on a variety of subjects. I'm doing the 1960s one and the movie one that is all images

[ntndeacon]

Update:

I was in 2 mini leagues.

I stunk up the jont in the 1960s one finishing 11/12 with a record of 3-8
In the Just Images Movies, I had a record of 7-2-2 and was this close to being a finalist to get to do the championship. (I ended in 3rd)

Since then I have done a couple of one days.

Alabama I got 8 for 88%
Pop Culture Law: I got 7 for 57%
One of these things is not like the others I got 6 for 30 percentile.
Luthur & Lutherans: I got 8 for 71 percentile.

Plus I tested the one day Presidential Runners up. (That was fun)

The first batch of Rookie invitations have been sent, and both of my referrals have signed up.

I can't wait until the start of LL 75 on November 13!

[Comey]

I'm in...something...for the upcoming season. Looking forward to it!

[Young Drachma]

well done and awesome.

[ntndeacon]

So the next season starts Monday. I am now in BDelta... the winner of my group did get a battlefield promotion and is in A. So close!
SO... important days.
MD 8 I face my referrer
MD 23 I face the other referree and fellow last season rookie
MD 11 my two referrees play each other.

So Goals...
1. Don't get sent down. Bottom 7 get sent to rundle C at the end of this. AVOID!!
2. In fact, HOw about we get sent to A? I like it! Top 3 get sent to A. And it would be even sweeter if I manage to win. ( I am not expecting that , but it would be cool!)
3. Beat last season's number of correct answers. ( For information purposes it was 94 correct)
4. Beat both my referrer , the other person referred , and both my referred players. those that I play , I of course want to win that match, but for everyone determined by correct answers)

[Young Drachma]

One of my IRL friends told me yesterday is now playing LL this coming season. It's so funny how it's growing.

[ntndeacon]

MD1
Me 4(4)-5(4) BatemanS

Well, a B league should be more difficult than the rookie league. Defense wins it as my opponent goes perfect on my defense and I don't. I assume I'll win a few of these close ones too.

A word about A and B rundles...They are made so that there are exactly 26 players in them. So I won't play anyone twice.
Tomorrow, I play one of the three sent down from A Delta. I may need some luck there too.

Hopefully the rest of our contingent did ok!

[ntndeacon]

MD 2
Me 6(5)-3(3)RubinsteinP

A big win! my first in B Rundle. moved me to 11th. ( I know. its really still too early for everything to normalize. wins and losses have a big impact on placement this early. ) I thought this group of questions was a bit easier than the last group. hopefully that trend continues tomorrow.

[ntndeacon]

MD 3
Me 1(1)-3(3)HallJ

Wow! today's set of questions had me all befuddled! The only question I got was about the Doppler effect guy. (Doppler) I could have saved a tie if I had put songs about cops with Cop rock. BUt no, I saw the song "Let's be careful out there" and went immediately to Hill street blues. D'oh!

Hopefully, tomorrow will have a better result. ( at least , I hopefully will get more right! Lol)

[ntndeacon]

MD 4
Me 4(4)-4(3)ColemanMT

THis was another day that I knew the ones I got relatively quickly and the ones I missed I didn't know. (Although I had to think about the Tim Rice question before I realized that Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't write the Lion King)
So I'm currently in 13th with 3 points , record is 1 win, 2 losses, and now 1 tie.

[QuikSand]

I got an invite (thanks, radii) and am 3-2 after my first week in what I presume is a low-level rundle. I really enjoy the questions that I'm sure I sorta know, but cannot summon up right away. Sometimes the answers come, sometimes they don't, but I really like that little precipice a good question can create.

[ntndeacon]

Quiksand, you're in what's basically a ranking rundle. Next season you'll be in your promotion/relegation rundle. Where everyone is roughly the same level. There definitely have been some good questions this season so far.

[ntndeacon]

MD 5
Me 7(4)-6(4) KirschA

This was a good win versus someone who was in A rundle last season and is pretty high in the standings so far this season. I'm now 2-2-1 and in 12th, but everyone is still pretty tight. So I still need to continue to be on my game.

This is the 5 question mark so I can start looking at my goals to see how I'm fairing so far.
So, without further adieu...

1) Am I out of the relegation zone. bottom 7 go to Rundle C
19th place has 4 points and a match point differential of -4. I have 5 points and a MPD of 1. So solidly in the middle of the pack. Any loss would send me hurtling that way though!.
2. Am I in the promotion range...Top 3 go to A.
3rd place has 8 points and a MPD of 5. I have a ways to go to get in that company.
3. Am I on track to beat 94 correct?
I currently am at 18 correct. So assuming the same rate the rest of the season, I'm told I would be at 90 correct, so -4 to that goal it appears.

4. Am I beating my referrer, the other referee with me, and my referals?

It's a mixed bag... Remember I am at 18 correct
referrer....18 correct.....+0 there. a dead heat (He's n the same rundle and is ahead in the standings, though)
other referred...19 correct -1 there (also in B rundle and behind in the standings)
my referrals
one has 14 correct so +4 on him
the other has 16 so +2 on him.

[ntndeacon]

MD 6
Me 6(5)-5(4)Latowski

so I'm 3-2-1 with 7 points in 10th place currently. (5-11 all have 7 points and 3rd has 8 points). The guy in first is killing us.

[ntndeacon]

MD 7
Me 4(4)-4(3) FellowsJ
Not knowing French plurals hurt. I'm 3-2-2 with 8 points in 10th place.

[ntndeacon]

I'm behind on posting here so here's a make up post:


MD 8
Me 6(3)-1(2) VardoroR
I got lucky on placement for a change. Plus there were a couple of questions that were misleading to which category they belonged. An important win versus my referrer.

MD 9
Me 5(3)-7(4) HumphreyB
As soon as I got my results, I assumed I had lost, as my opponent was top 3 so far this season.

So 4-3-2 in 9th so far.

How's everyone else doing?

[ntndeacon]

MD 10
Me 3(3)-6(4)FrappierP

Well another loss. that stinks. Especially since that person is in the relegation zone. It just goes to show you that everyone here can beat you on any given day.

Well it is day 10 so time for a goals update!

1) Am I out of the relegation zone. bottom 7 go to Rundle C
19th place has 8 points and a match point differential of -7. I have 10 points and a MPD of 2. So solidly in the middle of the pack.Only a bad loss from getting close to that zone.
2. Am I in the promotion range...Top 3 go to A.
3rd place has 15 points and a MPD of 9. I have a ways to go to get in that company.
3. Am I on track to beat 94 correct?
I currently am at 36 correct. So assuming the same rate the rest of the season, I'm told I would be at 90 correct, so -4 to that goal it appears.

4. Am I beating my referrer, the other referee with me, and my referrals?
I have beaten my referrer in a head to head match... so YAY!
on questions answered, he is at 33, so I am at +3 on him currently (and ahead of him in the standings)
the other person that was reffered at the same time as me is at 32 correct ( and behind me in the standings too, but only by MPD)
both of my referrals are at 32 correct so I'm up by +4 on them.

One of my referrals is on track for Rundle B, the other is currently headed to rundle C.

[ntndeacon]

MD 11
9(6)-4(4)HarrisChris

I get an eggroll. ( Cause with 6 you get eggroll) This was very much needed, since I had several days of only getting 3 in a row. If I want to get to more than my 94 correct I need higher scores than that.

[ntndeacon]

MD 12
1(2)-4(4) Baker D2
AND there goes the gains I made yesterday. There were a couple that seem gettable after the fact. And one art question that I hadn't a clue on. ( HInt...There is a Big Big Spider somewhere in the world...like 30 ft.)

[ntndeacon]

MD 13
Me5(4)-6(5) ThorsleyE

Missing the sports question cost me the win. I have been abominable on games/sports this season. Hopefully that turns around soon.

[ntndeacon]

MD 14
Me 2(2)-4(4)Renz-HotzA
And the losing streak is now at 3 games. there were a couple of gettable answers that I couldn't come up with. One was proton... I thought that too big for what the question said. I should have thought about the positive charge part.

[ntndeacon]

MD 15
Me 9(5)-7(5) FalvyD
Last season we were both rookies. So it was nice to win this one. And the losing streak is broken! They call my score a Dolly Parton. Since he gave me 0 points on a hard geography question.

Goal time!
1) Am I out of the relegation zone. bottom 7 go to Rundle C
19th place has 12 points and a match point differential of 7. I have 14 points and a MPD of 3. So solidly in the middle of the pack.Only a bad loss from getting close to that zone.
2. Am I in the promotion range...Top 3 go to A.
3rd place has 20 points and a MPD of 10. I have a ways to go to get in that company.
3. Am I on track to beat 94 correct?
I currently am at 55 correct. So assuming the same rate the rest of the season, I'm told I would be at 92 correct, so -2 to that goal it appears.

4. Am I beating my referrer, the other referee with me, and my referrals?
I have beaten my referrer in a head to head match... so YAY!
on questions answered, he is at 50, so I am at +5 on him currently (and behind him in the standings)
the other person that was reffered at the same time as me is at 49 correct ( and behind me in the standings)
one of my referrals is at 44 correct so I'm up by +11 on him.
The other referral is at 46 correct so I'm up by +9 on him.
Both referrals are currently in line to be in Rundle C.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

Quiksand, you're in what's basically a ranking rundle. Next season you'll be in your promotion/relegation rundle. Where everyone is roughly the same level. There definitely have been some good questions this season so far.

So, I ended up in the same ranking rundle as Comey, who blew my doors off. He's being placed in a good spot for next season, me not so much. I finished 13-11-1 and in 18th place... just down into the top spot of the "you're relegated to the worst level" tier.

Suffered some bad luck, I guess... there were only 4 people in the whole group who scored more points than I did (Comey among them) but I either played poor defense or just drew bad opponents for specific weeks.

So, I guess I have to play a season down with the dregs and try to earn promotion back to the real players are. So it goes.

[ntndeacon]

We're less than a week away from the start of LL76.

I ended up in 9th place for the B rundle. So I am pretty fixed here for next season. Neither of my refferrals made it to B. One will be in C and the other would have been in D. ( He's taking the season off however, before hopefully coming back) The other person who was referred at the same time as me, stayed up. I can't wait until Tuesday for day 1

[Young Drachma]

Nice work!

[ntndeacon]

LL76 has started. I'm in BDelta again and figured since we have completed day 5 I would share where I am. BDelta actually has 30 folks in it for some reason, so I won't actually play everyone like I did last season. This year top 6 promote to ADelta while the bottom 7 go to one of the C Rundles we have in Delta.
Currently, I sit in 17th place with a record of 3-2-0 for 6 points. Actually places 8 through 17 have 6 points. However I am dead last in the group of folks with 6 points in terms of MPD ( match point differential). MOst times I get more than half the questions. ( When I haven't I lose) One day was very bad and I could only get 2 out of the 6 questions. Twice I have gotten 5 out of 6. The goals this season are to get 100 questions right. (my high is 95 last season) and to at least not drop. and if I can get to A then all the better. My fellow refferee is also in B, so I definitely want to beat him. And iwant to answer more than anyone I have referred too.

Some of those will definitely be a challenge. But we have to have goals!

Good Luck to all of you participating.

[Young Drachma]

So many FOFCers playing now. (I have not gone back, hilariously. But I just spent the last half of 2017 as a real-life quizmaster, so I'm kind of over trivia for a while.)