Apocalypse Sports Trivia

[korme]

It's a tough one because your statistics are so high that they have to find it suspicious for you to miss all of them. But the questions are the hardest, it's the finale, it's live, many people go cold in front of others. I don't know how they could do it a better way, but that sucks to hear.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by korme

It's a tough one because your statistics are so high that they have to find it suspicious for you to miss all of them. But the questions are the hardest, it's the finale, it's live, many people go cold in front of others. I don't know how they could do it a better way, but that sucks to hear.

The proctor and I talked about it, when you have a time limit and your face to face the mind doesn't relax and let the info flow easily. Then you get bogged down rethinking your guesses and basically it turns into quicksand, something that doesn't happen when you can just sit and think about it as I do while I'm working.

I'll pull up the questions and just keep looking at them while I work until I choose an answer. numerous times my initial idea for an answer I realize is wrong as I keep re-reading the questions over time.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by RendeR

Because apparently going 0-fer in the verbal is grounds for a cheating accusation. Thats the only thing I can assume. There was no actual reasons given, just, "we think you're a cheater, you're out."

The template letter for those being accused needs to be written a bit more....diplomatically.

I get the point that overall they're trying to keep it honest but frankly, its too subjective. None of the accused can argue someone's opinion. If I believe person A is cheating, Person A is probably never going to convince me otherwise. Its all circumstantial and personal bias.

Its great that they're trying. Just kind of insulting when you're one of the wrongfully accused. I mean, whats the point?

;(

[Butter]

I won Deildin Five, got promoted 2 levels, went 0-fer in the Meisterschaft, then got demoted back to Deildin Five this year. I would think I'd be more of a case for cheating than anyone, though I didn't. I just played crappy defense and my answer rate dropped to like 45% this year from 60+ the season I won.

[korme]

Did anyone fill out the answers for the Meisterschaft?

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by korme

Did anyone fill out the answers for the Meisterschaft?

I surprised myself with an 8/10.

[Toddzilla]

I did really well with that bonus "Baseball Numbers" quiz, but I got hosed on the Piniella question. I knew the answer but misspelled it "Pinella" and didn't get my 10 points.

[korme]

Oh it's good to be back! 8-4 to start the Fortnight.

[korme]

2-3 at a 52% clip heading into the break.

[Butter]

Up to 3-2 after starting out 0-2

[ntndeacon]

4-1 so far and leading Cataclysm sixlaegn. I doubt it will last.

[korme]

I really missed Q1 today.

[ntndeacon]

Well I will definitely move up to at least E. I can't be worse than third. I just lost to the first place guy.

[korme]

The dramatic collapse of my season (5 straight L's) will be something to forget

[Butter]

I'm bottom 40 all time in defense, but I have gone 5 wins, 1 draw in my last 6 and should be in the promotion match for Desolation North Deildin Five

[Butter]

Won the championship match! 4(2) to 2(2), my defense saved me for once

[britrock88]

Semi-crosspost from the FB group, but mostly stewing that 39/45 correct answers against in Ragnarok Premiership has consigned me to a super-relegation match today.

[korme]

Originally Posted by britrock88

Semi-crosspost from the FB group, but mostly stewing that 39/45 correct answers against in Ragnarok Premiership has consigned me to a super-relegation match today.

For these classes I'm taking that is all online only, we have to download something called a Lockdown Browser for tests. When the test begins, your camera starts recording and you cannot open any new windows. I think it's something Shane should consider. It would eliminate the freedom to sit all day and think about it, but I think too many people go "I should know this" and look something up for ease. It's incredibly lame.

I also got super relegated but I mean I answered 35% correct so I can't complain too much.

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by Butter

Won the championship match! 4(2) to 2(2), my defense saved me for once

Bravo, sir! That's fantastic!

[Butter]

Second shot at the Meisterschaft, let's hope I don't take another 0fer

[Butter]

5/10 on this season's Meisterschaft. One I definitely should've gotten, the others I was nowhere near.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Butter

5/10 on this season's Meisterschaft. One I definitely should've gotten, the others I was nowhere near.

Good job by you!

[Butter]

Not sure if you guys saw this, but the tiebreak loser is me.

Meisterschaft Champions

Deildin Five: Jeffrey Paul, Chicago, IL, Doomsday Conference

An absolutely unbelievable battle in Deildin Five, where all eight competitors scored either a 4/10 or a 5/10, Paul won in the tiebreaker over four other competitors, including John Furlano, Jim Clark, and Gary Price. Price, of Desolation, came closest on his Feagles guess, but Paul nipped him by a mere 1500 yards. In the aftermath, Grant Park flooded with supporters, and as they waited for Paul to emerge, the numbers topped the election night crowd that assembled for Barack Obama. Paul was greeted with roars of acclamation, cries of "Ditka!", and various meat products, and the party raged into the night.

Tiebreak they're referring to was "guess total number of career punt yards for Jeff Feagles".

Spoiler

My guess: 80,000
Correct answer: 71,511

[Toddzilla]

Is this over forever?

[korme]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Is this over forever?

Gotta read the emails my guy

[Toddzilla]

not everyone has a fancy email machine like you, pal

[korme]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

not everyone has a fancy email machine like you, pal

*nodding*

[Butter]

They're doing one more fortnight then going paid.

I'll probably stick around. If you do go paid, you can organize your own private divisions, so if we had enough people here we could do one.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Butter

They're doing one more fortnight then going paid.

I'll probably stick around. If you do go paid, you can organize your own private divisions, so if we had enough people here we could do one.

On the fence about it, but if I stick around, I definitely want to do a private division. I knew this was inevitable, but I'm not very good, so I just have to weigh if it's worth my interest.

[ntndeacon]

I'm trying to decide if I'm interested in paying or not.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by korme

On the fence about it, but if I stick around, I definitely want to do a private division. I knew this was inevitable, but I'm not very good, so I just have to weigh if it's worth my interest.

Same!

[britrock88]

Made the Meisterschaft out of Ragnarok L2 and had a regrettable 5/10 day.

[korme]

I saw that you had won your division and meant to send you congratulations, brit. Job well done.

[britrock88]

How many of us held over in the paid era? Kind of enjoying the open division format this year.

[korme]

I decided not to renew. What do you mean, open division? Screenshots welcome

[Butter]

I somehow finished 2nd with a 52% correct rate

britrock, was that "Elvis Grbrats" answer from the other day you?

[Toddzilla]

I finished first with a 5-0-6 record but I'm sure I'll get crushed in the final, I missed 3 :/

[ntndeacon]

I also bowed out this season

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Butter

I somehow finished 2nd with a 52% correct rate

britrock, was that "Elvis Grbrats" answer from the other day you?

Lol, yes it was! How funny to get the paradoxical wrong-answer-of-the-day crown...

[Toddzilla]

FOFC REPRESENT

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by korme

I decided not to renew. What do you mean, open division? Screenshots welcome

With the shift to a paid subscription model and the resulting membership attrition, the guys running the site decided to more or less reset the league structure and put everyone through another rookie season. The divisions grew from 10 to 12 (and the fortnight expanded to 12 days), and the assignments to tiers 1-6 after this season correspond to how people finish in their open division (1 and 2 go to the top, ..., 11 and 12 go to the bottom).

Here is how things shook out in Armageddon North Open B:

Player	W	L	D	Pts	+/-	Correct	Correct %
 Noel Purcell
9	0	2	29	50	47	85.45 %
 Noah Brisbin
6	1	4	23	16	36	65.45 %
 Tejas Raje
6	2	3	22	24	39	70.91 %
 Mick Reinhard
6	1	4	22	22	36	65.45 %
 Chris Almeida
5	3	3	18	6	29	52.73 %
 Dan Hawkins
5	3	3	18	2	25	45.45 %
 Gary Fedorochko
3	5	3	12	-12	22	40 %
 Greg Peterson
3	5	3	12	-18	20	36.36 %
 Norman Yacko Jr.
2	5	4	10	-16	21	38.18 %
 Adam Wendell
2	6	3	9	-4	22	40 %
 Josh McMullen
2	8	1	7	-30	15	27.27 %
 Michal Dwojak
0	10	1	1	-40	7	12.73 %

So, a wide spread in sports trivia proficiency reflected there. At the end of it all, I was a little fortunate to eke out 2nd, so will go to the Premiership, where I will likely struggle to stay up as before. (I had won a second-tier division last fortnight.)

[Toddzilla]

And here is Ragnarok North / Open E

Player 	W 	L 	D 	Pts 	+/- 	Correct 	Correct %
Patrick Sabol	7 	3 	1 	22 	12 	26 	47.27 %
Jon Arnold	6 	2 	3 	21 	38 	38 	69.09 %
Todd Akers	5 	0 	6 	21 	18 	32 	58.18 %
Evan Malter	5 	3 	3 	18 	14 	37 	67.27 %
Matt Silich     4 	2 	5 	17 	6 	21 	38.18 %
Zach Greenfield	4 	3 	4 	16 	8 	19 	34.55 %
Jon Leibowitz	4 	3 	4 	16 	6 	24 	43.64 %
Liz Quesnelle	4 	4 	3 	15 	-4 	21 	38.18 %
Meg McCurdy	3 	4 	4 	13 	-14 	18 	36 %
Jon Caraco	3 	5 	3 	12 	-14 	19 	42.22 %
Ryan Sprechmn   1 	7 	3 	6 	-24 	15 	27.27 %
Alex Fraser	0 	10 	1 	1 	-46 	14 	25.45 % 

note the only undefeated player

[britrock88]

To follow up on my bragging in the LL thread, just got 6th place in the curling friendly. Tops among people who missed a question (I would never have gotten the two Canadians who went to the Olympics without winning a national title), so fairly good use of the priority multipliers.

[Toddzilla]

Apocalypse starts tonight

I'm in Ragnarok North Liga Two