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Old 07-29-2020, 08:37 AM   #1
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Apocalypse Sports Trivia

Shane Ryan, an author and writer for pgatour.com started a trivia league a while back and just invited people to sign up for the next round a few weeks back. I signed up and will be participating next week. Thought it might be fun to share my experience - honestly, I wish I had notified FOFC about this when he was asking for signups, this seems right up some member's alleys. At least it's on the FOFC radar now, and maybe you guys can get in next time he asks for more people.

There are a lot of sports writers in here so I expect to be below average. However, it's an incredible idea and I'm glad to be partaking!

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Old 07-29-2020, 05:11 PM   #2
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Old 07-29-2020, 08:15 PM   #3
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Old 08-10-2020, 12:36 PM   #4
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Summited my Day 1 answers. I got one question correct of the first five. I'll post the questions later (in the off chance someone else playing reads this).

I absolutely had no idea on 3 of the 5, and thought I would have 2 correct. We will see later how my opponent did!
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Old 08-12-2020, 07:42 AM   #5
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Follow along in the dynasty section here! So far, I've got my ass handed to me twice. I post the questions and then spoiler tag the answers if you want to take your best guesses as well.
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Old 08-12-2020, 05:06 PM   #6
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Sports writers don't know anything, you'll be fine.
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Old 08-27-2020, 10:59 PM   #7
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He's asking for new sign ups beginning in October. I think a lot you would be great at this. Here's the dynasty thread I made documenting my first experience playing...

Trials & Tribulations with Apocalypse Trivia - Front Office Football Central

If you want to sign up, just email Shane AT apocalypsetrivia.com
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Old 03-08-2021, 12:20 PM   #8
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AST is recruiting new people and wants a blitz of folks to fill an entire new conference. As the person responsible for infecting this forum with Learned League players (heh)

I'll say AST is 100 times more enjoyable daily than playing LL, where you just hate yourself about what you know or don't know. AST is fun, it's breezy and even if you're getting beaten it's not a burden. The seasons are shorter too.

Here's the pitch from the Commish himself:

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Hello, prized recruit. You're receiving this wall of text from Apocalypse Sports Trivia because your friend, family member, or bitter rival—perhaps all three?—has decided that you are a discriminating soul who might be interested in joining our free sports trivia league. Here's our deal: Each "fortnight" of AST consists of ten days of questions, Monday through Friday, with five questions per day and a full 24 hours to answer at your convenience. The time commitment is quite low, the brain stimulation quite high. Each morning, you'll be matched head-to-head against one opponent from your division of ten players, and along with answering the five questions, you'll play defense against that opponent based on which questions you think he or she will answer correctly. After facing each player in your division through the first nine days, you'll have a chance to play for championships, promotion to a higher division, or just to stave off relegation on day ten, i.e. Championship Day.

Those are the basics, and the full rules, along with sample questions, can be found here. Our two golden values are no cheating, and no defaulting your matches. If you're interested, send an email to [email protected] with something trivia related in the subject line and the name of the person who referred you in the text, and you can be part of a brand new conference that brings us to 480 total players. Thanks for reading!
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Old 03-08-2021, 01:08 PM   #9
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playing LL, where you just hate yourself about what you know or don't know.

How did you know
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Old 03-18-2021, 03:05 PM   #10
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I'm in, thanks for posting
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Old 03-18-2021, 03:27 PM   #11
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I'd be interested, too, if it ain't too late.
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Old 03-19-2021, 02:53 PM   #12
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We got a call for 4-5 new players last night/this morning, so PM me your name/email if you want in and I'll do my best!
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Old 03-19-2021, 06:56 PM   #13
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Loving it. Everybody's gotta drop their names and conference and divisions they are in so I can follow how everyone's doing!
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Old 03-22-2021, 01:11 PM   #14
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Tough start for me, tied 0(1)-0(1)
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Old 03-23-2021, 06:17 AM   #15
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Desolation / Junior C

I would've won today but I changed my HR at the last second to question 1, and made a mistake. So I will get a tie.
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Old 03-23-2021, 10:39 AM   #16
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I had a quick look at this, checked out the sample questions to see how out of my depth I'd be and one of the questions was "There are five types of goals in hockey: even strength, power play, short-handed, penalty shot and empty net. Who was the first player to score all five in a single game?"

Later that evening I was watching hockey on TV and their fan trivia question was that very question. Felt like a boss actually knowing the answer to a hockey fan trivia question for the first time ever.
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Old 03-24-2021, 03:03 PM   #17
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Loving it. Everybody's gotta drop their names and conference and divisions they are in so I can follow how everyone's doing!

Ragnarok Premiership here.
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Old 03-25-2021, 05:28 AM   #18
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My defense has been shit early on, as I've wavered and picked the wrong one of two every time.
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Old 03-27-2021, 07:40 AM   #19
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Ragnarok Premiership here.

Look at the big brains on britrock!
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Old 03-27-2021, 08:30 AM   #20
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Too specific a subject for me. YD has relayed some of the questions, and eh, I think I'll pass. I'll stick to the more general LearnedLeague.
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Old 03-28-2021, 10:06 PM   #21
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Got my first 10(5) tonight, and that was with a total guess on #4

Still messed up the defense but luckily dude missed 2 questions
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Old 03-29-2021, 01:04 AM   #22
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Eschaton / Premiership. It's a lot less annoying to me than LL, but still...the questions can be sort of odd at times.
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Old 03-30-2021, 07:31 AM   #23
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Where do we think the level of cheating is at? I'm playing a guy who is in 1st right now, he has never missed a football question, 80% or better on three other categories. Come on.
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Old 03-30-2021, 12:33 PM   #24
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Where do we think the level of cheating is at? I'm playing a guy who is in 1st right now, he has never missed a football question, 80% or better on three other categories. Come on.

I've been thinking this, too. It's gotta be a much higher threshold than Learned League, just given the trivia bonafides. I think he's trying his best to write questions that sort of mitigate this a bit, but...I'd have to guess it's pretty high.
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Old 04-14-2021, 12:09 PM   #25
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How many folks we have from FOFC doing this now. I'm about to join up (in May I have been told) Just being curious.
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Old 04-14-2021, 01:48 PM   #26
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I've requested an add but never saw anything
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Old 04-15-2021, 11:42 AM   #27
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I've requested an add but never saw anything

How did you go about it? I can send you a proper invitation, there are still probably spots available.
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Old 04-15-2021, 02:41 PM   #28
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How many folks we have from FOFC doing this now. I'm about to join up (in May I have been told) Just being curious.

I'm in. 5th worst in defensive skill out of 480 players. Quality!
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Old 04-16-2021, 11:58 AM   #29
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I'm in. 5th worst in defensive skill out of 480 players. Quality!

So your wins are because a preponderance of knowledge!

I suspect that Iwill be much worse in this than I am in Learned League. It'll be fun regardless!
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Old 04-16-2021, 12:13 PM   #30
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You guys want some stats? Here's some (my) stats

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All Time Wins 16 (T-164) All Time Losses 21 (T-103) All Time Ties 12 (T-116) All Time +/- -32 (NA) Correct Answers 98 (T-165) Correct % 40% (T-339) Previous Finishes Season League Finish Fortnight X Endtimes Four Divisie 6th Fortnight IX Endtimes Deildin Five 4th Fortnight VIII Endtimes Four Divisie 9th Fortnight VII Endtimes Four Divisie 4th Fortnight VI Endtimes Junior A 6th Answer History by Category Category Correct Correct % Basketball 19 / 29 65.52% Baseball 16 / 25 64% Football 15 / 29 51.72% Hockey 9 / 20 45% Games 10 / 25 40% Obscure 7 / 22 31.82% Racing & Combat 7 / 23 30.43% Country Club 6 / 24 25% Soccer 4 / 25 16% Olympics 3 / 24 12.5% Defensive Stats Strikeouts 30 (T-122) Missed Strikeouts 16 (T-140) Strikeout Percentage 65.22% (T-209) Home Runs Avoided 30 (T-143) Home Runs Conceded 16 (T-108) Home Runs Avoided Percentage 65.22% (T-328) Average Defensive Skill -0.1062 (T-310)

Not great!
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Old 04-16-2021, 12:57 PM   #31
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Not great!

But Cool to see! Especially while I am waiting (im)patiently
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Old 04-16-2021, 03:44 PM   #32
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How did you go about it? I can send you a proper invitation, there are still probably spots available.
I just replied in this thread. Please send an invite along!
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Old 04-16-2021, 07:53 PM   #33
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I just replied in this thread. Please send an invite along!

Young Drachma posted the information from the commish a few posts earlier, here it is again. Feel free to use my full name as a ref, or someone else's here.

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Hello, prized recruit. You're receiving this wall of text from Apocalypse Sports Trivia because your friend, family member, or bitter rival—perhaps all three?—has decided that you are a discriminating soul who might be interested in joining our free sports trivia league. Here's our deal: Each "fortnight" of AST consists of ten days of questions, Monday through Friday, with five questions per day and a full 24 hours to answer at your convenience. The time commitment is quite low, the brain stimulation quite high. Each morning, you'll be matched head-to-head against one opponent from your division of ten players, and along with answering the five questions, you'll play defense against that opponent based on which questions you think he or she will answer correctly. After facing each player in your division through the first nine days, you'll have a chance to play for championships, promotion to a higher division, or just to stave off relegation on day ten, i.e. Championship Day.

Those are the basics, and the full rules, along with sample questions, can be found here. Our two golden values are no cheating, and no defaulting your matches. If you're interested, send an email to [email protected] with something trivia related in the subject line and the name of the person who referred you in the text, and you can be part of a brand new conference that brings us to 480 total players. Thanks for reading!
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Old 05-12-2021, 08:07 AM   #34
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Looks like I will be in Cataclysm
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Old 05-12-2021, 11:54 AM   #35
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This sounds great...I love it when LL does sports-themed questions or One Days.

Shorty, I sent an email requesting to join with you as the referral. Hopefully there's space still, or at least will be down the road.
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Old 05-12-2021, 01:30 PM   #36
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I doubt I'll be as good here as I am in LL. However I like the concept. I'm hoping for 3 but can see myself in 4.
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Old 05-12-2021, 05:42 PM   #37
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I'm on the waitlist now. Shorty...I gave my brother your name to use as well. Hope you don't mind.
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Old 05-13-2021, 01:25 PM   #38
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I'm Desolation Juniors / Junior C – Fortnight XI Table
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Old 05-14-2021, 05:22 PM   #39
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I don't mind at all Jeebs. The more the merrier! This will be my fifth time playing and every single time he has added more conferences and divisions so there is no doubt in my mind you and your brother will both get in next time.

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Old 05-16-2021, 09:15 AM   #40
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good luck, fools!
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Old 05-16-2021, 08:19 PM   #41
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And the first bunch of questions dropped!
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Old 05-17-2021, 06:29 AM   #42
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Desolation / Deildin Five

Got a nice win on Day 1 thanks to my correct answer to the final question.
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Old 05-17-2021, 06:34 AM   #43
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Desolation / Deildin Five

Got a nice win on Day 1 thanks to my correct answer to the final question.

I'm curious if he will accept my answer for number 5. Thought I'd get Q1, I didn't. Only 1 of 4 so far, 2 of 5 at best!
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Old 05-17-2021, 12:43 PM   #44
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Only got 1 so did my opponent. But his was his HR
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Old 05-17-2021, 02:26 PM   #45
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Same, I'm bitter I didn't take time to really think about the last 2.

Also, I played my HR wrong, so I cost myself 2 points and a tie.
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Old 05-17-2021, 06:52 PM   #46
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Same, I'm bitter I didn't take time to really think about the last 2.

Also, I played my HR wrong, so I cost myself 2 points and a tie.

This is the epitome of Apocalypse, you're going to fit in just fine
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:25 PM   #47
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Got my first win today vs the other 0-2-0 player! A homer helped.
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Old 05-20-2021, 12:30 PM   #48
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my opponent got all 5 right 90 seconds after the questions were posted >
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Old 05-20-2021, 09:04 PM   #49
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Old 05-21-2021, 08:25 AM   #50
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My opponent got 5 right today as well. Doesn't matter the questions, this guy is 85% or better on every single category, in fact, he has never once missed an NFL question. I'm playing the Schwab.

Where's that eyeroll emoji?

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