Learned League

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?

Riding the bottom of A babee. Did we not have a thread already?

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.

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.

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!)

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.

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.

Baffling

for the confused:
https://learnedleague.com/

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

Thanks

3 of 6 correct today, 2 that i kinda thought i coulda got right and 1 that was just no chance at all

Hey don’t post about questions until the results are in, even obliquely! You don’t know who’s submitted yet.

well sure, but how is saying what i think i got right by the numbers revealing anything?

I’m sure there is some ruling from the Commissioner on this on the site, pro or con.

i challenge jaymc to 'smith' a one-day about ilx

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.

Makes sense

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.

silby OTM about not posting *anything* about a Match Day until it's over

U guys are playing 3D chess but whatever works is fine. Meet you back here at 1 in the morning to discuss.

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.

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.

Well it's tomorrow now and I can reveal the secret that a plurality LL'ers are not fans of Bhad Bhabie

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.

I lost 8(5)-7(5). Always disappointing to get the same number of questions right but lose on defense.

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.

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!

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

Completely new to this, but really like the idea. It seems like it's too late to join this season--is that correct?

yeah you have to join in between seasons

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

I too would like to join! Will M, silby, or any other kind ilxor have a spare invite?

theo von is a beast at learned league guys

Oh wait $30 for membership, gotta think about this.

What about high-ranking White House officials

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.

@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.

can one of you kind individuals send me an invite, please? ilx webmail reaches me :)

Ah ok, that sounds reasonable. You can ilx mail me, and thanks!

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.

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?

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!

Oh, and Will, the referral page is here:
https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/referral.php

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)

Unc contacted me, I will take care of ‘em

ok jim i'll send you a message then!

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.

congrats! what's the topic?

The MiniLeague I'm running starting in January (The World of Pop Music) may be of particular interest to denizens of this forum.

yes! def looking forward to that one.

Women in Punk! Xps

Xps, more like X-Ray Spex

Lol spoilers.

Finished first in my Folk Music group.

But ofc did very badly in the Final.

I have no memory at all of the other ML Finals I have been in, except maybe the general idea that they are usually super-hard.

I got all 12 right in the Star Trek: TNG 1DS but didn't even crack the 90th %ile, which is the second-biggest heartbreak for me this week.

People love them some Star Trek.

I mean, I could've won the damn thing, this feeling of regret reminds me of something similar from last week.

A season after being relegated from A, I've been in the promotion zone for a decent chunk of this season. I dare think that I'm getting better!

I'm barely paying attention to my results because I'm deep in the throes of getting the World of Pop Music ML together. (registration should be open 'soon')

Back in A! And I finally broke the 100 TCA threshold, albeit in the sweatiest way possible that I actually feel a little bad about it.

came in 5th in my a rundle despite being 15th in tca and -3 in match point differential lol

i had an extremely weird season where i was basically undefendable, got far more questions in my bad categories than i usually do... 119 pts on 83 correct. (other pts on similar seasons have been... 101, 97, 104, 109, 98, 98)

anyway i won my c rundle and about to get absolutely bodied in B. i have been like a 60/40 split between D/C my whole career. trying not to think about the beating i'm about to take and looking at the bright side which is 2 more seasons guaranteed not in D, lol

i wish i could easily see my "defensive efficiency against" just to see how much i zagged on em this season

I think that's offensive efficiency and it's in the Expanded Standings!

Don't forget to look at 80s Soundtracks.

Did some really bad moneying recently

I probably should get back to this. There's just so much other quiz (also hi Greg, it was lovely to be utterly incompetent at reading your OQL game on Wednesday)

I just noticed that there's an OQL team named WAP and Peace, which, bravo.

I enjoyed Greg's World of Pop Music ML!

Yeah it was fun. I was in second place in my group for a long time, ended up finishing in fourth

I did surprisingly well in the New England ML championship -- only got 8 questions right, but the ones I moneyed were the 5 hardest.

Really dragged me feet on submitting my 1DS test questions but I just went ahead and submitted.

My luck won't last but I'm in 3rd place in A right now.

Nice!

Contrary to my expectations, my luck this season has held, if not to the degree of qualifying for the championship (which imo was never a realistic possibility) then all but ensuring that I'll be in A again next season.

Also, the day after I had my first 6 pack of the year, I follow up with a turd of a match. At least it helped my referrer to stay above relegation!

i have also benefited from some pretty serious luck to stay up in my first season of B! 6 points and >10 spots out of relegation -- despite every other stat being relegation-worthy (low in pts, 2nd last in TCA, mid defense) ive really benefitted from all of the typical luck things (low CAA, scoring high on the right days, etc). part of me still feels like i shouldn't be here tho lol

xp Haha, thank you, I guess? I have been having a very unlucky season, but hoping I can stay above water in the last few days.

My punk rock 1DS is live!

Just submitted!

I'd actually started it before I saw your post here and hadn't noticed that it was yours.

ditto. suspect i'll do pretty well.

And you did! Congrats.

Just Audio One Word was a lot of fun but even though I got 8 right, I still ended up in the 16th percentile lol.

Heh, exactly. Although I got 11/12 and managed to crack the top 50%

That one was even more about moneying than most

I got 98th percentile … and 90th place

Saw the first part, didn’t notice the second.

Cracked the top 50 in the board game pieces 1DS! Best finish in a long while.

Got a 9(6) and would've gotten my first win of the season except I 0'd the Pujols question, which was naturally the only one my opponent missed.

yeah i thought too hard on that one and missed it

i did get 6/6 today with two lucky guesses, so it evens out

Pretty brutal start to the season, my CAA of 27 is worst in the rundle: opponents have averaged >5 against me. DE of 0.333 is also not helping.

still annoyed at myself for forfeiting on Thursday. my phone died and instead of immediately running to charge it, I thought "you know, I don't actually need to look at my phone for the rest of the night." so I missed the text reminder.

the really annoying thing is that I did look at the questions earlier that day and would've gotten 4/6 had I just submitted then.

Hey jaymc I gave you a whole point for Lolla and this is how you do me?

Haha, well, I actually submitted a scoring review for Q1 because I really don't think I should've been given credit for "Danse Meadow." I think the match should've been a tie.

I'm sure this is unsporting to post, but whatever: BarinholtzI missed the sweeps question yesterday??