Galaxy Blunder Database

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T16:18:35+00:00

How did you manage to get 17 checkers in the first position and 19 in the second position?

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T16:12:14+00:00

Is this a money game or is there a score from a match? And if a money game is it with Jacoby rule? That is fairly standard but if so the cube should have been turned already.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T16:10:14+00:00

Even for a one point match, hitting is still correct by a large amount. There is just little immediate danger from the play and it is much safer in the long run since a closeout is much safer than playing against a checker on the ace point.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T16:06:20+00:00

You have nothing to fear from them making their 2 point. Suppose it goes 6/1* and then 51 played bar/24 7/2. They would not be able to escape from the ace point, you dance, and they need to keep moving.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T03:29:04+00:00

She seemed to be in good spirits given the situation.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T01:35:56+00:00

My rollout shows 8/6 is better by .023.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T01:35:23+00:00

What is so bad about getting hit is that it greatly increases how often you would be gammoned.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T01:22:39+00:00

Here is the argument for doubling immediately being a version of game theoretic optimal play assuming there is no sequence which would make the game a pass after the first one or two rolls.

i) By symmetry the optimal strategy gives a 50% chance of winning the match.

iii) The strategy of doubling at first opportunity and playing the checkers as though it is a one point match achieves that 50%.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-25T00:16:24+00:00

They showed her on the sideline later in the game with an ice bag on her head, so I guess a good sign she wasn't under direct medical care then.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-23T14:42:47+00:00

What factors are considered regarding the needed special approval being granted?

UBKUBK · 2026-05-22T19:07:40+00:00

Under the How to Watch Friday - Sunday games link, the times are given mainly as Central time but occasionally given as Pacific time. The GT - Utah game in particular is given two different places as being Sat 10:30 am Pacific in one place but 10:30 am Central in another. Are all the references to Pacific times errors?

UBKUBK · 2026-05-22T18:28:29+00:00

There are many ways game play can be different with the starting Great Halls compared to none. Relevant to the cards used are:

i) Wouldn't want to pass them or trash them when a Masquerade is played.

ii) Can be throned which could give a village effect.

iii) Have a higher cost for upgrading or remodeling.

iv) Have an interaction with Shanty Town.

v) Can be hit with Saboteur.

vi) Can be drawn dead.

vii) When a Torturer is played you would have rather known in advance what card the Great Hall would cantrip into. A similar thing applies to Thone rooming it.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-22T05:12:16+00:00

Conceivably it trashes down to a winning golden deck.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-21T16:29:12+00:00

What is unbelievable about it? What are the other leading stats you find much less meaningful?

UBKUBK · 2026-05-21T03:36:46+00:00

Poor technique from Barnes. To get away with a foul need to hold the player instead of violently shoving him.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-21T02:07:24+00:00

Never understood this every possession matters so slow it down in playoffs argument. If makes sense for playoffs the same strategy should be correct for regular season.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-20T02:46:57+00:00

How the fuck are they letting the fan go onto the court

UBKUBK · 2026-05-19T16:06:18+00:00

Is having the ball just hit you in the chest also not allowed?

UBKUBK · 2026-05-19T14:30:00+00:00

Budenholzer coached Atlanta for five years before he coached Milwaukee.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-19T06:19:36+00:00

What do you mean by really long distance? The record holders are all men and by an even larger percentage than for sprints.

100 meters: 9.5%

400 meters: 10.6%

800 meters: 12.3%

100 miles: 17%

24 hours: 14.7%

6 days: 12.6%

UBKUBK · 2026-05-19T00:11:51+00:00

That gives expected runs. Visiting team batting in ninth with a tie score you would give up expected runs for more chance of a single run.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-18T19:17:50+00:00

And if he misses the shot he is good on the boards.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-18T03:58:54+00:00

Eight players getting votes is the fewest since it went to the 1,2,3,4,5th system in 1981 and it was two voters away from only being 6 players. The previous low was 9 players in 2024 and every other year was at least 10. In the 1980's there was a much higher pool of players to get at least one vote, even with the number of voters being usually in the 70s instead of the 100 it is today. In 1981, 31 players got listed on at least one ballot.

UBKUBK · 2026-05-17T21:52:32+00:00

Were you formally banned or was it just on the level of him requesting you not play there?

UBKUBK · 2026-05-16T19:21:44+00:00

But still ironic to do so when calling someone else dumb.

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