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Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




The Locator posted:

I can't believe none of you jerks jumped on the dodgeball bandwagon with me.

Never mind that, I'm incredibly disappointed that most of SAS doesn't give Slamball is proper due.

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seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
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Toilet Rascal
Scores after question 7:

mentholmoose - 143
Mr. Fix It - 127
AllTerrineVehicle - 127
CellBlock - 126
Pet Rock Band - 121
Grittybeard - 121
DannoMack - 118
Exodor - 115
FairGame - 115
OperaMouse - 114
KIM JONG TRILL - 112
abel wingnut - 111
Haschel Cedricson - 110
skaboomizzy - 110
josefstalinator - 107
Kalli - 107
Buane - 107
Ice To Meet You - 105
The Glumslinger - 105
Inspector_666 - 105
elwoodcuse - 104
myron cope - 103
Spoeank - 102
Xenophon - 101
E_Motion - 101
tehchekt - 100
Crunkjuice - 98
Azhais - 95
DukeChin - 95
Twin Cinema - 95
Tadashi - 94
brainguy - 93
Frank Eufemia - 93
Mike Works - 93
Worthleast - 92
Pungry - 89
IcePhoenix - 88
darkwolf220 - 87
Deadly Intersection - 87
No Safe Word - 84
Great White Hope - 83
Reformed Pissboy - 83
Everblight - 83
Bawfuls - 82
Pander - 82
McStabby - 80
Deathlove - 79
Meeler09 - 79
PantsFreeZone - 79
alansmithee - 78
swickles - 77
CzarStark - 76
Tony Phillips - 76
Silly Burrito - 75
Christ Pseudoscientist - 74
Shadow Ninja 64 - 73
Benne - 73
kalensc - 72
Rincewind - 72
Spamtron7000 - 70
Infidel Castro - 69
GuavaMoment - 68
zakharov - 67
C. Everett Koop - 66
Zodijackylite - 66
KettleWL - 66
CannonFodder - 66
Paper Tiger - 65
Cruel and Unusual - 65
Ammat the Ankh - 65
Dingleberry Jones - 65
The Midniter - 65
craigk - 64
Metapod - 63
tinstaach - 63
WienerDog - 61
naginalJJ - 59
Articpuma - 59
i am not so sure - 58
Vlad Antlerkov - 58
fartknocker - 57
Pops Mgee - 56
Ninurta - 54
Guignol - 54
INSPECTAH DECK - 53
doomocrat - 51
Parmesan Basil - 51
Flyinglemur - 51
Whypick1 - 50
pig slut lisa - 50
stab - 49
johnfw50 - 49
Badfinger - 49
ChampRamp - 48
CBJSprague24 - 47
GeneX - 46
Dale Ouise - 44
Yoshifan823 - 43
evanth - 43
JoelJoel - 42
Jawknee - 41
Nostalgia4Butts - 40
lloyol - 40
Recursive - 40
The Locator - 40
marioinblack - 38
ThinkTank - 37
Rogue Elephant - 32
tanglewood1420 - 32
Alfred P. Pseudonym - 31
sa fits - 31
Anders - 26
Wall Balls - 19
Magicpants - 19
Thaddius the Large - 12
straight up brolic - 11
the talent deficit - 11
TUS - 7

Question 8: In the last Super Bowl, Pete Carroll made one of the stupidest coaching decisions by throwing instead of running. Name another terrible coaching decision in sports.







This was probably the hardest question I've had to grade, because there were so many goddamn ace answers that I tried to group and give people more points.

PantsFreeZone
May 31, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo

The Locator posted:

I can't believe none of you jerks jumped on the dodgeball bandwagon with me.

Dodgeball peaked here:

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

seiferguy posted:



This was probably the hardest question I've had to grade, because there were so many goddamn ace answers that I tried to group and give people more points.

Coaches do many stupid things.

Worthleast
Nov 25, 2012

Possibly the only speedboat jumps I've planned

seiferguy posted:



This was probably the hardest question I've had to grade, because there were so many goddamn ace answers that I tried to group and give people more points.

Yes Please. I was sure that would be a joke answer.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!
No one else believes it's time for Beer Pong to get the respect it deserves? :colbert:

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

PantsFreeZone posted:

Dodgeball peaked here:



Which one of the Super Dodgeball games is that? I don't recognize that screenshot.

marioinblack
Sep 21, 2007

Number 1 Bullshit
I didn't even think about the Grady Little thing.

PantsFreeZone
May 31, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo

Silly Burrito posted:

Which one of the Super Dodgeball games is that? I don't recognize that screenshot.

Arcade version on NDS.

Edit: http://www.destructoid.com/my-balls-are-lethal-super-dodgeball-brawlers-announced-for-nds-50040.phtml

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

PantsFreeZone posted:

Arcade version on NDS.

Noted for later, thanks!

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
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Question 8: In the last Super Bowl, Pete Carroll made one of the stupidest coaching decisions by throwing instead of running. Name another terrible coaching decision in sports.

A Baseball manager leaves his pitcher in too long (they're mostly Grady Little leaving in Pedro who gets wrecked by Aaron Boone unless noted otherwise)- 16
Tadashi (Dusty Baker leaves in Mark Prior)
ChampRamp (Dusty Baker leaves in Mark Prior)
Tony Phillips
elwoodcuse
Mr. Fix It
Rincewind
i am not so sure (Don Mattingly not pulling Kershaw)
Deathlove (D-backs use Byung-Hyun Kim on consecutive nights)
tehchekt
Infidel Castro
Reformed Pissboy
DannoMack
Rogue Elephant
Buane
Benne
The Midniter

Tikhonov pulls Trekiak in the 1980 Olympic hockey Semi-final (The Miracle on Ice) - 11
Xenophon
INSPECTAH DECK
ThinkTank (no one will vote for this I imagine but it's the correct answer)
josefstalinator
Guignol
Recursive
OperaMouse
CannonFodder
Deadly Intersection
Mike Works
Grittybeard

Everything a specific manager / head coach does - 10
naginalJJ (Ron Washington)
doomocrat (Ron Washington)
lloyol (Bobby Valentine)
Jawknee (Randy Carlyle)
C. Everett Koop (Tom Crean)
tinstaach (Brad Ausmus)
Everblight (Mike Matheny)
Twin Cinema (Dwayne Casey)
Pander (Ned Yost)
Exodor (Ned Yost)

Marty Mornhinweg choosing the wind over receiving in overtime - 7
kalensc
Cruel and Unusual
Ice To Meet You
abel wingnut
marioinblack
myron cope
swickles

Accepting the job as coach of a bad team - 5
CzarStark (Raiders)
Great White Hope (Browns)
Wall Balls (any team in Cleveland)
KIM JONG TRILL (Browns)
Haschel Cedricson (hiring Mark Jackson)

Jason Garrett ices his own kicker against Cards in 2011 - misses playoffs by one game - 5
Spamtron7000
Crunkjuice
Pungry
AllTerrineVehicle
Alfred P. Pseudonym (not resigning immediately)

Hiring bad coaches - 5
sa fits (Adam Oates)
IcePhoenix (Derek Fisher)
Thaddius the Large (Brian Schottenheimer)
Anders (Adam Oates)
DukeChin (Darrell Bevell)

Miracle in the Meadowlands - 4
Yoshifan823
McStabby
pig slut lisa
GuavaMoment

Sacrifice Bunts / bunting - 4
WienerDog
Articpuma
CellBlock
brainguy

Pop taking Tim Duncan out of the game at the end of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals. - 4
PantsFreeZone
The Glumslinger
tanglewood1420
Christ Pseudoscientist

Firing Jim Harbaugh and replacing him with Jim Tomsula - 3
Paper Tiger
Worthleast
Ninurta

john tortorella trying to fight bob hartley - 3
the talent deficit
Zodijackylite
Flyinglemur

Managers removing players for the playoffs - 3
Pet Rock Band (The Nationals shutting down Strasburg)
Ammat the Ankh (Dusty Baker shutting down Russ Ortiz)
mentholmoose (Benching Yasiel Puig in the 2014 NLDS)


Mike McCarthy settling for chip shot field goals in the NFCCG twice - 2
Whypick1
alansmithee

HCs going for it on 4th down when they shouldn't - 2
fartknocker (Bill Belichick on 4th and 2)
CBJSprague24 (Jim Tressel in the 2011 Sugar Bowl)


Mr. Burns pinch-hitting Homer for Daryl Strawberry - 2
skaboomizzy
TUS

Rex Ryan makes some specifically bad choices - 2
No Safe Word (Mark Sanchez tattoo)
evanth (Rex Ryan made a terrible choice of dentist, those fake chompers look bad. Is a coaching decision the same as a coach's decision? Is that a coach's bad decision or a bad coach's decision?)


ACES:

Drafting Johnny Football - Nostalgia4Butts
not sending out gretzky in the shootout, olympic final vs sweden - stab
every time Tony La Russa decided not to drink - Bawfuls
Scott Brooks letting James Harden to guard Lebron James in the 2012 finals - Metapod
Don Cherry's bench minor in the '79 NHL playoffs leading directly to elimination - Dale Ouise
Mario Tremblay hanging Patrick Roy out to dry leading him to demand a trade - darkwolf220
Mike Smith's clock management week 8 this year - johnfw50
bill buckner in 1986 - craigk
Batting A-Rod 8th - zakharov
Geno Smith's tying 4th quarter touchdown vs the Packers wiped out by a timeout - E_Motion
Les Miles sticks by Jordan Jefferson in the BCS Championship game AND DOESN'T EVEN GIVE JARRETT LEE A CHANCE WHEN IT'S OBVIOUS JJ IS STINKING UP THE JOINT. COME ON - Silly Burrito
Continuously starting A CERTAIN QUARTERBACK WHOSE NAME I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SAY over any other option - Parmesan Basil
Ray Rice's inner monologue - straight up brolic
anytime anybody intentionally beans someone - Spoeank
Playing against the Patriots - Magicpants
"Put a little mustard on it" - Azhais
It's gotta be letting RG3 play in that dumb NFC Wildcard round game. Letting a player play injured like that is the worst, but your young franchise QB who's dependent on mobility? Unforgivable. - KettleWL
Dennis Green plays for OT in 1999 NFC Championship game. - Kalli
Lovie Smith picks an offensive coordinator - GeneX
2000 NBA Finals, tied at the end of regulation, Larry Bird calls a play for Travis loving Best instead of Reggie Miller. - The Locator
Not knowing the temperature at which steel melts - Badfinger
Sweeping the Leg--Johnny would've beaten Daniel-San if not for necessitating PEDs by Miyagi - FairGame
Bringing in Ralph Branca to face Bobby Thomson - Vlad Antlerkov
Player/Manager Pete Rose betting on the Reds - Dingleberry Jones
Thibs playing his guys too hard/too much - Frank Eufemia
Redskins swinging gate play - Pops Mgee
dave campo kicks extra point in 2001 to remain 9 points behind - Meeler09
Matching superstar scorers with 4th line idiots (e.g. Ovechkin with Jay Beagle) - Shadow Ninja 64
Carroll lapped the field with that one - Inspector_666
Benching Yasiel Puig in the 2014 NLDS -
I'm just here so I don't get fined - JoelJoel

seiferguy fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Mar 27, 2015

AllTerrineVehicle
Jan 8, 2010

I'm great at boats!
I knew I should have gone with Pedro

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

The Locator posted:

I can't believe none of you jerks jumped on the dodgeball bandwagon with me.

I did in a different question if that makes you feel better, but I had to put foosball because my mom's neighbors built a life size foosball "field" in their backyard and watching them play was the best thing ever

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

IcePhoenix posted:

MLS is going to be at 24 teams soon I think (Minnesota just got an expansion and I think they said we're #23) soooo

that'll be really cool to watch once the US has 24 professional soccer teams worth of professional players :haw:

Crunkjuice
Apr 4, 2007

That could've gotten in my eye!
*launches teargas at unarmed protestors*

I THINK OAKLAND PD'S USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS JUSTIFIED!
Thats an amazing list of aces. Its questions like these that are outstanding.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
i think i was listed in both black sheep and hiring bad coaches thing

and i thought i had a great black sheep for that one :argh:

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

seiferguy posted:

Scott Brooks letting James Harden to guard Lebron James in the 2012 finals - Metapod

this is the worst :colbert:

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



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fits posted:

i think i was listed in both black sheep and hiring bad coaches thing

and i thought i had a great black sheep for that one :argh:

Yeah, I've been messing with that answer and have noticed a few mistakes. I'm trying to clean it up. Sorry!

CraigK
Nov 4, 2008

by exmarx
technically, leaving buckner in because (reasons) even though the red sox had a much better player on the bench at 1b

No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

I'm not sure how those two Rex Ryan answers get grouped but I will take an extra point :haw:

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it
honestly surprised beanball was an ace.

Shangri-Law School
Feb 19, 2013

seiferguy posted:

Mr. Burns pinch-hitting Homer for Daryl Strawberry - 2
skaboomizzy
TUS

They won that game, Captains Hindsight.

Ice To Meet You
Mar 5, 2007

seiferguy posted:

Mr. Burns pinch-hitting Homer for Daryl Strawberry - 2
skaboomizzy
TUS

Thank you.

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I think I was listed in two things, one as an ace and then managers benching guys for the playoffs.

Amazingly I'm in first somehow.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

seiferguy posted:

Firing Jim Harbaugh and replacing him with Jim Tomsula - 3
Paper Tiger
Worthleast
Ninurta

poo poo, I didn't even consider this.

seiferguy posted:


Managers removing players for the playoffs - 2
Pet Rock Band (The Nationals shutting down Strasburg)
Ammat the Ankh (Dusty Baker shutting down Russ Ortiz)
mentholmoose (Benching Yasiel Puig in the 2014 NLDS)

Hmmmm

Grittybeard
Mar 29, 2010

Bad, very bad!
Buckner probably shouldn't be an ace but there are so many different answers and I don't know where else it fits unless you shove all baseball decisions together.

C. Everett Koop
Aug 18, 2008

seiferguy posted:

Not knowing the temperature at which steel melts - Badfinger

Jeeeeeeeeeeeesus.....

GuavaMoment
Aug 13, 2006

YouTube dude

seiferguy posted:

not sending out gretzky in the shootout, olympic final vs sweden - stab

That was against the Czechs, but nice try.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

Can I retroactively change my answer to "not getting your player to shut the hell up about the best team in College Basketball" because holy poo poo I just saw the score of UK/WVU

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

It's 3 points. Another typo...

Empress Theonora
Feb 19, 2001

She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.
i don't even know why i'm still mad about the 2003 alcs, but i am

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Lotta good answers. Lot of coaches who should not have been there in every sport.

seiferguy posted:

Player/Manager Pete Rose betting on the Reds - Dingleberry Jones

:sigh:

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

GuavaMoment posted:

That was against the Czechs, but nice try.
and not that putting in bourque was the correct move, i have no idea on that, but leaving out gretzky itself was fine

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes

C. Everett Koop posted:

Jeeeeeeeeeeeesus.....

Yeah, I think that's the best.

marioinblack
Sep 21, 2007

Number 1 Bullshit
Marty Mornhinweg's decision will never not be hilarious.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
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Toilet Rascal
Scores after question 8:

mentholmoose - 146
Mr. Fix It - 143
DannoMack - 134
Grittybeard - 132
AllTerrineVehicle - 132
CellBlock - 130
Exodor - 125
OperaMouse - 125
Pet Rock Band - 124
Buane - 123
elwoodcuse - 120
josefstalinator - 118
abel wingnut - 118
KIM JONG TRILL - 117
FairGame - 116
tehchekt - 116
Haschel Cedricson - 115
Xenophon - 112
Ice To Meet You - 112
skaboomizzy - 112
Tadashi - 110
myron cope - 110
The Glumslinger - 109
Kalli - 108
Inspector_666 - 106
Twin Cinema - 105
Mike Works - 104
Spoeank - 103
Crunkjuice - 103
E_Motion - 102
DukeChin - 100
Reformed Pissboy - 99
Deadly Intersection - 98
brainguy - 97
Azhais - 96
Deathlove - 95
Worthleast - 95
Pungry - 94
Frank Eufemia - 94
IcePhoenix - 93
Everblight - 93
Tony Phillips - 92
Pander - 92
Benne - 89
darkwolf220 - 88
Great White Hope - 88
Rincewind - 88
No Safe Word - 86
Infidel Castro - 85
McStabby - 84
swickles - 84
Bawfuls - 83
PantsFreeZone - 83
CzarStark - 81
The Midniter - 81
Meeler09 - 80
alansmithee - 80
kalensc - 79
Christ Pseudoscientist - 78
CannonFodder - 77
Silly Burrito - 76
C. Everett Koop - 76
Spamtron7000 - 75
i am not so sure - 74
Shadow Ninja 64 - 74
tinstaach - 73
Cruel and Unusual - 72
GuavaMoment - 72
naginalJJ - 69
Zodijackylite - 69
Paper Tiger - 68
zakharov - 68
Ammat the Ankh - 68
KettleWL - 67
Dingleberry Jones - 66
craigk - 65
WienerDog - 65
Guignol - 65
INSPECTAH DECK - 64
Metapod - 64
ChampRamp - 64
Articpuma - 63
doomocrat - 61
fartknocker - 59
Vlad Antlerkov - 59
Ninurta - 57
Pops Mgee - 57
Flyinglemur - 54
pig slut lisa - 54
Whypick1 - 52
Parmesan Basil - 52
Jawknee - 51
Recursive - 51
stab - 50
johnfw50 - 50
lloyol - 50
Badfinger - 50
CBJSprague24 - 49
ThinkTank - 48
Rogue Elephant - 48
Yoshifan823 - 47
GeneX - 47
Dale Ouise - 45
evanth - 45
marioinblack - 45
JoelJoel - 43
Nostalgia4Butts - 41
The Locator - 41
Alfred P. Pseudonym - 36
sa fits - 36
tanglewood1420 - 36
Anders - 31
Wall Balls - 24
Magicpants - 20
Thaddius the Large - 17
the talent deficit - 14
straight up brolic - 12
TUS - 9

Question 9: The 2016 Olympics in Rio are coming up! There's always scandal and controversy in the Olympics. Predict (in general terms) what that scandal will be.





Another really hard question to grade! Answers soon.

No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

seiferguy posted:

Question 8: In the last Super Bowl, Pete Carroll made one of the stupidest coaching decisions by throwing instead of running. Name another terrible coaching decision in sports.

every time Tony La Russa decided not to drink - Bawfuls
Continuously starting A CERTAIN QUARTERBACK WHOSE NAME I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SAY over any other option - Parmesan Basil
Ray Rice's inner monologue - straight up brolic
Not knowing the temperature at which steel melts - Badfinger
Sweeping the Leg--Johnny would've beaten Daniel-San if not for necessitating PEDs by Miyagi - FairGame
:golfclap:

quote:

Redskins swinging gate play - Pops Mgee
this legit should have gotten a ton of votes someone post the gif or at least the jpg

quote:

Carroll lapped the field with that one - Inspector_666
I thought about putting something like this but couldn't think of an elegant way to put it and then I landed on Mark Sanchez tattoo which is somehow worse

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

No Safe Word posted:

I'm not sure how those two Rex Ryan answers get grouped but I will take an extra point :haw:

everything to do with my guys is the worst decision I've ever seen, but we'll be great next year

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
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Toilet Rascal
By the way, Parmesan Basil, I think you're skirtin' preeeeetty close to breaking your toxx with that answer.

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tinstaach
Aug 3, 2010

MAGNetic AttITUDE


Is one of the avatar certs for the exact median score because I guess that's what I'm gunning for

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