Poll - Game of Week 15

[r00k]

No poll needed. Unquestionably every big screen will be tuned in to the St. Louis / Houston game this Sunday :thewave:

[Suicane]

McMurray and Maldanado watching from the sidelines. Oooofa. I actually still think our DE's will be fine. Should be a barnburner.

P.S. Please lose R00k

[Suicane]

Oh, and this interest me. Is R00k short for Rookie or is it based upon the chess piece of the same name? Or is it something else.

[sovstar]

Why do you keep on capitalizing it, man?

[Suicane]

The 100% honest answer is that between the time I read it and the time I type it, I forget that isn't capitalized.

[SteveBsFan]

Wow, only two games this week where both teams are over .500

I can't wait for Sunday.. payback time!

[r00k]

Oh, and this interest me. Is R00k short for Rookie or is it based upon the chess piece of the same name? Or is it something else.

Long story - somewhat shortened ...

I use to coach grade school chess. Acutally, the team became a state power house. The grade school team (about 50 kids - Kindergarten through 8th) became very well known in the metro New Orleans area. The team also competed nationally every year. By the way, grade school chess has four divisions (Kindergarten; 1st through 3rd; 4-6; and 7-9th). My team usually won the state and placed many times in the top 10 natonally. The school has a trophy case full of shiny hardware. One year, the kindergartners won the National Championship.

My favorite memory was standing off a tense Dad of a very good athelete who thought this was sissy shit. I had the pleasure of giving him the litany of pro athletes who are very versed players. I also presenting him a New Jersey state study which noted that chess, as a recognized subject in Russia for gradeschoolers, is noted as a contributor to a shit load of mental and psychological skills if taught in the first years of schooling. That kid became one of my best players and turned out to be a star athelete to boot. (By the way New Jersey has allowed chess to be recognized a a valid course in 1st and second grades).

My son was the reason I got into this. When he was a second grader, he actually won the 2nd place honor as an unranked player at the nationals in Knoxville (about 10,000 participants).

Even though I encourage the utililty of all the pieces (the same philosphy which I try to gameplan in FOF), I particulary liked the rook ... especially in the end game for the real young kids. It becomes a monster in their end game.

With that belabored prolong ... I have since moved from chess to sports sim games (or any other strategy type games - Civilization etc.). So when I needed a nickname for the first time in a multi-player league, I selected rook for its double meaning (the chess piece and my status as a newbie in a Fantasy Baseball Manager league). Merging the two, I added the double zeros for a sports reference. No specific player for that, just a number. Other league mates have rumored that it was my preference for a good set of hooters. I didn't deny that and the name has stuck ever since.

[kingfc22]

Can we just run this sim early?

I can't wait another 18 hrs. or so.

[Coder]

Oh, and this interest me. Is R00k short for Rookie or is it based upon the chess piece of the same name? Or is it something else.

Long story - somewhat shortened ...

I use to coach grade school chess. Acutally, the team became a state power house. The grade school team (about 50 kids - Kindergarten through 8th) became very well known in the metro New Orleans area. The team also competed nationally every year. By the way, grade school chess has four divisions (Kindergarten; 1st through 3rd; 4-6; and 7-9th). My team usually won the state and placed many times in the top 10 natonally. The school has a trophy case full of shiny hardware. One year, the kindergartners won the National Championship.

My favorite memory was standing off a tense Dad of a very good athelete who thought this was sissy shit. I had the pleasure of giving him the litany of pro athletes who are very versed players. I also presenting him a New Jersey state study which noted that chess, as a recognized subject in Russia for gradeschoolers, is noted as a contributor to a shit load of mental and psychological skills if taught in the first years of schooling. That kid became one of my best players and turned out to be a star athelete to boot. (By the way New Jersey has allowed chess to be recognized a a valid course in 1st and second grades).

My son was the reason I got into this. When he was a second grader, he actually won the 2nd place honor as an unranked player at the nationals in Knoxville (about 10,000 participants).

Even though I encourage the utililty of all the pieces (the same philosphy which I try to gameplan in FOF), I particulary liked the rook ... especially in the end game for the real young kids. It becomes a monster in their end game.

With that belabored prolong ... I have since moved from chess to sports sim games (or any other strategy type games - Civilization etc.). So when I needed a nickname for the first time in a multi-player league, I selected rook for its double meaning (the chess piece and my status as a newbie in a Fantasy Baseball Manager league). Merging the two, I added the double zeros for a sports reference. No specific player for that, just a number. Other league mates have rumored that it was my preference for a good set of hooters. I didn't deny that and the name has stuck ever since.

And uh.. my story is... I just eh... code.. for a living..

Feel like I didn't think mine through enough..

[sovstar]

Hi, my name is Jeff. I like puna*.

*okay, not really so much anymore

[sovstar]

Can we just run this sim early?

It'd be missed exports galore!

[Matt]

My name is Matt. Short form for Matthew. My parents named me that.

[Warhammer]

Uh... My name is Warhammer, I use it because when I played Battletech as a kid, it was the first mech I played as well as my favorite. When I needed an online nick, I figured I used it, and it was better than Beaker Gonzales.

[Warhammer]

Man, this is two straight weeks I'm not sure what I should be doing....

[Matt]

I'm going to Buffalo to watch my Bills get run over by LT2.
It's gonna be cold.

Good luck tomorrow Orlando. I need this win very badly. I could actually use a little help from Vermont too. Please