FINAL STANDINGS FOR MARCH LYRICALLY SPEAKING

[fantine33]

Day one is in the books and we've already managed to get Eyegor and SportsFan back into the gameplaying fold! So it's a success no matter what, right? RIGHT??

Remember, the scoring is by the 10s, so a 10 point difference is like a 1 point difference.

traininvain 205
TLITF 200
mrkelley 195
tbone 190
nelly 185
eyegor 180
earendel 160
melly 160
starfish 150
littlebeast 140
elwood blues 130
mini 130
KT 125
mikehardware 110
mntetn 100
megaaddict 80
lady soleil 70
sports fan 40
Bob46187 30
ghostjmf 20
marley 20

[fantine33]

Through two games and it's still really too early see any trends.

1. tbone 370
2. TLITF 360
3. mrkelley 350
4. eyegor 330
5. melly 300
6. earendel 290
7. nelly 215
8. starfish 210
9. traininvain 205
10. mntetn 200
11. mikehardware 190
12. Confessor 180
13t. elwood blues 175
13t. mini 175
15. KT 170
16. littlebeast 155
17. sir galahad 115
18. megaaddict 110
19. ghostjmf 85
20. franktangredi 75
21. lady soleil 70
22. kroxquo 50
23. sports fan 40
24. Bob46187 30
25. marley 20

[Rexer25]

Through two games and it's still really too early see any trends.

1. tbone 370
2. TLITF 360
3. mrkelley 350
4. eyegor 330
5. melly 300
6. earendel 290
7. nelly 215
8. starfish 210
9. traininvain 205
10. mntetn 200
11. mikehardware 190
12. Confessor 180
13t. elwood blues 175
13t. mini 175
15. KT 170
16. littlebeast 155
17. sir galahad 115
18. megaaddict 110
19. ghostjmf 85
20. franktangredi 75
21. lady soleil 70
22. kroxquo 50
23. sports fan 40
24. Bob46187 30
25. marley 20

I see one...

[fantine33]

Through two games and it's still really too early see any trends.

1. tbone 370
2. TLITF 360
3. mrkelley 350
4. eyegor 330
5. melly 300
6. earendel 290
7. nelly 215
8. starfish 210
9. traininvain 205
10. mntetn 200
11. mikehardware 190
12. Confessor 180
13t. elwood blues 175
13t. mini 175
15. KT 170
16. littlebeast 155
17. sir galahad 115
18. megaaddict 110
19. ghostjmf 85
20. franktangredi 75
21. lady soleil 70
22. kroxquo 50
23. sports fan 40
24. Bob46187 30
25. marley 20

I see one...

Wrong ghost. Right now, ghostjmf has the Official Cellar as she has played both games. I might have to put stars and flowers around the Official Cellar Dweller every day, just so they get their proper due and not get lumped in the slackers. Ha!

[fantine33]

Standings through Thursday, March 6


1. tbone 520
2. TLITF 517
3. mrkelley 495
4. melly 445
5. earendel 401
6. starfish 351
7. eyegor 330
8. Confessor 320
9. mntetn 317
10.nelly 280
11. sir galahad 250
12t. KT 235
12t. mini 235
14. ghostjmf 230
15. littlebeast 215
16. mikehardware 210
17. traininvain 205
18. sports fan 181
19. elwood blues 175
20. megaaddict 150
21t. etaoin 110
21t. kroxquo 110
23. franktangredi 75
24t. Bob46187 70
24t. lady soleil 70
25. marley 40

[fantine33]

Standings through Friday, March 7

On the strength of her perfect Old Fart score, Mel rockets up to tbone's porch and says "I hope you know some C&W there, hoss". Meanwhile I'm not sure how to break the news to littlebeast, but you were outscored Friday by Marley, who is legitimately out of the cellar, as he and Bob both have one DNP so far this month.

1. tbone - 680
2. melly - 675
3. TLITF - 642
4. mrkelley - 630
5. earendel - 571
6. eyegor - 480
7. Confessor - 470
8. starfish - 416
9. KT - 405
10. nelly - 400
11. mntetn - 397
12. ghostjmf - 380
13. sir galahad - 360
14. sports fan - 341
15. etaoin - 340
16. mini - 315
17. mikehardware - 270
18. littlebeast - 255
19. megaaddict - 240
20. macrae - 225
21. elwood blues - 215
22. traininvain - 205
23. kroxquo - 170
24. hermillion - 145
25. marley - 95
26. Bob46187 - 80
27. franktangredi - 75
28. lady soleil - 70

[littlebeast13]

Meanwhile I'm not sure how to break the news to littlebeast, but you were outscored Friday by Marley, who is legitimately out of the cellar, as he and Bob both have one DNP so far this month.

Getting outscored by Marley in a game with "Old Fart" in the title is (cue the George Carlin) fine and dandy with me. Now if he ever beats me on Metal/Rock Monday, I will officially resign from ever playing LS again....

lb13

[fantine33]

Meanwhile I'm not sure how to break the news to littlebeast, but you were outscored Friday by Marley, who is legitimately out of the cellar, as he and Bob both have one DNP so far this month.

Getting outscored by Marley in a game with "Old Fart" in the title is (cue the George Carlin) fine and dandy with me. Now if he ever beats me on Metal/Rock Monday, I will officially resign from ever playing LS again....

lb13

Both fine AND dandy? Meanwhile, you will sadly have to keep waiting to find out how your score today ranks with your original, as you chose to be snobby and not play back the first Metal Monday in 2002.

Coincidentally, your avatar is THE EXACT hernia jug that's currently residing on my laundry shelf.

[fantine33]

lb's quote from Friday's game:

I'm going to protest if Marley actually scores higher than me on an LS game.....

lb13

Admit it, you care, whether it's Old Fart day or not!

Also thanks for invoking the Carlin. I wasn't home for the live airing of his new show on HBO a couple Saturdays ago, and I forgot to check the listings so I can catch a repeat.

[littlebeast13]

Meanwhile I'm not sure how to break the news to littlebeast, but you were outscored Friday by Marley, who is legitimately out of the cellar, as he and Bob both have one DNP so far this month.

Getting outscored by Marley in a game with "Old Fart" in the title is (cue the George Carlin) fine and dandy with me. Now if he ever beats me on Metal/Rock Monday, I will officially resign from ever playing LS again....

lb13

Both fine AND dandy? Meanwhile, you will sadly have to keep waiting to find out how your score today ranks with your original, as you chose to be snobby and not play back the first Metal Monday in 2002.

Coincidentally, your avatar is THE EXACT hernia jug that's currently residing on my laundry shelf.

GASP! You dealt me a dream game and I didn't play it!?!?!?!? Figures! I will have to go look that day up and see if something else was preoccupying my time....

As for the avatar, now if we had your cat prancing around the side of it, then it would look like a genuine fanny cleaning product.....

lb13

[fantine33]

Standings through Sunday, March 9

Melly manages to pass tbone, but TLITF gets some help from his buddy David Allan Coe to muscle past them both! We're back to more normal fodder for the next few days, so we'll see if that changes things. Remember, there are over 200 points available in every game and the month is young!

1. TLITF - 782
2. melly - 775
3. tbone - 760
4. mrkelley - 740
5. earendel - 591
6. Confessor - 590
7. eyegor - 480
8. mntetn - 457
9. starfish - 436
10. ghostjmf - 435
11. nelly - 420
12. KT - 406
13. sports fan - 401
14. mini - 390
15. sir galahad - 370
16. etaoin - 360
17. hermillion - 275
18. mikehardware - 270
19. littlebeast - 256
20. megaaddict - 240
21. elwood blues - 235
22. macrae - 225
23. traininvain - 205
24. kroxquo - 171
25. marley - 100
26. Bob46187 - 80
27. franktangredi - 75
28. lady soleil - 70
29. vadame - 20

[fantine33]

As for the avatar, now if we had your cat prancing around the side of it, then it would look like a genuine fanny cleaning product.....

lb13

Don't give me any ideas. I'm half tempted to haul down the HJ off the shelf and give it a try. Of course, Fanny the prancing little camera hog won't go anywhere near it if I WANT her to pose with it.

[MarleysGh0st]

Meanwhile I'm not sure how to break the news to littlebeast, but you were outscored Friday by Marley, who is legitimately out of the cellar, as he and Bob both have one DNP so far this month.

Getting outscored by Marley in a game with "Old Fart" in the title is (cue the George Carlin) fine and dandy with me. Now if he ever beats me on Metal/Rock Monday, I will officially resign from ever playing LS again....

lb13

Well, I wouldn't want that to happen!

[fantine33]

Standings through March 10

Wouldn't you know it? With giving odd points on Theme Thursday and handing out Participation Points, there still ends up being a tie! I'm sure lb will be thrilled about the tie, as that nets him spot 13. Funniest thing, I noticed when I updated the spreadsheet last night that adding his bonus point onto his correct Johnny Cash answer gave him a score of 13 for the today (since I didn't take away his participation point). Had I taken it away, not only wouldn't his score have been 13, but mntetn would have spot 13 all to himself! Fun with numbers, I love it!

1. TLITF 992
2. mrkelley 930
3. tbone 920
4. melly 865
5. earendel 641
6. Confessor 630
7. KT 606
8. mini 600
9. sir galahad 585
10. starfish 576
11. nelly 540
12. eyegor 480
13. littlebeast 458
13t.mntetn 458
15. sports fan 441
16. ghostjmf 436
17. etaoin 360
18. elwood blues 335
19. mikehardware 330
20. megaaddict 320
21. hermillion 315
22. macrae 225
23. traininvain 205
24. kroxquo 171
25. marley 101
26. Bob46187 80
27. franktangredi 75
28. lady soleil 70
29. vadame 20

[fantine33]

Speaking of fun with numbers, I told Marley awhile back that I had played around with the idea of also giving standings that better represented performances other than by just sheer number of games played (or not played).

So, with week one completed, so I came up with a formula. The first number is the raw score that was in the previous post. It's then divided by the number of games played. With that, I noticed that people who just played one game where they knew all the answers were on top, so I weighted it by then multiplying the score by .6 for 6 games played, etc. That seemed to give a more fairly distributed score, lessening the penalization of people who faithfully play every day, even if it's a weak area for them. If any of you mathletes playing the game this month has a method that seems to better accomplish my goal, please let me know because I just kind of pulled this one out of my ass using common sense (a whole lot of which I do not possess).

Also, as in the QOD I did in December, starting next week there will be a few players on the "inactive" list. If someone has gone 3 or more consecutive games with a DNP each Tuesday, they'll be moved to the DL. If they play again, they'll be back on the big list and, of course, they'll be counted in the Final Standings.

1. TLITF 992 6 0.6 99.2
2. mrkelley 930 6 0.6 93.0
3. tbone 920 6 0.6 92.0
4. melly 865 6 0.6 86.5
5. earendel 641 6 0.6 64.1
6. Confessor 630 5 0.5 63.0
7. KT 606 6 0.6 60.6
8. mini 600 6 0.6 60.0
9. sir galahad 585 5 0.5 58.5
10. starfish 576 6 0.6 57.6
11. nelly 540 6 0.6 54.0
12. eyegor 480 3 0.3 48.0
13t. littlebeast 458 6 0.6 45.8
13t.mntetn 458 6 0.6 45.8
15. sports fan 441 5 0.5 44.1
16. ghostjmf 436 6 0.6 43.6
17. etaoin 360 3 0.3 36.0
18. elwood blues 335 5 0.5 33.5
19. mikehardware 330 5 0.5 33.0
20. megaaddict 320 5 0.5 32.0
21. hermillion 315 3 0.3 31.5
22. macrae 225 1 0.1 22.5
23. traininvain 205 1 0.1 20.5
24. kroxquo 171 4 0.4 17.1
25. marley 101 5 0.5 10.1
26. Bob46187 80 3 0.3 8.0
27. franktangredi 75 1 0.1 7.5
28. lady soleil 70 1 0.1 7.0
29. vadame 20 1 0.1 2.0

[fantine33]

Standings through 3-11-08

mrkelley and tbone make up some ground on TLITF while mntetn wrests away sole possession of #13 from lb.

1. TLITF 1157
2. mrkelley 1120
3. tbone 1110
4. melly 985
5. sir galahad 795
6. earendel 791
7. KT 786
8. Confessor 750
9. mini 735
10. starfish 696
11. nelly 670
12. eyegor 625
13. mntetn 558
14. littlebeast 538
15. sports fan 536
16. ghostjmf 516
17. elwood blues 455
18. megaaddict 420
19. mikehardware 410
20. hermillion 395
21. etaoin 360
22. kroxquo 251
23. franktangredi 180
24. marley 131
25. vadame 20

And four move to the inactive files:

macrae 225
traininvain 205
Bob46187 80
lady soleil 70

[fantine33]

Standings through Wednesday, March 12

And things change around a little, as tbone and mrkelley use their crazy Yankovic savant tendencies to overtake TLITF. KT and earendel hop over Galahad while Nelly rockets up 3 spots and is what amounts to 4 points away from fourth place. Perhaps most exciting of all, Marley reclaims his rightful place on the throne of Bottomsburg as Vadame moves over to the inactive list.

1. tbone 1350
2. mrkelley 1340
3. TLITF 1292
4. melly 1155
5. KT 966
6. earendel 956
7. sir galahad 925
8. nelly 910
9. Confessor 870
10. mini 860
11. mntetn 728
12. starfish 696
13. littlebeast 663
14. eyegor 625
15. sports fan 596
16. ghostjmf 551
17t. elwood blues 515
17t. mikehardware 515
19. hermillion 505
20. megaaddict 480
21. kroxquo 421
22. etaoin 375
23. franktangredi 180
24. marley 132

[MarleysGh0st]

Perhaps most exciting of all, Marley reclaims his rightful place on the throne of Bottomsburg as Vadame moves over to the inactive list.

Woo hoo!

Thanks, fantine. I've been scoring way too many points this months to hope for the cellar without that inactive list rule!

[fantine33]

Perhaps most exciting of all, Marley reclaims his rightful place on the throne of Bottomsburg as Vadame moves over to the inactive list.

Woo hoo!

Thanks, fantine. I've been scoring way too many points this months to hope for the cellar without that inactive list rule!

Although I didn't do that just to make you happy (I did it on the QOD as well), that's an added bonus. Everybody's scores will be on the final total, of course, but we'll see if my weighted formula evens things out.

[mntetn]

Everybody's scores will be on the final total, of course, but we'll see if my weighted formula evens things out.

I've been waiting for somebody else to notice, but the weighted formula just divides everyone's score by 10. For example, .6/6=1/10, .5/5=1/10, etc. Putting it another way, it basically changes the 10-point system to a 1-point system.

[littlebeast13]

Everybody's scores will be on the final total, of course, but we'll see if my weighted formula evens things out.

I've been waiting for somebody else to notice, but the weighted formula just divides everyone's score by 10. For example, .6/6=1/10, .5/5=1/10, etc. Putting it another way, it basically changes the 10-point system to a 1-point system.

This is hilarious!

I will use the reverse of this weighted system next year to convert my 1 point game into a 10 point game.....

lb13

[fantine33]

Everybody's scores will be on the final total, of course, but we'll see if my weighted formula evens things out.

I've been waiting for somebody else to notice, but the weighted formula just divides everyone's score by 10. For example, .6/6=1/10, .5/5=1/10, etc. Putting it another way, it basically changes the 10-point system to a 1-point system.

This is hilarious!

I will use the reverse of this weighted system next year to convert my 1 point game into a 10 point game.....

lb13

Even though I'm a bit retarded in my arithmetic skills, I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how to make the scores better reflect actual performance. It seemed that I was somehow robbing Peter to pay Paul, but the scores were separated by a few columns on the spreadsheet and the standings changed once I added the second step, so I didn't realize that they were basically brought back to where they started.

That seemed to give a more fairly distributed score, lessening the penalization of people who faithfully play every day, even if it's a weak area for them. If any of you mathletes playing the game this month has a method that seems to better accomplish my goal, please let me know because I just kind of pulled this one out of my ass using common sense (a whole lot of which I do not possess).

Should I keep waiting for you guys to offer some suggestion to help improve this, or are you still too busy laughing at me?

[littlebeast13]

I've been waiting for somebody else to notice, but the weighted formula just divides everyone's score by 10. For example, .6/6=1/10, .5/5=1/10, etc. Putting it another way, it basically changes the 10-point system to a 1-point system.

This is hilarious!

I will use the reverse of this weighted system next year to convert my 1 point game into a 10 point game.....

lb13

Even though I'm a bit retarded in my arithmetic skills, I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how to make the scores better reflect actual performance. It seemed that I was somehow robbing Peter to pay Paul, but the scores were separated by a few columns on the spreadsheet and the standings changed once I added the second step, so I didn't realize that they were basically brought back to where they started.

That seemed to give a more fairly distributed score, lessening the penalization of people who faithfully play every day, even if it's a weak area for them. If any of you mathletes playing the game this month has a method that seems to better accomplish my goal, please let me know because I just kind of pulled this one out of my ass using common sense (a whole lot of which I do not possess).

Should I keep waiting for you guys to offer some suggestion to help improve this, or are you still too busy laughing at me?

Sorry. I just found it funny how you went back to the old system and unintentionally brought back the new system.

I have no suggestions for a weighted score system to ensure the Marleys of the world do not get crowded out of the basement by the drive-by players, thus why I just posted the straight standings and let any determinations be made from that....

lb13

[fantine33]

Standings through Thursday March 13

1. tbone 1505
2. mrkelley 1485
3. TLITF 1445
4. melly 1306
5. KT 1128
6. earendel 1106
7. sir galahad 1038
8. nelly 1017
9. Confessor 982
10. mini 968
11. mntetn 836
12. sports fan 766
13. littlebeast 738
14. starfish 696
15. eyegor 625
16. ghostjmf 616
17. mikehardware 581
18. megaaddict 550
19. elwood blues 515
20. hermillion 505
21. kroxquo 421
22. etaoin 375
23. franktangredi 180
24. marley 162

[fantine33]

Standings through Friday, March 14

1. tbone 1665
2. mrkelley 1590
3. melly 1516
4. TLITF 1495
5. KT 1228
6. earendel 1226
7. sir galahad 1068
8. mini 1023
9. nelly 1018
10. Confessor 1012
11. mntetn 866
12. sports fan 826
13. littlebeast 748
14. starfish 696
15. ghostjmf 616
16. mikehardware 611
17. megaaddict 590
18. elwood blues 515
19. hermillion 505
20. kroxquo 446
21. etaoin 375
22. marley 202



Inactive
eyegor 625
macrae 225
traininvain 205
franktangredi 180
Bob46187 80
lady soleil 70
vadame 20