“LearnedLeague”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Players are organized into leagues with nonspecific geographic designations like "Central" and "Frontier". Players in each league are then sorted into "rundles" based on past performance (all first-time players begin in special rookie rundles). A promotion-and-relegation system is used—a player can move up to higher rundles by finishing at or near the top of a lower one, or move down to lower rundles by finishing at or near the bottom of an upper one. The top players in each league compete annually at the Trivia Championships of North America in Las Vegas for the title of LearnedLeague Champion.

Gameplay

Regular season

Each calendar year is divided up into four seasons. Each season includes 25 match days—essentially one per U.S. business day. Players are paired up against each other each day during the season and compete in a six-question trivia match. Each player attempts to answer as many questions correctly as possible ("offense") and assigns point values to each question ("defense"). Players must assign one question a value of 3 points, two questions values of 2 points each, two questions values of 1 point each, and one question a value of 0 points (allowing a maximum match score per player of 9 points). A player's opponent will get the assigned point value if she or he answers correctly. Since the past performance of all players based on subject matter is openly available, defense is an important factor in gameplay. Answers must be submitted by 10 PM Pacific Time. Results from the previous day along with the new set of questions are released each Match Day by midnight Pacific time.

MiniLeagues and One-Days Special

Between regular seasons, a number of optional multiday and single-day competitions are held, each with a specific theme. Competitions have been on topics as varied as Boston, The Middle Ages, Steely Dan, and Wikipedia. In single-day competitions (individually known as a "One-Day Special"), all competitors answer twelve questions. All correct answers are worth 15 points, but five player-designated "money questions" award additional points equal to the percentage of all players who got the question wrong. So, for example, if a player correctly answered a money question that 30% of all other players got right, they would earn 70 points on top of the base 15, for a total of 85 for that question.

Multiday competitions, called "MiniLeagues", are run in a similar manner to regular LearnedLeague seasons, but in lieu of rundles, players are assigned to ad hoc groups of 12. After 11 rounds of regular play are completed, the top two finishers in each group compete in a championship structured identically to the single-day competitions (non-finalists can play as well, but their scores are not recorded on the final list).

Rules of conduct

LearnedLeague players are prohibited by an honor code from looking up answers.^[3] In addition, forfeiting matches is discouraged (if players are aware of a scheduling conflict, they can request access to up to ten days' questions in advance per season). Both cheating and repeated forfeiting are grounds for expulsion from LearnedLeague.

Players

New players can join LearnedLeague only if they are referred by current members in good standing.^[4]^[3] Prominent players include Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, How I Met Your Mother producer Carter Bays, musician Jackie Fox, actors Ike Barinholtz, Guy Branum, and Dileep Rao, Rotisserie League Baseball inventor Daniel Okrent, writer Anna Quindlen, and politician Mick Mulvaney.^[5]^[6]

References

1. ^{{Cite web | last = Bushfield | first = Shayne | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = About Thorsten | work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://learnedleague.com/thorsten/aboutthorsten.php | doi = | accessdate = October 22, 2014}}
2. ^{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | vauthors = | title = LearnedLeague 62: All Rundles | work = | publisher = | date = October 2014 | url = http://learnedleague.com/allrundles.php?62 | doi = | accessdate = October 22, 2014}}
3. ^¹{{cite news |last1=Goldfield |first1=Hannah |title=Letter of Recommendation: Learned League |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-learned-league.html |accessdate=6 December 2018 |work=New York Times Magazine |date=January 11, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news |last1=Spak |first1=Kara |title=A Jeopardy! winner and the triumph of the human spirit |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-a-jeopardy-winner-and-the-triumph-of-the-human-spirit/ |accessdate=6 December 2018 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 22, 2016}}
5. ^{{Cite web | last = Kushner | first = Adam | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The coolest, weirdest Internet community you’ll never be able to join | work = The Washington Post | publisher = | date = August 20, 2014 | url = 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 | doi = | accessdate = October 22, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web |last1=Feinberg |first1=Ashley |title=Mick Mulvaney Gets His Ass Kicked In His Private Trivia League |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mick-mulvaney-learned-league-trivia_n_5c941573e4b0a6329e147a61 |website=HuffPost |accessdate=29 March 2019}}