| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1772 Registered: 4-2010 |
It should have been impossible. But we did it. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2399 Registered: 9-2009 |
We=H?A?M? Are you (Balin) a member of "we"? Was "it": dangerous? Difficult? Improbable? Laws of physics relevant? It1=it2? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1776 Registered: 4-2010 |
We=H?A?M? Yes, Teenage, Yes Are you (Balin) a member of "we"? Yes Was "it": dangerous? No Difficult? Yope Improbable? Very! Laws of physics relevant? No It1=it2? Yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2418 Registered: 9-2009 |
Gambling relevant? did you succeed mainly by: luck? Skill? Intelligence? Good planning? Outside help? Were you trying to achieve it? Knowing you'd probably fail? Relevant how many you were? Other people relevant? Location relevant? could you have almost done it? Or was the only other option complete failure? Relevant how long it took to do? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1779 Registered: 4-2010 |
Gambling relevant? No did you succeed mainly by: luck? This, but only a little... Skill? This was also involved... Intelligence? Good planning? Outside help? But mostly this, with svv of "help". No to rest. Were you trying to achieve it? No Knowing you'd probably fail? We didn't even think about it until after the fact. Relevant how many you were? Yes Other people relevant? Yes Location relevant? Yes could you have almost done it? Hmmm...I'll have to say Yope to No. Or was the only other option complete failure? Yes Relevant how long it took to do? Yope | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2421 Registered: 9-2009 |
Other people: one? Two? Five? A hundred? More? can the other people be placed in group(s)? Were you more than: 2? 5? 10? 20? 100? Did the other people provide the outside help? was it still improbable with the help you received? Or was receiving this help the improbable part? Location: public place? Urban? Suburban? Rural? Outside? In a private building? Public building? Structure? Climate relevant? Season? Weather? Were you competing against someone? Or something? Or among each other? Playing a game? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1787 Registered: 4-2010 |
Other people: one? Two? Five? 8 A hundred? More? can the other people be placed in group(s)? Yes, one group Were you more than: 2? 5? 10? 20? 100? 9 or 12, depending if you count certain people. Did the other people provide the outside help? Yes, with svv of "help" was it still improbable with the help you received? Yes - in fact, without the outside help, it would have been impossible. With it, it was still highly unlikely. Or was receiving this help the improbable part? No Location: public place? Yes Urban? Suburban? This Rural? Outside? Yes In a private building? Public building? Structure? No to these three Climate relevant? Yes, in that it sets the scene Season? Yes, same way Weather? Yes, same way Were you competing against someone? Yes, the other group Or something? Or among each other? Playing a game? Yes, it was a sport | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2461 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you win? Was that the unlikely part? Did they help by sabotaging themselves? Or was the unlikely part being able to play the sport in the first place? Or even being at the location? Relevant what the sport was? Did you do something that's considered extremely unlikely to happen in that sport? Or when playing against that sort of players? Or when being who you were? Are you on a grassy field? Is it warm and sunny? Cold and rainy? Snow? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1847 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you win? Yes, but irr to the puzzle Was that the unlikely part? No Did they help by sabotaging themselves? Yopish Or was the unlikely part being able to play the sport in the first place? No Or even being at the location? No Relevant what the sport was? Yes Did you do something that's considered extremely unlikely to happen in that sport? Yes Or when playing against that sort of players? No Or when being who you were? No Are you on a grassy field? Yes Is it warm and sunny? This Cold and rainy? Snow? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2471 Registered: 9-2009 |
Are you using a ball? If so: throwing it? Kicking it? Did you do something unlikely with the ball? Did you make an "impossible" shot? Did the ball hit them? Was what happened a total fluke? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1851 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are you using a ball? Yes If so: throwing it? Yes Kicking it? No Did you do something unlikely with the ball? No Did you make an "impossible" shot? No Did the ball hit them? No Was what happened a total fluke? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2478 Registered: 9-2009 |
Are you playing dodgeball? volleyball? Basketball? Baseball? Do you hit the ball with something? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1864 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are you playing dodgeball? volleyball? Basketball? Baseball? This! Do you hit the ball with something? Over the course of the game, yes. During the "impossible" thing, no. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 753 Registered: 6-2009 |
Does the "impossible" thing happen when your team is hitting? fielding? at the mid-inning changeover? between innings? during a timeout? before the game? after the game? during extra innings? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2483 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you score when you did the impossible? Pass? Dribble? Did you all participate actively in doing it? Did they? Did it take more than: a split second? A few seconds? A minute? Several minutes? Half an hour? Was it done as part of the game? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1868 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the "impossible" thing happen when your team is hitting? fielding? This at the mid-inning changeover? between innings? during a timeout? before the game? after the game? during extra innings? No to rest Did you score when you did the impossible? No Pass? Dribble? Baseball, remember? Did you all participate actively in doing it? No Did they? No Did it take more than: a split second? A few seconds? A minute? About 2-3 minutes Several minutes? Half an hour? Was it done as part of the game? Yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2488 Registered: 9-2009 |
Oops, I read basketball. Does one have to know the rules of baseball for this puzzle? (I don't) The intricacies? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 755 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did the impossible thing involve getting someone out? More than one person? If so, by making a catch? Pegging someone? Throwing someone out on a forced run? Preventing someone from stealing? Striking them out? Did the whole team participate? Or just certain positions? Pitcher? Catcher? 1st base? 2nd base? 3rd base? infielders? outfielders? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1875 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oops, I read basketball. Don't worry about it. Does one have to know the rules of baseball for this puzzle? (I don't) All you need to know is that there are three outs before the teams switch sides. The intricacies? No Did the impossible thing involve getting someone out? Yesish More than one person? Yes If so, by making a catch? Pegging someone? Throwing someone out on a forced run? Preventing someone from stealing? Striking them out? Irrel to all Did the whole team participate? No Or just certain positions? Yes Pitcher? Mostly this... Catcher? ...but also this. 1st base? 2nd base? 3rd base? infielders? outfielders? I can't remember the other positions involved, but I think it was right field, first base, and third base. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1876 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oh, and No to striking out. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 757 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is the impossible thing one play? Or the entire (half) inning? Did you get four outs in an inning? Double play(s)? Triple play? Quadruple play (which might be impossible, I'm not sure)? Three up and three down? If it was just one play, how many people were on base? 1? 2? 3? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1885 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the impossible thing one play? No Or the entire (half) inning? YesDid you get four outs in an inning? No - that one is possible. Double play(s)? No Triple play? No Quadruple play (which might be impossible, I'm not sure)? No, but that one might actually be possible. Three up and three down? Yesish, and OTRT. If it was just one play, how many people were on base? 1? 2? 3? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 761 Registered: 6-2009 |
Two up and three down? As in, you got two outs for one batter? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1888 Registered: 4-2010 |
Two up and three down? Yes! But there's a little bit more to this... As in, you got two outs for one batter? But no. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 763 Registered: 6-2009 |
Hm. So there were three outs after only two batters, correct? But there weren't two outs for one batter. So one out just came out of nowhere? We're really stretching my knowledge of the rules of baseball here. Did either of the batters get a hit? Get on base without getting a hit? Was the "help" you received from the ump? From the other team? From some kind of house rule? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1894 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hm. So there were three outs after only two batters, correct? Correct But there weren't two outs for one batter. Also correct So one out just came out of nowhere? Yope We're really stretching my knowledge of the rules of baseball here. Under normal rules, it would have been impossible. Did either of the batters get a hit? No Get on base without getting a hit? No Was the "help" you received from the ump? A bit of this... From the other team? ...but also a bit of this... From some kind of house rule? ...to create this. There were circumstances that required us to make a special rule, just for this game. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 773 Registered: 6-2009 |
Were the circumstances that required the special rule related to where you were playing? The weather? Some inequality between the teams? A time constraint? A special need of some players? Your ages? A pebble? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1941 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were the circumstances that required the special rule related to where you were playing? No The weather? No Some inequality between the teams? Yes A time constraint? No A special need of some players? No Your ages? No A pebble? Heehee, not this time. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 777 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is this a school team? Travel team? Recreational team? Community team? Pick-up game? Is the inequality just that the members of one team (your team? theirs?) are more skilled/experienced? Or does one team have more people? Injuries relevant? Would the special rule be referred to as a "handicap"? "slaughter rule"? Did you just decide that to even things up, you would have the standard three outs to an inning and the other team's innings would be over after two outs? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1946 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this a school team? Travel team? Recreational team? Community team? I guess this, but irr. Pick-up game? Is the inequality just that the members of one team (your team? theirs?) are more skilled/experienced? No Or does one team have more people? Yes, but perhaps not in the way that you're thinking. Injuries relevant? Noish Would the special rule be referred to as a "handicap"? "slaughter rule"? Closest to "handicap," but not really. Did you just decide that to even things up, you would have the standard three outs to an inning and the other team's innings would be over after two outs? No | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 785 Registered: 6-2009 |
Does your team have less players? The other team? Less players=less subs? One or more less people on the field? Is there a specific position that is missing? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1951 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does your team have less players? The other team? This one! Less players=less subs? No... One or more less people on the field? Yes... Is there a specific position that is missing? No, and just to avoid any FAs, one of our players filled in in right field whenever the other team took the field. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 786 Registered: 6-2009 |
So was your special rule in the form of "When x happens, it counts as an out"? "When x happens, no matter how many outs there are, the inning is over"? "The team with less players is allowed to x"? "The team with more players isn't allowed to x"? "All players must x"? "Players can't x"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1953 Registered: 4-2010 |
So was your special rule in the form of "When x happens, it counts as an out"? This one "When x happens, no matter how many outs there are, the inning is over"? "The team with less players is allowed to x"? "The team with more players isn't allowed to x"? "All players must x"? "Players can't x"? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 790 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is x something that wouldn't happen to your team if the other team had enough players? Something that wouldn't happen to the other team if they had enough players? Something that would give them an unfair advantage if it didn't count as an out? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1990 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is x something that wouldn't happen to your team if the other team had enough players? No Something that wouldn't happen to the other team if they had enough players? No Something that would give them an unfair advantage if it didn't count as an out? Yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1991 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oops, CORRECTION: The rule would Yope-ishly give the other team the advantage. The x is something that happens a few times over the course of a game. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1992 Registered: 4-2010 |
...And a CORRECTION to that correction: Without the rule, the other team would Yope-ishly have the advantage. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2007 Registered: 4-2010 |
HINT: Remember how many players the other team had, and that my team was in the field when this occurred. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 796 Registered: 6-2009 |
Alright, so your team had at least nine players? 10 (with a designated hitter)? Their team had 8? 9? Does it matter what inning it was? Was there a particular player missing? Who had occupied a particular place in the lineup? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2042 Registered: 4-2010 |
Alright, so your team had at least nine players? Yes 10 (with a designated hitter)? No, no DH in this league Their team had 8? This 9? Does it matter what inning it was? No Was there a particular player missing? Yesish Who had occupied a particular place in the lineup? Yes, their ninth batter was missing | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 808 Registered: 6-2009 |
After the 8th person in the lineup batted, did they just start over at the top of the lineup as expected? Did one of your players bat for them? Did they bring in someone from outside the teams? Was it just an automatic out for the missing person? Was the missing person a particularly skilled batter? Particularly unskilled? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2094 Registered: 4-2010 |
After the 8th person in the lineup batted, did they just start over at the top of the lineup as expected? Yope Did one of your players bat for them? No Did they bring in someone from outside the teams? No Was it just an automatic out for the missing person? Yes! Was the missing person a particularly skilled batter? Irrel Particularly unskilled? Irrel You're really close now.... | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 809 Registered: 6-2009 |
Okay, so there were two batters in the inning, either 7 and 8, 8 and 1, or 1 and 2. You got both of them out, and when you got to the 9th spot in the lineup it was an automatic out. That the basic scenario? Is it relevant why you made this rule? Just so that they wouldn't get to have the batters at the top of their lineup at bat more often? Something to do with keeping stats? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2100 Registered: 4-2010 |
Okay, so there were two batters in the inning, Correct either 7 and 8, 8 and 1, This or 1 and 2. You got both of them out, Correct and when you got to the 9th spot in the lineup it was an automatic out. Correct That the basic scenario? Yes Is it relevant why you made this rule? No Just so that they wouldn't get to have the batters at the top of their lineup at bat more often? Something to do with keeping stats? Almost there.... | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 814 Registered: 6-2009 |
Forgive me, I've never really played baseball outside of gym class... do you normally start each inning at the top of the lineup? And there's a reason why you didn't? Because otherwise, I'm not sure what else there is to solve. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2102 Registered: 4-2010 |
Forgive me, I've never really played baseball outside of gym class... do you normally start each inning at the top of the lineup? No And there's a reason why you didn't? Because otherwise, I'm not sure what else there is to solve. Here's a hint: Neither of the two batters struck out. If either of them had, the feat could not have been accomplished. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 816 Registered: 6-2009 |
Oh, I thought the feat was that you finished the inning after only two batters. Was it specifically that you finished the inning after only two pitches? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2108 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oh, I thought the feat was that you finished the inning after only two batters. Was it specifically that you finished the inning after only two pitches? That's exactly what it was!!! **********SPOILER********** Indeed, the feat which should have been impossible was accomplished. Because the other team only had 8 players for the game, they should have had to forfeit, but both teams wanted to play, so we agreed that when their 9th spot in the order came up, it would be an automatic out. In the fourth inning (I think), the other team had its 8-9-1 batters up. The 8 batter grounded to short (or third, I can't remember which) on the first pitch, the 9th spot was an automatic out, and the leadoff man flied to right, also on the first pitch. A two-pitch inning - no longer impossible. The special rule also contributed to the game's end. In the last inning, my team was up 13-12, the other team had runners on second and third, and there were two outs. A Cinderella moment...except the 9th spot was due up. Automatic out; game over. Kudos go to Ohlala for the solve, and almost all of the groundwork. |
