The basketball team of my (PhD) alma mater, Illinois, beat Purdue yesterday to win its 20th regular season game (no conference tournaments or March Madness). In fact, it has hit or surpassed that mark in each of its last six seasons. There are only three other colleges with the same achievement (the past six seasons, not any consecutive six). Name one of them. None have been national champions in that span, but all three of them went to at least one Final Four.
hat is one of them. The other two are Houston and San Diego State.
Yeah I figured Gonzaga would have been one of the three and so I did some checking, the Bulldogs have gone 25 years, and counting...... without having won less than 23 games in a season. That does include March Madness but still an impressive feat. They currently have the 3rd longest streak of consecutive seasons of going to the dance, i.e., March Madness 25 seasons in a row. Also impressive.
That's a magma flow that pours down like a wave. The other possibility is a magma flow that pours down and resembles glowing ropes as it flows. That's called "pahoehoe" which means "rope-like."
This was explained once on "Standard Deviants", a show that me and maybe a few dozen people watched.
"Aa" was also the name of a Green Lantern from "Stoneworld". "Pahoehoe" was also the name of an attack by rock monsters in the JRPG "Chrono Trigger."
That about covers everything I know on the subject.
Ok, next question. This one has nothing to do with sports.
Some home video games are more famous than others, and some video game companies are more famous than others. In the 1980s, a new video game company was teetering on the brink of non-existence. They did a "Hail Mary" pass, where they worked on one game, and if it tanked, the company was probably going to fold, and a man who later became known for video game soundtrack composing would have left that field. They titled the video game accordingly.
Sales for the game took off, and catapulted the company into the spotlight. They made many other home video games afterwards, including a number of my favorites, for a number of home console formats and PCs. Among the video games they made was a considerable number that would appear to be sequels- despite most of them having no connection to the games numbered before them nor after them. That series is incredibly famous among home video games, and well-known across different platforms. (Fans of the "series" all have their own favorites, and may not be interested in many of the others in the "series.") The names are excellent marketing despite that- although an argument can be made that virtually all of them have titles that make no sense- except for the original. They're still making these games, and one was released in 2023 and another in 2024. (For the curious, the original company is still making them- although they had a merger in the decades since they started, and that's obvious from the name of the company.)
I'm looking for the name of the first game, the one that started the franchise, that saved the fledgling company, that is famous despite most of the people who've heard of it never having played it or possibly even SEEN it.
Video games started to become popular when I was in grad school. I remember playing a number of them in arcades, but the only one available for home use was Pong by Atari. That doesn't seem to meet any of the requirements in your post, though.
Video games started to become popular when I was in grad school. I remember playing a number of them in arcades, but the only one available for home use was Pong by Atari. That doesn't seem to meet any of the requirements in your post, though.
George
The home version they released was in 1975. You are correct that it doesn't meet the requirements of the answer. But you've probably heard this game's name in the decades since it was released.
Some home video games are more famous than others, and some video game companies are more famous than others. In the 1980s, a new video game company was teetering on the brink of non-existence.
They did a "Hail Mary" pass, where they worked on one game-an early RPG- and if it tanked, the company was probably going to fold, and a man who later became known for video game soundtrack composing would have left that field. They titled the video game accordingly.
Sales for the game took off, and catapulted the company into the spotlight. They made many other home video games afterwards, including a number of my favorite RPGs , for a number of home console formats and PCs.
Among the video games they made was a considerable number that would appear to be sequels- despite most of them having no connection to the games numbered before them nor after them. That series is incredibly famous among home video games, and well-known across different platforms. (Fans of the "series" all have their own favorites, and may not be interested in many of the others in the "series.") The names are excellent marketing despite that- although an argument can be made that virtually all of them have titles that make no sense- except for the original.
They're still making these games, and one was released in 2023 and another in 2024. (For the curious, the original company is still making them- although they had a merger with Enix in the decades since they started, and that's obvious from the current name of the company.)
I'm looking for the name of the first game, the one that started the franchise, that saved the fledgling company, that is famous despite most of the people who've heard of it never having played it or possibly even SEEN it.
"Ok, next question. This one has nothing to do with sports."
Ah, a football game would have had SOMETHING to do with sports.
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Some home video games are more famous than others, and some video game companies are more famous than others. In the 1980s, a new video game company was teetering on the brink of non-existence.
They did a "Hail Mary" pass, where they worked on one game-an early RPG- and if it tanked, the company was probably going to fold, and a man who later became known for video game soundtrack composing would have left that field. They titled the video game accordingly.
Sales for the game took off, and catapulted the company into the spotlight. They made many other home video games afterwards, including a number of my favorite RPGs , for a number of home console formats and PCs.
Among the video games they made was a considerable number that would appear to be sequels- despite most of them having no connection to the games numbered before them nor after them. That series is incredibly famous among home video games, and well-known across different platforms. (Fans of the "series" all have their own favorites, and may not be interested in many of the others in the "series.") The names are excellent marketing despite that- although an argument can be made that virtually all of them have titles that make no sense- except for the original.
They're still making these games, and one was released in 2023 and another in 2024. (For the curious, the original company is still making them- although they had a merger with Enix in the decades since they started, and that's obvious from the current name of the company.)
I'm looking for the name of the first game, the one that started the franchise, that saved the fledgling company, that is famous despite most of the people who've heard of it never having played it or possibly even SEEN it.
When Square Soft was pretty new, they were about to go broke. They took one last chance- they made an RPG. Those are the games with the characters, stats, levels, with the characters in a party. Computer RPGs resemble tabletop RPGs, pencil and paper RPGs. They made one last game, and called it "FINAL Fantasy."
It took off, and Square became known for their quality JRPGs- Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Beyond the Beyond, Legend of Legaia, Romancing Saga, Shadow Madness, Grandia, Valkyrie Profile, etc. They're best known for the Final Fantasy series.
The supposed sequel to the game is "Final Fantasy 2"- which makes no sense. As each number went up, it made less sense. That series started on the NES, went through the SNES, and then the Playstations, through the current one, as well as PC versions of the games. Many, many people have played at least ONE of the "Final Fantasy" games, despite having never seen "Final Fantasy" and possibly never knowing anything about it other than it was an early RPG.
For the record, the first game for the Sony Playstation that really took off was "Final Fantasy 7." At the time, it was the 4th FF game to make it to the US market. FF 4 and FF 6 had been renumbered "FF 2" and "FF 3" accordingly. Later, the missing games were released in pairs for the Playstation.
There have been movies as well as all sorts of games, and the franchise is still selling well.
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George, take it.
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The basketball team of my (PhD) alma mater, Illinois, beat Purdue yesterday to win its 20th regular season game (no conference tournaments or March Madness). In fact, it has hit or surpassed that mark in each of its last six seasons. There are only three other colleges with the same achievement (the past six seasons, not any consecutive six). Name one of them. None have been national champions in that span, but all three of them went to at least one Final Four.
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Gonzaga?
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Way back in college, I knew this chick with nice gonzagas. Other than that, I am out of my depth on this question... which surprises no one.
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That is one of them. The other two are Houston and San Diego State.
You're up!
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Yeah I figured Gonzaga would have been one of the three and so I did some checking, the Bulldogs have gone 25 years, and counting...... without having won less than 23 games in a season. That does include March Madness but still an impressive feat. They currently have the 3rd longest streak of consecutive seasons of going to the dance, i.e., March Madness 25 seasons in a row. Also impressive.
I'll try to post something here soon.
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What was the name of the first professional baseball team in 1869 after players went from amateur players to paid professional players?
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Cincinnati Redstockings?
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That would be them. Could you imagine that kind of name in baseball today?
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Easily- we would call them the Cincinnati Red Sox instead of the Cincinnati Reds.
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When "Reds" became synonymous with communism, the team changed its name to the Redlegs for a few years.
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After the indefinite article a, the first word in many dictionaries is aa. Excluding abbreviations (like American Airlines), what does aa mean?
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That's a magma flow that pours down like a wave. The other possibility is a magma flow that pours down and resembles glowing ropes as it flows. That's called "pahoehoe" which means "rope-like."
This was explained once on "Standard Deviants", a show that me and maybe a few dozen people watched.
"Aa" was also the name of a Green Lantern from "Stoneworld". "Pahoehoe" was also the name of an attack by rock monsters in the JRPG "Chrono Trigger."
That about covers everything I know on the subject.
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I would have settled for magma.
You're up.
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But then, how often do you get a chance to see a post that mentions both a Green Lantern and a classic SNES/Play Station/Nintendo DS video game?
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Ok, next question. This one has nothing to do with sports.
Some home video games are more famous than others, and some video game companies are more famous than others. In the 1980s, a new video game company was teetering on the brink of non-existence. They did a "Hail Mary" pass, where they worked on one game, and if it tanked, the company was probably going to fold, and a man who later became known for video game soundtrack composing would have left that field. They titled the video game accordingly.
Sales for the game took off, and catapulted the company into the spotlight. They made many other home video games afterwards, including a number of my favorites, for a number of home console formats and PCs. Among the video games they made was a considerable number that would appear to be sequels- despite most of them having no connection to the games numbered before them nor after them. That series is incredibly famous among home video games, and well-known across different platforms. (Fans of the "series" all have their own favorites, and may not be interested in many of the others in the "series.") The names are excellent marketing despite that- although an argument can be made that virtually all of them have titles that make no sense- except for the original. They're still making these games, and one was released in 2023 and another in 2024. (For the curious, the original company is still making them- although they had a merger in the decades since they started, and that's obvious from the name of the company.)
I'm looking for the name of the first game, the one that started the franchise, that saved the fledgling company, that is famous despite most of the people who've heard of it never having played it or possibly even SEEN it.
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Video games started to become popular when I was in grad school. I remember playing a number of them in arcades, but the only one available for home use was Pong by Atari. That doesn't seem to meet any of the requirements in your post, though.
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The home version they released was in 1975. You are correct that it doesn't meet the requirements of the answer. But you've probably heard this game's name in the decades since it was released.
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Some home video games are more famous than others, and some video game companies are more famous than others. In the 1980s, a new video game company was teetering on the brink of non-existence.
They did a "Hail Mary" pass, where they worked on one game-an early RPG- and if it tanked, the company was probably going to fold, and a man who later became known for video game soundtrack composing would have left that field. They titled the video game accordingly.
Sales for the game took off, and catapulted the company into the spotlight. They made many other home video games afterwards, including a number of my favorite RPGs , for a number of home console formats and PCs.
Among the video games they made was a considerable number that would appear to be sequels- despite most of them having no connection to the games numbered before them nor after them. That series is incredibly famous among home video games, and well-known across different platforms. (Fans of the "series" all have their own favorites, and may not be interested in many of the others in the "series.") The names are excellent marketing despite that- although an argument can be made that virtually all of them have titles that make no sense- except for the original.
They're still making these games, and one was released in 2023 and another in 2024. (For the curious, the original company is still making them- although they had a merger with Enix in the decades since they started, and that's obvious from the current name of the company.)
I'm looking for the name of the first game, the one that started the franchise, that saved the fledgling company, that is famous despite most of the people who've heard of it never having played it or possibly even SEEN it.
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John Madden Football?
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Final Fantasy
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Final Fantasy.
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"Ok, next question. This one has nothing to do with sports."
Ah, a football game would have had SOMETHING to do with sports.
When Square Soft was pretty new, they were about to go broke. They took one last chance- they made an RPG. Those are the games with the characters, stats, levels, with the characters in a party. Computer RPGs resemble tabletop RPGs, pencil and paper RPGs. They made one last game, and called it "FINAL Fantasy."
It took off, and Square became known for their quality JRPGs- Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Beyond the Beyond, Legend of Legaia, Romancing Saga, Shadow Madness, Grandia, Valkyrie Profile, etc. They're best known for the Final Fantasy series.
The supposed sequel to the game is "Final Fantasy 2"- which makes no sense. As each number went up, it made less sense. That series started on the NES, went through the SNES, and then the Playstations, through the current one, as well as PC versions of the games. Many, many people have played at least ONE of the "Final Fantasy" games, despite having never seen "Final Fantasy" and possibly never knowing anything about it other than it was an early RPG.
For the record, the first game for the Sony Playstation that really took off was "Final Fantasy 7." At the time, it was the 4th FF game to make it to the US market. FF 4 and FF 6 had been renumbered "FF 2" and "FF 3" accordingly. Later, the missing games were released in pairs for the Playstation.
There have been movies as well as all sorts of games, and the franchise is still selling well.
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I just took your Hail Mary clue a bit literally.
Not much into video games, I do remember playing Madden Football, Virtua Fighter, and GoldenEye with my stepson. No Final Fantasies in my repertoire.
Go, Raf!
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