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June 30

backyard monsters town hall?

sorry to ask such a specific question, but is there a maximum town hall level in the game "backyard monsters"? thanks! Dubious Status ^{How's it going?} 04:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This would suggest that Level 8 is the highest. Dismas|^(talk) 11:27, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Dubious Status ^{How's it going?} 13:05, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Movies about Japanese warfare / martial arts

Call me a massive geek but I've been playing a bit of Total War: Shogun 2 recently and it's inspired me to watch some movies about Japanese warfare / martial arts. Unfortunately I'm not really a film buff so have no idea where to start. Any recommendations to get me started? Thanks. --Coolcato (talk) 12:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kagemusha -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 12:11, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have a Category:Samurai films. I can recommend Heaven and Earth and Ran is rather famous. Rmhermen (talk) 15:14, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hidden Fortress (1958) is said to have inspired Star Wars and of course Seven Samurai gave rise to The Magnificent Seven. I can recommend Kagemusha (linked above) if you're looking for epic battle scenes with an eye to historical detail (the Battle of Nagashino is faithfully recreated), although it's set about 100 years after the Ōnin War which is the era of your game. It has a great plot too. Alansplodge (talk) 17:20, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shogun Assassin!--108.46.100.127 (talk) 23:28, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yojimbo (film) is a really good movie.--108.46.100.127 (talk) 23:43, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wimbledon Prize Money

Does a player collect the prize money allocated to each round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam i.e., say Nadal wins the Final, does he collect this year's championship prize of £1.1 million, or does he also collect that sum PLUS the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th rounds, QF and Semi prizes too? Thanks. 94.172.117.205 (talk) 12:11, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No he or she just has the million or so pounds, it says here - and as it's their tournament I see no reason to doubt them! --TammyMoet (talk) 13:06, 30 June 2011 (UTC) It makes sense when you consider that the prize money for each round goes to the loser, while the winner goes forwards to the next round. So the first round loser gets £1,000 say, while the winner goes to the second round. If they lose then they get £1,500 say, and if they win they go to the third round, and so on. --TammyMoet (talk) 14:54, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wimbeldon's pot is quite a bit richer: according to that link, the loser of the first round (singles) gets £11,500 and of the second round £20,125. Rmhermen (talk) 15:01, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeh I know just giving an example! --TammyMoet (talk) 17:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hawkeye challenge of own shot

Say I deliver a weak serve which my opponent returns powerfully and wins the point. Could I (assuming it was available on the court) challenge my own serve and try to prove it was out, thus giving me a second serve and not losing the whole point? I'm assuming of course that the serve was incorrectly called in. Prokhorovka (talk) 19:30, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you can challenge your own serve if it's not called out. You may even get a replay of the first serve if you are right. See [1] and [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:42, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But remember you are limited in the number of challenges you have in any one set - I think it's 3. Richard Avery (talk) 07:11, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aren't you only limited by the number of unsuccessful challenges. ny156uk (talk) 22:41, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No - you can not challenge your serve because, if it is returned successfully, your serve was not the last stroke in the rally. You can only dispute the last shot. Therefore, if a player is in the middle of a long rally & thinks the opponent's shot has gone out, they must NOT play a shot & must challenge straight away. If they return the shot, they can not challenge. And yes, you are only limited by the number of unsuccessful challenges. If you challenge & are proven correct, your amount of remaining challenges stays the same FingersLily (talk) 14:20, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a reference desk. I suggest being careful when making unreferenced claims that referenced replies are false. Challenges don't have to be on the last shot, you just have to stop playing. From the Women's Tennis Association 2011 Official Rulebook : "A request for an Electronic Review of a line call or overrule by a player (team) shall be allowed only on either a point-ending shot or when a player (team) stops playing the point during a rally. (Returns are permitted, but then the player immediately must stop)." PrimeHunter (talk) 23:39, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]