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November 7

Football Manager and your decisions

I'm curious as to how and to what extent your decisions affect how a game of Football Manager plays out. Has anyone ever tried looking into this? Perhaps by saving the game at various point and trying several things: some similar, some very different, some generally believed to be good, others bad and see what the game does for all of these. --31.205.16.198 (talk) 01:56, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Link to article added for those wondering what the OP is talking about. Dismas|^(talk) 03:08, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If what you want is to see how a player's decisions affect the gameplay, might I suggest watching some Let's Plays? A search of "Let's Play Football Manager" on Youtube turns up several results. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 13:00, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

People have done "experiments" like that before (search the SI Games forums) but it's usually easier/more fun to just play and lose and chalk it up to experience. For example, every time I try to use a formation that isn't 4-5-1 with wingers, I get destroyed, so I just use that all the time. No need to experiment! If you have a specific thing you're thinking about, I might be able to help. Recury (talk) 20:57, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Benjamin Harrison (Pawn Stars)

Hi geniuses, does anyone of you know when is Richard Benjamin Harrison's exact birth date? Currently it is listed as March 4, 1941 on the wiki page, and the source quoted is this [1], in which he is reported celebrating his birthday on March 4, 1941. But this year, he celebrated it on March 2, 1941. [2], [3] So when's the exact date? (Celebration need not be on the actual birth date.) Bonkers The Clown (talk) 07:25, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could you dial down on the condescension? Calling editors who use the reference desk "geniuses," especially when you pipe link that to nerds like you did here [4] is just a dick move. Livewireo (talk) 18:27, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thats not really answering my genuine question. Bonkers The Clown (talk) 06:10, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. So ya prefer "non-genius"?? Bonkers The Clown (talk) 06:10, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How about neither. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 08:14, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How about you answer my question! This reference desk is indeed "helpful", by commenting on my "condescension", instead of answering me. Bonkers The Clown (talk) 08:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How about you acknowledge that we're all volunteers here, not your personal army to dictate orders to. You may yet need to learn the lesson that, in life, how we do things almost always matters as much as what we do. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 11:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I understand Jack (a.k.a Guru of the Philosophy of Life). I'm so enlightened. I acknowledge it all. Now, would you please, kindly, volunteeringly forget about the past, forge on to the future, and once again, helpfully answer my question? Bonkers The Clown (talk) 07:20, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

By now you could have done your own research. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:40, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What does the Klingon QonoS (not Qo'noS) mean in English?

I looked at the Klingon version of Google's main search page and noticed that the link to Blogger was labeled QonoS. I went around looking at Klingon language websites but have not found one offering a translation of QonoS without the apostrophe. Anyone here know? 20.137.2.50 (talk) 14:27, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to The Klingon Dictionary it means "journal, log". (It's always fun when I can pick up a book off my shelf and answer a question...I never thought it would ever be that one, though!) Adam Bishop (talk) 01:05, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Frontalini piano accordion

looking for info on a frontalini piano accordion 71524 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.137.76.106 (talk) 20:54, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I added a title. StuRat (talk) 21:35, 7 November 2012 (UTC)?[reply]