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Profesionnal board game players[edit]

Hello,

I'am curious to know which boarrd game have some professionnal player and how much they can get from the tournament. I know chess, go and poker have some. But which other games i forget?

Thanks :) Jehan dumaquis (talk) 10:49, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Board games at the Asian Games lists Bridge, Chess, Go and Xiangqi. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs and tournaments where professional players reportedly earn $75 to $300 for a club game or $500 to $3000/day for a nationally rated event. DroneB (talk) 12:27, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tanks for your answear.It seem there aren't a lot of mind sports who are play at professionnal level. I think "magic card" also provide some rewards.Jehan dumaquis (talk) 19:03, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jehan dumaquis - Not that it's material to your question, but poker and contract bridge are not normally classified as board games in English; they are card games. Casino games might be of interest to you; anything with a payout has the potential for people to make a living at it. Matt Deres (talk) 19:11, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody can make a living at casino table games unless they cheat. Video poker can, so I understand, be beaten, but not I think enough to provide a livelihood. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:01, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tabletop game (I knew there had to be a term that captured both card and board games) has links to a few gaming associations and organizations that may include tournaments. Some clicking around there might get you some more games that meet your criteria. Matt Deres (talk) 19:27, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Matt Deres yeap thanks, i was more thinking about tabletop gameJehan dumaquis (talk) 20:05, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if you'd consider this being a "professional board game player", but you can . . . "Make Money Playing in Monopoly Tournaments". The Penny Hoarder. Taylor Media Corp. 20 July 2011. —2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 22:11, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In fact i'am more searching for all the tabletop game who offer pryze money or who are play for money. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehan dumaquis (talk • contribs) 08:01, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gin rummy - see Stu Ungar. Then of course there's Magic: The Gathering. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:15, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Foosball, apparently (https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=off&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB791GB791&q=table+foosball+prize+money&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS45Oi3b7bAhUE1hQKHSjDAjoQBQgmKAA&biw=1422&bih=726)
Subbuteo (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11341977)
Have you also considered snooker, pool etc?

--Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:39, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rock and Metal bands and singers[edit]

How many Rock and Metal bands and singers sold at least 30 million records woldwide?--158.148.183.218 (talk) 16:42, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of best-selling music artists shows 105 artists or bands with total certified sales in excess of 30 million. I'll leave it to you to decide which of those you consider "Rock and Metal". Rojomoke (talk) 20:19, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Winston Wildcats[edit]

I was looking at the information for the Winston Wildcats and did not see a link to the owner and ceo Roderick Hinton concerning information on him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.100.164.63 (talk) 18:43, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: Winston Wildcats. No, we don't appear to have an article on Roderick Hinton. At first glance, he doesn't appear to be WP:notable in the strict Wikipedia sense, which is probably why there's no article. Google isn't showing me very much, but he does have a profile on LinkedIn you can peruse (you may need an account). Matt Deres (talk) 19:15, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Songs with different parts in different keys[edit]

Can you guess what key Tennessee Flat Top Box is in?? (This is about Rosanne Cash's version.) The majority of the vocal part of the song is in B-flat major, but the instrumental parts and the final few notes of the vocal melody are in E-flat major. Are there many songs that change key like this?? Georgia guy (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia guy, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye even mentions it in the lyrics. Rojomoke (talk) 14:17, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes starts and ends in E flat major, with the middle eight in the remote key of B major. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 21:47, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you looking for any song with a key change? There are thousands; for an extreme example from popular music "Good Vibrations" uses five different keys over eleven distinct changes. Or are you looking specifically for a modulation from B-flat major to E-flat major? --Jayron 32 02:12, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I also just remembered that I Walk the Line changes keys five times. --Jayron 32 03:14, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Or more generally, from one key to another key whose tonic is a perfect fourth above the original key. Georgia guy (talk) 15:51, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]