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Finals these days seem to be poo poo I either get right away or not at all. The Switzerland/Swaziland one was a good one because it wasn't very easy, but it wasn't esoteric either (I didn't get it, for what it's worth, but I should've). If the first two rounds are stuff you either know or don't know, Final Jeopardy should be things that you don't get right away but can reason from a reasonable base of knowledge to get the correct answer (the Nostradamus one from a while back was an example of one that I liked, in that style). EDIT: Today's was ridiculous, though. Almost every single question in the online quiz for potential contestants was more difficult than that. Also, quite frankly disappointed that Alex went for the strong Russian accent when announcing the answer, rather than "Ra-ra-ras-poutine" 
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Ein cooler Typ posted:another hella easy final jeopardy and even Alex commented that the clues are getting easier i really don't get how people keep doing this poo poo. do any of them watch the show they're on??
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Ein cooler Typ posted:has anyone else noticed that females don't play the game properly and never wager boldly enough Ein cooler Typ posted:Today they had a category called "that's uge" to make fun of the president Ein cooler Typ posted:A whole category about the black history museum. Has anyone else noticed Jeopardy! doing more robocop stuff lately? Ein cooler Typ posted:so the final is two Chinese guys and an Indian guy
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Jul 19, 2017 21:01
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the racist ones were trolling but the one about wagering in final jeopardy is a legitimate complaint people complained about Arthur Chu but at least he actually did some research and learned how to play the game
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Jul 19, 2017 22:05
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gently caress arthur chu forever tbh. that was an annoying as hell run to watch. iron your goddamn shirt you slob.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:08
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if you don't like Arthur Chu you're a filthy casual fan. You probably like the interview segments too he was a great player
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Jul 19, 2017 22:19
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i watch the game for trivia not for theory. i still need to see that documentary where he turns out to be as awful as his nationally televised attire suggested.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:37
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Chu's twitter feed is a good way to build self esteem. My wife asked who I was reading that prompted such mocking laughter, and I described him as a guy who was professionally an emasculated Asian who also had a Jeopardy hobby once.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:41
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Groovelord Neato posted:i really don't get how people keep doing this poo poo. do any of them watch the show they're on?? Nerves, honestly. You basically have unlimited time (within reason) to make your Final Jeopardy wager, and you second guess yourself all the drat time. Mine was a rather easy bet to make, but there's a reason why Keith Williams made all those Final Wager videos and analyses about wagering strategy on his website before he stopped. I remember reading a story in the Jeopardy Contestant Facebook group from a ToC contestant from two ToCs ago (I think it was either Kristen Sausville or Julia Collins) who was taking so long on her Final wager (like 15-20 minutes, I think) because she just kept redoing the numbers on the sheet of paper they give you to work out the math, and couldn't come up with a good wager, to the point where Alex stepped up to her podium, and in a full on Uncle Alex moment, asked if "Math wasn't her strong suit" after she had already won so many games to qualify for the ToC in the first place. Nerves are a helluva thing. Also, Arthur Chu ruled and his hatedom only fed him. So many ridiculous complaints from the peanut gallery; if you think you can do better, prove it. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Jul 19, 2017 23:04
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GhostStalker posted:Also, Arthur Chu ruled and his hatedom only fed him. So many ridiculous complaints from the peanut gallery; if you think you can do better, prove it. Where do we submit our pictures of us wearing professional clothing without looking like we woke up under a bridge? I personally find it weird that none of Hitler's critics have tried their own genocide or conquest of Europe before thinking themselves qualified to offer opinions.
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Jul 19, 2017 23:46
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GhostStalker posted:Also, Arthur Chu ruled and his hatedom only fed him. So many ridiculous complaints from the peanut gallery; if you think you can do better, prove it. i'd crush him at elementary school difficulty sports trivia while ironing a shirt.
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Ein cooler Typ posted:words about Deborah's FJ wagering She did it again today. Bet 6k, not enough to cover 2nd. Only won because she was the only one to get it right.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Where do we submit our pictures of us wearing professional clothing without looking like we woke up under a bridge? Hey man, if you want to try and out-Hitler Hitler to prove a point, be my guest. I'm just saying there's already a system set up for you to try and prove yourself better than Chu, but good luck getting on the show to do so and then having a winning streak of more than 13 games. 5 people or so have done it, not counting Watson who beat the overall top two, so I'm sure you can be number 6 and knock him down a level or two of his big money ranking perch. I could understand the hatedom if he somehow ruined the game forever just by being on the show and not just got infamous for betting to tie and employing a Forrest Bounce and knowing his weaknesses to the point of ridiculousness, but whatever. He's just a guy who was on the show for a little more than 3 weeks all told. I don't get why people are so invested in hating him, but then again, every Jeopardy champ develops some hate, some much more than others, so I guess it's just natural.
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My only knowledge of Arthur Chu is from Twitter, where he constantly tries out for the position of Platonic ideal of the angry tiny-dicked Asian male. I have no opinion of his Jeopardy run (none of which I've seen) except that it seems to have made him deeply unhappy by once again failing to make him feel like he matters or has earned any respect from those he envies yet don't know he exists.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:07
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GhostStalker posted:if you think you can do better, prove it. Come on, man, this is the same kind of bullshit as when people say, "Well, if you think so and so is such a bad director, I don't see YOU making better movies than him, how's the view from the cheap seats?" I mean, you of all people know how ridiculously infinitesimal the odds of making it all the way to a TV taping are, don't pull the smug "heh, why don't you do it" crap.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:11
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What kind of world is this where we can't make fun of jeopardy contestants unless we go on the show and win more money first?
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Timby posted:Come on, man, this is the same kind of bullshit as when people say, "Well, if you think so and so is such a bad director, I don't see YOU making better movies than him, how's the view from the cheap seats?" Fair enough, it's just my default response to peanut gallery over the top hatedoms that I picked up from other former Jeopardy contestants in response to bullshit Facebook complaints regarding contestants. Arthur Chu's just hits all of my buttons. And honestly, it was mostly the waiting that killed me for getting on the show. I got an audition my second time taking the test, though I know others haven't been so lucky.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:20
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GhostStalker posted:Fair enough, it's just my default response to peanut gallery over the top hatedoms that I picked up from other former Jeopardy contestants in response to bullshit Facebook complaints regarding contestants. Didn't you once brag in this thread about how the network of former contestants "rolls deep" like some sort of trivia nerd fight club? Because responses like this don't make you sound any less haughty.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:46
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Timby posted:Didn't you once brag in this thread about how the network of former contestants "rolls deep" like some sort of trivia nerd fight club? Because responses like this don't make you sound any less haughty. Yeah, I admit that was super dumb of me. I dunno, I guess it's just because Chu was kinda a big part of my own Jeopardy experience, I just get like super defensive over people's overblown complaints regarding him or whatever. I'll drop it now.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:24
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Ein cooler Typ posted:the racist ones were trolling You're just a pretend bigot, right?
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Jul 20, 2017 03:36
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Timby posted:Didn't you once brag in this thread about how the network of former contestants "rolls deep" like some sort of trivia nerd fight club? Because responses like this don't make you sound any less haughty. GhostStalker posted:Yeah, I admit that was super dumb of me. I dunno, I guess it's just because Chu was kinda a big part of my own Jeopardy experience, I just get like super defensive over people's overblown complaints regarding him or whatever. I'll drop it now. Zesty posted:You're just a pretend bigot, right?
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Jul 20, 2017 04:13
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lol @ Alex misinterpreting the meaning of snake trail
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Jul 20, 2017 05:48
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We make fun of Arthur Chu because he was and is an annoying twit and that's not going to change
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Jul 20, 2017 21:15
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hahaha i just found out arthur chu has be blocked on twitter and i've never loving tweeted at him.
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Groovelord Neato posted:hahaha i just found out arthur chu has be blocked on twitter and i've never loving tweeted at him. I think he went through blocking lowtax followers when Lowtax said something mean about him.
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Jul 20, 2017 23:50
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Yeah, it's a thing people do, especially people who get a lot of harassment on twitter like Chu does. They'll add certain people to block lists and automatically block anyone that follows those accounts. Chu probably has like Lowtax, and the Chapo guys, and people like that on that list.
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Jul 21, 2017 00:25
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How did Alex think that Final was hard? I got it before he was done talking.
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zakharov posted:How did Alex think that Final was hard? I got it before he was done talking. Both I and a friend of mine who obnoxiously asks people to quiz him about state capitals when he gets drunk didn't get it.
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Pinterest Mom posted:Yeah, it's a thing people do, especially people who get a lot of harassment on twitter like Chu does. They'll add certain people to block lists and automatically block anyone that follows those accounts. Chu probably has like Lowtax, and the Chapo guys, and people like that on that list. Lol hold up, does Chu have some beef with Chapo?
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Jul 21, 2017 01:42
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Love it when contestants stick with a category despite none of them getting it.
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Jul 21, 2017 02:12
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zakharov posted:How did Alex think that Final was hard? I got it before he was done talking. Yeah, that was super obvious, I got it in 5 seconds.
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:Lol hold up, does Chu have some beef with Chapo? Urdnot Fire fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 08:29
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must be cuz i follow one of the chapo guys. what a giant loving baby.
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Final Jeopardy category: Colleges When this school opened in 1845, the curriculum for the class of 50 had math & navigation, chemistry & gunnery & steam the answer the contestants gave was "U.S. Naval Academy" when I was watching at home I said "Annapolis" do you think the judges would have accepted that?
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Jul 25, 2017 08:07
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Ein cooler Typ posted:Final Jeopardy category: Colleges gonna say no because would they accept "College Station" for Texas A&M or "State College" for Penn State?
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skaboomizzy posted:gonna say no because would they accept "College Station" for Texas A&M or "State College" for Penn State? I disagree, since they likely would've accepted "West Point" for the USMA. Both it and the Naval Academy are colloquially referred to by their locations, though I guess Annapolis has more going for it than just the military academy, unlike West Point.
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Why the incredulity at guessing sloth, Alex? Sloths are classified by their number of toes and it's not unheard of for them to be exotic pets.
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Ein cooler Typ posted:
Huh, didn't realize my wife posted here. Anyway, anecdotal evidence suggests that's a commonly accepted name for the school so it'd be an interesting conundrum.
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haveblue posted:Why the incredulity at guessing sloth, Alex? Sloths are classified by their number of toes and it's not unheard of for them to be exotic pets. Sloth was the first thing that jumped into my mind (conjoined three-toed sloths? I dunno), then I realized it was a cat.
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haveblue posted:Why the incredulity at guessing sloth, Alex? Sloths are classified by their number of toes and it's not unheard of for them to be exotic pets. Yeah I immediately said sloth, for that exact reason I realized it was wrong right away, but it's a totally natural place for your mind to go
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