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I missed the last 3 episodes of the Austin steamroll because of New York Comic Con stuff, but saw on a Jeopardy Facebook post that he's overtaken Arthur Chu for 5th place on the all time non-tournament winnings list, and in only 8 games while Chu needed 12 to make his amount. Now he's won 9, and I think Julia Collins in next on the list? Let's see how far he goes with this, he's awesome to watch.
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http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/austin-rogers-jeopardy-winning-streak.htmlquote:Numbers cannot explain, though, how Rogers’s style has upset the game’s natural order. Wearing a misshapen pile of hair atop his head and a thick beard on his face — but sharp coats and ties, always — he is both unkempt and natty by the show’s drab standards. And the clothes are just the beginning. Rogers plays with joy and an attitude. During the show’s opening, when each (silent) contestant is introduced by announcer Johnny Gilbert, Rogers mugs and pantomimes. He’s a showman. When he had to reply to a clue with “the Eagles,” he grumbled. When he aced a Daily Double, he punched his arm across his body in exaltation.
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Oct 8, 2017 15:33
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So it looks like Austin got a haircut, get his beard trimmed, and either made him wear/provided a wardrobe more in line with what people expect from a Jeopardy contestant. Also shot him up with Valium.
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Oct 10, 2017 01:26
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I like to imagine they held him down and shaved him it would explain why his haircut is somehow worse now
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Oct 10, 2017 01:44
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Soothing Vapors posted:I like to imagine they held him down and shaved him I dunno, it seems like this was a new week of taping, so maybe he decided to get the haircut for the hell of it during the weekend? I very much doubt Maggie or any one of the contestant coordinators would make him change his look, seeing as how people bitched about Arthur's look and he didn't really clean up, or Alex Jacob looking a bit scruffy. Anyway, apparently Austin is doing live watch parties at a bunch of different bars every day on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (he posts which one on Twitter or whatever) and a Jeopardy friend on Facebook apparently crashed one of them. His photo presaged Austin's new look, and I was wondering when he'd gotten a new look and if he'd have it on camera. There's a question answered.
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Oct 10, 2017 01:59
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Apparently, this weeks episodes were taped I'm August and last weeks were back in April.
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Oct 10, 2017 14:24
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"Fired a gun from a hidden position" clue needs past tense Austin said "snipe" instead of "sniped" but the judges gave it to him anyway wrong. they shouldn't have done that and it could have had big implications because that was the last clue and it made the game a runaway (it ended up not mattering though because Austin knew final and second place guy didn't)
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Oct 11, 2017 18:55
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Ein cooler Typ posted:"Fired a gun from a hidden position" counterpoint: I hate it when they count ticky-tack stuff like that against someone. It's supposed to be a trivia game, not a pronunciation game
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Oct 11, 2017 18:57
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They forgive stuff that doesn't materially change the answer when it's obvious you know what you mean, like mispronouncing a vowel, so wrong verb tense is a gimme. AFAIK the only time you have to be super-precise is when it's the title of a specific work and even then they'll let slide something like forgetting the "the" at the start (especially in round 1).
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Oct 11, 2017 18:59
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haveblue posted:They forgive stuff that doesn't materially change the answer when it's obvious you know what you mean, like mispronouncing a vowel, so wrong verb tense is a gimme. AFAIK the only time you have to be super-precise is when it's the title of a specific work and even then they'll let slide something like forgetting the "the" at the start (especially in round 1). Yeah, I watched a re-run today during my lunch break (the one where Trebek ice-burned "so...LOSERS!" to the hip-hop nerdcore chick), and they counted the guy saying "Revelations" against him re: the bible book
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Oct 11, 2017 19:04
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haveblue posted:They forgive stuff that doesn't materially change the answer when it's obvious you know what you mean, like mispronouncing a vowel, so wrong verb tense is a gimme. AFAIK the only time you have to be super-precise is when it's the title of a specific work and even then they'll let slide something like forgetting the "the" at the start (especially in round 1). It was a word question, asking for a specific word. Those are two different words and that was bullshit.
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Oct 11, 2017 19:05
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Unkempt posted:It was a word question, asking for a specific word. Those are two different words and that was bullshit. Maybe if he had said American Sniped Seriously, though, "snipe" and "sniped" are the same word with a different conjugation. If the correct answer had been the noun sniper then he'd have been wrong but it wasn't. haveblue fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Oct 11, 2017 |
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Oct 11, 2017 19:08
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haveblue posted:Maybe if he had said American Sniped We call these things 'different words'.
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Oct 11, 2017 19:19
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Unkempt posted:We call these things 'different words'. They're different forms not different words.
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Oct 11, 2017 19:36
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Keep going this has the potential to be the next hot dog/sandwich debate
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Oct 11, 2017 19:51
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hey, s/he's the one arguing in favor of pedantry, i'm just trying to oblige.
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Oct 11, 2017 19:53
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big trivia FAIL posted:hey, s/he's the one arguing in favor of pedantry, i'm just trying to oblige. If pedantry involves getting the answer right and not obviously wrong then yep. I mean here we have people arguing that two words with different spellings, different lengths and clearly defined different meanings are in fact the same word. I don't loving know. I mean one is an anagram of 'penis' and one isn't ffs. Like I said, if it wasn't a specific word question then OK, but they were asking for one word with a given meaning. The answer was right there but it wasn't the word he said. I don't get how this is even a thing.
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Oct 11, 2017 20:12
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Unkempt posted:If pedantry involves getting the answer right and not obviously wrong then yep. I mean here we have people arguing that two words with different spellings, different lengths and clearly defined different meanings are in fact the same word. I don't loving know. I mean one is an anagram of 'penis' and one isn't ffs. He gave them the right word, and they allowed the wrong form.
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Oct 11, 2017 21:42
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Ein cooler Typ posted:and it could have had big implications because that was the last clue and it made the game a runaway (it ended up not mattering though because Austin knew final and second place guy didn't)
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Oct 11, 2017 21:45
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Ein cooler Typ posted:"Fired a gun from a hidden position" eeeeeeh I have no issue with their ruling, for all we know Austin heard "Fire a gun" instead of "fired". I did watching at home and was momentarily confused when there was debate about his answer.
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Oct 11, 2017 22:02
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big trivia FAIL posted:He gave them the right word, and they allowed the wrong form. OK, I give up. 'Buy' and 'bought' are the same word. 'Am' and 'will have been'? Same word. Whatever.
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Oct 11, 2017 22:30
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Unkempt posted:OK, I give up. 'Buy' and 'bought' are the same word. 'Am' and 'will have been'? Same word. Whatever. Meh, the response he gave fit both the clue and the category. The judges ruled on it, and they gave it to him. Not much people can do about it after the fact. The Austin train rolls on. lelandjs posted:eeeeeeh I have no issue with their ruling, for all we know Austin heard "Fire a gun" instead of "fired". I did watching at home and was momentarily confused when there was debate about his answer. He can read the clue text on the board (albeit it is on a small screen across the stage, but it's there), so I doubt that's what happened.
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Oct 11, 2017 22:34
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Unkempt posted:OK, I give up. 'Buy' and 'bought' are the same word. 'Am' and 'will have been'? Same word. Whatever. Yes. The first are different forms of "to buy" and the latter are different forms of "to be".
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Oct 11, 2017 22:36
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More like big linguistic FAIL.
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Oct 11, 2017 22:49
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I was pretty sure tonight was going to be the end of Austin since he didn’t get any huge daily double gambles. Turns out that he can win a “normal” round. I was super surprised that all three flubbed the “All Things Considered” question, don’t Jeopardy nerds listen to NPR anymore?
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Oct 12, 2017 02:17
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My mom can't loving stand Austin. I chalk it up to her being an old woman.
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Oct 12, 2017 03:25
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lelandjs posted:I was pretty sure tonight was going to be the end of Austin since he didn’t get any huge daily double gambles. Turns out that he can win a “normal” round. When the other guy totally bombed a Double I was ready to call the game for Austin. Just wasn't in his league.
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Oct 12, 2017 03:27
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Two days ago, but "Dorian Gray" really?
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Oct 12, 2017 12:18
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Colonial Air Force posted:Two days ago, but "Dorian Gray" really? That one earned my disbelieving "you are a moron" laugh that pisses off my wife even when directed at TV people.
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Oct 12, 2017 12:43
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I loved Austin's universal healthcare burn in last night's interview. This guy is great.
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Oct 12, 2017 13:43
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He got interviewed by vulture, I completely agree with his bat flipping analogy. At least he hates Forrest bouncing. http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/jeopardy-austin-rogers-interview.html
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Oct 12, 2017 16:32
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He's apparently on the tonight show tonight. Could signal that all you Austin haters are gonna get what you want tonight.
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Oct 12, 2017 18:45
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Star Man posted:My mom can't loving stand Austin. I chalk it up to her being an old woman. I can't stand Austin because he seems like he'd be an insufferable douche to be around, and that he'd always be 'on''. Also, I am old an woman. enigmahfc fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Oct 12, 2017 |
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Oct 12, 2017 22:06
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enigmahfc posted:I can't stand Austin because he seems like he'd be an insufferable douche to be around, and that he'd always be 'on''. He probably would be annoying to be around.
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Oct 12, 2017 22:43
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Star Man posted:He probably would be annoying to be around. From a local Jeopardy friend on Facebook who has been to one of Austin's viewing parties in Manhattan, he seems kinda short with people, which is kinda weird for a bartender. Maybe that was just his first impression of him, I dunno if they interacted much there.
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Oct 12, 2017 22:48
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Becoming famous overnight can mess with you, especially when you did it by winning a contest of skill.
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Oct 12, 2017 22:52
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lol, trebek dick tree
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Oct 13, 2017 00:24
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Dick Tree
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Oct 13, 2017 00:29
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Well, if Austin had to go out, at least he did it with a Dick Tree.
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I was hoping he'd win 2 more to overtake Matt Jackson, but either way, what a great run.
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