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packetmantis posted:Same, dude was a total Young Republican. “Oh I went to a decades party dressed like a decade from he 19th century, I’m so loving clever.”
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packetmantis posted:Same, dude was a total Young Republican. Hello bias my old friend.
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Duckman2008 posted:Also, his wager was smart, he couldn’t outbid him so he bet on him getting it wrong, the best way to go. He could have bet everything, he would have still lost. Almost positive that if he had doubled up he could have beaten the goober depending on what the goober wagered.
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Duckman2008 posted:Hello bias my old friend. What the poo poo is this supposed to mean?
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I have no idea why Newsweek (remember when they were still relevant?) ran an article about James stans somehow upset that when the lineup for the ToC was announced, he wasn’t gonna be playing against Ken Jennings for whatever reason. Like, do these people have no idea how ToCs work? Probably a headline writer taking liberties and the like. https://www.newsweek.com/jeopardy-tournament-champions-james-holzhauer-emma-boettcher-ken-jennings-1448600 Complaints about Emma not earning a slot for only being a 3 game winner too, but I guess that’s somewhat understandable since they skipped over so many other eligible players (Jackie would’ve made good ToC viewing, amongst others). But I respect the Jeopardy producers for bringing her back for the tournament for a possible rematch for the ratings and all that.
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packetmantis posted:What the poo poo is this supposed to mean? I was a little drunk last night and I think read too much into what you posted, so I would just ignore it.
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Spokes posted:yeah, i could see *maybe* not being able to pull the author but they didn't even ask for it! I would have blown it because I thought they were asking for the author's name. Welp.
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How did “Murphy Brown” turn out to be a difficult question? I must watch too much tv 
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The reboot wasn't very popular. I could see how Roseanne might come to mind over Murphy Brown.
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Zero One posted:The reboot wasn't very popular. I could see how Roseanne might come to mind over Murphy Brown. My parents really liked the Murphy Brown reboot. They insisted that I watch an episode with them over Christmas, and it was terrible
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HookShot posted:I did not know there was a Murphy Brown reboot. Basically the whole setup is that she's still Murphy Brown and is living with her Millennial YouTube (or was it blog) journalist son. It was just about as painful to watch as you would expect. My parents also really liked the dog for some reason.
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HookShot posted:I did not know there was a Murphy Brown reboot. I know because I saw an advertisement for it on the side of a bus true story.
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Iron Crowned posted:Basically the whole setup is that she's still Murphy Brown and is living with her Millennial YouTube (or was it blog) journalist son. It was just about as painful to watch as you would expect. My parents also really liked the dog for some reason. I think he was working for a Fox News-ish type channel. But the show was painfully bad because it wasn't funny. It was a really weird choice to reboot. They're rebooting Designing Women soon and it's like who could this possibly be for in 2019? I watched Murphy Brown as a kid and maybe it was more political than I remember, but all the promos for the reboot were like "The voice we need is back at this important time!" and I was like do what now? Yeah sure, that one time Dan Quayle bitched about a fictional character over being an unmarried mother, but we seem to be far past that point and mostly it was a standard workplace sitcom. But I got the answer right! I also like that someone chose "Roseanne Connor" as their answer which was wrong in so many ways. HookShot posted:I did not know there was a Murphy Brown reboot. Apparently no one did.
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Not sure if I've ever seen the situation they were in near the end of the second round: the only $2,000 clue left has to be the Daily Double, and you'd have to be pretty confident based on what's happened in that category (Lieder) so far that no one is gonna get it right. Her $2,000 bet was pointless to me -- just bet $0, but I'm wondering if an even better play would be to go back to one of those $400 clues, keep your hand off the buzzer, and let someone else trap themselves with it, assuming that contestants are in general very reluctant to do the $0 bet even when they really should.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Not sure if I've ever seen the situation they were in near the end of the second round: the only $2,000 clue left has to be the Daily Double, and you'd have to be pretty confident based on what's happened in that category (Lieder) so far that no one is gonna get it right. Her $2,000 bet was pointless to me -- just bet $0, but I'm wondering if an even better play would be to go back to one of those $400 clues, keep your hand off the buzzer, and let someone else trap themselves with it, assuming that contestants are in general very reluctant to do the $0 bet even when they really should. To unhelpfully quibble, the minimum wager on a DD is $5
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Until the $400 question was played I literally did not know what a lieder was. Music is my worst jeopardy area by far but I can’t remember being so stumped by any single category before.
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Ogmius815 posted:Until the $400 question was played I literally did not know what a lieder was. Music is my worst jeopardy area by far but I can’t remember being so stumped by any single category before. Conspiracy-theory me thinks that they are very desperately trying to avoid another James run. The categories and clues the last few weeks have been brutal.
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It reminds me of when I started DVR-ing The Price Is Right a few years ago and noticed that the trips were to places like the Galapagos Islands or Micronesia or some other weird-rear end places that nobody could possibly know how much it costs to fly or stay there.
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Timby posted:Conspiracy-theory me thinks that they are very desperately trying to avoid another James run. The categories and clues the last few weeks have been brutal. Yes, they desperately want to avoid huge ratings increases and people talking about the show
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skaboomizzy posted:It reminds me of when I started DVR-ing The Price Is Right a few years ago and noticed that the trips were to places like the Galapagos Islands or Micronesia or some other weird-rear end places that nobody could possibly know how much it costs to fly or stay there. TPiR definitely increases the difficulty if they've given away too much; if you see Golden Road, you know they've been cleaned out recently. This article about how someone got the Showcase Showdown exactly right also goes into the pricing games: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/ It wouldn't surprise if Jeopardy decided to throw more esoteric categories in to slow contestants down, as long as it doesn't turn into rigging the game.
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it’s funny how terry kniess lied to every media outlet about how he won. a price is right superfan in the audience gave him the prices. the guy made spreadsheets of all the prizes and prices and even coded his own computer version of the game to practice. he’s helped others win huge and it sucks for him because the time he got on he didn’t win huge. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jul 14, 2019 |
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Ogmius815 posted:Until the $400 question was played I literally did not know what a lieder was. Music is my worst jeopardy area by far but I can’t remember being so stumped by any single category before.  , this was probably one of the categories that the producers would’ve preferred people go from the top down with.
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Groovelord Neato posted:it’s funny how terry kniess lied to every media outlet about how he won. This feels like the exact utility of "the wheel" in terms of game design. Even if someone is capable of recalling every price on the spot, they still have to get past the phase of the game that is almost* entirely determined by luck. It sucks that that guy, who is probably the best PiR player of all time, never got to the Showcase Showdown, but at least he seemed happy to be in the audience and help others! (*: I guess technically someone could try to build a replica of it that matched it's dimensions and weight so that they'd know exactly how hard to spin it so that it lands on $1.00 no matter where the starting point is)
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Groovelord Neato posted:it’s funny how terry kniess lied to every media outlet about how he won. For anybody who hasn't watched "Perfect Bid", it's on netflix atm, highly recommended. I think it's also on amazon prime, but, you know, don't cross the picket line today or whatever.
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Noted tree hater Woody Guthrie
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"From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for logging trees."
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Captain von Trapp posted:"From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters lmaoooooooo
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Soothing Vapors posted:Noted tree hater Woody Guthrie I yelled at my TV after no one got it.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:I yelled at my TV after no one got it. Me too, very frustrating.
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I'm just glad there's now a clip out there of Alex angrily saying "this machine kills fascists" that was worth the rise in our collective blood pressure
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I'm just glad there's now a clip out there of Alex angrily saying "this machine kills fascists"
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I'm just glad there's now a clip out there of Alex angrily saying "this machine kills fascists" if I wasn't an almost 40 year old professional I would make this my ringtone
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Vulture Culture posted:Someone put an Elizabethan collar on this fuckin parakeet Extremely strong Professor Frink energy
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