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To any jeopardy contestants here, my wife just told me Maggie is retiring. For reference, if I am correct she is the onsite contestant coordinated and prepper head. Super unique and high energy personality, you can hear her singing from the audience stands. Good for her, but bummer for jeopardy.
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Aw man, she's one of the best parts of auditions. Nobody's better at getting a bunch of nervous nerds to relax.
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Feb 10, 2020 14:45
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Feb 10, 2020 16:23
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Why jeopardy thought a final question on sports, let alone boxing, was a good idea is beyond me. Never heard of that answer myself.
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Feb 11, 2020 05:15
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Duckman2008 posted:Why jeopardy thought a final question on sports, let alone boxing, was a good idea is beyond me. Never heard of that answer myself. That was definitely one of the more esoteric Finals I've seen in a long time. And of course the champ stumbled rear end-backwards into winning despite playing a horrible game, because he was the only contestant who didn't make a horrific wager.
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Feb 11, 2020 05:23
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even the best of all time series had clues in all of their questions. that final jeopardy hinted at nothing. wow.
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Feb 11, 2020 05:39
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Rules for a sport, 19th century, named after a British nobleman? Stupidly obvious. Can't believe nobody got it.
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Unkempt posted:Rules for a sport, 19th century, named after a British nobleman? Stupidly obvious. Can't believe nobody got it. I don’t know anything about boxing and didn’t watch tonight, but hasn’t everyone heard about the Marquis of Queensbury?
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Feb 11, 2020 06:46
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Apparatchik Magnet posted:I don’t know anything about boxing and didn’t watch tonight, but hasn’t everyone heard about the Marquis of Queensbury? Yes, but the clue didn't say "Marquis of Queensbury". It only referenced his real name, John Sholto Douglas.
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Feb 11, 2020 07:25
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Yeah, it was an extremely poorly written clue.
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Feb 11, 2020 07:32
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I got it instantly. 
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Feb 11, 2020 10:55
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I only got it because of Mike Tyson Mysteries.
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Unkempt posted:Rules for a sport, 19th century, named after a British nobleman? Stupidly obvious. Can't believe nobody got it. The only thing I whiffed on was the title. What other British nobles have sports connections besides Queensbury and Stanley?
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Feb 11, 2020 16:37
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i immediately blurted out boxing rules! queensbury!
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Feb 11, 2020 17:07
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It took me a little bit, but British rules referencing a nobleman let me eventually make the jump to the Marquis of Queensbury with enough time. Just wasn’t sure how to phrase it. And yeah, that was a weird game.
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Feb 11, 2020 22:19
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Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight!
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I just got to the "Can I change my wager?" episode on my DVR and lol I want to hang out with that lady and exchange extremely low-key stories.Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! Congrats and good (retroactive) luck!
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! Retro good luck! 
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Feb 12, 2020 17:07
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! This owns, love how many goons we've had. Hope you crushed it!
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! Welcome to the fold! Retro good luck!
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I hope you won!!
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! Retro good luck!
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Feb 12, 2020 20:55
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! I get jeopardy early on in my broadcast ! Great job dude! My wife and I both said Churchill, but felt it was too obvious. Way to represent !
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Feb 13, 2020 00:40
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Duckman2008 posted:I get jeopardy early on in my broadcast ! Agreed, congratulations! But holy poo poo, please tell me you stopped rocking back on your right heel and then swinging to your left after every answer...
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Hey everybody, I'm your middle podium tonight! Congratulations! I immediately thought of Chamberlain for the Final because his name is inextricably linked - rightly or wrongly - with "appeasement". F_Shit_Fitzgerald fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Feb 13, 2020 |
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Feb 13, 2020 02:03
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Congratulations! I immediately thought of Chamberlain for the Final because his name is inextricably linked - rightly or wrongly - with "appeasement".  on both counts. Congrats, man!
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Feb 13, 2020 05:43
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Hell yeah, dude! Way to go!
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Feb 13, 2020 05:54
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Thanks for all the spoiler text, everybody!Timby posted:Agreed, congratulations! But holy poo poo, please tell me you stopped rocking back on your right heel and then swinging to your left after every answer... Haha, I didn't know this was a thing until you said it, and now I see it. Sorry! Maybe it'll be better because there's less of an angle between Trebek and the board when you're at the champion's podium?
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Feb 13, 2020 19:18
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I noticed the same thing, but more in the context of, "If I get on the show I'd never be able to watch myself because 100% guaranteed I'd do something like that and not notice I was doing it."
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Feb 13, 2020 19:30
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Spraynard Kruger posted:Haha, I didn't know this was a thing until you said it, and now I see it. Sorry! Maybe it'll be better because there's less of an angle between Trebek and the board when you're at the champion's podium? The clues you guys left at Double Jeopardy were brutal, drat. Too bad about Final, but you get to join the Jeopardy Goon one game winner’s club with Hookshot, so there’s that!
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Feb 14, 2020 01:29
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I'm behind so I totally planned on avoiding this thread but then I forgot I was avoiding it so I haven't seen it yet but congrats!! That's awesome and I look forward to watching your game in a few days
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I think the 'Greatest' competition has had a slightly negative effect on 'regular' Jeopardy. Mainly, after watching 3 of the best and brightest at Jeopardy just killing every kind of esoteric 'answer' in a wide variety of categories, watching the current crop of 'less than the greatest' flail about either just standing around (no-one answers) on super easy questions, or flat-out getting them wrong... is painful. Last night's show was so sad I honestly thought if Alex had asked "Who wrote Edgar Allen Poe's poem, 'The Raven'", they would have gotten it wrong.
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sunnyboy posted:I think the 'Greatest' competition has had a slightly negative effect on 'regular' Jeopardy. Mainly, after watching 3 of the best and brightest at Jeopardy just killing every kind of esoteric 'answer' in a wide variety of categories, watching the current crop of 'less than the greatest' flail about either just standing around (no-one answers) on super easy questions, or flat-out getting them wrong... is painful. Lol no, jeopardy is fine.
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sunnyboy posted:I think the 'Greatest' competition has had a slightly negative effect on 'regular' Jeopardy. Mainly, after watching 3 of the best and brightest at Jeopardy just killing every kind of esoteric 'answer' in a wide variety of categories, watching the current crop of 'less than the greatest' flail about either just standing around (no-one answers) on super easy questions, or flat-out getting them wrong... is painful. I get this, but regular Jeopardy has been plenty entertaining to me. Maybe lower scoring that usual, especially after how the GOAT tourney went, but the last couple of days have been pretty good. And by last night, do you mean Wednesday or Thursday’s show? Both dropped off at the end there, but the payouts were decent enough.
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sunnyboy posted:I think the 'Greatest' competition has had a slightly negative effect on 'regular' Jeopardy. Mainly, after watching 3 of the best and brightest at Jeopardy just killing every kind of esoteric 'answer' in a wide variety of categories, watching the current crop of 'less than the greatest' flail about either just standing around (no-one answers) on super easy questions, or flat-out getting them wrong... is painful. jeopardy is fun because you get to watch normal people who know a little bit more than the average person do their best to answer tough questions. they obviously know enough to get on the show and some games are tougher than others. that's part of the fun, and it's great when you know something the contestants don't (although you don't have to make a post about it every time) there's the ToC every year and a higher-level tournament a few times a decade for people who just hate seeing easy questions but like... watch university challenge or something. idk, man edit: or... just go beat jeopardy for like six figures and pay quiz bowlers to duke it out in front of you for $20 an hour Spokes fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Feb 14, 2020 |
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Feb 14, 2020 05:06
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I think some of this may be less about the GOAT tournament, but more about the post-James Holzhauer era we live in. Sure, people were bouncing around the board before, but now he's really encouraged starting at the bottom, where the questions are the hardest! I think Tuesday's DJ round was a decent example about how this made for a poor flow to the game. Kristyna ended up trailing by only $600 going in to FJ, with 3 $400 clues and 2 $800 clues left unrevealed at the top of the board. A couple of easier questions could have swung the outcome, but she kept going for the higher dollar clues. To make a baseball analogy, stop swinging for the fences and just try to get on base! I know the ending of tonight's game was pretty brutal, but hey, at least we saved it for the end.
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Feb 14, 2020 06:41
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sunnyboy posted:I think the 'Greatest' competition has had a slightly negative effect on 'regular' Jeopardy. Mainly, after watching 3 of the best and brightest at Jeopardy just killing every kind of esoteric 'answer' in a wide variety of categories, watching the current crop of 'less than the greatest' flail about either just standing around (no-one answers) on super easy questions, or flat-out getting them wrong... is painful. I dunno Jeopardy's always had people leaving gimmes on the board.
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Feb 14, 2020 12:04
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I will say that today’s episode was real rough, especially right at the beginning and again at the end. Terry pulling a True Daily Double at the end on a relatively easy clue is what pulled him out, but drat if it didn’t feel like he was gonna crash and burn all game, even after he hit the DD. That Final was relatively easy, and he didn’t even try, what with the $1337 bet and all, but I guess he didn’t really need to.
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Feb 15, 2020 02:16
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Hahaha I found today's episode wildly entertaining.
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