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I think, as a thread, we should all agree to post "omg I can't believe Matt won again" in random bursts so West Coasters like me are desensitized for when he loses for real
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HookShot posted:He claims it wasn't him but it 100% was him. It was up and ready to go before his run even began.
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Oct 9, 2021 20:19
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Jokymi posted:Didn't someone in this thread find that site after his first or second win? It made it really obvious that we were at the beginning of a long streak, unlike Matt where that realization came much more gradually. I think it was found before his run even started, which was even funnier.
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Oct 9, 2021 20:34
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Poque posted:I think it was found before his run even started, which was even funnier. Yeah, I think the DNS records showed that it was registered like a month before his run began. And it was traced to him.
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Oct 9, 2021 20:58
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I’m still not certain it was James (I thought it was for sure and then I saw how insanely sycophantic his legion of fans are and it certainly could have been someone in his circle who attended the first week or two) though clearly it’s 100% on James for not getting it shut down. I had apple and thermidor instantly (and not roger rabbit), but I think thermidor is probably the hardest of those three by far for anyone to encounter in their daily life if they’re not actively studying trivia, does that make it unfairly hard? I mean, not for jeopardy but it could be unfun for viewers
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Oct 10, 2021 12:20
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I’ve heard of lobster thermidor, which is apparently named after the month. I didn’t even know there was a French republican calendar. But the other month in the clue also ended in “-dor” and I knew therm was heat and mashed them together to form a word
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Oct 10, 2021 13:38
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Timby posted:Yeah, I think the DNS records showed that it was registered like a month before his run began. And it was traced to him. Yeah, I think Andy Saunders of the Jeopardy Fan found it almost immediately, and then it was discussed shortly afterwards in our Facebook group. If it wasn’t James himself behind the King Holzhauer website, it was definitely condoned by him (the whole disclaimer spiel added at the bottom of the page and the changing of the “humbled subjects” section after discussion of complaints on the Jeopardy Fan and other websites makes it pretty obvious). What makes it so infuriating is that James still has his legion claiming that he’s so “humble” or that he lost to Emma on purpose (or that she “cheated”) so as not to break Jennings’ record or to spend more time with his daughter or whatever. I will say that James can put on a good front when he needs to, and can aim his snark at deserving targets in good fun, but it’s a shame when he does it to dunk on people who don’t quite deserve it. Thermidor came easily to me, as I remember I was reading the Wikipedia page for Thermidor like a month ago at work for some odd reason that I can’t remember right now.
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Oct 10, 2021 18:30
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packetmantis posted:It's pretty funny when people in this thread get mad about clues that are UNFAIRLY HARD because they didn't know the answer. god yes, one of my favorite things this thread regularly produces
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Oct 10, 2021 23:23
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FWIW, The New York Times has a article out on Dr. Bialik https://nyti.ms/3mBbH0s Is it me or has she gotten better hosting this season?
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Oct 11, 2021 18:03
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Island Nation posted:FWIW, The New York Times has a article out on Dr. Bialik Yeah I've liked her a lot more on her second stint.
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Oct 11, 2021 18:39
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I can’t read the article and won’t be home to bypass the paywall until later but the answer is: no. That said I agree she’s gotten much less annoying at the actual hosting part. Doesn’t make her a less lovely human though.
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Oct 11, 2021 19:17
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CPColin posted:"omg I can't believe Matt won again"
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Oct 11, 2021 21:28
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"Looks like it's another runaway game for Matt Amod..hold on a second--out of nowhere it's James Holzhauer with a folding chair!"
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Oct 11, 2021 21:31
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Jeopardy: Hell in a Cell
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Oct 11, 2021 21:32
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CPColin posted:"omg I can't believe Matt ...lost..."
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Oct 11, 2021 23:29
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I have to admit she's doing a really good job hosting now. If she didn't exist outside the show I would actually probably be happy with the choice
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Oct 11, 2021 23:44
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You could see the moment in Double Jeopardy when Matt's soul left his body.
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Oct 11, 2021 23:52
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christmas boots posted:"Looks like it's another runaway game for Matt Amod..hold on a second--out of nowhere it's James Holzhauer with a folding chair!" I would pay to see this tbh.
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Oct 11, 2021 23:52
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Timby posted:You could see the moment in Double Jeopardy when Matt's soul left his body. Yeah, the one time I tune into Jeopardy in a long time (and Mayim has improved, but her cadence still sounds off), and this happens. By the time we’re a couple of questions into Double Jeopardy, I knew that this was gonna be one where he either made an amazing comeback or his final game. Getting deeper in, it was more clear it would be the latter. Though that Final was rather easy.
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Oct 12, 2021 00:42
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Yeah I don't notice Mayim anymore.
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Oct 12, 2021 00:46
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drat that was a good game
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Oct 12, 2021 00:56
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He fuckin threw that game a hundred percent.
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Oct 12, 2021 00:59
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I don't care, it made my night. I noticed Mayim a lot more tonight. She annoyed me greatly. She had been much better lately, but seemed to be tossing in that extra info more than usual. Also, Matt should have been $400 less. They asked what 'H' meant in HTML and HTTP. Matt answered "hyper-text". It should have just been hyper.
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Oct 12, 2021 01:02
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Szyznyk posted:He fuckin threw that game a hundred percent. I don't think he did, he just got into his own head once he fell behind in DJ and probably rang in too early and get locked out when he started getting desperate. Amazed he didn't get Final though, I though it was easy as hell with even a cursory knowledge of WWII and geography? Poland is nowhere near the Alps, dude! I'd bet you my next paycheck that he started writing Austria and scratched it out though, he's second-guessed himself out of correct answers quite a few times before.
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Oct 12, 2021 01:02
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CPColin posted:"omg I can't believe Matt won again" Upon my own petard, hoist I
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Oct 12, 2021 01:10
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Timby posted:You could see the moment in Double Jeopardy when Matt's soul left his body. That's the face of the man who realized he needs to resume working on his dissertation.
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Oct 12, 2021 01:14
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Also, Matt should have been $400 less. They asked what 'H' meant in HTML and HTTP. Matt answered "hyper-text". It should have just been hyper.
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Oct 12, 2021 01:14
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Tbh I only knew the final because I’ve seen The Third Man
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Oct 12, 2021 01:24
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Nobody is ever touching Ken's streak lmao
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Oct 12, 2021 02:17
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If it's any consolation, Matt holds the almost certainly unbeatable record of "most hosts played Jeopardy under"
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Oct 12, 2021 02:24
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:The question was “What does the HT in HTTP and HTML stand for?”. Well, I'm certainly an idiot who didn't pay complete attention to the clue.
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Oct 12, 2021 02:40
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ninjahedgehog posted:If it's any consolation, Matt holds the almost certainly unbeatable record of "most hosts played Jeopardy under" This is the funniest record in jeopardy history.
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Oct 12, 2021 03:42
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I like how each of the Jeopardy great seems to hold their own distinct record that hasn't been encroached upon. Ken has the most number of games, Matt the most number of hosts, I think James won the most money during his initial run, and IIRC Brad won the most tournaments.
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Oct 12, 2021 04:42
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christmas boots posted:I like how each of the Jeopardy great seems to hold their own distinct record that hasn't been encroached upon. Ken has the most number of games, Matt the most number of hosts, I think James won the most money during his initial run, and IIRC Brad won the most tournaments. Ken still has James beat on most money won in regular Jeopardy games ($2.5 million compared to $2.4, which led to endless conspiracy theorizing by James fans that he purposely threw the last game against Emma so “he wouldn’t break Ken’s record” because he’s so “humble” or “wanted to get back to spending time with his daughter” or whatever, because they couldn’t admit that Emma beat him fair and square), but James has like 12 of the most money won in a game records. Brad has also won the most money collectively from Jeopardy, adding his total tournament winnings to the mix.
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Oct 12, 2021 04:50
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:The question was “What does the HT in HTTP and HTML stand for?”. They generally won’t penalize you if you give too much information that still fits the clue. If he had said hyper train, he would have been ruled incorrect.
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Oct 12, 2021 04:55
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Tbh I only knew the final because I’ve seen The Third Man I guessed based on the Sound of Music which I know Matt has also seen because he has nailed all the musical categories. 
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Oct 12, 2021 04:58
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Final jeopardy was pretty easy tonight though that might just be me playing way to many map games. Matt definitely felt the pressure in double jeopardy causing him to make mistakes. I thought for the longest time he would make a comeback with how late the daily doubles popped.
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Oct 12, 2021 05:18
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If there's one thing I'd want as a long running jeopardy player, it's to stop making money for ??? REASONS ???
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Oct 12, 2021 06:10
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That Venom question though. Spawn? Come on, Matt.
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Zesty posted:If there's one thing I'd want as a long running jeopardy player, it's to stop making money for ??? REASONS ??? This isn’t applying this logic to James (or Matt) at all, but people get fatigued , so I could see a super long jeopardy run as getting tiring and having a bit of stress of “how long can I keep this going.” It’s an extremely good problem to have , for the record.
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