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Timby posted:I'd just as soon not see Holzhauer on my television again. Smug prick. Please sign your posts in the form of a question
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it's interesting as like a "can the greatest players of the post-Trebek era beat the greatest player of the post-Ken era" thought experiment my thoughts: i do not think they will. there's a lot of (well-deserved) controversy around james as the idiot website guy, the dumbass media darling who "BROKE JEOPARDY !?!????", the BIG BET GAMBLER poo poo, the made-them-change-the-rules-about-final-jeopardy-shout-out guy, etc etc. it's often forgotten just how incredibly good at jeopardy he is, everything else aside. Of his initial 33 games he got FJ correct 32 times. He buzzed in and answered wrong an average of fewer than once per game. He holds 16 of the 20 highest one-day scores, including all of the top 12. every stat points to him being, imo, a massive massive favorite here. i would like to be wrong; we will see!
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Jan 11, 2023 22:19
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"Who are the Talking Heads?" should not have been accepted. There is no "the".
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Jan 11, 2023 22:35
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The Mighty Moltres posted:"Who are the Talking Heads?" should not have been accepted. There is no "the". there's no "The talking heads", though
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Spokes posted:
What are these a reference to? I missed James' run entirely and just saw occasional headlines about a guy making big DD wagers and breaking records, so I guess I'm out of the loop. I thought people were just irritated by his play style.
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Jan 11, 2023 22:51
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The Mighty Moltres posted:"Who are the Talking Heads?" should not have been accepted. There is no "the". IIRC the general rule is that no ones gives a gently caress about articles unless it's an Invisible Man/The Invisible Man situation.
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Cognac McCarthy posted:What are these a reference to? I missed James' run entirely and just saw occasional headlines about a guy making big DD wagers and breaking records, so I guess I'm out of the loop. I thought people were just irritated by his play style. To coincide with his initial run, James published a website and updated it daily with his "humbled subjects" (people he'd beaten on the show). Dude didn't even bother to do a good job hiding that it was his; a simple WHOIS and registrar lookup pointed to him.
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Jan 11, 2023 23:03
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banned from Starbucks posted:Was gonna say your fly is open before i realized it was a reflection. Turn on your monitor. In all seriousness, retro good luck Spokes
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Jan 11, 2023 23:25
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Timby posted:To coincide with his initial run, James published a website and updated it daily with his "humbled subjects" (people he'd beaten on the show). Dude didn't even bother to do a good job hiding that it was his; a simple WHOIS and registrar lookup pointed to him. I was under the impression that it was never verified to be him--i feel like that would have been a dealbreaker for the GOAT tournament and/or the chase, and it really could have been any one of his obnoxious sycophants. that said, he also probably could have had it taken down day 1, and he didn't. so i'm fine with him getting the blame for it.
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Jan 11, 2023 23:48
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Spokes posted:I was under the impression that it was never verified to be him--i feel like that would have been a dealbreaker for the GOAT tournament and/or the chase, and it really could have been any one of his obnoxious sycophants. that said, he also probably could have had it taken down day 1, and he didn't. so i'm fine with him getting the blame for it. Yeah you can go back to page 185 to find discussion about it and nobody mentions it was registered to him. People just assumed it was him because it was obviously someone with inside information. edit: the site is still up, with whoisguard active. I don't have access to any historical whois service. wa27 fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Jan 11, 2023 |
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Jan 11, 2023 23:55
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There's no way someone outside of James or his friends/family made that site. It was up and running on March 2nd and his first episode didn't air until April.
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Jan 12, 2023 01:08
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What was it like standing next to Yogesh pounding on that buzzer?
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Jan 12, 2023 01:47
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current champ is on a tear they keep puttin a bunch of clowns up against him though. it's like these people haven't had the rules explained to them. oh wait you LOSE money if you answer wrongly?? No way!
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Jan 12, 2023 01:55
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A. gently caress Holtzhauer . loving prick. B. I donno , like a champions thing is a cool idea ish, but I’ve basically lost hope on Jeopardy , they aren’t going to treat it as much of anything but a money grab now that Trebek is fine.
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Gunshow Poophole posted:current champ is on a tear Losing money for incorrect responses? That sounds like quite the Jeopardy!
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Jan 12, 2023 14:35
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So next week has another of the world's top-tier trivia players, Troy Meyer, playing.
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christmas boots posted:IIRC the general rule is that no ones gives a gently caress about articles unless it's an Invisible Man/The Invisible Man situation. Sure, but David Byrne has been pretty clear in the past that the lack of "the" is important to the name of his band. I could Google it, but I have other hills to die on. January 10 FJ spoiler: I am proud to have answered correctly, but only because I literally just finished reading a lovingly-used copy of One Thousand And One Nights.
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I got it instantly but I'd have lost money anyway just because I have no idea how to spell it
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The Mighty Moltres posted:Sure, but David Byrne has been pretty clear in the past that the lack of "the" is important to the name of his band. I could Google it, but I have other hills to die on.
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Jan 13, 2023 02:06
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Missed the on-air broadcast. The area weatherman was desperately trying to will a tornado into being for an area with possums than humans, and he's been trying to do this for 90 minutes.
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Vulture Culture posted:They literally had an album called "The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads" Chris Frantz calls them "The Talking Heads" during the Tom Tom Club section of Stop Making Sense sooooo
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Same as it ever was.
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Jan 13, 2023 09:59
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WRT Talking Heads, the show is not going to look for reasons to rule contestants wrong because that's bad TV. There's no other The Talking Heads band to get confused with so they'll take it.
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"What is Ohio State University?" "Sorry, no."
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zakharov posted:WRT Talking Heads, the show is not going to look for reasons to rule contestants wrong because that's bad TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUW-iSGvQGc&t=19s vvvv duh you dork, that's why I shared it; your "help" was explaining the obvious The Sean fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jan 13, 2023 |
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That was also bad TV and made everyone really mad, hth
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christmas boots posted:IIRC the general rule is that no ones gives a gently caress about articles unless it's an Invisible Man/The Invisible Man situation. That's the exact example they gave in orientation, heh. I expect that if the show were going to hold fast to the rule for this Talking Heads clue that they would have just scrapped the clue entirely rather than decide to rule somebody wrong on it.
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Jan 13, 2023 17:11
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It sounded like they didn't even expect the correct name of the Statue of Liberty!
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Fitzy Fitz posted:It sounded like they didn't even expect the correct name of the Statue of Liberty! it's better than the time ben ingram said "war between the states"
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Jan 13, 2023 18:03
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Dang, the 13/01/2023 game was tense. Rock on to the winner! Edit: I watch on YouTube during my lunch break. Y'all should try it out. The Mighty Moltres fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jan 13, 2023 |
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AzureFlame posted:Chris Frantz calls them "The Talking Heads" during the Tom Tom Club section of Stop Making Sense sooooo 
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I bet this is what broke up the band
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AzureFlame posted:Chris Frantz calls them "The Talking Heads" during the Tom Tom Club section of Stop Making Sense sooooo
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The greatest thing about this stupid, stupid debate is that everyone is right. Yes it is “Talking Heads”, no one is disputing that. Jeopardy accepting “The Talking Heads” is consistent with their rules. However, if this is a wrong that you personally wish to right, the good news is that you can! simply start a band called “THE talking heads” and gain enough notoriety to feature on jeopardy. Boom, done
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discussion/spoilers of today's episode incredible hair AND an incredible interview from middle lectern challenger and the new champ LMAO absolutely swinging that cudgel of not knowing how to bet and clearing the stage with it. i LOVE it. three days til Troy Meyer plays!! (also, three days until i play the chase. whatever) Spokes fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jan 16, 2023 |
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Anyway if you go back and check the tape it's obvious he said Who Are the "Talking Heads?" and not Who Are "The Talking Heads?"
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Jan 16, 2023 22:08
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It's Invisible Man vs The Invisible Man. Is there a well-known band called THE Talking Heads? No.
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Remains in Light Pen
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Hilarious final jeopardy today, and an entire round of the defending champ being completely unable to buzz in
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christmas boots posted:Anyway if you go back and check the tape it's obvious he said Who Are the "Talking Heads?" and not Who Are "The Talking Heads?" This is my favourite stupid Jeopardy thread detail ever.
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