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Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
Just starting. Can’t wait for whatever is about to happen.

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wa27
Jan 15, 2007

Does Ken get to see the final bets before they're revealed? Because he set up that reveal PERFECTLY.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
Jeopardy cancelled. Russia invading Ukraine.

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.

Zesty posted:

Jeopardy cancelled. Russia invading Ukraine.

Yeah, I doubt my DVR caught it all before NBC cut away

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

Zesty posted:

Jeopardy cancelled. Russia invading Ukraine.

This is actually what we’re all shocked about.

Propaniac
Nov 28, 2000

SUSHI ROULETTO!
College Slice
Christine posted on Reddit:
Until reading this recap I forgot that I missed DD3. Well, that's why I bet small. I was holding on to that lead like my dog with a new toy.
I have been dreading for 2 months the roasting I was going to get for that FJ wager. I know how to wager properly. I've practiced, I got Zoom tutoring from a friend who's a former professional gambler (no, not THAT guy LOL). I checked and re-checked my math, and it wasn't until I was triumphantly writing down my FJ response that I realized I had forgotten to tack on the extra buck.
So then I had to wait the 15 minutes or so it took them to set up the tiebreaker round, try to make myself stop self-flagellating, and get ready for the single most important buzz of my entire life.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist

HookShot posted:

This is actually what we’re all shocked about.

Why the hell did she tie it up? Second most ill-conceived strategy decision today.

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.
NBC kindly waited until the local news was going to tell us what's going to be on at 11 before cutting into the broadcast. That was nice of them. Reminds me of when the cops waited to gas BLM protesters two summers ago until Jeopardy started, because they knew our station wasn't going to cut away.

Edit: It's back in time for Wheel, of course.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist

CPColin posted:

Edit: It's back in time for Wheel, of course.

:d2a:

Spokes
Jan 9, 2010

Thanks for a MONSTER of an avatar, Awful Survivor Mods!

Propaniac posted:

Christine posted on Reddit:

I would have just doubled down and posted about how it was the correct strategy (because if it wasn’t, why did I win???) and see if I could get the dorks seriously riled up

PSXer
Aug 2, 2006

The most exciting use of 1s and 0s next to internet porn
This is clear evidence to support why having Jeopardy after wheel is superior. I only missed what happened up to the first commercial break.

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider

PSXer posted:

This is clear evidence to support why having Jeopardy after wheel is superior. I only missed what happened up to the first commercial break.

Same. Wheel is better as a light mental warm-up for the real game anyway imo

mennoknight
Nov 24, 2003

I WILL JUST EAT ONE MORE SANDWICH
OH MY HEAD EXPLORDED I'M JAY FATSTER
people make mistakes under intense pressure.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit
Could be worse, she could have bet $1 under

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


mennoknight posted:

people make mistakes under intense pressure.

This is how I figure so many third place people wager anything when first and second are close. Though it also sucks when the third place person wagers properly but first or second didn't but ends up winning anyway.

Groundskeeper Silly
Sep 1, 2005

My philosophy...
The first rule is:
You look good.
It's been said a million times here, but it seems like more people than you'd expect don't put any other thought into their bets than "the more money I have at the end the likelier I am to win."

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

I like that she made a post on Reddit basically saying, “I hosed up, and I’ve been waiting for everyone to call me out on it.” Humanizing, because you’d better believe I’d gently caress up way worse than that if I were on national TV. At least she still won.

Wild poo poo.

wa27
Jan 15, 2007

She was just honoring Arthur Chu's strategy.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
The only bad thing from Arthur Chu's run was that he caused the tiebreaker to be instituted because drat he had the math right on that one and it owned super hard.

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

loving up the wagering checks out with me, as the only parts of Jeopardy I’ve ever cared about are the clues and pun-based category titles.

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:

I AM GRANDO posted:

loving up the wagering checks out with me, as the only parts of Jeopardy I’ve ever cared about are the clues and pun-based category titles.

Same. It's a logic puzzle and I'm terrible at those. I'd have to cram on wagering theory if I ever got on and I'd probably still botch it if I weren't in the lead going into Final.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
I studied it and knew what I wanted my strategy to be in my second game and had practiced the math in that same scenario but gently caress it still took me three tries to get the math right on the spot.

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer

HookShot posted:

I studied it and knew what I wanted my strategy to be in my second game and had practiced the math in that same scenario but gently caress it still took me three tries to get the math right on the spot.

Plus, who gives a poo poo about baseball.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

Duckman2008 posted:

Plus, who gives a poo poo about baseball.

There's that. Plus the other guy got it right so I would have lost anyway, RIP me.

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:

Duckman2008 posted:

Plus, who gives a poo poo about baseball.

:mad:

(I forget what the FJ was for your game, HookShot)

BaronVonVaderham
Jul 31, 2011

All hail the queen!

Duckman2008 posted:

Plus, who gives a poo poo about baseball.

I'd say this is 100% how I go down if I ever get my shot, but I know that's not true. It'll be basketball. I at least played baseball until I was 12 so retained a few fragments.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

zakharov posted:

:mad:

(I forget what the FJ was for your game, HookShot)

The game I lost the category was "state birds" and the answer was "Baltimore Oriole" as the state bird of Maryland, but I didn't know that was a baseball team so all I could get from the clue (that asked for a two-word bird) was "oriole" because the clue said its name came from the latin for "gold" lol.

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.
Baltimore Orioles, you say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9B0a9WowPI

RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

Did she really just guess Von Trapps for fictional families? I guess she couldn't think of anything else and that was the only one she could think of in a hurry.

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.
I guessed that too, haha

Christine's accent is tripping me out. There's the obvious Southern influence, but she also pronounces "-ing" as "ink" like a Slavic accent.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

This is the weirdest video hahaha

Also, I take great joy in the Orioles being super bad right now.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
Oof. Today's players.

Final Jeopardy was fun for me and my partner. When all we had was the category, I guessed "Simpsons" and she guessed what turned out to be the answer.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit
I guessed Addams immediately, although I had no clue that there was a stage production.

Groundskeeper Silly
Sep 1, 2005

My philosophy...
The first rule is:
You look good.
The name Addams was in some other question in one of the earlier rounds, and at the time the spelling of it made me think of the Addams Family.

BaronVonVaderham
Jul 31, 2011

All hail the queen!
The best I could come up with was Flintstones, guessing they were a strip before a cartoon, but I was sure there was no Broadway production (there was a live stage show maybe, but not on that level). It was super obvious once the right answer was revealed.

RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

Iron Crowned posted:

I guessed Addams immediately, although I had no clue that there was a stage production.

The local theatre group here did a production of it a few years ago. It's more sweet than quirky. The New Yorker cartoons were the immediate tip-off to me,, though I haven't sat down to watch the original TV show, I adore both 1990s movies and watched the 1990s cartoon when it was on Fox Kids.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
I had literally nothing, but yeah once it was revealed…

Poque
Sep 11, 2003

=^-^=
SNIP AND PIP

BaronVonVaderham
Jul 31, 2011

All hail the queen!

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CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.
Well, yeah, you gotta lock that down :3:

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