OMG did anyone else see the smug little shit that won kid Jeopardy tonight? Awful.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
yes, i did. he was intolerable.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 7 July 2011 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahaha eric i said the same thing
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 7 July 2011 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
OH YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SLICK WITH YOUR ROLE PLAYING GAME DAYCAMP
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 7 July 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
also wtf at the girl getting the fdr question right but thinking al gore was gwb's vice prez
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 7 July 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
i mocked that child for getting the gore question so wrong. it felt great. dumb kid.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 7 July 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
gifted children are the most disgusting savages imo, all with their polo shirts and their haircuts that cost more than $10. it's like get out of the library and go wrestle a dog in some mud or something like you're supposed to, you little turds.
― del griffith, Thursday, 7 July 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
were those big dumb smarties mean to you in school?
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 July 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
uhhhh, trebek in blackface....
― LaMonte, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Pix or didn't happen
― generous doler out of lollies (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
did yall watch the Geography Bee when it was on a couple months ago? those particular nerd kids made me happy
― could've been a baller (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/8888502_600x338.jpg
This dude rules
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
COLBY 4 LYFE
― go to party leather (ENBB), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
This guy's face. I mean, seriously.
http://i48.tinypic.com/3327xxz.png
― go to party leather (ENBB), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
He was so offended when Alex asked if he knew that Colby is a kind of cheese
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
I know! It was awesome.
― go to party leather (ENBB), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
h8 colby
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
he never stops mugging
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
otm he has zero self-awareness also
but good for him winning mad bank & hopefully i never have to see him again
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
I honestly can't figure out if that look of his is arrogant-smugface or bad-social-skillsface.
― I Don't Wanna Be Dissed (By Anyone But You) (WilliamC), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
he's def not cool is the problem
videobombing trebek's signoff today was n/l though can't front
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 February 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
COLBY IS MISUNDERSTOOD
― go to party leather (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeKJJhp_jJQ
― balls, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
just watched several clips, dude's hilarious. can totally believe he's a good teacher.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgSgg0mfi3A
― balls, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
I loved Colby. His eyebrows have been the highlight of the last couple of weeks.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
Has anyone noticed that nearly all of the women on Jeopardy in the last couple weeks (since I started watching again after like 20 years) are incredibly buxom? What is that? Don't know if this has anything to do with the rumor I heard that AT has been known to make the moves on female contestants!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 5 April 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
no i havent noticed that
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 6 April 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
didn't mean anything by it, just noticing after watching two weeks straight. also, people seem to win much more than when i last watched!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 6 April 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
rumor has it that alex trebek is retiring just so that he can spend even MORE of his time hitting on women
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Saturday, 6 April 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
i was p mad that no 1 could pull gore vidal for that final a few days ago
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 6 April 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeopardys-controversial-new-champion-is-using-game-theory-to-win-big-2014-2
controversy!!
― j., Tuesday, 4 February 2014 23:29 (ten years ago) link
Dumb article and controversy. Tons of people have used the category bouncing strategy before, dating back at least to Chuck Forrest in the 80's, I have no idea why this is just news now. I do agree that it makes the show worse to watch.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
@arthur_affectChuck Forrest pioneered my jump-around-like-a-lunatic strategy on @Jeopardy -- in 1985, when I was one year old #ForrestBounce
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
There's tons of recent examples too. This is not uncommon at all.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 23:51 (ten years ago) link
He's a bad boy who can't live by the rules
― 龜, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Am I misremembering or didn't Ken Jennings do this as well?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
Yes, he did.
― kate78, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
still pretty awesome imo
― balls, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
The recent guy who really gamed the system in a cool way (and also bounced around categories hunting for DDs) was Roger Craig: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/20/142569472/how-one-man-played-moneyball-with-jeopardy
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
*I remove a card from my hand and place it face down on the table. I slowly slide the card forward. In one quick and fluid movement, I flip the card over. It is the Race card.*
In all seriousness, he does represent a sort of convergence of several nerd stereotypes - the nerd, the Asian nerd, the antisocial nerd, the nerd who doesn't care about social mores because he is ultra-'rational', who only does something if he ends up 'better off' than his previous position, who moves upwards on the Coase curve
― 龜, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TT0TH7NV2Q
So I just watched an episode and I don't get it - he's gone for business casual, okay - he is well-spoken (I think the bio mentions that he does voiceovers or is a voiceover editor?) - he doesn't seem any more aggressive than many other players who have appeared on the show
― 龜, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
I mean as far as I know almost every Jeopardy strategy article advocates this kind of thing so I'm not sure what the story is. Roger Craig's methods were a lot more radical in my opinion, certainly not cheating but overall not dissimilar from the dude who taped every episode of Press Your Luck to find the on-board patterns that would allow him to "go infinite"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
Well............ it's probably because he's Asian
― 龜, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
I gather it's "playing to tie" that's the interesting game theory part.
Explained here: http://youtu.be/hRfXzrTDY-Y
― jmm, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
lol, would love to hear more of this game theory = antiasian racism hypothesis
― balls, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
and it's totally dissimilar from press yr luck guy who simply cheated
― balls, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
yeah I hadn't heard of the "playing to tie" thing before and I guess I don't really understand it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
memorizing the board patterns isn't cheating! if it was they wouldn't have paid him.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
― balls, Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:43 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
My tongue was half in my cheek (and look who I was responding to) but
As others have pointed out he's not the first Jeopardy pro-gamer to use game theory in playing
After he's gone viral about half the stories on the first page of a google search are about his 'game theory' techniques, the other half just call him the 'Jeopardy Villain'
― 龜, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link