Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

OMG COLBY IS BACK

smulders?

Are they doing the 2000's tourney already? Cause no Stephanie Jass, no cred.

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i can't parse that

horribly formed?

look for the "we build this city" tweet for a treat

No talk about Julia Collins, huh? Yet Arthur Chu is your bff? Yall are a buncha Elliott Rodgerses.

i caught her the other night, trebek called her 'julia the giant of jeopardy' which came off kinda like a fat joke tbh

tnr did a profile on him that's amusing - http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117694/alex-trebek-last-king-american-middlebrow

Seems like the kind of thing Alex Trebek would say, being a huge asshole and all.

But anyway, about Julia Collins...

one thing from that piece - According to head writer Billy Wisse, “Jeopardy!” is merely adjusting along with the evolving canon. His team needs to write the games so that contestants will still have a shot at knowing the answers; just as important, they have to ensure that the people playing along at home still get to feel good about their intellects.

when i was looking at jeopardy's facebook wall when chumania was going down what struck me is how many ppl, esp how many of the angry ppl who felt chu was 'ruining' it for them, generally watched jeopardy so they could tell themselves they were smart even though it was very apparent from their posts they were not smart, not at all. chu gave them some tangible things to direct that hatred towards - 'smug', 'rude', 'asian' - but if you went back you'd find pretty much anyone who won say more than three days in a row drew crazy hate. thinking of scorsese's character in quiz show, how says ppl weren't interested in the displays of intellect or whatever they just liked watching the money, and there's something to that (cf. 30 rock's gold case) but jeopardy does something different than most other shows where the prize is central (even w/ the price is right where some sort of supermarket savviness is key the focus is on the showcase), or even another trivia show like who wants to be a millionaire where the questions initially are ridiculously easy (as trebek bitched about once) and the 'game' comes in w/ when and how to risk the money, w/ jeopardy the prize is secondary (it can come into play w/ strategy but even this is seen as poor form or playing the game wrong somehow as chu demonstrated) and not particularly impressive really and yet it has generally been the most popular game show of the past thirty or so years by effectively pandering to the viewers' egos.

Haven't been watching regularly but have LOVED Julia on all the shows I've seen her on. Total pro.

So is somebody on a new run? I snooze alarmed this after the tourney

Thanks for the heads up on julia btw, i watched her utterly demolish her opponents before the first commercial break and it was a thing of beauty. She bets conservatively but wisely on daily doubles and sorta steamrolls ahead at a healthy pace. I really only like watching jeopardy when a contestant is on a jag and i'm hoping julia can keep it going!

No talk about Julia Collins, huh? Yet Arthur Chu is your bff? Yall are a buncha Elliott Rodgerses.

― del griffith, Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

such a time capsule of a post

yeah, the shelf life on any post that tries to bound that dude's hate is probably short

bonus arthur chu essay:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/your-princess-is-in-another-castle-misogyny-entitlement-and-nerds.html

man this guy is great

That's a really nice essay - glad it seems to be making the rounds. As we've touched on periodically in Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)? , and as the comments sections of most articles about anything make clear, nerd culture reeeeeeally has a hard time having even a remotely nuanced conversation about sexism or privilege at any level. Also nice to see a nerd using their fifteen minutes to challenge these things (as he did to probe the reasons for the anti-Chu sentiments) rather than just to do Nerd Pride Week or whatever. I like this guy.

Just started watching his run back-to-back on the ShowForYou youtube this morning (after burning through the Julia run to date), so good.

goddamn, julia's last two wins have been so smooth and yet so suspenseful! She's put everybody away before final jeopardy but she's done it with no panic, no worry, no hurry. She gets five or six in a row, finds her groove, nails a daily double, bets intelligently and then doesn't miss. It's not as exciting, abrasive or explosive as Chu's run was but it's just flat out masterful gamesmanship. Really loving this lady right now!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/wilmette_kenilworth/chi-north-shore-jeopardy-champion-breaks-second-place-record-20140530,0,6860998.story

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are they running some kind of side tournament right now? or will Julia be on on Monday

the latter

she's kinda my favorite person on television right now

ohohoh, beyonceclaus

She seems immune to tiredness or nerves. Rooting for a long million-dollar run.

she has ice water in her veins....love her.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/women-are-dominating-jeopardy-this-year.html

After win No. 16, Jennings tweeted his compliments and she replied that she was now in even more awe of his epic streak.
“If you’re a white male they give you the answers,” Jennings quipped.
“When you’re a woman they tell the other contestants not to try,” she volleyed back.

My favorite part of that exchange: https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/471100517221797888

The guy today deserved to win if only because he had to endure Alex's Irish accent in the lead-in to Double Jeopardy.

she looked so sad at the end there.
bravo to her tho'

Crap, I slept through this

I was never so bummed to see someone lose on this show as I was last night! Really hoping for Julia vs. Arthur in the finals of the next Tournament of Champions.

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awesome

I suppose this is the default Arthur Chu thread?

Whoever upthread who wanted him to keep on writing more cultural commentary is getting their wish

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/24/who-died-and-made-you-khaleesi-privilege-white-saviors-and-the-elusive-male-feminist-who-doesn-t-suck.html

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its funny bc hes not v handsome

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idk the look in his eyes says it's all a damned lie to me

Ken Jennings on right now fyi (battle of the decades)

http://www.avclub.com/article/jeopardy-tells-women-what-they-want-completely-wro-209910

ha, that's SO explicitly grampa sexist it's almost cute

Tournament of Champions starts tonight. Arthur Chu appears Tuesday, Julia Collins Wednesday.

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thanks for the heads up

I am so crazy about Arthur Chu! He's got a good heart and a good head on his shoulders.

he got harassed by gamergaters recently