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05-27-2014 , 07:26 PM

#4701

SuchASimpleMachine

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I also think 8pm eastern is good.

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05-27-2014 , 07:31 PM

#4702

danspartan

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Originally Posted by SuchASimpleMachine

I also think 8pm eastern is good.

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05-27-2014 , 07:32 PM

#4703

True North

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Isn't the standard for OOTV after the program is over in EST anyway? Majority of EST watches at 7:30 (pretty sure, at least) so anything before 8 should be considered a spoiler.

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05-27-2014 , 07:48 PM

#4704

ntanygd760

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Only question left is she going to be alone in FJ

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05-27-2014 , 07:54 PM

#4705

Clear Quality

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I thought the character was Yoda but the year is wrong.

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05-27-2014 , 07:54 PM

#4706

GimmeDat

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this girl is insanely good. knows everything.

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05-27-2014 , 07:58 PM

#4707

D104

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can we please get her some half-decent competition?

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05-27-2014 , 07:59 PM

#4708

ntanygd760

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She is way better than I thought she was a week or 2 ago.

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05-27-2014 , 08:05 PM

#4709

Clear Quality

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Clearly she knows an absolute ton, but then sometimes she'll be stumped by something that I feel is pretty obvious.

Like wtf, there were so many triple stumpers in DJ today. Nobody knows the capital of Vietnam?? Vitamin K? The dentist should have known that one. Van Allen belts?

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05-27-2014 , 08:09 PM

#4710

ntnBO

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Was thrilled when she went TDD early on today.

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Originally Posted by j555

She's done it again. Another day, another runaway. I didn't think the other two idiots would even get to FJ in the black. Streak now up to 17, 7 more days than Chu. I don't think anyone can stop her.

I think I'm going to have to disagree with you there.

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Originally Posted by danspartan

Sigh, here we go again on the spoiler discussion. I nominate 8PM eastern.

I for one will post what I feel about the episode whenever I so choose.

On jboard, there is a separate thread for each game. Some people see the episode before I do, therefore I do not open that thread until I have seen it for myself. Novel concept, isn't it?

Of course the rebuttal will be that this is an all-encompassing thread so it's more difficult. Well, most people here have a clue so I'm sure each individual can figure out what works best for them.

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05-27-2014 , 08:15 PM

#4711

D104

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Originally Posted by Clear Quality

Clearly she knows an absolute ton, but then sometimes she'll be stumped by something that I feel is pretty obvious.

Like wtf, there were so many triple stumpers in DJ today. Nobody knows the capital of Vietnam?? Vitamin K? The dentist should have known that one. Van Allen belts?

Seriously this. It seems lately that if Julia doesn't know it, nobody does.

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05-27-2014 , 08:23 PM

#4712

danspartan

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Originally Posted by ntnBO

Was thrilled when she went TDD early on today.

I think I'm going to have to disagree with you there.

I for one will post what I feel about the episode whenever I so choose.

On jboard, there is a separate thread for each game. Some people see the episode before I do, therefore I do not open that thread until I have seen it for myself. Novel concept, isn't it?

Of course the rebuttal will be that this is an all-encompassing thread so it's more difficult. Well, most people here have a clue so I'm sure each individual can figure out what works best for them.

There seem to be a just a couple of people that get it in the early afternoon. It would be nice if the thread wasn't essentially locked out for ~5 hours for the rest of us. Spoiler tags are a nice courtesy and greatly appreciated.

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05-27-2014 , 08:35 PM

#4713

ntnBO

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Originally Posted by danspartan

I guess we can disagree, but the post yesterday that started all this was made at 5e. IMO, that's not unreasonable and people should know by that time that many others have seen it. The post today was at 712e.

Heck, if I still had it at 11am c I could have tons of fun with you guys!

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05-27-2014 , 08:41 PM

#4714

Clear Quality

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Yeah, I know that's how I get my kicks. By needlessly annoying people for no reason without a care.

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05-27-2014 , 09:02 PM

#4715

EvalEvan

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Originally Posted by danspartan

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Eh I don't fault people for not betting a lot in runaways. The risk averse side of me gets it. That's real money at that point, and I know that in a hypothetical IRL bet I would never bet that big even if I thought I was a 60% favorite. Which incidentally is why I never made huge money at poker.

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05-27-2014 , 09:03 PM

#4716

danspartan

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Bottom line, someone itt seems to be taking some joy in being first to post, usually in a low content form. Its a new development and its noticeably different than before.

Guarantee that when Julia does lose, it will be posted early and it won't be in spoiler tags.

The general posters itt are simply asking for some courtesy spoiler tags which are greatly appreciated. Its certainly not life or death. Half the time I DVR J! and either spoiler myself by reading the thread (run of the mill episode) or avoid the thread (like the decades tourney). Julia's run has reached the point where I prefer to not know prior to watching.

To each their own.

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05-27-2014 , 09:11 PM

#4717

ImsaKidd

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Julia obv isn't as flashy of a player as Arthur/Roger, but she is happy to get her $22k per day.

She's like the 1/2 grinder of Jeopardy. Don't wanna risk more than 10 buyins on a single question!

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05-27-2014 , 10:20 PM

#4718

legend42

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She does have seashell eyes

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05-27-2014 , 11:35 PM

#4719

Gaddy

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Again, would like to see her face one challenger who knows how to play strategically. Liked both her DD wagers today. Would have liked to see her go for $40k on FJ at this point when she seems a little looser.

And, j555, just so you don't keep repeating inaccurate information every day, Arthur won 11 games.

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05-28-2014 , 05:00 AM

#4720

sterfry9

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simple solution to the problem of people who want to post spoilers and just not put them in tags is to just put them on ignore. It doesn't seem like the person or people don't really give a crap if they spoil results or what not for the rest of the thread.

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05-28-2014 , 05:01 AM

#4721

Golfing_Stud

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Is Julia the best female player of all time?

I'm enjoying her run it's nice that we have her going strong for the entertainment value after the Battle of the Decades games.

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05-28-2014 , 05:04 AM

#4722

riverboatking

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i dunno how many times i can say this, but its not even just that he posts spoilers, its that his post has zero content.

we don't need posts that read: "julia won in a runaway".

wtf purpose does a post like that serve?

it doesn't offer any interesting information and doesn't promote any kindv conversation.

its ****ing ******ed.

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05-28-2014 , 06:40 AM

#4723

SuchASimpleMachine

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Originally Posted by Golfing_Stud

Is Julia the best female player of all time?

Consider the following scenario: a six-player tournament is held (say... Monday and Tuesday winners + one wildcard for a three-day cumulative final) with the following players. The tournament is played 100+ times to get a reasonable sample size.

Julia Collins
Larissa Kelly
Pam Mueller
India Cooper
Robin Carroll
Stephanie Jass

Who ya got?

ETA: I still don't consider her elite yet. David Madden did the same thing (plus some) and you don't hear his name thrown around for GOAT too often.

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05-28-2014 , 11:35 AM

#4724

ntnBO

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It's doubtful any of us will know Julia's true talent until the ToC. The reason Dave Madden doesn't get a ton of respect is because he lost in the semis of his ToC.