Ben Ingram does an AMA on Reddit.
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Ben's study tip:
"J-archive was the tool I used most in preparing. I would go through eight or nine games an hour. This way, come show time I would feel like I had more time to focus on a correct response and decide to signal or not. I kept track of Coryats as well as Coryats/combined Coryats, and I held steady in the first metric but the second went up about .008% a game on average.
When not on the Archive I would hit the "weight room" and go through Pavlovs of things in which I was bad, like literature or fine arts. Some lists I prepared myself, others I copied from different sources. I wrote them by hand and pasted them around the walls of my office, so I would always see them. Some I would misspell on purpose, the better to remember them.
I read (past and present tense) for fun, and that's important too, because you remember best that way. I did not use Anki heavily but I recommend it if you're into flash cards."
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"J-archive was the tool I used most in preparing. I would go through eight or nine games an hour. This way, come show time I would feel like I had more time to focus on a correct response and decide to signal or not. I kept track of Coryats as well as Coryats/combined Coryats, and I held steady in the first metric but the second went up about .008% a game on average.
When not on the Archive I would hit the "weight room" and go through Pavlovs of things in which I was bad, like literature or fine arts. Some lists I prepared myself, others I copied from different sources. I wrote them by hand and pasted them around the walls of my office, so I would always see them. Some I would misspell on purpose, the better to remember them.
I read (past and present tense) for fun, and that's important too, because you remember best that way. I did not use Anki heavily but I recommend it if you're into flash cards."
J-Board: #1 prep tool!
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A masochist, eh?
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Still don't know what he said during those long opening monologues. 
And what he said when he was shaking his head "no" after Julia's wager was revealed, which he seemed to repeat after another contestant's daily double. "Hi mom, hi mom?" "Weight room, weight room?" I gots to know.
And what he said when he was shaking his head "no" after Julia's wager was revealed, which he seemed to repeat after another contestant's daily double. "Hi mom, hi mom?" "Weight room, weight room?" I gots to know. -
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Sounds like a quote made for a splash screen testimonial! May we, FireAntsDefense?goatman wrote:"J-archive was the tool I used most in preparing. I would go through eight or nine games an hour. This way, come show time I would feel like I had more time to focus on a correct response and decide to signal or not.
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The best response to a question like "May we?" is "Mais, oui!"Robert K S wrote:Sounds like a quote made for a splash screen testimonial! May we, FireAntsDefense?goatman wrote:"J-archive was the tool I used most in preparing. I would go through eight or nine games an hour. This way, come show time I would feel like I had more time to focus on a correct response and decide to signal or not.
Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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What Brian said. Nothing would give me greater pleasure.bpmod wrote:The best response to a question like "May we?" is "Mais, oui!"Robert K S wrote:Sounds like a quote made for a splash screen testimonial! May we, FireAntsDefense?goatman wrote:"J-archive was the tool I used most in preparing. I would go through eight or nine games an hour. This way, come show time I would feel like I had more time to focus on a correct response and decide to signal or not.
Brian