Friday, March 12, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Bob78164 wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:11 pm This game is a win for the Strong Form of Shore's Conjecture. The second-place player bet "big." --Bob
And it's a loss for the sap who never bothered to study wagering before making his appearance, and threw away the game he should have won.

Sheesh. They never learn. :roll:
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MarkBarrett wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:42 pm I've added a note in the FJ! round for Katie's "chickamonga".
It's hard for me to play back my internal tape, but I probably would have said Chickamauga with 70% confidence that it was the right wrong answer. I reported as guessing Chickamonga just to avoid this conversation in a quest to not make anyone dumber. Yeah, as usual, befuddlement ensues...
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John Boy wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:25 pm
Bob78164 wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:11 pm This game is a win for the Strong Form of Shore's Conjecture. The second-place player bet "big." --Bob
And it's a loss for the sap who never bothered to study wagering before making his appearance, and threw away the game he should have won.

Sheesh. They never learn. :roll:
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Negged with Shenandoah, which is frustratingly close and also from the Algonquian. Alas.

I will never in a million years understand that wager from second place. There are so many options there between $1400 and $7200 (I'm rounding) that would be justifiable. Any single one of those and Keith wins.
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Picked Off wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:54 pm Negged with Shenandoah, which is frustratingly close and also from the Algonquian. Alas.

I will never in a million years understand that wager from second place. There are so many options there between $1400 and $7200 (I'm rounding) that would be justifiable. Any single one of those and Keith wins.
Any wager that kept him above $8,800 on a miss would have been fine. But don’t expect people to figure this out anytime soon.
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I knew Katie would eventually win FJ! Tough clue...

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Bamaman wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:03 pm
Picked Off wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:54 pm Negged with Shenandoah, which is frustratingly close and also from the Algonquian. Alas.

I will never in a million years understand that wager from second place. There are so many options there between $1400 and $7200 (I'm rounding) that would be justifiable. Any single one of those and Keith wins.
Any wager that kept him above $8,800 on a miss would have been fine. But don’t expect people to figure this out anytime soon.
Argh! It’s so frustrating to watch as someone frozen in the covid contestant pool :/

Got spoiled on final so I’ll never know.

That has got to be one of the worst before and after clue sets in the history of jeopardy!
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econgator wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:10 pm
twelvefootboy wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:08 pm Thank you Katie for the detailed explanation at the reveal. At least I know that my total made up WAG of Chickamonga was cromulent. I'm sure the writers provided the intel, but we've been left in the dark before by AT many times. This FJ was ungettable to me, if I finally remember Antietam, it doesn't sound Native American to me. Maybe Dutch?
Probably still would have negged you , as it's Chickmauga.

Antietam definitely doesn't sound Dutch to me and ik spreek een beetje Nederlands.
What if they spelled it Antjetaam?
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opusthepenguin wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:31 pm
econgator wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:10 pm
twelvefootboy wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:08 pm Thank you Katie for the detailed explanation at the reveal. At least I know that my total made up WAG of Chickamonga was cromulent. I'm sure the writers provided the intel, but we've been left in the dark before by AT many times. This FJ was ungettable to me, if I finally remember Antietam, it doesn't sound Native American to me. Maybe Dutch?
Probably still would have negged you , as it's Chickmauga.

Antietam definitely doesn't sound Dutch to me and ik spreek een beetje Nederlands.
What if they spelled it Antjetaam?
Maybe, but then it would be pronounced Ant-shuh-tam.
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