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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
8 right in the first round. 9 in DJ. FJ stumped me. I was thinking Shakespeare characters and not Holmes and Watson. I have read Holmes before. So I was ashamed at that.
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
Nailed FJ off the clue.
Disappointed that 2x4 was timed out. ('Twas hoping to see if Metallica, Van Halen, and Boys II Men were among the quartets listed).
Disappointed that 2x4 was timed out. ('Twas hoping to see if Metallica, Van Halen, and Boys II Men were among the quartets listed).
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
FJ (or one might say, the Final Problem) was an instaget before Alex finished reading the clue.
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
I instantly came up with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, since those are the only literary characters from London that I know.
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Yep, same here. I fist-pumped when my wild guess was right. Pretty easy board overall, although the Languages category was harder than I was expecting.ihsh wrote:I instantly came up with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, since those are the only literary characters from London that I know.
Losing by $1 has to hurt.
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
More than by any other amount?zakharov wrote:Losing by $1 has to hurt.
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...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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It would if it were me. So close...bpmod wrote:More than by any other amount?zakharov wrote:Losing by $1 has to hurt.
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
He could have wagered to lose by almost any abitrary amount he chose. Would you?zakharov wrote:It would if it were me. So close...bpmod wrote:More than by any other amount?zakharov wrote:Losing by $1 has to hurt.
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...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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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
I wish that when the clue is looking for Pete Townshend's band, the contestant would ask, "Who?" Just once.
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You are seriously overanalyzing a one-line flippant comment.bpmod wrote: He could have wagered to lose by almost any abitrary amount he chose. Would you?
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I'm not analyzing anything. Just making a statement and asking a question.zakharov wrote:You are seriously overanalyzing a one-line flippant comment.bpmod wrote: He could have wagered to lose by almost any abitrary amount he chose. Would you?
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...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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I wasn't even thinking of the wager when I wrote that, just noting how it must have sucked to go all in and still lose by a buck. I have no opinion on your question.bpmod wrote:I'm not analyzing anything. Just making a statement and asking a question.zakharov wrote:You are seriously overanalyzing a one-line flippant comment.bpmod wrote: He could have wagered to lose by almost any abitrary amount he chose. Would you?
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
But wasn't the wager "go[ing] all in"?zakharov wrote:I wasn't even thinking of the wager when I wrote that, just noting how it must have sucked to go all in and still lose by a buck. I have no opinion on your question.
It is clear (now) that you just wanted to see your words in print, not that you wanted to invite dialog by those words. Oh well.
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...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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Yes, that's exactly what I meant. He went all in (bet everything) and lost by a dollar. Must have been frustrating. The end.bpmod wrote:But wasn't the wager "go[ing] all in"?zakharov wrote:I wasn't even thinking of the wager when I wrote that, just noting how it must have sucked to go all in and still lose by a buck. I have no opinion on your question.
It is clear (now) that you just wanted to see your words in print, not that you wanted to invite dialog by those words. Oh well.
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
Losing by a dollar isn't frustrating in that situation, it's almost expected.
A frustrating loss is when you get FJ right but only bet enough to cover the leader if he misses while making his ideal cover bet, but you come up short when it turns out he did actually offer you the tie, finishing with exactly double your score. (I think that makes sense- if I had the Final figures/ wagers I could've made it more clear.)
A frustrating loss is when you get FJ right but only bet enough to cover the leader if he misses while making his ideal cover bet, but you come up short when it turns out he did actually offer you the tie, finishing with exactly double your score. (I think that makes sense- if I had the Final figures/ wagers I could've made it more clear.)
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Re: Monday, June 18, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
Pre FJ Scores:Paucle wrote:Losing by a dollar isn't frustrating in that situation, it's almost expected.
A frustrating loss is when you get FJ right but only bet enough to cover the leader if he misses while making his ideal cover bet, but you come up short when it turns out he did actually offer you the tie, finishing with exactly double your score. (I think that makes sense- if I had the Final figures/ wagers I could've made it more clear.)
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This was, of course, the very common "suicide wager from 2nd", which usually ends up in a loss by a margin of one dollar. I don't think anybody can be "frustrated" losing by a dollar in that situation when he/she could have maximized his/her potential of winning instead of maximizing potential (but much less likely) winnings.
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...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.