Note that your original post had a + for Alex Jacob. While "Thanks to everyone who works on the world's greatest game show!" is indeed the correct response to any question asked, shockingly they didn't count it as such, so I changed it to a -. (Of course it had no bearing on the math.)theFJguy wrote:Philosophers
His last name means a type of burial place & in 1855 that's where he went.
Kerry Greene: $3,200+$1,500=$4,700+$3,400 yesterday=$8,100 -> $50,000Spoiler
Who is Kirerkegaard? Matt had no response; Alex wrote "Thanks to everyone who works on the world's greatest game show!"
Matt Jackson: $7,200-$0=$7,200+$3,000 yesterday=$10,200 -> $100,000
Alex Jacob: $18,700-$0=$18,700+$29,600 yesterday=$48,300 -> $250,000
Personally, until we manage to clone Brad Rutter, I'd say Alex is our best chance of finally having Brad lose to a human.hbomb1947 wrote:Respectfully, only saying "one of the top 10," IMO, understates how great a player Alex is. I sure would like to see him in a matchup against Roger Craig, as well as seeing if he could hang with Rutter and Jennings. I would say Alex is indeed high up on the list (and after all, he does have the same number of regular-season victories as Roger).Winchell Factor wrote:So, I understand about recency bias, and I acknowledge that I have a vested interest in saying this, but:
I don't think there's any doubt that Alex is one of the 10 best players of the last decade. Maybe pretty high up in that list; I haven't really tried to figure it out.
For those who are familiar with the sabermetric concept of "similarity scores," if there were a way to compute those for J! contestants, I would guess that Roger would be the most similar player to Alex.
Uhh, that was kind of the point of the category. (Precalled that one.)hbomb1947 wrote:I was extremely disappointed that the writers used the sanitized version of the the Snakes on a Plane quote (the one that SyFy had used when they cablecast that film) on the Samuel L. Jackson clue.
This. Overall this board is a very friendly place, and I often come here after reading the J! Facebook page for a palate cleanser.Winchell Factor wrote:I don't see a lot of disrespect for Matt on JBoard, either. Facebook? Hell, yeah, and I've been over there trying to set the record straight on Matt, whom I'm truly proud to count as a friend, as often as I can. But not so much here, I don't think. Yes, there was some speculation about Matt's persona when he played before, but after something of a brouhaha over whether that was appropriate, it stopped.
Yes, the Board tilts toward Alex over Matt in this Tournament. Alex has posted here (albeit off and on) longer than I have and longer than Kerry has. (I think Kristin first registered--in 2011, was it? Before my time, anyway.) Now, when I was first playing last December (and I was a new arrival under the terms of Slam's Rule), grindcore said in a comment on the December 29 game:
I think that's what we're seeing here. The JBoard, in general, likes to root for its own. Why is that surprising? I don't think there are a lot of New Yorkers rooting for the Astros, or Montrealers cheering for the Bruins. Boardies who make it on the show are our home team. That's why we keep and update a thread listing their initial appearances. (BTW, I don't actually do that. Thanks to the people who actually do that.) Why is there anything wrong in rooting for our guy or gal?Plus, our guy won. Good job, our guy.
Personally, my rooting interest hierarchy is:
Friends and family
Boardies I've had significant interaction with
Boardies
LLamas
People I auditioned with (if I can remember who they are. )
Locals
Other Canadians
Someone who has something in common with me, revealed during player interviews
The returning champ
Everyone else
Me.
Plus, I would definitely say objectively that Alex was a hell of a player, clearly the best of the three once the game got underway. I'll admit, I didn't know who would take it out of Matt or Alex because I've never seen them play together, but having watched them, it was obvious who the better one was, and he deserved al the accolades he got.
This is an ex-Hume.MarkBarrett wrote:As time was almost done I went for the "humor" and wrote Hume. Like exhume?