So you're saying we aren't allowed to comment on strategy anymore? Alex Jacob has brought this up in the past, are we to ignore gameplay analaysis because we might hurt someone's feelings? Should this board be simply 80 people posting their coryats and lach trash?alietr wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:28 pm Re: DD hunting. I'll bet comments about failing to find the last DD have been made only by people who haven't been contestants. Until you're actually on, you really have no idea just how fast everything moves. Yes, there are contestants who can maintain enough awareness to recognize every aspect of the game at the time, but criticizing them for failing to find that last DD just isn't reasonable.
Is every legitimate point about strategy going to be countered with "They're under the lights, if you haven't been there then your criticism is unreasonable." Not to sound all Golf but that's why you go through preparation, if not for your first appearance on the show then certainly for the high pressure position of the TOC. You plan your strategy in advance so you aren't trying to formulate one on the spot when the lights are on and your palms are sweating, etc.
Finding Daily Doubles is not some exotic strategy, it's the most basic part of the game, and you say we can't point out that these players really made a glaring error in either forgetting about or ignoring the DD that was remaining at the end of the game. Jason said on reddit that he was trying to "stay the hell away from Widows in the Bible until absolutely necessary". Not sure if he's just trying to save face or what, but there was a "Women in the Bible" One Day earlier this year in Learned League and he got 11/12, including the 3 hardest question, finishing just outside the top 10%. Unless his online results are fraudulent, (which would be very sad, if true), I can't imagine why he would legitimately not want to find the 2nd row DD in a strong category, that very easily could have won him the game!
If there are players that don't care enough about winning to do adequate preparation, that's certainly their right, more power to the likes of Roger or Colby or Alex who get to benefit from others not being prepared. But to say we can't point out egregious errors in strategy.....again, why are we even here?