Arthur Chu uses strategies that outrage some home viewers:
"He has two ways of boosting his odds of success: searching for the Daily Doubles and eliminating them from the board, even if he knows he’s not going to guess it right, just to make sure his opponents can’t get ahead of him; and being careful when he bets on the Final Jeopardy, so for example, he takes the chance that he will tie with the second place winner.
...Chu joined CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday to reveal his secret, unorthodox, unconventional methods: “The very first thing I did when I got the call to be on Jeopardy! was I sat down in front of my computer and Googled ‘Jeopardy strategy.’”"
Follow the link and scroll down to see a Jake Tapper's interview with Chu.
17 comments:
I lost interest when that other champion got tired and couldn't tell a rake from a hoe. Ol' boy needs to do more yard work. Or gardening.
This man is unimpressed.
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@Sixty,
Everybody knows the difference between a rake & a hoe!
Rakes buy the services of hoes!
The guy is doing what he needs to do to win. I don't see any problem with that.
Baseball has certain things that players do that that are called un-sportsman like, but they are part of the game.
So, he is using game strategy and psychology to win a game. He isn't breaking any rules or cheating. He is just playing smarter.
Like Lem, I see no problem in this.
Who is sneaky Chinaman?
I think he's brilliant, and as he said, these tactics were first used in 1982. The surprising thing is they're not used more frequently.
I miss Art Fleming.
That's no villain.He's a super hero.
What's the big deal?
Armatel, players are rattled because he's skipping around looking for the daily double instead of methodically clearing a category.
I cheer his play.
And I escoriatexxx excoriate the imaginary-extra-rule making complainers.
Skip to the hard ones and rake up the points. Scoop daily doubles as you go. Leave opponents rattled because they just flat weren't ready for you.
Arthur Chu uses strategies that outrage some home viewers:
This just makes me laugh. Put me down as one who definitely views the use of "cute nicks" as a strategy on par with boosting odds by deliberately seeking out the daily double. Call it conducting business Chu-Chu Style!
Has anyone asked the one who refers to himself as an old dawg if he prefers "Shout" over "Big Tho"?
And what about the lone Fruit Bat? As one of a group of 166 species of fruit bats, with a strong preference for Fruit, he ends up tagged with a generic Bat! How special is that? Seems Fruit would be more fittin'!
As for the day Rhythm and Balls lets loose with a friendly, "Ahoy!", well, that'll be the day when the Chu's not only on the other foot, but the entire train jumps the track.
"Has anyone asked the one who refers to himself as an old dawg if he prefers "Shout" over "Big Tho"?
And what about the lone Fruit Bat? As one of a group of 166 species of fruit bats, with a strong preference for Fruit, he ends up tagged with a generic Bat! How special is that? Seems Fruit would be more fittin'!"
Shout is a common nickname for ST. You can satisfy your curiosity about his feelings by asking him.
Eric the Fruit Bat was formally Mitchell the Bat. As I did not know if further variations would made with the word bat, I began calling him Bat. He has never complained, but again you can make your own inquiry as to his feelings.
This is the third time you've brought this subject up with me. Is there something in the past that has triggered your concern with how I address people? I'd like to put this to bed, because message boards are rife with nicknames, and most people don't have a problem with this.
Fine, then change the rules that you can't pick a $1000 question until at least 3 of the lessor ones in that category have already been chosen.
Its just annoying when someone bizarrely picks high dollar questions. Bottom line is you win not by "Strategy" but by answering the questions.
Chu is a boring twit. I hope he loses. He like all the other twits in sports/games who try to win by "strategy" or gaming the rules or by being boring and "playing the percentages".
I like guys like Arnie Palmer, who go for broke and try to win and not just not lose.
"Its just annoying when someone bizarrely picks high dollar questions. Bottom line is you win not by "Strategy" but by answering the questions."
Disagree. It's working because it's getting in their heads. I think it's funny he's searching for Double Jeopardy questions, not caring so much if he answers them correctly, but to deny them to the others.
On the other hand, if this were to catch on, it could change the tone of Jeopardy, and if this was not desirable, they might institute such a rule.
"Ricila" is a hoot! Though I'd have gone for "Picila" in hopes of a daily double.
For those seriously interested in putting matters to bed on a blog where stirring, provoking and inviting comment appears to be the goal, there's this:
Why do we love to give people and places nicknames?
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