One of the things I love about stories like this is the reaction to people who get the vapors about not doing things the "old way". Someone incorporates data into a more logical way of play, and you'd think they'd be putting magnets and coils near Art Flemming's grave.
What I think Chu has done better than anything is identify the great weakness of the current game: Final Jeopardy and the straight consolation prize. The elimination of winning your earnings as a consolation prize has turned it into a betting/math contest (since the "money" in front of you isn't yours unless you win). If someone from Sony really wanted to make things interesting, they could go at least go back to making consolation prizes related to your final score (perhaps 1/2 for second and 1/4 for third, maybe 1/3 and 1/6). On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Since the current champion's tactics got the attention of some press > outlets (and the ire of some 'purists'), here's a more detailed story on > Arthur Chu with credit to some of his predecessors who used (and/or > developed) the tactics before him. > > > http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/yes-jeopardys-new-star-really-using-game-theory/357710/ > > I'm busy taking notes in case my exam this year was good enough to get to > the audition... > > David > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to > tvornottv@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv@googlegroups.com');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
