RE: We chat about videogames and videogame accessories.
02-05-2014, 09:37 AM
I’m not sure I want to do an ethical analysis of trying to win. I feel like it depends on a lot of things. Too many things to account for.
But apparently there’s this guy who’s been frustrating a certain part of the Jeopardy! viewership by actually doing smart things with his dollars. That is, he’s intentionally hunted down the Daily Doubles and bet to tie in the final round—these two things are pretty much the only real leverage contestants get over the game, yet most contestants try to stick to their trivia guns instead of the more reliable and consequential realm of game theory.
Regardless of whether this is “sporting”, this sort of completely rational thinking tickles the bottom of my dark, dark heart.
But apparently there’s this guy who’s been frustrating a certain part of the Jeopardy! viewership by actually doing smart things with his dollars. That is, he’s intentionally hunted down the Daily Doubles and bet to tie in the final round—these two things are pretty much the only real leverage contestants get over the game, yet most contestants try to stick to their trivia guns instead of the more reliable and consequential realm of game theory.
Regardless of whether this is “sporting”, this sort of completely rational thinking tickles the bottom of my dark, dark heart.
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