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chrisholland03

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Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« on: April 06, 2019, 09:17:33 PM »
http://kingjamesholzhauer.com/

Can't say I've seen this before - a Jeopardy winner with a website that actively mocks the losing competitors?  Built in such a way that implies that it's the contestant himself that built the site, but with just enough legalese to imply that maybe he didn't.




TLEberle

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2019, 09:22:22 PM »
I don't know if that makes him a bad winner per se--anyone could go to Jeopardy Archive or JBoard.tv to see the results.
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chrisholland03

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2019, 10:05:30 PM »
Word on the street is the website published the results of the first two matches prior to the first match airing in the US.  Also I think referring to the players who lost against him as 'the humbled' is bad form at best, tasteless at worst. 

JakeT

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2019, 11:51:59 PM »
I don't think calling him a "bad winner" goes near far enough...

Let me take a shot...

Obnoxious self-important self-absorbed douchenozzle...a complete and total dickhead...

That's better...

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2019, 03:56:43 AM »
Its not his own website.
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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2019, 01:33:30 PM »
I don't understand why the page was created, but it specifically says that it wasn't created by James:

"King James Holzhauer is an unofficial fan site dedicated to James Holzhauer. Our purpose is to promote interest in James Holzhauer and his Jeopardy! appearance(s). We are in no way officially affiliated with James Holzhauer, his friends, or his family. This is a site made by a fan for the fans."

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2019, 11:11:09 PM »
"King James Holzhauer is an unofficial fan site dedicated to James Holzhauer. Our purpose is to promote interest in James Holzhauer and his Jeopardy! appearance(s). We are in no way officially affiliated with James Holzhauer, his friends, or his family. This is a site made by a fan for the fans."

I'm sorry, a random fan doesn't decide to create a website for a contestant he likes after seeing him play for two days. Plus, apparently he posted some spoiler-type info even before it aired?  Whoever this is, whether it's Holzhauer himself or not, it's somebody connected to him.
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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2019, 11:56:10 AM »
I'm sorry, a random fan doesn't decide to create a website for a contestant he likes after seeing him play for two days.

Um, are you new here?

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Plus, apparently he posted some spoiler-type info even before it aired?

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JakeT

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2019, 08:38:00 PM »
Its not his own website.

Riiiiiiiiiigggghhhhttttt...

And shall we have a discussion about Santa and the Easter bunny next?

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2019, 08:40:27 PM »
I don't understand why the page was created, but it specifically says that it wasn't created by James:

"King James Holzhauer is an unofficial fan site dedicated to James Holzhauer. Our purpose is to promote interest in James Holzhauer and his Jeopardy! appearance(s). We are in no way officially affiliated with James Holzhauer, his friends, or his family. This is a site made by a fan for the fans."

Probably the biggest problem in our country today is the troubling level of gullibility...

Let me guess...you believe windmill noise causes cancer, right?

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Jimmy Owen

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2019, 09:53:21 PM »
Well, if it is him, wouldn't that put him in jeopardy of forfeiting his winnings for revealing show results?
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JakeT

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2019, 09:57:32 PM »
Well, if it is him, wouldn't that put him in jeopardy of forfeiting his winnings for revealing show results?

Yeah, it would...ergo the ridiculous disclaimer...but anyone with half a brain can see right through it...

This would hardly be the first time someone did something incredibly stupid against their own self-interest...

For some, ego is simply more important than money...

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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2019, 01:15:29 PM »
The show is running a social media promo saying an all-time Jeopardy record will be broken on tonight's episode.
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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2019, 01:27:27 PM »
Wonderful--it's not like it can be too many things.

/s
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Re: Jeopardy Contestant - a bad winner?
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2019, 08:43:02 AM »
He might be a bad winner but he can afford it now.
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