While his strategy is clever, it's not really that complicated. At the end of the day this strategy only works if you are more knowledgeable than your opponent. His breadth and depth of knowledge is really what is impressive to me.
I mean, its just logic. Knowledge = more money. Betting on the big bucks and stuff, switching categories, and all of his tactic would mean absolutely nothing if he didnt spend a year learning trivial stuff.u can have and use all tactic u want, but if u aren't doing good with that trivial stuff, you'll just lose the game.
Yeah, even just about three years later, you can already see that others are using his strategies, starting at the bottom and jumping between catigories.
I used his strategy for a jeopardy review game in science class, though I modified it so that I start at 600/800 and only go for 800/1000 that early in the game if I'm really that confident with the topic I feel like everyone caught on to what I was doing and was trying to emulate it themselves so it was basically fair game all around lol
Hey MatPat another reason James was so good was the way he hit the buzzer. Most players would spam the button before you were able to ring it, which would give a small penalty making the buzzer inactive for like half a second. James however, would time it up just right so as soon as you were able to hit the buzzer, he hit it, making him be the one to answer the questions.
That beginning sounded like one of those articles that are like “This is how one man broke every toilet. Scientists hate him! Find out he did it with this one trick!”
Its actually much easier to learn from children's books as the information in them is written to be interesting, rather than reading an informational book on the same topic written for adults.
In children's books they tend to explain things in ways that are both memorable and informative. Like in a book for adults, it would explain the phases of the moon in long overly complicated sentences that are hard to remember and comprehend. Meanwhile in a children's book it would cut to the chase and just tell you what and how it happens in much less words and still make it memorable with pictures or fun descriptions. Lets think of it like this, are you going to remember a wall of text over-explaining how to tackle someone or would you remember a picture and simplified words better? Books for adults tend to over-explain the smallest of details and constantly leave you wanting instead of flat out saying what they mean. In other words, they use superfluous vocabulary that is inconsequential and does not pertain to the actual situation or subject at hand whatsoever. (They use pointless big words that are pretty much useless and doesn't actually help anyone.)
You’re also not considering his intentional hunting for daily doubles. He specifically chose questions that were statistically most likely to be Daily Doubles
It's an extremely well known bit of his tactic. It'll very likely be in the next part. But either way, telling someone they are "not considering" something when you know there is more to come is kinda rude.
I'm just glad that Alex was able to witness the greatest Jeopardy player in history before his passing. He probably thought he would never live to see someone break Ken Jennings record.
I actually really like the “irl” theories like this one and polybius, petscop, etc. because it affects something besides just film and games. Hopefully you can do more like these
I like how this isn't even focusing on the most impressive aspect: his near encyclopedic knowledge of all things. Even if I cheated and used the internet I couldn't answer most of these questions correctly
So I originally started this post with the sentence "The interesting thing is you don't need an encyclopedic knowledge of all topics for jeopardy." I read the phrase in your post metaphorically as it was probably meant - an in-depth repository of knowledge of an impossibly large number of things all in one place. Except now after writing the whole explanation as to why that's not necessary, it's now hit me that 'encyclopedic knowledge' is EXACTLY what you need for jeopardy, because encyclopedias actually don't go into a ton of detail. They are good sources for a wide amount of knowledge but don't really get super deep - and that's exactly what you want to be a jeopardy champion. I read a bit about it back when Ken Jennings was the god-tier jeopardy player people were discussing, but it turns out an in-depth knowledge of the topics would actually be detrimental. See since jeopardy is ultimately about getting ratings and keeping people watching they want to make the audience feel smart (but not too smart). Notice how when you're sitting watching a game of jeopardy you can usually answer two or three questions on the board? That's by design - they want EVERYONE to have that experience. From all walks of life. at least some of the time. The questions are thus tailored to what 'the average person might know' about that topic - since there's so many topics most people won't know most questions, but since the answers don't require super in-depth knowledge most people will know at least one of the questions. Jennings actually created an algorithm to quiz himself this way as preparation, to cover what 'average people know' about every topic under the sun. This is also hinted at in this video when MatPat mentiond James Holzhauer's method was studying childrens books. That is an AMAZING method of cutting through the nonsense extra technical knowledge to get only at stuff that might actually be quizzed on the show - no one is going to bore a child with the extra stuff, it'll be distilled to simple facts that everyone can understand. The exact kind of facts that'll be asked about on Jeopardy. TLDR: Jeopardy's not very deep. Focusing on casting your net of knowledge wide but shallow is the best way to become a god tier jeopardy player
@@GiftedContractor You absolutely hit the nail on the head. I do scholars bowl/quiz bowl at my high school (which is basically jeopardy but in a team of 4) and the parents marvel at how much everyone on these kinds of teams knows. But it's actually really easy if you cast your net wide, know the "bullet points"/"buzzwords" of topics, and systematically repeat things to get them in your head.
I found it strange how you mentioned his year-long, in-depth preparation routine prior to being on Jeopardy, and even his buzzer accuracy, but not how he trained for the buzzer. He has stated that he studied from a book written by a former Jeopardy contestant called “The Art of The Buzzer,” or something like that. What he learned from it was how to anticipate Alex’s speech pattern/ cadence at the end of a question reading to know exactly when to buzz in. He was also very careful to remain still and quick and not lose time by being over-animated or harsh when pressing the button.
Re: Daily Doubles. There seems to be a difficult time separating the dollars of the show from the dollars of real life. The score a player has is not a dollar amount. It is a total of points with a dollar sign in front of it. Why is this? Because you ONLY get that money if you win, meaning that the goal is to win the game, not preserve or maximize one's dollar total. James was very good at understanding that, that money on his podium is not real until the game is over.
In an RNG based game. Where the undefeated God of the world still has a 0.00000000001% chance of losing to the weakest piece of garbage. Considering he still lost his most recent game.
I think the going quickly and using abbreviations was more about making sure the time clock didn't run out before all of the clues were revealed than it was about trying to overrun his opponents. he would also sometimes cut off Trebek when he was quipping about something in between the clues to make sure to get to the next one as fast as possible.
Back in 2012, I was a contestant. And I had the exact same strategy planned. But then the show started and it all became real very quickly, once I got control of the board, I ended up picking questions based upon the category more than the dollar value. I was up against a younger champion who was very good and very fadt on the button. I almost beat her in Final Jeopardy. Unless you have been there, you have no idea what the experience is like. The reason why a typical champion only lasts a few episodes is that it is exhausing, physically, mentslly and emotionally. Five shows are taped each day. The set is incredibly hot. Your brain is going 1000 miles an hour, nothing exists except the game. Every contestant gets a picture with Alex Trebek. It happens during a commercial break. One of the assistant producers had to tap me on the shoulder to tell me that Alex was standing right next to me for our photo, I was so involved, I didn’t see him. Every once in a while, someone with icewater in their veins becomes a contestant and goes on a run. They are not, necessarily, more knowledgeable, they just have a sort of detatchment that allows them to remain completely cool and get over the hump to the place where their experience becomes a formidable advantages over the challengers who are, basically, thrown into the deep end to either sink or swim. Is the show “rigged”. No, it is not, in my opinion. There are strict rules, the contestants have a lawyer who represents them, and the staff went put of their way to make us all comfortable and, in my opinion, showed no favoritism to anyone.
Robert Chavez - I came in second. I “won” $2000. But since contestants have to pay their own expenses, I look at it this way: I won a vacation in LA and Las Vegas (where we went after the taping). Not a bad deal at all.
@@TobyGreenough As coolbond2 said, he holds one arm with the other to hold it still. If you watch other players, you'll see their hand moving in a sort of upwards motion before they push the button, this adds a delay to the press.
Noobly Walker Yes, and if he was just a dude I was having a conversation with or who I overheard somewhere I wouldn't say anything. But he has a channel with 8 million+ subscribers and is using it to put up a video alleging a national game show was rigged. Huge accusations to a huge audience. You’d think he’d care enough to get the facts straight. The show has had six categories per round since 1964.
@mason jaspaul oh I see. Yeah I am a Rem fan for sure. My you tube, Twitter, twitch and discord names are all Remisbestwaifu I get alot of hate but idc
@mason jaspaul Same here. I think it is supposed to be in fall of next year bc Isekai quartet is spring or winter and they will not have any of the shows on there run through each other. Like Shield hero season two and I believe the Slime Isekai will be on there now
Another important aspect you might have looked over when it comes to speed is that I think James wanted to be sure that every question was answered. Jeopardy has strict time limits and even if the contestants don't get through every question or category, they automatically move onto a commercial break, then Double Jeopardy. I've seen nearly entire categories go untouched because of this. Though, with James playing there's low likelihood that he's not going to know the answer and he's probably not concerned if there's a $200 question left. It could still be something he kept in mind.
This does NOT explain how _Jeopardy!_ is rigged. To get a better understanding to see just how deep it goes, learn a little about gematria, go here...ruclips.net/video/0LaAIp4o9lg/видео.html and watch that video, following along by going to the 'gematrinator calculator' linked in the video's description box (check out the 'Tools' tab), and then read the comment section to find the connection to _Jeopardy!_ left there by yours truly.
except according to the very vague rules, this still counts as kid's content. fast cuts, bright colors and animated characters are all in this video, and that makes it not in accord to coppa
@@thesonofdormammu5475 It just doesn't make sense for him to lose on purpose, especially since the way he played indicated that he was still trying to win even when he was behind at the end.
Alex Trebek was probably the last person in the world to want James off of Jeopardy. I remember watching James’ run and I could tell by their interactions with each other that the both Trebek and James were having a blast. And considering that Trebek is suffering from pancreatic cancer, the fact that he was getting to witness such a formidable player again was probably very entertains for him.
Anyone else watching this episode post-2019 and tearing up when seeing the image of Alex Trebek against a tombstone😢? I watched Jeopardy with my mother when he was still around. Such a gentleman and a sweetheart. RIP Alex.
NBC doesn't own Jeopardy. I think it's a Sony production and CBS owns the rights to air it. But it might air on different networks depending on local affiliate deals.
"Sees the caption" Me: wait I thought all game shows were rigged Edit: Huh, forgot about this comment, thx for 1.2 k likes everyone, have a amazing day
@@JasonT404 But Plinko is -- there's an article online saying they set it to always win once then then reset it to always lose. If they can do it with Plinko they can do anything on any show.
I watched every game of his. When players stayed close and he missed a couple, he got tight. But then he would get on a roll and competitors started spectating.
Shawn Heatherly I’m inclined to think it’s just clickbait and he’ll actually talk about the infamous case of 20 questions, a 1950s game show that did rig its games and how rigging games now a days is pretty hard to pull off.
@Alex I felt the same way, like he wanted to just go home to be with his wife and daughter. People who think that his 'strategy' of maximizing winnings is unique, but it's not. He just knows more answers than all the others who have tried it.
Exactly. Annoyed by that part of the video which suggested that James "was one of the first players" to start at the bottom. It's called a "Forrest Bounce" and regular Jeopardy watchers have seen the strategy used for many years now.
@@DanTheStripe What Millionaire scandal? As for Press Your Luck, that wasn't really a scandal, per se. Micheal Larson just figured out how to play the game most efficiently, kind of like what Holzhauer did on Jeopardy. There was no conspiracy or scandal there. Nor was there any scandal from the studio, either. The show never disqualified Larson, and dutifully paid his winnings that he was rightfully owed.
@@Acerthorn "Dutifully" is overly generous. They eventually paid after trying to avoid it under the pretense that figuring it out was cheating. The cough scandal apparently involved someone whose accomplice sat in the audience, coughing whenever the correct answer was read. Reading through some of the gameshow scandals, I think the worst one was The Dating Game fixing the winning bachelorette up with a convicted rapist who was sentenced to death for multiple murders more recently.
@@Merennulli *"They eventually paid after trying to avoid it under the pretense that figuring it out was cheating."* Well, Larson's gameplay wasn't actually in the _spirit_ of the game, was it? The studio absolutely had the right to bring the fairness of his play under review. But they still ultimately came to the proper and correct conclusion. I personally would much rather see a studio admit its own defeat and pay the winnings of its own accord after a careful review, rather than force the contestant to sue the studio for his winnings and spend more money in court than he actually won on the show. *" The cough scandal apparently involved someone whose accomplice sat in the audience, coughing whenever the correct answer was read."* Unlike Larson, that honestly sounds like blatant cheating to me. *"Reading through some of the gameshow scandals, I think the worst one was The Dating Game fixing the winning bachelorette up with a convicted rapist who was sentenced to death for multiple murders more recently. "* How was he able to appear on the show if he had an outstanding death warrant? Shouldn't he have been securely on death row, out of sight and out of mind from the general public? If he wasn't convicted yet, then I don't see how that's even so much as negligence from the Dating Game, let alone malicious conspiracy.
@@Frenchie_28 There's a reason people think his smile is creepy though, it's because we subconsciously can recognize a fake smile. James smiles with more or less only the muscles around his mouth, but a genuine smile involves almost all of the muscles in the face, particularly movement around the cheeks and eyes, as well as usually hiding the bottom row of teeth. We don't really see these features with James's smile, and as such most people subconsciously recognize a problem with it, but not necessarily all of the specific reasons why.
"Now, I know that not many of you watch Jeopardy" Me, who binged the entirety of Jeopardy the second they added it to Netflix: heheheh... Yeah.. haha.. wh-whats jeopardy
@@franks6349 Not really. Jeopardy is great, and you learn a lot from watching it. People on r/iamverysmart would say "Of course I don't watch Jeopardy, it's too easy, I would get on it but free money is way too easy for my tastes." Binging Jeopardy isn't a flex. It's saying you want to learn more in a fun and entertaining way. The exact opposite of the people on that subreddit.
That would a cool addition to his channels and complete the Quadrio: Game Theory, Film Theory, Nugget Theory, and then the Theorists. Each having their own colors on their little circle on channel image
@@Shiny_Rayz "The Theorists" wouldn't be it's own quadrant though, because it would be the whole circle. Instead, the fourth quadrant would go to Chaos Theory (is in relation to MatPat's ARG).
So James Holzhauer nearly beat Ken Jennings in the total amount of money won on Jeopardy in less than half the number of matches that Ken had played. Wow this man is a legend
@@Tmanaz480 I love when it is general knowledge to know Japaneese warlords and the battles they fought in. If it was "General knowledge" people wouldn't have to study for years. Also I was just repeating what he said in the video
12:38 There was this test done quite awhile ago done on a dog where they electrified the floor in front of the exit of a kennel and they told the dog to exit the kennel, but every time it did it would be shocked. So they did that a bunch of times and eventually the dog gave up. Then they switched and had the rest of the floor in the kennel electrified and the dog didn't do anything because it knew that if it tried to leave it would get shocked so it just stayed in the kennel taking the shocks
While I myself am not in the psychology field, a dear friend of mine is so a lot of terms are familiar to me as well. Really does make you feel smart, lol.
@@Igorcastrochucre well I always had something to do with it and he just kept on introducing me to new and more interesting things so I one day I decided that I will study psychology lol
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James plays real Jeopardy like the rest of us played History Jeopardy in 8th grade
Exactly what I was thinking lmao
Soh Rijin jeopardy that we played at school during a class
You're not wrong.
Lol he’s really not wrong, now when I go on a streak I’ll feel like the kid version of this guy
LMAO yES
Jeopardy and Kahoot: How to start a war in a classroom
Kahoot better
this discussion occured in my class like 3 weeks ago
and quizizz
@@borisvanderhof3028 EVERYBODY FREEZE NUMBER ONE!!!!!
Maria Victoria I saw so many high school boys get so mad if they got a kahoot question wrong, I almost couldn’t believe it
I can’t tell if this belongs on Game Theory or Film Theory. It’s a game that is filmed
Underrated coment
¿Por qué no los dos?
The answer is yes
He uploads to both xD
Well it was a tv show
While his strategy is clever, it's not really that complicated. At the end of the day this strategy only works if you are more knowledgeable than your opponent. His breadth and depth of knowledge is really what is impressive to me.
I mean, its just logic. Knowledge = more money. Betting on the big bucks and stuff, switching categories, and all of his tactic would mean absolutely nothing if he didnt spend a year learning trivial stuff.u can have and use all tactic u want, but if u aren't doing good with that trivial stuff, you'll just lose the game.
Not just more knowledgeable, but also a fast technique for the buzzer.
Yeah, even just about three years later, you can already see that others are using his strategies, starting at the bottom and jumping between catigories.
I used his strategy for a jeopardy review game in science class, though I modified it so that I start at 600/800 and only go for 800/1000 that early in the game if I'm really that confident with the topic
I feel like everyone caught on to what I was doing and was trying to emulate it themselves so it was basically fair game all around lol
James is literally that dude who came straight out of a gambling manga
@Saran The Wrap God Kaji after meeting Usugoi in a nutshell ahahaha
A bag of chips episode 1 kaiji and isuku midoria are the same. They just cry
Me an intellectual: Is cain from the game the binding of isaac
Kakegurui
Read "Liar Game", that thing is awesome
Hey MatPat another reason James was so good was the way he hit the buzzer. Most players would spam the button before you were able to ring it, which would give a small penalty making the buzzer inactive for like half a second. James however, would time it up just right so as soon as you were able to hit the buzzer, he hit it, making him be the one to answer the questions.
Kind of like that thing at the start of Mario Kart races where you gotta hit the gas at _just the right moment_ when the 2 shows up to get the boost.
@@hannibustoogfyrre6074 If I could only count how many times I was close to turning off the game from rage when I was younger.😂😂😂
Actually its a quarter second
He was probably practicing at home with a pen and a timer
James is a badass.
Other contestants: *steps up to stage*
James: so...you have chosen death
Miles Lambert except for Emma boettcher
Hahahahaha wow good one
Good point...😂
No! I meant cake!
CAKE! I MEANT CAKE!
He would've went on an undefeated streak for years if he wanted to, that's how good James was at Jeopardy.
Rest In Peace, Alex.
🧍Have I seen you before???
RIP Alex Trebek
Hello 👋 there
Alex Trebek is dead?!
@@kyler32291 yea, unfortunately he passed away in 2020
How did James win so much in Jeopardy?
Psychological Warfare.
Also read the Michael Larson playbook of preparing beforehand.
And a bit of chemical warfare...
Right!
He read sun tsu's the art of jeopardy
I understand this
We need more of these
New series: how to become a millionare
Get better, that's how you win.
[No Name] please
MillionaireTheory
I like your name
Manu Saraswat ok boomer
That beginning sounded like one of those articles that are like
“This is how one man broke every toilet. Scientists hate him! Find out he did it with this one trick!”
What are you watching where the ads think you find being able to break toilets a more appealing quality to have instead of...well
“This woman used bla bla bla to reduce her wrinkles” scientists hate her”
Explosive diarrhea
He tried to flush a fish. The fish was a carp.
Edp
If Matpat actually gets the jeopardy job, he’s probably gonna have to private these two videos, to not expose his employers.
why would he get a jeopardy job tho?
@@whydoiexist2180 check his most recent video on film theory and gtlive
Oh yeah
Anyone know if he got a run as a jepordey host?
@@theautisticintrovertedluca3634 If not, he should also serve as a co-host for Ken.
my parents: "jeopardy's on-"
me: **bounding down the stairs**
Pfft. Over 70.
Me:(starts falling up the stairs from rushing)
Bonus points if they're the Joker stairs
ender tube2121 help He’s fallen and he can’t get up
The real theory should be: how does someone earn one million dollars off of reading children’s books?
Its actually much easier to learn from children's books as the information in them is written to be interesting, rather than reading an informational book on the same topic written for adults.
In children's books they tend to explain things in ways that are both memorable and informative. Like in a book for adults, it would explain the phases of the moon in long overly complicated sentences that are hard to remember and comprehend. Meanwhile in a children's book it would cut to the chase and just tell you what and how it happens in much less words and still make it memorable with pictures or fun descriptions.
Lets think of it like this, are you going to remember a wall of text over-explaining how to tackle someone or would you remember a picture and simplified words better? Books for adults tend to over-explain the smallest of details and constantly leave you wanting instead of flat out saying what they mean. In other words, they use superfluous vocabulary that is inconsequential and does not pertain to the actual situation or subject at hand whatsoever. (They use pointless big words that are pretty much useless and doesn't actually help anyone.)
KRQE Central lol
how does someone earn 100 billion dollars off of letting other people sell stuff online
Knowledge = Power
You’re also not considering his intentional hunting for daily doubles. He specifically chose questions that were statistically most likely to be Daily Doubles
Way to spoil pt 2 of this video... azzhole
Man he has no way of knowing what next vid will be so why insult someone who has no idea if what he’s saying is a spoiler and nither do you
It's an extremely well known bit of his tactic. It'll very likely be in the next part. But either way, telling someone they are "not considering" something when you know there is more to come is kinda rude.
@huhhman But some combinations of category and number have statistically a higher chance of beeing a daily double, idiot
@@joaobispo2602 which ones?
I'm just glad that Alex was able to witness the greatest Jeopardy player in history before his passing. He probably thought he would never live to see someone break Ken Jennings record.
I actually really like the “irl” theories like this one and polybius, petscop, etc. because it affects something besides just film and games. Hopefully you can do more like these
this is such a pure comment i couldn’t help but to like 😭
Bella Martel Me too
Connor O. Also petscop
Completely agree!
I'd rather it be on more interesting topics, but yeah; Real world topics are nice.
I like how this isn't even focusing on the most impressive aspect: his near encyclopedic knowledge of all things. Even if I cheated and used the internet I couldn't answer most of these questions correctly
It's highly likely he still has a very strong memory.
So I originally started this post with the sentence "The interesting thing is you don't need an encyclopedic knowledge of all topics for jeopardy." I read the phrase in your post metaphorically as it was probably meant - an in-depth repository of knowledge of an impossibly large number of things all in one place. Except now after writing the whole explanation as to why that's not necessary, it's now hit me that 'encyclopedic knowledge' is EXACTLY what you need for jeopardy, because encyclopedias actually don't go into a ton of detail. They are good sources for a wide amount of knowledge but don't really get super deep - and that's exactly what you want to be a jeopardy champion.
I read a bit about it back when Ken Jennings was the god-tier jeopardy player people were discussing, but it turns out an in-depth knowledge of the topics would actually be detrimental. See since jeopardy is ultimately about getting ratings and keeping people watching they want to make the audience feel smart (but not too smart). Notice how when you're sitting watching a game of jeopardy you can usually answer two or three questions on the board? That's by design - they want EVERYONE to have that experience. From all walks of life. at least some of the time. The questions are thus tailored to what 'the average person might know' about that topic - since there's so many topics most people won't know most questions, but since the answers don't require super in-depth knowledge most people will know at least one of the questions. Jennings actually created an algorithm to quiz himself this way as preparation, to cover what 'average people know' about every topic under the sun. This is also hinted at in this video when MatPat mentiond James Holzhauer's method was studying childrens books. That is an AMAZING method of cutting through the nonsense extra technical knowledge to get only at stuff that might actually be quizzed on the show - no one is going to bore a child with the extra stuff, it'll be distilled to simple facts that everyone can understand. The exact kind of facts that'll be asked about on Jeopardy.
TLDR: Jeopardy's not very deep. Focusing on casting your net of knowledge wide but shallow is the best way to become a god tier jeopardy player
@@GiftedContractor You absolutely hit the nail on the head. I do scholars bowl/quiz bowl at my high school (which is basically jeopardy but in a team of 4) and the parents marvel at how much everyone on these kinds of teams knows. But it's actually really easy if you cast your net wide, know the "bullet points"/"buzzwords" of topics, and systematically repeat things to get them in your head.
He memorized the book that was given to him. All contestants get a book of all questions and answers that could possibly be in the show.
When a game of Jeopardy becomes psychological warfare.
"Hey, Brad's score is still on there!" Is the best thing to come out of jeopardy. This guy is a legend
If you haven't seen it you have to its so good
Omg that was such great moment! So funny XD
Watching that video is the reason this one landed on my recommended feed 3 years later 😂
James is almost like a real life anime strategist.
*glasses pushing intensifies*
He is.
too bad he was hired by NBC
Alex B. Hyuga
Shikamaru
Looks at pfp after reading this. Hey, its that charecter from naruto I cant spell
Wait its negi
MatPat: "There are five categories"
Animator: I'm about to ruin this mans whole career
Poop
@@nicksalazar2239 Profound.
Amazin'
Problem is that there are actually 6 categories, not 5
5 monetary 6 topic
Let's be honest, he played like we would play when we played Jeopardy in school.
Right, we would always go for the highest money value first, but they weren’t always the hardest though
Shut up useless grass
How else would we play
@@drakox9603 you should shut up because he is right and jeez you are just useless if you keep bullying people when they are right
@@drakox9603 Where did *THAT* come from?
I found it strange how you mentioned his year-long, in-depth preparation routine prior to being on Jeopardy, and even his buzzer accuracy, but not how he trained for the buzzer. He has stated that he studied from a book written by a former Jeopardy contestant called “The Art of The Buzzer,” or something like that. What he learned from it was how to anticipate Alex’s speech pattern/ cadence at the end of a question reading to know exactly when to buzz in. He was also very careful to remain still and quick and not lose time by being over-animated or harsh when pressing the button.
Opponent: *presses buzzer*
James: *im already 5 parallel universes ahead of you*
Do I smell a TerminalMontage reference?!
HYAAA
@@TerraSwoop yes you do
Meme incorrect. Is supposed to be, "I'm already 4 parallel universes ahead of you.".
😂
James plays using a kid's strategy and destroys everyone
He is truly a gifted big brain boi
I guess he was smarter than a 5th grader.
I totally used that strategy every time I played classroom Jeopardy.
Is this a comment with almost no replys but 1k likes?
@@Lacie9 yes sometimes people don't have much to add but still resonate with a comment, so they only like
James : "I was only using 2% of my brain power"
Shaggy: puny mortal
Shaggy is shivering because of James
*PLOT TWIST*
He was really using only 0% actually.
-100 percent
Re: Daily Doubles. There seems to be a difficult time separating the dollars of the show from the dollars of real life. The score a player has is not a dollar amount. It is a total of points with a dollar sign in front of it. Why is this? Because you ONLY get that money if you win, meaning that the goal is to win the game, not preserve or maximize one's dollar total. James was very good at understanding that, that money on his podium is not real until the game is over.
I swear matpat is trying to make a fashion line at this point
Kat Holloway ine here for it to ngl
Im ok with it
I mean i own so much merch already might as well buy moreeeeee
😂😂😂
Basically, James was a custom character with all his stats at 100%
Or all his points went into his intelligence and luck stats.
In an RNG based game. Where the undefeated God of the world still has a 0.00000000001% chance of losing to the weakest piece of garbage. Considering he still lost his most recent game.
James was actually that OP OC character in that Naruto fanfic you know you read a few years ago on Wattpad (This is a joke)
Mr. Dank you can’t blame me tho 😂 some people on RUclips really be thinking everything is true
ADSaaron
he’s a TAS
Matpat: "So don't touch that dial"
Me: "I see what you did there"
@Cody Blackburn ^
Cody Blackburn your name pic is also the album by Metallica master of puppets
I think the going quickly and using abbreviations was more about making sure the time clock didn't run out before all of the clues were revealed than it was about trying to overrun his opponents. he would also sometimes cut off Trebek when he was quipping about something in between the clues to make sure to get to the next one as fast as possible.
Back in 2012, I was a contestant. And I had the exact same strategy planned. But then the show started and it all became real very quickly, once I got control of the board, I ended up picking questions based upon the category more than the dollar value. I was up against a younger champion who was very good and very fadt on the button. I almost beat her in Final Jeopardy.
Unless you have been there, you have no idea what the experience is like. The reason why a typical champion only lasts a few episodes is that it is exhausing, physically, mentslly and emotionally. Five shows are taped each day. The set is incredibly hot. Your brain is going 1000 miles an hour, nothing exists except the game. Every contestant gets a picture with Alex Trebek. It happens during a commercial break. One of the assistant producers had to tap me on the shoulder to tell me that Alex was standing right next to me for our photo, I was so involved, I didn’t see him.
Every once in a while, someone with icewater in their veins becomes a contestant and goes on a run. They are not, necessarily, more knowledgeable, they just have a sort of detatchment that allows them to remain completely cool and get over the hump to the place where their experience becomes a formidable advantages over the challengers who are, basically, thrown into the deep end to either sink or swim.
Is the show “rigged”. No, it is not, in my opinion. There are strict rules, the contestants have a lawyer who represents them, and the staff went put of their way to make us all comfortable and, in my opinion, showed no favoritism to anyone.
Robert Chavez - I came in second. I “won” $2000. But since contestants have to pay their own expenses, I look at it this way: I won a vacation in LA and Las Vegas (where we went after the taping). Not a bad deal at all.
@@bunkie2100 would you go back on if you could?a whole fandom would have ur back😂😂
google says you were an actor in a soap opera
Great story! Who won your match?
Dude this is the coolest thing I read today. Thanks for taking the time to write it!
James plays Jeopardy like anyone who played Jeopardy in school..
I'm still trying figure out how he broke the game!
Ikr
Except he’s the teacher
@Sam *_Insert quote about mediocrity_* Play big, win big, baby! (And lose everything when you inevitably lose)
Lol attacked.
I'm surprised that you didn't mention how he holds his buzzer so he can buzz in sooner.
How? I am curious.
@@TobyGreenough close to his body with his other hand on his wrist to prevent unnecessery movements that causes response delay
@@TobyGreenough As coolbond2 said, he holds one arm with the other to hold it still. If you watch other players, you'll see their hand moving in a sort of upwards motion before they push the button, this adds a delay to the press.
Wow
@@Coolbond2 I've seen several players do this before. I always wondered if it was strategic or preference.
Jeopardy: If you win this whole season you win $100,000!
James: Wins $100,000 + in one round!
“Most players tend to bet pretty conservatively at first”
Not in my class at school
The questions are all easy so you just go for the highest valued ones first
E
Yup
I thought I was gonna be smart and be the first to bet high but EVERYONE bet the highest
Yeah, the teachers don’t seem to understand increasing difficulty...
Matpat: "On Jeopardy you have five trivia categories."
Also Matpat: shows a graphic with the correct six-category layout
Noobly Walker Yes, and if he was just a dude I was having a conversation with or who I overheard somewhere I wouldn't say anything. But he has a channel with 8 million+ subscribers and is using it to put up a video alleging a national game show was rigged. Huge accusations to a huge audience. You’d think he’d care enough to get the facts straight. The show has had six categories per round since 1964.
@mason jaspaul ok boomer
@@onnapnewo am I not seeing who you are replying to bc it looks like you were answering your own question. Idk if they erased it or not.
@mason jaspaul oh I see. Yeah I am a Rem fan for sure. My you tube, Twitter, twitch and discord names are all Remisbestwaifu I get alot of hate but idc
@mason jaspaul Same here. I think it is supposed to be in fall of next year bc Isekai quartet is spring or winter and they will not have any of the shows on there run through each other. Like Shield hero season two and I believe the Slime Isekai will be on there now
Contestanst walk onto the stage: "why do i hear boss music?"
Even worse, it was Megalovania.
*NBC didn't know it, but they were about to have a bad time.*
ruclips.net/video/2MtOpB5LlUA/видео.html 3:45
Contestanst
Another important aspect you might have looked over when it comes to speed is that I think James wanted to be sure that every question was answered. Jeopardy has strict time limits and even if the contestants don't get through every question or category, they automatically move onto a commercial break, then Double Jeopardy. I've seen nearly entire categories go untouched because of this.
Though, with James playing there's low likelihood that he's not going to know the answer and he's probably not concerned if there's a $200 question left. It could still be something he kept in mind.
MatPat: “Jeopardy is rigged”
5 year old me: *”I KNEW IT!”*
69 likes, you know I'm young.
This does NOT explain how _Jeopardy!_ is rigged. To get a better understanding to see just how deep it goes, learn a little about gematria, go here...ruclips.net/video/0LaAIp4o9lg/видео.html and watch that video, following along by going to the 'gematrinator calculator' linked in the video's description box (check out the 'Tools' tab), and then read the comment section to find the connection to _Jeopardy!_ left there by yours truly.
@@FakeMoonRocks lol
I feel you
Everyone: i knew
if you cant handle me at my game shows, you dont deserve me at my fnaf
winner comment right here XD
five nights of freddy's? dont bully me i just wanna kno lol
『Den』 uwu 👍🏻
@@zxshadowxz thenk
I was kind of skimming over this comment and thought you were referring to fnaf as a game show, which would just be terrifying
So he's just better than everyone, even without the game plan.
@@trollaf627 jeez you're a jerk. this guy said nothing mean and you just insulted him
James Bourne - Lmao ok boomer
You don't need a game plan when you're the best. Rainbow Six Siege taught me that
@@trollaf627 ok boomer
Disk out jiakoutemicik
I really want matpat to be a guest host on jeopardy but I feel like that would be a little disrespectful for some reason
When matpat realizes the new update to youtube so he avoids Things kids like.
Rip
Well, less kid theories
hmmm its video about game,
washing mashine learning:so child content. oh gambling?
ftc: got em boiz
except according to the very vague rules, this still counts as kid's content. fast cuts, bright colors and animated characters are all in this video, and that makes it not in accord to coppa
@@Ray_Vun season 3 of youtube demonetization finally premiered! let's see how this drama series ends this time.
I showed my grandma the title and she said : thats obvious
My grandma was saying this the second he lost
Ok boomer
@@KindredKompany Boomer okay
Yako remoob
r/wokekids but for grandmas
That man is a legend and was well aware of what he was doing. I could see him winking at the camera.
I’m pretty sure James lost purposefully because his daughter missed him so much and he wanted to go home.
Me too.
Fair enough, the guy made more than enough anyway.
Pretty sure he's said multiple times that isn't the case
@@Flufayy And when people ask me how I'm doing I always say "I'm doing great". Just because someone says something doesn't make it true.
@@thesonofdormammu5475 It just doesn't make sense for him to lose on purpose, especially since the way he played indicated that he was still trying to win even when he was behind at the end.
*James:* "I'll take History for $1000, A-"
*Host:* _Pulls out glock_ "No you're not"
Actually Alex Trebek liked him a lot!! I watch the show & you tell that he liked him. If the network rigged him, then it wouldn't be his fault.
Alex Trebek was probably the last person in the world to want James off of Jeopardy. I remember watching James’ run and I could tell by their interactions with each other that the both Trebek and James were having a blast.
And considering that Trebek is suffering from pancreatic cancer, the fact that he was getting to witness such a formidable player again was probably very entertains for him.
Yeah, but it was a... Joke....
Conclusion: James is an anime protagonist because he has a special talent called "Taskuru Switchuru"
Ah hello Jamesaro Senpai.
Teazal Angelous I thought that was an actual Japanese word until I looked at it closer and I can’t breath
Tasukuru Sawichu
Sounds like the name of his Stand.
So cringy..
*James:* _just exists_
*Jeopardy:* WAIT, THAT'S ILLEGAL.
You almost killed me 😂... I was taking a drink of a rockstar and I choked 😂😂😂😂😂... you win 10 awesomesause points
James: exists
Jeopardy: Not on my watch!
@@daniequezada6 😂
Our dude James, breaking the system.
STOP why was his little wink at 9:59 so cute i-
Matpat: *Calls it Theorist Friday instead of Theorist Thursday*
Me: *I’m not angry, just disappointed*
Any chance your a mother?
Depends on your timezone, really. It's currently Friday evening here in New Zealand.
Matt: no one wants to hear about this
Me who is on the edge of my seat: wrong but go off I guess
Mikhaila Kavanagh facts
To me, James looks kind of like a human Sims character & the facial expression edits they gave him in this did not help.
He's if the Sims had Morrowind's facial expressions.
He's a better looking version of Simon Cowell.
He looks like someone who would kidnap someone
He's probably a robot trying really hard to fit in
He looks like a Phil Swift descendent-
Anyone else watching this episode post-2019 and tearing up when seeing the image of Alex Trebek against a tombstone😢? I watched Jeopardy with my mother when he was still around. Such a gentleman and a sweetheart. RIP Alex.
NBC sees this: WE MUST TAKE THE SECOND PART DOWN IMMEDIATELY
Isn't it on ABC?
chico baber I’m not really sure. I heard him say NBC, that who I assume owns this
I think it airs on different channels depending on region. I live in Colorado and it airs on Fox.
NBC doesn't own Jeopardy. I think it's a Sony production and CBS owns the rights to air it. But it might air on different networks depending on local affiliate deals.
Interesting... never knew that
so he just played like a middle schooler on test review day
Because of your profile picture, I could feel sadness in this comment XD
@@amenaceofsociety7581 me, too lol
I think it *might* be a ripoff of another comment.
As a high schooler I still play as aggressively as possible for those 5 bonus test points
Basically yes
"What did you do during your gap year?"
"I absolutely wrecked at Jeopardy"
Imagine having only 1 year of life for you
Plot twist James is just DAD in disguise witch explains his robotic personality!!!
**4.7 million people after watching this**
“Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today!”
Doctor Doofenshmirtz is up to no good again, we’re counting on you Agent P. *music cue*
Doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
"Perry the platypus how unexpected, and by unexpected I mean COMPLETELY EXPECTED."
BEHOLD! MY TRIVIA-NATOR 9001!
@@Gekkolordreal I see what you did... 😏
"Sees the caption"
Me: wait I thought all game shows were rigged
Edit: Huh, forgot about this comment, thx for 1.2 k likes everyone, have a amazing day
All games of chance are rigged, games of skill, in theory, shouldn't be.
Jason that is so true except in the hunger games
@@elevation9123 which doesn't exist in real life, so your comment is absolutely useless.
Same
@@JasonT404 But Plinko is -- there's an article online saying they set it to always win once then then reset it to always lose. If they can do it with Plinko they can do anything on any show.
today on How I Met Your Mother: Ted Breaks Jeopardy
Well Barney broke The Price Is Right
I just got done finishing that show yesterday
Adam Ruins Everything: Jeopardy!
Like your profile. You got my sub
I watched every game of his. When players stayed close and he missed a couple, he got tight. But then he would get on a roll and competitors started spectating.
He's Technoblade of Jeopardy, and everyone hated him for that.
Or techno is the james on minecraft.
Pineapple Doubt impossible bc James lost and technoblade never dies
We call haks
TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES
Omg yes 😂
4:28
Mat: says 5 categories
Video: shows 6 categories
Everybody: visible confusion
And for some odd reason there is a Freddy fazzbear
i believe that that isn’t a random meme, i think faz bear randomly popping up is intentional, it might be a easter egg, matt parts trying to tell us
*Everybody except the invisible man
@@isaiahcabral8673 isn't it part of a game he made?
Exactly, I'll take how many catogories for $1000 Alex
When you look at the date posted hoping the next episode is already out, just to find out it came out today....
Michael Monroe mood
Relatable
Dude I just did this and randomly scrolled down and saw this 😂😕
I wonder if Jeopardy would have a chance of supporting him in his goal of being host if they saw these
Now this is surprising. As someone who watched James dominate Jeopardy and was shocked when he lost, I'm pretty interested in that second part.
Shawn Heatherly I’m inclined to think it’s just clickbait and he’ll actually talk about the infamous case of 20 questions, a 1950s game show that did rig its games and how rigging games now a days is pretty hard to pull off.
Honestly, I feel like James probably just felt that he'd done enough. That's my bet on what MatPat's conclusion will be
@@dragonkyng you never know, it was on a well known tv channel, they have plenty of money, and could of told the usurper the anwsers
James: walks up to podium
Players: why do I hear boss music?
James is the final boss! FIGHT
*Giorno Giovanna’s theme intensifies*
**Giorno's theme plays**
Maga in a Barrel, I'm surprised your comment didn't get more likes, it's a good quality comment
Megalovania starts to play
James played jeopardy the way we did in middle school.
I like your profile picture.
I hate the fact that it's true
You stole. This
This video topic ain’t new
Your fucking right
I love James Holzhauer and these two videos are some of my comfort videos
*Someone:* "What's switch cost?"
*Me before today:* "About $300."
Oh, lol..
Actually closer to 200 dollars.
Does that include games and the online subscription?
@@kiraramirez2776 jeapordy doesn't have an online subscription?
EchoTheShadow
...
MatPat: no one will like this episode
Me and everyone else who likes Jeopardy: :O
I don't like Jeopardy but I like his videos so I watch lol
I’ve had nothing better to watch on Netflix so I’ve been watching Jeopardy and it’s entertaining.
Ok BOOMER
Ok boomer
Andy OK BOOMER I love it
People have been playing this way for years. He just perfected it.
@Alex he's spoken on this basically his statement was that hed be an idiot to go back to essentially quit a job that pays 350,000 a day
His CAREER is ENTIRELY BASED on this perfection... so yes, he did.
@Alex I felt the same way, like he wanted to just go home to be with his wife and daughter. People who think that his 'strategy' of maximizing winnings is unique, but it's not. He just knows more answers than all the others who have tried it.
Exactly. Annoyed by that part of the video which suggested that James "was one of the first players" to start at the bottom. It's called a "Forrest Bounce" and regular Jeopardy watchers have seen the strategy used for many years now.
I hope MatPat is watching jeopardy masters, because Matt Amodio just mentioned him!
*"The greatest conspiracy to ever happen in Game Show history,"*
Sorry, MatPat, but the 1950s quiz show scandals have already been exposed.
Acerthorn Or the cough scandal on Millionaire...or Press Your Luck’s fixed light patterns.
@@DanTheStripe What Millionaire scandal?
As for Press Your Luck, that wasn't really a scandal, per se. Micheal Larson just figured out how to play the game most efficiently, kind of like what Holzhauer did on Jeopardy. There was no conspiracy or scandal there.
Nor was there any scandal from the studio, either. The show never disqualified Larson, and dutifully paid his winnings that he was rightfully owed.
@@Acerthorn "Dutifully" is overly generous. They eventually paid after trying to avoid it under the pretense that figuring it out was cheating.
The cough scandal apparently involved someone whose accomplice sat in the audience, coughing whenever the correct answer was read.
Reading through some of the gameshow scandals, I think the worst one was The Dating Game fixing the winning bachelorette up with a convicted rapist who was sentenced to death for multiple murders more recently.
@@Merennulli *"They eventually paid after trying to avoid it under the pretense that figuring it out was cheating."*
Well, Larson's gameplay wasn't actually in the _spirit_ of the game, was it? The studio absolutely had the right to bring the fairness of his play under review. But they still ultimately came to the proper and correct conclusion.
I personally would much rather see a studio admit its own defeat and pay the winnings of its own accord after a careful review, rather than force the contestant to sue the studio for his winnings and spend more money in court than he actually won on the show.
*"
The cough scandal apparently involved someone whose accomplice sat in the audience, coughing whenever the correct answer was read."*
Unlike Larson, that honestly sounds like blatant cheating to me.
*"Reading through some of the gameshow scandals, I think the worst one was The Dating Game fixing the winning bachelorette up with a convicted rapist who was sentenced to death for multiple murders more recently.
"*
How was he able to appear on the show if he had an outstanding death warrant? Shouldn't he have been securely on death row, out of sight and out of mind from the general public?
If he wasn't convicted yet, then I don't see how that's even so much as negligence from the Dating Game, let alone malicious conspiracy.
Convicted Rapist, Yes.
Had committed multiple murders, also yes.
But had not yet been arrested for them
(Google Rodney Alcala on History.Com)
matpat: *says there's 5 categories*
categories: *6*
im not the only james holzhauer who noticed that i see
The only reason James was winning this much is that his smile scared people and they wanted to get off the show as fast as possible.
@@Frenchie_28 Not creepy, but intimidating.
@@Frenchie_28 There's a reason people think his smile is creepy though, it's because we subconsciously can recognize a fake smile. James smiles with more or less only the muscles around his mouth, but a genuine smile involves almost all of the muscles in the face, particularly movement around the cheeks and eyes, as well as usually hiding the bottom row of teeth. We don't really see these features with James's smile, and as such most people subconsciously recognize a problem with it, but not necessarily all of the specific reasons why.
Now that MatPat is leaving RUclips, he shlould try again to be a Jeopardy host.
Yeah! He can fill in for Ken!
just got this recommended after the news of him dying..
RIP Alex Trebek
I was confused when the day after he died, they put a new episode of it and he was there.
@@1vy-ster cause he filmed a lot of jeopardy before his death and they never aired it
@@tommyschoales5288 :0
I thought he came back from the dead
Honestly growing up watching him... I makes me so sad. Rip you wonderful man
it's really sad it's like a family member died
"None of you probably watch Jeopardy cause none of you are probably over like, 75."
Me, 16: I-I watch Jeopardy every night....
Theory busted
The Star Wars Fangirl 77 i dont watch a lot of Jepardy but i DID see Jepardy: The Greatest Of All Time. And im like wat.... over 10 years old?
I watch Jeopardy every night and I'm 13!
haha my grandma and i would watch it together because she LOVED game shows like that 😂
Used to watch with my grandma now I just watch on netflix
Ive been watching it since I was like 6, I loved testing my knowledge and learning new facts
"Now, I know that not many of you watch Jeopardy"
Me, who binged the entirety of Jeopardy the second they added it to Netflix: heheheh... Yeah.. haha.. wh-whats jeopardy
Charmynox /r/iamverysmart
@@franks6349 no not really
Franks not really
@@franks6349 Not really. Jeopardy is great, and you learn a lot from watching it. People on r/iamverysmart would say "Of course I don't watch Jeopardy, it's too easy, I would get on it but free money is way too easy for my tastes." Binging Jeopardy isn't a flex. It's saying you want to learn more in a fun and entertaining way. The exact opposite of the people on that subreddit.
@@franks6349 You are _so_ wrong.
“Wait, he had a strategy? I thought he was just a robot?”
-MatPat 2019
REST IN PEACE ALEX 😭 You will be testing trivia to angels in Heaven
"Who was the first person who died?"
Alex will be known forever
@@aggroing who is Alex?
@@goop248 bruh Alex Trebek
@Eric Luchinski love it
I wouldn’t mind if Matt just renamed this channel to The Theorists and did videos on whatever he wanted
That would a cool addition to his channels and complete the Quadrio:
Game Theory, Film Theory, Nugget Theory, and then the Theorists. Each having their own colors on their little circle on channel image
@@Shiny_Rayz "The Theorists" wouldn't be it's own quadrant though, because it would be the whole circle. Instead, the fourth quadrant would go to Chaos Theory (is in relation to MatPat's ARG).
The theorist is already a youtube channel, names too close
Game Theory, Film Theory, Lit Theory (books), and RUclips Theory. All under the umbrella of Entertainment Theory.
Can we have a moment of silence for my 2nd grade teacher who was recently on jeopardy, Mr. Martin, Who died of cancer.
A birb what a legend
R.I.P
Sorry for your loss. Thought you said he recently died on Jeopardy.
f
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That intro song should be on the radio it’s great
This is it. This is why MatPat is so obsessed with riddles.
So James Holzhauer nearly beat Ken Jennings in the total amount of money won on Jeopardy in less than half the number of matches that Ken had played. Wow this man is a legend
"On jeopardy you have five trivia categories with 5 questions each"
*Shows Six categories*
Fail.
At least one aspect was accurate. It's actually 6 categories, 5 questions each.
It's not trivia. It's general knowledge.
@@Tmanaz480 I love when it is general knowledge to know Japaneese warlords and the battles they fought in. If it was "General knowledge" people wouldn't have to study for years.
Also I was just repeating what he said in the video
12:38
There was this test done quite awhile ago done on a dog where they electrified the floor in front of the exit of a kennel and they told the dog to exit the kennel, but every time it did it would be shocked. So they did that a bunch of times and eventually the dog gave up. Then they switched and had the rest of the floor in the kennel electrified and the dog didn't do anything because it knew that if it tried to leave it would get shocked so it just stayed in the kennel taking the shocks
He is trying so hard to not call Jeopardy viewers “boomers”
But he did call them that when he inserted *boomer noises* at 1:50.
@@Awoken0 his editor put that there
I mean it’s not like boomer is a slur to old people since it literally what their generation is called
I mean...the generation he describes is actually too old to be boomers... So, there is that.
Boomers aren't over 75
Who else played Jeopardy in class but with school related stuff?
Everyone loved that in elementary, including me
My school does that
Yup.
My freshman geography teacher did that. It was fun and actually helped me out (and many others) with the tests
Me fam
i don’t know if this should be on film theory or game theory
Game show theory
Yes
Game theory video games and film theory's about shows and it's about the game SHOW jeoprady. It's about the show and it's not about a video game
Theoretical game films
They should do a collab
If I knew I was fighting James I would've came into the studio in my PJ's and say "I'm gonna take a nap and it ain't going to change anything"
"You have five catagories.."
*Shows 6*
Has six arrows
he mispoke :)
When you're a first year psychology student and recognise what matpat is talking about.
Absolute mood. Doing a-level psych and recognise half the terms. It's odd but makes me feel smart.
He is one of the main reasons I study psychology
@@frederick4381 He is?
I am genuinely asking here, you study psychology because of him?
While I myself am not in the psychology field, a dear friend of mine is so a lot of terms are familiar to me as well. Really does make you feel smart, lol.
@@Igorcastrochucre well I always had something to do with it and he just kept on introducing me to new and more interesting things so I one day I decided that I will study psychology lol
So basically James is the literal personification of the DIO: Oh you're approaching me meme.
FromBeyondTheGrave1 i cant win without getting closer.
James is like that one kid who gets everything in school right so the teachers start giving him low grades