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I didn't tell you the result. I told you where you *could* find the result should you wish to do so..
Only if it culminates a come-from-behind victory.
A Khoo power move that finishes him dominating the game would be a "KHOO DE GRÂCE"
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Liked her reasoning for elimination choices, essentially choosing the only two contestants remaining that haven't won at Thunderdome, and the hugs at the end were spesh.
Good Luck Lexxy and Monica
Good luck to Lexxy and Monica, it's going to be an awesome showdown.
I would've picked Erika as my partner. Although she was on the bottom of the ladder, she's like the Rocky of table tennis.
I guess if anyone needs an excuse to donate to next year's Kickstarter, giving this show the budget it deserves is a good one!
Katie's prize for winning that morning's social challenge (ping pong) was to get first pick at the doubles tournament. She obviously chose wisely.
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a. Maki was jesting. No way in that environment would he REALLY criticize anothers language. He is too smart! Look at that beard!
b. Did anyone else notice how much Lexi kept getting in Khoo's way? Lexi is uber talented and going places and blah, but I think her ego kept placing her in the way of an obviously superior ping pong players way.
3. The elim will be interesting I think, due to Lexi's perfectionest style vs. Monicas clear joy with comics. Lexi has truckloads of talent, but monica... I mean, look at that beard! It is clear she is always thinking about humor.
Also, has anyone else noticed the professional, businesslike attitude Lexi approaches everything? She knows she is a talented artist, and I feel like that has shaded how she sees her place in the house. she's a cocky motherfucker is what I'm saying.
your whole post is reaching but this is probably the reachingest
some people don't have a great sense of their surroundings and that can really hamper your first doubles tourney ever
Exactly my thoughts!!!
What I do notice is that there seems to be a kind of pecking order developing in the Thunderdome, with the makers of gag-a-day strips having an edge over the makers of more serious strips. The wackier your strip, the better your odds. Lexxy's the outlier, with her creating a less wacky output than she's capable of, so she performed strongly... but still losing to Tavis, who is gag-a-day by nature. And Mac and Nick are both 'serious narrative' artists.
And I've got Monica's strip as the wackiest in the field.
For the record, I've got the spectrum as follows; rearrange at your leisure:
WACKY
Monica
Abby
Katie
Maki
Alex
Tavis
Ty
Erika
Amy
Lexxy
Mac
Nick
SERIOUS
Also is it common ping-pong doubles practice to require alternate-partner ball-hits? I've only played doubles in extremely casual settings.
Actually I've only played ping-ping in extremely casual settings.
The point wasn't how well they did in their first doubles match, it was how well they worked WITH PA staff. Abd she was CLEARLY underperforming. Khoo carried her until they met their match.
True. Just making that note. I'm not sure if a competition trending towards the serious comics would work as well, though; those are much more dependent on high-quality art and it takes a lot more time to come up with a compelling story than it does to come up with a joke. You really just kind of have to hope the serious artists can be funnier than their regular strips let on or else, as the seasons (hopefully) go on, they're going to be the show's resident back-of-the-pack cannon fodder, which is really an unfair comment on them and the talent they bring into the competition.
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One problem I've always had with the ping-pong episodes on PATV is that viewers unfamiliar with table tennis are kind of screwed. In the show, the players are heavily invested, the spectators as well; and I want to be right there with them, with an appreciation of the skill on display from one serve to the next. But in PATV-- and here as well-- table tennis matches are just clips of the match with music playing in the background. If someone makes a great play, I wouldn't recognize that, and the action isn't going to slow down so that the show can highlight anything about the play.
Normally I'm still OK with this because PATV isn't a table tennis show per se; they're not trying to run a sports network or anything. But now that it's a part of Strip Search as well as PATV, my own lack of experience with table tennis is becoming more frustrating. Time to take some lessons, I guess, and then watch this episode again.
Also, Monavis was great.
I really don't want Monica to go, her comic is pretty great.
But do please tell me the PA staff were shanking it on purpose... I kept wanting to coach everyone, including the PA staff, despite their reputation, even including Khoo.
(Assessment - he and Lexxy lost because he overplayed. (Caveat - Tennis, on a court not a table, is my game, since the tender age of 4, but I've experienced Ping-Pong as a subset in my time.) Tip - If you are the technically superior player (and Khoo clearly was, in that milieu), just be consistent,and let the opponent make the unforced errors. otherwise you are on the wrong side of kinetic energy. Doubles is tough, though, for a singles player. maybe it was unavoidable. and it was clearly stated that it's not his game.)
Anyway...logical but tough choices for elimination...I hope they both come back. Even though I know they can't.
I have to strongly agree with @Cambiata, because Mr. silly the goose @Chops disregards the fact that Khoo is actually self-admittedly not good at playing doubles, as was explained before the competition, and that there were many other examples of poor positioning on every team, not just that one. haterz gotta hate, I guess.
And for those who seem to be arguing otherwise, it is pretty difficult to get out of your partner's way. You get very little time to do it, and you don't know which way your opponent will hit the ball. I strongly doubt ego had anything to do with that.
Mike & Jerry seem to be really amused by more "juvenile" humor than I am (and others in the threads), but they're also deeply impressed by genuine artistry. This next competition could put those 2 responses in conflict. However, either one of them might simply fail for time, and Monica's spontaneity could play well for her.
Lexxy has always been my favorite person there, but the reckoning of who's the best contestant has to come. Her shortcomings have always been evident, and she's always addressed them herself, too, so I'm sure that's all building up to the tension to this elimination moreso than the first. She seemed very nervous about reentering the Thunderdome. I enjoy Monica a lot, but I'm still rooting for Lexxy.
No, you do not want to find out. Monica didn't invent that term, it's one of ancient internet lore. I'm pretty sure it predates goatse.
I will say that I have gotten quite sick of self-deprecating personalities. It's a mask that too many people wear out of legitimate fear of success and fear of being seen as successful. I find it very sad that that has become many people's expectation of "proper" behavior, and that they feel instantly uncomfortable and threatened when that's not done by others.
Lexxy simply does not fall into the trap of self-deprecation (nor does she happen to use it for humor) from what we've seen. That's a positive thing. A lack of self-deprecation does not equal cockiness, and her open & honest statements stay pretty firmly with seeking an objective viewpoint.
Protesters: "FOR KATIE TO GO BACK TO THE FINGER POINT CELEBRATION WHEN SHE WINS A CHALLENGE!"
Guy with megaphone: "WHENDA WE WANT IT?!"
Protesters: "SOON!"
The best part of this show is seeing the talent do what they are best at doing.
I find it more endearing than going the other way, but as much as I try, I'm really bad at self-depreciation.