j-play
Interact with a Jeopardy! game on the J-Archive website.
What is j-play?
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Summary
This extension modifies the content of the https://www.j-archive.com/ pages to provide a way for you to play along with the archived Jeopardy! games in the style of the tv-show.
To use it, view any Jeopardy! game on the j-archive site and press one of the "Start" buttons that the extension adds to the webpage. You will be presented with a game board that you can step through using the spacebar, or click on clues of your own choosing. Keep track of your "Coryat" score as you go and compare it to the combined "Coryat" score for the game. Use the help button to see how to interact with the game.
A NOTE about broken images: the J-archive site itself seems to have a lot of trouble with broken images in their clues, so if you see a broken resource, this is due to the site itself and not the fault of j-play. If enough people bug the J-archive site about it maybe it will get fixed.
Some recent releases:
1.4.0 - Handle website change for clue & response markup. 1.3.3 - Improved Coryat handling; handle domain w/o "www". 1.3.2 - Leave typing unaffected into input fields such as search. 1.3.1 - Handle all the upcoming guest hosts. Simplified w/o jQuery. 1.3.0 - Handle https switchover & Ken as the first guest host. 1.2.9 & 1.2.8 - Added tie-breaker clue support (for rare tournaments).
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Pros
- Great for Jeopardy fans and hosting games
- Useful for tracking your own Coryat score
- Enhances playing experience, better than other quiz games
Cons
- Does not work with Celebrity Jeopardy games due to triple jeopardy round
- Stopped working as of April 12, 2023, across multiple devices
- Does not function when J! Archive is down or has been updated, such as with https
Most mentioned
- Issues with functionality and compatibility after updates to J! Archive or the extension itself
- Desire for additional features, such as multi-player options and offline mode compatibility
- Appreciation for updates and fixes when the extension works as intended
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Safety
Risk impact
j-play is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
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j-play has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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