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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">The Excel World Championship Is the Internet at Its Best</h1>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div id="gmail-__next"><a href="https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products/gift/?source=giftbar22"></a><div><div><p></p><h2>The World Cup of Microsoft Excel</h2><p></p><p>How can watching people fiddle with spreadsheets possibly be this fun?</p></div><div><div><span><img alt="People dancing in front of the Microsoft Excel logo" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/5i8aTzXRn6eo6FFw58qodzfIXCc=/0x0:1080x607/960x540/media/img/mt/2022/12/microsoft_excel_3/original.gif" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" width="960" height="540"></span></div>Getty; The Atlantic</div></div><p>A
few weeks ago, you very likely missed what were very likely the most
thrilling moments in the history of Microsoft Excel. Allow me to set the
scene: The semifinal of the Excel World Championship was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfDq5dlp2o4">streaming</a>
live on YouTube and ESPN3. Defending champion Andrew Ngai had
steamrolled his previous three opponents, but he now trailed the
unseeded newcomer Brittany Deaton 316–390—not an insignificant margin,
but by no means insurmountable. “Andrew is lost,” GolferMike1 commented
in the YouTube chat. “He’s shaken.” The game clock ticked under four
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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 9:53 AM Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:jtjohnson555@gmail.com">jtjohnson555@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">A new armchair and mouse sport.<div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/world-cup-microsoft-excel/672320/?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-9334&utm_source=sg&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/world-cup-microsoft-excel/672320/?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-9334&utm_source=sg&utm_medium=email</a> </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">TJ<br><br><div dir="auto">=======================<br>Tom Johnson<br>Inst. for Analytic Journalism<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>505-577-6482<br>=======================</div></div></div>
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