Author Topic: Chain Reaction... (Read 38048 times)

Moe Train · « **Reply #195 on:** September 23, 2006, 02:14:28 PM »

Shrink the video down a little bit. It clears up. It's true though, it needs to be rerendered for a larger size.

LocalH · « **Reply #196 on:** September 23, 2006, 02:43:59 PM »

No, I'm not talking about the crappy video quality that is common on YouTube. I mean the aspect ratio is off. Normal NTSC video is 4:3. That video looks like it was treated as 16:9, which has to be stretched horizontally. How, exactly, did you get this video into the format which you uploaded to YouTube?

Moe Train · « **Reply #197 on:** September 23, 2006, 03:14:02 PM »

DVD to AVI to Windows Movie Maker, then I converted it to WMA.

mystery7 · « **Reply #198 on:** September 23, 2006, 04:12:36 PM »

By the way Moe, your signature expired. Unless they're rerunning your show again on that date several years from now (not likely).

Moe Train · « **Reply #199 on:** September 23, 2006, 06:31:52 PM »

Ha. I'll make some adjustments.

TLEberle · « **Reply #200 on:** September 26, 2006, 12:04:26 PM »

[quote name=\'PYLclark86\' post=\'132417\' date=\'Sep 22 2006, 07:27 PM\']
The Instant Reaction basically consisted of these two things:

"Umm.....What......*cuckoo*"
"Pass"

Whatever they didn't pass on they got cuckooed after two words. Unreal.
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So, how is the word "What" cuckoo worthy? And for that matter, why must a question start with one of the three Ws? Why couldn't a team clue the word "violin" with "Stradivarius...made...what...instrument? <ding!>" You get the pertinent information out of the way faster, and establish a route for the question to take without foundering in "What...does...a...person...do...?" territory.

clemon79 · « **Reply #201 on:** September 26, 2006, 01:13:49 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'132666\' date=\'Sep 26 2006, 09:04 AM\']
So, how is the word "What" cuckoo worthy?
[/quote]
In and of itself, it isn't, but the vibe I got was that they were probably doing something closer to "Where...um...what", which is two words and therefore is illegal.

Moe Train · « **Reply #202 on:** September 26, 2006, 02:53:28 PM »

We did the "what" thing when we were on the show. It made it a no brainer to start off the sentence. It would always be, "What place," "What person," etc... Quick and effective.

All of the sentences had to be full questions. Starting it off with "what" made each and every response a question.

clemon79 · « **Reply #203 on:** September 26, 2006, 03:36:28 PM »

[quote name=\'Moe Train\' post=\'132685\' date=\'Sep 26 2006, 11:53 AM\']
All of the sentences had to be full questions. Starting it off with "what" made each and every response a question.
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It's also the most logical way to make sure you and your partner are on the same wavelength.

Travis's point, though, is that a question doesn't HAVE to start with one of the 5 W's as its first word. It might be bad strategy on CR to do it that way, but a legal question could still be formed.

Moe Train · « **Reply #204 on:** September 26, 2006, 05:26:49 PM »

That's very true. If you did it that way though, hopefully the other person would turn it into a question before hitting the bell, or you'd get buzzed.

clemon79 · « **Reply #205 on:** September 26, 2006, 06:08:11 PM »

[quote name=\'Moe Train\' post=\'132691\' date=\'Sep 26 2006, 02:26 PM\']
That's very true. If you did it that way though, hopefully the other person would turn it into a question before hitting the bell, or you'd get buzzed.
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Well, yeah, of course that's the idea. Thing is, by starting a question like that, you are setting up a very specific type of question structure and not really giving yourself an out in case your partner doesn't pick up on it. Whereas the other way, if that happens, both of you have some wiggle room to get on the same wavelength.

Given the choice between "I hope he's thinking what I'm thinking" and "I can wing it if he's not thinking what I'm thinking", I'll go with the latter every time.

chad1m · « **Reply #206 on:** September 26, 2006, 09:32:00 PM »

Tonight's Instant Reaction team obviously practiced tonight. Also, tonight's best line for the word fiddle. "What does one play on a roof?"

And, unrelated, but Starface is in reruns already? How many episodes were ordered?

TLEberle · « **Reply #207 on:** September 26, 2006, 09:43:17 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'132717\' date=\'Sep 26 2006, 06:32 PM\']
Tonight's Instant Reaction team obviously practiced tonight. Also, tonight's best line for the word fiddle. "What does one play on a roof?"[/quote]If the blindfolded person said ANYTHING other than "A fiddle!" he or she needs to be taken out behind the woodshed. (EDIT: Oh, wait, you said "fiddle" already. Even so, my point stands.)

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And, unrelated, but Starface is in reruns already? How many episodes were ordered?

Too many.

chad1m · « **Reply #208 on:** September 26, 2006, 09:46:08 PM »

She was utterly confused, so she spat out "Hockey."

clemon79 · « **Reply #209 on:** September 26, 2006, 10:06:10 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'132721\' date=\'Sep 26 2006, 06:46 PM\']
She was utterly confused, so she spat out "Hockey."
[/quote]

I lol'd.

/don't pass it to that guy, he sucks!
//seen any balls down there?