DISCONNECTED: The Champion of Champions Grand Final

The three players who've already won come back to the tower for one final battle. One of them will leave the Champion of Champions: and two will be Disconnected.
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Host: Tom Scott
Question Producer: David Bodycombe
Set Designer: Mat Hill
Format: Labyrinth Games / Pad 26
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[@TomScottGo]

And that's our show! Thanks very much to all the players, and all the crew who helped put it together. Pull down the description for all their details!

[@mynameislg8549]

Tom Scott I really liked this series! I’d happily watch another run of it!

[@yuakka]

Pog.

[@js0988]

Bring back Lateral.

[@pincerprithu]

Hey Tom I love your content and please do more on the basics series!

[@zedzedveryhuman]

lmao how

[@aziztcf]

"Do you want flowers or body parts" You really gotta work with your pickup lines Tom

[@Mikall_]

Alright this joke deserves a crap ton of likes

[@legosans926]

@@Mikall_ ikr this is severely underrated

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@Mikall_ THE DAH-LEK EM-PIRE HAS SPO-KEN

[@6023barath]

@2C (02) Chan Kwan Yu Oh my god...good one!

[@tomvandongen8075]

You say that but Tom Scott gets dates like a pillarbox gets post

[@asteroidsonsteroids271]

Alec's channel is now called Technology Disconnections

[@alex0589]

Constantine Andriyanov o r dumplings

[@BullCheatFR]

Underrated comment

[@LazyMasterGamer]

You were faster than me :p

[@imightbebiased9311]

I was wondering if that was him. :)

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

This is a very good comment.

[@hungmale7]

so amazed your microphone doesn't pick up the wind up there!

[@karina-ww9pp]

Yes, it is quite amazing

[@jankkhvej434]

cant wait to woooosh someone

[@SahilSingh-ov6qt]

"OmG bUt ItS a ViRtUaL sEt"

[@Finat0]

jankkhvej was that a pun?

[@harrycahill]

Theres no wind because it's a green screen. They're not actually on a tower

[@anshalkapil816]

Dear Tom, We need a Season 2, Thank you. - Your Audience.

[@TheJulioGulio]

Dr.Disrespect already won it.

[@advanceringnewholder]

Ugh, the likes are in a good numbers

[@xadielplasencia3674]

Thank you for coming to my ted-talk

[@soda_pressed6254]

Heck yes!!!! We do.

[@cagedtomatomilk]

I would like but you’re at 911

[@Eira_]

"Do you want flowers or body parts" is a question that would be very concerning if this werent a quiz show

[@weshard1]

I’ll have two-lips.

[@hellterminator]

Sounds like a reasonable thing to ask your girlfriend. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@polishka7529]

@@hellterminator when you're both struggling but the romance is still alive

[@Shadow81989]

@@weshard1 get out! xD

[@makarabaduk1754]

Tom Scott bringing the smoothest chat-up lines.

[@braincraft]

AHHHHHH! This was SO fun - thank you for being a delightful quizmaster Tom, and continued apologies to everyone for the weirdness of my gaze, I kept taking notes on a notepad next to my computer 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@elonmusk352]

Can you craft my Brain?

[@inactiveytchannel]

Congrats Braincraft!

[@Halo_Legend]

Meh

[@uremailingalex]

Congrats Vanessa! Yours has been an under-rated channel for years! I loved the Sleeping With Friends series! Fantastic work on your channel!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

"Weirdness of my gaze" No, the gaze was the best part.

[@BlazingshadeLetsPlay]

Really well done in all. I almost wish they had 4 or 5 lives so they stick around a little longer or make comebacks. Also having a fourth contestant would be interesting, because it would allow for another "round" with a different ruleset. That might make the show too long unless Tom Scott channels his inner Alex Trebek to move along the episode. Hoping for a season 2 in general sometime!!

[@peterknutsen3070]

I think 3 contestants is fine, but I’ve also previously thought that 4 bars would make it less random, less arbitrary. You can “die” *real* fast in this game, and it’s *very* dependent on whether you get good or bad question categories. Giving everyone 1 extra bar would even out the randomness by a lot.

[@mukrifachri]

Probably for the special TechDif version. I'm craving for TechDif now, can't tell why XD

[@harriehausenman8623]

One more life please!!!

[@timothymclean]

Ooh, and having four players means we'd see _16_ KZbinrs per season instead of nine!

[@moontiger6393]

+

[@MichaelHumphrey]

I realize this is all a glorified ad for SmartStage, but I am now obsessed with this game show and insist on another season

[@OrangeC7]

"How Much Consumerism Can You Remember?" sounds like a whole game show in itself

[@eDoc2020]

Or a board game. I've played "The Logo Board Game."

[@flubba86]

Watch the Australian TV Show "The Gruen transfer", its basically that.

[@EpicJailbreakMan]

I mean, ever heard of The Price Is Right?

[@mutantgeralt]

Or the QuizUp game

[@mutantgeralt]

@@EpicJailbreakMan well America IS the face of consumerism and capitalism so there's that. And no I hadn't heard of the show before I saw your comment

[@danieltaber4924]

Alec's challenge on the Vasco de Gama question was wrong-headed. If the answer was wrong and neither player challenged, Alec has a 50/50 of making it to the next round. If the answer was wrong and Alec challenged, the gain is not worth the risk of it being right.

[@juillotine]

Agreed. It's a waiting and bluffing game where you have to bluff even if you're not the one who's being asked questions. If you're skilled enough, you could even trick the other person to challenge a correct answer and lose points.

[@iansmith8016]

Not enough game theory has been used this series

[@ZanHecht]

Yes, but it was karma for him somehow getting away with passing off the obviously English/Germanic word "dumpling" as Cantonese.

[@Dave_Sisson]

But a number of those late 1400s Iberian explorers were not from the country they were working for. Columbus was from Genoa, not Spanish. I think there were a few others like that too.

[@57thorns]

@@Dave_Sisson Very good point that I forgot about. It was mostly Spain and Portugal that made discoveries, the Britts then moved i with they superior fleet once there was a map they could steal. (Yes, I know this is probably not correct, but it is a good story.) And the Dutch traded.

[@xureality]

For the record, there's one game company on the list: Nintendo.

[@hexeddecimals]

You looked up the list?

[@gingernytemare]

by that logic, so is Sony and Microsoft

[@stevepatterson1092]

@@gingernytemare Sony and Microsoft both have massive branches of their companies unrelated to video games. Nintendo dabbles in a few other things, but they really are the only purely games company up there

[@klaxoncow]

@@stevepatterson1092 Well done for saying "games company" and not "video games company", as Nintendo was founded in 1889 and originally made card games. Yes, Nintendo, as a company, was already more than 90 years old before it even released the Nintendo Entertainment System!

[@TheFerrett3]

No EA?

[@cosmicbun11]

I love how in every single advertisement shots Tom is stepping outside the fence

[@mbainrot]

If it where real, well, lets just say Tom's shirt would do a great job of covering up some of the mess, at the bottom of the tower :)

[@_zoey.17]

This is the only game show where I'm equally excited about the product placement and the actual content

[@kathrinehmunk]

Yes me too

[@BertGrink]

Those ads are excellent, because not only do they promote products/companies, but they are educational as well. But to be honest, I wouldn't expect anything less from Tom. ;)

[@luelou8464]

Adverts don't bother me as much if i'm not the target audience.

[@juillotine]

@@BertGrink ads? I come here for those.

[@simonas_video]

Cool subtitles! They are colour coded with the frame of each contestant!

[@seancallaghan54]

This is actually a great idea for the audio impaired because it shows who is taking if they are off screen!

[@TheR00ndar]

@@seancallaghan54 I believe Tom mentioned that it's the BBC's style of subtitles in the comments under an earlier episode.

[@barmanitan]

And yet, KZbin are removing the ability to do this. What a brilliant idea!

[@over5224]

simonasvideo you made hundreds of people turn on subtitles to see this, including me!

[@nokyan]

But doesn't that make it harder to differentiate different people talking for people who are audio-impaired and some sort of color blind?

[@flavoredchin]

Tom's true goal is to somehow get Victoria Coren-Mitchell on as "revenge" for only connect.

[@MauriceGucci]

that would be epic

[@moontiger6393]

+

[@MethCrystal666]

I really want this to happen

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

That's his backstory. He's like a villain hellbent on getting payback for his biggest failure.

[@crazydo1phin11]

wait what?

[@Papierflugzeug95]

Ellen is such a wholesome person. Always amazing to see her.

She's great

[@Bobberation]

Question about the technology: What do the players see on their end of the call? It was mentioned in a previous episode that this could be rendered in real time - are they seeing the same shot we are, with Tom onstage talking to them, or is there a way to hide a camera in the LED wall so that you can more or less make direct eye contact?

[@DarkNexarius]

Probably the same view we see. Direct eye contact would only work with Tom and not with the other players.

[@kirkupxp]

Correct - they see the stream live from the stages main camera.

[@paradonym]

Others: "thinking" Alec: "Instant answer"

Didn't work for him though

[@iamthinking2252_]

Doing the bluff quite well

[@ArsyaUtomo]

Technical Difficulties: Disconnected edition

[@TheSneezingAnouki]

PLEASE I AM STARVING

[@finndesio9252]

Please

[@sundhaug92]

Gary would be deadly in that

[@thatmarchingarrow]

We need this

[@IvoTrausch]

I'd honestly be happy with them just rambling incoherently on skype.

[@MiseFreisin]

"Would you like flowers or body parts?" - me in February trying to suss out if my girlfriend is a mad scientist who reanimates corpses.

[@PhoenixClank]

oh, I thought you were gonna make an innuendo involving a certain body part you would "gift" to your girlfriend instead of flowers.

[@photonicpizza1466]

Two people replied with the exact same joke at almost the exact same time. When a joke is dead obvious, you know it's good.

[@alex0589]

From it’s alive to it’s alone

[@oz_jones]

Just give her a hand, mate

[@tj_kendon]

Tom Scott, game shows either recorded in a garden shed or the most computationally powerful studio in the world.

[@peterfireflylund]

Or kitchens. Don’t forget the kitchens.

[@CGaboL]

I'm somewhat surprised neither said Disney in the final round

[@m.b.4165]

I'm surprised no one named AMD, GM or Intel

[@gametrashstuff2312]

@@m.b.4165 Or any of the car companies for that matter (save Ford).

[@alex0589]

That’s because disney owns all of the companies named, they own you. Look behind you.

[@m.b.4165]

@@gametrashstuff2312 Well... I'm from Europe so I don't know if the car companies we're having here are based in the USA too. GM is the only one I know which is definitelly based in the USA.

[@falconJB]

@@m.b.4165 I'm not sure AMD would be on that list, I know its nowhere close to the top 100 for revenue.

[@suryaraju9496]

All the contestants have such a good awareness of their “surroundings”.

[@henriquejambu]

Vasco da Gama’s nationality was the only question from this whole show I knew the answer of 😂

[@ChristopherJackson1]

"Follower numbers and talent don't have the strongest relationship." - Brilliant!

[@awkweird_panda]

"Follower numbers and talent dont have the strongest relationship sometimes" Lmao Vanessa taking shots at the Kardashians 🤣

[@eDoc2020]

I'm sure the statement is equally applicable to others on the list, too.

[@ultimateagent1784]

abhi verma Travis Scott also

[@_zoey.17]

12:24 Tom is absolutely right, the look in her face, unbelievably funny 😂😂 LMAO

[@ICountFrom0]

Tom has the rare talent of being able to even make the advertisements interesting.

[@onionbot2]

we need a special with the techdif lads

[@HMJ66]

"Your categories are Yorkshire and Victorian History"

[@mytube001]

@@HMJ66 Gary would win that without even trying...

[@masansr]

Chris would own everyone on Classic Literature and Making Stuff Up, while Matt would laugh a lot and win at Things That Soft Serve

[@AllieWhoops]

This would be fantastic

[@AFrogInTheStars]

Christmas Special

[@mattjw16]

This is the definitely the best game show Tom Scott has ever made! It was very fun seeing KZbinrs that I’ve watched, especially Alec. I really hope that there is another season of this show!

[@mog398]

We lost the technology connection to Technology Connections :(

[@Laittth]

I can use spetennium in a sentence; "there have been too many GTA V rereleases this septennium"

[@Seawolf.Gaming]

I think you mean "There have been too many Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim rereleases this septennium"

[@Atomguy112]

@@Seawolf.Gaming @Bad Username Creator ... Both, both of these.

[@Laittth]

@@Seawolf.Gaming yes that too

[@penumbra0182]

No, there have been too many bad Pokemon games this septennium.

[@namewarvergeben]

That's Rockstar trying to get on that last list mentioned in this show

[@Naruedyoh]

This could be easily picked on a TV station for a question based contest done with contestants from home. Tweak the mechanics and assure security and it could really make a hit

[@evannibbe9375]

TV has way too many ads, I could never watch it.

[@faketp6429]

This is my single favourite show. All youtubers that we all know, the best host, and amazing tech.

[@elonmusk352]

More of a comedy tech

[@DurianFruit]

I loved this series, it was different than your usual content while still being very "Tom Scott". Hope you do more things like this in the future!

[@IguitarVreakI]

Was it always a rule that the contestants get points back, when they make it to the final round? Vanessa went into the final with 1 bar left, but after the break had 2. Perhaps I missed it in previous episodes.

[@islilyyagirl]

i'm almost completely sure not, however that situation didn't occur in earlier episodes

[@leilasalminen8398]

Yes, both players always start the second round with 2 bars.

[@marcsidanparker2373]

They do, on Ellen's episode the same thing happened

[@Lunar_Watches]

Can we take a minute to admire the editing of Tom Scott's videos?

[@camatzuma]

Dream's Brother No I’m too busy watching the video

[@jadeblades]

hi dreams brother

[@qwertyTRiG]

Some of Tom's videos are extraordinary; others are merely excellent.

[@gordonrichardson2972]

AFAIK Michelle Martin used to work for the BBC.

[@user-ld4qt6ci7b]

It didn't make sense for Alec to challenge purely from the game theory PoV. There were 4 situations, 1 of them improves his relative standing slightly (correct challenge), 1 of them would have been neutral (correct lack of challenge),1 of them led to a tiebreak or improved his position (incorrect lack of challenge), 1 of them led to a game over (incorrect challenge). It didn't make sense for him to challenge. Also, this is probably why I'm never invited to game shows.

[@abelimandau]

thought the same thing when that happened!

[@arbitraryending6489]

An incorrect lack of challenge causes him to lose also though

[@pizzaivlife]

@@arbitraryending6489 I think Tom said that would go to a tie break because two people have to make it to the final

[@sharp252]

Lmao but good logic

[@dramforever]

The problem with what you've said is that you'd have to factor in how likely the answer was correct. For example, there are quite a few more than one major countries in the world at the time, so a random guess would be more likely be incorrect. If you figured that the other person was probably bluffing/unsure, there's a good chance you'll get a correct challenge, and you'd have to reweight your four scenarios. Edit: Okay I never got to see the tiebreaker so didn't quite get how it would work (not familiar with this kind of stuff...). I'd say the scenarios are still not equal but I agree that not challenging is safer.

[@grickum]

Vanessa looks like shes looking up the answers on her computer for some reason no cap

[@alaiterg]

The septenium one sas simple because im Mexico we call a president's term a sexenium, as they last 6 years instead of 4

[@lmao4982]

Even just decennium

[@bigdog91paper]

Huh, here in the US we don't really use specific terms for how long the serve. Whether it's the president's four years, the Senate's 6 we just call it their term.

[@elifia]

I just went with the etymology. Septem = 7, annus = year, therefore septennium = 7 years. Millennium is 1000 years because mille = 1000

[@57thorns]

@@elifia Ellen was close, it is not an easy thing as is well known, even of a lot of people know it. Ellen is still among the 10% that get the number 7 out of it.

[@Blade.5786]

@@57thorns bro anyone with a basic education can get the seven easily. but the rest is hard if you aren't thinking in Latin. For some reason I got 7 million years lmao

[@Vodhin]

Poor Alec. He's going to have to make a new channel: _Technology Disconnections_

[@fordsfords]

Many educational KZbinrs get criticized for some of their ads. I love how you did it here! No ambiguity between fact and ad, clean transitions, and actually good ads too! Thanks for this show!

[@Twisol]

"I do know what the word is in Mandarin." "Do we *believe* that?" 🤣 They don't know this madman speaks Mandarin!

[@saltag]

點心 as "touch heart" is a bit of a precarious literal translation, "point heart" probably makes more sense since it's a noun

[@warbler1984]

Okay let's throw Tom off the tower

[@whythehecknot5038]

@@warbler1984 *chants "Do It!" repeatedly*

[@josir1994]

I think they mistaken it from 掂

[@bubbleteaichooseyou]

It's chinese it doesn't matter just one of their word means a myriad things

[@LukeAmaral]

I follow Alec for a long time and I love his channel. I was rooting for him and, as I am a Brazilian, I knew Vasco da Gama was Portuguese and was like "no Alec, don't challenge".

[@rudymartin8583]

"Unfortunately, video game companies have not made it up there yet" A moment of silence for this loss on the part of our fellow gamer

Rip Ellen

[@rubycon9158]

Can we have Matt Gray, Gary and Chris Joel in this show please?

[@Shadow81989]

By "Gary" you mean everybody's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan? I second that!

[@nitehawk86]

What about Toast?

[@GumSkyloard]

@@nitehawk86 Never happened.

[@bjorn_joseph]

Is it the Chris Joel who reads books?

[@simonas_video]

Thank you for this interesting show!

[@aakratimehra9765]

Me: *watches with absolute attention trying to ans questions and stuff* Also me: Tom Scott's head is so shiny in this episode 😂😂

[@jyrgenruut]

Thank You for this short series. It was wonderful and I appreciate you for making it.

[@shiteaterchildbeater3027]

1 year later: champion of champions of champions of champions of champions of champions of champions of champions of champions of champions

[@axeldornelles5292]

Or they just have someone challenge the current champion for the belt.

[@lockyourdoors5886]

"Which Chinese food translates literally from Cantonese as 'touch-heart'" Okay, so in Chinese, it's actually 点心, with [点] meaning 'dot', and [心] obviously meaning 'heart'. Even looks like one. In Cantonese it'd be pronounced 'dim sum'. In Chinese, it'd be dian(3) xin(1). You can Google Translate the pronunciation if you'd like. However, when you ask a Chinese-speaker what [点] means, we wouldn't think it means 'touch'. See, the thing is that Chinese words sometimes carry a more complicated meaning with them that can't be translated exactly one-to-one. In Chinese, we usually provide tenses (past/present/future) with extra words rather than changing individual word forms (下雨了/正在下雨/将会下雨 instead of rained/raining/will rain). With some extra words (and thus context), [点] would mean 'to touch gently to form a dot'. Or it could also mean 'to dip', or 'to create a small divot'. Thus, we can see that the word has some intent to it in that a small _something_ is formed, which again ties back to how just the word [点] means 'dot'. It doesn't _just_ mean 'touch'. This is more an explanation of the nature of translation rather than a criticism--how the intrinsically different natures of languages can cause problems in understanding. What I _would_ like to point out is that Tom didn't need to say "translates literally from Cantonese" because the script for [点心] is the same in both languages anyway.

[@OrangeC7]

This is something that I love about language in general, but it's so nice to see the history of words inside of the characters that form them especially in languages that use the Chinese writing system

[@LaplacianFourier]

Dafuq

[@jadefalcon001]

Today I learned!

[@juillotine]

TIL. That is very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@candiestorie176]

Okay, I was going to try to explain that, but you did it much better than I would have, so thank you

[@vulduv]

Alec last time - *dominates* Alec now - *trips on the start line*

[@asterisque9252]

This was so amazing! Pleaase do another series!

[@jonoliahjohn6800]

I've always been suspicious as to why Vanessa constantly looks down, but I know that it's just my trust issues resurfacing.

[@malup1117]

I was actually holding my breath in anticipation at the end there

[@legendofFranktheTank]

Antici Pation

[@alex0589]

More like technology disconnections amirite? Alec my dude, you were the chosen one! I guess they have the high ground now ;) Congrats braincraft. I loved this show. The only game show ive watched in 15+ years for sure

[@las1147]

What an absolutely wonderful format! Please keep making these!!

Love this show so much! Thanks Tom!

[@yeeterdeleeter]

Why aren't all ad-breaks like this? also great show, can't wait for another season

[@EpicBandicoot]

As a Portuguese fan of Technology Connections, I can't believe Alec lost because of Vasco da Gama...

[@shruthimaniyodath7755]

Thank you so much Tom and all the crew involved. This series was a lot fun to watch (also made me super anxious haha)!

[@m.ibrahim_2501]

One of the most enjoyable gameshow series I've watched. Brilliant Hope it returns many times

[@christeebs]

Please tell us what the Formula 1 question was, I'd love to know

[@Ataku-B]

Yes!

[@yiply42]

As soon as I heard that one I got so hyped but it was not to be :(

[@AnnDVine]

how many formulas are there

[@s3mp3rfi]

​@@AnnDVine at least four hundred and nine

[@jadefalcon001]

@@s3mp3rfi Well played

[@simplylinn]

Okay, this was a very fun show! I liked it a lot! But in the future, when you do things like the category where people are supposed to list them, may I suggest putting the category on screen somewhere as a graphical overlay? Because my (diagnosed) ADHD brain has a hard time paying full attention, so I kinda zone out during the chit-chat section and then I come back when the tension gets back on. And suddenly they're listing things from a category I completely missed, so I have to rewind and try to figure out what the category was and I think putting a graphic on screen would really help me keeping track of what's going on.

[@robert-andreiionita2827]

An interesting accessability feature. Maybe it should be implemented indeed... I wish there will be a season 2! And even more for that matter. There are many youtubers to choose from.

[@kf10147]

I would also suggest putting a link to the answer list in the description bc now I need to know if what I was thinking is right.

[@slep1654]

Yea I had to rewind for all three this episode

[@moontiger6393]

+

[@blueandpurple5467]

don't have ADHD but I also did zone out during those sections and then had to rewind(

[@TerenceHorsman]

Omg I’m so hooked to this show now! Please make another season 😄

[@ms-dosman7722]

This was a great show to watch! Really great work Tom and the people behind it making it work.

[@300blackcats]

As a Cantonese speaker, I hate that ABCs put the false information of dim sum = touch heart out there, I mean, yes, if you take the two words apart, it can mean touch and heart respectively, but dim sum itself is ONE word that means snack in chinese, and the whole "touch heart" thing is bogus

[@mattcelder]

It's like if someone said "did you know the English word for firework literally means 'set your employer ablaze'?"

[@candiestorie176]

I thought that sounded a bit wrong as well! But I wasn't sure if I should say anything, since I only speak Mandarin and not Cantonese...

[@basicallycroft946]

Honestly i dont think its that big a deal, esl people are fine, people dont fully understand cantonese are fine. Its for fun and people dont always understand other languages

[@proevomen90]

I think [and I am well aware that I'm merely a learner of Mandarin, not even Cantonese - and certainly not a native of either] that it is sort of implicit in the question that it isn't the actual used meaning of the words, just their technically correct meanings when separated. If you asked: "Which city is [literally] known in Mandarin as Eastern Capital?" then it's clear it is splitting the words apart, and not actually worried that Tokyo (as it's Japanese/English name) does not really have any connection to the 'literal meaning' [now, could you argue the same with Beijing and Nanjing? That's slightly different because they're both used in both languages to mean the same thing but dim sum has taken on the status of a Proper Noun in English but dim and sum are not English nouns]

[@jacklogansmith7646]

I thought that Tom said "Touch hard", but I might have misheard.

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

Kudos for not revealing the winners of the previous rounds in the thumbnail! And the format in general was hillarious, thank you for the entertainment!

[@upstagedbyadog]

Another brilliant concept; and classic Tom Scott! Excellent use of technology and superb production!

[@MalcIgg]

Tom and all the participants - thank you - great show, interesting tech demo, cool format for questions, and some new people to follow for content :)

[@directograph]

Ellen: 17:32 GTA Fans: we feel ya!

[@DavidChong]

if were to have a chance of being right, shouldn't it have been parent company take 2 anyways?

[@MaartenvanHeek]

Me, screaming Chevron: challenge! Blizzard: challenge! Rockstar: don't challenge! I was surprised.

[@subashrammohan8890]

Indian here, shouting "Portuguese" for the Vasco Da Gama Question.

[@alanvarghese5807]

So?

[@vibsh625]

@@alanvarghese5807 So now I like OP's comment and tell you to stop asking dumb questions.

[@alanvarghese5807]

@@vibsh625 me asking why should I care is a dumb question?

[@vibsh625]

@@alanvarghese5807 Yes, you can simply ignore and find other comments to fuss over. No one invited you to care. Stuck up ьiтсн.

[@GumSkyloard]

Portuguese here, doing the same thing.

[@joofbing]

I wish this series can have a reboot ❤

[@fopeprancis3207]

This was a REALLY great series. Enjoyed every single episode.

[@red_apple1156]

This game show would be great as a premiere. The audience could talk about things that are happening when they happen in live chat, without the show needing to be live.

[@mytube001]

Oh, hell no! This premiere crap is destroying YT!

[@leotaku5216]

@@mytube001 Why?

[@mytube001]

@@leotaku5216 Because recommended and subcription feeds are filled with videos that aren't possible to watch, since they're set to premiere, which is useless and annoying to the user. And those that do actually play at the moment can't be watched properly, but instead the viewer has to sit through it all, unable to skip forward or jump back to rewatch a section. It's simply idiotic on so many levels, and should be banned, with 500 lashings for anyone who dares use it anyway!

[@scragar]

@@leotaku5216 You can find out in 6 hours when the answer airs. In the meantime I'll be sure to remind you every 20 minutes that there'll be an answer in 6 hours.

[@leotaku5216]

@@mytube001 That hasn't really bothered me at all so far. I've only watched one premiere (for an extremely well-produced video) so far and I'd say the live reactions enhanced my experience. Maybe the creators I watch just don't do enough premieres for them to fill up my subscription feed.

[@mikeo.4924]

I'd love to see The Technical Difficulties go for a round of this.

[@gratuitousbird]

I love this show! Please make more!

[@pampoovey6722]

This has been such a fantastic series. Loved all the players and the bants.

[@Thagor95]

@Tom Scott Thanks for the show, that was really cool. I think there is a small typo in one of the link to Ellen's channels, there is one too many "e" in "outsidextra"

[@Thagor95]

For those seeing this comment now, it's been fixed!

[@TylerNovakYT]

Season 2 when? This one was amazing.

[@fiddlesticks9887]

That was a really good show! I liked the concept and the format, very entertaining. The guests were great, the competitive spirit showed in all of them and it was great to be able to play along with the list type questions. 😃😃

[@CaesarIII]

it's outsidextra as the youtube channel for ellen. The link is broken/wrong That said, don't stop doing those, they are great!

[@Laittth]

Cool! KZbin subtitles can be coloured now!

[@karlkastor]

KZbin is ending community subtitles, though :(

[@JJLiu-xc3kg]

Your videos remain amazing as always.

[@smu4242]

I really enjoyed this as well as all the other game-show things you do!

[@AngryKittens]

"Is dumpling even a Cantonese word?" Bruh. It's English.

[@bigdog91paper]

Haven't you heard of Dump Ling?

[@hammerth1421]

I mean, ketchup comes from kê-chiap which means "fish brine" in the Amoy dialect.

[@Aquillyne]

This was so dense...

[@HatchetHaro]

@@hammerth1421 Now, in Cantonese, it is pronounced "ke tsup", which means "tomato juice". I find that similarity in pronunciation for such different things quite a fantastic coincidence.

[@Menon9767]

@@HatchetHaro On that one I would say Cantonese adapted Ketchup

[@FuncleChuck]

Is it weird I’ve been subbed to ALL FOUR of these people for a long time?!

[@marcosfreitas798]

Yes, It is. Please stop

[@nyx142]

For those who are curious: Dim sum is written as 點心, where 點 means point and 心 means heart

[@ethanmoir6830]

Nice touch with the subtitles. I like the colour coded text as well the pronunciation of Adidas.

[@volix333]

Tom Scott’s distant set up has quite literally out-done every talk show’s cheap home set-up

[@samtherat6]

Noooo Alec! Vanessa should've guessed, or they should've both gone down. May your connection be restored one day.

[@nitehawk86]

Game theory wise, neither should have challenged unless they were absolutely sure. Then they could make it up in the tiebreaker.

[@mysterious_drake]

What a fantastic fresh (and topical?) take on the trivia game! Loved the whole series

[@sonnypurwanto]

What a great quiz show and interesting format. I recently went to held my own trivia night game with my friend over Zoom with this format and it was a lot of fun! Definetely want to see more season of this show!

[@alydewji8383]

Tom, the second link for Ellen is invalid. Just wanted to let you know :)

[@barlender_]

I’ll be honest, I clicked because it looked like a Captain Disillusion silhouette

[@nabeelnitro6447]

They look similar though

[@GumSkyloard]

Greetings, children, I'm Tom Scott.

[@MacGuyver85]

Thank you, Tom. 🙏

[@mojosbigsticks]

I've enjoyed those. Thank you.

[@ayrtonsenna6311]

Being an F1 fan i felt a sliver of happines at 4:29, only to be let down.