Talk:The World Series of Pop Culture

Clumsy Language
"Due to the mathematical improbabilty of a victory by the other player, if one player earns four points, they automatically win that category."
 * It's not improbable, it's simply impossible. If you answer four questions correctly out of six, there is no way for your opponent to win the game.  I think the wording needs to be changed.
 * Agreed. Four points out of six is a win. Snowfire51 05:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Bracket
Two questions: Shouldn't the "scores" in the brackets reflect the number of categories won instead of number of players remaining? For example, if a five-category round was played, the team wins 3-2, but the bracket shows 1-0. Also, shouldn't the template Round16 be used instead of subst'd? &mdash;Twigboy 14:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't see any reason to change the scores. Whether categories won or players left, they show the exact same thing.  I agree with you about the template though.  As there are two competitions per show, I would assume that there will be a third place match, and the bracket should reflect that. Manus Celer Dei 21:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I replaced the table with so that it can be easily edited, and accomodates the long team names. (Round16 template is not appropriate, as the round headers cannot be changed.) If a third-place tournament is used, a new template can be drafted on the fly (one currently doesn't exist generically). This way it keeps all of the variables in place during the transition. I'm still not a fan of the "subtractive scores" in the bracket. I'd prefer something reflective of each team's performance, not something that needs to be deduced from the other team's score. But, I will leave that up to a consensus. &mdash;Twigboy 20:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Why do the round headers need to be changed? Also, I doubt there will be a third place round. - Zepheus (ツィフィアス)


 * Because the Round16 template forces you to use "Round of 16" for the first round, and that terminology was not used on the show. &mdash;Twigboy 17:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

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Entrance exam
"This show is notable as being the first game show to have an entrance exam, called The PC IQ Test (Pop Culture Intelligence Quotient Test) to find a team comprised of players who qualified online instead of via an in-person audition."

Jeopardy has an audition process that includes an exam. I'm going to delete the above quote unless someone can clarify it. Cigarette 22:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It is not that the show had an exam, rather that the exam resulted in forming a team to compete on the show. That is, all the other teams formed on their own and tried out for the show, Almost Perfect Strangers was formed by the high scorers on the test.  I hope that clarifies it for you.  I think that sentence needs to be rewritten.  Manus Celer Dei 02:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It is not that the show had an exam, rather that the exam resulted in forming a team to compete on the show. That is, all the other teams formed on their own and tried out for the show, Almost Perfect Strangers was formed by the high scorers on the test.  I hope that clarifies it for you.  I think that sentence needs to be rewritten.  Manus Celer Dei 02:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)