The TV World Cup

friendswithsalad

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Hello,
I'm a gigantic hypocrite. Here's a game idea I've done a few times before with The Simpsons episodes and was quite fun. Basically, each participant picks 3 TV shows. The tournament starts with a group stage (hopefully groups of 4 but depends on interest), in which, each player plays everyone in their group once. The matches involve each player nominating an episode from one of their 3 TV shows. We then open it up for everyone to vote which episode they prefer (will probably keep it contained within this thread this time as opposed to the separate threads in Downs from the previous iteration). The one with the most votes wins. In the group stage: a win is 3 points, a draw is 1 and a loss is 0. 2 players (might be different depending on how group size turns out) with the most points in the groups go through. After the groups, it is a knockout stage with the remaining players and a loss knocks you out. A draw will take us to a tiebreaker of some kind which will be determined when/if it comes up. To keep it varied (so, for example, whoever gets the Simpsons doesn't spam us with Simpsons episodes), you can only pick a maximum of 2 episodes from each tv show that you choose in the course of the tournament. A few restrictions to try and make it fairer: maximum 1 animated show and at-least 1 show that doesn't originate from the USA.

Hopefully that makes some sort of sense. It probably doesn't. Feel free to ask for clarification. I swear it's fun! To sign up just make your 3 TV show selections below (first come first serve, you can't take a show someone else has, no moaning but you might be able to organise a trade if both participants agree and it doesn't mean the restrictions are broken)...

Participants:
The Spruce Moose
The Nth Doctor
Pops
Dobbie
cloneasaurus
lionelhutz123
Shaunbadia
The Thompsons
ohmygosh
hammster

Group A:
[MENTION=45949]The Spruce Moose[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 3 Loss: 1 GF: 28 GA: 13 Points: 9
[MENTION=46458]The Thompsons[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 2 Draw: 1 Loss: 1 GF: 17 GA: 23 Points: 7

[MENTION=20302]Shaunbadia[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 2 Loss: 2 GF: 26 GA: 18 Points: 6
[MENTION=49993]ohmygosh[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 2 Loss: 2 GF: 22 GA: 20 Points: 6
[MENTION=48979]N[/MENTION] Played: 4 Draw: 1 Loss: 3 GF: 11 GA: 30 Points: 1

Group B:
[MENTION=44054]cloneasaurus[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 3 Loss: 1 GF: 25 GA: 18 Points: 9
[MENTION=46605]Dobbie[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 2 Draw: 2 GF: 25 GA: 16 Points: 8

[MENTION=47653]Pops[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 1 Draw: 2 Loss: 1 GF: 23 GA: 18 Points: 5
[MENTION=26950]hammster[/MENTION] Played: 4 Win: 1 Draw: 1 Loss: 2 GF: 20 GA: 20 Points: 4
[MENTION=21885]lionelhutz123[/MENTION] Played: 4 Draw: 1 Loss: 3 GF: 11 GA: 22 Points: 1

Round 1:
Beer (Blackadder) 9 The Gift (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 3
Legion (Red Dwarf) 3 Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest (Beavis and Butt-Head) 9
The Ant, an Introduction (Monty Python's Flying Circus) 6 The Handicap Spot (Seinfeld) 6
Peter (Fringe) 4 Face Off (Breaking Bad) 8

Round 2:
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang (Doctor Who) 5 vs. The Unbearable Blindness Of Laying (King of the Hill) 6
The One Where Chandler Can't Cry (Friends) 4 vs. Fun House (The Sopranos) 7
The Car Pool Lane (Curb your Enthusiasm) 6 vs. Weekend at Morts (Bob's Burgers) 5
The Power (Regular Show) 9 vs. The Dundies (The Office (us)) 2

Round 3:
Blink (Doctor Who) 7 vs. Episode 615 (Shameless UK) 3
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (M*A*S*H) 5 vs. Time On Our Hands (Only Fools and Horses) 5
Christmas Special part 2 (The Office UK) 6 vs. Episode 1 (Life on Mars (UK)) 4
Mary the Paralegal (How I Met Your Mother) 1 vs. The Biggest Douche in the Universe (South Park) 9

Round 4:
Bad Girls (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 9 vs. Sea Fever (Keeping Up Appearances) 2
Oh Baby (Corner Gas) 1 vs. It's a Miserable Life (Beavis and Butt-Head) 10
Gliding Over All (Breaking Bad) 5 vs. The Marine Biologist (Seinfeld) 6
Burger Boss (Bob's Burgers) 10 vs. Tricia Tanaka is Dead (Lost) 1

Round 5:
And Maggie Makes Three (The Simpsons) 7 vs. Yuppy Love (Only Fools and Horses) 1
The Joy of Sex (The IT Crowd) 3 vs. Bobby Goes Nuts (King Of The Hill) 5
The Reichenbach Fall (Sherlock) 4 vs. Exit 9b (Regular Show) 4
season 4, episode seven (Kids in the Hall) 4 vs. Casino Night (The Office US) 4

Semi Final:
Training (The Office UK) 5 vs. Abyssinia Henry (M*A*S*H) 5 I CHOOSE TRAINING TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK
Goodbyeee (Blackadder) 4 vs. Scott Tenorman Must Die (South Park) 6

The Final: [MENTION=44054]cloneasaurus[/MENTION] vs. [MENTION=46605]Dobbie[/MENTION]
 
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Life on Mars (original UK version)

Regular Show


I think the list is OK, but I guess it could be better.
 
South Park (animated show)
Seinfeld (American sitcom)
Kids in the Hall (Canadian sketch comedy show)

I assume the last one is viable since it's not American.
 
curb your enthusiasm

breaking bad

the office (uk)

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great idea, but it's gunna be hard to vote sometimes considering i haven't seen all of the shows above

edit: also do we have to pick episodes? isn't the objective to find the 'best' tv show, not best episode of tv? i've probably misunderstood.
 
You know [MENTION=26950]hammster[/MENTION] nothing is preventing you from participating!
 
curb your enthusiasm

breaking bad

the office (uk)

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great idea, but it's gunna be hard to vote sometimes considering i haven't seen all of the shows above

edit: also do we have to pick episodes? isn't the objective to find the 'best' tv show, not best episode of tv? i've probably misunderstood.

Imagine the TV Show as a squad of players, basicially. It's a 'team'.
 
You know [MENTION=26950]hammster[/MENTION] nothing is preventing you from participating!

It is easier for me to react to people's choices as they'll be PMing them to me. And also I could have took the best TV shows. If we get an awkward number of participants, I'll enter and y'all have to trust me.
 
if fringe is shot in Canada and the leads are from Australia/Canada, can that count as my non-US show? because I don't really watch anything outside the US.

in the meantime:

fringe
lost
the office (us)
 
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Okay, here's my 3 shows

Beavis and Butt-Head (Animated)
Shameless (UK Original)
Friends (U.S Sitcom)
 
if fringe is shot in Canada and the leads are from Australia/Canada, can that count as my non-US show? because I don't really watch anything outside the US.

in the meantime:

lost
the office (us)

I dunno. Wikipedia has the country of origin as USA so... I guess I'll leave it to democracy. Yay or nay, current players?
 
I'll wait until tonight when my lectures are finished. That's about 16:15 my crazy British time.
 
As Shaunbadia only guessed "Nay" and the only other vote was "Yay", I'll let [MENTION=21885]lionelhutz123[/MENTION] get away with Fringe unless it is met with any more protest.

As 9 is an awkward-as-fuck number of participants, I'll give it 3 hours before I post the groups, fixtures and ask you all to send me your first episode choices. (if the number of participants is still odd, I'll join in)
 
Right, no further responses mean... let's start. (if someone PMs before the first fixtures they can take my place)

My Team:
Sherlock (UK)
Bob's Burgers
How I Met Your Mother


Group A:
[MENTION=45949]The Spruce Moose[/MENTION]
[MENTION=48979]The Nth Doctor[/MENTION]
[MENTION=20302]Shaunbadia[/MENTION]
[MENTION=46458]The Thompsons[/MENTION]
[MENTION=49993]ohmygosh[/MENTION]

Group B:
[MENTION=21885]lionelhutz123[/MENTION]
[MENTION=47653]Pops[/MENTION]
[MENTION=46605]Dobbie[/MENTION]
[MENTION=44054]cloneasaurus[/MENTION]
[MENTION=26950]hammster[/MENTION]

2 with the most points in each group go through to the knockout stages.

First fixtures:
The Spruce Moose vs. ohmygosh
The Nth Doctor vs. Shaunbadia
Pops vs. Dobbie
lionelhutz123 vs. cloneasaurus

PM me your choices. (sorry The Thompsons but you'll definitely have a fixture next when 2 other people have to wait it out)
 
what if the people voting haven't seen the episodes nominated? is it just like impulse voting based off the title of the episode?
 
Just waiting for [MENTION=44054]cloneasaurus[/MENTION] and [MENTION=48979]The Nth Doctor[/MENTION]
 
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