Are there any Tournaments in store for Season 38?

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opusthepenguin wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:59 pm
Sherm wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:06 pm I want the seniors tournament brought back, and it has nothing to do with me turning 55 in a couple of months.
Same here. I want the seniors tournament brought back, and it has nothing to do with you turning 55 in a couple of months.
Whippersnappers. If they bring it back, it should be limited to those of us born while Harry and Bess (or Frankie and Eleanor) were in the White House.
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AFRET CMS wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:51 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:59 pm
Sherm wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:06 pm I want the seniors tournament brought back, and it has nothing to do with me turning 55 in a couple of months.
Same here. I want the seniors tournament brought back, and it has nothing to do with you turning 55 in a couple of months.
Whippersnappers. If they bring it back, it should be limited to those of us born while Harry and Bess (or Frankie and Eleanor) were in the White House.
That seems typically fair. The Seniors Tournament can be Boomers only and the regular game can be for Millennials and younger. That covers everyone!
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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:16 pm
AFRET CMS wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:51 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:59 pm
Sherm wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:06 pm I want the seniors tournament brought back, and it has nothing to do with me turning 55 in a couple of months.
Same here. I want the seniors tournament brought back, and it has nothing to do with you turning 55 in a couple of months.
Whippersnappers. If they bring it back, it should be limited to those of us born while Harry and Bess (or Frankie and Eleanor) were in the White House.
That seems typically fair. The Seniors Tournament can be Boomers only and the regular game can be for Millennials and younger. That covers everyone!
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the NCC airdates have officially been announced, no news about the format yet or anything though.
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It said 36 players with nine hour-long episodes.

So nine teams of four?
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Bamaman wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 3:07 pm It said 36 players with nine hour-long episodes.

So nine teams of four?
Perhaps it's 36 students from 12 colleges in teams of three players more like Peyton's College Bowl.

An hour show can have two games for the preliminary rounds?
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These are 1 hour shows, so two shows per airdate.

one possibility is they get rid of the team format and do this (although I doubt it):

16 games before championship

36 players / 3 = 12 games

12 winners / 3 = 4 games

4 podium final match
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Assuming 16 games followed by a two-game championship match, I don't think you can get from 36 teams down to 3 without some fundamentally unfair fudging, e.g., elimination of low-scoring winners.

But if we have 18 two-player teams, that would mean six quarterfinals producing 6 winners plus 6 wildcard advancers among high-scoring nonwinners. Those twelve teams could then compete in four matches to produce 4 winners plus 2 wildcard advancers. We have 6 teams and six games left before the finals in which to narrow 6 teams to 3 teams. Perhaps two two-game matches could give us two finalists, and a third two-game match played by three high-scoring nonwinners of those two matches would give a third finalist.

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Robert K S wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 4:56 pm But if we have 18 two-player teams, that would mean six quarterfinals producing 6 winners plus 6 wildcard advancers among high-scoring nonwinners. Those twelve teams could then compete in four matches to produce 4 winners plus 2 wildcard advancers. We have 6 teams and six games left before the finals in which to narrow 6 teams to 3 teams. Perhaps two two-game matches could give us two finalists, and a third two-game match played by three high-scoring nonwinners of those two matches would give a third finalist.
I think the first part of this is right on the money. 18 teams, two players each and six quarterfinal games. I'm not sure how they'll determine who plays in the semifinals.
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I can't find an official ABC press release (which a few sources claim to cite), but it looks like these 36 players are from 36 different schools… seems unlikely they'd pair them up.

I'm guessing for logistics purposes we'll have "pods" of nine players, each playing down to a single player over two nights. As others have pointed out, that'd be four finalists.

S&P probably wouldn't allow wild cards if all eligible players aren't sequestered (tough to do over four non-finals taping days), and a fourth podium seems unlikely (it would look really bad on screen with COVID spacing), so I'm stuck here
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Vermonter wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:40 pm I can't find an official ABC press release (which a few sources claim to cite), but it looks like these 36 players are from 36 different schools… seems unlikely they'd pair them up.

I'm guessing for logistics purposes we'll have "pods" of nine players, each playing down to a single player over two nights. As others have pointed out, that'd be four finalists.

S&P probably wouldn't allow wild cards if all eligible players aren't sequestered (tough to do over four non-finals taping days), and a fourth podium seems unlikely (it would look really bad on screen with COVID spacing), so I'm stuck here
I've said often enough, a show will usually do what is easiest as easiest is also usually cheaper.

Just because they haven't moved the three podiums back together yet for regular games doesn't mean they can't, and there's no reason they should at this point in the pandemic.

With all the protocols, everyone on set is vaccinated/tested. This means there is no reason they can't have the podiums closer together for four when needed for what will amount to about 45 minutes of game time, and add some time for other production reasons.

I really see a four player final here.
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Seems like they picked a bad time for it because it will be competing with the Olympics.
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Vermonter wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:40 pm I can't find an official ABC press release (which a few sources claim to cite), but it looks like these 36 players are from 36 different schools… seems unlikely they'd pair them up.

I'm guessing for logistics purposes we'll have "pods" of nine players, each playing down to a single player over two nights. As others have pointed out, that'd be four finalists.

S&P probably wouldn't allow wild cards if all eligible players aren't sequestered (tough to do over four non-finals taping days), and a fourth podium seems unlikely (it would look really bad on screen with COVID spacing), so I'm stuck here
In the era of widescreen and HD, 4 podiums seems like a natural fit for the screen, surprised it hasn't been revisited sooner.
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