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==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
===Submission=== | ===Submission=== | ||
A designated reader is provided transcripts of Google's automatically generated captions to well-known YouTube clips before the game begins. The sources should not be viewed by the competing contestants ahead of time, but may be seen by the reader, and can be organized by a third party if so desired. | |||
===Reading=== | ===Reading=== | ||
The reader must read the transcriptions with distinct voices as determined by other contestants, usually with separate voices for each person in the source video. These voices should not be associated with the actual source video. | |||
===Scoring=== | ===Scoring=== | ||
Once the reading is complete, alternating contestants must formally declare their guess. If they guess incorrectly another may steal. Whoever finishes with the most points wins. | |||
==Featured In== | ==Featured In== | ||
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** #23 - [[But Cuba]] | ** #23 - [[But Cuba]] | ||
** #64 - [[Now Apologizing Convention Attendees]] | ** #64 - [[Now Apologizing Convention Attendees]] | ||
==Fun Facts== | |||
* [[Tom Merritt]] has played in every game to date, but has yet to win. | |||
Revision as of 14:34, 8 October 2012
Originally titled Lost in Translation, But Cuba is a game in which Google auto-transcriptions of popular YouTube videos is read to participants, who then must guess from which video it originates.
Rules
Submission
A designated reader is provided transcripts of Google's automatically generated captions to well-known YouTube clips before the game begins. The sources should not be viewed by the competing contestants ahead of time, but may be seen by the reader, and can be organized by a third party if so desired.
Reading
The reader must read the transcriptions with distinct voices as determined by other contestants, usually with separate voices for each person in the source video. These voices should not be associated with the actual source video.
Scoring
Once the reading is complete, alternating contestants must formally declare their guess. If they guess incorrectly another may steal. Whoever finishes with the most points wins.
Featured In
- NSFW episodes:
- #23 - But Cuba
- #64 - Now Apologizing Convention Attendees
Fun Facts
- Tom Merritt has played in every game to date, but has yet to win.