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 Season 4 begins on June 27! How would you dream up the perfect game show? 1) Be sure to cast celebrities so there's reputations and personal histories in play. 2) Don't make them live in a house because then you just have a lovely reality show; instead, have them meet once a week for a battle of wits, testing both mental and social acuity. 3) Hold it in a country where cultural norms prevent people from acting like complete shitheads. Well, we don't have to dream anymore. I present to you, The Genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQem4x_JGIg That was a horribly dubbed trailer for season 3. Episodes with EXCELLENT fan-made English subtitles (by Clefairy from the TeamLiquid forums) are posted to her Tumblr, typically the Monday after airing. You can also follow her on Twitter for updates. Season 3 Cast  (clockwise from the top right) Oh Hyunmin (KAIST student) -Cute looks and an extraordinary mind! “The Genius“‘s youngest ever player! -Dominates the games with a boldness beyond his years and quick judgement! -Looks that surpass those of idols and sparkling eyes. A pretty boy comes to restore KAIST’s honor! -Disarms female players with cute looks! Kwon Juri (Miss Kangwon and Dealer) -Quick hands and accurate calculations. A Kangwon Land dealer who doesn’t lose her cool under any situation! -Bold plays and an extraordinary competitive spirit hidden behind slender looks! -The master of games that reads the minds of gamblers! Kang Yongseok (Lawyer) -Pay attention to his poker face and skilled plays developed through countless controversies and years of experience! -A politician turned TV star! A hot potato with many haters and fans! -School district 8, Seoul University, Harvard Law School! A lawyer who took the elite course. The elite of elites! Ha Yeonjoo (Actress, the woman halfway down the right) -Possesses both intellect and beauty with 156 IQ! -The beauty with a thousand faces makes her first variety appearance! A true jack of all trades! -A devilish player who captures men’s hearts with her lively personality! Nam Hweejong (Math lecturer) -173 IQ with skills and charismatic looks. The eloquent top online maths lecturer! -Returned to redeem himself. Forget “The Genius : Rule Breaker”! His surefire survival tactics will overcome the 1st round! -An overwhelming presence that pressures the other players! The most feared player and a strong favorite to win season 3! Jang Dongmin (Comedian) An unpredictable player who competes with unexpected ad-libs and boldness! The adaptability and sense of a 10 year comedian. Recently risen as a variety show success story! Level 100 wits, level 200 sense! A player with the intuition and strategy to outdo the winner of “The Genius : Rule Breaker”. Kim Junghoon (Actor) -146 IQ and ranked 67th in the nation as a student! His hobby is solving maths problems! The most requested player by “The Genius” viewers! -A singer turned pretty boy actor! The original umchinah has returned as a genius! -Asia’s prince who won a quiz show on Japan’s Fuji TV 2 years in a row! Choi Yeonseung (Oriental doctor) -Gangnam’s representative oriental clinic director and responsible for the visuals of “The Genius : Black Garnet”! -A unique familiarity that lowers the guard of other players and a positivity that shines in dangerous moments! -A brilliant mind in the top 0.03% of the 2003 SATs! Selected out of 3,000 applicants for “The Genius : Black Garnet“‘s open casting call! Yoo Sujin (Financial planner) -The financial planner of VVIPs that relies on thorough data analysis to map out their futures! -"The Genius : Black Garnet“‘s official big sister with a tough and gentle side! -The most requested investment lecturer from countless corporations and schools! Leadership that encompasses every player! Shin Ahyoung (Sports announcer, the woman in the center) -Rewriting the history of umchinddals! The daughter of the Financial Services Commission’s chairman, a Harvard graduate and the sports announcer goddess! -English, German, Spanish, etc. Fluent in 4 languages and an endless positivity that draws people in! -A charming player that chases after a dramatic finish! Kim Yoohyun (Pro poker player) -Selected out of 3,000 applicants for the open casting call. A pro poker player that enjoys high level psychological battles! -Ranked 3rd in Manila’s Texas Hold ‘Em tournament on September 2012! An English lecturer that is as fluent as a native! -Aiming for the win with the pride of a pro poker player on the line! -A strong favorite that suggests the best strategy with logical thinking! Kim Kyunghoon (Seoul University graduate student) -Selected out of 3,000 applicants for the open casting call. From Minjok Leadership Academy to Seoul University! The king of specs! -A devilish player that plunges players into chaos with his unexpected goofiness! -Handsome looks and a sociability without limits. Lee Jongbeom (Webtoon writer) -The writer of the web toon “Dr. Frost” which will be made into a drama on OCN! -A logical persuasiveness based on quick game sense! A high level player that moves the hearts of other players! -The comforting voice of a radio DJ and his psychological knowledge allow him to read others from a few words! Episodes: Available via the subber's Tumblr. Also follow her on Twitter for updates. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Jun 25, 2015 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:I'd say the only comparable aspect of Noh Hong-Chul and Will Ferrell is that they both inspire the same 'love them or hate them' reaction from people. I think NHC is brilliant personally, and if it's still online I really recommend people watch the double part Infinite Challenge where Yoo Jae Suk (Yellow Suit Guy), Noh Hong Chul (Elevator Guy) and Ha Dong Hoon (aka Ha-Ha, Bob Marley Fan) go to New York to perform with PSY. It's just utterly brilliant.
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Sacro posted:First episode was great, and I was happy to see the first eliminated player was who it was, as he gave me an arrogant rear end in a top hat vibe. Though that wasn't even entirely his fault unless he was insisting that they get his IQ correct as if 3 points really needed a correction and fawning over for his introduction. The jump cuts to his twitching face might have had a lot to do with it too. The only better way to dunk that guy would have been the last trader giving him the 0.
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Dec 11, 2013 23:30
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GraPar posted:There are links to all of Season 1 streaming on that twitter account too, might be worth adding to the OP. 
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Dec 16, 2013 16:18
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Links to episode 2 now available on her Tumblr. edit: ^ 
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Dancing Peasant posted:Episode 2: Holy gently caress Jaekyung got hosed over so bad, and even I enjoy having NHC on this show and hope he lasts for a while. That sucks. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Dec 16, 2013 |
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For those of you who are familiar with Liar Game, are you referring to the manga or TV series? I'm watching the series now (subbed on Youtube) and while I can see similarities in the format, the main female character is about as frustrating to watch as Shinji in Evangelion, and the audience is treated like kids, drawing out explanations in both time and verbiage of how to play the game and how the winner triumphed. It's shot how I imagine the panels in the manga would look, so at least that's cool. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Dec 22, 2013 |
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Dec 22, 2013 00:43
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:The flash-forwards don't really spoil anything for me. I mean, I know that somebody got screwed, but the answers to "how?" and "who by?" turn out to be something I hardly ever expect. It's been like that for me since the first episode with the garnet bribe orchestrated by the webcomic dude.
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WhiteHowler posted:The way American celebrity-based competition shows are normally cast wouldn't work. You end up with D-list celebrities -- one-hit wonders from the 80's, reality show "stars", that sort of thing. People like this are usually participating solely to further their careers, and they tend to cause drama to get more screen time.
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Random Stranger posted:How do you be "under suspicion of managing an illegal gambling website"?
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Insurrectionist posted:Naaah, the subber is a regular on TeamLiquid (Starcraft forum) and I believe people there wanting to see JinHo on the show was what made them decide to sub it in the first place.
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Jan 5, 2014 00:36
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Kegslayer posted:Going to jump on this and the controversy is because this episode broke point three. There's parts of Korean culture that are really hosed up. Bullying is pretty common in the workplace and can be quite open and there's a high suicide rate as well (I think it's like the most common form of death for under 40s or something). Also, there was really nothing that could be done to rectify the situation. What were they going to do, put someone in a headlock? Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Jan 15, 2014 |
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Jan 15, 2014 11:08
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Random Stranger posted:Whoever designed the games for season two clearly didn't think through the possibility of a strong alliance manipulating things long term. They could be shattered by setting up random teams and more group death matches. The alliance could try to manipulate things cross team but if they're sending half their members to a death match as a result they might not want to do it.
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A "joke gone too far" is literally what high schoolers say when they're brought to the principal's office for bullying.
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Colonel Cool posted:NaDa and JulyZerg would be good choices.
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Propaganda Machine posted:Zuh...wha?
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Feb 13, 2014 00:45
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Will the KAIST and Seoul National students team up or have a blood rivalry? 
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Suspicious Dish posted:Kawaii dealer Nuna-chan has been confirmed. 
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OP has been updated with the bios!
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Sep 22, 2014 18:34
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Subyng posted:Goons don't understand human emotions, go figure. 
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Sep 26, 2014 22:03
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Finished the episode. Solid start. A bit unfortunate a woman decided to pick another woman for the death match, but I think the winner was the right one given how they played it. Biggest disappointment was no Extreme Ways, but I have hope it will show up later.
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My roommate never watched season 2, so we're going through them now that season 3 has started. We're up to the episode where Doohee got screwed, and I still don't understand why ID cards were used. It literally adds nothing to the game.
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Oct 5, 2014 22:00
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Suspicious Dish posted:I assume it was intended to be similar to the tickets in Abundance and Famine, which was really successful for pulling off a successful alliance when they traded around at random and bonded together. The death match they picked was also atrocious. It was already shown to be flawed and completely sabotagable when it was a main match game.
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Elite posted:I also think the no-theft/no-violence rules are an exception to the rest of the game as I think the spirit of the law is more important than the letter there. I mean I'm pretty certain that beating rival to death with a lampstand shouldn't be a viable move so long as you're screaming "I'm just practising my baseball swings and if your skull gets in the way it's your fault!" as you do it. Another thing about season 2, when Jinho and Jiwon had their death match and Jiwon all-ined, my roommate mentioned that Sangmin could have controlled the death match utterly by only giving garnets to Jiwon, or nobody could have given him garnets, causing him to forfeit the death match. That's totally something that would happen in the U.S. 
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Byers2142 posted:Maybe, but compare the Layoff game with the Food Chain game. In the Food Chain game, the predators missed the fact that they had to turn on other predators to make it, and it cost them. Instead they tried to work with the surface of the game and focused more on the social part of the game, which sank Hweejong in particular when the mouse didn't follow his lead. Also Yohwan being utterly useless in main matches.
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Zythrst posted:You know this actually isn't true, I've been re-watching season 1 and they mention it in the first episode. I guess they are just emphasizing this aspect now. When Jiwon and company address Doohee about stealing his ID card, Hongchul is the first to speak to try to diffuse things. Yooyoung didn't get nearly enough blame, and it was classic fake remorse from bullies. It certainly doesn't help that Doohee was a completely pitiful, spineless pushover.
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The REAL Goobusters posted:I think Dongmin is easy to remember because he's such a charismatic dude.
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I don't under why Ahyoung was helping Kyunghoon. Sure, he has a crush on her, but surely she can't have a crush on him. He's a traitorous bastard who has no dignity, begging for help, and got mad and people who wouldn't help him. And it's not like he's especially attractive.
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Hat Thoughts posted:What's more important, being mad at someone over a game, or a hot korean boyfriend...the answer may surprise you. Really, I'm just upset because I think she's too good for him.
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Fast Luck posted:Using a draw in the death match to block the other player from betting chips was a good move that I also thought of, but I didn't realize that apparently that lets you choose your role again the next round? That's just bad game design
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When the main match was being explained, my roommate and I got really excited, but the outcome was a little too decisive. The death match also wasn't played too well and included an incredibly lucky move. All in all, a little disappointed in how things turned out.
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MisterZimbu posted:Write down "00", which is a two digit number and will therefore show up as white.
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Cute n Popular posted:Looks like at the very least Jinho and Sangmin will make an appearance in S3. 
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Finally watched the BTS clip of Yeonseung explaining why he wrote in Korean numbers. While watching the episode, I didn't understand why Yongseok wrote in such giant numbers, bigger than either of the players the first time they played Black and White II. Does he think he's writing for the sake of some wide angle overhead camera? Did he not notice that hand movements were visible when he was in the audience for the first game? Did he not notice that Ahyoung was trying to camouflage her hand movements? Did he not notice the hand movements of his opponent when he was playing? Not worthy of Extreme Ways IMO since some form of subterfuge is so obvious that it occurred in the first episode. Only when compared to Yongseok's appaling stupidity does it seem genius.
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Hat Thoughts posted:WhaaA? The Internet video man doesn't know my thoughts in real life?? Holy sh*t, never mind, he's actually good and not bad then.
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Random Stranger posted:I knocked together a play-at-home version of the Black Mission for anyone interested in seeing if it's at all possible for them. It only took about three minutes to do with the hardest part being coming up with the stop names. Here's how you can play the slightly easier home version. Below in the spoiler text is the list of stops in order. Give yourself 30 seconds to memorize the list if you want to do it The Genius way or one minute if you want to have a reasonable chance of pulling it off. The second spoiler block is just the stop numbers in a random order. Pop open notepad and write down the stops in that order. Then finally there's a convenient spoiler block in the same order as the jumbled list as your answer key. It's all on the honor system, so here we go.
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Highly Unnecessary posted:Death match spoilers.
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Subyng posted:Couldn't jongbum have moved his king back to the middle to defend? That's what I was screaming at him to do
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Xoidanor posted:I'm sorry, what?
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If Yeonseung is the mentality king, Ahyoung was the dress queen. Still, she lasted longer than she should have, and it should be a final 3 of Dongmin, Hyunmin, and Yoohyun.
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