Ahahahaha... the beginning segments just keep getting better and better.

It's just not the same...

Awesome intro! Keep up the good work


Edit: Watched it, good episode. I think I like Scott better though

1+4 = 5+6 = 11+3 = 14+5 = 19

Really?



(sorry, the math teacher in me won't let this slide)

I tried clearing it away after each sum, but it wasn't obvious what was going on if you didn't know the game as it cleared away too quickly. By building it up the way I did, it makes it clear as to what is happening in the game. The other option was to fill the screen with equations...
1+4=5
5+6=11
11+3=14
14+5=19
which I tried, but then you couldn't see what was going on because of all the numbers.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice precision for clarity; I've learned this lesson many times when attempting to teach the same topic to undergrads, grads, and Ph.D. students.

(p.s. My undergrad degree was in math, so I know you can change the rules of the math game...

"When rounding up to the nearest 19 after addition, 1+4 = 5+6 = 11+3 = 14+5 = 19")

The out takes at the end were a nice touch. Don appeared much more comfortable when he was off the script. Arghhh! Can we write in to find out what pirate phrases were bleeped?

I liked the intro (and the outtakes). Congrats to Don! I thought that it might come to having more "BGWS correspondants" coming to the show. If it helps getting a regular feed, I'm all for it!

..and it very well might...

I like Scott's better as well, so we agree!

But thanks to everyone that said anything remotely close to good things!

He did a heck of a job editing stuff out. It was an interesting exercise and I'd do it again but I don't think Scott would like to have to listen to that many hours of me spinning my wheels.

Wait, wait, wait. It's a game about pirates...trying to gain the most...honor...Wha?

Don did a good job, but it's hard to explain a game better and with more charm than Scott. Anyway, I enjoyed it.

Hey, I just explain the game, I don't write the rules. Well, I tried to make up rules but Scott made me stick to the rules as printed.