We Played A 96 Hour Game Of Capture The Flag Across Japan
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2023
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Created by Adam Chase, Sam Denby, and Ben Doyle
Featuring Scotty Allen ( / @strangeparts )
Editing by Adam Chase, Ben Doyle, Henry Ariza, Tyson Kroening
Supervising Producer Graham Haerther
Motion Graphics by Lili Pereira, João Pessegueiro, Dom Burgess, Elise Heersink, Derek Brown
Audio by Manni Simon, Donovan Bullen
Artwork by Simon Buckmaster
Additional Game Design by Amy Muller
Chibis by Twitchy Sparrow
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New game? CHECK, New country? CHECK, New Partner for Sam? CHECK, Ben still adorable AF? CHECK. Let the new season begin.
Ben gets drunk? CHECK (probably)
all we’re missing is drunk Ben and then we’ll have jet lag bingo
yeah
Lol
Sam's shitty luck when it comes to challenges? Check.
The amount of anxiety I felt watching Ben watch the bird is wild
... followed by his terrifying snarl instead of smiling at the bus stop. 😂😂😂
oh btw ben and adam win next episode i saw on nebula sorry for spoiler lul
@@musicstage3457 I don’t think that they will compile 96 hours into two episodes. Especially since they didn’t even do 24 in this one
@@brasefr i mean it probably means all the 3 rounds will take 96 hours
@@musicstage3457
> Knowingly posts a whole spoiler
> "Sorry for spoiler"
I'd love to see a version of this with 3 person teams, 2 on the ground and 1 "operator". The ones on the ground are disallowed access to the tracking software and internet (still would have a phone for other functionality), requiring they go through the operator for such information. Each team can pay to curse the other team's operator making them have to do things like go radio silent for X minutes, give incorrect information for X minutes, singing instead of talking for X minutes, etc. with the other ground team not being allowed to know about the curse til it ends (obviously they can guess it in some cases).
ooo i like this idea!
@@librariesarecool7461 Me too, I hope they try this :)
This is a great idea, you should try to suggest it on their subreddit as well.
That’s sort of what they did with Tom Scott in London
@@samplautz5586 I'm won't get my hopes up, but a full season with Tom would be soo good. I can already picture the frantic kid-wearing-a-backpack-running-late-for-school vibe and the genuine enthusiasm for new experiences that he would bring to full-scale Jet Lag.
Scotty: "I hope [Ben] is suffering as much as we are"...Ben: *standing with an umbrella with the smile of a child's first picture day*
Sam getting drunk instead of Ben is a nice change of pace
Ben's still got time...
"Instead of" is not a phrase I'd use right at the start. Besides, it's not a challenge so it doesn't count in my book 🤣
I actually like drunk Sam, he's hilarious.
@@radikalskippy they won’t have it as a challenge though most likely. This game has splitting up and getting someone drunk while being alone feels too risky
Sam actually got drunk multiple times, once during tag accross Europe as part of a challenge("commit an american crime"), once in Singapore as part of a challenge in season 2 ("get drunk on a local liquor") .
"it looks so japanese"
drunk Sam is honestly a mood
Impossible people actually get drunk by that.
@@roger4763Sake is an alcoholic beverage after all...
need a 2v2 between drunk Sam and drunk Ben
@@roger4763 i can imagine lightweight people would definitely get drunk off sake. apparently sake is 13-17% alcohol which is quite strong
Tipsy Sam doesn't have the adorableness of Drunk Ben, but he's definitely still funny.
I like how Scotty already seems to know some things about Japan, trying to end the call in the train to remain polite is so nice!
Yea they mention in the nebula podcast that the others realise somewhat early on that it’s rude to talk on the trains so they try to stop doing it. But Scotty has been to Japan before and knows the customs so that’s why he does it from the start
@@jimmy50908 How insular are Americans though? I've never been anywhere close to Japan and I know that.
@@-_James_-how does that make him ignorant? 😂 the only reason you know that is because youre a weeb
@@jimmy50908There are posters and stickers, signage on the stations and inside the train itself at eye-level saying no talking on phones inside trains. It uses a symbol of a phone with a slash mark.
@-_James_- most people in america dont leave america, so they dont care to learn about other places, cultures or customs. Its kinda sad, cause theres alot of cool stuff. I thibk people should research a place before they go to visit.
It amuses me to no end that Adam wound up just sitting there and watching the episode with us pretty much the whole time.
seems to me he should've been doing challenges that whole time, not wasting time
@@ArchieStiglitzcan't do challenges in your own territory
@@denisnevsky3734 aaah that makes sense, thanks
yeah after they went after Ben he should have moved towards the flag as well and applying pressure
he could have just moved just outside the safety zone into sams area and do challenges. when ben gets caught he can go back to defend or use his earned coins to just snatch the flag and get out again
30:15 Fun fact: the reason why the train didn’t stop at chibachuo station is not that he is on a limited service, but because chibachuo is on an entirely different rail line owned by a different rail company
ah capitalism. rearing its stupid head once again
Yup. The lines just happened to run next to eachother at that particular spot.
It also wouldn’t even have been useful for Ben either since it veers off to the east instead of going south.
the fact that Japanese rail ways are owned by different companies and yet they run as expected, the transition is easy and they dont literally crash into each other in an hourly basis is such a miracle. that will never happen in the US i think
@@AllTheArtsyThe two companies run on completely different tracks. They don't share the same rail system. At stations where you can transfer from TM to JR are like two stations attached together, but with a different set of tracks leading into them
It's hilarious that Sam and Scotty are just doing their thing pretty calmly but Ben and Adam are always so serious and act like they're in Mission Impossible or Oceans 11.
At the end they weren't so calm as at the start
I don't know if it's just this season, but for me it seems like in past seasons Sam has been more serious but Ben and Adam have more fun even if it is a detriment
@@LucaGM_ It's a definite role reversal so far! Though Sam and Scotty aren't as chill and goofy in this episode as Ben and Adam historically have been. Sam's "it looks so Japanese" is a total Ben line though lol
Scotty doesn’t seem chill but Sam is definitely feeling that alcohol
I’m not sure how to feel about Scotty. No spoilers, but he learns a big lesson next episode so I’m hoping that changes the way he plays
I love the fundamental idea of the vending machines; it's both mundanely convenient and endearingly Japanese. Also, I love the way they coordinated as Team Colorado and Team Mario Brothers. Also, I love the new music this season. Also, I love that there's another bird-themed challenge, as usual. Also, I love how nobody can read Japanese. Also, I love the sentence "Scotty's on the monorail." Apparently I love a lot of things about this.
Scotty clearly knows his train ettiquette unlike the other guys "gotta hang up, I'll call you back when I get there"
Seems like this ruleset allows for a lot of back and forth play, so it's going to be very interesting when the play area expands
scotty, or strange parts, has done lots of videos in other countries before. he has definitely traveled to japan, especially china and several other countries to do tech reviews.
Literally the series that make my Wednesdays feel special
Same, I love Wednesdays when this is coming out
Yes
Relateable
Total agree
real
Ben and Adam as Mario and Luigi is such a nice touch, this season is gonna be great!
I kinda want them to get "B" and "A" hats for next season.
Wait until they go Super Saiyan next week.
The fanart is gonna be great!
Wish the other team had another Japanese Reference hats as well like Pokémon.
Wait till you see the next round. the cap they wore is awesome
Okay but can we just appreciate the super adorable animation this season! The flag capture, flag defended, challenge vetoed, completing the challenge, all of it is pretty!😍✨️
Ikr! Props to the motion graphics team!
I'm a your fan from Japan. I am happy that you came to Japan. The sight of you fighting against the scenery and characters of Tokyo where you live is very refreshing!
By the way, since Hon-Chiba Station and Chiba-Chuo Station are stations of different companies service, so the only way to move between the two stations is to return to Chiba Station once. I think Japanese trains are difficult for even me....
Ben losing his phone as Sam decides to SPRINT at him is an oof.
Ben is annoying AF, never really contribute much during the game (seeing from past series) aside from downing the alcohol and making a case of how competent Sam and Adam is.
@@lierstlYou've posted this multiple times. If you don't enjoy it, you are literally on RUclips, there's plenty of other things to watch.
@@lierstl Gotta love that hatewatchers would rather waste their lives being upset than do literally anything else
@@ErdTirdMans How could anyone actually dislike this series? It's practically flawless, better than Breaking Bad even.
@A.T. King the Ben-Adam dynamic is the reason I watch this series. I guess that's a huge "contribution"
The dynamic of Ben and Adam having basically a “Mission Control” is pretty interesting.
They’ve done this with Tom Scott before and it was pretty cool as well
What mission control?
@@hamza-chaudhry I think how they have Adam in a stationary spot, giving Ben live updates on where they are and having him plan Bens route
I like how this season allows for dynamic dynamics, so they could switch to a different strategy at any moment.
@@elsebas3167 jet lag has made a video with tom scott?
Ben posing as Totoro is probably one of the most adorable things I've ever seen.
I'll be honest I wasn't too hot about the idea of Adam and Ben splitting up for the majority of this episode. But having Ben be like a field agent infiltrating enemy territory and Adam being his quy in the chair, is awesome.
Context for 30:35
Scotty was on a JR Sotobō Line train, which in fact, was not a limited.
The station Sam mentioned, Chiba-Chuo, is on another line called Keisei line, which happened to be a different railway line just so happens to be running on parallel to the train Scotty had taken.
No matter which train Scotty took, the next stop will always be Chiba.
Epic railfan save. Thank you sir
This is the partner Sam has needed. Confident and forceful to keep Sam in line. Gonna be a good game!
Scotty’s confidence doesn’t always help. You’ll see
@@samplautz5586 I don't know whether it's a spoiler, but can you not?
I tried translating the card using Google Translate's drawing feature. It took me, someone with absolutely no experience with or knowledge of Japanese, about 15 minutes to translate it. At one point, I mis-drew one character and it kept telling me something about a hornworm, so I honestly might've been able to do it even faster if I weren't a terrible artist.
Yeah I tried Google translate draw feature too and pretty sure it says something like touch the nearest tree and say “I am the best translator.” But I know how to write Chinese characters, so knowing some of the correct stroke order probably helped me find the correct characters more easily.
I didn’t even know google translate had that feature
trying to draw-input CJK characters without any prior experience with them is very difficult. you’re definitely not uniquely bad at it haha
@@katiewoz It says 一番近い木に触れて、「私は最高の翻訳者です」と言わなければなりません。 and yeah it means what you said.
He could have just drawn it onto a piece of paper and then taken a picture couldn't he
I’m going to need a time lapse of the map showing the path of each player after the game is done. All the back and forth would be fun to watch.
I was literally thinking that you should make a game where splitting up the team is a viable strategy, can't wait to see how this will affect the season
This is the best birthday gift ever. I started watching last season and i'm an addict. Thank you, Jet Lag Team!!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! I hope you have a great day today
Happy birthday!
Bday twins!🎉
Happy birthday!
Adam on a phone on a train in Japan. He’s a brave man.
He's a brave man in general, Remeber:
Stopping cars to beg for a dollar in season 1.
Vomiting all over the track in season 2 for the pastry mile.
Running around Paris in a disguise,
And so on...
As Sam once said in season 3 - "He's not afraid to look like a fool in public..." lol.
@@livethefuture2492 Talking on the phone while on a train is not a matter of making yourself like a fool though, it's considered rude in Japan.
That translation challenge was actually pretty easy. Japanese language pack of Google keyboard supports writing input. All ben had to do was write it to the google translate.
Brilliant. I love the Matrix vibes from Ben and Adam on the phone: "Operator, I need an exit!"
If you die in Jet Lag, you die in real life.
as someone who knows japanese + has kinda navigated their way around Tokyo a few times, the fact that Scotty does seem to know their way around is a *huge* advantage. And can Adam technically take the Shinkansen to yokohama? lol
edit: eh taking the limited instead of the local train happens to everyone in a rush. still think Scotty knows his way around better than Ben/Adam though. and judging by the ruleset, actually EVERYONE can take the shinkansen a stop or two lol when it makes sense no?
If they don’t take the Shinkansen at some point I will be very disappointed
@@PersonYayyyi was just hoping that someone would hop onto the idea that the shinkansen stops at shinagawa and yokohama 😢😢
@@PersonYayyythey will probably have to for future episodes, so dw
@@PersonYayyy they probably will in stages 2 and 3 out of necessity. In Tokyo, google maps doesn't default to it for cost + efficiency reasons, but there could be a couple niche scenarios where it would work, mostly to throw the other team off though rather than any real time benefit i'd think.
I don't think this will come into play given where the flags are this round, but the Chuo line rapid/local train, and taking alternate routes w/ the metro/other train providers (which is easy in Tokyo) could provide more fuckery too. tokyo's train system is just so complicated for a lot of fun. though im not familiar enough with it to fully know how many possibilities there may be.
Won't the distance between stops be so long, that they need to save up lots of coins for it? Seems like a risk reward thing, having to stay in place long doing challenges, and also risking the coins being stolen while saving them up.
These new map avatars are absolutely adorable. I couldn't help but stop the video to take a closer look and appreciate them every time the map came up. 😄
Ben's "hide the pain" totoro grin is SUCH A MOOD
As somebody who lives in Chiba, very close to the railway line Ben and subsequently Sam+Scotty took towards Chiba station from Tokyo, it bewilders me that there must have been some point of time in the past where I was less than a kilometer away from them and never even knew. Exciting stuff, can't wait to watch the rest!
I'm even more bewildered. My wife and I were in Tokyo for about a week mid-April and my wife saw a poster in the video about a drama "to be released" around when we were in Tokyo. So we were taking some of these same trains not long after them without knowing it.
Birdwatching has never been so thrilling. I love this show so much.
Ben and Adam starting off going "It's all in Japanese!!!" gives me a very good sense of the way this is gonna go 😅
It sucks because Ben picked a website for translating kanji that cares about stroke order. Google translate has a tool that lets you draw kanji (and doesn't care about stroke order) and he could have done this in like 5 minutes if he had gone that route.
I can't stop shouting at the screen - no, the other way. It's too early. It's over there! ... Kinshicho! ... ahhh!! That was fun \(^_^)/ Go Scotty! Great job guys!
That really was fun
I definitely thought about you a number of times while playing the game! It was often, “I bet John thinks we’re totally noobs right about now” 😂
yeah this is gunna be a rough one for people with a good grasp of japan/travel in japan XD
If anyone else is cringing about them calling people on the trains (considered very rude in Japan), good news: they said on reddit that they realized later in the season and stopped.
I was wondering why Scotty kept hanging up on Sam, but he seemed to know Tokyo better than the others so I assumed there must be a cultural thing there 😂
Was looking for this comment lol
Even worse, sitting on the Priority Seat where electronics and loudly talking are discouraged 😅
This is why Ben and Adam should never ever be separated! They are like two adorable sides of the same coin.
30:47 Somewhat important correction: no matter which train Scotty gets on in Hon Chiba (even if it’s a local, not a limited), he would never be able to stop at Chiba Chuo because they are on two completely different lines, under completely different railway companies!
Hon Chiba is a JR station. Chiba Chuo is a Keisei station. The reason it’s confusing on a map is because the JR line and Keisei line are physically parallel to each other on the map, so they almost look like the same line, but actually have completely different stops. Yay Japan!
best show on youtube by a mile, the only channel i actively look forward to every upload for!! you guys are so inspiring
Travel tip:
Adam said he needed to wait 9 minutes to head back south, but that's not entirely correct.
You see, the Ueno-Tokyo line train are less frequent because of its nature being long-distance trains running to Tokyo's neighboring suburb cities.
What he can do, is to immediately head to the Yamanote/Keihin-Tohoku Line southbound platform and take whatever the first train arrives. The frequency is much higher!
Adam needed to go south for some distance. Ueno-Tokyo line is faster than Yamanote/Keihin because there are fewer stops in between.
This channel is criminally underrated, the quality is insane
Its so nice that we already have a new season but I miss Toby so muuuch, she was so fun
This looks awesome! The sprites for the players are very well stylized
Jet lag is such a nice consistent piece of amazing content to look forward to whernever a season is running, love that this channel exists
Jet Lag is just one of those things you watch for like 5 hours to finish a series non stop becasue how good it is
I specifically don't watch the newest season until it's fully released because I want to binge it
The continuous decision to pair Sam with the most charismatic and sweet people was so smart! Really balances out the teams better.
So pumped about being in Japan. Absolutely love visiting the country and the transit system is just awesome.
Not too confusing if you didn't have to rush.
As someone who lived in the Tokyo area for almost two years, I will say that knowing which stops are express stops will change your life when you are trying to make it around places.
Though I can say that a ten second check on google maps would have told Scott that the trains from Hon-Chiba don't stop at Chiba Chuo.
And the trains at Chiba Chuo wouldn't get Ben out of enemy territory unless he went back towards Tokyo.
These avatars are really cute looking.
I was strangely a bit anxious with all these challenges and running around, because it doesn't really fit well in Japan to be all that excited and showing off when you're a foreigner.
And you should care about that because?
All in for #teamBen.. and I love Japan. I am curious about how the chaotic energy of this crew will survive in Japan.
Scotty has a great purposefulness and drive that other guests haven't which is quite nice!
I know the new season literally just started (and it’s great by the way) but I just got an idea that could be fun. What if in a future season you race to see who can visit the most tourist attractions in the world in a set period of time? Once someone visits something though it’s off limits. Also, I’m talking specifically about the major attractions, things like the Eiffel Tower and Colosseum of Rome. I realize international travel is expensive so I don’t know if it’s in the budget to do or not. If not though you could totally do a scaled down version or even give each person a budget and if they spend that to go to one place or five, that’s all they get.
they have done circumvent the world so the budget is there
@@tijmen131 true 👍
There could also be a few tiers, where you have to claim 3 of the previous tier in a country (worth less) to get higher tiers. Claiming the highest one of a continent would lock the rest of it from both teams.
This season is breaking. New. Ground. Sam drunk instead of Ben? Amazing. The quality content we've all been asking for
Sam has had liquor before, in Tag Across Europe when the challenge was to break an American law (having alcohol in public). So perhaps the rule is that Ben gets hammered, but Sam has a reasonable amount to drink sometimes.
Sam actually got drunk multiple times, once during tag accross Europe as part of a challenge("commit an american crime"), once in Singapore as part of a challenge in season 2 ("get drunk on a local liquor") .
Knowing Japanese made me so happy for that, knowing that I'll go to Tokyo next year and I'll just be able to read stuff
Damn it’s honestly really cool that they have 100k people supporting the show over there! I’ve always been curious how many have switched over
I’ve been to Japan, and seeing them being in places I’ve been is pretty cool, but Ben butchering the Yamanote line was hilarious for me. Tamachi is the station I stayed near.
Love the work you did with captions. Much appreciated from someone who puts CC on everything
Woah these animations got crazier and crazier over time, each time I thought you couldn't get more perfect but yet here we are. Keep it up!!!
The artwork, animation, chibis, it all looks SO beautiful!! Congratulations to the Teams that worked on it, amazing job. Ben's chibi is just the cutest thing!
the character art is so cute! the little mario and luigi hats for ben and adam are so fun
Happy to see the next game up! I love you creativity and work you guys put into these games. They really are amazing to watch, and every time there is a period where nothing gets uploaded in between seasons, I crave for the next one to appear! Keep up the good work, guys!
I am so happy the series is back. It's one of the highlights of the week to look forward to.
New series idea: NYC version since NYC now has water ferries and convoluted subways. There are also so many hidey spots since tracking signals disappear. So you have to look extra hard for people underground.
I think the HAI staff all live in NYC, so it wouldn't have the same element of having to figure out the system. Not necessarily a bad thing.
Last season I was rooting for Sam and Toby, this season I’m all in for Ben and Adam!
Man its such a great feeling to wake up on a Wednesday morning and see a new jet lag season. Yall are so entertaining and I'm really glad yall keep this series up.
Man this season is INTENSE! I think the dynamic in this game is really well done, especially the game of chicken with ben! Man i could feel the tension throughout the whole thing, it was exciting.
Really well done this season guys!
These videos are genuinely some of the best on all of youtube!
The graphics are so so good! Always showing a map, how far you guys are apart, the challenges, the explanations, the rules. honestly so so so well thought out and produced it's crazy!
Ben and Adam with the Mario Brother hats is amazing :D
Viewers! Happy new season!
What other games would you like to see in the future?
I would be happy to see something about navigating through mountains without an electronic map (Switzerland with only printed maps or example).
And definitely a zombie tag. Zombies can use transport but cannot run on feet, humans can run but can't use transport. Human tagged becomes a zombie. Zombies try to surround/exhaust humans and convert them all. There is no winner in this game, but it's the process which is fun.
bro wants them to die in the swiss mountains 💀
@@chbmckie no. Roads and trails, no rock climbing
I want tag across Europe 2
So happy to see Scotty back doing content, the vending machine park video he did with John (@onlyinjapan) the other day was great too, love to see the return of Strange Parts!
YES! Let's go, so hyped to see Jet Lag back! This literally makes my week, every week, and it's why I look forward to Wednesdays. Keep it up fellows, I love all of your seasons!
As a seasoned tourist in Japan, it's really funny to see you guys get confused by the Tokyo train system. You really need a few days to acclimatise over there 😅.
Thanks for the great subtitles 🎉
This is such a cool concept. Loved it!!!
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
Thats not just Tokyo, but the whole metropolitan area, including Chiba, Yokohama, Saitama and other big cities
As someone from Colorado I cannot get over how much Sam looks like he's from Colorado
this is intense and amazing. Really well done y'all, can't wait for the rest of the season
I'm so excited that yall are in my home country. I can't wait to see how far into tohoku ( northern part of honshu) region yall are able to explore as it's such a beautiful region that doesn't get a lot of tourism compared to Tokyo/western Japan
Guess we all waiting for part 2 release
😢
The Japanese word for jet lag is 時差ボケ (jisa boke) and literally means "time difference blur"
It's about the time differences you blur along the way.
First episode and I can already tell this is going to be a great season. Between the language barrier causing mistakes and chases being much more tense because of the camera-tag/safe zone rules, it’s going to be a tense game.
Masterpiece, can't wait for episode 2
3:20 Into this video and it already hurts to be a Ben & Adam supporter
Just what I needed for some minutes off from studying for my final exams. A great, compact gift that'll last for days. Thanks Jet Lag Team!
I've been waiting for this! So happy I have this to enjoy each week now 🔥
This is awesome! I always love how the challenges incoperate the countries' culture, and that you guys always have a unique concept! Looking forward to the rest of the series :)
You know what sucks about this episode? Google Translate has handwriting input mode. I use it to translate JP→EN all the time, and Ben could've achieved the challenge.
Never clicked on a video as fast as I did when this appeared. Wednesday's are back to Jet Lag days and i couldn't be happier! ❤
I’ve been team ben and Adam for so long
This is the best season so far, keep up the good work!
Ok, any bets on which episode Ben will get drunk in?
4th
I’m going to say 3rd
5th
3rd, I guess I’ll see tomorrow since I have nebula
Let's go, Jet Lag is back!! That's my wednesday afternoon entertainment sorted, awesome!
Oh man I'm so excited! Each season gets better and better, really interesting ideas and executed perfectly 👌
I love the cute character icons! Also I love Sam and Scotty representing Colorado with their flag.
I also love the "Veto" animation is a katana instead of scissors.
this season would be perfect for a duolingo sponsorship
ok i have a question,
if the rule is that they need to pay to travel while inside the enemy territory, and they used most of Sams budget to reach the point where they failed the challenge, shouldnt they had to expend Scotty's budget on the way back to their zone? meaning they should not have any money to go pass the neutral zone?
also what is Adam's current budget? i asume he wasted some of it on that early detour.
Thank you for just making everything so much better
This is the best birthday present period! I was just talking about JetLag earlier this morning and what do I see in my notifications but the season premiere of the Japan season let’s go!! I can’t wait to see how this season plays out