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I came across video clips on the internet of some presenters on some tv show about American Baseball playing this game, and figured you guys might like it.

Here's how you play:

First, you think of three items...they can be anything from inanimate objects through cartoon characters to real people, however, these three items must be linked somehow...with people, it can be through them having the same or a similar profession. Or with any person or object it can be through them having the same or a similar name.

A selection doesn't have to be all people or all objects, you can mix and match items in any one selection, one item can be a real person, another a cartoon character, another an inanimate object, but they still need to have some kind of connection to each other.

You say "Start, Bench, Cut these three (you must say how the three things are connected)"
Then you go through the list, Item 1, item 2, item 3.
The next person must then choose what to put where.

"Start" is like their star player, going up to bat, ready to whack ball after ball out of the park.
"Bench" is the thing they want to keep on the team but keep in the benches for later.
"Cut" is the thing you want to drop from the team and consign it to the trash bin.

It's kind of like "this or that" only with 3 things to choose from instead of 2 and allows for a nice middle ground for one of the items.

I'll give you a couple of examples.

Example 1:

Start, Bench, Cut these three superheros.
Superman
Batman
Spiderman

Immediately, I'd Cut Superman coz I feel he's every superhero cliché rolled into one and just doesn't interest me.
Start Spiderman, because I love the phrase "with great power, comes great responsibility"...pretty sure he's my fave hero.
Bench Batman, because he'd love to just brood in the shadowy bench area rather than be out on the open baseball field.

Example 2:

Start, Bench, Cut these three famous foxes.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Megan Fox
Basil Brush

Start Megan, because, c'mon, I'd have to hand in my man card if I didn't.
Bench Tails, coz he's a young buck with a lot of potential, plus he's pretty smart.
Cut Basil, coz none of his jokes ever made me laugh. (I only saw the CBBC reboot...the original BB was a bit before my time)

Get the idea?

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Without further ado, let's begin...

Start, Bench, Cut these three iconic video game mascots.

Mario
Sonic
Crash Bandicoot
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Start Mario - he's still going strong and with all the various power-ups/items I'd say he's the strongest out of the three.
Bench Sonic - I'm not a fan and he's had some awful games, but with his speed and group of friends he's able to get things done.
Cut Crash Bandicoot - will he ever make a comeback? A favourite of mine, but hasn't done anything worth talking about since Naughty Dog lost him.


Start, Bench, Cut these three fictional bounty hunters

Samus Aran
Boba Fett
Spike Spiegel
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Start Samus- She's awesome, and as far as I know still alive.
Bench Spike- He quite often ended up not getting his bounty, but he was still pretty great so he could be useful.
Cut Boba- He hasn't lived up to expectations. He caught one person, then his jet pack took him into the Sarlacc pit. (Only judging on movie canon. he may have been great in the EU but he didn't do great in the Big Leagues)

Start, Bench, Cut these Cartoon Network Female Super Heroes

Amethyst (yes, the Gems are super heroes, deal with it :P)
Starfire
Buttercup
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Start Buttercup...how can you say no to The Powerpuff Girls?
Bench Starfire...Teen Titans is awesome.
Cut Amethyst...I haven't watched Steven Universe and I don't want to watch it. It looks stupid.

Start, Bench, Cut these three soda drinks
Coca-Cola
Pepsi
Doctor Pepper
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Start Dr Pepper - it certainly has the most unique flavour of the three, and I happen to like it the most.
Bench Coca-Cola - The classic. It's especially good mixed with Sprite.
Cut Pepsi - I don't mind Pepsi, but it doesn't hold a candle to Coke or Dr Pepper imo.

Start, Bench, or Cut these three famous singers
Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury
Frank Sinatra
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Lemme just re-familiarise myself with Frank Sinatra and Freddie Mercury a bit first...*does some youtube-fu*

...ah...Frank's done a load of old classics...
...ooooh, Freddie's with Queen? Oh, my...
...as for Michael Jackson...I'll just focus on his musical talents and ignore everything else...

...Eeeeee, this is gonna be a tough one...I think I'll go wiiiiith...

Start Queen...Bicycle, Another One Bites The Dust, We Will Rock You...need I go on?
Bench Jacko...Thriller, Smooth Criminal...that cool moonwalk...he's pretty awesome.
Cut Sinatra...good as he is, all the songs he's done are ancient now.

Start, Bench, Cut these three classic cartoon series

Tom and Jerry
Looney Tunes
Animaniacs
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Start Tom and Jerry. Good memories of that show.
Bench Looney Toons. Never really got into it.
Cut Animaniacs. Same as above, but more so.

Cut, Bench, Cut these three breeds of dogs:

Corgi
Basset Hound
Bulldog
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Start Basset Hounds...I'm a fan of Fred Basset
Bench Corgis...pretty cute little bundles of energy they be.
Cut Bulldogs...Supposedly a really british dog...I'm not really as keen on them as I am the other two.

Start, Bench, Cut these three popular sports

Football
Formula 1
Wrestling
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Start Wrestling: Assuming it's not professional wrestling, I'd like to see some nice fighting.
Bench Formula-1: Never really interested in racing, but it'd be interesting to watch.
Cut Football: I'm not a sports guy, much less a Football guy.

Start, Bench, Cut these Kamen Riders(I'mma gonna have fun referring to people you've probably never heard of!)
Ryotaro Nogami
Hidari toenail clippers
Takeshi Hongo
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I have no idea who any of these people are. Never heard of Kamen riders. However...

Start Hidari toenail clippers...is that really their name? That's hilarious! :lol:
Bench Takeshi Hongo...based on my experiences of character names in other animé i've watched, this sounds like a main character name if ever I heard one.
Cut Ryotaro Nogami...again, based on my aforementioned experiences, this sounds like a pretty important side-character but not as important as the main character.

Start, Bench, Cut these three Animé

Inuyasha
Naruto
One-Peice
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start one piece, it's still going strong, and will for years.
Bench Inuyasha, it's over but it had a good solid ending.
cut Naruto, it ended(or at least the manga did) but keeps having movies to extend its life

Start, Bench, Cut these clones
Mewtwo
X23
Solid Snake
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Start Mewtwo, cause he's just the best like no clone ever was
Bench Solid Snake, cause SNAKE-SAMA!
Cut X23, not a really big Xmen fan.

EDIT: Whoops, sorry, :P
Start, Bench, Cut these Ultramen
Ultraman Classic
Ultraseven
Ultraman Mebius
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Start Ultraman Classic...the original of anything is always the best.
Bench Ultraseven...seven's supposed to be a lucky number, right?
Cut Ultraman Mebius...because process of elimination I guess.

Start, Bench, Cut these three super popular Animé

Poke'mon
Digimon
Yu-Gi-Oh
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Start Digimon, always into it.
Bench Pokemon, sort of into it.
Cut Yu-Gi-Oh, never was into it.

Start, Bench, and Cut these three fighting games.

Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Tekken
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Never played or really liked any of these so...
Start Tekken, because of Pokken.
Bench Street Fighter because it seems the most classic of them.
Cut Mortal Kombat cause fatalities, yeah I'm a wimpy guy.

Start, Bench, and Cut these music genres.
Electronic
Rock
Classical
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Start Electronic...some of my favourite tunes are electronic.
Bench Rock...I got a lot of tunes I like that're rock too.
Cut Classical...who the heck listens to classical anymore?

Start, Bench, Cut these three video game companies
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sony
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Start Nintendo, cause they're my favorite.
Bench Microsoft, I play lots of PC games.
Cut Sony, nothing personal.

Start, Bench, and Cut these three anime pink hair people.
Natsu(from Fairtail)
Krona(from Soul Eater)
Lizbeth(from SAO)
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Never heard of any what you wrote...
So other reasons for sorting...

Start Lizbeth, because of Lisbeth Salander, one of the main characters of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series
Bench Krona, because it sounds like Krone, the German word for crown
Cut Natsu, nothing to do with that name.

And now Start, Bench, and Cut these plants:
- Birch
- Clover
- Ivy
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Start Clover, cause I like Ireland.
Bench Birch, because it sounds funny putting them next to each other "benchbirch" :P
Cut Ivy, because, uh I dunno, poison ivy?

Start, Bench, and Cut these sentai teams.

Kyoryuger
ToQGer
Zyuohger
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Yeah, I have no idea. :/ Do us a favour, superstar, and maybe start going for things that're a little less obscure?

Start, Bench, Cut these three famous movie vilains

Darth Vader
Voldemort
Sauron
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It's only obscure to those who aren't familiar with them, ;)
Start Sauron, cause LotR is the greatest.
Cut Darth Vader, cause he becomes a goodguy, so he's not as evil as Sauron.
Bench Voldemort, never watched/read Harry Potter.

Start, Bench, or Cut these Ultimate/Mega level Digimon
Apollomon
Titamon
Blastmon
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I've actually watched most of series 1 of Digimon and a bit of series 2.
Let me just say this, Digimon > Poke'mon.
Unfortunatly these Digimon aren't familiar to me...lemme look 'em up...

Apollomon looks like a mega Leomon. Kinda cool.
Titamon looks kind of like a corrupted Wargreymon with a sword. Not sure I like the design.
Blastmon looks like some kinda frost demon.

Okay.

Start Apollomon
Bench Blastmon
Cut Titamon

Start, Bench, Cut, these three heroes.

Luke Skywalker
Harry Potter
Arragorn
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Start Aragorn, cause as I've said, LotR is the greatest
Bench Luke, just cause
Cut Harry Potter, as I've said before, never read or watched HP.

Start, Bench, and Cut these planets.
Jupiter
Mars
Pluto(I still BELIEEEEVE!)
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Did you derp when you cut vader and benched voldemort in your previous post, then?

Start Jupiter, coz who would argue with a gas giant?
Bench Pluto, a pox on anybody who says it isn't a planet, A POX, I SAY!
Cut Mars...coz it's pretty much a red desert planet.

Start, Bench, Cut these three adult cartoons
South Park
Family Guy
American Dad
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Yes I did derp, :P

I uh, I don't know what to do here. I don't like any of them >_>
Uh, I guess.
Start AD cause I don't know too much about it
Bench FG cause I think it was cancelled once
Cut SP because I believe I've heard it's overall the crudest(?)

Start, Bench, and Cut these three Kirby games.

Super Star
Return to Dreamland
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Start Super Star cause it's one of my favorite childhood games.
Bench Return to Dreamland cause I think I remember wanting to get the game before.
Aaand Cut Triple Deluxe because... I don't have a 3DS. (I mean, I don't have a Wii either but ehh...)

Start, Bench, and Cut these three Fire Emblem lords

Lyn
Marth
Ike
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Start Ike...GREEEEAT AETHERRRRR!
Bench Marth...coz he's kinda awesome too.
Cut Lyn...the only one NOT on Super Smash Brothers. :P

Start, Bench, Cut these three anti-heroes
Shadow The Hedgehog
Travis Touchdown
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Start Meta Knight, cause I'm a big Kirby fan(just look at my username!)
Bench Shadow, cause... "THIS IS WHO I AM"
Cut Travis, cause I don't know who that is :P

Start, Bench, and Cut these 3 Disney original shows.
Kim Possible
Phineas & Very
Gravity Falls
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Start Gravity Falls cause it's the only one I actually watched.
Bench Kim Possible because from what I've seen I probably would have liked it.
Cut Phineas and Ferb. I probably would like it too, but not as much.

Start, Bench, Cut these three browsers
Firefox
Chrome
Opera
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Start Firefox. Firefox is my bae.
Bench Chrome. I guess a browser made by Google can't be too bad.
Cut Opera. Who the heck uses Opera?

Start, Bench, Cut these three mobile companies
Vodafone
Three
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Start O2, the one I use.
Bench Vodafone, they have the best net in Germany.
Cut Three, never heard of them.


Start, Bench, Cut these fruits:
Physalis
Mango
Pear
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Start Pear...the soft ones are delicious.
Bench Mango...pretty juicy too.
Cut Physalis...never heard of it.

Start, Bench, Cut these three rap singers
Eminem
50 Cent
Jay Z
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Eheheh, I don't listen to any of these guys so...
Start Eminem, because I like a Weird Al song that's a parody of one of his.
Bench Jay Z, because I think he was joked about in a Nigahiga video before.
Cut 50 Cent, cause I don't know who that is.

Start, Bench, and Cut these alternative bands.
Starset
There for Tomorrow
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
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Start Starset - The only band on here I've really listened to, but I like them
Bench Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - I've heard they're really good, but I've never actually listened to them
Cut There For Tomorrow - I've never heard of them. I'll have to check them out cause obscure rock bands are my favourite

Start Bench Cut these three JRPG series

Final Fantasy
Xeno (Xenosaga, Xenogears and Xenoblade)
Tales
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Start Tales, cause I like it have played some.
Bench Xeno, cause I'M SERIOUSLY ANTICIPATING XCHRONICLESX!!!
Cut Final Fantasy, never really played any.

Start Bench and Cut these Youtube singers
NateWantsToBattle
PelleK
Sam Tsui
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Start NateWantsToBattle - I haven't watched his videos in a while, but I remember liking his channel a couple years back
Bench PelleK - I used to like his videos, but they went downhill after a while imo (His Kamelot covers are still great)
Cut Sam Tsui - Never heard of him at all

Start Bench Cut these three Housepets characters

Peanut
Grape
King
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Start Peanut, my favorite character.
Bench Grape, a really good character.
Cut King, by result of elimination.

Start Bench and Cut these other webcomics
Best Day Evr
Cloudscratcher
Guardia
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I dunno any of those comics so I'll do this based on the names.

Start Best Day Evr, everybody loves it when they have an awesome day.
Bench Cloudscratcher, sounds like the name of a My Little Pony character.
Cut Guardia, because process of elimination.

Start, Bench, Cut these three famous minecraft youtubers

Stampy Cat
Skydoesminecraft
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Start Stampy, because he's the only one that I think I've actually seen a video of.
Bench SkydoesMinecraft, cause he sounds familiar.
Cut Popular MMOs, cause I dunno 'em.

Start, Bench, and Cut these J-Rock bands
Spyair
One OK Rock
My First Story
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Pass.

Start, Bench, Cut these three First Person Shooter franchises

Battlefield
Call Of Duty
Halo
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