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Sound-on-disc, a Common card
Sound-on-disc is a class of sound film processes using a phonograph or other disc to record or play back sound in sync with a motion picture.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 40
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 60
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,500
Power 60 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Sound-on-disc quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sound-on-disc card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Early sound-on-disc systems used a ______ interlock with the movie projector, while more recent systems use timecodes.
Answer
mechanical. Early sound-on-disc systems used a mechanical interlock with the movie projector, while more recent systems use timecodes. From the Sound-on-disc article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Robbie Jones. Robbie Jones 57,000 · Sound-on-disc 8,500 · William Baskin House 140 · Gunnilbo Church 93 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Early sound-on-disc systems used a mechanical interlock with the movie projector, while more recent systems use timecodes.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sound-on-disc article was read about 8,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 40 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Sound-on-disc
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Sound-on-disc in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Robert Rich, 1st Earl of WarwickCommon · History · ATK 43 DEF 17
- Chance M. VoughtCommon · History · ATK 41 DEF 19
- Falzarego PassCommon · Nature · ATK 38 DEF 22
- Louis-Sébastien LenormandCommon · Science · ATK 47 DEF 13
- Field sportsCommon · Society · ATK 46 DEF 14
- AmphicatCommon · Society · ATK 40 DEF 20
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sound-on-disc (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unnamed photographer for Vitaphone / ATT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
