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Offline Boring Dude

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Two more routes using my previous criteria.

1. San Fransisco, CA, USA -> Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
2. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -> Taipei, Taiwan
3. Taipei, Taiwan -> Yangon, Myanmar
4. Mandalay, Myanmar
5. Mandalay, Myanmar -> Tashkent, Uzbekistan
6. Tashkent, Uzbekistan -> Riga, Latvia
7. Riga, Latvia -> Luxembourg
8. Luxembourg -> Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -> Nassau, Bahamas
10. Nassau, Bahamas -> Cancun, Mexico
11. Mexico City, Mexico
12. Mexico City, Mexico -> St. Louis, MO, USA

1. Detroit, MI, USA -> Reykjavik, Iceland
2. Reykjavik, Iceland -> Antwerp, Belgium
3. Antwerp, Belgium -> Minsk, Belarus
4. Minsk, Belarus -> Tel Aviv, Israel
5. Tel Aviv, Israel -> Antananarivo, Madagascar
6. Antananarivo, Madagascar
7. Antananarivo, Madagascar -> Singapore
8. Singapore -> Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
9. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei -> Santa Cruz, Bolivia
10. La Paz, Bolivia
11. La Paz, Bolivia -> Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
12. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -> Colorado Springs, CO, USA

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Love The Second One.

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1. Detroit, MI, USA -> Reykjavik, Iceland
2. Reykjavik, Iceland -> Antwerp, Belgium
3. Antwerp, Belgium -> Minsk, Belarus
4. Minsk, Belarus -> Tel Aviv, Israel
5. Tel Aviv, Israel -> Antananarivo, Madagascar
6. Antananarivo, Madagascar
7. Antananarivo, Madagascar -> Singapore
8. Singapore -> Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
9. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei -> Santa Cruz, Bolivia
10. La Paz, Bolivia
11. La Paz, Bolivia -> Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
12. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -> Colorado Springs, CO, USA

YESYESYES ISRAEL

I don't know how much potential Antananarivo has for two legs, maybe you could either go to a different city in Madagascar in Leg 6 or have Legs 4 and 5 in Israel and have Leg 6 in Antananarivo.
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Offline Platrium

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Here's one that has a 0.1% of happening:

For TAR25, since it's the 25th season, everything is doubled. From the number of teams (11 teams to 22 teams), to the EPs (2 EPs for self and 2EPs to be given to another team, to 2 teams receiving the speedbump or getting NEL'd, to a final 6 instead of a final 3.

I doubt this so much due to budget, that's why I just placed it on the wishlist thread.

Does anyone else have a better idea for the 25th season of TAR?

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25th Season of TAR: Newbies vs. Charla & Mirna.

The End.


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25th Season of TAR: Newbies vs. Charla & Mirna.

The End.
HABIBI VICTORY
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Offline Jimmer

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How about just getting a memorable cast and more memorable tasks and locations and go back to more classic style TAR?

Offline GonzaloChileno

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25th Season of TAR: Newbies vs. Charla & Mirna.

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OMG!!! That would be the best season EVER!!!  :wohoo:
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Offline Jeff_

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New route

Leg 01: USA (San Francisco) -> Dominican Republic (Punta Cana)
Leg 02: Dominican Republic -> Brazil (Manaus)
Leg 03: Brazil (Recife)
Leg 04: Brazil -> France (Paris)
Leg 05: France -> Greece (Athens)
Leg 06: Greece -> Poland (Łódź)
Leg 07: Poland (Lublin)
Leg 08: Poland -> Kazakhstan (Pavlodar)
Leg 09: Kazakhstan -> China (Tianjin)
Leg 10: China (Ningbo)
Leg 11: China -> Philippines (Manila)
Leg 12: Philippines -> USA (NYC)
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25th Season of TAR: Newbies vs. Charla & Mirna.

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Prophetic Dream: Charla and Mirna gets eliminated at starting line. :funny:


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25th Season of TAR: Newbies vs. Charla & Mirna.

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Prophetic Dream: Charla and Mirna gets eliminated at starting line. :funny:
NOOOOOOOO

That would ruin the season!
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Offline amazing1604

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Just another wishlist

1: Boston, Massachusetts to Cebu City, Philippines
2: Islands of Cebu, Philippines (can also give a chance for Switchback!)
3: Cebu City, Philippines to Jakarta, Indonesia
4: Jakarta, Indonesia to Manama, Bahrain
5: Bahraini desert
6: Manama, Bahrain to Athens to Santorini, Greece
7: Santorini to Athens, Greece to Sarajevo to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
8: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Antwerp, Belgium
9&10: Antwerp, Belgium to Luxembourg to Rotterdam, Netherlands (KOR leg)
11: Rotterdam, Netherlands to Pisa, Italy
12: Pisa to Rome, Italy to New Orleans, Louisiana

Offline Platrium

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I wanna see a different kind of u-turn: the u-turn roulette (a wheel with some or all the remaining teams' pictures)
The 1st team to reach the u-turn roulette must spin the roulette. They can also u-turn themselves, since it's a roulette. Maybe voting at the start of the leg would do to.

I don't know if this would be nice or not on the real TAR, so I didn't post this on the "Changes Viewers Like to See" thread.

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I wanna see a different kind of u-turn: the u-turn roulette (a wheel with some or all the remaining teams' pictures)
The 1st team to reach the u-turn roulette must spin the roulette. They can also u-turn themselves, since it's a roulette. Maybe voting at the start of the leg would do to.

I don't know if this would be nice or not on the real TAR, so I didn't post this on the "Changes Viewers Like to See" thread.

They had the voting in Season 2 of the Australian version, and I wouldn't be a big fan of it.
Not really sure why? It would work in that it could slow down stronger teams E.g. Andy & Tommy or Dave & Rachel, but I just don't like the whole idea of the teams voting.  It relates it too much to Survivor or Big Brother, and that's the one thing that separates the race from other reality shows, so I'd prefer not to see a voting U-Turn.

As for the roulette wheel, again I think it's one of those ideas that looks good on paper, but wouldn't really work in reality.  I don't think many teams would use it knowing there's a risk of U-Turning themselves, and for teams at the back it would just be a game of luck for them, to hope it lands on the one or two teams that may be trailing them.  I think this concept would only work for the first or second team that arrives at it.

Honestly, I think the U-Turn is fine as it is and any change would only hinder the concept.  ???
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I dislike the U-Turn roulette, I agree that it would not be used, and that there is already too much luck in the race as it is.

But I do like the idea of the voting U-Turn and how it can cause drama and it adds another element to the game which is great to see.

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The voting kind of defeats the whole purpose of the U-turn and like people have been saying, makes it more like Survivor or Big Brother. But more importantly, the whole point of the U-turn is that it's a reward for the team that gets there first, just like everything is on TAR. If everyone votes ahead of time to get rid of the team that's in first, it kind of defeats the purpose.

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How about attach the Go-Pro onto teams? And switch back and from regular camera to Go-Pro? :)

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I want Joey & Meghan back on the Race! Too much to ask? :funny: :funny:

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I want Joey & Meghan back on the Race! Too much to ask? :funny: :funny:

It shouldn't be, but out of all the potential teams to be 3-peaters, I doubt they will return.... :'(
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Though I never REALLY liked team YouTube, I think they were good if not great for their first season, but on an all-stars.... They literally have no chance to compete and stay in, unless it's an early boot second-chance type of season :(


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My interpretation of WRP's route planning:

START: Lake Eola, Orlando, Florida
Leg 1: to Santiago, Chile to Mt. Aconagua, Argentina
 (I mean they've done this drive before so there's no problem)

Leg 2: to Mendoza to Iguazu Falls, Argentina
(Let's assume the rainforest related tasks are far better than the most recent example)

Leg 3: to Cologne, Germany to Luxembourg
(What a perfect way to give away some free Honda vehicles, yes?)

Leg 4: to Oslo, Norway
 (Nighttime leg, possibly of the "congratulations now skidoo" variety. Bonus points if there's a reference to Of Montreal)

Leg 5: to Stavanger, Norway
(I NEED a Pit Stop on Pulpit's Rock. Bonus points if there's a wedding task concerning Grieg)

Leg 6: to Paphos, Cyprus
(Brb smacking you in the face with history and bathing suits)

Leg 7: to Tashkent, Uzbekistan
 ( Kazakhstan doesn't want us, Kyrgyzstan only exists on Sporcle and the other countries in that area are either genetic, Really Dangerous [:( at no Tehran leg] or lacking in infrastructure for WRP)

Leg 8: to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(I do recall good episodes happen here so why not?)

Leg 9: to Da Lat, Vietnam
(and I do recall most trips to Vietnam have a second reasonably good leg so why not have a leg in Paris-litr)

Leg 10: to Uluru, Australia
(Monuments are fun. If anything I envision a leg ending in the evening with stargazing and camping)

Leg 11: to Sydney, Australia
(I know its unoriginal to have the penultimate leg be of the 'party time' variety but I mean Sydney delivers)

 FINISH: Ka'a'awa Valley, Hawaii
(Finish line by a dinosaur footprint? Why not?)

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I don't think Uzbek is classified as safe though the route is actually great <3

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The lack of a travel advisory or warning makes this good enough for me <3

Otherwise I guess you could have a leg in Bishkek. It would def need a Sporcle-related Fast Forward though.  :yess:

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I'd like a route similar to this:

LEG 1 USA to Tokyo, Japan (Japan  :luvya:)
LEG 2 Tokyo to Kyoto (two sides of Japan: modern and ancient)
LEG 3 Kyoto to Siem Reap, Cambodia (a good southeast Asian country)
LEG 4 Siem Reap to Queenstown, New Zealand (WE NEED MORE OCEANIA and New Zealand  :hoot:)
LEG 5 Queenstown to Invercargill/Bluff to Mount Cook Area/ Fox Glacier (yay for NZ and self-driving legs!)
LEG 6 Queenstown to Mumbai/Hyderabad, India (they both have potential but Mumbai has been visited before)
LEG 7 Mumbai/Hyderabad to Johannesburg, South Africa (rural areas outside J-Burg. Mainly used for access to..)
LEG 8 J-Burg to LESOTHO!  :luvya: (Lesotho has a lot of potential tasks could be in Maseru and nearby areas/villages)
LEG 9 Lesotho to Cologne, Germany (Germany is a great country and, while slightly overused, a visit to Cologne would be nice)
LEG 10 Cologne to Bremen (night leg self-drive? Double U-Turn for trouble...)
LEG 11 Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal (I know TAR23 just went there but we need more Portugal! :) )
LEG 12 Lisbon to Boston, Mass., USA (Maybe a Cape Cod finish; there's a beach called Race Point Beach in Cape Cod national seashore that would be fitting for a Finish Line)
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