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So I am a bit slow here...NO ROADBLOCK??
No roadblock. It'd hard to see where it would have been this week, with both the U-Turn and the Speed Bump/And when were the previous moving pit stops?I can think of one off-hand -- Switzerland to France TAR 3 (Boat on Lake Geneva). Any others?
"DETOUR. Two important tasks were related to trench warfare during World War One in France. (1) UNDER WIRE and (2) OVER WIRE In Under Wire teams must crawl one hundred meters on their bellies under a canopy of barbed wire during an artillary barrage and air bombardment. When they have reached their destination, the officer will give them their next clue. A physically challenging task, but if they do not get caught on the pointed barbs, they will complete the task in a short time. In Over Wire teams must travel across the battle field stringing a line of communication wire from the command post to the observation post, and then using morse code to transmit a message back to the CP. If the message is transmitted correctly, and the team member can deceiver the coded message, the officer in charge will give them their next clue."
Quote from: theschnauzers on March 14, 2010, 08:40:53 PMNo roadblock. It'd hard to see where it would have been this week, with both the U-Turn and the Speed Bump/And when were the previous moving pit stops?I can think of one off-hand -- Switzerland to France TAR 3 (Boat on Lake Geneva). Any others?It wasn't exactly moving pit stops, rather, teams were transported to another location during the pit stop...
There goes Big Ben, there goes Parliament...
Okay, i really hate this episode.I hate episodes where teams placement does not change. I hate it when the teams are U-TURNed to do something that is almost impossible. Kudos for Joe and Heidi for even trying to break the code, BECAUSE.. there is simply NO WAY that i can do something like that and i would have given up on the spot. These two totally showed the asian spirit of not giving up! Another wonderful team eliminated from this season.. i think this is the first season where the teams that i think i like get eliminated 10th, 9th and 8th. Like some curse is going on.Jeff and Jordan are plain whiney and dumb and the fact that they took over Joe and Heidi's place in the final 7 is ridiculous. And seriously, any team U-TURNed this leg WILL be eliminated because if you KNOW NUTS about MORSE CODE, you will be eliminated. When did the U-TURN turn into a SABOTAGE to ELIMINATE a team instead of HOLDING back a team. Hate the unfairness on TAR and i'm very displeased with this episode.This episode could have been amazing with the Detour AND ANOTHER ROADBLOCK... because seriously, there really isn't anything to see in this episode. They forced us to spend so much time watching all the different teams crawl over the same spot at the same area over and over again? Some plain cheapskate planning for the race to save money? This is just ridiculous.
Quote from: Joab on March 15, 2010, 10:24:39 AMOkay, i really hate this episode.I hate episodes where teams placement does not change. I hate it when the teams are U-TURNed to do something that is almost impossible. Kudos for Joe and Heidi for even trying to break the code, BECAUSE.. there is simply NO WAY that i can do something like that and i would have given up on the spot. These two totally showed the asian spirit of not giving up! Another wonderful team eliminated from this season.. i think this is the first season where the teams that i think i like get eliminated 10th, 9th and 8th. Like some curse is going on.Jeff and Jordan are plain whiney and dumb and the fact that they took over Joe and Heidi's place in the final 7 is ridiculous. And seriously, any team U-TURNed this leg WILL be eliminated because if you KNOW NUTS about MORSE CODE, you will be eliminated. When did the U-TURN turn into a SABOTAGE to ELIMINATE a team instead of HOLDING back a team. Hate the unfairness on TAR and i'm very displeased with this episode.This episode could have been amazing with the Detour AND ANOTHER ROADBLOCK... because seriously, there really isn't anything to see in this episode. They forced us to spend so much time watching all the different teams crawl over the same spot at the same area over and over again? Some plain cheapskate planning for the race to save money? This is just ridiculous.I would have like to see another team try the morse code so that we could get another "take" on the degree of difficulty.The U-Turn is a very strategic tool in the race. I agree with Luke's idea that teams need to use the U-Turn to slow down or get rid of their competition. This is a race ... for 1 million dollars. Too often the U-Turn is not used by team near the front because the front-runners do not feel they are in danger of being eliminated.When the Detectives used the Blind Detour, they were hoping to slow Joe down. They had no idea the other leg of the Detour would take so long. And the U-Turn was hardly blind as there were only 2 teams ahead of Joe & Heidi. And the arrived at the clue box with Steve & Allie.The U-Turn is supposed to shake things up, re-arrange placings and create conflict. The U-Turn created the most drama in this episode.
It doesn't even seem like they were told what sound was a dot and what sound was a dash.