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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #75 on: March 14, 2011, 02:25:59 PM »
The only thing it's safe to say is Jaime and Cara can W-TURN another team if Kent and Vyxsin indeed used the W-TURN on them. However, they will have to figure out who's BEHIND them. So it's all fair and square. Yes/No?

I doubt the Redheads can U-Turn anyone until they've finished the entire Detour. Brooke and Claire didn't U-Turn anyone when they were U-Turned by Jill and Thomas.
They may have changed the rule, though. :duno:
I know Kent and Vyxsin are definitely in front of Jaime and Cara and has high possibilities of W-TURN them. But i don't think we should speculate.. it's just like few hours back we saw Luke and Margie "first" at the W-TURN and also thought they could be using it on one other team.. turns out that if the screencap above is right, Margie and Luke didn't W-TURN anyone.
Well, it is a little different because we know that the redheads arrive over an hour behind the 8th team so they were probably Uturned. And if they are going to be Uturned it looks like the only team that can do it is the goths.

I am starting to think that maybe the second Uturn is not used.
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #76 on: March 14, 2011, 02:28:01 PM »
I wish I could do screen caps.  There will be some good new caps from this promo.  In one shot, there's a big "P" sign next to the U-Turn x2.   Does this mean "Parking"?


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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #77 on: March 14, 2011, 02:29:01 PM »
The only thing it's safe to say is Jaime and Cara can W-TURN another team if Kent and Vyxsin indeed used the W-TURN on them. However, they will have to figure out who's BEHIND them. So it's all fair and square. Yes/No?

I doubt the Redheads can U-Turn anyone until they've finished the entire Detour. Brooke and Claire didn't U-Turn anyone when they were U-Turned by Jill and Thomas.
They may have changed the rule, though. :duno:
I know Kent and Vyxsin are definitely in front of Jaime and Cara and has high possibilities of W-TURN them. But i don't think we should speculate.. it's just like few hours back we saw Luke and Margie "first" at the W-TURN and also thought they could be using it on one other team.. turns out that if the screencap above is right, Margie and Luke didn't W-TURN anyone.
Well, it is a little different because we know that the redheads arrive over an hour behind the 8th team so they were probably Uturned. And if they are going to be Uturned it looks like the only team that can do it is the goths.

Brooke and Claire CAN'T W-TURN anyone because Nat and Kat used the second W-TURN before they even reached the W-TURN sign. We do not know of any W-TURN rule of whether or not a team can use the W-TURN if they see their faces on the sign. It would defeat all purpose of a W-TURN letting a team who got W-TURN to W-TURN another team so that it's sort of "fair" right?

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #78 on: March 14, 2011, 02:30:02 PM »
Okay, i just want to ask another question.. sorry if this has been asked.. but i don't think all the teams take the same train into Kunming right? I have been running through the thread this leg and see no mention of different trains timing. I don't think we know... right?

I was thinking about that too

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #79 on: March 14, 2011, 02:30:29 PM »
Another observation: If Margie and Luke did not U-Turn, then there must be another U-Turn throughout the Race course, most likely a normal U-Turn or a Blind U-Turn.
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #80 on: March 14, 2011, 02:31:01 PM »
Brooke and Claire CAN'T W-TURN anyone because Nat and Kat used the second W-TURN before they even reached the W-TURN sign. We do not know of any W-TURN rules at all.

Is that how it happened? I can't remember. ???
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #81 on: March 14, 2011, 02:32:52 PM »
I wish I could do screen caps.  There will be some good new caps from this promo.  In one shot, there's a big "P" sign next to the U-Turn x2.   Does this mean "Parking"?

The video isn't even allowed in my country. I need peachies right now. :lol:

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #82 on: March 14, 2011, 02:33:25 PM »
You mean this one, Chill?
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #83 on: March 14, 2011, 02:34:16 PM »
I wish I could do screen caps.  There will be some good new caps from this promo.  In one shot, there's a big "P" sign next to the U-Turn x2.   Does this mean "Parking"?

The video isn't even allowed in my country. I need peachies right now. :lol:

Yes, we need Peach. :'(
The video isn't on YouTube yet.
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #84 on: March 14, 2011, 02:42:55 PM »
Hooray! The internationals can now watch! :hearts:

Unless you can't view CBS' youtube. :(
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #85 on: March 14, 2011, 02:44:27 PM »
Here's a better shot:
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #86 on: March 14, 2011, 02:47:07 PM »
This is just spec, but I think Jaime and Cara and Kent and Vxysin will fight about who gets there first as they are both grabbing for the picture box!

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #87 on: March 14, 2011, 02:47:41 PM »
This is just spec, but I think Jaime and Cara and Kent and Vxysin will fight about who gets there first as they are both grabbing for the picture box!

Maybe production will have to intervene! :lol3:

I bet both team members have to step on the Uturn mat so it will go to the goths.
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #88 on: March 14, 2011, 02:55:05 PM »
In this shot, one of them is saying "Let's go." You can see by their faces that they are not happy. This may follow their getting U-Turned.
Does anyone think the red wall in the background coincides with the U-Turn location?
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #89 on: March 14, 2011, 02:56:15 PM »
I had enough of searching for the W-TURN location. Hopefully someone can find it... i'm retiring for the day.. it's 4am already.

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #90 on: March 14, 2011, 02:57:19 PM »
What are they riding in this shot and where are they going?
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #91 on: March 14, 2011, 03:06:25 PM »
What are they riding in this shot and where are they going?

This looks like they are riding golf carts in a stone forest.  The famous one is Lunan Stone Forest.

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #92 on: March 14, 2011, 03:07:42 PM »
Yes, I think the roadblock is there. You can see the famous stones in some of the shots of them doing that puzzle.

This task is after the Uturn though so what are they talking about?
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #93 on: March 14, 2011, 04:23:06 PM »
This week's press release:

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"Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China) — The pressure builds when a prehistoric Roadblock pushes one Racer over the edge and a Double U-turn causes panic among the teams as they race to avoid elimination, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 20 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Phil Keoghan is host.

The RB looked like it pushed several Racers over the edge! :lol:
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #94 on: March 14, 2011, 04:24:22 PM »
teams arrived Kunming at 5:18(Chinese time).

Now teams head to Dounan flower market.

Not sure they will set up a pitstart there or 2nd leg in China...try to get more information now.

According to this the teams arrived at 5.18a.m. In this timetable I found this time doesn't match, but this is the most recent schedule, so it could have been different in November.


Take a look nevertheless in the two night trains that arrive with one hour difference. We could have the teams in two similar trains, maybe having first sign in, like they did in Sydney. That would explain why Kent & Vyxsin could catch up with Jamie and Cara, if they were all together in the second train.


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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #95 on: March 14, 2011, 06:35:05 PM »
Does this background help any with the search for the U-Turn location?

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #96 on: March 14, 2011, 07:09:41 PM »
She's building a dinosaur. There's a dinosaur museum/park near Kunming called Lufeng. Also at Lufeng is "Stone Forest," with terrain that resembles the cap.

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #97 on: March 14, 2011, 07:12:48 PM »
Thanks Chill_SD! That makes it way easier! (And swooping in to rob Joab's glory...) :lol:

The 云南省文化馆 (Yunnan Province Cultural Centre) is right next to my plot of land...
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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #98 on: March 14, 2011, 07:24:12 PM »
Is this a clue or a U-Turn picture? I can't tell.

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Re: TAR 18 Ep 5 "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China)
« Reply #99 on: March 14, 2011, 07:25:12 PM »
Is this a clue or a U-Turn picture? I can't tell.

I'm pretty sure it's a clue.
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