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Pre TAR15 Discussion
panda:
--- Quote from: mswood on May 25, 2009, 04:27:38 PM ---
And I will always, always rather see a team lose (or succeed) based on their own ability then the ability of a cab driver. In fact I generally hate those episodes where a team loses do to a cab (even if its a team I don't like).
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Christie & Jodi. :groan:
Well, if a F/F team knows how to ask directions from the locals, and can ask/plead them to lead them to the place, they can have a chance. Except if the locals doesn't speak english, and not that very kind.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: panda on May 25, 2009, 05:16:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: mswood on May 25, 2009, 04:27:38 PM ---
And I will always, always rather see a team lose (or succeed) based on their own ability then the ability of a cab driver. In fact I generally hate those episodes where a team loses do to a cab (even if its a team I don't like).
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Christie & Jodi. :groan:
Well, if a F/F team knows how to ask directions from the locals, and can ask/plead them to lead them to the place, they can have a chance. Except if the locals doesn't speak english, and not that very kind.
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sudden idea...how about: instead of relying on the cab driver, why don't they just get a map and direct said cab driver to the destination like in S1 leg 1?. But in the Ch/Jo case, we know from the interview that the cab driver went on the wrong direction on purpose
apskip:
cdfe88, I think you may be be unkind to that taxi driver in the Jaipur area. My understanding of the episode is that he thought they wanted to go to the Pushkar Camel Fair, which was active at the same time AR14 visited the Jaipur area. The driver did not intentionally take them to the wrong place. He just didn't ask questions and he made an incorrect assumption about where they wanted to go. What I do not know is the extent to which Christie/Jodi challenged that(we saw that they did on camera, but when and how often?). They would have no reason to if they knew the driver spoke good English, but I thought his English skills were marginal.
There is no question that the taxi driver's mistake caused Christie/Jodi to be eliminated despite excellent performance as soon as they started tasks. I chalk this up to one of the natural casualties of using taxis in countries where the potential for misunderstanding exists. World Race Productions knows this and expect that some teams are going to be punished by it. It is the rough equivalent of doing poorly on a luck-based task. With all the excessive bunching that happens in Amazing Races, WRP wants a little differentiation so that everyone is not arriving at tasks at the same time for a boring result.
Jobby:
--- Quote from: apskip on May 25, 2009, 08:41:47 AM ---Joab,
I don't think you get it at all. Lyn/Karlyn were below average for female/female teams in driving ability. Remember that 74% of female/female teams did not get eliminated due to driving or navigation problems. Most of those were better than Lyn/Karlyn in self-driving!
You can knock Dustin/Kandice all you want(talk is cheap), but please be aware that it brings down the wrath of Michael on your head. That's something to truly be concerned about. After all, I should know.
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Nevermind. There's no point bringing it further. You either get it or don't.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: apskip on May 26, 2009, 07:46:54 AM ---cdfe88, I think you may be be unkind to that taxi driver in the Jaipur area. My understanding of the episode is that he thought they wanted to go to the Pushkar Camel Fair, which was active at the same time AR14 visited the Jaipur area. The driver did not intentionally take them to the wrong place. He just didn't ask questions and he made an incorrect assumption about where they wanted to go. What I do not know is the extent to which Christie/Jodi challenged that(we saw that they did on camera, but when and how often?). They would have no reason to if they knew the driver spoke good English, but I thought his English skills were marginal.
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Ergo, even though (according to their interview) the flight attendants kept insisting they were going the wrong way, the taxi driver obstinately took them on the wrong direction until another driver told him he was doing the wrong thing. (perhaps "intentionally" was a bad choice of words, what I meant is that the taxi driver meant to take them to a wrong place in spite of where he was really being asked to go)
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