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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
Glamazon Racer:
I have to say that reducing the number of teams is not the way to go, in my opinion. Rather - a 2-hour premiere for the first leg alone is much better. That made the premieres of TAR6-9 some of the best. :xmas146
I also have to add that Fast Forwards should NOT be removed, because of the strategy that is involved in deciding to use them or not. I personally enjoy seeing that. :yess:
And I think the positioning of NELs should be shuffled around a bit more every season, rather than having similar positioning, but they should have one towards the end.The only team I ever recall racing slowly because they knew it was a non-elimination was Flo & Zach in Vietnam. One of the best legs ever, in my opinion.
Above all, what TAR needs to do is go to new places that haven't been done before! :flirt:
2old4tech:
--- Quote ---Not to mention if you let teams drive themselves when they're close to the money, they might do (illegal) things that taxis wouldn't have the nerve to do.
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Unless they hire "Earl". Earl had nerve. :cmaslol
Gee, I hope I remembered his name right. TAR5 finale.
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--- Quote from: 2old4tech on December 24, 2009, 07:49:07 AM ---
--- Quote ---Not to mention if you let teams drive themselves when they're close to the money, they might do (illegal) things that taxis wouldn't have the nerve to do.
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Unless they hire "Earl". Earl had nerve. :cmaslol
Gee, I hope I remembered his name right. TAR5 finale.
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Yes, Earl provided an extra element of excitement in the AR5 finale driving Colin and Christie from BFW to the Fort Worth Stockyards. However, driving on the shoulder resulted in a flat which cost them 10 minutes, more than the final margin of victory for Chip/Kim. We'll never know if Earl's driving actually cost Colin/Christie the win.
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: Dån (cdfe88) on December 23, 2009, 09:11:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 23, 2009, 08:51:34 PM ---Speedbumps are getting lamer each season. I advocate TBCs for legs in the same country or city.
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I have to disagree with that. I don't understand why people would want the Speedbump to be something über complex. Come on, the team is most probably already last. IMO having them waste 20 minutes in an easy, yet difficult-to-find task is enough of a penalty. The point is not to make the teams complete another challenge, but to put more pressure on them by forcing them to waste race time. In essence it's the same thing as the begging, usually teams were over it pretty fast.
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To be honest, I was voicing my opinion and not really looking at it objectively.
In a cost standpoint, it might be more effective to just have a 15-minute yield.
ImANewUser:
--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 24, 2009, 12:09:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dån (cdfe88) on December 23, 2009, 09:11:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 23, 2009, 08:51:34 PM ---Speedbumps are getting lamer each season. I advocate TBCs for legs in the same country or city.
--- End quote ---
I have to disagree with that. I don't understand why people would want the Speedbump to be something über complex. Come on, the team is most probably already last. IMO having them waste 20 minutes in an easy, yet difficult-to-find task is enough of a penalty. The point is not to make the teams complete another challenge, but to put more pressure on them by forcing them to waste race time. In essence it's the same thing as the begging, usually teams were over it pretty fast.
--- End quote ---
To be honest, I was voicing my opinion and not really looking at it objectively.
In a cost standpoint, it might be more effective to just have a 15-minute yield.
--- End quote ---
Or turn all these Speed Bumps into Fast Forwards, remove the NEL penalty & then turn it back to the way it used to be. :funny:
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