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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
Glamazon Racer:
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--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 25, 2009, 10:41:49 PM ---I don't like NEL penalties, but I can't stand the bunching after an NEL that can save some last-place teams which deserved to be eliminated earlier. The TBC, if used properly, can fix that.
The U-turn, if it was available more often, would provide an extra element of strategy.
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I'd think that to make the U-Turn more user-friendly, they should include the number tags the Yield had. At least then, the teams would have more things to base their decision on.
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I totally agree with that. At least if Kynt & Vyxsin knew they were fourth, they might've been able to realise that Nathan & Jennifer were behind them. I do love the Blind U-Turn though - I can't wait to see a team actually survive that and then be in surprise.
Coutzy:
--- Quote from: racer on December 26, 2009, 05:27:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dån (cdfe88) on December 26, 2009, 01:01:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 25, 2009, 10:41:49 PM ---I don't like NEL penalties, but I can't stand the bunching after an NEL that can save some last-place teams which deserved to be eliminated earlier. The TBC, if used properly, can fix that.
The U-turn, if it was available more often, would provide an extra element of strategy.
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I'd think that to make the U-Turn more user-friendly, they should include the number tags the Yield had. At least then, the teams would have more things to base their decision on.
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I totally agree with that. At least if Kynt & Vyxsin knew they were fourth, they might've been able to realise that Nathan & Jennifer were behind them. I do love the Blind U-Turn though - I can't wait to see a team actually survive that and then be in surprise.
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The reason K & V decided not to U-Turn Nate and Jen is because N & J left the Detour end point well before them, so it only stood to reason that the pair would be in front of K & V.
Aualagi:
Hi! First post here.
When I do my own fantasy Amazing Race seasons, I've suffered, often, a incredible lack of creativity planning fast forwards and stuff. So, to do the strategic role the FF used to do, I've inserted a twist called "Free Pass": Before a detour, once in a game, you may choose skip the task and go to the next clue. That's not so advantageous as a FF, but you don't need to accomplish any task either. It may be developed, though.
And I think since a leg had already a task to be done, there will never be a bunching point: It make that task senseless.
But after all, just the "Amazing Race - travel around the world, trivial people, and do stuff that you never was able to do" always shiver me a lot.
(sorry this brazilian messy english :))
puddin:
Welcome to the forum Aualagi :hithere:, you sound just fine to me.
RichInSydney:
--- Quote from: Aualagi on December 27, 2009, 01:45:58 AM ---So, to do the strategic role the FF used to do, I've inserted a twist called "Free Pass": Before a detour, once in a game, you may choose skip the task and go to the next clue.
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I think this is a great idea! All teams at the start of the race get 1 "Free Pass" that they can use any time during the whole of the race. So for example, they can get stuck on a detour task so they decide to use the free pass to skip the task and go to the next clue. It can only be used once so its best to keep it as long as you can (excluding the last leg of course).
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