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TAR15 EP8: "This is the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done in My Life"
puddin:
UGH I hated the intersections! Cow lips ewwwwwww
Dånooky:
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--- Quote from: puddin on November 07, 2009, 10:59:50 AM ---Maybe Cheyne has bad allergies and thats why Meghan choose to do the Roadblock? Or its just that she likes being in control?
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OMG! :faint:
Now I am all muddled again, lol!
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Maybe Meghan decided to do it to honor the sisters
apskip:
I will offer my hypothesis on why Meghan is doing a known potentially difficult ROADBLOCK. The answer is the ROADBLACK BALANCE RULE, which says that there is a maximum in ROADBLOCKS that Cheyne can do. I have never found out what the magic formula is, but I believe that it will result in maybe 7 Cheyne to 4 for Meghan (they have one less in total than other teams due to the FAST FORWARD). With the uncertainties of the last 4 legs ahead, they could be setting their team up to have Cheyne do all the remaining 4 Roadblocks. Or Meghan could do all but one of them. That kind of flexibility is invaluable in the upcoming most competitive legs of AR15. They will be thinking that they will need it to compete against the Globetrotters or Sam/Dan.
Let me move on to the related subject of the number of bales to expect. I think that the relative proportions of clues in the bales to remaining racers will be maintained. There were 270 bales in AR6, ep.3, 20 clues, and 9 racers competing. This time there are 5 racers competing, which scales down to 150 bales and 11 clues if they want the relative conditions to be the same. Remember that all teams except Lena and Kristy had little trouble with this ROADBLOCK. It became epic only because Lena apparently missed a number of clues in her bales (which could happen again). I think Cheyne and Meghan are gambling that Meghan, who appears to be a fairly strong and athletic type, will be able to handle it.
littlewop:
I agree with apskip. I think Meghan does the roadblock because 1) she thinks she can handle it no problem, and 2) you never know what the RB's will be down the road, so pick 1 now that she feels confident in and have the freedom for her to be able to skip any future ones that may be even worse.
Peach also said that the eye witnessed thought that the amusement park was the detour. He/she may have been confused by hearing the teams mention Detour when reading the next clue. Wouldn't they get the clue after the gnome, stating DETOUR...go to point A for this task OR go to point B for that task? And the fact that they said that there very few detours, there is usually one each leg of the race, so maybe another indication of some confusion on the witnesses part.
And regarding the speedbump this week....Just Kiddin' Puddin'!! :funny:
Chateau d If:
Puddin, did you notice that these images are recycled from Season 6? (:;)
Check out this from slowhatch (season 6 vid cap on left):
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