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How to win
Coutzy:
--- Quote from: DeafRacer on January 29, 2010, 03:36:47 PM ---Only reason Tammy & Victor U-Turned Kisha + Jen because of the deal we made during the TBC leg. After the swim challenge we had to stay at some place for few hours before the shops opens to search for gnomes, that's when the deal was struck. Soon as Tammy & Victor showed up, they approached Jaime & Cara and us to make a deal that we all would protect each other and U-Turn Kisha & Jen. I think he only did that because he probably knew that Jaime & Cara and Mom & I would U-Turn Tammy & Victor in a heartbeat in case we gets there to U-Turn before they does. I thought Tammy & Victor should have U-Turned Mom and me, not Kisha & Jen. Again, I think other reason Victor didn't want to U-Turn us because there's no way that Mom and I could have pulled it off at the Chinese Waiter task. That would have been an easy way to screw us up. I'm just glad that Tammy & Victor stick with the deal!
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Hindsight is 20/20. U-Turning Kisha and Jen, I think, was a mistake. Given that the final tasks were in hawaii, and one of them involved swimming in the ocean. Kisha and Jen would never have been able to complete that task quickly. Of course there's no way anybody could have known that task was coming up, I'm just saying.
DavidJunior:
I say U-turning Kisha/Jen was an overall good decision
I mean, they would've killed the pig carrying task
And if Jen was the one driving the jetski the ocean task might not have had as much weight as the actual swimming challenges in Beijing
And who knows how well they would do in the final task?
And if it were a race to the finish line Kisha/Jen would've won hands down
Glamazon Racer:
I consider Margie & Luke to be the strongest strategic team that didn't finish in the Top Two. Great job with the U-Turn, I thought that was great strategy and great entertainment! :hearts:
Another thing that helps to win is an alliance, although a loose-alliance, not a back-pack/six-pack sort of thing which was quite weak. Alliances between Ken & Gerard/Derek & Drew, Nick & Starr/Ken & Tina and Jaime & Cara/Margie & Luke were all very effective. So makes friends, not enemies (although most teams I mentioned did not win their race, lol)!
Also, :colealert: bring along a partner who doesn't fear everything in the world. *cough*Mika*cough*
Hooky:
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on January 26, 2010, 06:13:07 PM ---I would put you and your mom in the "Heroes" team and have you race against Kisha and Jen...
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I wouldn't! Margie & Luke would be the sneaky, unsuspected villains and Kisha & Jen would be the heroes (without being self-righteous or perfect).
DeafRacer:
We were being sneaky at times!! Like one time when we were flying from Phuket to Bangkok, Tammy came up to me and asked me to see if we were going to take backpacks with us or leave it in cab because the clue said we were going to the schoolyard boat dock *something like that*. Mom was asleep at that time when Tammy talked to me so I told her, "We are going to leave our backpacks in cab. I'm sure that we aren't going to be on boat." She was like oh ok we'll do same thing then. She left. Soon as Mom woke up, I told her about Tammy and the boat thingy. I told her that we need to make sure to take our backpacks with us when we get to the dock. Mom was like, "Didn't you just lied to Tammy?" I was like..... well, I want us to win the first place again!! The ploy sort of worked, haha.
--- Quote from: racer on January 30, 2010, 07:00:11 AM ---I consider Margie & Luke to be the strongest strategic team that didn't finish in the Top Two. Great job with the U-Turn, I thought that was great strategy and great entertainment! :hearts:
Another thing that helps to win is an alliance, although a loose-alliance, not a back-pack/six-pack sort of thing which was quite weak. Alliances between Ken & Gerard/Derek & Drew, Nick & Starr/Ken & Tina and Jaime & Cara/Margie & Luke were all very effective. So makes friends, not enemies (although most teams I mentioned did not win their race, lol)!
Also, :colealert: bring along a partner who doesn't fear everything in the world. *cough*Mika*cough*
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That means a lot to hear that!
--- Quote from: DavidJunior on January 29, 2010, 10:48:37 PM ---I say U-turning Kisha/Jen was an overall good decision
I mean, they would've killed the pig carrying task
And if Jen was the one driving the jetski the ocean task might not have had as much weight as the actual swimming challenges in Beijing
And who knows how well they would do in the final task?
And if it were a race to the finish line Kisha/Jen would've won hands down
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I don't think Kisha & Jen would be able to carry the pig. The pig was *really* heavy! Only because Mom was able to lift it up because we moved around a lot while growing up *military family* so we are pretty much used to lift heavy stuff up. It paid off a big time for us!! For the final task, I recalled I never seen Jen & Kisha writing anything down in the book about what have been going on the race. From what I know that Jaime & Cara, Victor & Tammy, Amanda & Kris, Mike & Mel, and my team carried a small journal book around to document everything on the Race. I know few other teams didn't do that. And, I wondered how Jen would handle the jet ski task if she have survived the pee bathroom break :lol3: Im sorry but that pit stop moment was just classic!
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