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Caelestor:
Hate on the alpha males in TAR 9 all you want, but that season was much more competitive than a majority of recent seasons. The fact that placements went back and forth, and that I had no idea who was going to win made it all the more interesting. Locations and tasks are some of the best the race has ever offered.

We're still off-topic, but this is too interesting to talk about. :lol3: Still don't like All-Stars as a whole.

Jobby:

--- Quote from: mswood on March 12, 2010, 04:21:51 PM ---Because they are crazy Luke.  I honestly think they might have changed an non elimination point in All Stars, but its just a gut reaction.  But that certainly wasn't because who it was racing, but how far another team was behind and how the non elimination occurred later.



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How was the Allstars NEL fishy? They used it on U/J for the first one at the F7... but later on at the Final 5... which i thought was supposed to be an NEL.. it was actually an elimination leg and eliminated them.

Jobby:

--- Quote from: uycocoa on March 12, 2010, 08:34:02 PM ---If TAR Producers and TWRP do have fave (and may have made an instant NEL), then why are Charla and Mirna AND the Gaghan Family eliminated? Clearly, NEL legs are planned WAAAAYYY before the race starts, but with a few exceptions like in TAR11. However, now that NEL penalties are made into Speed Bumps instead of the giving off money or the 30-minute penalty, the producers cannot easily make a leg an NEL one based on their discretion because they must plan of a speed bump next leg.

But if the producers have planned alternate speed bumps in every leg....   :(

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I want to believe that NELs are pre-determined.. but you have to agree with me recent Speedbumps are pretty lame. Delivering a bowl of noodles in vietnam? Having a suana on a bus for 5 minutes?

Errr, that could have been easily incorporated into the race without much problem. Thus they're still able to switch things up abit.

But i darn agree with what you said about Schmirna and Gaghans getting eliminated if they're pre-determined. :'(

But it is also because of NELs that we have some of our most memorable teams - Flo and Zach, Colin and Christie, Meredith and Gretchen, BJ and Tyler (I hated them, but oh well), David and Mary, Maria and Tiffany etc etc.

Jobby:

--- Quote from: Hooky on March 13, 2010, 11:46:10 PM ---
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--- Quote from: mswood on March 12, 2010, 09:43:34 PM ---I think one the huge time difference in that leg due to the complete collapse of the flight plan (for the show, I think the largest the show's ever had) just really makes that instance seem highly suspect.  While I love that teams had to scramble for flights (and not be spoon feed them) this and the air problems of the next episode really hurt that season as a whole.

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I actually thought that made that season a lot more entertaining. Those legs would have bored me if not for the insane flight problems. :lol:

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The flights (along with the selection of a few teams) are the main reason that season wasn't very good. Maybe it's because the troubles eliminated two of my favorite teams, but really, luck-based flight searching basically knocked out them out with no chance to catch up. Not to mention the ramifications it had for the Poland legs.

We're off-topic aren't we?

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Wow, I'm surprised everyone thinks the flights killed All-Stars. In my opinion, the unprecedented nature of that event made up for the lack of unpredictability it brought into Legs 6-8. For me it was a few of the teams chosen (but thankfully most fell out early), the three final four legs which were too boring without any eliminations, and the not-so-epic route (and tasks sometimes) that brought AS down. Oh yeah, and the Antarctica promise that didn't come true (it was really us taking false bait, but still not so nice of BVM). Not the best season, but upper-middle I'd say.

I LOVED BJ & Tyler. Loved them from the first moment I saw them. Truly fun-loving, fascinated with the world goofballs who made the final legs much more entertaining. Put almost any of the eliminated teams into the Final 3 in place of the hippies and what would we have? A snoozefest. BJ & Tyler made Season 9 great (or killed it, I'm sure, for those who hated them). But I honestly have no clue how you could hate them. They may have hogged the camera a little, but the editors were gracious and kept things balanced (thankfully).

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I have to say, BJ and Tyler, Eric and Jeremy, MoJo and Lake and Michelle killed TAR 9 altogether. But the fact that BJ and Tyler won killed the season entirely for me. And the reason why people hate them is because BJ and Tyler had no idea how annoying they were. Had they been an amazing team who's so fun loving and everything, they would have been asked back for Allstars.

But they were not. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :hearts: :hearts: :jumpy: :wohoo:

Darn those NELs which saved them... :(

Cocoa:
Lets ask the question straight from the Horse's Mouth! I *think* there is someone here in RFF who is a producer of the show (saw his name in the credits, I think?).  :lol:

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