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slayton:
--- Quote from: mswood on March 21, 2010, 08:54:22 PM ---I just can't believe this season. Looking at the first episode things look really good (as far as racers, their ability and their attitude) look really good (save Adrian & Dana and that does happen), but hear we are episode 6. And we have a tremendous number of errors, teams that have to real drive to succeed, teams that don't want to get down and dirty, and then just a host of people that are incredibly stupid.
Heck look at Jet & Cord (one of the few teams I really like) sure they don't have much world experience, but thats OK, I don't judge that. But I expect all the teams to have some basic reasoning skills, and my God! its a barren waste land out there.
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After looking through the TAR1-TAR15 stats on wiki, it confirms my belief about how bad the racers are this season.
When adding up the placements for the first 6 legs for both Dan & Jordan and Brent & Caite, you end up with a total of 37 for each team. We've never had two teams in the final 3 perform as badly as these two teams have performed through 6 legs.
mswood:
Well, one just can't use placement. I mean the previous episode Louie & Michael get #1 (yet in a leg that was completely in their control, no bunching, no waiting for transport, no mass transport, no public transport. Yet only one team actually performed the leg slower then them and that is Joe & Heidi. I mean seriously.
mswood:
--- Quote from: DeafRacer on March 22, 2010, 01:19:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: mswood on March 22, 2010, 01:08:08 AM ---It certainly is better then seasons 13, 14 and 15. Season 12 actually had some driving in it. Difficulty wise probably not a ton, but mileage wise more then what they have had to do so far.
But really this season the distance they have driven hasn't been that great. But like you say it is an improvement over the last few seasons.
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Thank God, we didn't do that much of self-driving on my season!!! It was reallllllly hard to get a good direction from locals! We had a sweet German couple led us from the detour task to the pit stop in Austria. Big helpful would be to have a local to lead a team to the tasks instead of writing directions down. That could pretty much could seal your fate.
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I hate it when teams get lead to their locations (I wish it was illegal). Seriously on something that has the term race in it, I find that the ability to get directions, use a map, and research (can stress how often older seasons used Hotels and internet). You rarely saw teams pay a cab or ask a local to ride with them or drive in front guiding them.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: mswood on March 22, 2010, 09:34:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: DeafRacer on March 22, 2010, 01:19:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: mswood on March 22, 2010, 01:08:08 AM ---It certainly is better then seasons 13, 14 and 15. Season 12 actually had some driving in it. Difficulty wise probably not a ton, but mileage wise more then what they have had to do so far.
But really this season the distance they have driven hasn't been that great. But like you say it is an improvement over the last few seasons.
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Thank God, we didn't do that much of self-driving on my season!!! It was reallllllly hard to get a good direction from locals! We had a sweet German couple led us from the detour task to the pit stop in Austria. Big helpful would be to have a local to lead a team to the tasks instead of writing directions down. That could pretty much could seal your fate.
--- End quote ---
I hate it when teams get lead to their locations (I wish it was illegal). Seriously on something that has the term race in it, I find that the ability to get directions, use a map, and research (can stress how often older seasons used Hotels and internet). You rarely saw teams pay a cab or ask a local to ride with them or drive in front guiding them.
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Didn't somebody state that Mike & Louie got a penalty in a SA leg for hiring a taxi cab to lead them? ???
So I guess the taxi cab issue is settled. And as for the ferns, I believe being able to interact with the locals is as valuable (if not more) than navigation skills, but that's just my opinion.
mswood:
Yeah this is the first season that it is no longer allowed (thank you god), you can still follow a person, but I would assume you can't pay someone for guiding you (Or its specific towards cabs).
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