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Season 16 = Dumbest Cast Ever...?

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Coutzy:

--- Quote from: Caelestor on May 16, 2010, 01:03:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: DavidMV on May 16, 2010, 12:50:38 PM ---I think it is OK. I mean, you're doing great, and you're in the lead, so you get a "prize" tht is to use some power against someone you don't like/don't think that should be in the race...

It's not THAT unfair.

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Have you seen Phil this season and his provocative questions this season about people using the U-turn? Horrible practice.
And when the U-turn automatically eliminates a team (look at the statistics), there's something broken about it.

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Don't wanna get U-Turned? Race better. Simple as that in my book.

georgiapeach:
But see...that's the point. If you ARE a good racer, that puts a target on you. I don't think anyone should be put at risk for racing well, by another team. ESPECIALLY when there has been no recovery from the Uturn recently.

David:
I have to say that, if Phil doesn't like the U-Turn, he may say something to Production... :lol:

I feel that if the U-Turn is there, you should know how the game works, and make a strategy so as not to be U-Turned.

David:
And, I have to say that there has been a recent recovery from the U-Turn: Kisha & Jen. They were in 3rd, and not last after the U-Turn. They lost time, but they could have been in the F3.

Dånooky:
I agree with Coutzy, but peach also has a point. I think a good strategy is to race well enough to avoid the U-Turn but not that good enough to put a target on your back, and to not piss other teams off.

The main discussion on the cast "being dumb" is that they should have U-Turned the Cowboys. In the end, the team that won was the one that was almost completely under the radar. I think we'll start seeing a trend of teams holding back during the season and pulling a surprise/disappointment on the Final Leg.

Anyhow, my three cents:
*If you piss people off, redeem yourself racing well to avoid being U-Turned
*If you're a good team, keep your lead to avoid being U-Turned
*If you're not a power team, don't mess with anybody

If you consider the first and third point, you add a social dimension to TAR where inter-team relations also play a part in staying in the game, which I think is a good thing about the Yield/U-Turn. Take a look at Joe/Bill in All-Stars, they literally said they'd play nice now that the Yield was in play. And even though Eric & Danielle were Yielded twice, they won. Yielding/U-Turning for strategic reasons may backfire later in the game while doing it for personal reasons adds no more fire to existing drama and you may get rid of a nuisance. And keeping this train of thought, there might be a psychological advantage for a personal U-Turn.

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