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U-Turn = Automatic Elimination?
everbloom:
--- Quote from: Dånooky on May 18, 2010, 10:17:34 PM ---The U-Turn would be best played when both Detours are relatively near each other. IMO, Jen & Kisha could have survived their U-Turn if they hadn't gotten lost.
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Actually I think they also got killed in the RB. They were still in the lead when they completed the 2nd detour and when they arrived at the RB. Then, there's that potty break... :groan:
redskevin88:
--- Quote from: Caelestor on May 18, 2010, 09:42:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Competitor on May 18, 2010, 06:04:51 PM ---Hey All,
Anybody know the percentages of people who actually survive getting U-turned? I know in TAR16 that Carol and Brandy as well as Joe and Heidi were eliminated in the leg that they got U-turned. I don't remember a U-turn in TAR15 and I know Kris and Amanda were gone after Margie and Luke U-turned them in season 14. I can't remember much before then. You would think that the producers would occasionally work a Non Elimination Leg into the same legs that have U-turns but we haven't seen that in a while.
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I would think so, but what would happen to Joe/Heidi if they can't complete both sides of the detour? Go for the 4-hour penalty I guess.
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It's a 24-hour penalty...
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: redskooky on May 19, 2010, 03:20:44 AM ---
--- Quote from: Caelestor on May 18, 2010, 09:42:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Competitor on May 18, 2010, 06:04:51 PM ---Hey All,
Anybody know the percentages of people who actually survive getting U-turned? I know in TAR16 that Carol and Brandy as well as Joe and Heidi were eliminated in the leg that they got U-turned. I don't remember a U-turn in TAR15 and I know Kris and Amanda were gone after Margie and Luke U-turned them in season 14. I can't remember much before then. You would think that the producers would occasionally work a Non Elimination Leg into the same legs that have U-turns but we haven't seen that in a while.
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I would think so, but what would happen to Joe/Heidi if they can't complete both sides of the detour? Go for the 4-hour penalty I guess.
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It's a 24-hour penalty...
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for not completing either side of the detour. Skipping the U-turn is 4 hours IIRC (though it has never been confirmed by the producers).
David:
--- Quote from: Dånooky on May 18, 2010, 10:17:34 PM ---The U-Turn would be best played when both Detours are relatively near each other. IMO, Jen & Kisha could have survived their U-Turn if they hadn't gotten lost.
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Well, producers know where to place them, and I'm almost sure they follow the pattern you said: Far places=NO U-Turn
apskip:
--- Quote from: Dånooky on May 18, 2010, 10:17:34 PM ---The U-Turn would be best played when both Detours are relatively near each other. IMO, Jen & Kisha could have survived their U-Turn if they hadn't gotten lost.
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Danooky,
I remember it differently. Kisha/Jen lost because they could not find the most direct way to the closest part of Niao Chao Bird's Nest Stadium stadium to the back side where the pit stop was located. CBS made a big deal out of the "Jen had to pee' incident", but I think they would have finished last even without that after completing the eat-exotic-creatures ROADBLOCK. It was not because of The DETOUR, which was earlier and both ends of it (the restaurant and the opera house) were so close that teams were directed to go on foot from the Huguang Huiguan restaurant to Wen Chang Ge. That did not prevent them from screwing up finding the correct entrance Wen Chang Ge for a reported 3 hours.
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