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TAR 17 New Game Play Twist
Caelestor:
I'm also wondering, has the penalty for an NEL changed? Speedbumps aren't cheap, and with all the artificial bunching at the airports going on, Marked for Elimination isn't so bad anymore.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: Evan_Weinstein on July 17, 2010, 10:29:09 AM ---i think this new twist could be helping a team or several teams to get a faster or better connection to their new destination, also i will not rule out the possibilities of letting the team(s) who used it to book business class tickets
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I would think this new twist should be something we can actually see on TV for more than just "___ & ___ used an express pass allowing them to travel via ____" :lol:
Competitor:
I hope that the express pass is used or capable of being used by a team wishing to quickly recover from a U-turn. It seems that over the past few seasons a U-turn has basically eliminated teams on the spot. Hopefully, teams might be able to hold their express pass and use it if they get U-turned, assuming they haven't used it already. If teams have already used their express pass and they get U-turned, then that's just poor luck or management of their opportunities.
If this happens like I mentioned, I think TAR will be making wise improvements.
theschnauzers:
From what I can tell, the recent refinements in the game have been designed to either reduce costs, or avoid wasting money to set up tasks that are not used. Yes, that does create a natural tension over the Detour, but I think we've seen signs that suggest that if it's a really good task, they're making such tasks a route marker task rather than one of two detour options. The detour options also seem to be more carefully balanced as to their benefits and liabilities, although there have been detour tasks that some teams found easy.
I don't think the express pass relates to travel as such; the show has tried to balance bunching on the one hand, and trying to prevent some teams from being able to get too far ahead or fall too far behind on the other. The one fault is the tasks that a particular teams finds impossible to complete-- we've had more teams quit in the last few seasons and not due to an injury. That's a concern to me (exhaustion really isn't an injury so that's a risk of the game that all of the teams could face if the make a lot a bad decisions in a very short period of time.)
I'm still hoping that at some point we'll be able to get back to a 13-episode season at least some of the time. TPTB seem to have hit on a filming schedule which allows them to compress filming to 3 weeks; and with 13 legs, we could have 12 teams for a complete first leg. :)
Evan_Weinstein:
haha, that's why i say this is my guess/prediction, oh wait, did i mention it in my earlier post, LOL
--- Quote from: Dånooky on July 17, 2010, 02:47:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: Evan_Weinstein on July 17, 2010, 10:29:09 AM ---i think this new twist could be helping a team or several teams to get a faster or better connection to their new destination, also i will not rule out the possibilities of letting the team(s) who used it to book business class tickets
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I would think this new twist should be something we can actually see on TV for more than just "___ & ___ used an express pass allowing them to travel via ____" :lol:
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