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mswood:
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My problem with a linear leg is that it isn't fair. And I don't mean because teams don't get equalized, but because all the legs aren't designed that way. Now of course travel with planes, boats, trains ect will have create some bunching, and some sites are naturally going to have hours of operations which can also bunch teams.
But frankly look at last years linear legs.
Leg four was won by Michael and Louie not due to great racing but due to the first flight being an hour late. It wasn't because they raced great, and even using the arrival times they didn't run the fastest leg.
Leg five didn't feature any buncing and of course Micheal and Louie won that leg, but again the got in that position not through skill or ability. He'll and besides the team eliminated ran the slowest leg out of the surviving teams. And of course that ran into another linear leg they won.
Ideally I also wouldn't put fast forwards or uturns on those types of legs or for that matter have the leg before be a non elimination leg.
FLFan:
--- Quote from: mswood on October 24, 2010, 08:23:06 PM ---She did great on the physical tasks (so plus there) but seriously how dumb is this team.
And have they ever watched TAR before (a huge pet peeve of mine).
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Actually, I believe Nick and Vicki aren't dumb or stupid. They are just not book/school educated. Also, as you mentioned, they appear to have not watched a lot of TAR before. However, they are very physical and can figure things out given some time. (Loved how Vicki beat the pants off almost everyone with her ascender performance!) The problem with them is going to come when they DON'T have any extra time to "figure it out".
I think TAR uses their "mistakes" because their remarks are funny. However if they were really as "dumb" as they appear they wouldn't have made it this far.
That said, Nat & Kat are my favorite team. During this leg, both overcame personal obstacles that we have seen other teams fail on - fear of heights and being a long-time vegetarian.
Belle Book:
--- Quote from: FLFan on October 26, 2010, 05:07:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: mswood on October 24, 2010, 08:23:06 PM ---She did great on the physical tasks (so plus there) but seriously how dumb is this team.
And have they ever watched TAR before (a huge pet peeve of mine).
--- End quote ---
Actually, I believe Nick and Vicki aren't dumb or stupid. They are just not book/school educated. Also, as you mentioned, they appear to have not watched a lot of TAR before. However, they are very physical and can figure things out given some time. (Loved how Vicki beat the pants off almost everyone with her ascender performance!) The problem with them is going to come when they DON'T have any extra time to "figure it out".
I think TAR uses their "mistakes" because their remarks are funny. However if they were really as "dumb" as they appear they wouldn't have made it this far.
That said, Nat & Kat are my favorite team. During this leg, both overcame personal obstacles that we have seen other teams fail on - fear of heights and being a long-time vegetarian.
--- End quote ---
I think they have more brawn than brains. But their biggest problem is that they have little to no knowledge of how TAR works. And that's a problem!
I was so proud of Kat for overcoming her aversion to meat enough to finish the Roadblock. It may not have hurt them a lot if she'd quit, but by doing it she proved that she'll do whatever it takes to make it to the end!
Belle Book
Carter:
Hi, long time lurker here.
I was very excited to see a leg in Norway again, last time was in season 6 obviously. I hoped for a long time that they would return to my country, and finally...
:yess:
I live in Tromso, not very far from Narvik. Tromso is ofc one of the big cities in Northern Norway.
The fact that TAR was in Narvik this leg didn't go unnoticed by the tourist offices around, it was big publicity for them, to show off nature and the locations around. Below I've linked to a fairly small article translated with google.
http://bit.ly/csoHKd
Edit: The article mentions a comparison to the norwegian produced series "71 degrees north" which is North Cape here in Norway, but IMO the comparison is totally wrong. It's nothing like TAR at all so pay no attention to that.
Props to Kat who ate that smalahovud meal. I've never eaten it myself, and I would never do it. I find it repulsive and I can't believe people would eat that for X-mas :ascared
I, as well, was very impressed with Vicki who repelled and ascended in record time without so much breaking a sweat. She didn't even breathe heavy, and I thought to myself "Wow, this woman is a cardio machine" They may be lesser schooled in the race, but they sure are entertaining to watch hehe.
I love this forum and all the information you are able to dig up. You guys and gals makes this place a very entertaining and enjoyable place to get information and shared views of my favorite tv show ever. Props to all of you :tup:
DrRox:
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