Archive > The Amazing Race 18 Spoilers and Speculation
EP 9 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary **please read the rules**
gator27:
I think it was a poorly designed leg with respect to the Roadblock, Detours and position of the W-turn.
Roadblock - I like the task, but it is a huge penalty that required and extra 44 km (minimum) for each time you made a mistake. Had multiple teams got the answer wrong the first time, it would have split the field. I suspect the TAR Producers hoped for a field split vs. one team being left behind.
Detour - Good tasks because they took a similar amount of time (comparing Zev/Justin and Keisha/Jen)
W-Turn - If 2 teams had been U-Turned, this would have worked much better and given us some drama. It is sad when a team had no chance to make up any time after being Detoured.
Designing tasks can never account for the skills and behaviors of the racers.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: MamaT on April 27, 2011, 07:36:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dånooky on April 27, 2011, 01:33:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tobegold on April 27, 2011, 02:07:05 AM ---The rules need to be changed, the cowboys were eliminated due to the winners giving the 22km answer not just to the sister's, but also to a team that had not even completed the task - a lost globetrotter back at the start point. Then the globetrotter gives the answer to another team. Cooperation is one thing but giving the answer to teams that have not completed the task! There should be penalties given. The Cowboys played the game with honesty and integrity, never having to insult or make snide remarks about other teams. We can only hope they get another chance one day.
--- End quote ---
I suggest you read one of the exit interviews the cowboys gave in which they mention they would have loved to be part of the information-sharing. Apparently they only "played with honesty and integrity" because nobody offered the answer to them.
--- End quote ---
Not a fan of Jets...at all, but I did respect the way he answered that question. He basically said that he wasnt going to complain about the information sharing, because if info had been offered to him, he would have taken it gladly, so he wont complain that others did.
--- End quote ---
That's my point, why are the fans so enraged about this whole business? Though it seems kind of appropriate that both times the Cowboys "lost" were due to other teams "cheating", yet nobody complained about sharing info when the exact same thing happened to Ron in India (deciding to do the task himself while other teams worked together).
coolio:
I think everyones too nice this season. Even if your in the front of the pack, use the frickn' U-Turn. The 3-way team friendship/alliance of Zev/Justin, Kisha/Jen and Herb/Nate annoys me. I think allanices are only helpful during u-turn legs. Gary/Mallory love everyone. Kent/Visxyn are probaly used to being outcasts, unfournatly.
theschnauzers:
The thing is that I can't remember a season where the "information sharing" went to the actual tasks, as opposed to route marker/travel schedule information sharing. And to the extent we've seen this season. True, there have been occasions when a team helped another team actually complete the task, but this season we saw certain teams short-circuiting the efforts required to complete some of the tasks because they were told specifically the answer needed to complete a roadblock or a detour task without having to at least try and complete it themselves.
It's a disturbing development, and it gets away from the expectation that teams should focus on R-A-C-I-N-G.
georgiapeach:
What bothers me is not the info sharing per se...that can be good strategy.
It is that the clue specifically said to use a map and an odometer to arrive at the correct answer.
So using info acquired in another way is NOT following the instructions.
If the clue had said "travel on foot", and someone took a taxi...there would be a penalty.
This seems no different to me.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version