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Should the Yield be brought back?

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theamazingracer21:
I think it should be brought back alongside the u-turn.

4 of each during the race. 1 of each should be a blind, 1 of each should be a double ,1 of each should be normal and 1 of each is given with a intersection (ie interseced team must chouse another interseced team).

A team can only use either a Yield OR a U turn once during the race.

Topita:
Hmm well I haven't been watching the Amazing Race that long - though I did watch an older series with a yield in it.
I much prefer the U-turn (the double one that is, because indeed otherwise the effect on one team is too big) to the (former) yield.

Maybe an element like the yield could be brought back in another form, more or less random and not so much being controlled and dominated only by the strongest players in the race. Sometimes I feel that once teams are in the back of the pack it's hard for them to climb out of that position anymore. Maybe there should be a surprise element that teams can't control such as who ever is 2nd, 4rd, 6th needs to do a 'speedbump' extra task, something like this. Though not sure how seasoned TAR watchers would feel about it.  :lol:

I do think the show might benefit from a few more of these elements just to make it a little less predictable at times who will come out on top (eg last series, the snowboarders kept being number one until the taxidrivers screwed their chances in Panama  :lol3: Didn't always make it interesting to watch imo).

I do agree the yield (in whatever form) in addition to double U-turn(s) would work well on the show. :)

redskevin88:

--- Quote from: Topita on April 22, 2012, 05:14:12 AM ---I do think the show might benefit from a few more of these elements just to make it a little less predictable at times who will come out on top (eg last series, the snowboarders kept being number one until the taxidrivers screwed their chances in Panama  :lol3: Didn't always make it interesting to watch imo).


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The snowboarders pray to God every night to win! You can't stop that.

Glamazon Racer:
I don't mind having a Single U-Turn once in a while, although I prefer Doubles.

Taking a look at all the used Single U-Turns:

Lorena & Jason started the fourth leg of TAR12 almost two hours behind, and had no realistic hope of catching up anyway, (since there was no HoO) unless someone made a huge mistake.

Amanda & Kris reached the TAR14 U-Turn in last place anyway, so one would not have expected them to have survived at that point in time.

Kisha & Jen came closest to surviving on TAR14. If they had not gone to the bathroom, they might have survived.

Joe & Heidi were forced to do a VERY tricky Detour option on TAR16. I thought that task seemed way too hard (although I know very little about Morse Code, so I can't be sure) and I think that U-Turn was inappropriately placed.

Carol & Brandy probably were the second closest team to survive (aside from Kisha & Jen).

So of the five properly used Single U-Turns:

2/5 teams reached the U-Turn in last place anyway
1/5 teams were forced to do a really hard task
2/5 teams came reasonably close to survival, and one really should have survived

So after all my unnecessary rambling, :lol: what I'm trying to say is that I don't necessarily believe it is impossible to overcome a Single U-Turn, so I wouldn't mind seeing a couple more (although I definitely prefer Doubles). Only 3 teams have ever been U-Turned and arrived at the U-Turn ahead of at least one other team, and one of those 3 teams almost survived, and another would probably have been relatively close. :)

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