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TAR 21: Bitch, Moan, and Squeal Thread **Spoilers Inside!**
Dom:
I compared my total countries visited for each season with Phil's total, and he includes USA MOST of the time, but not all. There's only a few discrepancies:
In S3, England and Scotland are counted separately, but that could be counted either way.
In S9, Phil says 9 countries, but there are clearly 10 visited, so I can only assume they didn't count the USA this season. Brazil, Russia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Oman, Australia, Thailand, Japan and the USA all have tasks in them.
In S15, Phil says 8 countries, but there are 9 visited, so again, the USA isn't counted. Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, UAE, Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia, Czech Republic and USA all have tasks in them.
In S20, Phil says 9 countries, which would imply the exclusion of Austria or USA. I'm inclined to agree with Airlinesguy and say that this time, the USA was excluded.
So 2 or 3 times, Phil has excluded the USA, possible in the most recent season. I definitely don't think we can say for sure that the missing leg isn't in a new country.. (My money's on Slovakia!)
Magnus:
--- Quote from: Dom El on August 20, 2012, 06:28:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: Charlie90 on August 20, 2012, 01:50:13 PM ---So are we counting the US in those 9 countries visited in this season? I seem to recall that the US is not counted but i could be wrong..hopefully im not :lol:
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Yes unfortunately when Phil says '8/9/10/11 countries' at the finish line, the count always includes the US, so we would assume the promo follows the same rules.
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Well why wouldn't he? It is a country after all and they do the most important tasks of the season there.
--- Quote from: Prophet on August 20, 2012, 08:53:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on August 19, 2012, 04:40:29 PM ---I know. No big jigs or jags into Africa, Austalia, or ....Antarctica!! :gaah:
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is that a possibility for future seasons? :lol:
apskip <3
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I just love apskip's posts :hrt:
Magnus:
--- Quote from: Joab on August 24, 2012, 10:21:37 AM ---YES, I AM USING A WORLD RACE PRODUCTION SOURCE. CAN'T I? :res:
I have absolute trust with Phil and his words at the finish line. :) Who cares about evidence and statistics. They could have included all the layovers, transfers or road travelled distance without YOUR knowledge. :)
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This is a joke right? :lol3:
I love Phil and WRP too but they are obviously more interested in exaggerating the facts for marketing than actual precision. Phil is probably just reading a script. :lol:
selfeviction:
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on August 24, 2012, 08:00:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on August 24, 2012, 10:21:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on August 19, 2012, 07:47:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on August 19, 2012, 01:22:56 PM ---25,000 mile is pretty WTF.
TAR 5 = 72,000 mile.
:res: :res: :res: :res: :res:
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Joab, your estimate is not the remotest bit close to the real mileage for AR5. It appears that you are using either a World Race Productions source (notorious for overestimating the mileage of Amazing Races) or some other invalid source. Here are the statistics for each of the legs, using www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/howfar.htm. I am going to approach this by separating out the air miles, which I will show as statute miles at the conversion factor of 1.15 statute miles/air mile, from the fairly small ground transportation segments, which will be in statue miles to start with. One approximation which will tend to understate the air miles is that real trips involve connections at airports not on the line between the origination and destination point. I have used connecting points in only a few instances where I know them.
Here are those segments:
Air Miles Statute Miles
1. Los Angeles to Montevideo 6182
Montevideo to Punta del Este 90
2. Punta del Este to Montevideo 90
Montevideo to Buenos Aires 150
3. Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche 857
4. San Carlos de Bariloche to Buenos Aires 947
5. Buenos Aires to St. Petersburg 8171
6. St. Petersburg to Cairo 2073
7. Cairo to Nairobi 2173
Nairobi to Kilimanjaro airport 100
Kilimanjaro to Mto Wa Mbu 100
8. Mto Wa Mbu to Kilimanjaro 100
Kilimanjaro to Nairobi 100
Nairobi to Dubai 2181
9. Dubai to Calcutta 2100
10. Calcutta to Auckland 5907
11Auckland 4922
12. Manila to El Nido Island 231
13. El Nido Island to Manila 231
Manila to Calgary 6862
Calgary to Banff 80
Banff to Calgary 80
Calgary to Denver 939
Denver to Dallas/Ft. Worth 658
DFW to Ft. Worth 25
That gives me a total of 43225 air miles, which is equivalent to 49709 statute miles. Direct statute miles from ground segments total 1924. The total in statute mile equivalents is 51633, more than 20,000 miles short of 72K.
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YES, I AM USING A WORLD RACE PRODUCTION SOURCE. CAN'T I? :res:
I have absolute trust with Phil and his words at the finish line. :) Who cares about evidence and statistics. They could have included all the layovers, transfers or road travelled distance without YOUR knowledge. :)
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Dont trust Phil. At the Season 20 Finish Line he said "9 countries".
1. USA
2. Argentina
3. Paraguay
4. Italy
5. Austria
6. Germany
7. Azerbijian
8. Tanzania
9. India
10. Japan
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when did they visit austria?
Alenaveda:
--- Quote from: QueenofRussia on August 25, 2012, 11:16:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on August 24, 2012, 08:00:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on August 24, 2012, 10:21:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on August 19, 2012, 07:47:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on August 19, 2012, 01:22:56 PM ---25,000 mile is pretty WTF.
TAR 5 = 72,000 mile.
:res: :res: :res: :res: :res:
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Joab, your estimate is not the remotest bit close to the real mileage for AR5. It appears that you are using either a World Race Productions source (notorious for overestimating the mileage of Amazing Races) or some other invalid source. Here are the statistics for each of the legs, using www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/howfar.htm. I am going to approach this by separating out the air miles, which I will show as statute miles at the conversion factor of 1.15 statute miles/air mile, from the fairly small ground transportation segments, which will be in statue miles to start with. One approximation which will tend to understate the air miles is that real trips involve connections at airports not on the line between the origination and destination point. I have used connecting points in only a few instances where I know them.
Here are those segments:
Air Miles Statute Miles
1. Los Angeles to Montevideo 6182
Montevideo to Punta del Este 90
2. Punta del Este to Montevideo 90
Montevideo to Buenos Aires 150
3. Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche 857
4. San Carlos de Bariloche to Buenos Aires 947
5. Buenos Aires to St. Petersburg 8171
6. St. Petersburg to Cairo 2073
7. Cairo to Nairobi 2173
Nairobi to Kilimanjaro airport 100
Kilimanjaro to Mto Wa Mbu 100
8. Mto Wa Mbu to Kilimanjaro 100
Kilimanjaro to Nairobi 100
Nairobi to Dubai 2181
9. Dubai to Calcutta 2100
10. Calcutta to Auckland 5907
11Auckland 4922
12. Manila to El Nido Island 231
13. El Nido Island to Manila 231
Manila to Calgary 6862
Calgary to Banff 80
Banff to Calgary 80
Calgary to Denver 939
Denver to Dallas/Ft. Worth 658
DFW to Ft. Worth 25
That gives me a total of 43225 air miles, which is equivalent to 49709 statute miles. Direct statute miles from ground segments total 1924. The total in statute mile equivalents is 51633, more than 20,000 miles short of 72K.
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YES, I AM USING A WORLD RACE PRODUCTION SOURCE. CAN'T I? :res:
I have absolute trust with Phil and his words at the finish line. :) Who cares about evidence and statistics. They could have included all the layovers, transfers or road travelled distance without YOUR knowledge. :)
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Dont trust Phil. At the Season 20 Finish Line he said "9 countries".
1. USA
2. Argentina
3. Paraguay
4. Italy
5. Austria
6. Germany
7. Azerbijian
8. Tanzania
9. India
10. Japan
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when did they visit austria?
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Ehrwald train station (Leg 5) is in Austria.
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