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ryanmissing27:
The whole russian visa issue has intrigued me since i found out about it a while ago
maybe because they had used their visa Terence and Sarah HAD to come last, perhaps they even arrived before Dandrew but had to stage their elimination. But that's just my crazy conspiracy theory.
Had they survived perhaps the race might have taken a different route, as in used back up countries instead of russia, this in turn could lead to Toni and Dallas not losing their passports...
Has the route ever been changed on such short notice before?

georgiapeach:

--- Quote from: ryanmissing27 on July 03, 2012, 09:30:20 AM ---The whole russian visa issue has intrigued me since i found out about it a while ago
maybe because they had used their visa Terence and Sarah HAD to come last, perhaps they even arrived before Dandrew but had to stage their elimination. But that's just my crazy conspiracy theory.

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I can tell you 1000% that was NOT the case.

And I believe teams had been told NOT to transit via Moscow...but am not a 100% sure about that? :duno:

redskevin88:

--- Quote from: ryanmissing27 on July 03, 2012, 09:30:20 AM ---The whole russian visa issue has intrigued me since i found out about it a while ago
maybe because they had used their visa Terence and Sarah HAD to come last, perhaps they even arrived before Dandrew but had to stage their elimination. But that's just my crazy conspiracy theory.
Had they survived perhaps the race might have taken a different route, as in used back up countries instead of russia, this in turn could lead to Toni and Dallas not losing their passports...
Has the route ever been changed on such short notice before?

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TAR 19. One of the two Thailand legs (or one of them I'm not sure) had to be re-arranged in the last minute.

Jobby:

--- Quote from: Dånooky on June 26, 2012, 10:32:37 PM ---I invoke for precedent, Season 12, Leg 6: Nathan & Jennifer initially arrived 2nd, but did not take legal transportation to the Pit Stop. They were asked to go back to the end of the Detour and take a taxi back to the Pit Stop. Kynt & Vyxsin checked in during that time period, dropping them to 3rd.

This leads me to assume that there was a correction in the rules in a period between seasons 4 and 17 where if you screwed up right before the Pit Stop (as in, the last action you did) you were allowed to backtrack and rectify instead of being penalized. The penalty applies directly to a mistake that is not rectifiable, like taking wrong transportation in the middle of the leg.

I think this can be further evidenced by Season 17, Leg 8: Brook and Claire took a taxi to the Tower to the Church of the Savior on Blood. But when they found it the clue told them to walk, they asked their cab driver to go back to the Bank Bridge to 1 Vladimirsky Prospekt Tower and performed the task correctly. They checked in the mat in 2nd place without Phil giving them a 30-minute penalty.

I would like to refer to this as the Ctrl-Z principle. If you can immediately undo your mistake, you may do so to avoid penalties. I assume that for KV's case in UB, the rules were revised.

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I think this is the case as well. The Terence and Sarah part... I still think they got lucky that they got eliminated first otherwise production might have to answer to their elimination? :duno:

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