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TAR 21 Ep 2 Discussion! Hosted by TAR 19's Cindy and Ernie!
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: ErnieCindyTAR19 on October 08, 2012, 09:37:24 PM ---It seems like in the later seasons, that every leg starts off with some sort of 'equalizer' where all teams start the leg around the same time. This allows teams in the back to catch up and have a chance to win. It wouldn't be fun if the first place team started accumulating hours of lead time! There would be no suspense or drama!
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But weren't you ever discouraged at working so hard on a leg, and then having all the lead time you accumulated wiped out? ???
Alenaveda:
--- Quote from: ErnieCindyTAR19 on October 08, 2012, 09:35:43 PM ---That sounds a lot like Andy & Tommy from our season in Panama. They kept switching cabs and spending their money. The money provided for each leg doesn't get you too far - just enough for you to make minor mistakes. But if you ride around town for hours, you're going to spend your whole budget and end up walking 4 hrs like the twins Liz and Marie from our season (in Bangkok).
We used the internet as much as we could. Some places didn't have as much availability as others, but the internet literally has everything now! It's best to get the flight that LANDS first, not the one that DEPARTS first.
--- Quote from: sumsolstice on October 08, 2012, 09:30:04 PM ---I read where they switch cabs twice - so they had three cab drivers - said they lost over 4 hours on the cabs, and exhausted most of their funds.
Did you two make good use of the internet on researching your flights - connections/arrival times?
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It could happened to you and Amani & Marcus if Jeremy & Sandy's cab driver didn't tell yours where to go. And Jeremy & Sandy suffered that on Atlanta.
That is a classic of TAR. One of the thing that remains the same through the seasons.
ErnieCindyTAR19:
If you had to pick 3 teams to race against (this season or any former seasons) who would you pick and why?
ErnieCindyTAR19:
We were so lucky that our cab drivers were talking to the other cab drivers in Panama, otherwise, we would have been in even more trouble. We tried to get our cab driver to take us back to the dancers in the square but he was insisting that he knew exactly where we were going and would not take us back to the square. We had a language barrier and couldn't totally understand what was going on. We had to trust the taxis and it was a time we really lucked out. Luck is a huge part of the game. Who knows what would have happened if our taxi drivers weren't talking. We probably would have gone back to the dancers, we may or may not have beat Andy & Tommy to the mat. It's too tough to say because you never know what can happen.
--- Quote from: Alenaveda on October 08, 2012, 09:43:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: ErnieCindyTAR19 on October 08, 2012, 09:35:43 PM ---That sounds a lot like Andy & Tommy from our season in Panama. They kept switching cabs and spending their money. The money provided for each leg doesn't get you too far - just enough for you to make minor mistakes. But if you ride around town for hours, you're going to spend your whole budget and end up walking 4 hrs like the twins Liz and Marie from our season (in Bangkok).
We used the internet as much as we could. Some places didn't have as much availability as others, but the internet literally has everything now! It's best to get the flight that LANDS first, not the one that DEPARTS first.
--- Quote from: sumsolstice on October 08, 2012, 09:30:04 PM ---I read where they switch cabs twice - so they had three cab drivers - said they lost over 4 hours on the cabs, and exhausted most of their funds.
Did you two make good use of the internet on researching your flights - connections/arrival times?
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It could happened to you and Amani & Marcus if Jeremy & Sandy's cab driver didn't tell yours where to go. And Jeremy & Sandy suffered that on Atlanta.
That is a classic of TAR. One of the thing that remains the same through the seasons.
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ErnieCindyTAR19:
The absolute worst situation was when we were going from Copenhagen to Brussels. We had an almost 4 hour lead, then we all had to take the same train from Hamburg to Brussels! The whole lead was wiped out, and winning the leg all came down to the "muscles in Brussels" challenge... and we had to endure that whole 'lost ticket' situation which was stressful enough! It's really discouraging when you reach an 'equalizer' because all that time you worked to gain gets wiped out in a moment.
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on October 08, 2012, 09:43:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: ErnieCindyTAR19 on October 08, 2012, 09:37:24 PM ---It seems like in the later seasons, that every leg starts off with some sort of 'equalizer' where all teams start the leg around the same time. This allows teams in the back to catch up and have a chance to win. It wouldn't be fun if the first place team started accumulating hours of lead time! There would be no suspense or drama!
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But weren't you ever discouraged at working so hard on a leg, and then having all the lead time you accumulated wiped out? ???
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