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Penultimate legs
Platrium:
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--- Quote from: Platrium on March 08, 2018, 11:59:16 PM ---TARA5's penultimate leg was rigged!!! :dick
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Explain please?
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This was the episode with Treasuri & Louisa eliminated. There was a Yield and U-turn on that episode, and with Trez & Lou being the strongest team among the F4, it was no surprise that they got both the Yield and the U-turn. Eventually, and unfortunately for them, they were eliminated.
The leg had decent tasks, but there was a Yield AND a U-turn on this penultimate leg. I would have added that the U-turn was before the detour, but it's after a roadblock anyway, but it's still no good being in the penultimate leg!
Trez & Lou even did well this leg. They were the 1st to finish the detour overall, but they had to wait for the 2 teams that were ahead of them to finish the other side, since there were only 2 slots on that side of the detour.
Okay, so "rigged" was probably an exaggeration. Although, whether the addition of both the Yield and the U-turn was last minute (because of both being unused throughout the season) or it was there pre-determinedly, this is terrible leg design. It's by far the worst penultimate leg on my book.
The only way Trez & Lou would have survived is if they were 1st from start to end. It gave them no chance once they're at least 2nd place before the Yield.
Granth:
--- Quote from: CanadianOwl on June 22, 2017, 02:01:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: RaceUntilWeDie on June 22, 2017, 07:46:49 AM ---TAR 28 - I barely remember this season's penultimate leg...
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Oh come on, you don't remember Sheri & Cole shockingly beating Burnie & Ashley to the mat?
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Tasks and location still sucked regardless: S28E11 should've been in Taipei or another major Taiwanese city, with challenges specific to the Sinosphere.
NELs:
The best penultimate leg in my opinion is TAR 9 Japan. Although it was the last predictable F3 Non-Elimination Leg, the tasks and locations made up for it. First you start of the leg in the nighttime and go to the most famous scramble crossing there is. Have teams look at the electronic screens for their next clue. Find a statue. Do two culturally relevant detours. Go sleep at the Capsule Land Hotel. Wake up and then drive to an amusement park and have a RoadBlock where one team rides three rides to look for a sign telling them where the Pit Stop is. Finally have teams pedal mini swan boats to go the Pit Stop at a giant swan boat. This leg is pure genius. This is also my favorite Japan leg of all time because it was one of the few that didn't rely on some silly game show.
Granth:
--- Quote from: NELs on August 08, 2018, 02:30:51 AM ---This is also my favorite Japan leg of all time because it was one of the few that didn't rely on some silly game show.
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S12E09 and S18E03 are both superior.
aryanisetiawan:
Season 31 also had a very very good penultimate. The detours are so difficult and balanced. The roadblock puzzle was good (i start to think that puzzle roadblocks are the most apt kind of roadblocks for penultimate). Also the final task before the pitstop made it interesting.
In addition, i'd say that recent penultimates have been very amazing. Since season 27, no penultimates have been below average quality. Among those legs, season 30 has the best.
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