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TAR 24 East Coast EP 8 SHOW updates and commentary **Please read the rules**
runningblind:
--- Quote from: Marionete on April 21, 2014, 05:04:00 AM ---AND C'MON, probably the one thing I hate MOST on the amazing race is when everybody just helps each other out, as if it was a collecting money for charity event and not a race where one team is going to win $1M... :res: :res:
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This! And that's probably why I love Jet & Cord - they're so self-sufficient team.
serendipity:
Well, I like this leg a lot, with beautiful scenery, self-driving and drama, this is what a classic TAR episode should be. No wonder CaroJen said "Amazing Race Again" as they also realised there's no self-driving elements so far!! I really hope producers can get back moreself-driving like 3-4 legs in a season again.
I understand the Dave/Connor hate by causal viewers, but I don't think they're bad. Dave should have held his temper but sometimes people can really get mad with this kind of things. Maybe he thinks he's nice to everyone so not expected to be u-turn, or he thinks cowboys should be the target as they got the express pass. Anyway I am ok with Dave's reaction so far, Connor on the other hand handled quite well. Also, I think they deserved some credit for figuring out the wooden toy trick, I am sure no one except cowboys could have figured that out, it showed them really reading the clue and used their brains. As soon as FT/BE chose to do this, I am 100% sure they could not figure that out!
Strategically Brenchel is doing right to u-turn Dave/Connor, but it seems Brendon starts being arrogant now and I don't really like that, Rachel on the other hand took the blame for the u-turn while this was not her decision lol
Though many people hate Dave/Connor now, I think it speaks a lot for them when all other teams (cowboys, CaroJen, Leo/Jamal) are nice to them and showed sympathy for them being u-turned. Leo/Jamal even were not mad at them, so I think Dave/Connor must be really nice to everyone.
I agree with other posters here that there should be less helping each other, but sometimes it's a bit difficult because as we see in this leg the situation just made people hard to reject getting/offering help? It's obvious that the help could benefit both sides (for D/C and L/J detour and D/C and C/J driving direction), and so funny that D/C keep seeing C/J even they were not always in same place, C/J are really lucky to be honest.
Happy that FT/BE finally gone. I don't like them being back again from the start and they did really poorly this season as well, and a RB like this would definitely kick them out of the game.
So interested to see what the final 3 alliance turns out! I think we are due to have some drama this season! So far I am ok for anyone winning except Brenchel, they are not bad but I prefer other 4 teams more.
NMC:
--- Quote from: runningblind on April 20, 2014, 08:05:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: gamerfan09 on April 20, 2014, 08:02:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: QueenofRussia on April 20, 2014, 08:01:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: gamerfan09 on April 20, 2014, 07:29:53 PM ---DAVE AND CONNOR UGH SRSLY STOP :res:
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OMG YESS and the country singers too, they don't even deserve to still be in the race. :gaah: :gaah: :res:
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CaroJen DESERVE to still be in it. At least they're a likeable team.
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In my opinion the singers don't deserve to be in the race - they are definitely NOT all stars and they don't do almost nothing on they own on the race. Being likeable souldn't mean nothing in the case of deserving...
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I was pretty happy when I found out CaroJen were asked back. And, although they might not be as Strong or Competitive as teams like the Cowboys, they deserve to be there just as much as anyone else!
They made the final 4 in their original season (even though that may have been from piggybacking off Bates & Anthony) but lets face it, what other Post UB F/F teams did CBS have to choose from? Other then Pwinnie, none. ???
gamerfan09:
--- Quote from: nmccarroll91 on April 21, 2014, 09:53:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: runningblind on April 20, 2014, 08:05:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: gamerfan09 on April 20, 2014, 08:02:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: QueenofRussia on April 20, 2014, 08:01:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: gamerfan09 on April 20, 2014, 07:29:53 PM ---DAVE AND CONNOR UGH SRSLY STOP :res:
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OMG YESS and the country singers too, they don't even deserve to still be in the race. :gaah: :gaah: :res:
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CaroJen DESERVE to still be in it. At least they're a likeable team.
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In my opinion the singers don't deserve to be in the race - they are definitely NOT all stars and they don't do almost nothing on they own on the race. Being likeable souldn't mean nothing in the case of deserving...
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I was pretty happy when I found out CaroJen were asked back. And, although they might not be as Strong or Competitive as teams like the Cowboys, they deserve to be there just as much as anyone else!
They made the final 4 in their original season (even though that may have been from piggybacking off Bates & Anthony) but lets face it, what other Post UB F/F teams did CBS have to choose from? Other then Pwinnie, none. ???
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Nicky & Kim?
Kaylani & Lisa?
Liz & Marie?
:P
Platrium:
IMO, The leg is one of the best overall for this season.
The detour is great! Having donkeys in TAR has never been disappointing. :lol: Even the fake donkeys puzzled the teams.
The roadblock difficulty is also great.
So about the the leg...
1.) Intro... :res:
2.) I have mixed opinions for the Brenchel vs Dave & Connor.
For Brenchel's part, I think Brendan is right with his decision with explanation, but they should've U-turned the cowboys (still strategic IMO, but U-turning D&C was more strategic). :lol: But oh well, it added some drama anyway.
For Dave & Connor's part, I noticed that Dave kept mentioning his age and being U-turned. I can relate this situation from TAR19's 2nd W-turn. Ernie & Cindy made a similar decision with a legit reasoning, and the team who received their U-turn was old too (and they were older than Dave IIRC). I'm glad that the older team kept their cool, and I wish Dave kept his cool too. :(
Brenchel not telling Dave & Connor extra info when the latter asked the former could most likely be the former's strategy, but Brenchel U-turning Dave & Connor made things definitely worse for both teams. :(
My conclusion: Brenchel not giving Dave & Connor extra info would've been okay especially since it's "strategy," but the former U-turning the latter made the latter think of former as the big bad team. So... if Brenchel had given extra info to them, then U-turned them... I think that's better. :funny:
3.) The Afghanimals assuming that they would be U-turned was :funny: , but at least they made the right assumption. I'm glad the Afghanimlas survived 3 U-turns. :funny: I wanna see more U-turning to them, but it would definitely be painful for them to take in another. BTW, Dave & Connor's U-turning choice was :groan: . They wasted their U-turn power IMO.
4.) Hooray self-driving leg! :conf: This is an element that makes the leg very likable (at least for me), because teams could get lost, or have problem with the vehicle, or if it's manual, or etc...
5.) The donkey building was pretty tricky, and I like it. :)
6.) I don't really like 3-peaters, but the 3 teams have tried to bring out something (like mild humor).
7.) The cowboy hats and the monks. :funny: :funny: :funny: :funny: :funny: I can't stop forgetting that part. The monks look really funny. We should have that on the photobook thread in the future. :) (Was that the name of the thread? I remember it was the one with the most memorable TAR pics.)
8.) I am neutral with the Globetrotters. The self-driving was one of the elements that got rid of them. Them being dinkey victims was another. :lol: I don't even think they saw a team for the whole leg (besides the Afghanimals I guess since they were just a minute apart at the pit stop).
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