Topic: pre TAR 25 speculation+ Start Line DIscussion *Be a Part of History!*

[David]

10 teams NO NO.

I say a 2-hour premiere with a longer first leg, as it was made in some older seasons, IIRC. A TBC/KOR is not bad either.

[Philimination]

I think 2 hours is good (or at least 90 mins), as long as there's some decent tasks in there. (as in not Searching -> Luck Task -> Linear RB -> Pitstop  )

For a 1.5-2 hour premiere, they *could* bring back leg 1 detours and have a detour, a roadblock, and at least 1 ARI. 2 roadblocks and at least 1 ARI could work too (knowing that they probably won't bring back the leg 1 detour).

But knowing their budget, they would probably keep the cheap leg 1 format.

[David]

I think 2 hours is good (or at least 90 mins), as long as there's some decent tasks in there. (as in not Searching -> Luck Task -> Linear RB -> Pitstop  )

For a 1.5-2 hour premiere, they *could* bring back leg 1 detours and have a detour, a roadblock, and at least 1 ARI. 2 roadblocks and at least 1 ARI could work too (knowing that they probably won't bring back the leg 1 detour).

But knowing their budget, they would probably keep the cheap leg 1 format.

They can keep it low yet make a longer leg. Go to a harbour to fishing, probably with not a big cost. Go to the desert or national park and perform some tasks. IDK, there are many cheap tasks you can do, I feel that it is not that hard to make everything fit for a good TAR course, tbh.

[Platrium]

Team spec. Will I get it right> Will I not get it right? We'll see.

5 M/F, 4 M/M, 2 F/F

M/F teams:
1.) mother-son team
2.) father-daughter team
3.) siblings
4.) dating couple
5.) married couple

M/M teams:
6.) father-son team
7.) brothers
8.) best friends
9.) friends / colleagues

F/F teams:
10.) best friends
11.) friends / colleagues

[Bookworm]

Team spec. Will I get it right> Will I not get it right? We'll see.

5 M/F, 4 M/M, 2 F/F

M/F teams:
1.) mother-son team
2.) father-daughter team
3.) siblings
4.) dating couple
5.) married couple

M/M teams:
6.) father-son team
7.) brothers
8.) best friends
9.) friends / colleagues

F/F teams:
10.) best friends
11.) friends / colleagues

There should be more F/F teams IMO. Personally, I'd like 5 M/F, 3 M/M, and 3 F/F or 4 M/F, 4 M/M, and 3 F/F.

[georgiapeach]

Would y'all KINDLY please stop with the wishlists?? 
 
 

[freds]

I don't think that Brazil will have a leg this season. Brazil don't have leg since TAR18 but the soccer world cup will be in a few weeks in this country. So the hostel could be full, some people are not happy about the finance in Brazil. I think that TAR25 will avoid Brazil.

[georgiapeach]

Thanks freds!

[Platrium]

Team spec. Will I get it right> Will I not get it right? We'll see.

5 M/F, 4 M/M, 2 F/F

M/F teams:
1.) mother-son team
2.) father-daughter team
3.) siblings
4.) dating couple
5.) married couple

M/M teams:
6.) father-son team
7.) brothers
8.) best friends
9.) friends / colleagues

F/F teams:
10.) best friends
11.) friends / colleagues

There should be more F/F teams IMO. Personally, I'd like 5 M/F, 3 M/M, and 3 F/F or 4 M/F, 4 M/M, and 3 F/F.

It's a spec, not a wishlist, but just like your opinion, I think they should cast more F/F's. I listed 2 F/F's here because I've noticed the number of F/F's from the last 2 seasons. I should not have mentioned the predicted relationships though, because I'll end up mostly wrong anyway, I don't know.

[gamerfan09]

I honestly want them to cast better M/Ms. The amount of M/Ms post UB have all been quantity over quality. IMO, the only good M/Ms casted post UB are the Chips, Mopper, Tim & Danny, the Afghanimals, and Fitness. The rest have all been bland and meh. I wouldn't mind a lot of M/Ms if they were well casted to be honest.

[SamualDude]

I get the feeling we'll have a few more F/F teams this season, Hoping for about 3-4 so we can have some less M/M teams.

[Air]

I get the feeling we'll have a few more F/F teams this season, Hoping for about 3-4 so we can have some less M/M teams.

Let's have 5 and 2 MM teams y/y?

[MrDeerShank]

I sense a lot of wishlists. . .

[Platrium]

I sense a lot of wishlists. . .

And it all started when I made a spec on the number of F/F teams, oops. *sigh*

[walkingpneumonia]

speculation noun  - the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
wish list noun - a list of desired things or occurrences.

If you're speculating - it means you have some evidence (but not necessarily firm evidence) that what you are writing is theoretically possible.
So in order to keep the wish lists separate from the speculation - please provide some evidence that what you are theorizing is plausible.

[Platrium]

Evidence? Then I think I was predicting. I thought I was speculating.
Thank you for the clarification though.

[Platrium]

Okay, I googled speculate, and I was predicting for most of the time.
Anyway, I'm speculating that the 2 legs from the 1st half of the race will come from the Philippines: 1 in Manila, 1 in another province; 1 EL, 1 NEL. The province I'm guessing is somewhere around the northern part. I'm thinking of Mountain Province where TARP made their Leg 3. (It was here right? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Then I'm staying with my 2 F/F spec. The evidence here is the pattern from the last 2 seasons. (and it's a bad spec and evidence) I want to have 1 or 2 more F/F's, but I think only 2 will make it.

[Jobby]

I'm speculating that this season will be ten times better than TAR 24. It's not that hard to be better than TAR 24 though. 

[foreverhoping]

Starting in NYC any time now..................................

[Tar25fan]

Beforw the race starts, I just want to share my thoughts on the route:
Based on weather conditions between june-july and travel warnings, I believe the route will be composed of at least 9 countries in 4 continents
I don't think they are going to South America neither Australia, so the continents and countries that they may visit in my opinion are:
Europe: I believe they will spend a lot of time in Europe. 4-5 legs. My guesses: Turkey, Finland, Czech Republic and Hungary
Africa: Morocco is a good destination that they haven't been in a while. 2 legs in Marrakesh and Fes should be good. Cape Town is another good location.
Asia: 3-4 legs. Philippines may be visited and take 2 legs. Manila and Cebu are my personal choices of destinations. Japan, Hong Kong/Macau, South Korea or Taiwan may be visited. If they go to Japan, I hope they go to Kyoto instead of Tokyo. I don't think they are going to India or Middle East and hopefully not to Indonesia
North America: I doubt it, but they could go to Costa Rica. They could make the starting line in San Jose, California and tell them to go to San Jose, Costa Rica like season 20
And the finish line in my opinion should be in Chicago. They can go either east or west. Hopefully they start the race in Africa or Europe
As of new countries, Dominican Republic, Laos, Latvia and Nepal could be good options.
What do you guys think??

[foreverhoping]

......The starting point of the first episode of The Amazing Race was at Bethesda Fountain......

25th anniversary, back to where it all started...?

[grace]

This isn't spec, but I couldn't figure out where to put this (GeorgiaPeach, apologies if I've done wrong!)

Starting point is Times Square!

http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/news/1002571/

[RealityFreakWill]

Just saw this tweet:

The Amazing Race ‏@AmazingRace_CBS 6m

Be part of #AmazingRace history: Season 25 starts in #NYC #TimesSquare Sat 3AM ET! Send teams off w/ @PhilKeoghan: http://bit.ly/1msLlGP

[Tar25fan]

Nice!!!!!! I live 30min away from ny but I don't think I'll go there 3am. I am certain there are other people here who can go and provide spoilers of all the teams and the first destination.
I believe they are definitely heading to Europe or even Africa

[dryedmangoez]

Interesting.  And 3am too. I hope there's some kind of twist involved.