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TAR: Where are we Going? Suggestions for the Future!
redskevin88:
--- Quote from: G.B. on August 19, 2024, 03:03:47 PM ---The Fast Forward is kinda bunk these days. On the rare times it does show up, it's usually just whoever is in 1st place goes right for it and wins it right away, which is incredibly lame. I had a random thought for how to make the Fast Forward more competitive aside from returning it to the cost-ineffective format of one-per-leg
Teams all receive the Fast Forward clue at the very start of the leg. However, the Fast Forward has a time lock. It's not available until a specific time in the day. So say teams start the leg around 8am, the Fast Forward doesn't "unlock" until 12 noon, at which point anyone can go try to take it. That way any team, be they far ahead or far behind, has a fairly equal chance of winning it, and it would bring back that "will they, won't they" drama from the early seasons.
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What's a Fast Forward?
G.B.:
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on August 20, 2024, 08:10:34 PM ---
What's a Fast Forward?
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Hey now, they're still around plenty in international versions.
nrh2110:
Given how much TAR loves visiting Japan, I would really love to see some more variety in where they visit since they seem to just want to keep visiting Tokyo and Osaka. I am quite surprised Kyoto hasn't been visited given its close proximity to Osaka and the plethora of possibilities for cultural tasks. I would also really love to see Sapporo, Fukuoka, Okinawa, and I would also love a new visit to Nagano prefecture given that I don't think TAR 26 did it justice. Feel like this is true for a lot of "overvisited" countries on TAR — China, India, France, etc — so many cool places to visit but they choose to consistently go to the same places over and over again.
Also, I feel like Central Asia is an untapped gold mine. I assume that this is because of the cost of getting there (lack of flights, etc) but there is so much beauty and culture there that two trips to Kazakhstan is just not enough. Kyrgyzstan is probably my favorite country I've been to and there is so much potential for some good legs. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan too hold great promise for cool legs.
LandonM170:
--- Quote from: nrh2110 on March 07, 2025, 01:48:32 PM ---Given how much TAR loves visiting Japan, I would really love to see some more variety in where they visit since they seem to just want to keep visiting Tokyo and Osaka. I am quite surprised Kyoto hasn't been visited given its close proximity to Osaka and the plethora of possibilities for cultural tasks. I would also really love to see Sapporo, Fukuoka, Okinawa, and I would also love a new visit to Nagano prefecture given that I don't think TAR 26 did it justice. Feel like this is true for a lot of "overvisited" countries on TAR — China, India, France, etc — so many cool places to visit but they choose to consistently go to the same places over and over again.
Also, I feel like Central Asia is an untapped gold mine. I assume that this is because of the cost of getting there (lack of flights, etc) but there is so much beauty and culture there that two trips to Kazakhstan is just not enough. Kyrgyzstan is probably my favorite country I've been to and there is so much potential for some good legs. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan too hold great promise for cool legs.
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Just give it a week and a half! :luvya:
G.B.:
--- Quote from: G.B. on August 19, 2024, 03:03:47 PM ---The Fast Forward is kinda bunk these days. On the rare times it does show up, it's usually just whoever is in 1st place goes right for it and wins it right away, which is incredibly lame. I had a random thought for how to make the Fast Forward more competitive aside from returning it to the cost-ineffective format of one-per-leg
Teams all receive the Fast Forward clue at the very start of the leg. However, the Fast Forward has a time lock. It's not available until a specific time in the day. So say teams start the leg around 8am, the Fast Forward doesn't "unlock" until 12 noon, at which point anyone can go try to take it. That way any team, be they far ahead or far behind, has a fairly equal chance of winning it, and it would bring back that "will they, won't they" drama from the early seasons.
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This week's episode only further reinforced my belief in this idea... :groan:
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