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TAR 30 EPISODE 6 LIVE UPDATES/COMMENTARY WED 1/31/18 8-9PM EST
Platrium:
Finally caught up.
Great leg, only to be ruined by a "misplaced" W-turn. The one in Greece last season was okay. You had teams driving several miles to it, so some teams would get lost or have issues on the road.
The first W-turn this season was terribly misplaced, like the one in Tanzania last season. It was only a matter of cab races. :furious:
The U-turn before the detour would work if there is something challenging before it, like a roadblock-->U-turn-->detour format, or a long self-driving before the U-turn. A U-turn at the very start of the leg is terrible.
Trevor & Chris did well. They probably could've gotten their favorite placement, 4th. Alas, the W-turn just finished them off. Oh the irony too.
Is it just me, or is Cody & Jessica becoming the antagonists? They would've been eliminated had it not been their cab from airport to the W-turn. Their performance this leg was terrible, but they got lucky to still be in this. Can't say I hate them despite them being villains. What they did was smart and within the game's rules. From a different point of view, they're most likely hate-able.
Switchback with significantly more teams around!
Full review some time in the future.
If anybody part of the TAR team is reading this, the U-turn before the detour is not always a bad idea, but the one this leg could've been placed better.
Platrium:
Coincidentally, everybody before Brittany & Lucas shifted one placement up from the previous leg's while they fell to 5th, and those after them still had the same placement from previously.
dryedmangoez:
I think switching up U-Turn placement is fine to keep teams on their toes. But I think it's a little like the Face Off/Head-to-Head.
There should be at least one Route Marker or task before the U-Turn, not immediately the first thing when they arrive in the city. And then there should be at least one significant task or two after the Detour. Giving teams a chance to catch up isn't a bad thing. It should actually help foster more competition and drama. Who doesn't want to see a U-Turned team catch up to the ones who U-Turned them at a final task or something? Or even a Race to the Mat.
Instead, it's like TAR wants the U-Turn to eliminate a team.
stunami:
I think there was one route info before the U-Turn but it got edited out...We don't know where the Hotel route info falls. It's the first place they were spotted in Prague, so my guess would be they had to get a clue at the hotel first, then the U-Turn board.
Marionete:
Wonder why that got edited out though..
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