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The Amazing Race: Design Challenge VIII - Final Round Design Show on Page 50!
gamerfan09:
Gamer's Judgments:
It is time everyone. I will now be commenting on your legs. Feel free to quote anything if you disagree.
Let's keep the conversations going :ghug:
And again, remember that all my nitpicking is meant to be constructive criticism.
Here we go.
I will first be commenting on our Veteran designers and then our newbies.
MikeDodgers:
--- Quote from: gamerfan09 on July 12, 2020, 09:22:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: MikeDodgers on July 12, 2020, 09:19:52 AM ---And to gamerfan, thank you for being a guiding hand and a friend to me on here. Thank you for everything, man...
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Disclaimer: I did not help Mike for this round and turned away other people messaging me by either prematurely revealing my guest judge spot and saying I can't help because of conflict of interest or ignored the messages outright.
But thank you regardless Mike :funny:
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I didn't mean through DC, Gamer. I meant in general. I was 17 and dumb when did my first games on here, thought I knew everything. Boy, was I wrong. Then I met guys like you, Leafs, Alen and Declive. You guys helped me to mellow out as a game player. I know I can't take all the credit for how far I got in Alen's 2nd season, but it was through your teachings that helped me build up to being a somewhat competent game player here. If it weren't for you guys, I'd probably still be that same cocky dork that played racer's live game.
Declive:
That's incredible to hear, Mike! We all have impacted some newbies at RFF and i hope you'll do the same now! :2hearts:
gamerfan09:
Gamer's Judgments:
I will also be assigning mini grades that might give you a hint on where I am at the moment with your legs. Please note that these may change as the days go by and are not meant to be representative of your current overall ranking with me.
Leafsfan - [Hagerman & Twin Falls, Idaho]
Show contentOh Leafs. Let’s see how this goes.
We fly and then assemble a horse fossil. It’s an okay task, and a good attention to detail start, I guess. Then we go on a hybrid zipline memory Roadblock. I honestly wish that you just did this as your first task since it looks like more than 1 team can do the line. It would have been a more adventurous beginning to your finale. The horse skeleton assembly could have been your cooldown.
We then go off to sort potatoes. I’m sorry, but this task really didn’t do anything for me. I guess I like the attention-to-detail element of it, but I can’t imagine it being very exciting to watch. I also think that 10 pounds of 5 variants is a little bit too time-consuming for teams.
But I do really like what happens next. I think your final Roadblock is good, although my worries is that it might be too abstract. I think the gems is a good idea, but it’s not something that would be easily recognizable to the teams. A lot of it would just be them running around and not knowing what to look for. I’d have preferred if the gems were purely on the tasks, and not on the greeters or clue-givers. But I can already imagine this Roadblock being hectic, exciting, and very very noisy, being in the middle of a carnival. It’s a great sight, and it would be an intense memory challenge for sure, but I’m just not too sure about its foundation.
We then head to the Finish Line to end this finale.
Leafs, I’m not too sure about this leg, in all honesty. I think the horse skeleton and the potatoes kind of feel out of place, and I do think that if you made that a Detour, it would have flowed better. Your zipline task would have worked better if it was the first thing teams did, and I think my main problem with your leg structure is that I can’t really see a cohesiveness there.
However, your final Roadblock, despite the potential issues with the foundation, single-handedly saved your leg for me. I really did like it a lot, and I’m already imagining the task at night being extra intense and exciting to watch. I just wish everything else before it was a little bit on the same level.
Still, good effort.
Grade:
Show contentC+
Elthemagnifico - [Oahu, Hawaii]
Show contentHeya! Let’s see how this goes.
We begin with Hawaiian blessings, then we have an RI about climbing a tree. I like this task since you did include a video, and I can see how this is challenging. And I especially like how it’s feasible since you made sure to note teams would be in safety gear. A good challenging first task to kick off your finale.
We then have a Ukulele Roadblock, and while it might feel too on-the-dot stereotypical Hawaii, I really like it! Music tasks are usually my jam (literally), and this is a good Roadblock. Teams then assemble an outrigger and sail to a park, which is another welcome assembly task. Imagine the drama if teams rushed it and got passed only for the outrigger to collapse midway alol.
We then get to your final Roadblock, and then teams have to make Leis with the national flower. I really really like the idea behind this, but my nitpick is unfortunately the fact that national flowers don’t really feel like something teams COULD know. A great TAR memory task challenges teams by making them think “OH I THINK I SAW THIS BEFORE” and then questioning their memory. This one feels like it’s a memory task based on something teams can’t really possibly know, which taints it for me. I also think that you make teams do too many leis. One big lei with the correct flowers would have honestly been better.
But then, with all that said, we then race to a ranch to end this admittedly wonderful leg.
All I can really say about this leg is wow. While my complaints about it being stereotypically Hawaiian still remain (with the leis and the ukulele), there’s no denying that your leg had very strong tasks, beautiful locations, and a genuine challenge. I just wish your final Roadblock was a bit more fine-tuned.
Regardless, you got eliminated mid-way through DC VII as you improved after a shaky start, and this is a very very solid comeback from you. Good job!
Grade:
Show contentA-
redwings8831 - [Alamogordo, New Mexico]
Show contentLet us begin.
Good opening clue to Elvis, then RB at the UFO Museum. I appreciate the video because I do like this RB! Some good visuals and an elevation of a “find your next clue” clue. It’s a solid first task. I do, however, find it odd that you thought of making teams deal with “aliens” in this location. Can’t put my finger on it, but it feels like it doesn’t fit.
Teams then drive to three places and do a crown dance. I love this task. It’s a great cultural dance task, and the video definitely helped make me see it as such. We then have your second Roadblock, which is a cooking task, and again, it’s good stuff. A nice attention to detail task, and ties in well with the culture introduced before.
Teams then go to a hot air balloon park, and I really like your task! My main issue is just feasibility and safety. I like the idea of remembering flags and actually sewing them in, but are you really going to trust teams that might have never dealt with hot air balloons in their lives to make a balloon and then fly it to the Finish Line? Really love sliding to the mat though to end the finale.
Redwings, I will say that I solidly enjoyed this leg! While I felt that thematically, the aliens didn’t fit with the culture showcase with the rest of it, and I thought that your hot air balloon task was not very feasible (this is instantly fixed by just saying that once teams finished it they’re approved for takeoff), it flows very very well as a finale and I like the many sights and tasks teams did.
Good, solid effort, and you also had a pretty good presentation. Nice!
Grade:
Show contentB+
MikeDodgers:
--- Quote from: Declive on July 12, 2020, 09:37:29 AM ---That's incredible to hear, Mike! We all have impacted some newbies at RFF and i hope you'll do the same now! :2hearts:
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I'll try, Declive...
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