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TAR 32 EP 12 FINALE!! LIVE SHOW UPDATES AND COMMENTARY 12/16/20 8-9PM
Leafsfan:
Congrats to the winners!
However, what a badly designed finale leg. Completely linear. Also a lost opportunity to use the Mardi Gras World as a memory task.
wvrnsson:
--- Quote from: RealityFreakWill on December 16, 2020, 08:14:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: wvrnsson on December 16, 2020, 08:11:50 PM ---Does anyone know if Will and James have had their wedding? They at least had about a year until the virus shut everything down. I wish them the best
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They were supposed to get married last October but due to the pandemic, they rescheduled their wedding to March 2021.
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Thanks for the answer. I hope most of the teams do go to it if they want to.
ianthebalance:
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--- Quote from: Bookworm on December 16, 2020, 08:06:35 PM ---Leg design wise, I can't help but seriously admire the amount of tasks sandwiched in- the production team really made use of the locations and I'm sure they're proud of that! Between traveling by washboard, adding a second rappel task, and adding in a little clue that fit the Jazz aesthetic, there were little task-ettes that made the leg shine.
However, it wasn't super challenging, and besides the King Cake RB, which was luck-based (maybe a little skill?) there unfortunately wasn't much room for teams to advance themselves.
Perhaps Will & James would have passed the others if they were last to the first RB, but instead they only expanded their lead. Like Peach said, a memory task would have been fantastic. I didn't think the Crescent City Connection added much to the leg and the French Quarter could easily have served as the adrenaline-heavy venue of the leg, replacing the typical means of adding craziness to final legs.
All in all, I respected the production teams' willingness to become more flexible with ARIs replacing Detours/Roadblocks, a la HaMerotz LaMillion; hopefully the next step can be making these ARI more challenging and permitting of placement shifts.
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That leads to an interesting discussion: is it better to have a lot of tasks in a finale that aren't too difficult or time consuming or to have not as many tasks but the tasks are all difficult and time consuming?
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2 countries finale - the former
1 country finale - the latter
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Eh, this leg is clear proof that it's not a set result
Xoruz:
New Orleans has always been high on finale places for me, and this leg brought the Mardi Gras spirit but did fall into the trap I dislike of one team getting a lead and keeping it.
This finale was reminiscent of 29's where teams got separated after the second task and never really saw each other.
The beads task brought back one final instance of read your clue.
King cake is obvious New Orleans, but it lead to a portion of the finale decided by luck.
The bridge swing was very similar to 28's first Roadblock.
Interesting that both seasons that visited New Orleans had a map puzzle as the final task rather than memory.
Despite the lack of place changes, I did find the ending emotional. Finally getting onto TAR after years, winning TAR, and then getting engaged.
Congrats to Will & James. :2hearts:
alecbaldwin:
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on December 16, 2020, 08:20:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: alecbaldwin on December 16, 2020, 08:18:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on December 16, 2020, 08:10:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bookworm on December 16, 2020, 08:06:35 PM ---Leg design wise, I can't help but seriously admire the amount of tasks sandwiched in- the production team really made use of the locations and I'm sure they're proud of that! Between traveling by washboard, adding a second rappel task, and adding in a little clue that fit the Jazz aesthetic, there were little task-ettes that made the leg shine.
However, it wasn't super challenging, and besides the King Cake RB, which was luck-based (maybe a little skill?) there unfortunately wasn't much room for teams to advance themselves.
Perhaps Will & James would have passed the others if they were last to the first RB, but instead they only expanded their lead. Like Peach said, a memory task would have been fantastic. I didn't think the Crescent City Connection added much to the leg and the French Quarter could easily have served as the adrenaline-heavy venue of the leg, replacing the typical means of adding craziness to final legs.
All in all, I respected the production teams' willingness to become more flexible with ARIs replacing Detours/Roadblocks, a la HaMerotz LaMillion; hopefully the next step can be making these ARI more challenging and permitting of placement shifts.
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That leads to an interesting discussion: is it better to have a lot of tasks in a finale that aren't too difficult or time consuming or to have not as many tasks but the tasks are all difficult and time consuming?
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2 countries finale - the former
1 country finale - the latter
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Eh, this leg is clear proof that it's not a set result
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It's airport scramble vs task struggling.
More tasks but less time consuming allows the editors to focus on airport dramas.
Less tasks but more time consuming allows the producers to set the teams up for blatant blunders.
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