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Title: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: georgiapeach on October 14, 2012, 08:51:28 AM
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Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: georgiapeach on October 14, 2012, 08:52:53 AM
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Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: georgiapeach on October 14, 2012, 06:47:57 PM
Open for business!! Have fun!!
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 06:51:32 PM
Yeah unfortunatly only at 8:22 today but GO JAMES AND ABBA!
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 06:57:57 PM
Yeah unfortunatly only at 8:22 today but GO JAMES AND ABBA!

Depends where you live or what stream you use. Not all areas get it at 8:22. I get it at 8:00 ;)
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Post by: NoluckBoston on October 14, 2012, 06:58:48 PM
Excited.
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Post by: Alenaveda on October 14, 2012, 06:59:10 PM
Yeah unfortunatly only at 8:22 today but GO JAMES AND ABBA!

Depends where you live or what stream you use. Not all areas get it at 8:22. I get it at 8:00 ;)

Me too!
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:00:00 PM
Trying to get a stream to work for me because I have a nasty delayed game. :res:
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:00:53 PM
Has it started yet? My internet connection is so slow that I couldn't live streaming :'(
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:02:13 PM
Oh my gosh. This is the worst stream ever. :stare I can't update right now.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:03:03 PM
I'll try to update, I've got the regular feed.

All they had was Previously on...

and no new footage on the intros btw
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:03:48 PM
Phew, it's working... I think.

Darn you NFL. :stare
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:07:05 PM
Uturn tonight?
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:07:29 PM
Natalie and Nadiya depart

Make your way to Anyka Jaya Pudang Restaurant...OK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT DON'T BLAME ME

Double Uturn ahead.

Trey and Lexi , Chips and Sri Lanka working together at this point.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:07:49 PM
Here we go

Natalie and Nadya depart at 6:07 a.m.

may your way to some restaurant. Caution u turn ahead (No double hmmm.)

Trey and lexie depart..

Jaymes & James depart 6:17

Abbie & Ryan depart and catch up with other teams

People struggle to find it

Josh and Brent depart...
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:08:21 PM
Surabaya market's the start of the 3rd leg. Natalie & Nadiya won the EP last leg. They depart first at 6:07 AM. Make your way to Antika Jaya Padang Restaurant for their next clue. CAUTION: U-TURN AHEAD. They'll use the EP to get either first or escape last.

Trey & Lexi depart at 6:12 AM. They have an alliance with Natalie & Nadiya. They're waiting to see what the "stupid Chips" do. Okay, Natalie & Nadiya. :res:

Jaymes & James depart at 6:16 AM. Trey & Lexi and Natalie & Nadiya are going with them.

Abbie & Ryan depart at 6:19 AM. They caught up, and now they're all travelling together. :lol: They all get taxis.

Josh & Brent depart at 6:26 AM. They think that the race has separated into alpha teams and other teams. :lol: They think great people end up winning.

James & Abba depart at 6:34 AM. Abba says that they're lone wolves.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:09:56 PM
Abbie and Ryan depart.

Josh and Brent too , at 6:26

James and Abba at 6:34

Trey and Lexi found a roadblock!

Who wants to serve a balanced meal?

The challenge is to equilibrate 20 plates of Indonesian Food and distribuite them!
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:10:23 PM
Roadblock: Serve 20 plates of food ALL AT ONCE. If anything drops, they have to return to the kitchen and try again.

Lexi is doing the roadblock. They can only use their arms and hands. :lol:

Ryan and Jaymes are doing the roadblock. Josh & Brent are at the roadblock too. Natalie & Nadiya have a cab driver who got them lost.

Caitlin & Brittany depart at 7:08 AM. "I can get punched in the face, and I still won't cry." Caitlin or Brittany got the title.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:10:49 PM
James and Abba depart

Trexie find it firt

Roadblock, delivier 20 plates of food at one

Chips, farmers, abbie and ryan all find it.

Sri Lanka struggle withs cabs

Blondes depart...

and get title quote in analysis.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:11:43 PM
Why are they wearing their  backpacks?
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Xarles on October 14, 2012, 07:12:42 PM
I love the traveling clues!
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:12:53 PM
Lexi got the food to the table, but dropped all the plates.

Jaymes is using one arm to do this. Josh (or is it Brent?) made it to the table, but drops the plates.

Jaymes finishes the roadblock in first. Ryan is quick to finish after.

Make your way to Surabaya train station. They have to keep their eyes open for their next clue during the train ride.

Trey & Lexi leave the roadblock in 3rd. Josh & Brent are out in 4th. James & Abba are out in 5th.

Natalie & Nadiya are finally at the roadblock. "GET A CLUE, DUMMY." :lol:

Rob & Kelley depart at 7:22 AM.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:13:25 PM
Josh and Brent , Jaymes and James , and Abbie and Ryan arrive at the roadblock!

Where is Sri Lanka Girls?  :o

Caitlian and Brittany depart.

Ryan is DONE! Jaymes too!

Make your way to the Surabaya Train Station and take a train to the city of Bangil! The clue is on the train , with venders!

Lexi done! Brent too! and now Abba!
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:13:50 PM
Is it just me or the Roadblock is too easy? :stare
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:14:07 PM
Oh Polaroid have a faster link...ok go on buddy  :lol:
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:15:01 PM
7:36 AM is the first train.

Caitlin & Brittany arrive at the roadblock. Nadiya just dropped all the plates. Brittany is doing the roadblock.

Gary & Will depart at 7:32 AM. They think the race is so much harder than on TV.

Apparently when Natalie screams, it helps Nadiya relax. What. :lol3: Natalie & Nadiya are out of the roadblock in 6th.

Rob & Kelley arrive at the roadblock. Rob does the roadblock. Brittany finishes the roadblock and they're out in 7th.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:17:00 PM
3 Hours between trains :oh
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:17:06 PM
Rob quickly finishes the roadblock and they're out in 8th. Gary & Will arrive at the roadblock.

James & Abba get on the first train at 7:36. Nadiya & Natalie arrive at the train station just as the train comes. TRAIN DRAMA. "Tell the train to wait!"

Natalie & Nadiya missed the first train.

Ryan & Abbie found out the next train is at 10:55 AM. Oh my gosh. :ascared Poor Natalie & Nadiya.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:18:25 PM
Is it just me or the Roadblock is too easy? :stare

Yeah, I think it is too.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:19:23 PM
Is it just me or the Roadblock is too easy? :stare

Yeah, I think it is too.

I thought it was going to be harder than the teams made it seem.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:21:27 PM
4 way battle for last between Sri Lanka, Gary and Will, the Blondes, and Monster Truck drivers. :(
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Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:21:59 PM
Is it just me or the Roadblock is too easy? :stare

Yeah, I think it is too.

The tasks haven't been that well designed this year :/
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Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:22:29 PM
This edit made me think that James & Abba will uturn Chips.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:24:01 PM
And we're back. Natalie & Nadiya find out the next train is at 10:50 AM. Sucks for them.

Jaymes got the teams to not U-Turn each other. They all shook on it. James & Abba weren't in on this U-Turn promise because they were at the back of the train.

Caitlin & Brittany arrive at the train station. Rob & Kelley are there too. Gary & Will are out of the roadblock and off to the train station.

Jaymes sees someone serving food, and asks if he's serving food. They see the person with the clue!

Detour: Lion's Head or Egg Head.

Egg Head: Teams will have their heads lit on fire to cook some eggs. Uh. Okay. They have to pick up 4 eggs and then make their way to a park. Then a local magician will place a coconut on their head, and then the eggs will be cooked. Then teams have to eat the eggs.

Lion's Head: Go to a park. Dress in costume and wear a giant mask that weighs over 40 pounds. They have to parade on the street and stop several times and do a sequence of steps.

First train arrives.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:25:02 PM
Looks like the Detour is wear a heavy lion costume or have an egg cooked on your head in a coconut. Umm :stare
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Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:26:35 PM
WTF this Detour?
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:26:58 PM
Jaymes & James barely fit into the car thing. :lol: They are completely squished together. :lol3:

Josh & Brent are looking for the market to get the eggs.

Meanwhile, the other teams are doing Lion's Head. The mask is basically sitting on your face and in your mouth. Uhh...

Ryan: "You don't lift Lion's Heads...?"
Abbie: "Uh, no..."
Ryan: "What?"

:lol3:

If they drop the lion's head, they have to start again.

Jaymes says he must have made out with 947 Indonesian people by putting the mask basically in his mouth. :lol3:
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Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:27:33 PM
Why do they have to put their mouth on that?
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:28:35 PM
Why do they have to put their mouth on that?
Because that's the way to lift the lion's head
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
Josh & Brent get their four eggs. Now they're off to the park.

Abbie & Ryan are done the detour! Route info: Make your way to Perliment Pos (?).

Jaymes started thrusting with the mask on. :lol: They're out of the detour in 2nd. Trey & Lexi are out in 3rd, and James & Abba are done the detour in 4th.
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:30:51 PM
Who got U-Turned?
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:31:11 PM
"Are we putting this in our next cookbook?" :lol: Josh & Brent have the eggs cooking on their heads.

All the remaining teams are on the 2nd train. Caitlin & Brittany thinks they can beat the other teams on the 2nd train. Perhaps foreshadowing?

Abbie & Ryan reach the Double U-Turn first. It's an anonymous double U-Turn. Abbie & Ryan choose not to U-Turn anyone. Pit stop: Sma Negeri 1 Bangil School.
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Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:31:31 PM
It's a Double Blind U-turn I think
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:33:29 PM
Jaymes & James choose not to U-Turn. Trey & Lexi choose not to U-Turn. James & Abba choose not to U-Turn.

Race to the pit stop! Abbie & Ryan arrive to the pit stop in first! They are team #1. They won a trip for two to Fiji.

Trey & Lexi arrive with Abbie & Ryan on the mat. Lexi sees them as a threat. Lexi says that if they had the opportunity to U-Turn someone (again), it would be Abbie & Ryan. Perhaps foreshadowing? :P

Pit stop:
1st - Abbie & Ryan
2nd - Trey & Lexi
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Post by: Best Loser on October 14, 2012, 07:33:45 PM
Blind Double U-turn: Pile on the gimmicks.



Abbie & Ryan win again, they still have a chance to be the most dominant team (I doubt it though).
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:35:43 PM
Josh & Brent are done the detour. They're out of the detour in 5th.

Jaymes and James are team #3.

Abba & James are team #4. They tell Phil they're going to do their own thing and "be different."

Josh & Brent choose not to U-Turn anyone.

The teams on the train are getting pretty competitive. They're all willing to U-Turn.

Josh & Brent are team #5.

Pit stop:
1st - Abbie & Ryan
2nd - Trey & Lexi
3rd - Jaymes & James
4th - James & Abba
5th - Josh & Brent
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Post by: Reilly Queens on October 14, 2012, 07:36:22 PM
Yay Abby Ryan
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:37:33 PM
The teams on the train all received their clue. It's pretty chaotic. Gary & Will are behind because they were at the back of the train. They don't know what they're supposed to be travelling by. They just lost a lot of time.
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:38:21 PM
I think they're all doing Lion's head for the detour (The bottom 4). So it's going to be very competitive.
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Post by: Xarles on October 14, 2012, 07:40:39 PM
Note greeter salutes by saying HAI (Hello).
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Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:41:57 PM
Yay Abby Ryan
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:44:32 PM
And we're back. Gary & Will are behind again.

Caitlin & Brittany are having trouble getting change from their driver. The driver finally tells them how much it is. Oh man.

Natalie & Nadiya say it's like crossfit, except with a lion's head.

All teams are doing Lion's Head.

Natalie & Nadiya are out of the detour in 6th. They want to be first out of the stragglers. Rob & Kelley finish the detour in 7th.

Caitlin & Brittany are yelling at each other.

Natalie & Nadiya arrive at the U-Turn. Natalie (or Nadiya) bumps into the camera. :lol: They choose not to U-Turn anyone.

Rob & Kelley decide to U-Turn Gary & Will because they're pretty sure they're behind and they need a head start.

Caitlin & Brittany are done the detour. Gary & Will finish soon after.

Natalie & Nadiya are team #6. Natalie & Nadiya are going for blood next leg.

Rob & Kelley are team #7. They do a celebration worth of first. :lol:

Pit stop:
1st - Abbie & Ryan
2nd - Trey & Lexi
3rd - Jaymes & James
4th - James & Abba
5th - Josh & Brent
6th - Natalie & Nadiya
7th - Rob & Kelley
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:45:57 PM
Caitlin & Brittany's driver got them lost. They switch drivers. Gary & Will arrive at the U-Turn before Caitlin & Brittany. They can't decide whether to U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany or Rob & Kelley because they don't know who is behind. Commercial.
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Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:46:39 PM
Oh my god this episode is great so far!!!
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:47:30 PM
Please. U-Turn. Rob & Kelley :'(

I don't want to see Caitlin & Brittany go
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:47:54 PM
Oh my god this episode is great so far!!!

I really hope Gary & Will U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany. That would make it so much more dramatic.
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:49:25 PM
Caitlin & Brittany's driver got them lost. They switch drivers. Gary & Will arrive at the U-Turn before Caitlin & Brittany. They can't decide whether to U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany or Rob & Kelley because they don't know who is behind. Commercial.

If the U-Turn wasn't blind, they would have known Caitlin & Brittany were the only team behind them. :oh
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Post by: Xarles on October 14, 2012, 07:50:03 PM
Oh my god this episode is great so far!!!

I really hope Gary & Will U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany. That would make it so much more dramatic.

I think the producers were hoping for that too. Commercial may hint it really were Caitlin & Brit. Hoping...
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Post by: Reilly Queens on October 14, 2012, 07:50:44 PM
:O :O :O
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:50:52 PM
And we're back. Gary & Will decide to U-Turn Rob & Kelley. Oh dear. :lol:
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:51:42 PM
They chose wrong! :o
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Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:51:55 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:52:02 PM
So anticlimax  :lol:
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Post by: Reilly Queens on October 14, 2012, 07:52:04 PM
Omg Cait Britt just go go go go go go go idc if I picked you to be elimd in tar21 just go go go go go michigan midgets are godawful go go go go
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Post by: Xarles on October 14, 2012, 07:52:30 PM
Hist(o/e)rical mistake?!?!
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Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:53:05 PM
Yay Abby Ryan

But they won the third leg :'(
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:53:40 PM
Caitlin & Brittany are still lost.

Gary & Will are doing the second detour. Caitlin & Brittany are at the park with Gary & Will. Caitlin & Brittany can't find the U-Turn mat. Gary & Will don't see Caitlin & Brittany.

Omg this is amazing.

Caitlin & Brittany decide to go back with a driver to try to find the U-Turn mat. Gary & Will finish the other side of the detour. Caitlin & Brittany finally reach the U-Turn mat. Their driver is getting them lost. They're frustrated that their driver can't speak English.

Gary & Will are off to the pit stop. "We don't want the eyebrow." :lol:
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:54:01 PM
 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:54:45 PM
OMG CAITLIN & BRITTANY ARE RIGHT BEHIND GARY & WILL. THIS IS AN INTENSE RACE BETWEEN THE DRIVERS. CAITLIN & BRITTANY PASS GARY & WILL. GARY & WILL GIVE THEIR DRIVER MONEY. THEY TURN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO THE SCHOOL. ONE OF THEM IS RIGHT, AND THE OTHER ISN'T.

Caitlin & Brittany are unsure their driver took them to the right place.

Gary & Will are at the school but they can't find Phil...
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:55:15 PM
NOOOOOO!
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Post by: Magnus on October 14, 2012, 07:55:22 PM
The teachers somehow survived!
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Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 07:56:50 PM
That  . Was . AMAZING!
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 07:57:17 PM
Caitlin & Brittany's driver just turned around. "You just lost us the race, bro."

OH MY GOSH. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN. Gary & Will are still IN THE RACE? Oh my goodness. :lol:

Caitlin & Brittany arrive at the pit stop and Gary & Will are still on the mat. Caitlin & Brittany have been eliminated from the race. Their driver screwed them over. Another casualty because of drivers.

Caitlin & Brittany didn't have luck on their side. They say it sucks knowing that they know they're stronger than teams still left in the race. They leave with one more snort.

The pit stop greeter says goodbye (and it's subtitled).

Pit stop:
1st - Abbie & Ryan
2nd - Trey & Lexi
3rd - Jaymes & James
4th - James & Abba
5th - Josh & Brent
6th - Natalie & Nadiya
7th - Rob & Kelley
8th - Gary & Will
9th - Caitlin & Brittany
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Post by: Reilly Queens on October 14, 2012, 07:57:54 PM
Hate Brittany Caitlin! Stuck up b*tches! lol

Um I liked them. They enjoyed it unlike half empty michigan midgets who didnt give a crap.

go back to sri lanka? I think theyre going there next!!!!
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Post by: Xarles on October 14, 2012, 07:58:12 PM
Selamat (something) was good-bye by the greeter. What a finish!
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 07:58:32 PM
Gary & Will beat Caitlin & Brittney to the mat. Another sad elimination, even though I like Gary & Will more. :(
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Post by: GonzaloChileno on October 14, 2012, 07:58:40 PM
two of the best teams eliminated in a row... and because of local transportation  :groan:
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 07:59:58 PM
There's a lot of what ifs for Joab's game. :'(
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Post by: Polaroid on October 14, 2012, 08:00:38 PM
Next week on The Amazing Race...

Teams go to Dhaka, Bangledesh. James is doing a roadblock where he's painting a bus?

Natalie or Nadiya: "This is third world Grant Theft Auto." :lol:

Rob & Kelley get lost (because of another driver?). *driver as in driver of a... boat. :lol:
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Post by: Xarles on October 14, 2012, 08:04:58 PM
Thanks Polaroid and all. See you next week.
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Post by: freds on October 14, 2012, 08:05:34 PM
It was an incredible finish, Gary and Will who u-turn Rob&Kelley and this team has finish the leg, Caitlin&Britany who are lost...
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 08:06:15 PM
I'm still unsure if I liked the train in the middle of the leg. (Kind of) makes the Roadblock unimportant. It seperated the teams, it also did helped the drama in the double U-Turn since it basically came down to the bottom 4.
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 08:07:31 PM
Yeah. Thank you so much, Polaroid for updating. :hugs:

And for everybody else. It's really fun. I'm gonna watch it tonight (maybe)
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 08:09:17 PM
It was an incredible finish, Gary and Will who u-turn Rob&Kelley and this team has finish the leg, Caitlin&Britany who are lost...
U-Turn doesn't have 100% kill-rate again! :lol:
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Post by: redskevin88 on October 14, 2012, 08:10:16 PM
Okay right, Rob & Kelley u-turned Gary & Will so why did Gary & Will u-turn Rob & Kelley?
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Post by: Reilly Queens on October 14, 2012, 08:11:08 PM
it was blind einstein
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Post by: Theo on October 14, 2012, 08:12:03 PM
Okay right, Rob & Kelley u-turned Gary & Will so why did Gary & Will u-turn Rob & Kelley?
Because it's Blind Double U-Turn. Gary & Will didn't know who U-Turned them
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Post by: TARismyfavoriteshow on October 14, 2012, 08:15:25 PM
Hate Brittany Caitlin! Stuck up b*tches! lol

Um I liked them. They enjoyed it unlike half empty michigan midgets who didnt give a crap.

go back to sri lanka? I think theyre going there next!!!!

The Michigan team are huge fans of the show and I can tell they're enjoying it. :) I don't know what Caitlin and Brittany were doing on the show, they were kinda random.
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 08:25:12 PM
Hate Brittany Caitlin! Stuck up b*tches! lol

Um I liked them. They enjoyed it unlike half empty michigan midgets who didnt give a crap.

go back to sri lanka? I think theyre going there next!!!!

The Michigan team are huge fans of the show and I can tell they're enjoying it. :) I don't know what Caitlin and Brittany were doing on the show, they were kinda random.

That's why I loved Gary & Will! I love that they were huge fans! :D
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Post by: theschnauzers on October 14, 2012, 08:29:28 PM
This was the finished Phil mentioned in some pre-season interviews about two teams racing to the mat neck-and-neck, and one team went left and the other team went right at a fork, and that made the difference.
Gary and Will have been very lucky, but history suggests that at some point their luck is likely to run out.
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Post by: redskevin88 on October 14, 2012, 08:32:00 PM
This was the finished Phil mentioned in some pre-season interviews about two teams racing to the mat neck-and-neck, and one team went left and the other team went right at a fork, and that made the difference.
Gary and Will have been very lucky, but history suggests that at some point their luck is likely to run out.

History like Dan & Andrew?
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Post by: Best Loser on October 14, 2012, 08:32:47 PM
Gary & Will vs. Steve & Dave in a race to be the slowest, luckiest, super-fan team. Who wins?
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Post by: georgiapeach on October 14, 2012, 08:32:55 PM
Cindy and Ernie will be here again tomorrow night to discuss tonight's episode!!

Please come join in the fun here:

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28012.msg808709.html#msg808709

And feel free to put up some questions tonight!! :hearts:

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Post by: Declive on October 14, 2012, 08:33:10 PM
it was blind einstein

 :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3: :lol3:
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Post by: hakushu8 on October 14, 2012, 08:40:16 PM
I'm still unsure if I liked the train in the middle of the leg. (Kind of) makes the Roadblock unimportant. It seperated the teams, it also did helped the drama in the double U-Turn since it basically came down to the bottom 4.
Without the train ride, there wouldn't be a reason to use the U-turn because (on paper) the RB was "easy". How many plate-breaking shots were shown? Not that many. The RB was already misplaced to begin with (serving Sumatran cuisine in Java... :res: :lol:).
If the RB was in the same town/city as the Detour, we wouldn't have the scene with the top 4 of the 5 teams making a pact not to use it, whilst the bottom 4 are strategizing because they know they're behind.
 
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Post by: Jimmer on October 14, 2012, 08:43:41 PM
I'm still unsure if I liked the train in the middle of the leg. (Kind of) makes the Roadblock unimportant. It seperated the teams, it also did helped the drama in the double U-Turn since it basically came down to the bottom 4.
Without the train ride, there wouldn't be a reason to use the U-turn because (on paper) the RB was "easy". How many plate-breaking shots were shown? Not that many. The RB was already misplaced to begin with (serving Sumatran cuisine in Java... :res: :lol:).
If the RB was in the same town/city as the Detour, we wouldn't have the scene with the top 4 of the 5 teams making a pact not to use it, whilst the bottom 4 are strategizing because they know they're behind.

Well, still teams in the bottom could U-Turn other teams in the bottom and make it just as dramatic, because you never know what happens in this race. You just never know.
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Post by: theschnauzers on October 14, 2012, 09:43:39 PM
One other reason why the top teams likely didn't use the blind Double-U-Turn was because they knew they had done a roadblock and a detour, and I suspect they realized they wouldn't be far from heading to a pit stop even before they opened the clue at the U-Turn sign.
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Post by: Jobby on October 14, 2012, 11:40:19 PM
Hello everyone, (especially those outside USA)

I know youtube has removed all the videos but I found the ep3 online. If you need the link you can PM me or peach okay? I'll send the link to her too. :)
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Post by: Jobby on October 14, 2012, 11:59:48 PM
Twin sisters: "We can work with the stupid Chippendales...." HMMMMMMMMMMMM. I prefer the sisters, but that's uncalled for.
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 12:03:28 AM
Sisters: 602
Trexie: 607
Chips: 612
Abbieryan: 619

Sisters waited for everyone... could be a smart move... but everyone caught up. :O

And then they realized they need cabs. -_- Erm, ok... now Trey and Lexi are before them!

We are seeing so much of the twin sisters for the first 5 minutes -_-
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Post by: supah on October 15, 2012, 01:07:14 AM
Not a bad episode! Although I do have complaints :lol:
The Roadblock was good on paper, but it was made to look easy and it didn't really take that long :(
Loved the travelling clue on the train!
I enjoyed the Detour, there isn't much they could've done to make it better or worse.
BLIND Double U-Turn? Love it!
I think it was nice to see a Pit Stop in a high school, something different for a change.
I am not a fan of mid-leg travel, especially when it separates teams by a large margin of time. They could've had the Roadblock in Bangil as well - location doesn't matter because Padang food is from Sumatra and I'm pretty sure Surabaya isn't in Sumatra?

Trey & Lexi are awesome! Just saying
Lexi saying they would U-Turn the Divorcees is very obvious foreshadowing! We should keep an eye on that
I'm surprised Abbie & Ryan haven't had a meltdown yet. I still like them and I hope that doesn't change!
Still loving the Chippendales! Especially Jaymes! :lol:
James & Abba are definitely the dark horses of the race. They race well, they have the brains and brawns, but choose to be lone rangers... it's a good strategy but *cough* Jet & Cord *cough*
I love Natalie & Nadiya. They have their mind set to it and they want to achieve, so good on them! My favourite moment was when they were at the U-Turn and Natalie was like "is our picture cute?" and Nadiya said "shut up Natalie!" :lol:

Last but not least, the blondes. I was really hoping for a Dustin & Kandice 3.0 :( Caitlin didn't do much, but I noticed during their race she was always ahead and Brittany was straggling behind. Their elimination was bittersweet, I'll miss them because I liked them and I wanted to see them go far, but if they did go far, we would get to see more of their personality, and after watching this episode, it could've possibly not been a nice one :(

That was such a great moment when the blondes passed the teachers and then they went left and the teachers went right! :lol:
One last thing - WAY too early for a U-Turn!

Pretty good season so far :)

ETA: The music that was played when the Twinnies were running for the train! I miss pre-HD music!
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 03:00:43 AM
I know peachies gonna agree with me on this.

U-TURN before pitstop....????????????? :knuckles: :umn: :knuckles: :umn: :knuckles: :umn:

In this case, thank goodness Gary and Will were not eliminated because the blondes suck more than them. Who would have expected? Looking at how they were able to complete the task and still check-in before the blondes... FULL CREDITS given to them.

As for the blondes. They honestly deserved to go home. Sad to watch a team get eliminated due to bad "cab" in this case bad drivers, but.... how come they are the only ones with bad drivers throughout? Makes you realize whether is it their attitude.
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Post by: starrynight on October 15, 2012, 03:41:54 AM
Nobody deserves to go home because of getting lots of bad taxis.  I heard excuses from people on another forum about the last episode with people saying they can't have tried different taxis (even though they did).  I think people want to think the right elimination happened and so think badly of whoever gets eliminated.  I actually liked their passion for the race, which I think was better than the team that survived.  I suspected they would get eliminated though because they showed them being overly confident in an earlier interview segment.

The tasks still pretty much suck, either too easy or too quick.  The main drama is still who gets the most bad taxi drivers.  Maybe they should make the taxi drivers the stars of the show?
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Post by: supah on October 15, 2012, 03:45:13 AM
I think we need a team of taxi drivers next season!
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Post by: Theo on October 15, 2012, 03:59:21 AM
I think we need a team of taxi drivers next season!
:hearts:
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 04:51:46 AM
TRUE THAT!!!!! :lol3:
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Post by: Air on October 15, 2012, 05:08:58 AM
Yay Abby Ryan

But they won the third leg :'(

The Third Leg Curse was broken by TARV.
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Post by: Reilly Queens on October 15, 2012, 08:05:11 AM
Omg thank god
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Post by: apskip on October 15, 2012, 08:19:04 AM
3 Hours between trains :oh
1050am - 736am = 3 1/4 hours between trains.
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Post by: apskip on October 15, 2012, 08:31:13 AM

The teams on the train are getting pretty competitive. They're all willing to U-Turn.


Huh? Not one of the first 6 teams elected to U-turn anybody. Since they had no knowledge of what was going on for the way-behind second group, only the first group would have been a potential target. Although some teams made it sound altruistic, their decision not to U-Turn anyone made perfect sense. It preserves their right to U-turn for any that happen later in the race. If they had used it on any other team, the 15 minutes or so that it cost that team would not have made any appreciable difference in the finish results.
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Post by: Polaroid on October 15, 2012, 08:38:23 AM

The teams on the train are getting pretty competitive. They're all willing to U-Turn.


Huh? Not one of the first 6 teams elected to U-turn anybody. Since they had no knowledge of what was going on for the way-behind second group, only the first group would have been a potential target. Although some teams made it sound altruistic, their decision not to U-Turn anyone made perfect sense. It preserves their right to U-turn for any that happen later in the race. If they had used it on any other team, the 15 minutes or so that it cost that team would not have made any appreciable difference in the finish results.

I was referring to the second train because at that time, most of the teams on the first train had already arrived at the pit stop.
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Post by: apskip on October 15, 2012, 09:09:21 AM
Caitlin & Brittany's driver got them lost. They switch drivers. Gary & Will arrive at the U-Turn before Caitlin & Brittany. They can't decide whether to U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany or Rob & Kelley because they don't know who is behind. Commercial.

If the U-Turn wasn't blind, they would have known Caitlin & Brittany were the only team behind them. :oh

How would Gary/Will have known? They did not know due to the anonymous aspect that Rob/Kelley U-turned them and those 3 teams were the only ones on the 1050am train to Bangil.
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 10:16:47 AM
Caitlin & Brittany's driver got them lost. They switch drivers. Gary & Will arrive at the U-Turn before Caitlin & Brittany. They can't decide whether to U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany or Rob & Kelley because they don't know who is behind. Commercial.

If the U-Turn wasn't blind, they would have known Caitlin & Brittany were the only team behind them. :oh

How would Gary/Will have known? They did not know due to the anonymous aspect that Rob/Kelley U-turned them and those 3 teams were the only ones on the 1050am train to Bangil.

I think what was meant was - If it's not blind U-TURN, Rob and Kelley would have to plant their face on the U-TURN board. As a result, Gary and Will will most likely U-TURN the blondes (whether or not they are behind doesn't matter, since it's worth a shot anyway) and not the monster truckers. :)
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Post by: Chateau d If on October 15, 2012, 11:08:21 AM
Caitlin & Brittany's driver got them lost. They switch drivers. Gary & Will arrive at the U-Turn before Caitlin & Brittany. They can't decide whether to U-Turn Caitlin & Brittany or Rob & Kelley because they don't know who is behind. Commercial.

If the U-Turn wasn't blind, they would have known Caitlin & Brittany were the only team behind them. :oh

How would Gary/Will have known? They did not know due to the anonymous aspect that Rob/Kelley U-turned them and those 3 teams were the only ones on the 1050am train to Bangil.

Four Teams on the 10:50 am train.   :waves:
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Post by: Best Loser on October 15, 2012, 11:42:21 AM
Nobody deserves to go home because of getting lots of bad taxis.  I heard excuses from people on another forum about the last episode with people saying they can't have tried different taxis (even though they did).  I think people want to think the right elimination happened and so think badly of whoever gets eliminated.  I actually liked their passion for the race, which I think was better than the team that survived.  I suspected they would get eliminated though because they showed them being overly confident in an earlier interview segment.

The tasks still pretty much suck, either too easy or too quick.  The main drama is still who gets the most bad taxi drivers.  Maybe they should make the taxi drivers the stars of the show?

Taxis have always been part of the show. A bad driver isn't anything new.
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Post by: starrynight on October 15, 2012, 01:11:47 PM
And I've never liked it causing eliminations.  Anyway it isn't taxi driver (singular), we are talking about loads of them.  So if people get out of one bad taxi they just get another crap one.  That just makes a farce of the show as a race between racers.
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 01:52:09 PM
I know bad cabs should never be the reason to eliminate a team (Amy and Daniel and the blondes)... but sometimes teams just have to be decisive and leave or grab another cab if they sense something is wrong. I know it's easy for us to say but when on the real race, situations and scenarios are different.

HOWEVER, for Caitlin and Brittany's case, I was shocked when they realized that Gary and Will turned another direction, AND they knew how badly their driver sucked, didn't stop him immediately and follow them till death. It was their lack of decision making that caused them the race. The blondes knew that they could outrun those two any day, so why split apart? If both teams go the wrong direction, then so be it.. at least they are together. It is very different from Amy and Daniel's case where everything is out of their control and even though they abandoned their cab, it was too late. The blondes had the choice to make a decision to follow Gary and Will, instead of going left... but they didn't. And that caused their elimination, IMHO.
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Post by: Plaidmoon on October 15, 2012, 02:16:23 PM
I know bad cabs should never be the reason to eliminate a team (Amy and Daniel and the blondes)... but sometimes teams just have to be decisive and leave or grab another cab if they sense something is wrong. I know it's easy for us to say but when on the real race, situations and scenarios are different.

HOWEVER, for Caitlin and Brittany's case, I was shocked when they realized that Gary and Will turned another direction, AND they knew how badly their driver sucked, didn't stop him immediately and follow them till death. It was their lack of decision making that caused them the race. The blondes knew that they could outrun those two any day, so why split apart? If both teams go the wrong direction, then so be it.. at least they are together. It is very different from Amy and Daniel's case where everything is out of their control and even though they abandoned their cab, it was too late. The blondes had the choice to make a decision to follow Gary and Will, instead of going left... but they didn't. And that caused their elimination, IMHO.

I agree with the above. I'll also point out that Nadiya and Natalie were very decisive about switching cabs early on when it became apparent that their driver didn't know where he was going. Given the situation, it didn't help them out much (after dropping the plates at the restaurant, they were probably going to miss the train anyway), but it was still a good and smart move.

I also thought that Gary and Will offering the driver more money to pedal faster after being passed by the Blondes was a good idea too. That may have made some difference at the end since they were probably running slower than Caitlin and Brittany.
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Post by: starrynight on October 15, 2012, 02:35:26 PM
But I thought they did change taxi drivers several times during the day, same with the team which was eliminated last week.  How are they supposed to know whether they have finally got a decent taxi driver or not?  I think, again, it's just people making excuses for the result to try and make the race look better.
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 02:41:48 PM
But I thought they did change taxi drivers several times during the day, same with the team which was eliminated last week.  How are they supposed to know whether they have finally got a decent taxi driver or not?  I think, again, it's just people making excuses for the result to try and make the race look better.

Starry, your argument is very flawed. You apparently need to watch the episode again to know that the blondes did not change their driver even though he had brought them in the wrong direction (opposite in fact) to the U-TURN location.

If your point is that we are trying to find excuses to try and make the race look better, the same thing can be said about your attitude in insisting that this season of the race is pathetic, which makes me wonder... why are you still watching the show then? :lol:

The truth is the truth, the blondes got eliminated even without a U-TURN. They told the driver to bring them back to the original Detour location because they did not know where to go nor did they direct their driver properly. I like the blondes over Gary and Will and was rooting for them to NOT get eliminated. But honestly speaking, the blondes have no one to blame but themselves for their elimination ultimately. (Although i still think 50% is the cab's fault) :lol:
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Post by: starrynight on October 15, 2012, 05:46:21 PM
It's true that it is better to go with other teams than alone.  However at that point at the end of a leg they had to either follow the other team immediately or go in the other direction.  If there wasn't another taxi available at that point they would have had to wait for a while and probably wouldn't have been able to catch up with the other team anyway.  And assuming they were going in the right direction (being positive which people here apparently wanted them to be) they would have had a head start on the other team.  I suspect they didn't go very far in the other direction anyway and the editing just seemed to make it look like that. 

And of course the editing isn't really very clear in this program anyway.  We don't know exactly how many problems they had, exactly what the problems where with the taxi drivers and at what point they changed etc.   So much of this is actually complete speculation.  But normally an eliminated team won't be shown in the best light in the program.  And I definitely saw them getting out of a taxi at one point to get another, I'm pretty sure they didn't stick to one taxi all the time.  Indeed with their frustration over the taxis the likelihood of them just keeping with one through the leg would be very remote.  Looking at the interview apskip posted:  Brittany "We just had a day of bad drivers."  And that interview also shows that he had taken them to the pitstop before so it really was reasonable for them to think he knew where it was.
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Post by: Jobby on October 15, 2012, 08:21:09 PM
...nvm, I don't think you get it. :lol:
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Post by: theschnauzers on October 15, 2012, 09:36:47 PM
Keep in mind that the editors do tell you things by implication; if a team keeps having problems with one taxi driver (or a series) they may show a couple of quick clips of those without beating us over the head about it, especially in this phase of the Race with a lot of teams, and multiple locations to cover. The blondes were shown making all sorts of mistakes before that last ride to the pit stop. They wasted a lot of time trying to find the location for the U-Turn, and kept going over the same (incorrect) territory without thinking it through.
I can;t believe they didn't ask locals about the location they were given, because it seems to me any resident would have recognized the intersection with little trouble. So their elimination was due to their making mistakes that were even bigger than Gary-Will, who seem to make enough of them as it is.
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Post by: starrynight on October 16, 2012, 06:28:25 AM
Keep in mind that the editors do tell you things by implication; if a team keeps having problems with one taxi driver (or a series) they may show a couple of quick clips of those without beating us over the head about it, especially in this phase of the Race with a lot of teams, and multiple locations to cover. The blondes were shown making all sorts of mistakes before that last ride to the pit stop. They wasted a lot of time trying to find the location for the U-Turn, and kept going over the same (incorrect) territory without thinking it through.
I can;t believe they didn't ask locals about the location they were given, because it seems to me any resident would have recognized the intersection with little trouble. So their elimination was due to their making mistakes that were even bigger than Gary-Will, who seem to make enough of them as it is.

I don't trust the editing anywhere near as much as you.  And I think it is very likely they did ask people for directions (every racer does), and the people who take them around in circles are the taxi drivers.  That's what taxi drivers who are lost do, gets them more money often as well.  And the editors very often like to beat the audience over the head with their 'themes' lol, that's been one of the weaknesses of the program in the past.
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Post by: supah on October 17, 2012, 05:25:28 AM
After re-watching the episode, they definitely could've made some minor improvements to make the challenges better.

Egg Head - I think they did everything they could do, but they could've made teams balance the coconuts on their heads instead of letting the team members' hold them?

Lion's Head - They should've made teams memorise the processional steps. They had a choreographer in from of them the WHOLE time instructing them what to do.

I did enjoy both Detours, but these ^ are some things they could've done to make it just that little bit harder.

and my favourite quote of the episode would have to go to Brittany - "For the love of God, CEPAT!!!!!"  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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Post by: starrynight on October 17, 2012, 07:27:15 AM
I was surprised so many did the dancing task, the egg one sounded like it would be quite easy.
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Post by: georgiapeach on October 17, 2012, 12:25:37 PM
The egg one was tricky...you had to go to a second location to get the eggs, and the more travel, the more room for error. Some teams might have chosen to not do it because of that alone.

The hot sauce may also have thrown some teams off.

The lion heads while easy to look at were probably VERY difficult to manage. We know they weighed 40++ lbs and were held in place by a bite block. Add very limited visibility, having to kneel down and GET BACK UP with 40++lbs on your head, and do this for about a mile...not easy at all.

While some tasks come across simple, remember that there are always hidden things that may make them very difficult to do!!
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Post by: theschnauzers on October 17, 2012, 01:06:02 PM
I personally think the Lion's Head detpur was actually difficult enough even without the choreography. Because of the extremely limited field of vision, it made sense that the Racers were being led in the procession, and having been given a chance to practice the turns and steps before beginning the procession, it still required a lot of the Racers to carry the masks for whatever distance was involved. The only advantage to the Head's task was that they arrived at the one location and were led to the end of the procession route, which meant they couldn't get lost. That balances out the egg task which did require teams to carry the egg and fire on their heads after getting the eggs from another location, and had better odds of losing time because of the additional stop. So I think the tasks were designed to be roughly equal in difficulty, although some teams would have had trouble with either one task or the other.
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Post by: Jimmer on October 17, 2012, 05:35:10 PM
Just throwing it out there...

Which detour do you think took less time (on average)?

I say that because the farmers finished last on the egg head on their train but Gary & Will talked about it was so easier. Just curious.
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Post by: RaceUntilWeDie on October 18, 2012, 09:36:25 AM
Random thought,

but I find it amazing for some reason how 2/3 of the Top 3 of Leg 1 have already been eliminated, whereas in the last few seasons, nearly the entire Top 3 of Leg 1 made their way to the finale.

 :3
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Jobby on October 21, 2012, 11:25:33 AM
I love the randomness of this season... now if... Ryan and Abbie didn't win last leg... :lol:

Okay, but they are nice people!!
Title: Re: Ep 3 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary ** please read the rules**
Post by: Air on October 22, 2012, 04:02:06 AM
I love the randomness of this season... now if... Ryan and Abbie didn't win last leg... :lol:

Okay, but they are nice people!!

The leg three curse has been broken by TARV.