I will not be here for live stream today because my family call me to go out for my birthday celebrations. I'll be watch the episode later on AXN.
TWINNIE UTURN STRATEGY <333333
TWINNIE UTURN STRATEGY <333333
i really like the detour which one is physical challenges task and other side is technically simple but time wasting detour and decision to place detour before RB is a smart choice ( although it's proved that whether the detour point is placed before/after Rb, it's really hard to catch up when you get u-turned)
What I appreciated most (and this coming from someone who HATES Uturns) was that these players understood the UTurn and how it works.
If anyone had any doubts that these players might not "know" TAR...this leg proved them wrong!! Good strategy all around, but oh so sad for Brodie and Kurt. :'(
Maybe she was just confused with why Burnie & Ashley chose to u-turn a team already in front of themWhat I appreciated most (and this coming from someone who HATES Uturns) was that these players understood the UTurn and how it works.
If anyone had any doubts that these players might not "know" TAR...this leg proved them wrong!! Good strategy all around, but oh so sad for Brodie and Kurt. :'(
Well, Sheri didn't understand what Burnie & Ashley did, did she?
i really like the detour which one is physical challenges task and other side is technically simple but time wasting detour and decision to place detour before RB is a smart choice ( although it's proved that whether the detour point is placed before/after Rb, it's really hard to catch up when you get u-turned)
No, if the Roadblock was not that linear. They only waited for Cole to be Mika 2.0. :groan:
Maybe not. or maybe she did, they have played a good game.
The others understood 100%. Burnie and Ashley could have chosen any remaining team, and didn't, ensuring who went home.
Fifth second placement and they were in the Mat with the first team all the time </3
And a robbed win in Chamonix
Burnie & Ashley </3
The U-TURN is never not strategic when it's meant to:
1. Eliminate a strong team who's finally for once behind you
2. Eliminate a weak team who's weaker than you to keep you alive
The only time when a U-TURN is used lamely is when you use it on a team you hate without strategy aka Joe and Heidi by Louie and Michael.
Sheri didn't understand the U-TURN strategy deployed by the first two teams, but it doesn't mean that she's not a race lover? I'm pretty sure that as long as a team understands how a U-TURN should be deployed, that's enough?
Sheri & Cole and Burnie & Ashley are my picks for returnee season
At long last, one of the most annoying teams go home. Technically the annoying one is only Brodie. Brodie, you keep on talking so much but your partner Kurt, who's a cancer survivor did more roadblocks, the physically challenging ones and slayed the race more than you did. 2 thumbs up for Kurt for being an inspiration for cancer-survivors out there.
TBH I think that this leg is a disappointment, especially in terms of the tasks. I really don't like this leg linearity where the only place you can see teams positions changing is on the Detour. I absolutely hate the Roadblock and I think that this Roadblock is one of the worst task in Indonesia, other than the Padang restaurant Roadblock back in Surabaya (TAR 21 Leg 3). The only thing that saved this leg from being the worst leg in Indonesia was when they had to snorkel to find their clue, which I found really creative and I love the view underwater. <3
But still, I think that this is the second worst leg in Indonesia behind the Surabaya leg back in TAR 21 Leg 2.
I agree with Jobby that Brodie/Kurt elimination is kind of like a karma for burning EP in Dubai. If they could let Burnie/Ashley take first place that leg and kept the EP, I would say they must have HUGE lead this leg and probably got 1st. It's because if they used the EP in last leg RB it would definitely save them a lot of time since either RB last leg took so long (look like 30 min more for either salt or kite task), maybe they felt regret after this leg then.
Giggle @ Tyler & Korey haters
To be honest, I hate linear legs but tbh, I think every season should have one linear leg. If every leg has a bunching point, then a team wouldn't know or expect how important it is to do well EVERY LEG. You never know the next might be a linear one and will put your team in danger.
That being said, I actually thought that the Roadblock is fine, but if it involved some sort of a task at the top, like looking at a complete puzzle, then jumping off, then immediately getting back in shape to solve the puzzle... it might make the task more exciting. But again, I think the fact that the pit-stop is far away is good enough for me. How many times have we seen that a team finishes a task and run to the pit-stop 500m away? Or searching the grounds of the task location. By travelling to another place, it allows a team to fall behind/catch up.. In the case of B/A where they caught up well enough to just be directly behind T/K.. and S/C to fall behind the dancers.
Think we should give and take every now and then..
So the pitstop is quite far from the beach? I haven't been to Bali and got no idea, the editing makes it seem like the finish order depends on whether you can find a taxi first, I think would be nicer if they make a little trick like a photo clue to find the pitstop or Phil hiding somewhere not easy to spot there.
That being said, I actually thought that the Roadblock is fine, but if it involved some sort of a task at the top, like looking at a complete puzzle, then jumping off, then immediately getting back in shape to solve the puzzle... it might make the task more exciting.
I feel that the leg only seems linear because of the coconut task that every team attempted? Tbh, the seaweed task MIGHT have displace some teams.
+++++That being said, I actually thought that the Roadblock is fine, but if it involved some sort of a task at the top, like looking at a complete puzzle, then jumping off, then immediately getting back in shape to solve the puzzle... it might make the task more exciting.
I believe that by this point in the race (less than 7 teams), first come, first served tasks should be dropped and linear thrill tasks should be mixed with another type of challenge.