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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #75 on: May 26, 2010, 09:29:40 AM »
So, given that the starting line is at Boston, we may see a European start! But if that volcano is still there, I'm guessing Central America islands!

What??? we know the starting line? It hasn't even begun and I'm already behind?  :umn:
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #76 on: May 26, 2010, 09:32:17 AM »
Maybe Canada? A lot of flights into Toronto today.

Though, it's an Eastward race. If they do fly to Canada, they'll have to fly to Europe for the next legs. But  The path to Europe is kinda shaky and unstable due to the ash thingy (if it's still on). So, I **speculate** it's NOT Canada.

OR Canada, then fly to South America, but I don't **think** so.
So, given that the starting line is at Boston, we may see a European start! But if that volcano is still there, I'm guessing Central America islands!

What??? we know the starting line? It hasn't even begun and I'm already behind?  :umn:

I thought it was determined on the Tweets thread? ???
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #77 on: May 26, 2010, 09:35:10 AM »
See? I AM behind.. running to the tweet thread.  :sneak
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #78 on: May 26, 2010, 06:57:57 PM »
I'm moving my post here to help the mods ^_^

Summarizing some incoming info:

Teams DEP Boston Logan using American Airlines 108 dep 7:15 PM arr 6:50 AM (first 3 teams)
and Virgin Atlantic 12 dep 7:45 PM arr 7:20 AM ( remaining 8 teams).

Destination: Heathrow, then on to STONEHENGE!! :hearts:

England, right? :hearts:
about time to go to another world famous landmark!
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #79 on: May 26, 2010, 09:33:35 PM »
So GonzaloChileno wins? Congrats on winning that Eyjafjallajokull ash! :snicker:

I must say this is one of the best start-city/first-destination combinations ever. We haven't had an epic start since TAR 2's Cristo Redemptor first clue.
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #80 on: May 27, 2010, 12:31:58 AM »
I was thinking about this earlier tonight, and I can't believe TAR hadn't gone to Stonehenge in sixteen full seasons. About time they went there.
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #81 on: May 27, 2010, 11:05:00 AM »
I was thinking about this earlier tonight, and I can't believe TAR hadn't gone to Stonehenge in sixteen full seasons. About time they went there.

Maybe they were just saving it for later. :lol:
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #82 on: May 30, 2010, 07:25:13 PM »
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #83 on: July 25, 2010, 05:13:33 PM »
So, to stay on topic; next betting question:

What tasks will appear in the 90-minute premier?
Detour, Roadblock?

Will we find out what the new twist does in the first episode?

Will we get another "obvious" edit of the F4(or 5)?

Will we get more screamers (Meredith, Victoria, etc.) this season?
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #84 on: July 25, 2010, 08:17:51 PM »
So, to stay on topic; next betting question:

What tasks will appear in the 90-minute premier?
Roadblock and a general task, as has been customary for the past 3 seasons.

Will we find out what the new twist does in the first episode? Yes (otherwise later viewers will be confused)

Will we get another "obvious" edit of the F4(or 5)? I see a lot of emphasis on the FF teams. Too much emphasis causes hype, which leads to backlash, just saying.

Will we get more screamers (Meredith, Victoria, etc.) this season? Define screaming. Bickering, yes. Complaining, probably.


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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #85 on: July 25, 2010, 10:09:12 PM »
Define screaming. Bickering, yes. Complaining, probably.
I mean people that continuously scream to their partners (and I meant Gretchen instead of Meredith xD)

Example:
Gretchen: Meredith! WE GOT A BAD ELEPHANT!
Victoria: NOOOO!!! THEY'RE GONA TAKE IT!!!!! JOOOOOOOOOOOHNNNNNNNNN!!!
(Jor?)Dan: I LOVE YOU BRO!!!!!




and last, but not least:

Karyn: LEENNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!!
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #86 on: July 25, 2010, 10:23:18 PM »
What tasks will appear in the 90-minute premier?
I'd really like to see a Detour AND a Roadblock. If the spoilers from the first leg are correct, there wouldn't be enough time for an overnight rest, so with 90-minutes, they COULD have time to show both a Detour and a Roadblock. Probably a bit unlikely though. What I AM interested to see is the teams trying to get from Gloucester to Logan Airport, since I live outside of the city and I know getting to the airport can be a nightmare if you don't know where you're going.

Will we find out what the new twist does in the first episode?
I hope so.

Will we get another "obvious" edit of the F4(or 5)?
I hope not.

Will we get more screamers (Meredith, Victoria, etc.) this season?
There always is, so I'll say yeah.
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #87 on: July 26, 2010, 12:00:02 AM »
What tasks will appear in the 90-minute premier?
I'd really like to see a Detour AND a Roadblock. If the spoilers from the first leg are correct, there wouldn't be enough time for an overnight rest, so with 90-minutes, they COULD have time to show both a Detour and a Roadblock. Probably a bit unlikely though.
Try unlikely.  Those turned out to be an elaborate hoax that someone blew right out of the water.

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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #88 on: July 26, 2010, 01:53:52 AM »
What tasks will appear in the 90-minute premier?
I'd really like to see a Detour AND a Roadblock. If the spoilers from the first leg are correct, there wouldn't be enough time for an overnight rest, so with 90-minutes, they COULD have time to show both a Detour and a Roadblock. Probably a bit unlikely though.
Try unlikely.  Those turned out to be an elaborate hoax that someone blew right out of the water.
No, I didn't mean it that way. I mean that the flights carrying teams to their first destination (keeping it hidden, just in case someone comes to the spoilers board expecting NOT to find spoilers...  :lol3: ) arrived at like 7 or 8 in the morning local time, so it wasn't like they were arriving at a time that was feasbile for TPTB to include an overnight rest. I was lurking around here when whatshisface unleashed his reign of fake first-leg spoilers amongst us all, so I do know what you're talking about. That's just not what I was refering to when I mentioned the spoilers.

(But I'll still hold out hope that with a 90-minute premier, we might might might see a Detour and a Roadblock in the same leg.  :tup: )
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Re: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17?
« Reply #89 on: July 26, 2010, 05:38:44 AM »
I hope we see both, like in China TAR 10. BUT, no quick eliminations please! :o
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