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Sasuke11	Challenges, Twists, Etc.	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2011 (03/22/09 04:09 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'! Remove this ad Since we have once again a newer twist the "blind u-turn" I ask you all this. Out of everything The Amazing Race (the U.S. version of course) has added/implemented/removed/adjusted/whatever, what do you personally like the best, and even if you don't particularly like something, what do you think works the best? The list is as follows - Roadblock, Detour, Fast forward (1 per leg (minus 1st/last legs) or the sporadic 1/2/sometimes 3 per race), Non-Elim (just tell me what version you like best since there has been god knows how many different types), Yield, Intersection, U-turn, Speed Bump, and finally Double Legs. If I missed anything let me know, and once again I'm just curious as to what everyone personally likes.
Zzunk		#1	[-]
Posts: 4925 (03/22/09 04:40 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Don't forget the surprise elimination the dumped Muslim brothers Bilal and Sa'eed on the streets of China. Detours that make people fall down are quite entertaining. Like the roller skiing detour in the second leg of TAR 6. Also detours that require the contestants to row like retards, which is really politically incorrect.
rentfan85		#2	[-]
Posts: 632 (03/22/09 05:23 PM) Needs a Life, STAT Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I personally liked the intersection because it can either help a team or screw them over. When Dustin/Kandice had to wait for the Cho Brothers to arrive, I thought those two teams were surely going to be in the back of the pack for the rest of the leg, but surprisingly they worked well together and were able to get ahead of the other teams. I like when teams are forced to work together because it can go either way. The tasks I don't necessarily like are the needle in the haystack tasks which some teams breeze through and others fail, aka the haybales in Season 6 and the tomatoe detour in Season 10 with Rob/Kim. I like the Speed Bump task with the non-elimination. The taking away money didn't do anything because teams were able to still collect money in most countries unless it was a poor country. The Speed Bump makes the team work extra hard. I also liked in Season 5 when they had a 2 hour season finale with 4 teams instead of just seeing the 3 teams. Sorry if I ran off topic.
Mega64		#3	[-]
Posts: 9839 (03/22/09 05:25 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Worst twist is easily the Intersection. Forcing two teams to bunch up and work together? That can really fuck over good teams. Great that it's dead, but the fact we even saw it for like two seasons is inexcusable. rentfan85 wrote: The tasks I don't necessarily like are the needle in the haystack tasks which some teams breeze through and others fail, aka the haybales in Season 6 and the tomatoe detour in Season 10 with Rob/Kim. Oh, I fucking despise those. They're not so bad when it's a Detour and they have an alternative, but Roadblocks like that are fucking bullshit. Really, leave a team's fate directly to chance? There are plenty of opportunities for blind luck to fuck over teams during the race, so do we really need fucking tasks based entirely on luck? Last Edited By: Mega64 03/22/09 05:28 PM. Edited 1 times.
chad6		#4	[-]
Posts: 2932 (03/22/09 06:00 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I like the intersection, but they should use it earlier in the season and make the intersected teams break apart well before the end. Maybe add it to a NEL so that no one gets screwed by it.
meatball77		#5	[-]
Posts: 10854 (03/22/09 06:12 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I don't mind chance tasks if it's a one in 10 chance thing. The task with the paint throwers where they had to look through a bunch of clues last season was fine. Ones where it could end up taking hours and hours (like the lock task in china) and a team could go from first to last I hate.
Sasuke11		#6	[-]
Posts: 2012 (03/24/09 04:41 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	meatball77 wrote: I don't mind chance tasks if it's a one in 10 chance thing. The task with the paint throwers where they had to look through a bunch of clues last season was fine. Ones where it could end up taking hours and hours (like the lock task in china) and a team could go from first to last I hate. Ya great point, didn't one of the teams just give up on the key challenge?
Mooyou		#7	[-]
Posts: 65 (03/24/09 06:10 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I feel that the intersection must be in conjunction with the u-turn, so that we could see two teams running for their lives on the mat, not just one team that we all know their ultimately toast.
Apprentice Talker		#8	[-]
Posts: 8020 (03/24/09 06:29 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The 2nd FF of TAR7 in India was the worst, it repeated from season 5 FF which was head shaving. Ladies were criticized to shave their heads and they failed to do the award.
meatball77		#9	[-]
Posts: 10889 (03/24/09 06:52 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Sasuke11 wrote: meatball77 wrote: I don't mind chance tasks if it's a one in 10 chance thing. The task with the paint throwers where they had to look through a bunch of clues last season was fine. Ones where it could end up taking hours and hours (like the lock task in china) and a team could go from first to last I hate. Ya great point, didn't one of the teams just give up on the key challenge? They ran out of time and had to give up. It was sad. As was the haystack unrolling challenge.
TimmyTAR		#10	[-]
Posts: 2130 (03/24/09 06:59 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'! Remove this ad meatball77 wrote: Sasuke11 wrote: meatball77 wrote: I don't mind chance tasks if it's a one in 10 chance thing. The task with the paint throwers where they had to look through a bunch of clues last season was fine. Ones where it could end up taking hours and hours (like the lock task in china) and a team could go from first to last I hate. Ya great point, didn't one of the teams just give up on the key challenge? They ran out of time and had to give up. It was sad. As was the haystack unrolling challenge. Hayden & Aaron and Adam & Rebecca were going to have to quit because of the last gondola of the day leaving soon. Just as they were both about to quit, Adam & Rebecca found it. One of the luckiest moments ever! Anyway, back to twist time. I hate any twist that has any of the Teams using a power to cripple other Teams. coughYieldU-Turncough It's supposed to be a race between each other, and it's not fair when another Team has to force another Team to stop racing or make up a crapload of time with another Detour option. The Speed Bump is another thing. I love the idea that it gives the NEL'd Team an opprotunity to prove that they deserve to still be in the Race by giving them another task to complete. I also like the Fast Forwards every Leg. That always worked with me more than them sprinkled in the route.
unduli clone		#11	[-]
Posts: 5301 (03/24/09 07:27 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I like Speed Bumps as the best variation of NEL's, personally. The money-loss was generally not a big deal and didn't make for very entertaining television. The 30-minute penalty unless you arrived first was hard to get behind as suspenseful, and if the NEL'd teams survived it was more on someone else's failure than their own merit. The Speed Bump forces the NEL'd racers to really prove they deserve to be in the race and work faster at every element of the leg. I don't like Fast Forwards. I like double legs.
platinumtlc		#12	[-]
Posts: 8676 (03/24/09 07:51 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The only time I liked the needle in a haystack type challenge was when Rob/Amber lost to Charla/Mirna. <3
Iku		#13	[-]
Posts: 213 (03/24/09 08:25 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Don't know where else to put this unoriginal brainfart, but... there should be no eliminations. All 11 teams should race from start to finish.
Sasuke11		#14	[-]
Posts: 2013 (03/26/09 02:42 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	platinumtlc wrote: The only time I liked the needle in a haystack type challenge was when Rob/Amber lost to Charla/Mirna. <3 fuck you and your bias against romber. Sorry I was a tad angered when they won the first 3 legs in dominating fashion only to get owned by a retarded task
oh ehm gee		#15	[-]
Posts: 2481 (03/26/09 05:26 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	unduli clone wrote: I like Speed Bumps as the best variation of NEL's, personally. The money-loss was generally not a big deal and didn't make for very entertaining television. The 30-minute penalty unless you arrived first was hard to get behind as suspenseful, and if the NEL'd teams survived it was more on someone else's failure than their own merit. The Speed Bump forces the NEL'd racers to really prove they deserve to be in the race and work faster at every element of the leg. I don't like Fast Forwards. I like double legs. X to the first and last; I'd like the FF if it was more frequent (not saying every leg but 4-5 for a shortened season) and more difficult (or exciting - climbing the SkyTower was good; counting stairs wasn't). And the task should allow multiple teams to go for it.
lawnmunchkin		#16	[-]
Posts: 326 (03/27/09 08:37 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	When you say that multiple teams can go for it.. do you mean like the Guidos vs Nancy/Emily in TAR1? That was my favourite fast forward of all time. It was nail biting, you were on the edge of your seat... so if that is what you mean, then yes, I agree. As for the Speed Bump I like it. It's probably the best twist they've come up with. There needs to be a penalty for being saved during a non-elimination round, and I hate watching them beg for money - especially in countries less fortunate. As long as the task is fair, and isn't too far away from the other tasks, then I think it works quite well. I would like to see more fast forwards, but I wouldn't want them to go back to doing it every leg.
bryanpasa		#17	[-]
Posts: 249 (03/27/09 09:17 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I like the detour and speedbump as it can make or break you...! and may see you at the bottom of the pack... I dislike the finding of a small item from numerous items, like a red apple hidden among the orange apples as I can't seem to do it if we are in that place...
Apprentice Talker		#18	[-]
Posts: 8053 (03/27/09 09:25 AM) WRP Official Spokesperson Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I liked the Herbal Tree Detour during HK leg in TAR2. Oswald/Danny did some shopping during the 8th leg while on awaited flight to Sydney.
oh ehm gee		#19	[-]
Posts: 2484 (03/27/09 09:29 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	When you say that multiple teams can go for it.. do you mean like the Guidos vs Nancy/Emily in TAR1? That was my favourite fast forward of all time. It was nail biting, you were on the edge of your seat... so if that is what you mean, then yes, I agree. Indeed (and holy shit that was a damn good episode). I was immediately thinking of the eating-based FFs and the plate-smashing one. But definitely stuff like that (which is culturally relevant also) and not be a ballast in a stunt car or climb across a tall-ass open pit where the only factor is not being chicken.
platinumtlc		#20	[-]
Posts: 8729 (03/27/09 12:00 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'! Remove this ad lawnmunchkin wrote: When you say that multiple teams can go for it.. do you mean like the Guidos vs Nancy/Emily in TAR1? That was my favourite fast forward of all time. It was nail biting, you were on the edge of your seat... so if that is what you mean, then yes, I agree. <3 That FF but also sad that Nancy/Emily didn't get it! Such a sad episode FF should be something many teams could do at the same time and not have any advantage to whoever got their first or who is stronger etc.

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