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| #SoulSurfers |
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8 | 15.09% |
| #TeamNashville |
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1 | 1.89% |
| #TheWrestlers |
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9 | 16.98% |
| #TheDatingCouple |
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1 | 1.89% |
| #TheCyclists |
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2 | 3.77% |
| #MiamiRealtors |
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1 | 1.89% |
| #MomDaughter |
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3 | 5.66% |
| #TheFirefighters |
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6 | 11.32% |
| #SweetScientists |
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9 | 16.98% |
| #CollegeSweethearts |
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5 | 9.43% |
| #TheDentists |
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8 | 15.09% |
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I was half-expecting him to get on her about the shoelace.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:17
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The expressions on the talking head segments are dead giveaways on who got eliminated.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:23
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Ghostpilot posted:The expressions on the talking head segments are dead giveaways on who got eliminated. Not always, unless you're talking about this episode specifically. I was 20 minutes late so I don't know.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:26
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"We've been watching the show for years! We've been doing CrossFit, running with backpacks..." But neither of you studied pancake flipping while running at full speed, have you? 
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Oct 4, 2014 01:27
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WTF was that Phil and racers segment?
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Oct 4, 2014 01:29
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blue squares posted:WTF was that Phil and racers segment? Another example of the awkward editing involving the Soul Surfers. Maybe they're just that far ahead of the pack? Edit: "It has been judged that you have failed this task due to insufficient flipping of your pancakes!" I love this show.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:30
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Any guess on how many teams fall in ? The Mother & Daughter team may be my favorite.  Really, I'm liking the vast majority of the teams so far. I wouldn't be too upset to see the last of the firefighters, though.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:39
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THIS IS AN AWESOME WAY TO DO THE EXPRESS PASS.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:40
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SteveVizsla posted:THIS IS AN AWESOME WAY TO DO THE EXPRESS PASS. What do you mean? I need to start paying attention. Oops. What was the express pass challenge?
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Oct 4, 2014 01:42
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blue squares posted:What do you mean? Giving it to the team near the end, so that they risk giving up their placement. Thought I thought they were actually going to have to do something for it 
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Oct 4, 2014 01:44
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Still think they're trying to hide her arm? That peeing bit was great
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Oct 4, 2014 01:45
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Wow, you don't get too much more embarrassing than wetting yourself on television with bunch of  ing teenagers right next to you. #WhenYouGottaGoYouGottaGo
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Oct 4, 2014 01:46
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Ghostpilot posted:Wow, you don't get too much more embarrassing than wetting yourself on television with bunch of Above all else, this is reason #1 why I would never try to do the race.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:47
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I liked the Mom and Daughter but this meltdown is really annoying
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Oct 4, 2014 01:53
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There's a third black woman? That threw me off at the mat there.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:53
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blue squares posted:I liked the Mom and Daughter but this meltdown is really annoying Yeah, I really liked them up until this moment.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:54
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blue squares posted:There's a third black woman? That threw me off at the mat there. Food scientist
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Oct 4, 2014 01:54
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I think it's okay. They're passionate about the race.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:55
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SteveVizsla posted:Food scientist Oh yeah. I'm bummed that the other couple didn't make it. They were still saying that they love each other and I like their attitude better
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Oct 4, 2014 01:55
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blue squares posted:Not always, unless you're talking about this episode specifically. I was 20 minutes late so I don't know. Wow, guess I was wrong. In a much earlier talking head segment, the daughter of the MotherDaughter team looked as though somebody died.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:57
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 Holy poo poo his ankle.
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Oct 4, 2014 01:59
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Oh man, are we going to have another ACHILLES?
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Oct 4, 2014 02:00
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Ghostpilot posted:Is it just me, or are they deliberately editing Bethany as to not reveal her missing arm? I dunno. I can't stop staring at her armpit stump.
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Oct 4, 2014 04:06
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:I dunno. I can't stop staring at her armpit stump. Most annoying team of the season. This "honeybun" stuff has to stop. And the guy looks like he is stoned the whole time. Unfortunatly they seem to be pretty competent and have an express pass, so I will have to endure them for longer. Andorra posted:Oh man, are we going to have another ACHILLES? While that looked pretty brutal it's probably not as bad as a torn achilles because the damage could be more superficial. But they suck anyway so no big loss. SteveVizsla posted:Giving it to the team near the end, so that they risk giving up their placement. Thought I thought they were actually going to have to do something for it It should have been a much larger time investment in my opinion. If you have two planes with over 1h difference there is not much you risk as a first placed team except for maybe the first place price. A nice way would have been to have the hay bale challenge on a field 500meter away from the pitstop with only the one fast forward in 100 hay bale's. If you start you can't leave before the fast forward is found. Which means if you start it you could potentially be in a footrace for last place and not even have the fast forward.
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Oct 4, 2014 08:27
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How can these people be breaking down in leg two. They're not even out of English speaking countries yet!
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Oct 4, 2014 16:09
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Random Stranger posted:How can these people be breaking down in leg two. They're not even out of English speaking countries yet! Maybe getting yelled at by the drill sergeant took its toll on them?  Buy yeah, it's only going to get harder from here!By the way, is this the first time a team has caught up to Phil when he was doing challenge intros?
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Oct 4, 2014 17:04
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Ghostpilot posted:By the way, is this the first time a team has caught up to Phil when he was doing challenge intros? It happened last week! It's also happened a couple of times in previous seasons.
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Oct 4, 2014 17:09
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Random Stranger posted:It happened last week! I missed half of last week's.  So far the only team I could do without are the firefighters, which may work itself out. Between this and "Survivor" we've sure gotten quite an influx of firefighters. Wonder why that is.
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Oct 4, 2014 17:15
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Ghostpilot posted:By the way, is this the first time a team has caught up to Phil when he was doing challenge intros? This week it seemed staged/on purpose. I expect them to do that every episode because they like how it improves the flow of the narrative.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:03
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GaussianCopula posted:It should have been a much larger time investment in my opinion. If you have two planes with over 1h difference there is not much you risk as a first placed team except for maybe the first place price. A nice way would have been to have the hay bale challenge on a field 500meter away from the pitstop with only the one fast forward in 100 hay bale's. If you start you can't leave before the fast forward is found. Which means if you start it you could potentially be in a footrace for last place and not even have the fast forward. I agree. It's possible though that it was a task that required two arms, and so they were just allowed to skip it? It's interesting how it'll affect roadblock designs. As Bethany said, they are worried about choosing and roadblock that she is physically incapable of doing. Does this mean this entire race was designed so that all roadblocks can be completed with one arm?
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Oct 4, 2014 18:34
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Shakugan posted:I agree. It's possible though that it was a task that required two arms, and so they were just allowed to skip it? Why would you think that? The show isn't going to re-work itself just because they chose to cast someone with a disability. The whole point of them choosing the cast is so they can have the players work around the show they've created, not the other way around. Think of how unfair it would be for the other teams if they could skip a task just because she has 1 arm, that would make her disability give her a ridiculous advantage. The whole point is they cast her cause she can basically do anything someone with 2 arms can do and most of the time do it better. I'm willing to bet you could think of 100 tasks you claim "require 2 arms" that probably don't. I've never seen a clue that literally has the words "using both arms" in it. If however they come across a challenge where having one arm will give her trouble, they just have to deal with it and either take a penalty or best the thing in spite of her limitations. They're not gonna change the task requirements because one team that they picked has a reason to make the game easier, which as I've argued isn't even the case.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:41
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I thought she would have problems climbing the net to jump into the water in the first episode, but she didn't. Which team is from Survivor?
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Oct 4, 2014 19:22
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Danzel Glovington posted:Why would you think that? The show isn't going to re-work itself just because they chose to cast someone with a disability. Except they will, because they've done it before. In the seasons that Luke raced on there were times when detours or roadblocks explicitly mentioned that hearing was required to complete the task. In the case of detours they made sure he could complete the other task. quote:The whole point is they cast her cause she can basically do anything someone with 2 arms can do and most of the time do it better. I'm willing to bet you could think of 100 tasks you claim "require 2 arms" that probably don't. While I certainly agree that she's shown herself to be a lot better at a bunch of tasks than the average able-bodied person, to pretend that her disability wouldn't stop her from doing certain tasks is ridiculous. quote:I've never seen a clue that literally has the words "using both arms" in it. Driving stick in a racing car. Archery. Tasks off the top of my head that require two arms to do safely (yes they can be done unsafely with one, but there's no way they are going to have a task where she has to take her hands off the wheel or bend over so she can't see the road). There are many tasks on the Amazing Race where having one arm would prevent someone from completing a task. Pretending that someones disability doesn't exist does just as much disservice to that person as assuming they can't do anything. Be realistic, and acknowledge there are some things she'll be able to do great, some she will struggle with, and some tasks that have occurred on the Amazing Race that she straight up wouldn't be capable of doing. quote:If however they come across a challenge where having one arm will give her trouble, they just have to deal with it and either take a penalty or best the thing in spite of her limitations. They're not gonna change the task requirements because one team that they picked has a reason to make the game easier, which as I've argued isn't even the case. This is a tv show. They are not going to want footage of a contestant being eliminated because she unknowingly chose a vague roadblock that requires two arms. You are crazy if you think they won't take steps to ensure this doesn't happen.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:23
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Shakugan posted:While I certainly agree that she's shown herself to be a lot better at a bunch of tasks than the average able-bodied person, to pretend that her disability wouldn't stop her from doing certain tasks is ridiculous. Last season Maggie and Luke had to do the "bar tender" task on which they got eliminated because Luke is deaf and could not hear the music for the other detour, which was probably easier. I guess the producers had to make sure that atleast one of the detours can be completed by her and that if she can't complete a roadblock it's obvious when they read the clue that she can't do it. Other than that, they won't do much to benefit her.
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Oct 4, 2014 20:27
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A greater example is how teams were supposed to evenly split the number of challenges yet Cancer Son did the vast majority.
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Oct 4, 2014 20:55
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GaussianCopula posted:Last season Maggie and Luke had to do the "bar tender" task on which they got eliminated because Luke is deaf and could not hear the music for the other detour, which was probably easier. I guess the producers had to make sure that atleast one of the detours can be completed by her and that if she can't complete a roadblock it's obvious when they read the clue that she can't do it. Other than that, they won't do much to benefit her. They didn't get eliminated that episode and neither did they come last. Matter of fact Brenchel came last losing to M&L at the bartending challenge yet they weren't eliminated.
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Oct 4, 2014 21:54
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Shakugan posted:This is a tv show. They are not going to want footage of a contestant being eliminated because she unknowingly chose a vague roadblock that requires two arms. You are crazy if you think they won't take steps to ensure this doesn't happen. Call me crazy then. Didn't that one girl without legs lose a foot race to the mat? I don't think they will make roadblocks specifically so Bethany can do them. And she only has to do half of them or maybe even less if they follow the Cancer Dad formula. There's been very little driving lately and her husband could do that anyway. Anything with race cars, I don't think they've ever been the one driving. We'll see if they have any archery, shooting, or something similar. Anyway, only time will tell if things are easy or not.
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Oct 4, 2014 22:19
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My friends Dad was born with 1 arm and he races a stick shift BMW. Hell, even with a cig or talking on the phone you learn how to do it with one hand. Archery though, you got me there.
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Oct 5, 2014 00:25
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:Call me crazy then. Didn't that one girl without legs lose a foot race to the mat? Yeah, this was one of my favourite moments of The Amazing Race, just the guy in the other team shouting "I'm so sorry" as he over took her.
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Oct 6, 2014 00:03
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I vaguely remember one season in which a team lost their clue and another team tried to convince them that the next pitstop was in Siberia.
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