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The Amazing Race 2 - RACE COMPLETE!

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Leg 2, Part 2

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    Detour:
    A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons. In this Detour, teams will choose between two tasks inspired by the rich history of Korea: War or Peace.

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    In War, teams will travel to the National Museum of Korea and find the medieval exhibit. Once there, they will build a model of the world's first rocket artillery, the Hwa'cha. First developed in the 15th century, this weapon helped kept Korea independent for centuries despite larger neighbors. The model is relatively simple without its gunpowder elements, but the pieces are large and unwieldy, so weaker teams may struggle.

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    In Peace, teams will travel to the National Folk Museum of Korea and find the exhibit on Korea's Celadon pottery. They'll find a number of pre-fired incense burners waiting to be embossed according to a pattern on a provided model. This task doesn't require any particular strength or skill, but it does take attention to detail and focus.

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    Route Information:
    Travel by taxi to Changdeokgung Palace, the pit stop for this leg of the race. This Palace, built by the Joseon Dynasty, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the pit stop for this leg of the race. The last team to arrive here will be eliminated.

    Detour choice and Determination if you want it.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    How the Starcraft Roadblock worked:

    You had four attempts to survive 10 minutes. If you failed all four you got a 15 minute penalty. It was an INT based task, with a mean of 8 and a standard deviation of 2 (high INT gave you a higher time in a change from the norm). On each successive attempt you got 1 INT added (to reflect gaining experience with the game). Each failure counted for however long you took, the winning attempt took 10 minutes. Add them all up and that's your time. Two teams took the penalty (as reflected in narration), and Boris just kicked its ass in one try. Good job, Boris.

    Not sure if it's a model that's worth using again, but I was trying to get a little more variation in how things worked, upon the suggestion of various people at the end of the last race.

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  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    Shit we are third from last WITH the FF?

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    At mid-leg that's not super uncommon. The advantage is in basically skipping tomorrow.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Oh, right. Today is Memorial Day. If too many people are too busy I can make this a 48 hour day if the crowd wants it.

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  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    The Hwa'cha is an impressive show of force, but it is often better to ally with your neighbours instead.
    It is easier to influence one who trusts you, than impose your will on one who fears you.

  • MegafrostMegafrost Leader of the Decepticons Registered User regular
    Way to go, D-Rock!

  • GizzyGizzy i am a cat PhoenixRegistered User regular
    Darling look, real life hobbit. Maybe we can lure him into trap with second breakfast.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    I am going to extend today to tomorrow. So no narration tonight, you've got til midnight tomorrow to pick a Detour and contemplate how Determined you are.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Two museum challenges.

    Perfect.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Writing future legs: 16 hour bus rides are totally a thing y'all want to do, right?

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Tonight, on The Amazing Race: Meta issues! A network outage delays results! Non-ideal leg design leaves not enough time for tasks, making the Fast Forward not as useful (sorry TRV/Mega!)! Writing now, it'll be a bit.

    Also, our first team is eliminated when they roll badly at two key moments.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Leg 2, Part 2

    "Boris, dear, I know you'd love to do war."
    "I would."
    "But let's face it. We are not strong, and clue says it requires strength."
    "So you think we should do pottery?"
    "Yes. Perhaps we can steal some on our way out."
    "A museum heist? I like it!"

    "You're familiar with weaponry, right Bronn?"
    "That I am."
    "Ever used the explosive powders of the east?"
    "No."
    "Hm, still though, let's try War."

    "Science is inherently peaceful, even if we are made to design weapons of war."
    "You're inserting morality where it doesn't belong again, Zakharov. War or peace is irrelevant. There is only progress."
    "Let's not get stuck arguing philosophy. I want to do Peace."
    "So I gathered."

    "We have experience making identical things."
    "Making? I thought you were the original? Then you would have no such experience."

    "So first we'll build this rack thing and them mount it on the wheels..."
    "By we you mean me."
    "Don't argue semantics, Bronn."

    "This looks simple, dear."
    "Tedious though."
    (later)
    "There's two guards, and cameras in the corner there."
    "I think I can sneak one out under my hat..."

    "Frats just arrived."
    "ROCKETS BRO!"
    "You don't get to play with the rockets, idiot."
    "Awwww."

    "That little animal is trying to mimic me."
    "Gross."
    "But it's confused, because it's also trying to mimic you."
    "Grosser."
    "Come on Mr. Mime, focus!"

    "And, despite your complaints, we're done."
    "That was fairly easy."
    "When you're as small as I am, you have to have other skills."
    "I suppose so. My back is killing me though. Read the clue."

    "I think we have to abandon plan."
    "Did you spot more guards?"
    "No. That bug is creeping me out though. Let's get out of here."
    "We're done decorating pots, so I guess we can go. Sure we can't take one?"
    "Yes, Boris."

    "What does it mean by skip all remaining tasks?"
    "Do we win?"
    "I think we do."
    "Whoa."

    "Turk, let's decorate pots. You're a surgeon so you must be precise."
    "I leave all the decorating to Carla. Except Rowdy."
    "Well, do you trust me to carry heavy equipment?"
    "No. Good point."

    "Luke, you're a pretty good mechanic, think we should do War?"
    "A good mechanic yes, brute strength though is not my specialty."
    "So Peace it is."

    "Well, Junior?"
    "I think I'd better building the weapon, are you up for it?"
    "I'd be much better with the pottery, I think. I'm good with attention to detail."
    "I think we'll go with that then."

    "This is a iterative process. Nothing difficult about it."
    "You've got to be bullshitting me. We're decorating pots."
    "We are also done."

    "I wonder if someone on second flight took Fast Forward?"
    "Well, we're about to find out. Maybe our lead held up, I thought we did well."
    "Welcome to Seoul, South Korea!"
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    Welcome, Gizzy and Zombie Hero, you're team number ONE.
    "We win again? But where are moose and squirrel?"

    "That task was pretty easy. But it did not begin to differentiate us."

    "We were done with War first, but we can't be sure how the teams that chose Peace did."
    "Welcome, ObiFett and SaberOverEasy, you're team number two."
    "Good, I'll keep paying you."

    "Can we fire one rocket?"
    "No."
    "Please?"
    "No."
    "Douche."
    "Stop being an ass to the locals and read the clue, Tucker."

    "Twins are right behind us."
    "But we will be finished... now. (clicks stopwatch)"
    "Welcome, Phyphor and discrider, you're team number three."
    "Acceptable."

    "Whoa, where did the models come from."
    "I noticed them before you."
    "You did not."
    "Welcome, premium and Iron Weasel, you're team number four."
    "Welcome, TheRoadVirus and Megafrost, you're team number five."
    "That was not such a Fast Forward."
    "You passed two teams on the flight an hour ahead of you. That's something!"
    "Hmph."

    "I taught Venipede how to decorate the pot!"
    "Are you sure that's a good idea?"
    "Seemed like one to me. And look, can you tell a difference between my pot and the model?"
    "Actually, I can't. Judge?"
    "Correct."
    "See, you should trust me."

    "Bro, what place are we in?"
    "We were second out of our end of the Detour."
    "So maybe we're in second?"
    "Welcome, schuss and Auralynx, you're team number six."

    "Missing that first train was killer."
    "But we were on the first flight, so we should still be in sixth, unless one of them took the Fast Forward."
    "Let's find out."
    "Welcome, CesareB and Sir Fabulous, you're team number seven."
    "We're safe, that's all that matters."

    "There's still two other teams here."
    "This has been a really rough day."
    "Yeah, wish R2 could help us."
    "But I think, with that, we're done."

    "Pilots just left Dad. It's just us and the doctors."
    "Shite."
    "Quite."

    "JD, focus. We have to beat the father/son."
    "I'm focused! What do you think Eliot's doing right now?"

    (frantic cutting between the two teams)

    (Meanwhile)
    "Welcome, Kirindal and MrTLicious, you're team number eight."

    "Done!"
    "Good luck guys."
    "Dad, we're screwed."
    "Don't give up, Junior."

    "Taxi! It's urgent!"

    "Correct. Here is your next clue."
    "How much time do you think they've got?"
    "10 minutes."
    "We're in trouble."

    "Come on, come on."

    "We've got a good taxi."

    "Welcome... jdarksun and kime, you're team number nine. You're still in The Amazing Race."
    "You've got to stop daydreaming, or we'll be done."

    (sad music that resembles, but is legally distinct from, the Indiana Jones theme)

    "Welcome, MrBlarney and Zonugal, you're the last team to arrive. I'm sorry to tell you that you've both been eliminated from the race."
    "We gave it our best shot."
    "Missing that train really hurt us."
    "And I thought I could do better with the pottery. Sorry, Indiana."
    (Indy chokes up)

    Results:
    1. Gizzy and Zombie Hero - 2 days, 13 hours, 1 minute, 24 seconds (Fast Forward exhausted)
    2. SaberOverEasy and ObiFett - 2 days, 13 hours, 5 minutes, 7 seconds
    3. Phyphor and discrider - 2 days, 13 hours, 19 minutes, 11 seconds
    4. premium and Iron Weasel - 2 days, 13 hours, 21 minutes, 12 seconds
    5. TheRoadVirus and Megafrost - 2 days, 13 hours, 22 minutes, 38 seconds (Fast Forward exhausted)
    6. schuss and Auralynx - 2 days, 13 hours, 35 minutes, 8 seconds
    7. CesareB and Sir Fabulous - 2 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 8 seconds
    8. Kirindal and MrTLicious - 2 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes, `10 seconds
    9. jdarksun and kime - 2 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes, 28 seconds
    10. MrBlarney and Zonugal - 2 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, 12 seconds (eliminated)

    (Misleading editing? NEVER)

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Blarney/Zonugal post-mortem: the trains from part 1 ran every 10 minutes, they arrived literally at xx:10:01. So that cost them 10 minutes. And then they should have performed slightly above average on the Detour, given their stats, but they rolled six numbers above the mean and four below, so that was that.

    EDIT: Also, as Blarney said in their PM thread, he should have taken the Roadblock. They thought it might be a disguised AGI task. Which was not an entirely uncommon or unreasonable guess.

    Leg 3, Part 1, upcoming and I'll roll for KF after I get something to eat.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Leg 3, Part 1:

    Welcome, to Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea. This 16th Century palace of the Joseon Dynasty was the pit stop for the second leg of a race around the world. Nine teams will set out from here. They have no idea what to expect and will have to figure out where to go based on clues in these yellow envelopes. Who will be eliminated... next?

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    Route Information:
    Take a train to Seoul-Kimpo International Airport and fly to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Once there, pick one of the marked vehicles and drive yourself to the Lost World of Tambun, near Ipoh, Malaysia. You'll find your next clue waiting inside the premises.

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    Fast Forward: A Fast Forward is a task that only one team may perform on each leg and the first team to complete it can proceed directly to the pit stop, but no team may use more than one Fast Forward on the entire race, so they have to decide when it's most advantageous to go for it.

    (see the big towers in the Kuala Lumpur photo above? That's them)
    In this Fast Forward, teams will drive themselves to the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Once there, they must climb the stairs until they reach the bridge between the giant twins, transfer to the other tower, and walk the stairs back down. It's a physically demanding task, but the first team to complete it can rest for the rest of the leg.

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    You see a number of peasants using a circular tool to do something in the water.

    Roadblock: Who's got the best prospects?

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Average finish:

    1. Gizzy/ZH - 1
    2. Phyphor/discrider - 2.5
    3. Obi/Saber - 3
    4. schuss/Aura - 4.5
    5. premium/IW - 5
    6. CesareB/Sir Fab - 6
    6. Megafrost/TRV - 6
    8. jdarksun/kime - 9
    8. MrT/Kirindal - 9
    10. Blarney/Zonugal - 9

    So one flaw that's somewhat obvious is that teams on the second plane after the first drive of the "season" haven't really had a chance to catch up to the lead teams, except with the Fast Forward that Mega and TRV used. And even that didn't win them a leg. That's my mistake. I didn't want the non-elimination leg in round one to mean nothing though and I was afraid people might metagame and assume that like last time, I'd give everyone a leg to get used to the new system and make the first one non-elimination. Which was right.

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  • MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
    "So Indiana, that lead was a bust. Where to next?"

    Welp, that could have gone better. Thanks for giving me the experience though, enlightenedbum! (I think you still have ten teams at the top of the text for Leg 3, though...)

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Whoops, forgot to adjust from when I was planning on 12 to start and all rounds being elimination. Thanks for catching it.

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  • KirindalKirindal Registered User regular
    I'm a lover not a fighter...or a manual laborer really. Well unless there's a hand of Sabaac involved.

  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Was really hoping the bit about blowing up a groundhog would make the narration!

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    Bro, all this racing is keeping me from picking up the foreign chicks. Plus, you won't let me play with the rockets. Not cool bro.

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Because there's no reason to obfuscate and it lets y'all check me, a clarification on how KF works:

    http://orokos.com/roll/197431

    A sample roll for our winners last time. In the character line it lists Rend, El Skid. That means the first die is Rend's, the second is El Skid's. So Rend rolled a 10, El Skid rolled a 5. I check each of those against their endurance, if the roll is greater than or equal to their endurance, killer fatigue has struck.

    This was causing some confusion due to the fact that last time I used a d20 for reasons I can not actually remember.

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  • Zombie HeroZombie Hero Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Natascha, Fearless leader said we should take the secret rocket kit to the destination. I didn't even know we had one! Where is it?

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    Don't you know that's loco, ese?

  • Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Baron Rudolph von Kleissen does not sully his hands with menial labour!

    However, given that my craven carbon copy is even less useful than a common peasant, it seems that I shall have no choice.

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  • GizzyGizzy i am a cat PhoenixRegistered User regular
    Natascha, Fearless leader said we should take the secret rocket kit to the destination. I didn't even know we had one! Where is it?

    I don't know Darling, let me look in pocket book. Here is poison lipstick, kiss of death pink; some booby pins for setting booby traps; autographed picture of Benedict Arnold; and membership card to PTA. No rocket kit.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Slightly over an hour remaining.

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  • Sir FabulousSir Fabulous Malevolent Squid God Registered User regular
    Woah! Check out this Muddy Water!

    This is like, the best place to catch a Surskit! I gotta look around a bit before I get down to this task, I need a Pokemon who's not weak to fire!

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    There are some incredibly luck rolls going on this Roadblock. Good lord. One team rolled nine numbers below the mean.

    EDIT: Next team rolled eight under. Friendly night from the old Random.org for y'all.
    EDIT2: Despite having 5 (average) in the relevant skills, that team turned in the best time on the Roadblock. Lots of driving means they're still a minute off the lead though.

    I suppose that's kind of appropriate, considering this is a panning for metal (not gold though!) task.

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    Death to all Tyrions.

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  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Bro, the last time we let you barbeque you torched the frathouse deck! No way I'm letting you shoot rockets.

    Now hurry it up, these stairs aren't gonna climb themselves!

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Tonight, on The Amazing Race: by dumb luck, JD runs into the world's largest lode of tin, apparently. Meanwhile, Zoolander and Hansel are lost again.

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  • MegafrostMegafrost Leader of the Decepticons Registered User regular
    Zoolander and Hansel are lost again.

    Derek, let's get not lost.

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Leg 3, Part 1

    "Where have moose and squirrel gone now?"
    "Intelligence says Malaysia."
    "Taxi!"

    "Dude. I think it's time to make a move."
    "OK brah. Fast Forward?"
    "Fast Forward."

    "Excuse me, we need to get to Kuala Lumpur as fast as possible."
    "There are only seats on one flight at the moment."
    "How many are available?"
    "I see... 39."
    "Damn. Looks like we're bunched."

    (flight takes off, lands)

    "How far away is Ipoh?"
    "Looks like about two and a half hours."
    "Crap. We haven't done all that well on the navigation segments."
    "It's nothing like navigating between stars. Why can't we use a computer?"

    "Take a left Boris. Is shortcut."
    "Are you sure?"
    "Da."A Roadblock is a task that only one team member may perform and no team member may perform more than five on the entire race. In this Roadblock, the chosen team member must mine tin. Until very recently, Malaysia was one of the world's largest sources of tin. In fact, Kuala Lumpur was founded in 1820 as a frontier outpost to mine the metal. To do so, the team member will emuluate an ancient way of mining called dulang washing. To do so, they'll use this pan, called a dulang, to pick up the mud at the bottom of this riverbed. Then, they'll carefully swish the water around until only the heavier tin remains. When they've collected enough tin to satisfy the foreman, he'll hand them their next clue.

    "I bet if I asked you, you could draw a remarkably accurate map of Westeros."
    "My father wouldn't let me train with weapons, so I read a lot. And looked at maps."
    "Which is why we keep getting places first?"
    "I think it has something to do with it, yes."

    "The original would read the damn map better!"
    "The original would follow instrucitons better!"
    "We are so lost."

    "Where are we going?"
    "Well, while I was comparing meditations techniques with that guy on the plane, he said to go this way."
    "Awesome."

    "We're first again, Natasha."
    "Who's got the best prospects? That's you."
    "Alright. Let's see what I'm doing."

    "A Roadblock is a task that only one team member may perform and no team member may perform more than five on the entire race. In this Roadblock, the chosen team member must mine tin. Until very recently, Malaysia was one of the world's largest sources of tin. In fact, Kuala Lumpur was founded in 1820 as a frontier outpost to mine the metal. To do so, the team member will emuluate an ancient way of mining called dulang washing. To do so, they'll use this pan, called a dulang, to pick up the mud at the bottom of this riverbed. Then, they'll carefully swish the water around until only the heavier tin remains. When they've collected enough tin to satisfy the foreman, he'll hand them their next clue."

    (Endurance and Agility)

    "Ooh. That's not so good for us."
    "Well, do your best. We have a pretty good lead, I think."

    "How do they keep beating us places?"
    "I don't know, Bronn. What's the task? Panning for tin? You've probably panned for gold in your life, no?"
    "Maybe. But isn't your family famous for its gold mines? It's all anyone ever bloody hears about from you bastards."
    "Yes, but other people actually mine it for us. You can keep the gold."
    "Fine."
    (reads the clue)
    "It's tin."
    (Tyrion whistles "The Rains of Castamere")

    "Bro, Fast Forward is back in KL."
    "More driving? Uggggggh?"
    "And then we have to run up a ton of stairs."
    "You know what would make that more badass?"
    "What?"
    "If we did it in our lacrosse gear."
    "YEAH!"

    "I told you if we just let Venipede navigate everything would turn out fine."
    "I am seriously not sure what just happened. Did a bug just read a map? Or was that seasoning that Hansel gave me..."
    "There are only two other cars here, right?"
    "Looks like it."
    "So Venipede did great."
    "I still remain skeptical. Take the roadblock, maybe you'll find a Surskit."
    "Fine."

    "This looks like a low tech operation."
    "And beneath where humanity is now."
    "Which of us should do it?"
    "You?"

    "JD, you've got to start doing some tasks."
    "Alright, I'll do this Roadblock."
    "Says you'll be panning for tin."
    (elaborate daydream with JD in 1849)

    "Hey, we beat a couple teams in navigating. One of them was the twins, who have beaten us everywhere."
    "Excellent, but who's going to do the manual labor?"
    "I worked on my uncle's farm, so I'm not allergic to it. I'll take it."

    "We're behind the pilots."
    "Just barely though."
    "I'll take it."

    "Oh man were we lost."
    "We're finally here though."
    "Ever done anything like this?"
    "Nope."
    "Well, you look more like a hippie, so you do it."
    "Sounds like the right call to me."

    (long montage of panning)

    "Whoa, those are big."
    "We're only running up like 45 flights. It can't take THAT long."
    "You've run steps before, right?"
    "Yeah. So? Are you scared, brah?"
    "I'm just saying it maybe wasn't the best idea to wear our gear for this."
    "Psh."

    "Turk, I think I hit the mother lode."
    "You're kidding?"
    "Nope. This is easy."
    "Wow."

    "Oh shit dude."
    "Oh man."
    "This suuuuuuuuucks."
    "How many is that?"
    "37."
    "I feel like I'm going to just fall down the second half of this."
    "Yeah."

    "Think I've got enough, Tyrion."
    "Here's your next clue."
    "Excellent."

    "And I'm done Turk."
    "Seriously? We just made up a ton of time."
    "Awesome!"

    "Darling, where is magnet?"
    "Why?"
    "It would make this go faster."
    "I don't think producers would let us cheat like that. Besides, I did not pack our comically oversized magnet."
    "Why not? We are cartoon characters, our pockets* are infinitely large."

    *God, someone should race as Guybrush and... either LeChuck or Elaine; maybe Wally

    "This is going much, much better than I anticipated."
    "Your hypothesis has been proven incorrect?"
    "Are you teasing me?"
    "...yes."
    "Man, there goes another hypothesis. I am having an awful day."
    "But you got the clue, right?"
    "Yes. So I suppose not so awful."
    (Phyphor was the one to roll nine under the mean)

    "That stunk."
    "We were here first and now we leave fourth? Yes, that would qualify."
    "Why did moose and squirrel do any of this?"

    "No Surskit."
    "How much tin?"
    "Enough."
    "Good, let's get out of here."

    "Good job Luke. We're still ahead of a couple teams. The models are behind us still."
    "I need a shower."

    "Hansel, how are you making the metal appear in the pan like that?"
    "I don't know. Maybe I'm magic?"
    "Whoa."
    "I've got enough now."
    "Oh God, more driving. Do you remember how to get back to Kuala Lumpur?"

    "Shit, things went so well the first two legs."
    "How did everyone do this so quickly?"
    "The way I would have."
    "God, would you shut up about being the original?"
    "No."

    (Tucker and Brad collapse at the bottom of the towers)
    "Holy shit."
    "Bro."
    "HOLY SHIT."
    "Brah."
    "HOLY SHIT"
    "Dude."
    "Oh, I know dude."
    "Congratulations, you have won the Fast Forward. Make your way to the Batu Caves. These caves are the site of one of the largest and most famous Hindu shrines outside of India, and will serve as the pit stop for this leg of the race. The last team to check in here will be eliminated."
    "Let's go. And sit the fuck down."
    "Amen."

    Standings
    1. SaberOverEasy and ObiFett - 3 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes, 47 seconds
    2. jdarksun and kime - 3 days, 14 hours, 7 minutes, 50 seconds
    3. Phyphor and discrider - 3 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes, 22 seconds
    4. Gizzy and Zombie Hero - 3 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes, 5 seconds (Fast Forward exhausted)
    5. CesareB and Sir Fabuous - 3 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes, 43 seconds
    6. Kirindal and MrTLicious - 3 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes, 26 seconds
    7. Megafrost and TheRoadVirus - 3 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes, 47 seconds (Fast Forward exhausted
    8. premium and Iron Weasel - 3 days, 14 hours, 37 minutes, 16 seconds
    9. Auralynx and schuss - 3 days, 14 hours, 59 minutes, 51 seconds (Fast Forward exhausted) (on way to pit stop)

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Leg 3, Part 2

    Route Information: Drive yourself to Central Market in Kuala Lumpur. Once there, find the main entrace. Your next clue is waiting there.

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    Detour:
    A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with their own pros and cons. In this Detour, teams must choose between Deliver It or Sell It.

    In Deliver It, teams must find this marked stall, where they'll be given a list of goods to deliver to a second market stall across the market and a pallet to load them onto. What teams don't know (well, you do, but immersion) is that the goods only fit on the pallet in one way, or they're impossible to carry in one trip. Teams that are able to reason out the puzzle or able to brute force the goods may find themselves moving ahead.

    Option 1: Make two trips, not solving the puzzle.
    Option 2: Solve the puzzle as how to load the pallet and only make one trip.

    This is an experiment from a suggestion by I think CesareB post-race last time. If you think it's a good idea to try to add more of this kind of thing, include that in your PMs.

    In Sell It, teams will find this market stall and be given an inventory of goods to sell to the market goers. This task isn't particularly demanding physically or mentally, but convincing the people of Kuala Lumpur to buy your product could take some time.

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    Route Information:
    Make your way to the Batu Caves. These caves are the site of one of the most famous Hindu shrines outside of India, and will serve as the pit stop for this leg of the race. The last team to check in here will be eliminated.

    Need Detour choice, Determined, anything else you can think of.

    (schuss/Aura win the leg, by the way, this was a better designed Fast Forward.)

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  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    Ah, good work Zahkarov.
    See the continual benefits of a steady hand and thorough approach?
    Taking great strides heedlessly would have severely hampered your success.

    Also doing this work gives us a deep insight into the people we wish to aspire.
    However, this doesn't mean we should socialise with them, and have them infect our thoughts with frivolity.
    Let's do Deliver it.

  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    Kappa PSI WHAT!

  • Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    Feeling like ours was the team to get fucked by Random.

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  • CesareBCesareB Registered User regular
    Pallets? I knew a kid from Pallet once. Beat my whole team with a Pikachu. That rat did the the Electric Slide all over my team!

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Feeling like ours was the team to get fucked by Random.

    You guys got a curiously bad navigation roll.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
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