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Jims02 7328 desperate attention whore postings
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02-13-11, 11:54 PM (EST)
 
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Unfinished Business*looks at TAR roster* Not these bums again!?!?!?! Welcome to the 14th edition of the TAR Casino Game. I am your host, Jims02, but if you're nice to me you can call be Jims. If you're not nice, then it's Mr. 02 to you.  For those of you returning from last season, welcome back! It's great to see you! For those of you who are brand new to this place, welcome! We love new faces at Reality TV World and we certainly love new peeps at the TAR Casino Game. Because you opened this thread, you have earned 20 points (or JimsBucks) to use in my TAR Casino. My TAR Casino provides several, ahem, services... Mostly involving placing wagers on Amazing Race Teams. Our other service is getting people drunk so they make foolish wagers providing complimentary cocktails. So you have the 20 points. Now the question is, what are you going to do with them? Oh, and one more question. Who dares to defeat two-time-running World TAR Casino Game Champion Yogi? Will he succeed in getting the coveted Hat Trick, or will someone grab the glory away from him? We shall see. Anyway, the rules. The Rules1. Each player in Week 1 starts with 20 points. In every subsequent week, this amount decreases, so join now. Also, these are the only points you get, so don't waste them. Once you run out of points, you're out of the game. 2. Every week, you may choose to wager your points on the various teams. Later on, there will be limits on the max bet you can lay down, which will be covered in full next week. Unlike some years where I make up my mind at the last second, this season is definitely a Limit Game. 3. You don't have to bet all your points. Any points you don't wager are banked, and will be carried over to the following week without risk. 4. Decimals are evil. All wagers must be a whole number. Also, in scoring your entries, all decimal points will be rounded up. It makes the scoreboard prettier that way. No one wants to see a final score of 693.22463 to 612.1935. 5. Absenteeism sucks. If you miss three straight entries, you're eliminated from the game. If you're going to be on vacation, send me a note and I'll keep the records. I'll even take wagers in advance, provided my secretary doesn't toss out my messages. 6. All entries must be entered before showtime: Sunday, February 20th, 8 PM Eastern Time. Any entries after that time will not be counted. Any edits to an existing entry after the deadline will be penalized. The clock is based on the clock on this message board. 7. Your wagers will be scored based on the almighty Payout Table. The Payout Table gives a multiplier value to each ranking, and determines the return on your wagers. Each of your individual wagers are multiplied by their appropriate multipliers, and then totaled together. For example, here's the Payout Table for Week 1. Week 1 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.7x
3rd place - 1.3x
4th place - 1.1x
5th place - Break even
6th place - Break even
7th place - Break even
8th place - .9x
9th place - .7x
10th place - .3x
11th place - 0x This is going to be based off of the final rankings at the end of the episode when they arrive at the Pit Stop. Example - You've got 20 points and you choose to wager them on the following fictional teams... Jeff/Brita - 10 points
Abed/Troy - 7 points
Annie/Shirley - 1 point Bank 2 points. Now let's pretend Jeff/Brita finished 8th, Abed/Troy finished 1st, and Annie/Shirley finished 10th. Your score would be... Jeff/Brita - 10 points * .9 = 9 points
Abed/Troy - 7 points * 2 = 14 points
Annie/Shirley - 1 point * .3 = .3 points
+2 points banked Total = 9 + 14 + .3 + 2 = 25.3 = 26 points (rounding) Overall, you'd gain 6 points and have 26 points to play with next week. A pretty nice start, eh? And, finally, here are the teams that you be wagering on. I feel like these names are familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen them before. TAR17 Teams Remaining
Amanda/Kris
Gary/Mallory
Flight Time/Big Easy
Jaime/Cara
Jet/Cord
Kent/Vyxsin
LaKisha/Jennifer
Margie/Luke
Mel/Mike
Ron/Christina
Zev/Justin (Oh look, the CBS alphabetized the names this year! Wasn't that nice of them?) So, let's get this party started! Good luck and have fun!  
Hooray, for the second season in a row I have all my ducks in a row before the season starts! Coming up with those gimmicks can be tough!
Incidentally, has anyone here ever played craps?
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qwertypie 9721 desperate attention whore postings
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02-14-11, 01:19 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
I am really first? YIPPEE!
Lets have it all ride on Kynt and Vyxsin because their names rock in new rules Scrabble.
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02-14-11, 09:04 AM (EST)
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2. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
Amanda and Kris will not be Uturned this episode and so get all my points
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02-14-11, 09:07 AM (EST)
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3. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
Yogi's a Leafs fan. He has no idea what a hat trick is. 
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02-14-11, 06:29 PM (EST)
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5. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
LAST EDITED ON 02-15-11 AT 11:05 AM (EST)Wooo and Hooo!!! Props to Jims and his lovely casino. Now lets start those Margaritas flowing.
(Spent the off-season watching TAR 2, now that it is finally out on disc. I'm remembering how much we all hated Wil.) All in on Gary/Mallory
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02-15-11, 07:31 PM (EST)
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11. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
LAST EDITED ON 02-20-11 AT 00:20 AM (EST)9 on the Globetrotters 9 on the Goths 2 in the bank
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02-18-11, 11:57 PM (EST)
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29. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
20 points Jet/Cord
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vince3 17341 desperate attention whore postings
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02-20-11, 05:38 PM (EST)
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42. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
It would have to depend on which characters you used in the example to see if it would go over most heads...
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02-20-11, 10:47 AM (EST)
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32. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
LAST EDITED ON 02-20-11 AT 10:49 AM (EST)10 on Gary/Mallory
10 on Jaime/Cara Thanks for running another season of the Casino Jims!
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02-20-11, 12:21 PM (EST)
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34. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
Gary/Mallory - 19
Bank 1
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02-20-11, 02:12 PM (EST)
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37. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
Thanks Jims for organizing this game again, really appreciate it!!New season and new start again~ 10 on Gary/Mallory
5 on Amanda/Kris
5 on Zev/Justin The Amazing Race Fan from Hong Kong!
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02-20-11, 06:25 PM (EST)
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46. "RE: TAR18 Casino Game - Welcome!" |
12 - Cowboys
6 - Globetrotters
2 - Amanda & Kris
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Jims02 7328 desperate attention whore postings
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02-22-11, 11:29 PM (EST)
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LAST EDITED ON 02-22-11 AT 11:32 PM (EST)If they're going to do TBC episodes, they may as well just not show all of the rankings, so I can easily throw out the results. For this example, I have a judgment call. So, the rules say (with emphasis):
"This is going to be based off of the 1) final rankings at the 2) end of the episode when they 3) arrive at the Pit Stop." So we have most of Part 1 (they're rankings, but not "final") and we definitely have Part 2 in the definition (except for Jet/Cord, but it's implied). But they most certainly haven't satisfied Part 3. This is one of those scenarios where I really can see both sides of the argument. I mean, technically, we have the rankings, but we've always gone by Pit Stops in the end... And other TBC episodes have always been thrown out. Hmmmmm, maybe I'll just offer a re-buy to all the players who fell under 20 points? Then we'd quite literally have the "Second Chances" in the Casino.
This is what I get for not outlining every possible eventuality. I mean, come on TAR producers, is it a leg or not? You gave Gary/Mallory an Express Pass. But on the other hand, they're still frickin' racing.
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02-23-11, 09:31 PM (EST)
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62. "RE: This is a mess." |
Since I completely start AR was starting until after the episode (thankfully had pvr set to auto record new episodes...) I missed out on first week, so if you throw em out I won't mind .
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