LAST EDITED ON 07-06-04 AT 09:05 AM (EST)edited to add ep.1 title
Take the Planet For A Spin
Welcome to the Amazing Race 5 and welcome to the third season of the Amazing Race Anti-Eliminee contest.
It is now time for everyone to give it a shot, gunning for the title of ARAE5 champ! This year you won't just be champ, but emmy winning champ, so put on your backpacks, get your last few hours of sleep, and refresh yourself on all the rules.
The goal of this contest is to pick who will NOT be eliminated each week, scoring points for each correct team that is still around. The goal is to score as many “points” as you can each week, with the season ending Champion being the one that has never picked the team to be eliminated, and has built up the most points. If you ever pick the team that gets eliminated, then you are also eliminated.
Last year's champ was Keae. Hopefully we will be graced with the champ's presence again this season!
The Rules:
1) You can pick as many, or as few, teams you want each week (minimum of 1). How many you decide to name each week is a function of your daring and strategy. Please remember that you are picking the people that will NOT be eliminated.
2) For each team you list that does NOT get eliminated, you gain one point.
3) Starting with the 4th show, if you put down a team that gets eliminated, you are eliminated from the game. For episodes 1-3, if you put down a team that gets eliminated:
---For episode one, you lose 10pts
---For episode two, you lose 8pts
---For episode three, 6points
---example, if you put the first eliminated team on your safe list for the first week, you lose 10pts. to whatever score you gained w/your safe people. In the 2nd episode, if you pick the eliminated team again then you lose 8pts. to the score you gained w/your safe people and that score is added to your week one score.
4) Non-elimination rounds will count as free points. Hopefully AR will mix up when elimination rounds happen, if not, then its early Christmas!!
5) Fast Forward Option. You have the option of guessing which team you think will GET (Get=win the FF) the Fast Forward for that episode. If you get this correct, you win 5points, if you get it wrong, you lose 2. Just like the Fast Forward, it is optional. If you don't think that anyone will go for the FF that episode (thus no one getting the FF), then put: "No one gets FF" or something to that affect. If you DO NOT want to do the FF option, then don't put anything in your post. Post only your safe people. I will assume that any way that you state that no one gets the fast forward means that you are making a guess for the FF bonus question.
6) Every episode's title comes from something that a team says in that episode. If you want, guess which team says the quote and if you are right, you win 3 points. Get it wrong, you lose nothing. It is your choice if you want to do this or not. PLEASE put: Title: (team that you think says it here). This way I can discern between your FF option (if you chose to use it) and your Title option. I don't know the title for the first episode this season. Hopefully, someone will post it soon.
7) You can enter the game anytime you want up until the beginning of episode 4. Once episode 4 has started, the game is closed to new players. The sooner you enter the game, the more points you can build up (the reward), but the better the chance you will make a lousy pick (the risk).
8) Everyone starts at 0 points when they enter.
9) If you don’t make a new weekly pick, it will stay the same as the prior week.
10) All picks must be made 30min. before the start of the show.
11) Every now and then there may be a bonus question where there is a chance to gain more points.
12) I don't know how the Yield is going to work as far as gameplay just yet (I haven't been reading many spoilers). I am going to wait until after the first show to see if the Yield can/should be incorporated into this game.
Ep1Title: "Clearly, I'm More Intelligent Than You"