*checks calendar*

Hmm, it's less than two weeks before the season premiere of The Amazing Race. It must be time for a PTTE signup thread! I'm sure Jims02 will be along shortly with everyone's favorite game, the TAR Casino, but while you're waiting for that, why not sign up for the PTTE game too!

Let's not forget the great prizes available in this game. Just think, if you make a great set of picks, you could have endless bragging rights, plus one of these with your very own name on it:

New players are always welcome, and for new folks who want to play the PTTE game this season, here's how it works:

Here's the goal:
Post your prediction about the ENTIRE elimination order for the season, starting with the first team to be eliminated and ending with the winner. Please put WINNER next to the team that you think will win. Also, put down full team names to start. We don't know the teams well enough yet to use nicknames, so for your first entry, please list them by their names.

This doesn't need to have any analysis, although you're welcome to throw anything in that you want. With any spoiler information available to you, coupled with your own intuition, see how well you can do.

Note from Max: Please DO NOT post any spoiler information inside this thread, as it's in the Fanatics Forum. If you want to talk about spoilers, go to the Spoiler/Speculation Forum and post there.

The game won't close for a few weeks, but all picks made after the first episode begins will incur a point penalty... the earlier you enter, the less points you can earn, so enter early! Remember, the goal is to end the season with the fewest points.

Scoring:
Here's the way that the scoring works:
1) You do NOT want points... they're bad... it's like golf. Every point counts against you in the standings, so try to avoid them.
2) Points will be awarded to every contestant in the game after each episode of The Amazing Race 16. They will be awarded as the difference between where you thought this week's eliminee would finish and where the eliminee actually finished. If it is a non-elimination episode, then no points will be scored for that week, and if there is a double-elimination episode, the eliminees will be scored according to the order they were eliminated.
For example: If you think Joe/Heidi will come in 5th, and they actually come in 11th, you'll receive 6 points (the difference between 11th and 5th) for that week's episode.
3) You will be given 4 penalty points every time you change your PTTE list after the first episode has aired, but it's only 4 points so change your list if you think it will help you out.
4) If you do not enter before the first episode, you will start with a score equivalent to 8 points per episode you missed. That means that it's possible to join the game after several episodes, but you have better chance of getting a good score if you enter before the first episode. (just ask KwietOne ).
5) You will not be penalized for any changes made before the first episode airs. The four point penalties will come into play after the first episode has started. You have until Sunday 7:30p.m. board time (ET) (Feb 14) to change without a point penalty.

Housekeeping Procedures:
1) A point total will be posted by me shortly after each episode. I will get these up as soon as I can.
2) After the first show has aired, please do not edit your post to make changes. Just make a new post if you want to change your PTTE list. If my computer crashes (like it did last season), it's the only proof I have of your changes.
3) I will post a few tiebreaker questions in the event of ties at the end of the season. These are important, as tiebreakers decided last season’s winner! More information to follow.

Here are the teams!

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race//#start for CBS biographies

Caite and Brent
Carol and Brandy
Dana and Adrian
Jet and Cord
Jody and Shannon
Joe and Heidi
Dan and Jordan
Jordan and Jeff
Louie and Michael
Monique and Shawne
Steve and Allie

Good luck to everyone!