LAST EDITED ON 04-28-10 AT 11:50 PM (EST)

Of Pasta and Puzzles

That was an interesting leg, having two Roadblocks instead of doing a Detour. It would be kind of cool for the show to try two Detours in an episode, but that might be a bit of a mess. It was surprising how difficult the puzzle Roadblock got due to all the wind!

Louie & Michael finished in last place, but were spared non-elimination.

Week 10 Results
1st place - Jet/Cord (2x)
2nd place - Brent/Caite (1.5x)
3rd place - Dan/Jordan (.5x)
4th place - Louie/Michael (0x)

Very Cool

As a group, we had an excellent week. Jet & Cord were almost the unanimous wager this week, with a lot of people dumping their (+1)s on them as well. With the max bet at 100 points, we saw some huge leaps.

The answer to the (+1) question was "No", as the word "cops" was never used. I guess Louie/Michael are called "detectives" more often.

The answers to the True/False bonus game were:

Brent/Caite, still talking about Carol & Brandy, use either of the words "lesbian" or "lesbians" in this upcoming leg.
-FALSE. They called them "lesbians" in the previous leg, but never once used the word in the Shanghai leg. Suddenly, they started calling them Brandy & Carol.

Dan/Jordan will get the "last word" before a commercial break at least twice in the next episode.
-FALSE. They had exactly one, during the Pasta Detour.

Jet/Cord, just like several other weeks, refer to the word "gravy" sometime during the episode.
-TRUE. The word was used during the Puzzle Detour when the wind started.

Louie/Michael use the word "Roadblock" at least 4 times.
-EASILY FALSE. I'm not sure if they even used the word once, really.

We did have two more players bust out of the game, tribephyl and AddieRacer. Unfortunately, your wagers didn't work out, but I hope you both had a fun time. It was great having you both!

The Greatest Gainer Award goes to vennui and beau_30, who both climbed 6 ranks this week. Nicely done.

The Perfect Bet Award goes to vennui (4.74x), who successfully cashed in a (+3) on Jet/Cord. Also with amazing scores were beau_30 (4.39x), who made a perfect Bonus wager, and MaxZ (4.13x) who went a staggering (+5) on Jet/Cord.

Leaderboard
1. (+1) CTgirl - 971
2. Yogi - 901
3. MaxZ - 772
4. (+1) KwietOne - 757
5. (+1) flipxcyd - 547
6. louislam - 531
7. (+1) vennui - 507
8. Jims02 - 493
9. (+1) michel - 482
10. beau_30 - 386
11. kidflash212 - 303
12. (+1) MzTee - 300
13. (+1) ARNutz - 300
14. qwertypie - 282
15. Belle Book - 267
16. (+2) Wallflower66 - 167
17. (+1) Element King - 150
18. (+3) Snidget - 75
19. Corvis - 51
20. (+2) chiubakka - 38
21. Road Kill - 38
22. (+3) Silver03 - 33
23. (+3) Nessie - 24
24. kduck - 16
25. (+1) VisionQuest - 10
26. (+3) Ontheroadagain - 8
27. (+1) Molaholic - 5
28. (+4) jbenz - 3
29. (+4) tribephyl - 0
30. AddieRacer - 0

Thanks to a (+1) leftover from last week, CTgirl has overtaken Yogi for the top spot. The cash-ins of the (+1)s really tightened up the Top 10 ranks, with a lot of people gaining 300 or 400 points last week. Should be an exciting finish!

Week 11 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.7x
3rd place - .3x
4th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 275 points

No (+1) question this week, as (+1)s cannot be used in the finale. Remember, if you still have some right now, this is the last chance to use them! They'll disappear next week!

Bonus Game - Quotable You

I was trying to think of a cool bonus game involving potentially bidding on/purchasing to use this week, but couldn't figure out a system that would be 1) fair to all players on the point table, and 2) simple.

So let's do something simple for a change.

This week, players can wager on which contestant will say the episode quote, "They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language". Unlike other games, you will be wagering on a specific contestant, not the entire team.

So, your choices will be:
Brent
Caite
Cord
Dan
Jet
Jordan
Louie
Michael

Also, you may make only one Bonus Wager... So pick your person carefully.

Quotable Payout Table
Correct Answer - 8x
Incorrect Answer - 0x

Max Bet - 40 points

TAR16 Teams Remaining
Brent/Caite
Dan/Jordan
Jet/Cord
Louie/Michael

Good luck!

Found this great sig by tribephyl when looking over old posts. I don't know why I forgot to save it in my list of sigs, because it's a cool one. Thanks tribe!