The Amazing Race 20 PTTE Game

Are you ready for some PTTE?

What's a PTTE, you ask?

Well, PTTE is short for "Picks To The End"

It is a boot list prediction game.

It is a game about the order of who IS kicked off each week

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 REMAINING 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.

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.

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.

Non Elimination Leg

See tiebreaker question below.

No change to the Scores

Place – Name – Score on current list
Upward movement ^
In case of ties, I alphabetize.
* Free List Change

* 1. louislam - 0
* 1. vennui – 0

* 3. KwietOne – 1

* 4. kircon – 3

* ^5. Yogi - 4

* 6. beau_30 - 5

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 20. 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 Misa & Maiya 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 third episode, you will start with a score equivalent to 8 points per episode you missed.

5) I will post a few tiebreaker questions in the event of ties at the end of the season.
These are important, as tiebreakers have decided the winner in seasons past!

1st Tiebreaker Question

Where are you going to travel to this summer for vacation?
If you can’t travel, where would you like to go?

1 tiebreaker point for the answer.

You can find out more on the teams at the CBS Amazing Race Site

If you have any questions post them in this thread or PM me.
(Private Message located top right on page, larger envelope icon.)

That's it for now. Post your list.
Sit back and enjoy the next episode of:

The Amazing Race 20

I will lock in your list and tiebreaker question at 7:59 pm EDT on Sunday, March 18, 2012.

• My Vacation,kircon, 12:21 PM, 03-16-12

I am going to Celebration, Florida to see Survivors, TAR runners, Big Brother hamsters, and others, for the second year.

The racers I am suppose to meet: Cindy & Ernie TAR19 winners, Uchenna TAR7 winner, Jordan Pious TAR16 winner, Eric Sanchez TAR All-Stars winner, Brenchel TAR20, Brook Roberts TAR17, Jodi Wincheski TAR14, Vipul & Arti TAR10, Terri & Ian Pollack TAR3 & All-Stars, & Ken & Tina Green TAR13.

We are raising money for the project “Give Kids The World” Village. This wonderful project works with Make a Wish Foundation to provide a memorable, magical, cost-free experience to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

As the program expanded and the number of families continued to grow, it was apparent that Give Kids The World would need to create a place that could better serve the special needs of the families. The gates of Give Kids The World Village opened in 1989.

Today the Village is a 70-acre resort complete with over 100 villa accommodations, entertainment attractions, whimsical venues, and fun specifically designed for children with special needs. Give Kids The World has welcomed more than 93,000 families from all 50 states and over 65 countries.

Last year the Stars threw a pirate party one evening and then went back the next day to help the kids play a life size game of Candyland. Then they came back to our resort and partied with us. That was the best. It was so much fun, I started saving money when I returned home for this coming year’s event.