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"TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Jims03 on 03-20-14 at 11:25 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-22-14 AT 10:25 AM (EST)

LAST EDITED ON 03-20-14 AT 11:30 PM (EST)

A Feel Good Race

Man, these All Stars sure do love each other. They're constantly helping each other out and cheering each other on. It's even making Brendon & Rachel act like regular people. And on television, no less! If this is the sign of the New Brendon & Rachel, then I say bring it on.

Watch them break my heart and collapse into a sobbing mess next week, just to spite me.

Week 4 Results
1st place - Jet/Cord (2x)
2nd place - Dave/Connor (1.7x)
3rd place - Leo/Jamal (1.4x)
4th place - Caroline/Jennifer (1.1x)
5th place - Jessica/John (.9x)
6th place - Flight Time/Big Easy (.6x)
7th place - Margie/Luke (.3x)
8th place - Brendon/Rachel (0x)

The Guys Have It

Some of these results are really bringing back memories of the first few years of The Amazing Race, where we would grumble about these alpha males always running ahead of the pack. It seems like TAR24 has been dominated by the male/male teams and most Casino Players are reaping the rewards. We'll see if this trend continues or if some other teams can break through that glass ceiling!

This week's Greatest Gainer Award goes to both taffnic and tribephyl, who both climbed 3 ranks overall. Very nicely done!

The Perfect Bet Award goes to a bunch of people that I am hereby dubbing the Double-Up Crew. Congrats to tribephyl, taffnic, louislam, MzTee, Chiubakka, and peppez, for their smart Jet/Cord wagers. Good job, crew.

Leaderboard
1. michiganlargefan - 199
2. flipxcyd01 - 197
3. coldbrewer - 191
4. Yogi - 187
5. Georganna - 172
6. Molaholic - 169
7. IanQuentin - 166
8. FFantasyFX - 151
9. tribephyl - 120
10. taffnic - 120
11. Ontheroadagain1 - 108
12. Jims03 - 102
13. louislam - 102
14. adricharlie - 84
15. starshine - 63
16. sarah12345 - 56
17. MzTee - 52
18. bbenz - 42
19. Chiubakka - 42
20. jbenz2 - 32
21. pepperz - 30
22. mikey - 18

michiganlargefan is still in the lead, but that lead has shrunk to a mere 2 points. With this season's gimmick about to take effect, who knows what will happen!

The TAR24 Casino Game is now closed to new entrants.

Week 5 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.8x
3rd place - 1.6x
4th place - 1.4x
5th place - .6x
6th place - .4x
7th place - .2x
8th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 105 points
Ignore Price - .2x

Better get that Top 4 this week. Also, what is this Ignore Price thing doing there?

New Feature - Ignore a Team!

Is one of the teams getting on your nerves? Are they finishing ahead of your team? Well, now you can just ignore them!

Each week, players may choose to ignore 1 team on The Amazing Race in the entries. By "ignoring" a team, you are essentially forgetting that they are even racing this week, and that team will automatically finish in last place for the week (from your point of view). And all of the other teams will move up a spot.

Now, why would you want to ignore a team? Well, think of it as a hedge. Let's say you're sure the trifecta of Jet/Cord, Dave/Connor, and Leo/Jamal are going to do well this week, but you only want to bet on two teams. If you bet on two of them (say, Dave/Connor and Leo/Jamal), you can ignore Jet/Cord. And if Jet/Cord happen to finish 1st and your guys finish 2nd and 3rd, you don't have to worry. Because, instead of results like this:

1st place - Jet/Cord (2x)
2nd place - Dave/Connor (1.8x)
3rd place - Leo/Jamal (1.6x)
etc.

In your delusional world, the results were...

1st place - Dave/Connor (2x)
2nd place - Leo/Jamal (1.8x)
etc.
8th place - Jet/Cord (0x)

That's right, the TAR Casino Game is officially catering to all of your little delusions. Your Dave/Connor and Leo/Jamal bets would score 2x and 1.8x instead of 1.8x/1.6x like they normally would.

But ignoring a team does not come free. There are a couple conditions.

1. If you ignore a player, you may not bet on them the following week. It takes a week to "remember" these teams again, so they're locked out the following week.

2. You may not ignore the same team in back-to-back weeks. As much as some of us would like to ignore Brenchel forever, you gotta keep rotating your ignore list. I'll put next to your score in the leaderboard which team you've forgotten about, so you know not to bet on them (or ignore them again by mistake).

3. You can't bet on the team you're ignoring for the week. Seriously, you know they're going to score 0x, so why would you want to?

4. When you ignore a team, you are paying for it in payout table points, starting at the bottom of the table. Obviously if you know your "ignore team" will finish 0x, so there would be no danger. So, I'll be subtracting a set amount of payout points from the bottom side of the table. This will work like the Booster last year, where I take the payout points from the last place available and move my way up.

This week, I'm charging .2x, meaning that 7th place would now score 0x as well. This price will vary each week, sometimes affecting the 3rd-to-last payout too, depending on how rich/poor everyone is getting.

You just signify if you're ignoring someone by saying "Ignore: Jet/Cord" or whoever.

TAR24 Teams Remaining
Brendon/Rachel
Caroline/Jennifer
Dave/Connor
Flight Time/Big Easy
Jessica/John
Jet/Cord
Leo/Jamal
Margie/Luke

Good luck! Let me know if you have questions about how the ignore feature works!


Once again, I'm not sure if I've broken my game, but we'll see. I don't think these things through, sometimes.

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Messages in this discussion
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by IanQuentin on 03-22-14 at 07:13 AM
LAST EDITED ON 03-22-14 AT 08:21 PM (EST)

Saw your message Jims. Adjusting my bet.

105 on Jet/Cord
61 on Dave/Connor


Ignoring Leo/Jamal

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Jims03 on 03-22-14 at 10:26 AM
Hey IanQuentin, your wager reminded me that I forgot to change the max bet for this week. Should've been 105 points.

Hope you see this in time!

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by flipxcyd01 on 03-22-14 at 01:03 PM
105 Dave/Connor
92 Jet/Cord
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by coldbrewer on 03-22-14 at 01:24 PM
105 Dave/Connor
86 Jet/Cord

Guess I'll keep going with these pair of teams.



thanks Agman!

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by jbenz2 on 03-22-14 at 04:42 PM
32

Ignore Leo/Jamal

24 on Dave/Connor
8 on Jet Cord

I finally remembered! Almost missed three weeks in a row...

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by bbenz on 03-22-14 at 05:03 PM
42 to start, glad I remembered to bet this week before getting kicked out!


22 - Dave & Connor
20 - Flight Time & Big Easy
Ignore - Margie & Luke

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by tribephyl on 03-23-14 at 00:58 AM
9. tribephyl - 120

Max Individual Bet - 105 points
Ignore Price - .2x


You have no idea the amount of work ahead of you with this ignore feature. So, I shall test your limits...

105 on Jet/Cord
15 on Dave/Conner

Ignore: Brenden/Rachel



I made the mistake of not betting on Jet/Cord one time. It almost took me out. Or moreso, it led to my demise. I also, once, went all in on Brendan/Rachel. And well, I was a week early. Not this week!

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Jims03 on 03-23-14 at 01:50 PM
You have no idea the amount of work ahead of you with this ignore feature. So, I shall test your limits...

Haha, you're right... It's going to be a lot more work in scoring this year. This is definitely the type of gimmick that I could only do when there are 20 or so players. When there were 50 or 60 like back in the early seasons, scoring would take forever!

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by tribephyl on 03-23-14 at 10:33 PM
ahhh... the benefits of Ukrainian uprisings.
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Georganna on 03-23-14 at 09:37 AM
Beginning ~ 172

Dave and Conner ~ 100
Jet and Cord ~ 72

Ignore ~ Caroline and Jennifer


"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by sarah12345 on 03-23-14 at 10:57 AM
Cowboys 40
Jamal/Leo 16

Ignore Dave/Connor

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Ontheroadagain1 on 03-23-14 at 11:56 AM
11. Ontheroadagain1 - 108

I'm 11th damnit and I'm sticking with it.

100 on Dave/Connor
8 on Jet/Cord

Ingoring Jessica/John

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by taffnic on 03-23-14 at 12:00 PM
Jet/Cord-105
Leo/Jamal-15
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Molaholic on 03-23-14 at 01:42 PM
Molaholic - 169

105 on Dave/Connor
60 on Jet/Cord

Ignore the Afghanimals

Thnx

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Yogi on 03-23-14 at 03:03 PM
105 Dave/Connor
82 Jet/Cord


"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by MzTee on 03-23-14 at 04:55 PM
52 on Cowboys
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by pepperz on 03-23-14 at 05:14 PM
Jet/Cord-30
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by starshine on 03-23-14 at 05:45 PM
Dave/Connor 62

ignore Jet and Chord

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Jims03 on 03-23-14 at 06:39 PM
Double-yawn.

All in on Dave/Connor.

"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by michiganlargefan on 03-23-14 at 07:28 PM
105- Jet and Cord
94- Dave and Connor
Ignore Flight Time and Big Easy
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by Chiubakka on 03-23-14 at 07:32 PM
All in on cowboys. 42 pts.
"RE: TAR24 Casino Game - Wk4 Results / Wk5 Entry"
Posted by FFantasyFX on 03-23-14 at 07:58 PM
105 points on Jet/Cord
46 points on Leo/Jamal

Ignore Dave/Connor