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"A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???"
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04-20-05, 12:06 PM (EST)
 
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7. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
1. This would not be the "Romber Rule"Teams have "hired" guides many times in the past - and as big fan of the show, the probably picked up on teams like cha-cha-cha that have done this before. 2. This is a fair part of the game, and one other teams are dumb for not utalizing. You take a risk (cost) of hiring a guide in order to hopefully get places faster. (reward). It's a risk-reward option like many other parts of the race.
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04-20-05, 12:44 PM (EST)
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9. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
Romber Rule? No, more like the Jonathan Rule. (Not to be confused with the Jonathan/Victoria Rule- don't get mad at your wife because she had the good sense to pick up the backpack you were stupid enough to drop on a crowded city street.)
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04-20-05, 05:59 PM (EST)
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10. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
*sigh* Chr-- on crutches is right!!! Teams have been doing this since the beginning of TAR, and now suddenly, since it's Romber, it oughta be outlawed. Right.
 
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04-21-05, 01:12 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
LAST EDITED ON 04-21-05 AT 01:15 PM (EST)I think they should make a "Do Not Hire a Guide for the City" rule (to be known as the Romber Rule. Hardly fair, and completely selective-memory on who has employed this technique before. Yeah, Rob and Amber make use of locals for help, but a little trip to the archives here shows us, in this link, that you are, in fact, singling out a team based on your misconceptions and pre-existing dislike for them. From that link: Esbea said, "Honestly...have you watched the other Amazing Races? Teams are ALWAYS getting help from the locals. A couple that have been mentioned here are the boat paddling for Flo and when Ian and Teri got help with the bikes. I can think of countless times that one team member or another has gotten help with their packs." Estee said, "The same way it's been allowed in the past for teams to ask locals to serve as area guides all day, riding around the subway systems and buses with them. If you can recruit help from the populace, no one's going to stop you." Pepe said, "It's happened quite often in TARs in the past where contestants got help from the locals -- one notable example I can remember is Flo and Zach getting help from the locals to paddle Flo's boat to the route marker in the finale of TAR3, and the other two teams (the brothers and Teri/Ian) got help from locals running alongside their bikes to hold them up." Shakes said, "They are MIDGETS, not little people, not height challenged, not vertically deficient, MIDGETS!" which is entirely irrelevant, but completely funny. In another thread in the archives, Charla, a midget, used her handicap to enlist the help of locals, to an enormous degree: Okaychatt said, "She is just as entitled to take advantage of the kindness of strangers as anyone else." AugustGirl said, "Charla using her size is no different than the twins getting that guy to help them navigate the dog walk. TeamJoisey said, "Use people's perceptions of your weakness as a tool to get them to assist you, and use it as a weapon against those who underestimate you. Gidget and the Midget are taking advantage whenever they can. Good for them." Shakes said, "....no, Dustin Hoffman is a little person. Jason Alexander is a little person. Charla, on the other hand, is clearly a midget. Get is right." Again, not really relevant, but still amusing. So, getting help from the locals is certainly nothing new, and it's certainly not likely to force TAR to institute a new "Romber Rule." If a rule was ever going to be put into place, they would have done it after the biggest offenders of this apparently taboo (though not to me) practice, Charla and Mirna, used the disability of one of the team members to manipulate locals into helping. 
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04-21-05, 05:16 PM (EST)
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17. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
I would love to see this made illegal (and I'm a big Romber fan.) It's currently not though, so waddya gonna do?
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04-21-05, 09:55 PM (EST)
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18. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
Do you realize how hard it would be to get around a large city where very few people speak a language you understand? It would be very difficult, and the legs would probably take twice as long because of the communication problems.
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04-27-05, 03:04 PM (EST)
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21. "RE: A New (Romber) Rule for Next Season???" |
I agree. It would be hard to travel in countries, like India, without a guide. Luckily, in India, many people speak ENglish, in other countries you will not be so lucky. Having spent a month in India, I can tell you it can be tough there. For the most part, Indian nationals are warm and very hospitable. there are those that will take advantage of any and all westerners. FOr example, a skin tax, prices double or even triple when they see the color of your skin. I spent about 3 weeks in Lucknow and when I would walk through town with just girls and no male escorts, there would be times where in crowds we would be groped. Whenever we had a national with us, we were left alone.
GUides for in country help the racers and the race to keep a fast pace. It is not TAR's fault that only Romber uses the guides effectively this season.
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They did need help. Amber couldn't even go in the right direction in the Camel race, let alone go straight! 
