Smashy Smashy!

That Roadblock was interesting to say the least. Usually, on The Amazing Race, teams are rewarded if they stay meticulous and detail-oriented. But not this week. Clearly, this Roadblock showed that a little aggression can work wonders. And a hammer helps too.

Just don't try it at home. My VCR will never be the same.

Episode 3 Results
1st place - FlightTime/BigEasy (2x)
2nd place - Meghan/Cheyne (1.5x)
3rd place - Gary/Matt (1.3x)
4th place - Brian/Ericka (1.2x)
5th place - Sam/Dan (1.1x)
6th place - Maria/Tiffany (.9x)
7th place - Mika/Canaan (.8x)
8th place - Zev/Justin (.7x)
9th place - Lance/Keri (.5x)
10th place - Marcy/Ron (0x)

Spiffy.

Good week for scoring. Very few people managed to score negative for the week, and a bunch of people doubled their scores. We also had a few new players join the game. Welcome to Silver03, dragonflies, chiubakka, and 5cats to the game.

The Perfect Bet Award goes to the player who makes the best overall wager for the week. This week, it's a three-way tie between esquire, Starshine, and ARNutz, who each doubled their scores. Way to go!

The Greatest Gainer Award goes to the player who moves up the most ranks in a single week. This week's winner is CTgirl, who managed to climb 23 ranks to #14 overall. Other big movers were esquire (19 ranks), taffnic (18 ranks), and Wallflower66 (16 ranks). Awesome.

Leaderboard
1. michel - 53
2. vince3 - 51
3. Snidget - 51
4. KwietOne - 50
5. Jims02 - 50
6. jbenz - 50
7. Max Headroom - 46
8. VisionQuest - 43
9. Weez - 40
10. esquire - 40
11. mikey - 38
12. laureli - 36
13. kduck - 36
14. CTgirl - 36
15. Belle Book - 35
16. taffnic - 35
17. Estee - 34
18. vennui - 33
19. flipxcyd - 32
20. Wallflower66 - 32
21. Element King - 31
22. sarah1234 - 31
23. kidflash212 - 30
24. popeave - 30
25. HauntedOne - 29
26. Silver03 - 27
27. Ontheroadagain - 26
28. louislam - 25
29. MaxZ - 25
30. MzTee - 25
31. FFantasyFX - 24
32. beau_30 - 24
33. Starshine - 24
34. JanetFAN - 22
35. Deshawnator22 - 22
36. qwertypie - 22
37. Yogi - 22
38. bbenzenberg - 22
39. Molaholic - 20
40. ARNutz - 20
41. dragonflies - 20
42. chiubakka - 20
43. AddieRacer - 19
44. ohmyheck - 18
45. 5cats - 17
46. 4nikk8 - 6

Through this week and next, the TAR Casino Game is still open to new entrants. Check out last week's post for the full rules. The only change to this week is that new players will start with 10 points.

This season, I have left the Payout Table construction to the winner of the weekly bonus game. The correct answer to the bonus was 44 minutes. The closest guess came from our very own FFantasyFX, with a guess of 47 minutes. Therefore, FFantasyFX is Pitboss of the Week and gets to choose the Payout Table.

Here is the Payout Table that FFantasyFX has chosen. It is appropriately named (by its author) the Heaven, Purgatory, Hell Payout table (aka Dante Alighieri Table).

Week 3 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.9x
3rd place - 1.8x
4th place - 1.1x
5th place - Break even
6th place - .9x
7th place - .2x
8th place - .1x
9th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 30 points

(Yes, we've gone with the "scary tables" early this year. Hey, don't blame me.)

Make sure that none of your individual wagers exceed 30 points. If you have more than 30 right now, you'll have to spread around your bets a little if you want to wager everything.

TAR14 Teams Remaining
Brian/Ericka
FlightTime/BigEasy
Gary/Matt
Lance/Keri
Maria/Tiffany
Meghan/Cheyne
Mika/Canaan
Sam/Dan
Zev/Justin

Remember, the same bonus game is still going on, so make sure to add your Time Bonus if you want to be Pitboss of the Week. It's the time spread between Flight Time/Big Easy's departure and Lance/Keri's.

And, as always, good luck!

A 2003 IceCat original