Haunted by the U-Turn

Poor Amanda & Kris, those U-Turns just seem to follow them around, huh? At least this one was their own fault, but still. Kind of a shame that it cost them another season on The Amazing Race. The really ironic thing about it is that it seems relatively less likely (considering some of the talent this season) that they would've been a target later on by some of the teams.

Week 2 Results
1st place - Zev/Justin (2x)
2nd place - Flight Time/Big Easy (1.8x)
3rd place - Jet/Cord (1.6x)
4th place - LaKisha/Jennifer (1.4x)
5th place - Margie/Luke (1.2x)
6th place - Mel/Mike (even)
7th place - Kent/Vyxsin (.8x)
8th place - Jaime/Cara (.6x)
9th place - Gary/Mallory (.4x)
10th place - Ron/Christina (.2x)
11th place (kinda) - Amanda/Kris (0x)

A Good Start

Overall, we had a good start as a group. A lot of good scores among the mix in this first week. We also had a few new players join in this week, cahaya, Georjanna, and Nume. We almost had tvgeek401, but they narrowly missed the posting deadline. Hopefully we'll see them this week!

Unfortunately, we did lose two players pretty early this season, Molaholic and taffnic, who unfortunately used their rebuy on Amanda/Kris. This season didn't turn out too well, but hopefully I'll see you next season, so you can turn that luck around!

The Greatest Gainer Award goes to the player who jumps up the most ranks in a particular week. Our inaugural winner this year is IanQuentin, who climbed a very cool 22 ranks to #20 overall, thanks to a rebuy. samboohoo also turned lemons into lemonade, moving up 20 spots. Nicely done!

The Perfect Bet Award goes to the player who has the best statistical wager (in terms of their payout). This week, it goes to samboohoo and MzTee who both doubled-up with Zev/Justin wagers. Very cool!

Leaderboard
1. Ontheroadagain - 76
2. beau_30 - 76
3. Belle Book - 76
4. KwietOne - 76
5. flipxycd - 76
6. ARNutz - 76
7. Corvis - 76
8. Yogi - 76
9. michel - 76
10. Jims02 - 76
11. Weez - 75
12. FFantasyFX - 69
13. louislam - 66
14. dragonflies - 65
15. CTgirl - 60
16. esquire - 51
17. vennui - 37
18. Max Headroom - 36
19. samboohoo - 30
20. IanQuentin - 29
21. cahaya - 27
22. Starshine - 26
23. Travelor - 26
24. Georjanna - 25
25. kidflash212 - 24
26. jbenz - 24
27. chiubakka - 22
28. bbenzenberg - 20
29. MzTee - 20
30. Nessie - 19
31. mikey - 18
32. Element King - 17
33. kduck - 16
34. sarah1234 - 14
35. popeave - 12
36. jbug - 12
37. alemattos - 6
38. vince3 - 6
39. Snidget - 6
40. Nume - 6
41. qwertypie - 6
42. Scuba Steve - 5
43. Molaholic - 0
44. taffnic - 0
45. Estee - 0

Not too much movement toward the top of the ranks. We'll see how that changes later on, though.

Week 3 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.6x
3rd place - 1.5x
4th place - 1.2x
5th place - 1.1x
6th place - .9x
7th place - .8x
8th place - .5x
9th place - .4x
10th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 25 points
Rebuy Amount - 10 points

New Players Still Welcome!

Through the next 2 weeks, the TAR Casino will be open to new entrants. As mentioned previously, all new players this week will be given 10 points to play. For the official rules, please consult last week's entry.

For all remaining players, rebuys are still available if you need it and haven't used yours yet.

TAR17 Teams Remaining
Gary/Mallory
Flight Time/Big Easy
Jaime/Cara
Jet/Cord
Kent/Vyxsin
LaKisha/Jennifer
Margie/Luke
Mel/Mike
Ron/Christina
Zev/Justin

Good luck everyone!

Also, (*shameful plug alert*) check out my little animation short I did recently. To satisfy my creative urges, I've been dabbling a little in animation and this is my first real project I've completed. Let me know what you think!

(And, yes, I did supply the voice of Yellow. And, no, that's not what my voice really sounds like.)

A 2003 IceCat original