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As entertainment critic Roger
Ebert once said, "If you disagree with something I write, tell me so, argue
with me, correct me--but don't tell me to shut up. That's not the American way."
I was very impressed by the production of this leg, particularly in terms of the Detour options. Both of them were relatively challenging, they both suited the Russian location well, and they were both fun to watch. Watching the piano Detour was particularly interesting, since it makes you wonder whether you could've done it quicker, or if the chaos of the race just made that 10 times as difficult as usual.
Of course, all those pianos certainly didn't help.
Week 6 Results 1st place - Jill/Thomas (2x) 2nd place - Brook/Claire (1.5x) 3rd place - Michael/Kevin (1.6x) 4th place - Nat/Kat (1.1x) 5th place - Chad/Stephanie (even) 6th place - Gary/Mallory (.3x) 7th place - Nick/Vicki (0x)
Standing PAT
(Just as I wrote that now, I realized I never used that as a pun for the bonus game. Shucks.)
For the second week in a row, the bonus game ended up being a difficult one. Nat/Kat were still popular picks for the regular bet, and I suspect those who didn't pick them suspected they'd finish 2nd or 3rd. Still, because it was a difficult bonus to nab, the few who did get it correct reaped a huge reward, which we'll talk about.
We did lose two players this week due to the bonus game, vince3 and taffnic. Falling behind, they went for the big payout, which is certainly understandable. And I'd do the exact same thing too. Go big or go home.
Thanks for playing the game, both of you. Free cocktails on me!
Week 6 of the TAR17 Casino Game shall be henceforth known as Weez Week. Weez racked up both the Greatest Gainer Award
for climbing 12 ranks total, as well as the Perfect Bet Award (3.4x) for getting a correct PAT wager, with the rest of the points going to Jill/Thomas.
Weez went from 46 points in 16th place to 156 points and 4th place in one week. See, these are the kinds of big shifts that are possible. Play smart and pick your spots carefully.
Yogi is still in the top spot, but the group behind him is starting to catch up. Can he hold off all of these players within striking distance?
Week 7 Payout Table 1st place - 2x 2nd place - 1.7x 3rd place - 1.3x 4th place - Break even 5th place - .7x 6th place - .3x 7th place - 0x
Looks like a boring table, but there a trick to it, if you check out the Loser Bonuses...
Bonus Game - Better or Worse?
Another new bonus game for the season! Let's see how it goes!
In this game, all you gotta do is predict whether the teams will do BETTER or WORSE in this upcoming leg. You may make predictions on as many teams as you want, but the more teams you guess on, the more risk you face (but the higher payout you may get).
Here's how it works.
1. Decide how many points you want to risk on this bonus game, and place your wager. The maximum bet is 20 points.
2. Pick out one of the teams and make a prediction whether they will do better in this leg than the last one. Or in other words, is this team's final placement at the end of Leg 7 better or worse than how they ended Leg 6?
3. Now, if you so desire, make predictions on other teams. For example, an acceptable bonus wager could look like...
Bonus - 5 points Jill/Thomas - Does worse Brook/Claire - Does worse Gary/Mallory - Does better Nick/Vicki - Does better
Or it could just look like...
Bonus - 5 points Jill/Thomas - Does worse
Make as many guesses as you want.
4. If you get a single one of your predictions wrong, you lose the whole bet.
5. If one of your team finishes in exactly the same position as before (i.e. Jill/Thomas finishes 1st again), you still lose that prediction, thereby losing the whole bet. If you're making a "Does worse" bet on Jill/Thomas, you're guessing they'll finish 2nd-7th, not 1st. A "does worse" bet on Brook/Claire would be guessing they finish 3rd-7th... And so on down the line.
So, if you think a team may finish in the same position as last week, you may want to leave that poison pill alone.
If all of your guesses are correct, you will score a payout based on how many teams you went for.
Bonus Payout Table All 7 Correct - 10x All 6 Correct - 8x All 5 Correct - 6x All 4 Correct - 4x All 3 Correct - 3x Both (2) Correct - 2x All 1 Correct? Why Didn't You Bank Your Points? - 1x At Least One Wrong Answer - 0x
Max Bet - 20 points
While 10x sounds great, I don't even know if the results will make that possible... All it would take is one repeat finish to ruin the whole thing.
(Or maybe everyone finishes in the same spot as last week? Wouldn't that be hilarious?)
I'll put 8 points on Nat/Kat to win, 3 on Nick/Vicki. 10 points on the bonus game: Gary/Mallory - Lower Nick/Vicki - Higher Michael/Kevin - Lower Jill/Thomas - Lower
Bonus 8 Points on Nick & Vicki does better 4 Points on Micheal & Kevin does worse 4 points on Gary & Mallory does worse 2 points on Brooke & Claire does better Im Going to risk it all. >
All six of my pitiful points on the Better or Worse Bonus ...
Jill/Thomas - Will Do Worse Brook/Claire - Will Do Better Michael/Kevin - Will Do Worse Nat/Kat - Will Do Better Chad/Stephanie - Will Do Better Gary/Mallory - Will Do Better Nick/Vicki - Will Do Better
Cocktail Request: Pina Colada (and double the rum, please!)
For some reason, I feel really nervous about this week. I can think of a reason why not to bet on every team in the list.
90 points to spend.
70 points - Nat/Kat
Bonus Game - 20 points Nick/Vicki do better Michael/Kevin do worse Brook/Claire do worse Nat/Kat do better Jill/Thomas do worse
At the last second, decided to tack on the Jill/Thomas prediction. I decided that if I'm going to bet against them in the regular bet, I may as well double-down on it.
I'm bummed I missed last week, unforeseen circumstances, but I have no idea if I would have gained or lost, that's how much thought I had given my wager! Back this week with 53 points:
Brook/Claire 18 points Chad/Stephanie 15 Points
20 on the bonus for: Nick and Vicki do better Gary and Mallory do better Michael and Keven do worse Chad and Stephanie do better
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