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Max Headroom 10069 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-12-05, 12:10 PM (EST) "Good place for a non-elim" Normally I hate non-elimination legs, but this episode was a picture-perfect example of what a non-elim should be. Take a final task, riding a centrifuge, that is first-come, first-served. Add in a 15-30 minute ride in the centrifuge (after all the buckling up and safety checks, that thing has to take a while to get up to speed). And the end result is an automatic Philimination for the team who is last to arrive at the centrifuge. Editing aside, there was no doubt who was going to be last once the Aiellos got the "8" ticket. To quote Pink Floyd, "It's just another brick in the wall." Move over TAR6, TARF is shaping up to be the worst.season.ever.   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Good place for a non-elim Cyndimaus 10-12-05 1  RE: Good place for a non-elim Earl Colby Pottinger 10-12-05 2  RE: Good place for a non-elim cipher5150 10-12-05 3  RE: Good place for a non-elim Fishercat 10-12-05 4  RE: Good place for a non-elim Breezy 10-13-05 5    RE: Good place for a non-elim HistoryDetective 10-13-05 6        Agree, agree, agree MTW1961 10-13-05 7            RE: Agree, agree, agree Earl Colby Pottinger 10-14-05 8

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Cyndimaus 3117 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 10-12-05, 12:51 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Good place for a non-elim" I was thinking the same thing! The only possible way for the Aiello's to avoid elimination was for one of the other teams to become hopelessly lost and that didn't seem too likely. (despite the editing to make it seem possible) In a way, it really didn't seem fair to eliminate a team since they had no choice but wait. It wasn't even a matter of goofing up on a task, you just sit there. What a helpless feeling that must be! And you know the guys must have known they were going to be eliminated barring a miracle. siggie by ARnutz   Top

Earl Colby Pottinger 2597 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson" 10-12-05, 01:18 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Good place for a non-elim" No, I am liking TAR 8. Yes, I agree on your point about the centrifuge. How else can you explain the Italians getting so lost and still arriving before the other teams that left the centrifuge after them? This should have been a non-elim, and the next leg being a real killer one.   Top

cipher5150 166 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 10-12-05, 01:30 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Good place for a non-elim" Totally agree Max. I posted this same thought in another thread at the same time. Don't bunch the teams if there is no way for them to change their position. When I saw this roadblock I was sure this was a non-elimination ep. and I couldn't beleive it when they started the sad music as the Aiello's jumped on the mat. This seemed like the perfect non-elimination ep.   Top

Fishercat 4168 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Jerry Springer Show Guest" 10-12-05, 09:38 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Good place for a non-elim" Considering that, for four teams, it essentially came down to who could grab a ticket faster, a non-elim would have been just fine.   Top

Breezy 18380 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-13-05, 12:06 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Good place for a non-elim" My DD was shocked it wasn't a nonelim. It really should have been. I've been Gothed.   Top

HistoryDetective 9516 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-13-05, 03:36 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Good place for a non-elim" I agree. I've been defending the choice of destinations for this season --- but the choice of challenges on the last episode just svcked! I'm nuts for Nutz ... and Syren too. journal   Top

MTW1961 4029 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Jerry Springer Show Guest" 10-13-05, 03:46 PM (EST) 7. "Agree, agree, agree" I don't have much to add. I was stunned to find out it was an elimination leg. I would have loved to see the eliminated team go off on Phil about how pathetic the last part of the leg was. Handcrafted by RollDDice!   Top

Earl Colby Pottinger 2597 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson" 10-14-05, 04:23 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Agree, agree, agree" While loving this show including TAR8, this ending was very poor. A non-elimination was the logical ending. And if the show producers felt that another team was needed to be remove then re-ordering the tasks would have been better. Having the Shoe task (boy was that simple, and the 3.2 G tasks first with the Mud-run or the Shrimp Beheading tasks being the tasks just before the Pitstop would have been better. In-fact forget detours. Doing 50 lbs of shrimp, followed by the mud run, then the pitstop would have been more fun. The team that gave up on the mud, would had have to do it, and the winner/eliminated would basicly be who figures out the mud run best/worse. Earl Colby Pottinger   Top

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