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Amazing Race Season 2 - Checkpoint 8
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:08 pm
by Godly Paladin
ALERT!!! This is the final 'standard' round before we have the Amazing Race Season Two FINALE! The two racers who advance from this round will participate in the Head to Head Showdown!
Now for the racer update: The mighty Sunako, slayer of hopes for seven rounds, has finally fallen. An impressive feat, to say the least. The three remaining racers are:
MANGAFANATIC
ZIP
MR. SMARTYPANTS
Who shall be eliminated next? Only time can tell...
*****
THE NEXT CHECKPOINT IS...
Laos.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:23 pm
by Mangafanatic
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:24 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
the capital is Vientiane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos
booyah zip
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:31 pm
by Godly Paladin
Wow. That leg was over in the blink of an eye.
After the two of you entered, I was checking on ZiP and noticed (for the first time) that his signature says that he's going to be gone for a month. Does anyone know about that?
ZiP is out, of course, but I was just wondering.
Congrats to Mangafanatic and Mr. Smartypants... You guys are the finalists! We should probably set up a time that is convenient for both of you.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:31 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
x____________x i know im gonna loose, osaka is on like 24/7!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:33 pm
by Godly Paladin
The format of the finale makes it even as long as both of you are on at the same time.
A necessary question: what sort of connections do you have? Dial up or High Speed?
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:35 pm
by Mangafanatic
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:x____________x i know im gonna loose, osaka is on like 24/7!
She is!? I'm gonna have a talk with her about that. It just isn't healthy. *goes off to interrogate renegade split personality*
Wow Mr. Smarty Pants! Can you believe we made it!? We beat a guy who's not gonna be one for a month. That's--- practically impossible!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:36 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
imposkible indeed
eh, hmmm.... tomorrow at 9 pm eastern will be okay
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:42 pm
by Mangafanatic
Yeah, nine would probably be good. I don't know how long I'll be able to be on. So, how's the lightning round work?
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:45 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
whats this lightning round?
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:14 pm
by Godly Paladin
An explanation is in order, apparently.
1) I post the country.
2) Racer 1 checks in with a fact.
3) Racer 2 has 24 hours to respond.
4) Racer 2 checks in with a fact.
5) Racer 1 has 12 hours to respond.
6) Racer 1 checks in with a fact.
7) Racer 2 has 6 hours to respond.
And so on and so forth until the time increments are literally in the seconds. The round ends when one of you runs out of facts, goes over the time limit, or can't post any more facts. Last time the round started at 8:00 AM and went until 3:00 AM...
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:16 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
i sleep at like, 11 o clock eastern... dont let it interfere with my sleep please!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:35 pm
by Mangafanatic
I'm a pretty early bed person too. Elevenish also. We'll see what happens. Atleast neither of us are insomniacs!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:23 pm
by Jasdero
Godly Paladin wrote:Now for the racer update: The mighty Sunako, slayer of hopes for seven rounds, has finally fallen. An impressive feat, to say the least.
XD!!! Oh boy, I was drinking tea when I read that... @_@ ...so close to having an accident... XD]I'm a pretty early bed person too. Elevenish also. We'll see what happens. Atleast neither of us are insomniacs![/QUOTE]
XD;;; I is an insomniac... People who stay up late have an advantage? o.o ....I shouldn't have taken a nap.. I really shouldn't haven taken that blasted nap... XDD;;
Ah, well.. Good luck you two! X3
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:32 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
hehe thanks sunny ^_^
PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:18 am
by termyt
It takes strategy as well. Last time was a brunt force blunt attack by both parties, but you have time to respond, so perhaps you will want to use it? In the beginning, you have 24, 12, 6 hours to respond so it may not benefit you to respond right away.
Good luck guys.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:22 am
by Godly Paladin
An extremely good point there, Termyt. Last time Smanbeyond and Swordguy were posting facts within minutes of each other only hours after we had started. You guys can take your time...at least at the beginning.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:02 pm
by ZiP
Ironic, I thought I was going to be gone and didn't find out I'm not until after the checkpoint.
*sighs*
Oh well.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:17 pm
by Mr_Anderson
good luck 2 y'all!
PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:24 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
we need to reshedule due to CAA being down
PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:21 pm
by Jasdero
ooo~ *visualizes*
*database crashes right before Mr. SmartyPants is able to post*
Victory to Osaka, yo! XD;;;;
PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:31 pm
by Godly Paladin
Sunako, what exactly does XD;;;;; represent?
