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12-15-2009 , 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Hey_Porter
I actually missed some of them doing the challenge so couldn't tell you if this were true or not, or if they acknowledged it in some way, but later in that interview Brian says their dealer actually miscounted. Full interview, along with interviews from all the other racers, can be found here:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/theamazingrace/
Rigged for Meghan and Cheyne
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12-15-2009 , 12:50 PM
that is tilt inducing. it might have been tacky, but they shoulda had some sort of system where when u finish, u wait 15 minutes no matter what so the dealer's speed/inaccuracy are not a leading factor. oh well.
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12-15-2009 , 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Hey_Porter
I actually missed some of them doing the challenge so couldn't tell you if this were true or not, or if they acknowledged it in some way, but later in that interview Brian says their dealer actually miscounted. Full interview, along with interviews from all the other racers, can be found here:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/theamazingrace/
it's pretty hard to tell based on the footage they show if the dealer miscounted or not. if that's actually the case then that's really bad. i guess with even the possibility of that happening that challenge was pretty stupid, not to mention even if there was some flawless counting system the challenge was still stupid. but you could just tell from watching that they were having trouble counting out 1 million chips anyways, and the wife was losing her mind and wanted to completely redo the whole challenge rather than recount what they had and figure it out from there.

also i found a video of the gay brothers family on family feud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPOwF...eature=related
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12-17-2009 , 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by housenuts
if that's actually the case then that's really bad. i guess with even the possibility of that happening that challenge was pretty stupid, not to mention even if there was some flawless counting system the challenge was still stupid.
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Originally Posted by keepitreal
that is tilt inducing. it might have been tacky, but they shoulda had some sort of system where when u finish, u wait 15 minutes no matter what so the dealer's speed/inaccuracy are not a leading factor. oh well.
How is a dealer mistake any worse than a cab driver who gets lost? **** happens in this race and that's tough. Should all the teams be given cab drivers who follow GPS's and have exactly the same horsepower in their cabs? Perhaps police escorts to ensure that noone gets stuck in traffic are in order? When a teams' car breaks down (as has happened repeatedly on past seasons) should all the other teams stop racing until it's fixed?

These knuckleheads lost because Cheyne and Meghan arrived a full 10 minutes after them to the chip-counting challenge, and yet still submitted their chips to be counted before the whiny bros.

That being said, I agree that the chip-counting was a bad challenge to be the very last one. Should have had a memory challenge like past seasons.
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12-17-2009 , 02:37 PM
Watching S5 right now. After 4 episodes, there are absolutely no interesting teams whatsoever. Charla the midget kept adding an "o" to the end of every word while in South America because apparently that's all you have to do to speak spanish.

I enjoyed season 3 alot. Ken and Gerrard were great and should have won. I would have enjoyed placing Flo into a giant blender and it's a shame she was part of the winning team.
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12-17-2009 , 02:42 PM
i can see your perspective, but the completion of challenges is 99% of the time a black and white issue. it's right or it's wrong. u finish or u don't. the gold counting challenge earlier this year eliminated human error (minus the stupid contestants). when u show up with a tiny musical instrument, or the correct spelling of FRANZ, there is no room for judges error. we obviously just differ in when blind luck should play a factor. yes u could walk into that room first and have the best pick of the dealer that looks best at counting, but the difference between dealer counting errors and cabs is this: if the contestants knew how to get from point A to B they could direct the cab and not get lost. but they don't, so they are at the fate of a cabbie. but if u count 1,000,000 chips correctly, u deserve the right (imo) to not get screwed because some dealer can't count.
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