Amazing Race: All Stars

[Mousey Girl]

I love watching team Cha-cha-cha and the BQ's. I would really like to see Uchena and Joyce go all the way again. They seem like truly "nice" players.

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by Mousey Girl

I love watching team Cha-cha-cha and the BQ's. I would really like to see Uchena and Joyce go all the way again. They seem like truly "nice" players.

Yeah, I'm definitely rooting for Oswald and Danny.

And, last season, I wanted Dustin and Kandice to win so badly, and for them to come in fourth place was really upsetting. I'm glad they're getting a second chance!

I'm a fan of Uchenna and Joyce too...and you know what? Although the Guidos really annoyed me during their season (season 1)...this time around, I'm actually starting to...gulp...LIKE them!!!

[lashbear]

Darn you, Moriarty !!


You don't mean I'm... being .. I can't say it, no.... Yes, Manipulated ??

[Nephythys]

Besides that- I was not aware that taking advantage of circumstances that help you run the race was cheating, or somehow dishonest.

Rob and Amber did not victimize anyone, they just knew how to take advantage of situations to make them work to their advantage. If the other teams don't want to do that and wanted to spend all their time hating them for being in the race- that was their problem, not Rob and Ambers.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Rob and Amber did not victimize anyone, they just knew how to take advantage of situations to make them work to their advantage. If the other teams don't want to do that and wanted to spend all their time hating them for being in the race- that was their problem, not Rob and Ambers.

Which is why I put "victim" in quotes. And why I stand by my baseball analogy. And why I say that accepting Rob and Amber's style as a valid style is NOT the same as saying the only way to beat them is to "sink to their level". You don't have to steal signs in baseball to combat a team that steals signs. You just have to be better at disguising your signs.

Getting away from Rob and Amber, look at how Mirna and Charla dealt with the team that followed the same cab as they did (was it the Guidos or the BQs, can't remember). They obviously talked to a cabby, paid him, and got in their car to follow him within sight of that other team. What was that other team going to do, patiently wait until they were out of sight and find their own way? If you say that's what you'd do I say you're full of it. If someone shouts an answer to a puzzle in their excitement, would you pretend you didn't hear it and figure out yourself? I doubt it. If you don't want people following you or using your knowledge, don't make it readily available. Part of this kind of race is being on the ball and if you can't keep your guard up, oh well. Either do a better job of protecting your knowledge, or accept that it's going to be "stolen" and work around that. But don't get bent out of shape and blame the other team for your sloppiness.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

...The WORST thing that they did was when Amber said "got it" when they came back from the wrong direction, and the only way that's bad is if Mirna and Charla did exactly what you're saying Rob and Amber do wrong, namely take cues from other teams...

Originally Posted by Nephythys

…Rob and Amber did not victimize anyone, they just knew how to take advantage of situations to make them work to their advantage. If the other teams don't want to do that and wanted to spend all their time hating them for being in the race- that was their problem, not Rob and Ambers.

You both are forgetting them stealing the directions that the flight attendant wrote for U&J. That was pretty slimy, IMO.

They haven’t been trying to screw other teams as much this time as much as they did in season 7, but they sure haven’t been saints either.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by JWBear

You both are forgetting them stealing the directions that the flight attendant wrote for U&J. That was pretty slimy, IMO.

And what was U&J's response?

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by JWBear

You both are forgetting them stealing the directions that the flight attendant wrote for U&J. That was pretty slimy, IMO.

Well, yeah...but Uchenna and Joyce are at least still in the race.

[Nephythys]

Stealing?

Did Uchenna leave it there for Rob to take? Yeah, I think he did- even if he did not mean to.

Responsibility lies with Uchenna and Joyce- if you don't want someone to pick up that paper, don't leave it there.

Once again- Rob and Amber made use of something that happened to be staring them in the face- so they took it. I find it impossible to believe that any other team would not have made the same choice.

The goal is to win a race- not sainthood or an award for being pious.

[Alex]

The event with the flight attendant wasn't actually shown and the two accounts differed so I don't know what actually happened.

But I wouldn't be surprised if they did somehow steal it and I also wouldn't be surprised if a relatively benign event that was whined into exaggeration.