Amazing Race: All Stars

[Nephythys]

I love Rob and Amber-I did not enjoy watching last night and will miss them. I think they went out with more grace than many other teams do-

I don't get the hate for them- why are they so worthy of loathing? Good lord there are people who hog the spotlight alot more than those two people.

Heaven forbid- two people (who clearly love each other) happen to have found a career in reality shows.

The horror. Honestly-the only thing I can chalk it up to (the hatred online for them) is jealousy. Pure and simple.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

I love Rob and Amber-I did not enjoy watching last night and will miss them. I think they went out with more grace than many other teams do-

I agree. They didn't complain, they didn't accuse anyone else of cheating or screwing them over. They knew they blew it and that was that. They may be cocky and a little arrogant, but as far as I'm concerned, they've earned it. They've shown time and time again that they know how to succeed at these games. They didn't fair so well this time, but, counting the 3 seasons of Survivor between the two of them and now 2 seasons of Amazing Race, they were competitive in 4 out of 5 of their opportunities. That's hard to argue with. Heck, you can't even really call this time around a poor showing seeing as they were in first for the first 3 legs.

For those that watch the show regularly, is there usually this much bitching about other people taking advantage of opportunities? I mean, these teams have all played before and they seem completely shocked that someone might, gasp, use information they overhear to their advantage. Or even, dear lord, lie to other teams to get ahead. Call me naive, but that's really starting to turn me off of the show more than anything.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

For those that watch the show regularly, is there usually this much bitching about other people taking advantage of opportunities? I mean, these teams have all played before and they seem completely shocked that someone might, gasp, use information they overhear to their advantage. Or even, dear lord, lie to other teams to get ahead. Call me naive, but that's really starting to turn me off of the show more than anything.

I wonder something similar...why don't more people play this way? Why doesn't one tribe loot their rival's camp when they're at tribal council? Why do AR teams cooporate? Why, when someone's having trouble with a quest, don't the people having trouble simply stand two inches behind someone else and do what they do?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

I wonder something similar...why don't more people play this way? Why doesn't one tribe loot their rival's camp when they're at tribal council?

On Survivor I'd imagine that they have some rules in place against that. But who knows.
ETA: Oh yeah, and what MP said. There are far more direct consequences to pissing the other contestant's off in Survivor than in AR.

Why do AR teams cooporate?

There is occasionally a good reason. For example, it made sense for Rob and Amber to work with the beauty queens when they were both stuck on the sign post quest. They knew there were other teams behind them, so rather than worry about beating that one team, it made sense to strike a deal and say, "We'll help you guarantee you're at least ahead of the other teams."

Why, when someone's having trouble with a quest, don't the people having trouble simply stand two inches behind someone else and do what they do?

To some degree I see a kind of unspoken agreement of convenience. Basically, if all the teams were trying to peak at everyone else's work, that would just lead to all the teams doing a better job of hiding their work. So it would kind of be a self-defeating strategy, so the teams probably just naturally don't even bother (kinda like there's an unspoken thing in baseball that says that a batter won't turn around and look at a catcher's sign). But that shouldn't mean you get pissed when you get sloppy and someone does catch sight, or is within earshot, of one of your answers (again, like baseball, there's no such courtesy when a batter's on second base, it's up to the catcher to do a better job of disguising his signs in that situation).

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

For those that watch the show regularly, is there usually this much bitching about other people taking advantage of opportunities? I mean, these teams have all played before and they seem completely shocked that someone might, gasp, use information they overhear to their advantage. Or even, dear lord, lie to other teams to get ahead. Call me naive, but that's really starting to turn me off of the show more than anything.

If you thought this season was bad, you really should have watched Season 8 (the family edition) with the holy-rollin' Weavers. At one point, one of the Weaver kids was upset and made the statement "Nobody likes us because we're Christians!"

I'm sure you can get the gist of what the rest of the season was like for them.

Usually, every season has one or two teams that whine and yammer about the advantages other teams seem to get. Unfortunately, many of the teams in the All-Star season were ones that did just that in their respective seasons.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

...I don't get the hate for them- why are they so worthy of loathing? Good lord there are people who hog the spotlight alot more than those two people...

Why do I hate Rob? He’s a self-absorbed a$$ who thinks he’s clever and charming, and expects us all to love him and his antics because he’s such a charming scamp (not!). I can’t stand is arrogant attitude. I don’t find him the least bit charming, and every time I hear him speak, it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Originally Posted by Nephythys

...The horror. Honestly-the only thing I can chalk it up to (the hatred online for them) is jealousy. Pure and simple.

It has nothing to do with jealousy. It has everything do with finding his slimy personality abhorrent.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Why do I hate Rob? He’s a self-absorbed a$$ who thinks he’s clever and charming, and expects us all to love him and his antics because he’s such a charming scamp (not!). I can’t stand is arrogant attitude. I don’t find him the least bit charming, and every time I hear him speak, it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.

It has nothing to do with jealousy. It has everything do with finding his slimy personality abhorrent.

You are hardly the only one with Romber hate out there. I guarantee some of it is jealousy out there.

I like them- always have.

I find their relationship to be sincere and heartwarming. I love watching them play the game. The rest of the teams are so obsessed with them, they made them stick out in the spotlight more than Rob or Amber ever did.

I was really impressed by the way they went out. That "slimy personality" has more on the ball when it comes to what is important than most of the people playing that game.


I am watching for fun only now- no sense in rooting for anyone when I know how it comes out (if that list is right)

Those letters were interesting- some were encouraging and some were simply hateful. Honest to God- when you are so obsessed with hating two other people who did better than you then you are only hurting yourself.

Pathetic- some of the people who wrote "hate" mail to the current teams.