game info: "rules" strategy?

[lovetrivia]

Pasting the rules here so maybe it will help us:

Route Info
Randomly throughout the race, there will be clues called Route Info. They will contain simple tasks that both members will need to complete in order to advance. The order the teams finish the Route Info will determine how much time is added to their total.

Detour
A Detour is a choice between two tasks… each with its own pros and cons. Neither choice will necessarily warrant you a quicker time than the other. It will all come down to how quickly and in which order the teams complete one of the two tasks.

Roadblock
A Roadblock is a task that only one member may perform. A clue will be given as to what the Roadblock is and then one member of the team must PM me to let me know which one of them will complete the task. I will then PM that member with the task. There will be a set number of Roadblocks that each member of the team may perform and that number will depend upon how many legs there are in the race.

Flights
During each leg, there will be some flight info. I will give you a list of flight agencies and one member of each team must PM me a list of which order they want to check for the quickest flight. For example, if I say Delta and American Airlines, you will PM me the order in which you want to check those agencies. If Delta has the quickest flight, all those that PM me that they want to take Delta will be the first ones to have a chance at getting that flight. In the event that there is a tie for certain seats, then the team with their list in first will get the seats on the flight.

Events
Events will randomly occur throughout the race. A situation will arise that places your team in a precarious position and you will be given certain choices on how to deal with the event. Each event choice will add a certain amount of time to your time, but if you're lucky, some of them may even take time off of your overall time.

Yield
During the course of the game, there will be some Yields. The number of Yields will depend upon the number of legs in the race. If a team is Yielded, a half hour will be added to that team’s time. Each team may only use the Yield once per race and the Yielded team will know which team used the Yield on them.

Fast Forward
Throughout the course of the game, there will be some Fast Forwards. The number of Fast Forwards will depend upon the number of legs per race. A Fast Forward will contain a task that the team needs to complete in order to obtain the Fast Forward. This task needs to be done before whichever clue was posted that day. The first team to complete the task will get to skip all tasks for the rest of the leg and head straight to the Pit Stop where they will receive an automatic 1st place for that leg. Each team may only use the Fast Forward once and only one team per leg may use the Fast Forward.

[lovetrivia]

chris - I thought it might be good to have this here to refer to and I always print this out too to have at my desk and reread because each task is a little differetn and I get them mixed up. i always reread the type of task before we do it to be sure! i do still get mixed up.

We can also post questions and strategy here for waht we want to do. i have some ideas and will post them later. I some cases we have to choose who will do the task - designate who will pm, etc. It would be good to try to figure that out before if we can. we have time to think about it.

I want to ask Jeff more about the flights becasue I am not sure if we actually have to go to an agency or just choose one he posts - this sounds a little different from the other game I played.

[cricket]

Tess,

That was a good idea, I printed it out too. I think you have some good thoughts on this game. We will do good I'm sure!!

[lovetrivia]

detour:

I have asked Jeff (in pm) if the detour is one member sending a pm or both - is that one clear to you?

When I played teh game before 2 chioces were listed just like in real TAR games.

let's say it was "beer or brat".

I was a team so I would quickly type one word fast and send pm - not taking time to try to figure it out becasue you can't really figure out which is faster and speed of pm was important - I don't know if speed of sending here is - but we will try. I also don't know if we have to actually do something. He does say "complete one of the two tasks."

I would suggest we have one of us just pick the first choice. Or we could alternate and teh next time pick the second choice.

I just don't know how Jeff is doing the detour.

answer from Jeff concerning detour

A Detour will be a choice between two actual tasks that you complete. Both of you will need to send it in.

So i guess we choose the same task, both complete it and send it in. We would not have to be here at the same time. If we can't be here to choose together - one of is chooses teh task in teh detour and then pm and post here which one to do.

Then we both get it done.

[lovetrivia]

Road block:
Only one member can pm and perform. I guess we could alternate or also see who is available. For example if you can't be here then I would definitely do the roadblock and vice versa.

In teh other game I played the clue was question about teh country we were in and a link was provided to find the answer and pm it to teh host.

Again I am unsure how Jeff will do this - my guess is he will not provide a link - not sure though.

I would think if we are both here that we could help each other but only one of us sends in the answer - not sure. on TAR teh other team member cannot help at a roadblock.

[lovetrivia]

flights:

Again, only one of us may pm the list of teh flight order - we take our chances I think - he said he will predetermine which is teh quicker flight.

We should alternate who does it I guess or who can be here. Or if you want I could always do the flights.

This is where we may be able to use our allies.

I would send a pm saying " tickets for us and Steve and Stevey. Delta, American."

They would do teh opposite for us: "Tickets for us and cricket and lovetrivia. American, Delta."

That way we have a better chance of getting the forst flight - jeff would choose whichever team sends teh first pm.

What do you think?

[lovetrivia]

When I played teh other game each leg went like this:

Flight info

detour

roadblock

pitstop


I never had route info until the last leg - sounds like he will put this in more often - kind of like an extra task and we both do it.

In my other game I used the yield one time. I don't like to use it. We can only use it once in teh game. I am still unsure how or when or why to use it.

The fast forward helped me before becasue one time I was late for teh leg or the race - it was a roadblock and I used it to help me make up my time - it saved me from being eliminated.

I think we will just have to go through the first complete leg and do our best. chances are good we will not be eliminated teh first leg because some teams may not show up at all.