Hi everyone! Long time no see :)

I was thinking of hosting a power rankings for this season of the amazing race. I know that this season is ~very spoiled~ so please don't play if you know the spoilers. Ruins the fun!

Here's how it works: Each week, you will rank the remaining teams (in the first week, there are 11) from 1 (least chance of being eliminated) to 11 (most chance of being eliminated). You will then get a standardized amount of points (out of 10, rounded to the hundredths place) based on how you rated the team that actually went home. I am standardizing the scores so the early weeks don't carry more weight than the later weeks. In order to get your score for a given week, take the rank you assigned to the team that went home, divide it by the total number of teams, and multiply by 10. In the event of a non-elimination leg, you'll still receive points for the team that came in last. I'll decide on a finale format... later on (:

The cast can be found here: https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/cast/

Here's an example

Let's say Buffy & Shadow and Vic & Dylan 2 of the 11 teams on TAR (as if :yay:). If you rank Buffy & Shadow at 8 and Vic & Dylan at 11, you would receive the following points: Buffy & Shadow eliminated: 8 [your ranking] / 11 [number of teams left] =.7272 * 10 [standardized to 10 each week] = 7.27/10 Vic & Dylan eliminated: 11/11 = 1 * 10 = 10/10 So you'd receive 7.27 points if Buffy & Shadow went home, or 10 points if Vic & Dylan went home, for that week.

Hopefully that explanation makes sense! Let me know if you have any questions.

For the sake of hiding your rankings each week, we'll have each team PM their rankings to me. I won't open them until the episode is over! I will also PM my rankings to someone who's already sent me theirs (so I can be held accountable). Please send in your rankings by 8:30PM EST on Wednesday each week. TAR 31 premieres tomorrow (!) so get those rankings in.

Hopefully there's enough interest for this :=]:

I do not spoil (except for the Bachelor but that's a silly show and I have to spoil to watch it lol). Great idea, DD!

I'm all about this. Do we PM now?

Anyone who wants to join in for week 2 (or for any week) can! It was only Dylan and I in week 1, and I even missed my 8:30 deadline :dd: Also, neither of us did that well. People can see if they can catch Dylan/myself with a couple-point defecit, and we can have a competition from week 2 onwards. It'll still be fun! Plus, Dylan or myself might miss a week going forward. I'll post results for the first two weeks after this week, so please join!

Reminder to get these in for week 2! Gonna send mine to Helios in a sec.

I'm just adding this for copy/paste. :)

Teams in Alphabetical order (week 2):

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Becca & Floyd Chris & Bret Colin & Christie Corinne & Eliza Janelle & Britney Leo & Jamal Nicole & Victor Rachel & Elissa Rupert & Laura Tyler & Korey

Okay here's where I'll do the results. Anyone with the link can view!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cmhZUo8061-8KrIGDkjWOyJlsQ9iVr_dAu9KlgHMHGI/edit?usp=sharing

Hello! Thank you - I nailed elim'd team.

DD, thanks!

I'm just happy when you post on FE, idec what you are posting lol.

I loved this episode.

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#1 because Rupert is finally gone.. I wish them a long and happy life but plz stay off my TV! I was surprised they got through the language detour tho so gj to them. I don't really dislike anyone who's left now. #2 because of Janelle/Britney. Seriously, every time they had a segment (not nearly enough), it brought joy to my heart. I don't even care what they're saying, I just love them together. So cute when Britney was mocking Nicole and calling Janelle "baby." #3 because of Eliza/Corinne. They are such a funny team. I've never liked Corinne but somehow her complaining in this is entertaining. Also, I loved how she helped Eliza with the language detour. So fun! Rachel's decision to U-turn someone in Leg 2 when they were already at the head of the pack... so dumb! She's so terrible at strategy. You can kinda tell she's getting annoying to people lol. I do love Elissa telling Rachel to "calm down" though. She's so much better with Rachel than Brendon. It may have been fun to see Britney mocking Brendon, though. The elephant RB looked amazing! I would love to do that. Victor loves Nicole so much... it's so sweet.

JJ @ 24/4/2019 18:42

I'm just adding this for copy/paste. :) Teams in Alphabetical order (week 2) UPDATED FOR WEEK THREE: Spoiler + Becca & Floyd Chris & Bret Colin & Christie Corinne & Eliza Janelle & Britney Leo & Jamal Nicole & Victor Rachel & Elissa Tyler & Korey

Thanks for posting those updated lists, Helios and JJ!! Reminder to get these in by tomorrow at 8:30. I just sent mine to Helios :)

Also sorry for accidentally opening yours early Buffy, but I swear I didn't look :)

Updated!

Thought it was a fun episode

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super happy it was non-elim! Chris and Bret are so fun. I think we might start to finally see some unexpected results next week (besides week 1 (: ) so I'm excited to mix up the points a bit!

These are my thoughts..

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Eliza & Corrine with the prawn fishing thing - so great. I love how Corrine pinned the thing down for Eliza. creepy tho. Yay my girls! #TeamFun starting to annoy me a little bit but GJ Leo & Jamal being exhausted = red herring, they'll be fine. lol @ Eliza v Victor in the singing lol Victor can do anything. Leo & Jamal 27th attempt lol But c'mon, everyone knows they don't lose at least not yet. oh no #teamfun vs Britney Janelle? you know what is best - die teamfun but okay team #1 ok bleh go Brit/Janelle! Janelle/Rachel working together <3 Go Eliza!!!! aw Victor/Nicole - cute Colin Christie meh back to Janelle/Rachel - go girls! Yay Janelle! Yay Rachel! Yay Corinne/Eliza!!! (sorry this is real time) OMG Janelle/Brit team# 6!!!! You're my girls! yay @ Rachel/Elissa - go girls! Oh no Chris/Brett - I messed this up? Oh no I didn't but its non-elim but yay me. Guys... get it together!