The Amazing Race

[zyzzyva980]

This is disappointing. It's your choice, of course, but we've worked hard on this. I've got to go to school soon too, but I want to see this through. It shouldn't take too long, some of the clues recently were a bit on the hard side but it's not that bad. It should take you a half-hour to an hour a day, tops. Besides, many schools don't give much homework the first week or two. We're trying to get this finished before then, and the faster you solve the clues, the faster we can finish this up.

[RandomPerson]

I'm staying in, but I just hope there isn't a lot of legs during this coming week, as I'm visiting my grandparents (I'll have computer access though).

[brobo]

As soon as zyzzyva gets back, we will discuss getting leg 4 underway, and what to do about the missing players. However, this should take care of both the leg 2 elimination and the leg 3 elimination, so we should be able to start tomorrow.
As the number of competitors goes down, each leg should go a little faster.

[IdahoSciGuy]

I am staying in as well. I like this idea a lot more than the other games im in.

[zyzzyva980]

Squanto and kjhsscioly have been eliminated. Leg Four will begin tomorrow.

Here are the latest clues:

LEG TWO
ROADBLOCK: HDI 145/182
DETOUR:

Three if By Land (Click to Show Hidden Text)

yanke, piehtoia, ojutiibd

Four if By Sea (Click to Show Hidden Text)

11/2008 - 4/8/09 - 5/11/10 - 5/12/10

PIT STOP: For your next pit stop, go to Somalia's largest open market.

LEG THREE:
ROADBLOCK:
ROADBLOCK: European peak of 9,577 feet
DETOUR:

Olympics (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Mārtiņš Rubenis, Tanja Frieden, Duff Gibson, Enrico Fabris

Olympus (Click to Show Hidden Text)

vdvcjeieeanasrnunteusaass

ROADBLOCK: 3.99, Fahrenheit or Celsius <== Kudos to RandomPerson for having the best wrong answer
PIT STOP: Head to the Tivoli villa commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, the pit stop for this leg of the race.

The pit starts will begin in this order
1. IdahoSciGuy
2. RandomPerson52
3. 3slh9
4. starpug
5. paleonaps95
6. lllazar (accelerated to pit stop and penalized at pit start)
7. doctor (accelerated to pit stop and penalized at pit start)

They will begin sometime in the morning. Be there.

[RandomPerson]

ROADBLOCK: 3.99, Fahrenheit or Celsius <== Kudos to RandomPerson for having the best wrong answer

You can mention it in specific if you want XD

[kjhsscioly]

its not that my school gives lots of homework in the first week (which it actually does), it is more that I have been procrastinating on my large amount of summer homework

[brobo]

A new leg starts on this day... Only 7 competitors remain, and by the end of the leg, even less.
As the clues get steadily more abstract, you will have to think harder and harder.

We apologize for the wait, but today, break time is over. Leg 4 has begun.

I will start sending out clues shortly. Remember that person who checked in first will receive their clue first. lllazar and doctor have been automatically advanced to this leg. However, because they did not finish the legs they were on, they will receive very large penalties that will be extremely difficult to make up.

Good luck!

[zyzzyva980]

fmtiger124 has expressed an interest in this game, and at the same time my coach has expressed an interest in dropping out to prepare for the school year. Here's what's going to happen: fmtiger124 will start at the beginning of the race but will only need to complete half of the clues. Once he reaches leg four, he will take my coach's spot. This will still put him in danger of elimination.

[brobo]

For the record, the answer to the first puzzle is NOT Niagara Falls. Please stop guessing that. Thank you.