Worldwide Flight Race - Game Over

[Haylen]

Can i have til 4.30pm English time to send in my next leg? I need sleep and im working in the morning.

[pablito]

sure. no worries.

[pablito]

The 9 remaining players set off from Buzios, Brazil, the last pitstop, on a race around the world! After a mandatory 12 hr rest period, teams were allowed to continue on the race. Beginning first at 21:25, ShadowLurker jumped into his marked car and made his way to Ilha Grande via Angra dos Reis. Within three hours all teams were driving on their way to Angra dos Reis.

At Angra dos Reis, players had to find the Viagens Superturbos office, which opened at 1:30 am, to ride in their provided superfast boat to Ilha Grande. Most teams found themselves waiting outside the office together and were able to share stories about their first leg going through Miami. Only PHANTOM and animorpherv1 were still in transit, but PHANTOM arrived just minutes after the office opening.

Player went quickly to find the hidden monkey statue. Most teams thought that this task would take long, so they worked feverishly through the early morning to find the statue before dawn rose. The first lucky person to leave was Rhinox, who managed to create a huge lead between himself and the other players. farside22, pickemgenius and chavo followed after about a half hour and then after an hour more of searching most of the other players finally found the statue.

At the airport, teams were all researching various flights and most players had different strategies. All players arrived at the airport in the morning before 7 am, but most convenient flights left later that night. A few resourceful players decided that Rio de Janeiro - Galeao was not there friend and flew off to other cities within Brasil to find a quicker flight.

chavo, ShadowLurker and Rhinox all found themselves in Atlanta before some players had even left Rio, and they all finished the task in due time. However, they all arrived at the airport so late in the night that no further departures would go to New York until the morning. This allowed the other players to catch up some time.

In Atlanta, the Coca-Cola Museum was open all night and at 6 am, the next wave of players rushed in a race to not be last. Meanwhile at the airport, chavo Rhinox and ShadowLurker took two different flights to NYC in hopes of getting to the finish line first. At Times Square first was chavo and ShadowLurker who were neck and neck the entire time until they both left the Brooklyn Heights subway station that morning. It was down to a cab race and ShadowLurker arrived first at the pitstop with chavo following minutes afterward. For winning this leg of the race, ShadowLurker has recieved a lifetime supply of Coke Zero, courtesy of Coca-Cola.

pickemgenius and Haylen were able to find quick flights to NYC and managed to pass up Rhinox in the process. They both made quick progress through Times Square and in fact arrived at the same time in Coney Island. Rhinox followed shortly thereafter. Within short time PHANTOM also clocked in at Coney Island.

Both animorpherv1 and farside22 were having issues finding good flights to NYC. They both took different flights with one arriving in the airport a good 8 hrs before the other. It was

animorpherv1 who didn't arrive

in NYC until about just before midnight and clocked in at the pitstop as the hands of the clock met at 12. However

diginova had overslept in Rio and never left the city and decided to marry a buxom brasilian bikini model and stayed there forever. diginova has been ELIMINATED and all other players remain. Furthermore, his model wife would manage to kill him in his sleep after three years of marriage because she found another rich man and she wanted the money in the will.

Pitstop Times:

19 Apr 2010
10:40 ShadowLurker (=)
10:50 chavo (^)
12:00 pickemgenius (v)
12:00 Haylen (^)
12:20 Rhinox (^)
12:50 PHANTOM (^)
16:10 farside22 (v)
24:00 animorpherv1 (^)
DNF diginova

Next leg will begin sometime before Monday.

[ShadowLurker]

Yay first 12 hour+ lead ^_^

[PHANTOM]

do you count hours of operation, or is that just flavor?

[animorpherv1]

>< Well, I guess hoping you win makes you lose.

[Rhinox]

I thought I was screwed... I used up 75 of my effort points just between the first task and first flight! I wasn't surprised to hear "Rhinox was passed up" during the later tasks.

[pablito]

hours of operation were actually counted.

two hours would be added to your start time, and if that got you there before 1:30, then I'd add the "standard boat to ilha", "variable search time", "standard return boat from ilha" plus "standard return to rio time" to 1:30 am. Otherwise all of it was added together in the case you did not arrive before 1:30 am of the office.

[pablito]

Third leg has begun.

[animorpherv1]

Thank god for 7 hours fast flights.

[ShadowLurker]

I don't think I'll be first anymore after this leg

[farside22]

I'm hoping with what I found for flights to (blank) I may have caught up. We will see......

[Rhinox]

I'm hoping with what I found for flights to <removed> I may have caught up. We will see......

shhhh! you're not supposed to give away leg information. It will help whoever hasn't completed the first task yet in determining how many effort points to use.

[farside22]

I'm hoping with what I found for flights to <removed> I may have caught up. We will see......

shhhh! you're not supposed to give away leg information. It will help whoever hasn't completed the first task yet in determining how many effort points to use.

Good point I fixed that.

[pablito]

Thanks for correcting, but luckily everyone has already received the PM that we're going to that airport, so no harm done.

[animorpherv1]

I'm on farside's boat. I found 2 good flights and I sent my stuff in quickly while using EP's somewhat efficiently

[pablito]

Bout halfway done with the leg. Half still have to get to their flights. Should go a lot quicker than last time.

[farside22]

I'm eager to see if I made up time or feel on my face.

[Rhinox]

I'm almost done... just one more decision left to make.

[pablito]

Haylen has incurred a second penalty.

[Rhinox]

So... are we just waiting on Haylen then?

[ShadowLurker]

what time did everyone arrive? around 15:12?

[Rhinox]

12:50... what day?

[animorpherv1]

8:55

[farside22]

I think I'm going to be eliminated now.