The Amazing Online Race

You will encounter various Route Marker tasks throughout the race. You will always have one at the very beginning of the leg and before the pitstop. In addition, these will be before each and every Roadblock and Detour. If you fail to complete a Route Marker or give up, you may opt to take a 20 minute penalty. You will PM me and your penalty will begin. Once it has ended, the password will be PMed to you. Once you have started your penalty you may not change your mind and complete the task without the penalty.

There will be a total of 10 Fast Forwards found throughout the race (Legs 2-11). The first team to complete the FF task and PM me the correct answers will win the FF. However, you may only use your FF once throughout the race so you must decide when it is most adventageous to do so. In the past, winning the FF would automatically win you the leg. However, now the FF will just allow you to check into the pitstop and receive a 30 minute time credit.

When you arrive at the Yield Marker you will see a list of names descending down. You must look through the list and see if you have been Yielded. If you choose not to Yield write, Rob & Rebecca choose not to Yield. If you can't Yield whether it is because someone has already used the Yield or you have already used yours on a previous Yield Point then write the following, Rob & Rebecca can't Yield. If you choose to Yield them write the following, Rob & Rebecca choose to Yield Emily & Tyler. The Yielded Team will continue the race as normal but will have a Pre-Determined penalty (this will be announced before the leg begins) added onto there Pitstop Arrival Time. In addition, if you have been Yielded, you may not use your Fast Forward in the following leg. You may use either the Yield or U-Turn once through the course of the race (meaning you can't use both the Yield and the U-Turn).

A U-Turn is similar to a Yield. A team may use a U-Turn (or a Yield) only once throughout the race (meaning you can only use either the Yield or the U-Turn, not both). U-Turns will always appear after the Detour. If you have been U-Turned, you must go back to the Detour and complete the other task. You will then complete the race as normal. However, when you check into the Pitstop, you will not only send me the answer to the Pitstop Task but both answers to the Detour.

Each leg of the race will have a Detour. In each Detour, you will be able to choose between to tasks. Each of these tasks will have their own pros and cons. However, usually both tasks will take similiar amount of time and/or effort but not always. It is up for you to decide which tasks best suits the strengths of your team. Since this is a Detour and you have two choices the penalty for failing to complete and/or giving up is one hour. You will PM me that you have opted to take the penalty. Then, when your penalty is up the Host will PM you the password for the next clue. Once you have started your penalty you may not end it, you must complete it.

Each leg of the race will have a Roadblock. Due to the fact that we are not in teams we will not do Roadblocks by as the way they are done on the show. Instead, a Roadblock will be similiar to a Route Info Task but will be a bit harder to complete. If you fail to complete a Roadblock task or give up then you may opt to take a 30 Minute Penalty. After you decide to start your penalty you may not end by claiming you found the answer halfway through. You will PM me that you are taking a penalty. In 30 minutes (when the penalty is over) I will PM you the password for the next clue.

An Intersection is a task which requires two players to work together with the goal of successfully completing a task. The Intersection will also have a Fast Forward, in the case your team wins the FF, you will both automatically get 1st, reguardless of the time you check in after other teams. If you have previously used your FF, then you may not use it here. Once in the Intersection thread, there will be a signup list for three separate teams. When signing up, if you wish to go for the FF, then after your name put (FF), if you don't, then only put your name. Put your name on the next available spot (unless you have a different FF strategy, in that case go to the line below that). Once you are in a team of two, you will have to complete the task at hand, once you both have the correct answer, you must PM it to me. The subject of the PM MUST have both team members names in it, after I have received the correct answer from both of you, each of you will be PMed (at the same time) the password to the next section, and you will now be on your own for the rest of the leg.

If you finish last on a non-elimination leg (NEL), then you will be required to complete a Speed Bump task the following leg. Only the last team on the NEL leg will have to complete this task. The Speed Bump will always be placed before the Fast Forward and Pitstop Clue. Similar to the U-Turn, you will be required to send me the answer to this task upon checking into the Pitstop (this goes for whether you take the FF or not). The password to the Speed Bump will be the answer to the previous section. That answer, will also be the password to the section after the Speed Bump too. In other words you don't need to answer to the Speed Bump task until you check into the Pitstop. If you don't need to complete the Speed Bump then continue on as normal and skip the section/clue.

Each leg of the race will have a Pitstop. Once you have gotten to the Pitstop Topic you will need to complete the task and send me the answer. Once you have sent the correct answer you will be checked into the pitstop. You will be PMed your leg placing. You also may go to the Pitstop Chat Board. You may discuss the leg but not any answers to clues until it has been completed by all teams.

Listed below in the following paragraph is information that all players need to know in order to do successful in this game.

• This race will be live.
• You will go from one clue to the next. The answer from one clue will be the password to the section holding your next clue. On each clue you will be instructed on which section to go too.
• Although this is a live race you do not need to be online at the same time the Host is. This is because you are not PMing the Host your answers for each task. Rather, you are using the answers for the password to the next section.
• After each leg of the race there will be a set of Confessional Questions that you will need to answer in your own confessional section. These need to be answered as thoroughly as possible and as descriptive as possible! Don't just say, "I did okay this leg but I could have done better". Please say how you could do better. Give as much information as you can. Even feel free to trask talk the other teams. No one can see your own confessional besides yourself and the Host. Confessionals must be completed before checking into the pitstop on the following leg.
• Each leg of the race will have a prize to be awarded for the winner. There are various prizes including but not limited too the following: Choosing the time for the next leg, Ability to use your Fast Forward on a leg where there is no FF, Immunity from the Yield, Headstart over all other players on any leg. You may only use prizes for the first 11 legs. Leg 11-13 will have no prize.