Welcome to The DVDTalk Amazing Race Game No. 9, The Fall 2014 Edition!


The season premiere is Friday, Sept. 26 at 8 PM. The move to Friday means no more football overruns!



The jist of the game: For an entry fee of just $3, everyone chooses a team to latch on to before the start of the season. If that team ends up winning race, then YOU will win a $33 Amazon.com gift certificate. 100% of the entry fees will go to the prize fund.

General Rules:

This will be the contest thread for the entire season.

We will be using the First-to-Post selection method for the draft. You may post 1 and only 1 team during the draft. This is strictly first-come-first-serve. Anybody posting a list will only have rights to the first team in the post. If they have already been taken, you will need to post again.

Once again this season there will be 22 DVDTalkers and 2 drafts. The resulting game will produce DVDTalk teams of 2 for each team in the Amazing Race and at the end of the season, we will have 2 winners of $33 Amazon GCs.

The first draft will be held Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 9:00 PM EDT (6 PM Pacific) and the 2nd draft will be held on Thursday Sept. 25 also at 9:00 PM EDT (6 PM Pacific). The DVDTalk timestamp of your post determines validity. If you are too early, you will need to post again.


This season's 11 Amazing Race teams:

Adam and Bethany (Soul Surfers)
Dennis and Isabelle (Dating)
Kym and Alli (Cyclists)
Maya and Amy (Sweet Scientists)
Misti and Jim (Dentists)
Tim and Te Jay (College Sweethearts)
Brooke and Robbie (Wrestlers)
Keith and Whitney (Team Nashville)
Lisa and Michelle (Miami Realtors)
Michael and Scott (Firefighters)
Shelley and Nici (Mother and Daughter)


You may learn more about the teams at the CBS web site: http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/

Post now if you want to play and include which draft you want to participate in (Tuesday or Thursday) and I will contact you with my PayPal information by Private Message. You may choose whichever draft is most convenient for you until one of them sells out. After a draft sells out you will be assigned to the draft time that still has openings.

Bopper Rule: If for whatever reason, an announced contestant that you drafted is replaced by a substitute during the show, you will get the substitute in place of your original pick. For example, if One-armed surfer Bethany isn't able to participate and surfer Laird Hamilton is called in to replace her, whoever drafts Bethany will get Laird instead.

Please do not edit or delete posts during the draft, if your pick has already been taken or you were too early, you will need to post again. Violations of this rule will result in your pick being revoked and you will be given the last unclaimed team in the draft (AKA the Quack play).

All payments must be made via PayPal by 3 AM EST Tuesday Sept. 23. If you haven't paid by then, your spot may be released to another player.

Second entries for Thursday's draft will be made available about a half hour after Tuesday's draft for anyone that wants another team to root for.

Please, please, please! Include your DVDTalk screen name in a comment with your PayPal payment! This is necessary so that I can match people up with their payments. Also, please use the "Send money to a friend" option as this will avoid seller fees.

If the contest doesn't sell out and an unclaimed team wins, the prize will go to whoever has the highest finisher.

Good Luck!

Tuesday draft:

Damfino $
JuryDuty $
lwhy? $
sauce07 $
postermen $
Navinabob $
dfmaverick2 $
buckeyes8604 $
chowderhead $
davidh777 $
Winky $

Thursday draft:

JasonF $
outcastja $
CKMorpheus $
Darq $
Magi $
dino88 $
Groucho $
lwhy? $
JuryDuty $
Buckeyes8604 $
Postermen $

The game is now sold out!

I'm in for Tuesday.

I'm in for Tuesday. Sending my entry fee now. --JD

Thursday please

Just watched the video for this. I like about four teams. There are some I'd clearly steer away from, but any of the others I'd be happy with...at least until I see the first episode LOL!

Count me in.
Either day is fine.

The choice is yours to make.

All above are in and payment info sent.

Count me in. Let's say Thursday.

I'll play if there's spots available for Thursday

I'm in for Tuesday

All above are in and payment info sent.

I'll take a Tuesday slot.

Just to be clear: The funky colors of this season's graphic are courtesy of CBS.

Count me in for Tuesday. If we need to fill a spot you can toss me in for Thursday too... I sorta like the idea of having a back-up team to root for.

I should probably put this in the rules, but I will open up the Thursday draft for second entries shortly after the Tuesday draft is completed.

Thursday for me please.

I am glad you are running this game again Damfino. I didn't see a season thread for this. Hopefully the ratings will still be decent for Friday.

Count me in for Tuesday.

All above are in and payment info has been sent.

If there is still a spot available, I'd like to enter for Tuesday's draft. PM with payment info.

You're in!

Arghhhh! Ahoy mateys!

Well, shiver me timbers, but we still have plenty of spots available for the Amazing Race game!

thanks Damfino:
I can definitely take another spot if needed. I missed out on the Survivor game. Rooting AGAINST the twinnies from TAR.

I'm always down to take another spot since I can never seem to win this one...