Leg 1 (Start: September 9, 2010)

[Host Ryan]

Please try to keep your confessionals and conversations organized by leg. This will be your thread for leg one.

[David]

CONFESSIONAL

Ok, I've never done a TAR like game before, so I'm seriously so stoked for this game to get underway. I'll admit I'm a little nervous just for the fact I'm still a little hesitant on how everything works, but that feeling will only go away once the first leg is over, and I know that Christine/I did everything correctly. So Monday can't come soon enough!

Love love love that I get to play this game with Christine. She's one of my best friends I have in these parts of the online world, and I really think we have an advantage, seeing we've now met twice before and we know pretty much everything about each other. We know what gets each other ticked and how to avoid that, and we work really well together. Plus you know we're going to be doing this race in style:

HAY CLASSY DRUNKS.

What's great about the Golden team is that we both have our strengths that we bring to the table. Christine is fantastic at finding cheap / fast flights, while I'm really good at doing challenges (bring it on any flash games!!), we are both extremely competitive, and can be extremely likable and social to others, so I'm positive we can make it to the end of this game.

I'm excited to see what the other teams bring to the table, and if anyone is going to jump out at the start of the gate to be the dominant team to collect keys. Ideally, if possible that is, I'd like to stay in the middle of the pack, not looking threatening with massive loads of keys, but not in danger of being in the bottom three. Would love to just work with the other teams and bring down the team that has the most keys each round.

I think that's about it for my thoughts for now!

[David]

rittybitty (11:57:01 PM): hey there!
rittybitty (11:57:17 PM): i'm ryan S from the tontine game
lightninmaster42 (11:58:40 PM): hey there!!
lightninmaster42 (11:58:44 PM): Nice to meet you, I'm Dave
rittybitty (11:58:53 PM): hey dave, where're you from?
lightninmaster42 (11:58:59 PM): Guelph
lightninmaster42 (11:59:03 PM): Ontario to be specific
lightninmaster42 (11:59:06 PM): what about you?
rittybitty (11:59:09 PM): oh wow
lightninmaster42 (11:59:16 PM): yeah I'm foriegn lol
rittybitty (11:59:24 PM): i'm from toronto... but i go to school at UW (university of waterloo)
lightninmaster42 (11:59:27 PM): oh nice!
rittybitty (11:59:29 PM): so does that make me foreign too?
lightninmaster42 (11:59:33 PM): I guess so haha
lightninmaster42 (11:59:40 PM): I don't usually meet many people from Canada
rittybitty (11:59:49 PM): yeah it's a nice change!
rittybitty (11:59:53 PM): so do you go to uGuelph/
rittybitty (11:59:54 PM): ?
lightninmaster42 (11:59:56 PM): yup!
rittybitty (12:00:06 AM): nice! what do you study/
lightninmaster42 (12:00:07 AM): classes started today
lightninmaster42 (12:00:12 AM): Marketing Managment
rittybitty (12:00:35 AM): haha well i'm on co-op, so i'm working in toronto this term
lightninmaster42 (12:00:50 AM): omg
lightninmaster42 (12:00:54 AM): I'm a co-op student too
lightninmaster42 (12:00:54 AM): lol
rittybitty (12:01:03 AM): haha nice
lightninmaster42 (12:01:08 AM): I was actually on a co-op term in toronto this past summer
rittybitty (12:01:13 AM): where'd you work?
lightninmaster42 (12:01:18 AM): Community Living Ontario
lightninmaster42 (12:01:20 AM): in North York
rittybitty (12:01:59 AM): is that like don mills and york mills/
lightninmaster42 (12:02:21 AM): yeah actually
lightninmaster42 (12:02:22 AM): haha
rittybitty (12:02:44 AM): awesome! so you did marketing stuff for them?
lightninmaster42 (12:03:15 AM): yeah, I did some advertising and some market research for them
rittybitty (12:03:56 AM): nice!
lightninmaster42 (12:04:28 AM): what are you doing for your co-op?
rittybitty (12:04:42 AM): i'm working downtown at a government agency called Cancer Care Ontario
rittybitty (12:05:02 AM): it's near where all those big hospitals are... toronto general, sick kids, princess margaret
lightninmaster42 (12:05:14 AM): oh ok, yeah I know the area
lightninmaster42 (12:05:28 AM): that's really cool though, are you a business student as well, or science?
rittybitty (12:06:17 AM): i'm actually in chemical engineering... so my co-op job really has nothign to do with what i've been learning in school. but previously, i've worked at a chemical plant in sarnia.. didn't like it, and don't like small towns where all the chemical plants seem to be located
rittybitty (12:07:18 AM): so do you know your partner in real life?
lightninmaster42 (12:07:39 AM): well sort of
lightninmaster42 (12:07:53 AM): we've met twice before
lightninmaster42 (12:08:11 AM): so yes? I guess
lightninmaster42 (12:08:11 AM): haha
rittybitty (12:08:17 AM): oh yeah? haha.. where is she from?
lightninmaster42 (12:08:22 AM): she lives in Texas
rittybitty (12:08:30 AM): WHOA.
rittybitty (12:08:33 AM): how'd u guys meet?
lightninmaster42 (12:08:38 AM): a group of us from the online world went to New York to visit a friend
lightninmaster42 (12:08:47 AM): and then we went to Tennessee to visit another friend just a few weeks ago actually
lightninmaster42 (12:09:13 AM): do you know your partner?
rittybitty (12:09:19 AM): yup
rittybitty (12:09:21 AM): he goes to mcmaster
lightninmaster42 (12:09:24 AM): oh nice
lightninmaster42 (12:09:31 AM): that's cool that other people actually know each other for real haha
rittybitty (12:09:37 AM): haha
rittybitty (12:09:42 AM): do you know anyone else in this race?
lightninmaster42 (12:10:11 AM): uh I know of people
lightninmaster42 (12:10:26 AM): I played in an All Star game with Ty and Brian
lightninmaster42 (12:10:30 AM): they didn't like me all that much lol
rittybitty (12:11:28 AM): have you met a lot of people from ORGs/
lightninmaster42 (12:12:16 AM): yeah lol
lightninmaster42 (12:12:21 AM): a good 9-12
rittybitty (12:12:48 AM): oh wow lol
lightninmaster42 (12:12:56 AM): yeah lol I became really good friends with a lot of people
lightninmaster42 (12:13:48 AM): actually, I don't know if you can see it but my AIM avtar is a group shot of us from Tenessee
lightninmaster42 (12:13:51 AM): Christine is there in the middle
rittybitty (12:14:04 AM): no it's not loading
lightninmaster42 (12:14:07 AM): aw
lightninmaster42 (12:15:08 AM): well if it ever does, that's me and her with three of our other friends lol

[David]

CONFESSIONAL

DAMN THAT WAS STRESSFUL.

[David]

Brian (blue) 7:10 pm
(7:10:31 PM): i LOVE
(7:10:33 PM): this rivalry
(7:10:39 PM): just an fyi
lightninmaster42 7:10 pm
(7:10:41 PM): Is it legit? lmao
(7:10:42 PM): it's so random
Brian (blue) 7:10 pm
(7:10:44 PM): it's hilarious
lightninmaster42 7:10 pm
(7:10:56 PM): I agree haha
Brian (blue) 7:10 pm
(7:10:56 PM): im pretty sure it's legit
lightninmaster42 7:11 pm
(7:11:05 PM): I hope it is
(7:11:13 PM): just because it's funny, and the attention is on them
(7:11:13 PM): lol
Brian (blue) 7:11 pm
(7:11:17 PM): mhm
(7:11:32 PM): theyre probs strong enough that neither will make bottom 3 though
lightninmaster42 7:11 pm
(7:11:49 PM): yeah, though who knows what the real challenges are
(7:12:02 PM): but I'd doubt at the moment they'll be bottom three, yeah
Brian (blue) (itsbrianyay) is available 7:12 pm
internet is horrible, hang with me. 1h and 58m ago
Brian (blue) 7:31 pm
(7:31:03 PM): i love the attentiveness of my partner.
lightninmaster42 7:32 pm
(7:32:27 PM): at least he's there :-P
Brian (blue) 7:32 pm
(7:32:40 PM): only barely.
(7:32:47 PM): he's in the chat, sure.
(7:32:52 PM): but is he really there?
(7:33:41 PM): his explanation:
(7:33:43 PM): its not like its the leg
lightninmaster42 7:34 pm
(7:34:14 PM): heh, well at least he'll pay attention in the leg then?
Brian (blue) 7:35 pm
(7:35:22 PM): you are rocking this challenge
(7:35:22 PM): rofl
lightninmaster42 7:35 pm
(7:35:28 PM): lol
(7:35:30 PM): somehow?
Brian (blue) 7:37 pm
(7:37:44 PM): lol
(7:37:47 PM): i'd rather you win
(7:37:50 PM): than any of these people
lightninmaster42 7:37 pm
(7:37:55 PM): to be honest
(7:38:01 PM): I don't even get what we win
(7:38:01 PM): lmao
Brian (blue) 7:38 pm
(7:38:08 PM): more money
lightninmaster42 7:38 pm
(7:38:11 PM): oh
Brian (blue) 7:38 pm
(7:38:11 PM): for the race
lightninmaster42 7:38 pm
(7:38:12 PM): for the leg?
(7:38:12 PM): ah
(7:38:14 PM): ok
(7:38:27 PM): It took me till today to understand what the other challenge was for
Brian (blue) 7:38 pm
(7:38:33 PM): lollll
lightninmaster42 7:38 pm
(7:38:34 PM): thankfully Christine/I were elminated a long time ago
(7:38:34 PM): lma
(7:38:35 PM): o
(7:38:37 PM): /readingfail
Brian (blue) 7:49 pm
(7:49:41 PM): you need to step it up, lol
lightninmaster42 7:49 pm
(7:49:47 PM): I know
(7:49:48 PM): lmao
(7:56:28 PM): geo sucks.
Brian (blue) 7:56 pm
(7:56:31 PM): lol.
(7:56:49 PM): sorry for telling brentin to do D1, i thought you were in A4 5 and 5
(7:56:51 PM): 6*
lightninmaster42 7:56 pm
(7:56:55 PM): nah it's all good
lightninmaster42 7:59 pm
(7:59:21 PM): at least purple/green aren't on
Brian (blue) 7:59 pm
(7:59:26 PM): mhm
lightninmaster42 7:59 pm
(7:59:41 PM): not that I really expected purple to do well in the first place
(7:59:41 PM): lol
Brian (blue) 7:59 pm
(7:59:54 PM): lol, who's on purple?
lightninmaster42 7:59 pm
(7:59:57 PM): tara and oliver?
Brian (blue) 8:00 pm
(8:00:01 PM): oh
lightninmaster42 8:00 pm
(8:00:04 PM): I think
Brian (blue) 8:00 pm
(8:00:07 PM): they're the frontrunners.
lightninmaster42 9:32 pm
(9:32:44 PM): Are only 6 teams still done, or am I blind
Brian (blue) 9:32 pm
(9:32:52 PM): i think so
(9:32:58 PM): did you do the speed bump?
lightninmaster42 9:33 pm
(9:33:01 PM): yeah
Brian (blue) 9:33 pm
(9:33:06 PM): nice!
lightninmaster42 9:33 pm
(9:33:13 PM): I tried doing the flash game
(9:33:14 PM): epic fail
Brian (blue) 9:33 pm
(9:33:27 PM): lol aw
(9:33:33 PM): it was hard but i got lucky
lightninmaster42 9:33 pm
(9:33:34 PM): switched to the other one lmao
(9:33:44 PM): you actually got all seven?
(9:33:45 PM): damn
Brian (blue) 9:35 pm
(9:35:42 PM): i actually got 8
(9:35:46 PM): they fell into my hands, lol
lightninmaster42 9:35 pm
(9:35:48 PM): shit lmao
(9:35:54 PM): most I ever got was 6
lightninmaster42 9:43 pm
(9:43:08 PM): did you post your team code for the detour?
Brian (blue) 9:44 pm
(9:44:18 PM): nope
(9:44:23 PM): but ryan said it was okay
lightninmaster42 9:44 pm
(9:44:25 PM): oh ok
(9:44:28 PM): just making sure
Brian (blue) 9:44 pm
(9:44:32 PM): thanks <3
lightninmaster42 9:44 pm
(9:44:43 PM): no problem