Jesse, you're assuming people actually get paid when they reach the finish line.
lisah, it could have just been a check point. They're happy to be reaching it, and the "red flashy light thing" is seen at the other present day check points.
I'm supposed to deliver you to the Master now. There's this whole deal where I get to be immortal. Are you cool with that?
Xander ,'Lessons'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 12:26:27 pm PDT #5559 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Liese S. - Apr 16, 2007 12:27:58 pm PDT #5560 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, in most other comparable situations, there are profits to be made from the race itself, from spectators or tickets or merchandising or entry fees or broadcast rights or advertising or something.
But where's the money here? Just the logistics alone. And the insurance! Man, who is paying the insurance on an underground race! Heh.
aurelia - Apr 16, 2007 12:29:28 pm PDT #5561 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
For the parents of a kidnapped child, a checkpoint that their child is at IS the finish line.
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 12:30:10 pm PDT #5562 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Most importantly of all, shouldn't they have given the competitors a phone charger?
DebetEsse - Apr 16, 2007 12:31:54 pm PDT #5563 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I assumed it was the final finish line. If, every(ish) leg of the race, a team gets eliminated, by the end, I'd assume there'd only be a couple.
eta: Kevin! I had nearly that same thought: "Wouldn't the phones have run out of charge by now?"
Laga - Apr 16, 2007 12:34:44 pm PDT #5564 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The phone chargers are implied. They'll never show us the piss jars either but we know they must be there- can't waste time on pit stops!
Kathy A - Apr 16, 2007 12:35:18 pm PDT #5565 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
where the hell does all the money come from?
Didn't Corinna or Tully mention "sponsors" when talking about what was on the flash card?
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 12:36:27 pm PDT #5566 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Kathy - yep, I twigged on that. I wondered in what way they sponsor. People? Time? Money? Mobile phones?
Jessica - Apr 16, 2007 12:38:51 pm PDT #5567 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Right now, my kittens are on the race being run by ex-employees of CTU. It explains the phones and everything!
aurelia - Apr 16, 2007 12:41:26 pm PDT #5568 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Maybe it's a very high stakes gambling group. Each "sponsor" secretly encourages or coerces someone to run as their contestant?