Buffy ,'Sleeper'
[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.
You'd think they chose their horses based on who they thought would do best on their own.
That's your race, though.
it changes the point, slightly.
Changes the point from what? There's not some Platonic ideal of race whose rules they'd be breaking. They get to make their game what they want.
Because it's not...fair? "I'm 'betting' that this person is going to win. Also, I am going to help said person and fuck with his competitors to ensure that he wins."
I don't know. Seems like a different (and much more compelling) game that way, given the stakes involved.
And I don't think we can say at this point that there aren't rules about interference - they may just be a lot less comprehensive than you're assuming.
I think the sponsors are playing a game against each other, as well. They're betting on the racer(s) they chose to win. Brad doesn't work for the race, for example. He's probably working for Wendy's sponsor.
I'm with allyson. I suspect that there are a bunch of bored rich people sitting around somewhere who came up with this. Everyone puts up a certain amount of money, and picks a racer. Winner gets a certain amount of money and bragging rights for a year.
There are probably some loose rules, like you can't directly interfere with another racer, but you can do whatever it takes to help your racer. And they probably throw in some fun stuff like what happens if your racer is last.
If your racer is last, you get the red lantern.
t /stupid Iditarod joke
Allyson's scenario sounds plausible. As does the idea that there has to be more money in it than just the $32 mil, else why do it?
Maybe it's sponsored by Shell, Mobil, Chevron et al?
As does the idea that there has to be more money in it than just the $32 mil, else why do it?
I don't know. I would think (and pray that I find out someday) that if you have a LOT of money, it wouldn't be about the money, but about winning.
The sponsor thing makes sense. It hadn't occurred to me that the person running this race might actually be "people" and that those people wouldn't all have the same goals. I don't like the idea of rich people playing with our characters like mice, but I'm probably meant to feel that way.
Remember about a month ago how Donald Trump and Vince McMahon had a bet going over a boxing match and the winner would get to shave the loser's head? I think the race sponsors are like that, but on a bigger scale.
It would have been a wrestling match, no? And what ever happened with that?
Hee. Exactly. The 32 million is just the purse - I'm guessing the insider stakes are a lot bigger (and less straightforward).