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.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
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.
Vortex - Apr 23, 2007 6:14:17 am PDT #6017 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Kat - Apr 23, 2007 6:22:08 am PDT #6018 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
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?
Vortex - Apr 23, 2007 6:26:28 am PDT #6019 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
Stephanie - Apr 23, 2007 6:29:13 am PDT #6020 of 10001
Trust my rage
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.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 6:31:30 am PDT #6021 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Jesse - Apr 23, 2007 6:32:26 am PDT #6022 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would have been a wrestling match, no? And what ever happened with that?
brenda m - Apr 23, 2007 6:32:34 am PDT #6023 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hee. Exactly. The 32 million is just the purse - I'm guessing the insider stakes are a lot bigger (and less straightforward).
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 6:34:23 am PDT #6024 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Right, wrestling. IIRC, Vince's guy lost, and so The Donald got to shave his head on TV after the match.
Vortex - Apr 23, 2007 6:35:23 am PDT #6025 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
yes, exactly.
Kevin - Apr 23, 2007 6:40:36 am PDT #6026 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Seems like a different (and much more compelling) game that way, given the stakes involved.
Yeah, but then you have the whole issue of why don't the sponsors just send somebody to shoot and run over the other compeitors. Although maybe they will.