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Welcome to the first season of Katsuya's Amazing Race. Like Avant Tai's, except run by me.

LEG ONE: New York City, USA -> Manchester, England
Title Quote: "If anything, heights are afraid of me." ~ Janice

LEG TWO: Manchester, England -> Maó, Minorca
Title Quote: "Your face caused the euro's rate to commit suicide." ~ Collete

LEG THREE: Maó, Minorca -> Agadir, Morocco
Title Quote: "We know you hit that little girl back in 2004." ~ Katie

LEG FOUR: Agadir, Morocco -> Algiers, Algeria
Title Quote: "I'm praying that this mofo has no fingers." ~ Isabella

There will be a total of twelve legs (including one double leg) run on Saturdays, Sundays and possibly one or two on Fridays. The times will pretty much be identical as to those on Avant Tai's race (so around about 11 AM PDT, except on the Friday legs, if they happen). The first leg probably won't happen until the 26th of April so as to avoid burnout from AT's race, but if people want to start it earlier, the 20th of April (so seven days away) would also work. I've got a provisional schedule at the bottom.

Team	Relationship	Placing By Leg													Roadblocks performed
		1 FF <>	2 <>	3	4 <>	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
JP & Steve	City Council Workers	10th	10th	7th	1st										JP 1, Steve 1
Tyra & Janice	Fierce Divas	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd										Tyra 2, Janice 2
Ignatius & Isabella	Long Distance Dating	1st	7th	3rd	3rd										Ignatius 2, Isabella 2
Gil & Katherine	Co-Workers	5th	1st	4th	4th										Gil 1, Katherine 2
Marvin & Harry	Best Friends	9th	9th	9th	5th										Marvin 2, Harry 1
Coral & Katie	Friends	7th	3rd	1st	6th										Coral 2, Katie 2
Ax & Tobias	Uncle & Nephew	6th	4th	8th	7th										Ax 2, Tobias 2
Celeste & Collete	Twin Sisters	4th	6th	5th	8th										Celeste 2, Collete 2
Melanie & Cynthia	Flight Attendants	3rd	8th	6th	9th										Melanie 2, Cynthia 2
Cinnamon & Lars	Lovers	9th	5th	10th											Cinnamon 1, Lars 1
Esther & Peach	Sisters	11th	11th												Esther 0, Peach 0
Danny & Chloe	Best Friends	12th													Danny 0, Chloe 0

A green FF next to a leg title means that there was a Fast Forward available, but no team chose to use it.
An orange <> next to a leg title means that there was a Yield available, but no team chose to use it.
A brown <> next to a leg title means that there was a U-Turn available, but no team chose to use it.
A purple <> next to a leg title means that there was a T-Junction available, but no team chose to use it.

Map (as of Leg Four):


Rules:

MONEY:

• Money will be handed out at the start of every leg in the form of US $.

• Teams can convert their money at any point during the leg, to the currency that they need. If, during the leg, a team runs out of money, they can either beg to teams or beg to locals - however, teams may not beg to locals on a Non Begging Leg (NBL). Furthermore, teams may only beg to locals a total of THREE times throughout the entire race; therefore, teams can not easily rely on this as a method of gaining money. If a team wishes to beg to locals, they must post *beg to locals*. After FOUR updates, they will receive the equivalent of $10 in that country's currency.

• If a team begs to another team, they must be at the same route marker, or in the middle of a task (ie: Roadblock/Detour). A team may only give 20% of their current total to a team, and can only do so once per leg. If a team wishes to give another team money, they must post *We give (Recipient Team) (Amount)!*, with the recipient team posting *We receive (Amount) from (Donating Team)*.

• Teams will receive extra money (between $5 - $10) at the start of the leg if they're characters have been deemed as having developed during the previous leg. I'm not necessarily looking for storyline arcs - it's more I want myself, other teams and readers to be entertained by characters who are developing as real people. Also, teams will receive $10 for the title quote, and between $10 - $1 for their finishing position (1st = $10, 2nd = $7, 3rd = $5, 4th = $3, 5th = $1)
  

AIRPORTS:

• Airports are to be dealt with as usual; once the first team arrives at the airport, I will post a list of airlines on which you can travel and then you must run to find the best airline possible. However, there are also connecting flights (such as those found in AT's TAR2). If your flight connects, then when you land at the connecting airport you will find a list of airlines that you can try to use to catch a better flight.

NON-ELIMINATION LEGS / START OF LEGS:

• Teams who finish last on a Non-Elimination Leg must do a Speed Bump that only they must complete on the next leg.

• Teams will start legs at intervals based on their finishing order. So, for example, on the second leg, there might be a 4/3/3 split (for example, that's not what it will actually be as far as I'm hoping).
  

IF THERE IS CONTROVERSY...:

• Because let's face it, there always is. First of all, until I post the "preview" for the next leg, standings are NOT final. If I realise that I've made a mistake and perhaps skipped you ahead an update, and it alters the result in terms of placement, then I may change it around. If this means, however, that a team should not have been eliminated, then I will probably look to an Elimination Challenge based on the Detour or Roadblock to sort that out.

• If Yuku goes down during a leg and does not come back up within the next 30 minutes (which admittedly is unlikely), then the leg is postponed and teams are frozen at the position where they were at the last update. The leg will then continue at the next available date (according to the race calendar).

ROADBLOCKS, FAST FORWARDS, YIELDS, U-TURNS AND T-JUNCTIONS:

• A team member may only complete seven Roadblocks in total throughout the season.

• Fast Forwards will be dotted throughout the race, albeit not on every leg.

• Yields last 15 minutes from when the yielded team posts *turns over hourglass* when they arrive at the Yield.

• U-Turns run the same as per usual; you go back and complete the Detour option you did not choose previously.

• The T-Junction, however, is a new task that is found on the race. More information will be revealed when the T-Junction first appears, but it is to be used by teams in the same vain as the Yield and the U-Turn.

• As per usual, FFs, Yields, U-Turns and now T-Junctions can only be used once (seperately, of course) during the Race.

*Ahem*

So, the provisional schedule for the first five legs right now is...

Leg Four: 10/05 - 11 AM PDT
Leg Five: 17/05 - 11 AM PDT
Leg Six: 18/05 - 11 AM PDT
Leg Seven: 24/05 - 11 AM PDT
Leg Eight: 25/05 - 11 AM PDT
Leg Nine: 30/05 - 5 PM PDT
Leg Ten: 31/05 - 11 AM PDT
Leg Eleven + Final: 7/06 - 10 AM PDT

This may change, however...