Our big game, The Amazing Race, wrapped up last night with the prize going to OddRachel. She decided to take the $50.00 instead of the 10,000 Entrecard credits. Congratulations.
So why is this a cautionary tale? Because the end of the race got upended by a technical mistake on our part. The way we had the final leg set up was that the answer to each clue would be the name of the html page the next clue was posted on. So there woud be no ambiguity regarding the answers. If you did not know the answer, you would never be able to type in the page. If you want to try your luck (just for fun) then you can check it out here. Amazing Race Final Leg. We were very confident that the final leg would be an exciting race.
Except we didn’t know that the indexes on the site were not protected. If you went to the folder where the clues were posted, you could see all the pages. All anyone needed to do was find the last page and go right to the end. That’s what Rachel did. People may have been doing it all along, as we would put the clues up ahead of time. But it doesn’t matter now. It was our mistake. Live and learn.
If you are planning on having a contest or a game or anything else, be sure to not get so caught up in the excitement that you forget something basic that ruins it. We are not bitter, and we are going to have another game coming up soon. We are not ashamed, even though it would be easy to say we deserved what we got because we were stupid (which we were). We are disappointed. Disappointed that the time and care we spent making the clues was wasted. Disappointed that the people who didn’t know about the index thing may have been eliminated in earlier legs by the people who did. Disappointed that we didn’t think of everything.
Next time, we will. And I hope a lot of people play.
You are perfection Acadia. It’s difficult for an ethical person to conceive of every possible way that someone will take advantage. You have nothing to beat yourself up about. The race was fun and I would race again.
I agree with Midge. You and Vange did a fantastic job preparing it. I wouldn’t let some asshole put a damper on all your hard work.
I look forward to other gallery games (as always!)
Before people start to think that this is some sort of attack on Rachel, it is not. Please bear in mind that she freely admitted how she won, and if she had simply said: “I am very smart” there is no way we would have been able to prove she looked at the index.
I used the word disappointed rather than angry because I am not angry. The difference between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law can be discussed, and I understand that things like this can trigger emotional responses, but I do not want any name calling in the comments. If you want to vent or argue, do it in the cave.
Thanks
Sorry, Acadia – you are right. I am pissed off, but mostly because I KNOW the leg could have been finished the right way (because I did it). And yes, Rachel did fess up when she didn’t have to.
so….i was robbed?!
I had a lot of fun playing the race, and I hope I get to play again in the net one. Although, I did wish you didn’t have it everyday – I wanted to have a life you know!! LOL
great way to promote your blog. how fun. i wish i join in. and i like the controversy in the comments. 😉
LOL! I laugh at your misfortune!
I’m very dissapointed that None of my Herve Villechez answers were verified as correct. Sure I know I wrote in his name for a very tall man but you have heard of stretching haven’t you?
Next race please don’t neglect Herve again…his fans are very upset he wasn’t included this time and I would hate to see a riot in the next game…
Update: It seems the stress of this whole thing has killed Herve…I hope you’re all happy now!
If it makes anyone feel any better I didn’t even know about the index until the last leg when trip said she had seen the last question already. That made me wonder what the hell she was talking about. EVERY single other question before that time I got the hard way.
I also have not claimed the $50 because they don’t have my paypal info.
Between feeling like shit because of people attacking me over it and actually being sick this weekend I am laying low. This is your very own, apparently, asshole saying have a nice week.
There are consequences to our actions. Acadia, your consequence was having your game ruined. Rachel, yours was being embarrassed. Acadia’s was unforseeable but Rachel, you had to know cheating is wrong and that people might get upset with you. That said, live, learn and move on. Laying low serves no purpose. This can’t be the first time someone called you an asshole and it won’t be the last.
I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky!
I would not have sex with Plain Jane because I like ugly girls not plain girls.
Lets all pray so this bastion of Christianity known as the superficial gallery can recover and move on from this stupid time.
All of you pointing fingers in this thread look to your own lives and see where you have cheated and bring peace into your lives and have sex and if you’re really really ugly then have sex with animals.
Can’t we just get a long and love one another in a christian way.
We agree, sexy President Clinton–let’s move on.
Dear Mr. President,
Do you mean to say that you don’t know anyone who has lived his life without cheating? Is that how you feel comfortable making such a blanket statement about all of the finger pointers? You said, “look to your own lives to see where you have cheated.” Plenty of regular folks do just fine in life without resorting to cheating. And their protests against cheating does not a finger pointer make.
And that’s the way it is.