Playing A 72 Hr Game of Tag Across Europe - Ep 2 

power of curse cards.. Should be much often..

Or: The runner just wants to earn more coins to make a run for it when possible

Great takeaway. The curse cards were new this season and even the team who created them didn't yet appreciate how much they complicate the strategies of not only the runner but also the chasers, who now can't as easily anticipate the actions of the runner.

Yup

Yes

frr

truly

Agree

wat timestamp??

18:40

burgers means citizens right?

@@oadka Yeah, usually connected with bourgeois as thats the french term which is like upper middle class

A Burgher is someone who holds a burgage plot and therefore can vote in a town. Hence why until recently only upper/middle class were classed as bourgeois, as in mediaeval times onwards those were the main landowners.

Actually the broken machine meme doesn't apply in Europe since there isn't the same scam vendor-service that the US has. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up, it's quite interesting

i feel like the ice cream machine problem is an american problem only, I've never had it happen to me before

@@elsebas3167 Yes, afaik it's only US or US and Canada

@@elsebas3167 Definately American, i've had McDonalds ice cream many times in one location in the Philippines.

What are you talking about? Mcdonald's ice cream is actually good

Also the public infrastructure in Europe compared to America contributes a lot, in America doing what they are doing with trains, metros, ferrys and so on wouldn't remotely be possible

^^ Yeah is the coin system because of Interrail? You can buy a rail pass for a few hundred bucks which takes you anywhere in Europe for however long you’re there for

Yeah, I think it's a better system. It means that certain locations aren't priced out in terms of transport, just distance related restrictions apply. The same time in each country is worth the same.

I think it also disincentives gambling all of your money away

i imagine that they have interrail tickets so they probably aren't actually paying for each individual ticket

Since I bought Nebula, I’m gonna leak it. Basically because of the Cursed card (he couldn’t use his phone for routes, and he couldn’t read signs in French) , he kept getting the wrong train and wasted his coins going random places. Eventually they spotted his disguise and it looks like they’re gonna make a season 2 as Ben is now the Runner.

Same, I can't wait for next Wednesday

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It would have been if he kept it on instead of removing the wig pointlessly.

Or maybe simply "No digital maps, you can only use physical ones." Or something along those lines.

2000 coins was quite a lot though, and it makes for excellent video

On The Amazing Race I believe they are not allowed to use their phones at all.

Why so challenging? He could just ask people. For example “where do I find expensive hotels”:)

I threw my smartphone away 2 years ago. Once you are used to it it's actually pretty easy. Managed to travel around Italy and France using public transit just fine, even tho I don't speak Italian nor French. We managed to do it just like only 15 years ago, people are just spoiled to the point they believe they are dependent.

His Name is Same

Tag across the pacific ocean

No this is Sam from Wendover they are different ppl and I rly want both to be on a team together

It is the Wendover Productions person man.

Agreed

Brilliant idea 😂

Брэьчыщыкевич

Is that your actual name? Don't want to be rude, but it seems odd even for eastern Europe.

Or starting in a random London station… who gets the furthest away for the cheapest cost.

Same when they're talking about getting a ferry to Dover, like, that's where episodes 3, 4, 5.....would be!

"More" expensive doesn't seem like a particularly common request, lmao

@@pewpewpandas9203 Not necessarily that exactly, but their rates in general probably.

If all the places are booked it'd seem somewhat natural looking for a more expensive place as they might not be

"then realizes he can ask people in person, to his dismay" that sounds like me :D also, I would have expected him to ask people what the fanciest hotel is and go there

and there was a hotel right behind him when he got the card

Yes, but Sam is now in a prime position to hop on a TGV all the way to Geneva.

I’m really rooting for him to win!

fancy seeing you here. love the comps

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I think his goal was more to rack up coins until he gets caught so that when it's his turn again he can go for big plays, which would have worked if not for Deutsche Bahn.

@rodan what

@@jamesandharry977 Ukraine

@@christianneff1985 they can just leave out Ukraine and Russia

@@jamesandharry977 Getting Drafted into the military is worth infinite coins.

@@midgetwars1 fair enough

Cool story bro:)

@@LilCurson I know right ?this man is everywhere.

When he was filming that, it was (what it looked like) a very nice hotel at his back...

Yeah I can't believe he just didn't start asking people Where's the most expensive hotel.

In Paris in or around Arc de Triomphe or the Louvre would probably be your best bet, plenty of hotels around there that can give London's Hyde Park Corner/Mayfair area a run for their money. That is to say you better have some stacks or you will leave with a one way ticket back out on the street in short order lol.

I’d have made a beeline for the Georges V on the CE. Guaranteed win, lol

I would've imagined the best strategy would just be to go near the Eiffel Tower and find hotels near there. There'd have to be something expensive.

"Buddy, buddy, buddy. You gotta strap your backpack with your waist strap!" Just exactly the kind of bromance that everyone deserves to have

Imagine the stories they can tell as parents.. casually going around the world to play games

Also in Season 2, when they were stuck in the cold car and Adam forced Ben to wear a coat. Proper parent energy!

That was such an unintentionally poetic moment

I kept hoping he'd turn around 😂

Would have asked if a hilton hotel is nearby or something with 5 stars

Dora the explorer moment

@@erencanorun Dora on a Raft: *CAN YOU FIND THE OCEAN*

To be honest, I enjoy seeing this much more than the other jet lag games with endless plane travel

As a European who has traveled North America, I still get annoyed at how bad public transit is, and how expensive intercity travel is. In most places in Europe, it is also good quqlity and frequent, so not just 2 trains per day between two big cities. And border control between the US and Canada, how ridiculous. Europeans from the European Union and the European economic zone (ie. most countries) are allowed to live in any other of these coiuntries, and you only need a national ID card (displaying your nationality) to travel in that zone. Most of these countries are also part of the Schengen zone, meaning no border checks, so you mostly only notice you're in another country from different street signs, place names and language. When you move to a different country B, your driver's license is still valid and when you renew it, you get the one from country B. Meanwhile, in the US, you need a new license when moving to a different state within the country....

Come visit! It's very fun to travel in Europe, and it's very easy to visit 10-15 countries during a 3 week holiday just using PT. It helps a LOT that trains aren't nearly as much of a hassle to get on as planes, and that there's free movement between most EU countries. For example, I can leave my home in Delft, on foot, and be at the train station in central Paris in a little over 3 hours just walking and using public transport.

Ikr!! I stayed up until 2:00AM just binging these.

They're surprisingly rewatchable too.

i dont think this would work, especially in rural areas, where there is nothing except the train trick for 100 miles

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This would likely only be possible in a city, but it's a good idea.

Cool idea, but the problem with a preplanned thing like that is it can be solved. There is a technical fastest route, and you can find it You could also both take about the same routes. In something like tag or tic-tac-toe you have to be reactive and it's a more organic game

@@isaacbragg-gardiner2456 I'd make the rules such that the destination isn't known until the game starts, so no pre-planning allowed. Also you would be time limited as well as distance limited per transportation mode. Bus delayed by 10 minutes putting you over the time limit? Major time penalty. Also if you exceed the time limit, you must get off that transportation mode ASAP (next stop for train/bus, next town center for car/bike) That would minimize planning and put risk/reward calculations into play that each player would make. Take the bus that gets you closer but uses most of your time and risk getting stuck for an additional hour? Or take the bus that doesn't last go as far and doesn't have the penalty risk, but you risk falling behind.

Indeed Very true

so true

I get out of classes in three hours, will be watching episode 3 right after!

You commented this like 3 minutes after the video was posted lmao!

There is such an unbelievable coincidence in episode 3. If you haven't watched it, you can already get pumped

same

YES I NOTICED THAT TOO

Literally watched amazing race, and realized how much more enjoyment I got out of this

Actually, if he weren't being chased, Adam travelling to Paris is quite logical. Paris, as the capital of France, is a *MAJOR* hub of transport, not just around France but also to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. In fact, because of the high speed and well maintained connections, it would quite possibly be faster for an individual (outside of the Jetlag scenario) to reach their destination by first travelling to Paris. (For Adam to get from Calais to wherever he needs to go (I forgor name 💀), Paris probably would be faster than a regional network).

But also Adam WANTED to go to the ferry, but he could get caught.

People tend to forget that air travel is pretty popular in Japan. Up until the pandemic it was one of the few countries where 747s and 777s could be found on domestic routes.

Japan isn’t viable now since you can only go on guided tours

@@brendanborowsky1924 Since September 7, people have been allowed to go on “unguided tours” if you registered your trip with an approved travel agency, and it was announced a few hours ago that all restrictions will be lifted starting October 11.

This is my favourite tv show

After the nuke testings aswell I guess

"Dessert has to be specifically called a dessert" dude gets a... yogurt. Wat lol

John Green the author ?

You're right !

he's not speaking French there though, he's saying burgher, which is the correct word in English

Go online and look up the pronunciation for the word Burghers. “Bur-grz” So he is pronouncing it correctly. And also at 11:13 he says the French version of it also. “Les Bourgeois de Calais”.

Yes

But a ban on London

ye

This would be brilliant!!

Race across Russia…

I'd go with the shopping mall, I'm pretty sure they recorded this over the summer, so there aren't soccer games during the summer in most leagues.

There's also 2 city centers in Calais and the map he saw was only one of the two.

I never thought about it since I'm so used to that noise, but yeah, it could be so freaking scary the first time you hear it 🤣