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00:05We're here in Taipei, and over the next five days, we're going to race to every train station
00:09in Taiwan.
00:09Whoever gets more wins.
00:11But right now, it's 7.30 a.m., so we gotta go, go, go!
00:14All right, all right.
00:16Here we go, Ben!
00:17Let's go!
00:27Okay, here's the deal.
00:28There are 243 long-distance train stations in Taiwan.
00:32Over the next five days, we're going to be racing to see who can get more of them.
00:35That's a neat train!
00:37Look at the livery!
00:38Yeah!
00:39Along the way, we'll be completing challenges.
00:41Estimate Monkey Mountain.
00:42Pitch a painting.
00:44Let's make a deal.
00:45Seeing sights.
00:46Yeah, that's sick.
00:47Look at the view.
00:48The view is great.
00:49Boy, she already feels like we are out here.
00:52And doing everything we can to stop the other team from claiming stations of their own.
00:55There was a problem with our passes.
00:57Or now I think we might miss our train.
00:59Go, Sam!
00:59Go!
01:00Go, Sam!
01:01Go, go, go!
01:02Here's how it works.
01:05At the end of five days, the team with the most stations under their control wins.
01:09In order to take control of a station, teams must physically travel to it and then place
01:13down some number of the game's currency, which we're calling chips.
01:17But we'll need to be careful because claiming a station doesn't mean we'll control it forever.
01:20If the other team goes to that same station and puts down more chips, they'll steal control
01:25of it.
01:26Each team starts with 50 chips, but can earn more by completing challenges, which are spread
01:30across the map.
01:31Each challenge is worth a different number of chips based on how hard or how risky it will
01:35be to complete it.
01:36For now, that's all you need to know.
01:38So now both teams have got to look at their options and decide where they'll want to head
01:42first to start earning chips and claiming stations.
01:44Welcome.
01:45You're our newest perked up white boy.
01:46Hello!
01:47Um, this is Mike.
01:48We'll introduce you more later, but first three challenges, we need to generate them.
01:52All right, Adam.
01:53We've got to generate the first challenges.
01:56Yep, yep, yep.
01:57Let's take a look here.
01:58Okay, so there's one in this cat village.
02:01That one's worth 25.
02:02I don't know what a cat village is.
02:05No.
02:06And then there's one sort of down the west coast.
02:09Uh-huh.
02:10I think a big question right now is like what part of the board do we want to gain control
02:14of, right?
02:15Let me tell you.
02:16I kind of like the east coast.
02:17Okay.
02:18Strategically.
02:19We could go ahead and snag the west coast line, which I think is the better line to start
02:26with.
02:26I think that like if we can have that under our control, it's going to throw a wrench in their
02:32where it works.
02:32Okay, then there's one worth 30 coins.
02:35That one is...
02:36Right here.
02:36Right here in Taipei.
02:38Oh, that's like right here.
02:40It's...
02:41We could get there in 19 minutes on the metro.
02:43Would we want to do that?
02:44Yeah.
02:44And then once we complete it, it generates two more challenges.
02:48So we'd have more to choose from.
02:49I mean, the real question is should we just go knock out this one that's close to us because
02:55like we don't have to travel there, right?
02:56We can go get those coins right now.
02:58They haven't made a move yet.
02:59I think we should do that.
03:02Oh, it looks like they're going.
03:03Okay.
03:03Well, we're going too.
03:05I don't know where they're headed.
03:06Let's keep an eye on them.
03:08They're following us.
03:08Yeah.
03:09I think we can beat them.
03:11Are you sure we can beat them?
03:13I'm sure.
03:14It's going to be that kind of season.
03:15Yeah.
03:16I think they're headed to the park.
03:17Okay.
03:17I don't want to compete with them.
03:20I think we should go lock up the west coast.
03:21I think we should maybe even arguably put like some decent claims down.
03:25Yeah.
03:26Let's go to the challenge that's on the west coast.
03:28Okay.
03:29West coast challenge.
03:30And on the way we can get some claims.
03:31Okay.
03:37We want that.
03:39Got it.
03:42B-roll.
03:43B-roll.
03:43B-roll.
03:44B-roll.
03:44B-roll.
03:45B-roll.
03:47Okay.
03:48We're on the move.
04:03Welcome to Taipei Main Station, Benjamin.
04:05I love being in Taipei Main Station.
04:08All right, then.
04:09All right.
04:09Okay.
04:10Here we go.
04:10So here are basically our options.
04:12We need to get to Xinhuang Station, which is here.
04:16We could take the high speed, which would be about an hour and a half.
04:21Okay.
04:22Or we could take the low speed, which would be two hours.
04:24Now.
04:25But we could claim a lot more stations on the low speed.
04:27We claim a lot more stations on the low speed.
04:29We can take this limited express that goes on the low speed route, but still hits all of the stations.
04:34To me, that's perfect.
04:35That's pretty good.
04:35That's in 13 minutes.
04:36That's pretty well timed.
04:37Let's do that.
04:39Where did we get this map?
04:40This is our own map that we made.
04:42Oh, we actually made it.
04:42Oh, no.
04:42You did not like it.
04:43This is our map.
04:44Sorry.
04:45Everyone wants our awesome map.
04:47Okay.
04:48Let's figure out where that is.
04:54So we gotta go up and out.
04:57Yeah.
04:59Okay.
04:59I think that's the park.
05:01That looks parky.
05:02It does look parky.
05:03This is a nice park.
05:05This is like the Central Park of Taipei.
05:07I don't think that's true, but...
05:09Oh, okay.
05:09I think it's a park.
05:12All right.
05:12All right.
05:13We made it to our spot.
05:14Challenge details.
05:15These are the mystery challenges.
05:17They're all numbered.
05:19All right.
05:19Ready?
05:19It is called Go Birdwatching in Dayan Park.
05:28Go Birdwatching in Dayan Park.
05:30Dayan Park is an iconic birdwatching location in the heart of Taipei.
05:34Go to this sign, which lists 33 bird types that can be found in the park.
05:38One team member must attempt to memorize these birds.
05:41Once ready, the other team member will go and photograph a bird,
05:43and then present it to the memorizer.
05:45The memorizer, without looking at the sign,
05:48gets one guest to successfully identify the bird.
05:50If they fail, they may reattempt once with a new bird.
05:54I've never had a good time with an animal challenge.
05:57I'm pretty good at spotting animals.
06:00I like this.
06:00I'm willing to let you do that.
06:01However, I will warn you, I am god-awful at memorizing things.
06:05Okay, well then maybe we should switch.
06:07If you're halfway decent at memorizing, I think it's probably better.
06:10Okay.
06:11All right.
06:11Yeah, let's switch then.
06:13Well, nice pond.
06:15We're not, we're not here for that.
06:17We're here for the, oh my gosh, there's a lot.
06:1932 birds, 33 birds listed.
06:22So they do have, they have like the Latin name and the English name.
06:26That's a relief.
06:27I mean, I just want to point out, it's not like just a treepy.
06:32It's the gray treepy and it's the black bull bull.
06:36What's the difference between a barbit and a night hare?
06:39Oh, night hare.
06:40All right.
06:41Okay.
06:41Let me, give me two minutes to put this together.
06:44Cut away to Adam and Ben while I memorize.
06:46I have so many people here.
06:47Oh my God.
06:54So we do have to decide.
06:56Yeah.
06:56How many, how many chips do you want to put down on these?
06:58What kind of claims do we want to make?
06:59We have to go a lot of stations.
07:01Yeah.
07:02How many?
07:02So I think we just put down one on each.
07:04I mean, could we afford to do two?
07:06I mean, look, 22.
07:08So we could put down two.
07:10To me, that seems like a big risk.
07:12Yeah, I agree.
07:13We shouldn't be playing with that low of a balance.
07:16If we were to fail this challenge, we would be in huge trouble.
07:19All right.
07:20One chip each.
07:21I feel good about this.
07:22It's definitely, it's slow, but I think it's going to be a strong start.
07:26Now that Ben and Adam are heading west to claim their first stations of the game,
07:29I need to explain one last thing.
07:31While traveling is free, teams can only travel through stations that belong to them.
07:36If they're traveling through unclaimed territory like they are right now,
07:39they need to put down at least one chip on each station to add them to their territory as they
07:44head down the line.
07:45If they ran out of chips, they'd only be able to travel back to stations they already own.
07:49That means that claiming stations is not only useful for earning points, but also for controlling certain parts of the
07:55map.
07:55If Mike and I want to travel along this same line,
07:58it's now going to cost us more because we have to flip each station to our side if we want
08:03to travel through them.
08:04Putting down big claims on important lines can be enough to completely block your opponent from entering certain parts of
08:09the map,
08:09and controlling the right areas at the right time is going to be the key to dominating this game.
08:15Here's one thing, Adam.
08:17So right now, we're about to pass through this station, Bankiau.
08:21This is a station that is both high-speed and low-speed.
08:24Like, if you want to go anywhere in the west, you've got to pass through here.
08:27So maybe it would be worth it to just fortify this station.
08:32Yeah.
08:32Put five down.
08:34Just create, like, a wall.
08:35By the way, a team isn't allowed to control a station by more than five chips,
08:39so for an unclaimed station like Bankiau, five is the maximum amount Ben and Adam can put down.
08:44It'll encourage them to stay away.
08:47Take head east.
08:48I'm compelled by it.
08:49That's a nifty little bit of strategy.
08:51Yeah, it's fine.
08:53Whoa.
08:54It's already pretty.
08:56Whoa, dude.
08:58Look at that.
09:00This is going to be, like, one of the prettiest seasons, I think.
09:03That's awesome.
09:04I'm kind of hyped.
09:16Okay, there's a bunch of pigeons, doves, turtle doves, spotted doves.
09:21There's magpies, moorhens.
09:26What's a drongo?
09:28All right, Mike.
09:29How are you feeling?
09:31Good.
09:31I think I'm feeling good enough to give it a first guess.
09:34So, you go find a bird, take a photo.
09:38Okay.
09:39This is a bird.
09:43All right.
09:44Here's another one.
09:49Okay, maybe.
09:50Eh, this one could be decent.
09:52Could be.
09:54These birds are so cool.
09:55Look at that guy.
09:57Oh, he's really chillin'.
10:00All right, this guy seems really distinctive.
10:04I really like this one.
10:06I think this one's pretty clear.
10:08Here.
10:19You're feeling confident?
10:20I'm feeling confident.
10:22All right.
10:25I believe that to be a black-crowned night heron.
10:33I believe it to be this, which is number 12, which is a black-crowned night heron.
10:41Choply looks like it.
10:42We're off to a good start.
10:47I learned all the pigeons and turtle doves and doves that they have.
10:51But you know what?
10:51I'm gonna forget it all.
10:52Let's keep going.
10:53Ben, we have a message from Sam, and I would say I'm worried about how early he sent it.
10:57Yeah, that was fast.
10:59Okay.
10:59They have completed the challenge at Dawn Park.
11:02Well, that is quick.
11:04Well, let's see what the new challenges are, shall we?
11:06Yeah.
11:06Let's see what's dropping.
11:09We generate two.
11:10One of them is all the way down there.
11:15West Coast.
11:16The other one, it's to the east.
11:19Okay.
11:20It's at this hot springs.
11:22But it has a variable reward.
11:24So that means, depending on how well you accomplish it, or...
11:27Yeah.
11:28Well, an otter just...
11:30That's cool.
11:31That's not a bird.
11:32So I now suspect they'll probably go east.
11:36It would be pretty expensive for them to follow behind us and try and start taking our territory down.
11:42Yeah.
11:43I think they probably want to get some territory of their own.
11:47This is the awesome thing about having a beard is I feel like I can really...
11:50It helps me too.
11:51Yeah.
11:52Yeah.
11:53I think they're really good now.
11:55We'll see what they do.
11:56Let's see which direction they are going.
11:58Oh, yeah.
11:59Where are they?
11:59We've gone west.
12:00Okay.
12:01So do we want to go east?
12:03If we go west, that means we're fighting with them taking chips off each other.
12:08If we go east, we're free for at least today, possibly tomorrow.
12:12Regardless, we want to get to Taipei Main Station.
12:14So how about let's get going?
12:15Yeah.
12:15And we figure it out on the way.
12:21Yeah.
12:22I have an idea for a team name.
12:24Ma'am.
12:24Thanks to the bird, I think we should be the night herons.
12:28Sounds cool.
12:30Normally we just do like a portmanteau of our names.
12:32No, just that.
12:33I mean, it was a very cool bird.
12:35It was great.
12:36I would love to have its hairstyle.
12:37Ha ha ha.
12:38Haha!
12:41Five, one, four, two, three.
12:51Oh.
13:09It's pretty here, Benjamin, it's pretty here.
13:12This is what we've been told.
13:15Yeah.
13:15That's what everyone said.
13:22Welcome to Tsing Chuan.
13:25Tsing Chuan.
13:26That's what it sounded like they said on the train announcement.
13:29Okay.
13:30I don't trust either of us.
13:31Yeah.
13:32The important thing is we have to get to the river.
13:34The challenge is at the river.
13:35We don't know what the challenge will be.
13:36No.
13:37But it's a little bit of a trek.
13:38Yeah.
13:41Well, you know, 40 chips is pretty good.
13:44It's something crazy.
13:45So hopefully this challenge is not.
13:47Yeah.
13:47I'm hoping this challenge is not super hard.
14:04It's convenient for the camera.
14:06We've already been there.
14:06Oh, yeah.
14:07Waiting time.
14:08We need to make some decisions.
14:08Well, okay.
14:09If you look at the map, the west side has a lot more lines that cross the high speed
14:14rail, regional rail.
14:16Whereas if we go east, there is one and only line.
14:19So if we go that direction and we drop a bunch of chips on the first bunch of stations
14:26to essentially defend it, then that gives us a lot of freedom to run without feeling like
14:31they'll take it over.
14:32Yeah.
14:33And we can kind of build like a bit of a fortress from Taipei to really disincentivize them
14:38from ever competing in the east.
14:39Right.
14:40Okay.
14:40Next question is what do we do on the line?
14:43We're going to hutong.
14:44What if we did three stations with five in a row?
14:47Yes.
14:47Build a wall.
14:48Yes.
14:48Then one on the rest.
14:50Because we do have a balance.
14:51We do have a bigger balance.
14:52I feel very good about that.
14:54And then all the other ones we put once.
14:55Good on that strategy?
14:56Good on that.
14:57Shall we get on the train?
14:57Let's go.
15:00I'm so excited to get on trains.
15:03I want to see, I want to see the sights.
15:05We are pretty much out here.
15:07Oh, look at that.
15:07That's kind of cool.
15:08I mean, just this view.
15:10This is a great view.
15:11Look at that.
15:11You got the mountains and the bridge and the, you know, do a little zoom.
15:15Really frame that up.
15:20Yeah.
15:22All right.
15:23We haven't mentioned, who are you, by the way?
15:24Oh, my name's Mike.
15:25I run a YouTube channel called Downy Live.
15:27And it's about fun things like riding trains or blimps or going to Formula One races.
15:34Transportation type stuff.
15:35Formula One is transportation.
15:38Yeah.
15:38They drive cars.
15:40Yeah.
15:45All right.
15:47Our first train of the season.
16:00Oh, wait.
16:00Have they started moving yet?
16:02Let's take a look.
16:03Yes.
16:03Predictably, it looks like they're heading east.
16:06I think that starting east is a mistake.
16:08I think it's, it definitely is going to reduce their flexibility.
16:13Yeah.
16:13Which we're going to have a lot more options.
16:15They've put five on a station down that way.
16:20I mean, we're both doing a little bit of defense.
16:22Yeah.
16:23We have no interest in going that way.
16:25At least not yet.
16:26Yeah.
16:27But it's going to be a little bit annoying when we do eventually go that way.
16:30Yeah.
16:30Very possible we end up going along the east from all the way from the bottom.
16:35I think that's very likely.
16:37All right.
16:38Let's get to this river.
16:43Okay.
16:46Let's see what our challenge is.
16:48Are you ready?
16:49I'm ready.
16:52The floor is mostly lava.
16:59The floor is mostly lava.
17:02Choose one team member to cross the Tofu Rocks.
17:04There's only one correct path to the other side,
17:06which they will have two minutes to memorize before they cross.
17:10Once they begin their attempt, if they step on the wrong rock
17:12or deviate from the path in any way,
17:14they are incinerated and the challenge is failed.
17:18All right, Ben.
17:19We have to pick one of us to memorize.
17:21How confident do you feel?
17:25Well, I'll note that I'm very hungry.
17:28I was trying to get a snack earlier and I failed.
17:30I do think that historically I have been slightly better at memorization challenges than you.
17:36Yeah.
17:37That is pretty clever.
17:39Nope.
17:39That is pretty clear.
17:41What are you doing to turn around?
17:43What?
17:44Oh, I turned around too early.
17:45The driver doesn't worry if he takes the journey slow.
17:50Driving.
17:50No, it's driving.
17:52It's driving.
17:53It's driving.
17:53He goes.
17:54Now, because we're talking about the drive.
17:56I think you do have a very good memory.
17:58Here's something that I think we could establish now before looking.
18:03I can right now in my head decide what sort of mnemonic device I'm going to use.
18:07Right, right.
18:08Like what is the best way to study.
18:10Right.
18:10Because ultimately there's always going to be like eight ways you could go.
18:13Eight ways you could go.
18:14Yeah.
18:15Then I just have to memorize a number.
18:18Yeah, that's pretty good.
18:20I think numbers will be a little bit easier.
18:21Okay.
18:21I'm going to memorize it with numbers.
18:23All right, Ben.
18:23You got to have a timer ready.
18:25I'm going to bring out my iPad so that I can be like translating it.
18:28I'm ready.
18:29Now.
18:31Okay.
18:32Here we go.
18:33Two minutes on the clock.
18:34Wait.
18:35Oh, no.
18:35This is crazy.
18:36It's offset.
18:39No, this system isn't going to work.
18:42There's actually five that surround them.
18:44So it's going to have to be one, two, three, four, five, six.
18:49So it's going to be one, one, three, three, one, one.
19:00Okay.
19:00Now I'm just going to have to do it visually.
19:02All right.
19:03Get that in your brain.
19:05Stick it in the brain stem.
19:06You know, I wanted to mention, by the way, I realized that I think this season I really
19:14want to win.
19:15I really want to walk in.
19:18I'm glad to hear that because that's the only reason I came, Sam.
19:22Let me do the take that we put in if we lose.
19:24Okay.
19:25You know, what I realized a couple of seasons ago is like, it's really not about winning.
19:31Okay.
19:31Okay.
19:31I just have to look at it.
19:34All right.
19:35That's the time.
19:35One, two.
19:36One, two.
19:39I shouldn't have been trying to.
19:41I got too fancy with it.
19:43You're starting from that edge.
19:45Yeah.
19:46Okay.
19:46I'll come down to with this.
19:49All right.
19:51All right.
19:52I know the first one.
19:56Yeah.
19:56All right.
20:04Let's do this.
20:09Then it makes like a triangle.
20:16Yeah.
20:22Yeah.
20:31All right, this is where I completely lose it.
20:42Yeah, thanks.
20:44Yeah.
20:52No.
20:54Was it that?
20:55You had to go that way.
20:56It was that way?
20:57It was that way.
20:58So just by the way, Ben and Adam failing this challenge is going to create two big problems for them.
21:03For one, they're almost out of chips and they just wasted a bunch of time for nothing.
21:07The other problem, though, is that this challenge is going to stay on the board and the reward is now
21:11getting boosted.
21:12They can't reattempt it, but Mike and I can.
21:15If we manage to complete it, we'll earn a whopping 60 chips instead of the 40 that Ben and Adam
21:20were competing for.
21:21Yikes.
21:22All right, well, that's not so good.
21:25No, it's a tough loss of 40 coins.
21:32Well, we'll have to inform them that we failed here and that this challenge is now worth 60 if they're
21:40able to complete it.
21:41But there is no way.
21:42Look, I'll tell you what.
21:44I don't think they're completing it.
21:46I hope they come waste their time.
21:50They failed it.
21:52No.
21:53No.
21:54No way.
21:57We're off to a good start.
21:59Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
22:00Oh, wow.
22:01I did not expect that.
22:04Does that change anything?
22:06We're winning.
22:07That's what changed.
22:09Yeah.
22:09It's not over yet, Sam.
22:11No, the game's over.
22:13No.
22:13This is them being McLaren, being disqualified in the race.
22:17And we're Max Verstappen.
22:20It's inevitable.
22:21It's inevitable.
22:22Max Verstappen World Drivers' Championship is inevitable.
22:28So, we're poor.
22:29We're poor, Adam.
22:30How many chips do we have?
22:31I think we have 23.
22:33Okay, that's not a ton.
22:34But we're right near the high-speed line.
22:36The fastest way to do this is to go up to the high-speed, go down, and then transfer.
22:42You can do it in five stations.
22:43Okay, well, I mean, look.
22:45I certainly would love to be putting down bigger claims on the high-speed, but that is a luxury that
22:51we simply can't afford.
22:53Nope.
22:53There's a train at 11.07, so we should be able to make that if we leave right now.
22:59Okay.
23:00Ugh.
23:01Sorry, man.
23:02It's okay.
23:03Look, I don't think I would have gotten that, that's for sure.
23:06Shoot!
23:07Shoot!
23:25Okay, we are in Hutong.
23:27Is that one more chip?
23:29Yes.
23:31Ready?
23:34We'll just edit that in post so it works.
23:36Now we won't.
23:39Welcome.
23:41Oh, it's chillier here.
23:42Oh, it's raining.
23:43All right.
23:44What do you reckon we got?
23:45We got to do something cat-related here, surely.
23:48Yes, okay.
23:49Cat Village.
23:51It's a village for cats?
23:53I think it's, yeah.
23:56Oh, a black-breasted warbler.
23:59Is it?
24:01Do you assume every bird is that now?
24:03Yeah.
24:04It's like an old rail yard.
24:05Nice.
24:07Cool.
24:08This is it.
24:09I mean, you just never know where you're going to end up on jet lag, do you?
24:11Yeah.
24:12You ready?
24:13Yeah.
24:14Oh, no.
24:16Cat-ving-ger hunt.
24:23Cat-vinger hunt.
24:24Once a rich coal mining town, Hutong is now best known for its massive population of stray cats.
24:29You have one hour to find and photograph all of the following cats.
24:33A cat that is asleep, eating, touching another cat, more than 15 feet from any other cat, and above you.
24:39No cat may be used in multiple pictures.
24:41Okay.
24:42Okay.
24:42Those two cats are 15 feet apart, under the woodshed and the white one.
24:47Do we have to photograph it, you said?
24:49We do.
24:49Those two are 15 feet apart.
24:51They are right now.
24:52I think that one's going to be easy.
24:54I think the rain is going to make things trickier.
24:56A cat eating is going to be tough.
24:58Oh, there's food there.
25:00Hello.
25:01You want to eat, kitty cat?
25:03Hi.
25:04Oh, there's no food in the bowl.
25:06That guy.
25:07Okay.
25:07We have found cats.
25:09Finding them above us.
25:10They're not really going to be on a roof when it's raining.
25:13No.
25:15And eating is going to be hard.
25:16Okay.
25:16I'm going to walk this one as their 15 feet one.
25:19Yeah, those two.
25:20Those are definitely more than 15 feet.
25:21Yes.
25:22Okay, so we've got one.
25:23Touching another cat, right?
25:24That one's going to be tricky.
25:26Cats do not like associating.
25:28They, I agree.
25:30Above us.
25:31Oh, there was one on that patio.
25:32There was one.
25:33Do we stand under?
25:35Does one of us go up with the camera?
25:36Maybe.
25:37Because we can, like, squat.
25:39Wait.
25:40Oh.
25:40Wait.
25:41Oh.
25:42No.
25:42Sniffing.
25:44Are you two going to touch?
25:46Wait.
25:46Okay, but here's the thing.
25:50Oh, is that above you?
25:51He's definitely, he's fully above me, right?
25:53Yeah.
25:54Yeah.
25:54That's a clear.
25:55Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
25:57Oh.
25:58That's eating?
25:58Huge.
25:59Huge.
26:01Okay.
26:02Two and one.
26:03Oh, these guys are so cute.
26:04They're so cute.
26:06Oh.
26:06Oh, my God.
26:08That's a little.
26:08We're not allowed to double count.
26:10But as in, like, if these two touch.
26:12So, I think.
26:12Oh, okay.
26:13So, move on.
26:14Yeah.
26:14Okay.
26:15Do we want to just.
26:16Oh, man.
26:16These ones are so tiny.
26:18So tiny.
26:18So cute.
26:19Man, these cats are copious.
26:21I think the touching.
26:23Surely there are a bunch of cats that are, like, hidden somewhere warm.
26:26Reaching out, touching hands, touching you, sweet cat feline.
26:36We don't need the right sweat.
26:37Oh.
26:38I'll have it.
26:43It's so serene.
26:45Are you feeling serene?
26:48Not really.
26:50I would be feeling serene if I had walked on those rocks correctly.
26:55Well, we'll get our serenity back.
27:00I want serenity now.
27:03We need a little, sweet, little kid cat.
27:06This one's so cute.
27:07There was one in the station that was kind of sleeping on that water.
27:10I agree.
27:11Thing.
27:12We could head back there.
27:13Yeah.
27:14Oh, he's awake.
27:15Oh, he's not sleepy.
27:18Oh, underneath.
27:19Underneath the table.
27:21Oh, there.
27:23That's our sleeping cat.
27:24That is a very sleepy cat.
27:27Very sleepy guy.
27:29Okay, so we just need to know more.
27:33This is interesting, though.
27:35Whoa, what an overpass.
27:37Yeah, that's a fancy overpass.
27:40I feel like I'm on a movie set.
27:42Or like we're going into a haunted house.
27:44Excuse me, do you know where more cats are?
27:47I mean, it's an appropriately named village.
27:49There are a lot of cats here.
27:50Oh, here's another cat.
27:51Let's let these two do their thing.
27:55Okay, there you are.
28:00Oh, step back.
28:02Step back.
28:03Let it happen.
28:05No.
28:06No.
28:08The problem is cats don't like other cats.
28:10I know.
28:11They just swap spots.
28:13Like, did those two?
28:15Yeah, did you have to touch that one?
28:18No.
28:19But maybe.
28:20They're getting mad at each other.
28:22Oh, that one is about to throw up.
28:23As you said, maybe they'll...
28:24That one just threw up.
28:25Oh, it did too.
28:27Oh.
28:28Wait, maybe they'll...
28:29Maybe they'll touch?
28:30...off to each other.
28:30No.
28:32No.
28:33Okay.
28:41All right.
28:42We made it back to the station.
28:44We got a pretty well-timed train, actually,
28:47to the high-speed station,
28:48and then down we go.
28:50It does look like they're still at Huchong.
28:53Wow, they're really struggling.
29:08There's another cat there,
29:09and there's another cat this way.
29:11Will they touch?
29:20Oh.
29:23Come on.
29:25Either fight or love.
29:26Go nuzzle them, yeah.
29:27Got to be quick with the photo.
29:31He's stealing your food.
29:32Oh, we could be here for ages.
29:36What's happening?
29:37Oh, is it for them to stay up wrong?
29:38Oh, look at them.
29:39Look.
29:41This went from very easy
29:42to very difficult
29:44to almost impossible very quickly.
29:46It hasn't been that long.
29:47It's not catastrophe.
29:48Right, look at the view.
29:50I mean, good point.
29:53The view is great.
29:54Still an impossible task.
29:57Hello.
29:59This looks like the sheriff in town.
30:01Yeah, he looks on a mission.
30:04Yeah.
30:04There's another white one eating under there.
30:07Get this one eating.
30:08I'm going to get this one eating.
30:09You got him eating?
30:10I got him eating, yeah.
30:12And I'll prove that he was eating.
30:16I think let's go check out that cage.
30:18Right.
30:19So if we could swap those out.
30:20Yes.
30:20For the two touchy ones.
30:21Right.
30:21We have the eating.
30:22I'm not worried about the one above you.
30:24I think that one we can get relatively easily.
30:26Okay, so let's head back.
30:28I'm feeling good about the cage.
30:29They seem to like each other.
30:30I agree.
30:31I'm going to get this one for one above.
30:34In case we want to swap out.
30:36It's definitely above you.
30:38Fully above you.
30:39Thanks, buddy.
30:40This cat's cooler than the others.
30:43Oh, they might be touching right now.
30:45Oh, they're awfully close.
30:47Oh, come on.
30:49Okay, what if we give him some love?
30:53Okay.
30:54Okay.
30:54You focus.
30:55Okay.
30:55Come on.
30:56Oh, come on.
30:57Come on.
30:58I was touching.
30:59It was, but I don't think you got the photo.
31:01Come on.
31:01Okay, analyze the photo in a second.
31:03The tactic works.
31:05Oh, yeah.
31:06Aren't you jealous of this love?
31:07Come on up.
31:08Come on up.
31:09Yes, yes.
31:11Oh, no, he's going away.
31:12He's not touching.
31:14That was it.
31:15Did you get it?
31:16Oh, that was it.
31:17All right, we've analyzed the playback.
31:19And at the moment of the photo taken, they were indeed touching.
31:24There was impact.
31:25There was impact.
31:26And we captured the impact.
31:27So, we've done it.
31:30Challenge accepted.
31:35Then we have a text from Sam.
31:36They have completed the Catvenger challenge.
31:41We're sort of getting out to the lead.
31:43We're getting chip logged.
31:46Yeah.
31:47But we're about to do so much awesome stuff.
31:50So, we don't even have to worry.
31:53And also, we should look at now two new challenges should be generated.
31:56First, we need to generate two challenges.
31:58Oh, yeah.
31:59So, let's do that quickly.
32:00Oh, there's one more down.
32:01South on my east.
32:03Variable reward.
32:04Oh, that one's way down.
32:06That's far the other way.
32:07Yeah.
32:08So, none of those, I think, should impact our movements that much.
32:13Okay.
32:13So, a new one on the east coast.
32:15It's west coast.
32:1730 coins.
32:18It's pretty far down.
32:19It's further down.
32:19Yeah.
32:20So, I think there's no chance we want to go to that first.
32:22Well, but we can go to it next.
32:24That's not bad.
32:25That's not bad.
32:26This makes me think.
32:27So, we could go to what they just did.
32:29Tofu Rocks.
32:30But they failed it.
32:31They failed it.
32:32And we're also in no rush because they can't attempt it again.
32:36This kind of makes me think, continue to this challenge.
32:39Then consider turning back to Taipei.
32:41Yep.
32:43Having really solidified this section.
32:45Yep.
32:46And setting ourselves up for more competitive action on the west coast tomorrow.
32:50I agree.
32:51All right.
32:51So, wait for this train.
32:53It's in 24 minutes.
32:54Perfect.
32:55Sounds good.
32:55Would you like a coffee?
32:56I would love some.
32:58I would love maybe some food.
32:59A cat coffee.
33:18I got it.
33:20So, we need to hurry a little bit.
33:21Okay.
33:24Train's in six minutes.
33:26It's 11.22.
33:28It says it's on time.
33:29It still shows.
33:34You got that business guy to start running, too.
33:38Invalid car, Ben.
33:40Uh-oh.
33:43No.
33:44It's not working.
33:46Nope.
33:47Well, Ben, we've missed our train.
33:49Yeah.
33:49Our rail passes, you have to show them to a person.
33:54And so, we were moving too slowly.
33:57But there's another one.
33:59In 25 minutes.
34:01We're off to a rough start.
34:04This is not one of our finest starts.
34:07I'll tell you that.
34:08But it's okay.
34:08It's going to put them at ease.
34:11And then we will strike.
34:13Yeah.
34:14Yeah.
34:14For sure.
34:16We've acquired milk tea.
34:19Milk tea boba.
34:20And caffeine coffee.
34:22That's interesting.
34:22Yeah.
34:23This is great.
34:25Good.
34:26Let's see what they're doing.
34:27Oh, so they're probably waiting.
34:28Oh.
34:29The next highest we trained for them is not for another 29 minutes.
34:32That is tough.
34:33That was poor planning on their part.
34:36Man.
34:37I don't want to give my hopes up.
34:38Because, look, luck is never on Team Sam's side.
34:40You'll learn that with time.
34:42And luck can turn quickly.
34:44I mean, it doesn't really turn if it's always bad luck for me.
34:47Which makes me think that there must be some roundabout way in which this is good for them.
34:51Ben.
34:53Yes.
34:55What do you got?
34:55We may be here in Sinshu Station.
35:03But in a larger, more philosophical sense, we're in the Snack Zone, baby!
35:17I love you so much.
35:20Welcome to Snack Zone.
35:21Today we'll be trying Coolish.
35:27Oh, my God.
35:30Cool-ish.
35:31More like the coolest snack around.
35:42I think we have Snack Zone Coolish before.
35:45But it's extremely deserving of a second Snack Zone and a third and a fourth.
35:51And we will keep Snack Zoning it every time we come across it because it is one of God's greatest
35:57gifts to man.
36:00It's a very aesthetic coffee shop.
36:02I can't take the coffee on the train, so I got to cool it off quickly.
36:05Down one.
36:06Suck it off.
36:07Just scald my throat, my esophagus.
36:09Yeah, you don't want to get back to drink wine.
36:12Back to the trains.
36:14I think it is.
36:16Yeah, self-bound 1A.
36:19How do you know?
36:201139.
36:21I also speak Mandarin.
36:23That's amazing.
36:24Yep.
36:24You didn't prep for the season?
36:26I didn't take lessons for the last six months?
36:29Okay, so before we get on, what do we want to do for deposits?
36:32I mean, I think we agreed on our fortification plan, and I'm happy with it as is, unless you want
36:38to drop more.
36:39I tend to think that considering there's no steel on the board, I kind of want to keep budget.
36:43Yeah, I agree.
36:45So I think minimum deposit, under the theory that we're probably going to turn back towards Taipei.
36:51Yes.
36:52Train.
36:53Train.
36:53This is a different train, different rolling stock.
36:55Oh, this is a cool red one.
36:56Oh, I love the font, Taiwan font.
37:04Are you clapping for the train?
37:07That's a neat train.
37:08Look at the livery.
37:10Yeah.
37:10Okay.
37:15We missed the shot of the train arriving.
37:18Sorry.
37:25Ooh, nice seats.
37:28Yeah, I'm up for it.
37:29Goodbye, cats.
37:30Yeah.
37:31Bye, kitties.
37:35They're very, very good kitties.
37:37Very good kitties.
37:38Very good kitties.
38:00I'm going to get to the local station.
38:05I'm going to get to the local station.
38:15Off to Cheng Wah.
38:16And then some chips.
38:18Finally.
38:19Please, God.
38:20Yeah.
38:21And we're just going to put one chip down on these next two.
38:26Yes.
38:54watch your step thank you all right so we need we need an update how many stations do we check
39:00off
39:00we're at 24 i believe so they're still in the lead but not by that much but we have a
39:05whole
39:05heck of a lot more chips than they do and we're gonna nail this challenge that's right you know
39:12i think they're still pretty far from their challenge there's a chance we can complete
39:15this challenge before they even get their first challenge done or at least first challenge
39:19successfully done okay so that gives us a strategic advantage yeah
39:29this is very pretty wow oh it's a little walkway you want to take it yeah i do
39:37i put it here for us that's very viny very fun okay we're going to the hot spring park
39:48oh i hope means we're going to a hot spring that would be very nice at this moment i didn't
39:52bring
39:52a bathing suit uh
40:13all right benjamin we've made it to cheng hua welcome to the wonderful play i don't know if it's a
40:20city or a
40:20town welcome to the place cheng hua look those those chips they're so close i can almost taste
40:26them they are actually sort of a 25 minute walk away that's close enough for me to taste yeah you
40:32have an incredible sense of taste yeah it's kind of awesome we need this one bad yeah we if we
40:37don't
40:37get this one we're in real big trouble yeah
40:44this is cool whatever it is yeah this is cool this isn't where we're going no this is not where
40:49we're going but it's neat i like that guy's vibe oh no oh ben yeah oh dear it's very much
41:01uphill
41:01i don't know if it's coming across on camera how steep this is it feels extremely uphill when you're
41:07here so look at the image here and then imagine it make it worse in your head make it like
41:13editors
41:14make it worse oh man how do we how do we pick the right challenges every time oh yeah we've
41:20been
41:20we've done good we're all right bird watching we're off to a hot start watching yeah hot springs
41:27oh it smells delightful incense gotta say this is lovely the vibes the vibes are impeccable
41:38challenge time challenge number 49
41:44be in the hot seat that makes sense okay pause before i read this challenge i should explain how
41:50this kind of challenge works most challenges on the board are just worth a flat number of chips like
41:55that tofu rocks one but in a call your shot challenge like this one we set the reward ourselves
42:01the higher the reward we set the harder the challenge becomes and if we don't hit the
42:05level we set for ourselves we earn nothing instead there are a few other types of rewards that'll come
42:11up later like multiplier challenges that multiply our whole chip balance or steal challenges that steal
42:15a certain percentage of the other team's chips those are going to matter a lot but we don't have to
42:20worry about them until one comes up for now let me read the rules of this challenge be in the
42:25hot seat
42:26you are now at one of joxy's many famous hot springs but you aren't here to relax you are in
42:31the hot seat while in a hot spring one team member must correctly answer as many trivia questions
42:36as they can in 60 seconds questions may be skipped but can only be answered once you can earn eight
42:42chips per correctly answered question but you must call your shot if you do not reach the number of
42:47correct answers you predicted within the 60 seconds you earn nothing and the challenge is failed
42:51the question asker can read the questions before you call your shot but cannot discuss any
42:56specifics with their teammates that makes sense at a hot springs so one person will ask the other
43:01person answers but it's a call your shot we have to decide in advance how many we think we'll get
43:06right okay then they appear to be doing a challenge at a hot spring this one was one of the
43:11variable
43:11ones yeah this is a call your shot so you know we have to hope that one of two things
43:17happens
43:18one they play it so conservative that they barely get anything or two they get cocky they call too
43:28high of a number and then they can't pull it off look if i were them i would be feeling
43:32pretty cocky
43:32right now i lean towards being pretty conservative okay what do you think uh i would rather we complete
43:39it yeah successfully than not like i would think that like three or four is probably the right
43:44answer okay i lean towards me doing the trivia i agree and you asking yes and i will make a
43:50conservative decision as to how many we should go for well the other thing it doesn't it doesn't say
43:55you have to ask them in order so you could ask the questions that you think i'll be best at
44:00first
44:01right before you ask questions here's what i'll say i think pretty much everything i know is from
44:06writing videos so which is a lot that brings you a lot geography politics not great on history
44:12really bad at pop culture i was gonna say yeah um i can go away for a bit so you
44:17can talk with the
44:18camera okay about the questions okay and then i'll come back in like 60 seconds okay so it looks like
44:24at first here there are some questions regarding taiwan there are some questions regarding jet lag the
44:31game the youtube channel i'm glad we've decided to have sam answer these questions rather than
44:35myself because he should be able to answer at least the jet lag the game questions
44:42what is this this is a freaking airplane there's a giant statue of an airplane this is not the
44:51challenge location by the way no this is just here this is just here okay tell you what i saw
44:58this
44:58challenge and i was like well 25 minute walk at least it's not as bad as the walk to the
45:05to the rocks
45:06it's as bad no it's it's worse it's as bad yeah
45:13oh i think i see what it is yeah i think that like it's pretty chill to be here there
45:19are arcade games
45:20yeah yeah it's for him yeah him no it's not for him then you think it's about him probably uh
45:31that makes more
45:31sense all right we can set up an awesome shot here yeah ready yeah okay well we made it what
45:40do we got
45:41let's see got our challenge envelope here let's make a deal
45:52let's make a deal you may have noticed three tall structures in this park the big buddha and the two
45:57pagodas you will complete this challenge by selecting the right one and going to it which one is right
46:02head to this website to find out this challenge has its own website yes um well look amy does love
46:10to
46:10do things a little extra all right so we just we pick one of these and we go to the
46:15top okay we've
46:16selected the buddha statue and it says climb to the top of the great buddha statue click when you make
46:21it okay okay well look that is tall but we it's not as bad as we're getting up here pretty
46:28tall
46:29pretty so i feel like it's going to be okay you think the odds are that it is just the
46:33buddha it feels
46:33so obvious the buddha feels obvious but maybe amy is feeling merciful right this is pretty
46:40sick so we just go up i guess let's go up oh yeah it's burning yeah oh i hit my
46:54head i hit my damn head
46:56careful i'm perfectly assigned for this buddha all right seems we can go up no further okay
47:04we are at the top of the buddha here i'll click when i made it okay we've learned that north
47:12pagoda
47:12is incorrect this is the information we've earned we have great buddha selected would we like to keep
47:16it or switch to south pagoda okay we should switch because of monty hall problem isn't that like magic
47:23no no no monty hall problem is real that's math monty hall problem has never made sense to me but
47:28i
47:28believe you switch to south pagoda well it says now to climb to south pagoda fine okay no problem at
47:35all all right watch your head oh okay south is that way so that would be the south pagoda you
47:46know
47:46the monty hall problem doesn't really make sense but it is true please in the comments explain
47:52the monty hall problem to us should i come back yeah you can come back okay so i have to
47:58come up
47:58with a number i haven't come up with a number yet but i'm going through we might not want to
48:02do too
48:02many how many does that mean i think three or four look i would not be disappointed if we went
48:10away
48:10here with 24 coins but i would be disappointed if we walked away with zero yeah okay let's go with
48:16we got to get three correct in 60 seconds yeah i'll ask the first three questions that i think
48:21are the easiest and after that we'll go through and we'll make guesses okay all right should we go
48:26find some hot springs let's go find the hot springs right now you've been told that one of them isn't
48:31right so you can switch to that one and there's now a 66.6 chance it's this now what's going
48:37to be
48:37really frustrating is if we're in the 33.3 chance that it always was the buddha
48:45all right ben we have made it to the south pagoda okay here we go what does this say wrong
48:50choice
48:52oh we have to get to the top of to the great buddha statue in the next five minutes okay
48:56we
48:56can do that yep just we're being very respectful can we get up that way no i think yeah this
49:00way
49:07more free foot action for nebula subscribers only oh yeah this is for all the paying viewers right
49:13here nebula subscribers only as always that's our policy on feet
49:20oh that is lovely i know it says only one of us has to be in the hot seat but
49:24i'm going to
49:25stand in here it's delightful i haven't come all this way not to get in
49:28all right ladies and gentlemen welcome to in the hot seat with sam who is in the hot seat
49:34you're ready all right you know your order i know the order we are going for three questions
49:37we're gonna be we're gonna nail it we're gonna we're gonna nail it all right we're gonna start
49:41in three two one at the time of writing what is the most viewed video on the jet lag the
49:48game
49:48youtube channel skip skip okay um no um hide and seek japan episode one
49:55yes okay uh no okay including this one how many people have competed on at least one full season
50:02of jet lag the game michelle toby scotty adam ben sam brian um you um uh nine incorrect which of
50:19the
50:19u.s states is closest in land to taiwan maryland massachusetts connecticut um massachusetts
50:27incorrect keep going keep four out of the ten north we're out of time
50:42that was disappointing i feel like we should have been able to get that those questions were
50:46longer than i expected they were long-winded questions the other the other ones were harder
50:51thought you'd geography i know i know i thought you'd get the jet lag questions i don't know i
50:56don't know i don't know i don't know you should listen to the layover i don't know anything about
51:00i don't like that because to be honest there's every there's every chance they can get that and
51:08they'll now have a 50 bonus okay well all we have to do now is head back to the train
51:13station and make
51:15the next train yeah let's not let this take the wind out of our sails i don't know my sails
51:22are
51:22pretty windy it's not over yet i don't know that just that felt like a fumble it didn't feel like
51:26bad luck it was it was it's gonna give them a lot of hope it's gonna put a lot of
51:31wind in their sails
51:32yeah oh good it's more up okay let's get up there
51:49come on buddy i'm coming oh
51:53oh no problem
52:01i made it nice recovery challenge
52:08yeah i had to work for this one yeah but we did it okay let's get out of the big
52:16buddha
52:17let's generate the new challenges and let's tell them oh i feel like michelle caray after she ran
52:25her seven marathons this is definitely just as hard okay option one whatever the that we're done
52:33with the past is the past moving forward i feel like i needed i needed humbling i was getting a
52:39little
52:39too excited by our lead we had a hot start so our next our next challenge on the east coast
52:43i'm looking
52:44is is really far quite far south it's only it's actually well sorry it's a variable challenge so
52:49we don't even have a guarantee oh and after that i don't like variables i don't either okay so then
52:54i think taipei i think we go to taipei we see what drops on the map yep when they populate
53:00it but like
53:00for the rest of today and tomorrow i want to be in the action okay
53:14i want to be happy
53:24victory all right oh wait ben sam texted us while we were doing the challenge
53:33that's good they failed they failed that's good they did get a little they got cocky they got a little
53:40big for their britches didn't they well well well your britches have split and our britches
53:46are doing perfect and they can hold everything everything all right let's reveal the next two
53:55challenges ben 38 and six benjamin oh 38 is a steal near them bolstering
54:05do we just get new challenges and we are back thank you for watching this episode on nebula
54:15why not listen to the layover podcast it's our podcast where we recap every episode of jet lag the
54:20game and this season of course michael downey will be on every episode with us uh to break down what
54:26happened in this episode uh a lot of stuff you know a complicated game a lot of strategy a lot
54:32of
54:32things that we're going to chat about and we appreciate you so much that we we helped uh develop
54:36a whole new show just for you it's called day pass um it's by not just bikes you know not
54:40just bikes
54:41right yeah um and basically we send him to various cities and he's armed with a transit day pass and
54:47a
54:48a will to ride every single transit line in that city in a day and also visit stuff along the
54:53way
54:53it's kind of like jet lag except he's just chilling out and having a good yeah it is actually if
54:56you
54:56watch jet lag and you're like i like seeing stuff but i get really stressed out day pass is like
55:02it's like jet lag chill mode it's like what if we were all just chilling the heck out and we
55:07were
55:07also like 20 years older yeah very strong canadian public transit yeah why not check it out go check it
55:13out uh it's right here when i'm done bye