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00:00Hello and welcome back to our five-day race to claim all the train stations in Taiwan.
00:04Right now, it's still day one, and both teams are just starting to form their strategies for getting control of
00:09the board.
00:10Mike and I have mostly stayed near Taipei, not claiming quite as many stations as Ben and Adam,
00:14but spending a little bit more to reinforce this part of the map and really lock it down.
00:19Ben and Adam, on the other hand, have continued much further down the west coast,
00:22claiming a bunch of stations and not doing much to protect them.
00:25At the end of the last episode, Ben and Adam completed a challenge in Changhua,
00:29earning enough chips for them to keep heading south.
00:32The problem for them, though, is that the new challenge that just generated is a steal that's closer to us.
00:38That means we now have two pretty enticing options.
00:41We can head straight for the steal in an attempt to nab some of Ben and Adam's budget,
00:45or we can backtrack to this challenge over here, which Ben and Adam failed this morning.
00:48Because they failed, its reward got boosted,
00:51but that also suggests that it's probably pretty hard and we might fail it too.
00:55Both options are high risk, high reward, and if we pick wrong, we might waste a ton of our own
01:00time.
01:01But either way, we need to decide fast, because every minute in this game counts.
01:06Probably bolstering.
01:08Do we just get new challenges?
01:10It's going to change things.
01:12Oh, a steal just dropped on the east coast.
01:15We're closer.
01:16Yes.
01:17But we're also going away from it right now.
01:19We can get off.
01:21Let's see where the other one is first.
01:22It's way down.
01:24So they're there.
01:25They now have a really attractive duo down there.
01:28I have to assume they're going to go down there.
01:29Right.
01:30I think we should stick to the west coast and claim as much of it as we can.
01:34I think we should go for that nearer challenge to us.
01:36It's going to take a while to get there.
01:38Okay.
01:39Let's get back to the train station.
01:40So I think our options are basically go here, which is going to take us three hours, attempt the thing
01:46that they've tried, or go for the steal.
01:49I think we've got to go for the steal.
01:51No, let me figure out our travel time, because I think that'll influence things a good bit.
01:55But we can't get there.
01:57Actually, we can't get there by the end of the day.
01:59Oh.
02:00Is it worth turning around and making most of our way down that way?
02:06This is a hard call.
02:07I think there's something to be said about giving them time to accumulate a budget that we can steal.
02:12I agree.
02:13I do agree with that.
02:14And we're kind of in the midst of action there.
02:17We're in the midst of the densest area.
02:18Yep.
02:19So we're positioned for more stuff.
02:20And we're still positioned well to go for the steal later.
02:24Look, if you think we can go accomplish a challenge today, have us finish the day in the lead with
02:32chips, so that tomorrow we can tackle the steal.
02:36I'm on board.
02:37I think we can.
02:38Are you happy with that?
02:39Yeah.
02:39You ready for a tunnel?
02:41Well, yay.
02:42Yay?
02:42I love tunnels.
02:43I'm ready for that.
02:44I am peachy keen on our plan.
02:48Oh, hey, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
02:53Good job.
03:00Made it back to the station.
03:01Oh, I'm feeling it.
03:04Yeah.
03:04So where are they?
03:06Did they go north?
03:08Yeah, I think they went back up.
03:10We'll see what they do, but that's very interesting.
03:12They're not going for the steal.
03:13Here's the tofu rocks.
03:14They might be trying to drive this.
03:16Do you think if they are going for the tofu rocks right now, I think they are going to be
03:20very sorely disappointed.
03:22I think that's going to be a huge waste of time.
03:24Unless they nail it.
03:25They did that bird memorization challenge this morning.
03:28Yeah, but that's a whole different ball.
03:30Yeah, I'd say I'm scared.
03:32They have more coins than us.
03:34They have 69.
03:36Nice.
03:37We have 47.
03:38What I'm worried they're going to do is they're about to try to shut down the high speed.
03:42They're going to put five on everything.
03:43Yeah, they could do that pretty easy.
03:45We'll see what they do.
03:47We just got to go do this challenge.
04:12Let's go do this challenge.
04:23So follow the signs for the high speed rail?
04:25Yep.
04:26HSR.
04:27Oh, look at this.
04:29It teaches you about train crossings.
04:31Come sit in class.
04:33That's cute.
04:34See, we don't have this problem in America.
04:37Well, you have a problem with it, but Brightline is not.
04:41Yeah, Brightline just...
04:42Yeah, Brightline needs a classroom.
04:53Hell yeah.
04:55Heck yeah.
04:59I have to go vroom.
05:00No, hi.
05:00Vroom, vroom.
05:02About to go doop.
05:03Yeah, I guess it is electric, but...
05:05We need to make some decisions.
05:06We could do some next stuff.
05:09I want to pay the deposit down.
05:10We can bring arms.
05:11Ten.
05:12I think we should.
05:14By the way, quick rules reminder.
05:16Teams can control stations by a maximum of five chips.
05:19Because Ben and Adam control Bankyo by five, Mike and I can put down ten to give ourselves
05:23a five-chip margin.
05:24It's going to create an arms race.
05:26The whole game is an arms race.
05:28Okay, thank you.
05:28I do like aggression.
05:30Yeah, we want to take that.
05:31Okay.
05:31I don't know if this is offense or defense, but I like it.
05:57It looks like they're going on the high speed.
05:59So they flipped Wanhua, and then they flipped Bankyo.
06:03They actually put ten on Bankyo.
06:06I mean, it does not feel great that they are already taking our territory.
06:11But only two.
06:12Only two.
06:13So far.
06:14So far.
06:15And look at how many more stations we're getting.
06:17Yeah.
06:18We've got so...
06:18We're getting so many more now.
06:20We are getting so many more now.
06:21So it's literally fine, and I'm not even worried about it.
06:26Even though we're only putting one on each.
06:34It's going to be great.
06:35We're going to win.
06:37Don't even worry about it.
06:39It's going to be perfect.
06:41We're about to find out if they are getting off on a train to go to the tofu rocks.
06:46I wonder if they are staying on this.
06:49Look, I would just love it.
06:54Maybe Michael Downey is really good at amortization milk.
07:24We're going to win.
07:27Let's see what she did.
07:32We almost didn't get off.
07:34Look at this!
07:36Okay, I think we're going over there.
07:37On the end of the river.
07:40Look at this.
07:42The American School of America.
07:45That's actually crazy that it just literally says in big letters, American School.
07:50In gold. Very fitting.
07:52What do you think they learned there? How to ignore maps?
07:56And yet here you are, an exploratory American taking it all in.
08:00I'm Irish.
08:01Oh, my accent is a little weird, but I'm Irish.
08:04Ben, it seems they have gotten off the train at Sinshu,
08:07which means they have gotten drawn for the tour.
08:10A surprisingly risky move.
08:13Again, I think that the challenge is possible, but I think it's...
08:16I think that if I approached it differently,
08:20we haven't had a better challenge.
08:21It's very possible.
08:23And they could be walking away with 60 coins.
08:27But, I mean, look, I think almost certainly this is going to be a huge waste of time for them.
08:34I think it's a huge mistake because it takes a really long time to get there.
08:37Seems like on the other side it drops you off really far.
08:40I think this has saved us like 20, 30 minutes each way.
08:43Perfect.
08:43We may have timed this to perfection, Sam.
08:46Yeah.
08:46End of the day.
08:47Sun is setting.
08:48Golden hour.
08:49Coming down to the river.
08:50It's looking vibey.
08:52Look at the baseball field.
08:53They're really into baseball here.
08:54Yeah.
08:55Just follow the path, Sam says.
09:00Getting deep.
09:02There should be a path.
09:04Oh, this is...
09:05We found the path.
09:05He was right.
09:09Oh, yes.
09:11Okay.
09:11There we go.
09:13We've big brained it.
09:14That is a win.
09:15Okay, so we need to cross the other side because that's where the pin is.
09:17And then we can pull the challenge.
09:19They have arrived at the Tofu Rocks.
09:23Oh, boys.
09:25Oh, what are you in for?
09:27I will say that they did seem to find a faster way to get there.
09:30Yeah, they went to a different station and they crossed the Tofu Rocks to get there.
09:35Which is smart and we should have done that.
09:38Maybe we'll do it.
09:40Look, we're good sports.
09:42We're good sports.
09:42We wish them the best of luck.
09:44I doubt it.
09:45Okay.
09:45I hope well.
09:46This was worth 40 points.
09:49We weren't interested then.
09:51Ben and Adam failed, so it got a 50% increase.
09:54Making it up to 60.
09:55That would be huge.
09:56Our challenge is...
09:59The floor is mostly lava.
10:06The floor is mostly lava.
10:08Choose one team member to cross the Tofu Rocks.
10:11There's only one correct path to the other side, which they will have two minutes to memorize
10:14before they cross.
10:16Once they begin their attempt, if they step on the wrong rock or deviate from the path in
10:20any way, they are incinerated and the challenge is failed.
10:24So we're going to get a route.
10:26Yeah.
10:26We can strategize how to memorize it.
10:29And I think the key would be like, it's going to tell you like, okay, I need to go three
10:33forward,
10:34two to the right.
10:35Right.
10:35And we have to memorize that very quickly.
10:37In like a song or a...
10:39Yeah, but we only have two minutes.
10:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:40That's really not much.
10:41This is hard.
10:42I see why they failed this.
10:44I'm happy to attempt it, but if you want to switch it up, I'm also happy to let you go.
10:48I think I'm genuinely like bottom quartile in terms of memorization abilities.
10:52Okay.
10:53Do you want to practice?
10:54Sure.
10:55There's nothing saying we...
10:56Like, I could give you a fake...
10:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:58Let's do that.
10:59Let's do it.
10:59Let's mock it up.
11:00I think that's a good idea.
11:01Look, we want to take our time on this.
11:03Yeah.
11:03We spent all this time to get here.
11:04Of course.
11:05So here's what this looks like.
11:07I'm going to draw you a route and you're...
11:09I'm going to give you two minutes and then we'll test it.
11:11Yeah.
11:11Ready?
11:12You want me to come...
11:13That's his route.
11:14Alright, let's try it.
11:15Ready?
11:15Yeah.
11:16Go.
11:16Four right.
11:17One, two.
11:19Angle right.
11:38Welcome to Humphinge show.
11:42The challenge pin was just like a couple blocks away.
11:44Look at this.
11:45They have a cool statue of pears, I think.
11:49It's got a pear stack.
11:50Do you like pears, Ben?
11:52Um, I don't really see the point in pears, honestly.
11:57Isn't it, like, a worse apple?
11:59Well, Ben, the challenge spot is having McDonald's.
12:04This is where the pen is, Benjamin.
12:07Okay, let's see what our challenge is.
12:10Taste test Taiwanese McDonald's.
12:18Taste test Taiwanese McDonald's.
12:20Taiwanese McDonald's has many exclusive items not available in America.
12:24Amy has secretly chosen one of them for you to try.
12:27One team member must taste test this item blindfolded,
12:30only taking one bite, before correctly guessing what it is.
12:33They may consult the menu afterwards to make their guess.
12:36If they guess wrong, this challenge has failed.
12:38I think we got this. You are great at tasting stuff.
12:41Yeah, I'm ready.
12:42In fact, bring me the hardest item.
12:45Well, Amy decides what the item is.
12:47Alright, I'm going to go and purchase for you an item.
12:51Okay.
13:06One, two, three.
13:08One, two, three.
13:09Tempted?
13:10Yeah.
13:11One, two, three.
13:14Four.
13:16Two.
13:17Three.
13:25Now I'm going ahead five.
13:29Three.
13:30Four.
13:32Somewhere here.
13:34Yeah.
13:35Left.
13:36Down to here.
13:38Then backwards one.
13:41Then over.
13:44Then over.
13:47And then on the...
13:48And then on the...
13:52Yeah.
13:53I feel really good about this.
13:55Okay, don't get...
13:56Don't feel too good.
13:57I have to feel good.
13:59You've got to go into these confidence.
14:00You've got to feel good.
14:01Just not...
14:01Not too good.
14:02Not over confident.
14:03You're right.
14:04The practice is worth it.
14:05It's a balance.
14:06I mean, look.
14:07We can do this.
14:07Night herons!
14:14You get one bite of this item.
14:16I'm going to adjust it to try to ensure that you get everything.
14:20Sure.
14:21It is required.
14:22Like really, really get it in there.
14:24Okay.
14:25Just really...
14:26I would sort of go as big as that mouth came.
14:28Sure.
14:29And it can go big.
14:37Oh, yeah.
14:38So there's something crispy, crunchy in there.
14:40You know, something's been fried.
14:42They're typical condiments.
14:43And then there's a weird sauce.
14:45Sort of an unusual sauce.
14:47I suspect that this sauce may be the thing that makes it un-American.
14:52That sounded political, but it's not.
14:55Okay.
14:55I'm going to take this back from you.
14:57And now go to the menu, the kiosk.
15:01Okay.
15:01It was clearly some kind of sandwich.
15:04I am seeing a sauce here on a Parmesan crispy chicken burger.
15:09I'm seeing that here.
15:10This is a thing that I don't believe we have in America.
15:15I'm seeing a spicy chicken filet burger.
15:17But I feel like this sauce is important.
15:22I think this is the situation.
15:24I think one of the bigger factors here is, like, did it have mushrooms?
15:28Was it a mushroom crispy chicken burger?
15:30But I don't know that I clocked mushrooms.
15:32I'm going to put in my guess as a Parmesan crispy chicken burger.
15:38Did I do it?
15:39Congratulations, Benjamin.
15:44Let's go 30 chips.
15:47And they taste as sweet as the Parmesan crispy chicken burger.
15:50We got 30 chips for this.
15:52And we only got 30 chips for this.
15:55Okay.
15:57All right, guys.
15:58We need to quickly generate new challenges.
16:00Let's see what they are, shall we?
16:02Okay.
16:02So the first challenge is back up in Taipei.
16:08Okay.
16:08It's a 50% steal.
16:10So there are two steals on the board.
16:12Yep.
16:13And they're closer to actually both of them.
16:16Yep.
16:17Okay, we just got new challenges.
16:19Oh, my God.
16:20Is that another 50% steal?
16:24North!
16:25It's in Taipei.
16:27It's in Taipei.
16:28Let's go.
16:29Two steals that we're closer to.
16:31But we got a 70.
16:3370?
16:3470.
16:3570 chips?
16:36All the way at the bottom of the East Coast.
16:37They're closer to that.
16:38I think we should just keep going south.
16:40It's unclaimed.
16:41There's challenges down there.
16:43Yeah.
16:43I think we just keep going south.
16:44Don't overthink it.
16:44So let's get back to the station and...
16:47There's a train actually, Ben, in like nine minutes.
16:50Yeah, let's go.
16:51Let's get on that.
16:51We should get on that.
16:52Let's get on that.
16:54Are they still at the rocks?
16:56Maybe they're really taking their time to figure out like a system.
16:59Left three.
17:01Left one.
17:02Right three.
17:04Angle right three.
17:05One, two, three, four.
17:05Okay, so one, two, three, four.
17:07Five.
17:07Nope.
17:08Nope.
17:09Back two.
17:10Right three.
17:11Angle backwards.
17:12One, two, three, four.
17:13Hard left.
17:14One, two, three.
17:15See?
17:16One, two, three.
17:16Tricky.
17:17Do you want to do another press?
17:18One, two, three, four, five.
17:19This is hard.
17:20This is very hard.
17:21Yeah, they failed.
17:22One, and then one, two, three.
17:25Okay, to be honest, you're regressing.
17:27Do you think we should go?
17:27Anything you think we should go?
17:28I think we should do it.
17:29Adam?
17:30What's up?
17:31I feel like we're back in it.
17:32We're back in it, buddy.
17:34I'll tell you this.
17:35We have 50 chips and 53 stations.
17:37They have 45 chips and 29 stations.
17:40I love to hear this.
17:41We are winning at the Moat Benjamin.
17:44We are more fortified than we are, but we're not flirting about that.
17:49Nope.
17:49And if they succeed at this challenge, then that's going to change sort of everything.
17:53But they're not going?
17:54They won't.
17:54They're going to fade.
17:55All right.
17:56Let's go.
18:12What do you think?
18:13Is it time?
18:14I think this is as time as it's ever going to be.
18:16I'm hoping it's easier than what you've given us, but I don't know.
18:19Amy's pretty diabolical.
18:21It's probably harder.
18:21That's why we love her.
18:24You ready?
18:25Ready.
18:26Three, two, one.
18:29Okay, so start.
18:30Shoot.
18:34It's tricky.
18:35I'm not going to lie.
18:35That is trickier than the ones I gave him.
18:37It's a lot more involved, like smaller movements and stuff.
18:41Well, it's a tough one.
18:43It's tough.
18:45Just do your best.
18:47Five, four, three, two, one.
18:51Go right into it.
18:56I'm ready.
19:20I'm sorry.
19:21I'm sorry.
19:21You missed one.
19:26Which one?
19:26That doesn't work.
19:27It was four diagonal.
19:28Oh, that was...
19:29Yeah.
19:30You know what?
19:30That was as tricky as you were making them, if not to a further extent.
19:35I didn't know.
19:35That was trickier.
19:36Like, clearly you were good at it.
19:37And I don't think...
19:39That's just such a tricky challenge.
19:41I appreciate you being kind.
19:43Well, let's get walking to the station and we can figure out what's next.
19:46Sorry to all those who were cheering for us.
19:48Ugh.
20:02Hello.
20:07Uh, welcome to Tynan.
20:09Just as we were pulling in, received a text invisible link from Sam Dunby.
20:13Failed.
20:16Let's go.
20:18Huge waste of time, boys.
20:21That is a sweet way to end today.
20:24We should check what the new challenges are.
20:26Here's challenge one.
20:27Ugh, it's pretty near them.
20:28Okay.
20:29Well, that's a 50 coin.
20:31Ugh.
20:32Yeah, that's not great.
20:33Oh, it's very close to us.
20:3450 coins.
20:3650 coins is pretty good.
20:37It's a lot.
20:37It only takes 35 minutes to get up there.
20:39It's close.
20:40We should try and go for it tomorrow morning.
20:42So, there's a train.
20:43It's right at 7.30 a.m.
20:45So, we should go back in the station so we can start the day on the platform.
20:48Yeah.
20:49Let's see if we can figure out where it might possibly be.
20:52So, I do need to generate one more.
20:54So, it's towards them.
20:56From here, it's not very far.
20:57Yeah.
20:57That might be a first move.
20:59And then we go...
21:00And then Taipei.
21:00Taipei.
21:01All in all, I don't think we had a worse day than them.
21:04I think we are well placed.
21:06And they maybe came out slightly ahead with a few more stations and a few more chips.
21:13Yep.
21:14It is about to be the end of the day.
21:16Are we ready?
21:18There we go.
21:18There we go.
21:19Okay.
21:20All right.
21:20We will see you back here at 7.30 a.m.
21:24And hopefully, there will be a train here that has not closed its doors yet.
21:29Yep.
21:29Alas, it is 5.30.
21:32It is.
21:32So, this beautiful 7-Eleven will be our ending point.
21:36Day one.
21:36It's going to be so huge though.
21:38We're going to steal all their coins.
21:39All their coins are going to be gone.
21:41They don't know what's coming.
21:42They do not.
21:43Neither do you.
21:44See you then.
21:45All right.
21:45Good night.
21:46Good night.
21:47Well, now we are going to go to a really nice hotel because the conversion rate is really
21:52favorable to the US dollar right now.
21:54And so, we get to stay in a much nicer hotel than we normally do.
21:58Good night.
22:00Okay.
22:01Now it's the rest period.
22:02We have 14 hours to eat, sleep, and hopefully bathe before we return to the exact same spot
22:07tomorrow morning.
22:08Day two is going to matter a lot.
22:10There's still a ton of map to fill out, and the teams are entering the day with some bold
22:14strategies.
22:15Mike and I are planning to use the looming threat of the steal to keep Ben and Adam off
22:18balance, but we don't actually want to do the steal until it has maximum impact.
22:23Meanwhile, Ben and Adam are hoping to disincentivize this deal by keeping a lean budget, earning, and then
22:28immediately dumping ships as they try to claim the remaining open territory.
22:31How will it all go?
22:32Let's find out.
22:33Good morning.
22:36Good morning.
22:37Our train is pulling in.
22:40It's here.
22:41It's 728.
22:42And it's 728.
22:44We can leave this spot in about two minutes.
22:48The conductor is looking around.
22:50We just need to look like you're on your phone.
22:53You're trying to figure out if this is the right station.
22:55Okay, 15.
22:57All right, now I'm starting to feel kind of open.
22:58Five, four, three, two, one.
23:03All right.
23:04Go.
23:10Let's absolutely go.
23:12Good morning.
23:13We're back.
23:14We're so back.
23:15Day two.
23:16And everything is going to go perfect today.
23:19Let's make it go perfect.
23:20We don't need to make it.
23:21It's just going to be it.
23:22It's always going to happen.
23:23It just will be.
23:24Oh, well, then this is going to be boring to watch,
23:26because it's going to go so smoothly.
23:28This season is going to be very predictable.
23:30Okay, so I think we know our first move, right?
23:32Yep.
23:33To the high-speed rail station.
23:34And we want to go to that challenge that is about an hour south of here.
23:37Exactly.
23:38I think we know what we want to do out of there,
23:40because we have some juicy steels on the board.
23:42Yeah.
23:42The reason we're not going for the steel in Taipei right now
23:45is that something involved with the challenge doesn't open until 10.
23:48Right.
23:49So we went there now.
23:51We would wait around and waste time, which we don't want to do.
23:53We don't want to waste time.
23:54And I wonder if we're going to be watching our first moves this morning.
23:56Yeah.
23:57To see if we head south.
23:58We need to really be keeping an eye on where they go.
24:00I really want to know if they're going north or south.
24:02So really quick, before we hit our first station here,
24:05we do have to decide if we want to fortify any of these.
24:08Here's the deal.
24:09We've got 47 ships right now.
24:11My big fear is they might be waiting to see if we succeed at this challenge before you start this
24:16deal.
24:17And then try in.
24:17But if we can deplete some of our budget here, let's put down two.
24:21Let's put down two per station.
24:22Two per station.
24:23Two more.
24:23I mean, that's a lot.
24:24We'd be down at 27.
24:27But then we're about to hopefully get 50 more.
24:29But I don't worry that much about only having 27 because, again, we'll be in our territory and we can
24:34move freely.
24:35All right, let's do it.
24:36Let's fortify.
24:37Let's put down two on each and get our balance down to try to make it less attractive.
24:54I want the audience to know that I really try to film a lot, but Michael just keeps taking the
25:00camera.
25:01And look, I'm not complaining because he's doing the work for me.
25:05It's just my job.
25:06It's just habit for me to have it as well.
25:08I apologize.
25:09And also, you're welcome.
25:10Now, look, I love not having to do it myself.
25:17Look at this.
25:18I'm just going to point out the...
25:20I wonder where the driver sits.
25:22How cool is that?
25:24This is jet lag.
25:26This is what it's about.
25:28Looks like another busy one.
25:30Oh, yeah.
25:31Tip, get on last.
25:32So you're standing by the door, so you get off first, so you don't have to push through people.
25:36If we can get on, maybe let's go down.
25:40Oh, no.
25:41My jet light chip did not work.
25:43Go, Sam.
25:43Go, go, go.
25:45They're whistling.
25:47Go, go, go, go.
25:48Go, go, go.
25:52Oh, thank you.
26:01Oh, I'm awake now.
26:20They've left and they've gone south.
26:23Yeah, they're not heading for the steel.
26:25They're not going for the steel now.
26:26At least not yet.
26:27They're definitely encroaching further on our turf.
26:32Oh, look at that.
26:32It's beautiful.
26:33Oh, yeah.
26:38Should we thumbnail these?
26:39Yeah.
26:41No, it's not even good.
26:42It's not even working.
26:42It's not even good.
26:44Okay.
26:45All right.
26:45Let's start.
26:48Go, go, go.
26:50Welcome.
26:51Appreciate it.
26:55All right.
26:56Where was it?
26:56It was right over here?
26:57It's there.
26:58It's by that nativity scene.
27:00All right, Benjamin.
27:02Let's see what our challenge is.
27:05Be alone in Xinyang.
27:13Be alone in the Xinyang district.
27:15Blurring strangers' faces is expensive.
27:18It's time to be alone.
27:19You must film one team member for 15 minutes straight
27:22with no other human beings or vehicles entering the frame.
27:24This team member must be at least one eighth of a mile away from the camera
27:28and the camera cannot be zoomed in at all.
27:31You get one attempt.
27:32If anyone else enters the frame after you start rolling,
27:34this challenge has failed.
27:36Let's look at a map and see if there's any spots that...
27:39Yeah, like how far do we need to go to be really not...
27:43If you like look on the other side.
27:44Okay.
27:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:46There's like woods.
27:47Like basically empty-ish.
27:51Yeah.
27:51I mean, that's definitely the area we want to be.
27:54We need to go that way and start to assess what the deal is.
27:57I would say that this seems very difficult,
27:59but it's 50 chips.
28:04I mean...
28:07It's already looking a lot emptier over here.
28:10Yeah, everything here at the Taiwan Water Corporation is empty, but...
28:14I don't think we can break in there.
28:16No.
28:17Oh, it looks like we can actually walk up to an area that overlooks the river.
28:21Right?
28:22Like, this is what I'm talking about.
28:24If you just went over there.
28:27Yeah.
28:27Or I went.
28:28Right?
28:29Ain't gonna be people over there.
28:31You know?
28:31There's nobody over there.
28:33Here, let's investigate that.
28:35I do think those are stairs.
28:36Because you see, this seems promising.
28:38Yeah.
28:39I agree.
28:45I agree.
29:02Welcome to Taichung.
29:05I think we just got to transfer to a local train to get into the city.
29:09To get to the challenge.
29:10Yeah.
29:12You know, Sam, I do.
29:14I do miss croissant.
29:16We should have some.
29:20Penning machine has trains.
29:22Oh my gosh.
29:24See, we could get the high-speed rail.
29:27We've got steam trains.
29:29Oh, those are hefty.
29:30They're all packaged.
29:31That's pretty cool.
29:32Should we collect one of each train that we've been on on this trip?
29:35I don't think I have the backpack room for that.
29:37I'll be running around with gift bags.
29:41They appear to be down by a river.
29:43Maybe that's good news.
29:44Maybe they'll unveil another river thing.
29:46They're gonna have nightmares of their failed river challenge yesterday.
29:51Well, to be honest, I feel like...
29:53Well, maybe I'm speaking on personal behalf.
29:55I had nightmares about it.
29:57Yeah.
29:58Do the trains keep getting better?
30:00Look how cool this thing looks.
30:02Cool livery, too.
30:02I like the silver bottom.
30:11Alright, so the stations on this line, do you want to do...
30:14I think just minimum.
30:15Yeah, minimum chips down on each of these stations.
30:19Yeah, I think keep flexible.
30:20Yeah, I don't think any of this is vital or blocking much.
30:24You're ready.
30:33I mean, there are people...
30:34Oh, that's pretty cool.
30:34Look at that temple.
30:36Beautiful.
30:36They're working on it right now.
30:38Wow.
30:38Well, this is the thing that we found about Taiwan when we were doing research.
30:41It's like you go to the most random places and there's something super cool there.
30:45That is why we're here.
30:47I think this is very promising.
30:48There's nobody out here.
30:50No.
30:50I mean, yeah, I should just go down to the edge of the river back there, right?
30:55Alright, be careful.
30:57Yeah.
30:58Yeah.
30:58This is good.
30:59One X lens, this way, framed down here and I'll stand over there.
31:06You take the camera.
31:07I'm going to walk over there.
31:09I might have to like take my shoes off and kind of wade.
31:13Alrighty.
31:14Good luck.
31:16Whoa.
31:17Oh my God.
31:18It's, you're sinking in there.
31:21Oh, I might be sinking too much.
31:25It's, it's pretty muck forward.
31:31Oh my God.
31:33That's crazy.
31:36Yeah.
31:36It's pretty mucky.
31:37No, I definitely can't do that.
31:38Hook up.
31:39New plan.
31:40New plan.
31:51So welcome to Taichung.
31:54Wow.
31:55Oh, look at a station.
31:57Wow.
31:57There's a lot going on over here.
31:59Look at, look at the old little station compared to the tall towers around it now.
32:04Oh yeah.
32:04The station has grown up a little bit.
32:06The station has grown.
32:0720 minute walk from here?
32:09Yeah, roughly.
32:09Yeah.
32:10Alright.
32:10Well, they're still challenging seemingly.
32:12Okay.
32:13Seemingly a pretty long line.
32:15Alright.
32:15We're trying a different strategy.
32:19Hopefully I can find a way down from up there.
32:21Okay.
32:21Good luck.
32:24So there's a little observation deck here that actually might be perfect.
32:29Oh, sh**.
32:30There are stairs.
32:32F**k.
32:40Oh, I do think I see.
32:45I'm feeling really good about our odds of completing this at least.
32:48Look, it is taking us a little while, but I think we're going to get it.
32:53He's...
32:56There.
32:57There he is.
32:58Okay.
32:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:59I see you.
33:00Yeah.
33:00I see you for sure.
33:02Yeah.
33:02Okay.
33:02This is easily 200.
33:04This is like more like a quarter mile.
33:07Cause you've got to shoot in one.
33:08But I think that what you should do is just make it so that you don't see anything above
33:13basically the grass.
33:14Just angle it down.
33:16And now...
33:17I go back to one.
33:19Oh man.
33:22I mean...
33:23Look, I'll tell you what.
33:26When I'm in one, I can't quite make you out, but I can know for certain you're in there.
33:32There you are.
33:33Yeah, that's fine.
33:34If we can...
33:34There's Adam.
33:35If we can prove...
33:36Just through Zoom.
33:37There's Adam.
33:39And now...
33:41We're gonna...
33:42We're gonna take it down here.
33:45And look, unless we run into a real maniac here, no one else is coming into this frame.
33:52All right.
33:52I'm gonna start the timer.
33:54Go for it.
33:55Ready?
33:56Yep.
33:5715 minutes starts now.
34:01All right.
34:02Well, now we just hang out for 15 minutes.
34:07Challenge pin takes us to that line there.
34:11The origin...
34:12Oh, it's the origin of pearl milk tea.
34:15This is the...
34:16Oh, it's where boba's from.
34:17Yeah.
34:22Play boba blow darts.
34:28Play boba blow darts.
34:30Welcome to Chung Shui Tang, the tea shop where bubble tea was invented.
34:34Order a small bubble tea and save the tapioca balls.
34:37Then, standing 10 feet apart, one team member must blow the balls through a straw at the other team member
34:43who must attempt to catch them in the cup.
34:45You can earn three chips per boba cot, but you must call your shot before you play.
34:50If you run out of boba before reaching your predicted number, then you earn nothing and this challenge is failed.
34:55Oh, no.
34:56Oh, yes!
34:57Oh, no.
34:58Well, let's start by ordering some boba.
35:00How about let's order two, because I want one for myself.
35:02Yeah.
35:03Wow, it's beautiful.
35:08This is crazy that this is the origin of boba.
35:11It's like everywhere in the world has boba.
35:16Too original pearl milk tea, I think.
35:20Adam is trying to think of a bit right now.
35:22I can see he's in the sort of physical position that he normally is in when he's trying to think
35:29of a bit.
35:30Okay, I'm just going to film a bunch of stuff that can be used to pass time.
35:33Maybe he is now executing on a bit.
35:47Yeah, hello?
35:4830 seconds left.
35:49Almost there.
35:50All right.
35:51All right, here we go.
35:57And?
35:59And that's that.
36:03Benjamin?
36:04All right.
36:05And 50 wonderful chips.
36:07And, uh, let's get out of here.
36:09Okay, they just completed their challenge.
36:11Ooh, okay.
36:12Which, that did take them, like, almost an hour.
36:15All right, Ben, what are our new challenges?
36:17Challenges number 35 and 37.
36:20Oh, no.
36:21Ben, 35 is right where they are.
36:24Oh, my God.
36:25It's in Taichung!
36:26And it's a 45% multiplier.
36:28Shit!
36:29Is that going to be good for them?
36:31How much do they have right now?
36:32I mean, they don't have a ton right now, but if they do well at the variable,
36:34the other one is, um...
36:35Okay, where's the other one?
36:36The other one is, um...
36:38It's back up north.
36:39It's in, like, Sinshu.
36:40They can get to fucking Sinshu on the high speed, too.
36:43Yeah, they're...
36:43These are both really good for them and great for us.
36:48We have new challenges.
36:49Oh, yeah.
36:50And let me tell you, I like the locations.
36:53Oh, right next to us.
36:54The other one is back in the direction we want to go.
36:57That's literally where we just work.
36:59My one fear with this is it coaxes them north.
37:02I mean, I think it'd be a mistake to try to go up past them.
37:05No, I think they've got...
37:06We still got to go to Khao Siung, but that sucks.
37:09Those are two that are so helpful to them.
37:11It's fine.
37:12We've got a pretty healthy balance now.
37:15I think we can really lock up this part of the map.
37:19And again, there's so much stuff around Khao Siung.
37:22Look, there's a train in 20 minutes down to Khao Siung.
37:26We need to get on it.
37:26All right, let's get out of here.
37:30Not what I like to see.
37:32No!
37:34Take out number 45.
37:37Okay, let's walk.
37:39All right.
37:39We've got our boba.
37:40We need to decide who is blowing his catching.
37:44My hand-eye coordination is not great, which is more of the catching side.
37:48Yeah.
37:48But I think that would also influence the blowing side.
37:51Uh, no.
37:52I think that you can get by the blowing without any hand-eye coordination.
37:55You want me to blow?
37:56Yeah.
37:57Okay.
37:58Yeah, I'll catch.
37:58All right, boba time.
38:01Oh, good one.
38:02Good step.
38:02Okay, I really need to make sure I don't get any balls.
38:06I think you'll notice if you start sucking up balls.
38:10Those balls.
38:11Okay, dog clip this.
38:13Oh my gosh, look at this little doggy.
38:15Look at these dogs.
38:16Look at these doggy.
38:17Oh, they love smelling the exhaust from coming from that car.
38:20Hi doggies.
38:20Hi doggies.
38:21Just to bring it up, we have a pretty well-timed itinerary
38:25to go all the way to that area in the southeast.
38:28And that challenge is like 70, right?
38:30It's a 70-chip challenge.
38:32Because the thing is, there's a limited express
38:34that gets us to that station quite efficiently.
38:36And it seems like it runs every two hours.
38:39We would just skip the Kaohsiung challenge.
38:42The Kaohsiung challenge will always be there.
38:44Well, maybe not always.
38:45They might do it.
38:46But I don't think they're going to, at least not anytime soon.
38:49We're getting on the same train with our of us.
38:52Let's book to Pingtung, because we need to get a reservation.
38:57Hello.
38:58Um, we want to book on the limited express to Pingtung.
39:02Xinying to Pingtung.
39:03This train is sold out.
39:06Okay, the next one is sold out.
39:08Can we do standing room on the 930?
39:10Standing room?
39:11We don't have it.
39:12No.
39:12No.
39:14Okay.
39:14We can take the 944.
39:16It's worse, but it's the best option we have.
39:19Okay.
39:20Here, let's do a little more research.
39:22Maybe to the right here?
39:23Yeah.
39:23I want a nice private ball-sucking spot.
39:26I don't want people seeing me suck all these balls.
39:28I'm going to have to catch your balls.
39:30You will have to catch all my balls.
39:32This might be getting too far.
39:37I got too many balls in my mouth.
39:39Oh, no.
39:40This is a good ball-sucking spot.
39:42We need to figure out how many balls we have to figure out what we want to call our shot
39:46as.
39:47All right, I need to get rid of all this ice.
39:48So we've had a boba ball counting challenge before.
39:52Everybody out.
39:54All right.
39:54Make grips with 10.
39:555, 6, 7, 8, 9.
40:00No.
40:02No.
40:02No.
40:03No.
40:04Those were bigger balls, but also a bigger drink.
40:07So I tend to think we have around 60 to 70.
40:12I tend to think that we will have decent aiming ability with these.
40:16And you also have the ability to move it around to catch.
40:19Yes.
40:19So let's say we got a third of them.
40:21You think we can catch 20?
40:24No.
40:24Right.
40:25That's way too much.
40:2610?
40:26That would give us...
40:28Because we said earlier we don't want to miss, we go 8.
40:31Yeah, I just have a very bad grasp of how hard this is going to be.
40:34I know.
40:34With no practice.
40:35Yeah.
40:37I don't want to be too risk-averse, but 8?
40:39I tend to think that we're either going to get like in the 20s.
40:43Yeah.
40:43Or none.
40:44Okay.
40:45And therefore, the small difference between...
40:48I agree.
40:49And I'll tell you what, I'm willing to go for it and up it to 12 now.
40:52What?
40:52You have convinced me.
40:5410.
40:54How about 10?
40:5410.
40:55Even 10.
40:56Okay.
40:56All right, let's start the camera.
40:57We're locking in 10.
40:58All right, so if you stand right behind that grate, I think I would angle it more towards
41:03me.
41:03Yeah, but I'm going to have to move quickly.
41:08Where'd that even go?
41:10I didn't see it at all.
41:11I saw a lot of liquid.
41:13I didn't see that at all either.
41:14Okay.
41:15Maybe go a little higher rather than...
41:18Oh!
41:19You got me in the face.
41:20Oh, that was close.
41:22You got me in the face.
41:28So we know it works.
41:30That's...
41:30Disgusting.
41:32That is pretty gross.
41:35Oh!
41:35That hit my finger.
41:37I didn't see it at all.
41:39It went high.
41:41So the question is still, which challenge do we want to go for?
41:45Yeah.
41:46I mean, I ultimately think that it's foolish to pass right by a challenge that we could
41:51do and get chips and we don't know what else is going to pop up.
41:54I think we're going to see them complete a challenge soon also until like the map is
41:58going to change.
41:59Here's the thing.
42:00We don't actually have to decide yet.
42:02No.
42:02Let's get on this train.
42:03Let's just decide when we get off.
42:05Keep heading south.
42:06Okay.
42:10So annoying.
42:11We had that great train.
42:19We'll be on this for a while.
42:33Oh, I hit my thumb.
42:36Oh, hit my eyebrow.
42:38Can you go higher?
42:39Like, really lob it?
42:41Just a good arch.
42:42Because the blue sky is easier for me to see it.
42:45Got one!
42:46We got one!
42:47There we go!
42:47Okay, we can get this.
42:48Left-handed catch.
42:49Here we go.
42:50So the good lob into the sky.
42:55That's two, baby!
42:57Oh, we doubted ourselves too much.
43:01Three!
43:02Oh, this is trivial.
43:04Ah.
43:05Well, let's get it.
43:06Okay.
43:07And let's go.
43:09Four.
43:11Five.
43:14Six.
43:15I feel like an outfielder in the World Series.
43:17This is like my big moment.
43:20Oh, .
43:20Oh, I got it.
43:24Eight.
43:27Nine.
43:31Ten, ladies and gentlemen.
43:35That's 30 points.
43:37Man, we could have racked up.
43:40Look how many are.
43:41Oh, man.
43:42Look how many are left.
43:43Okay, I think, like, that's a healthy 30 points.
43:46But we could have racked up.
43:47Yeah, but we didn't know.
43:48We didn't know.
43:48We racked up a hundred.
43:49Think of how devastated Ben and Adam would have been.
43:53They completed their challenge.
43:55Congratulations to Sam and Mike.
43:59Only 30 chips, though.
44:01Never mind.
44:02I take back my congratulations.
44:03You guys suck.
44:04I want to say, I think that was good decision-making.
44:06Because what I don't want us to do, the next call of your shot,
44:09get overly lucky.
44:10No.
44:11We got our momentum back.
44:12We're back in this.
44:13That was good.
44:14Let's generate the challenge.
44:1647.
44:17Oh, that's a good location for us.
44:19Oh, yes.
44:2047 is up by Taipei.
44:22Hey, that area by Taipei is looking very attractive.
44:25It's good.
44:26Juicy.
44:26What's annoying now is they aren't closer.
44:29It's variable.
44:29Take your garbage.
44:30Do you want to finish that?
44:31I want my balls.
44:32Okay.
44:34So, the second one was a 45% multiplier.
44:39It's down south.
44:40So, they now potentially have a pretty attractive trio.
44:43Oh, 10 is near us, though.
44:45Okay.
44:4510 is just southeast of Calcium.
44:48Ooh.
44:49What is it?
44:5045% multiplier.
44:52Okay.
44:52This is very interesting to a guy like me.
44:55So, I think that what this means is...
44:57I think we definitely want to get out of Calcium.
44:59We definitely want to get out of Calcium so that we can boost our balance before we hit the multiplier.
45:03Boom, boom.
45:04But this does, I think, clarify for us that we definitely just want to go to Calcium.
45:10They're right by the 45% multiplier.
45:12They're literally right next to it.
45:14So, I just would be absolutely shocked if they don't go for it.
45:18Just a little bit ago, another challenge generated in Hinshu, which is where we actually started our day today.
45:26Yes.
45:26But I noticed it's an express train, but it's not a high speed train.
45:30So, it takes the local tracks on the way up to Hinshu.
45:34And it doesn't seem like this is a train iteration that happens very often.
45:39I'm tempted to take it, even though there's a challenge that generated just on the other side of the city.
45:45Yeah. I mean, we just generated 30 chips.
45:48If we go down and drop one on each station...
45:51Yeah.
45:51That's 20 stations, we're still...
45:53And we're at another challenge we can do.
45:55And even though it's on a slower train, because it's express, it doesn't take that much longer.
46:00Okay. The one thing is, since apparently express trains are the only ones we need seat reservations on...
46:05Oh.
46:05So, we've got to find someone at the station.
46:06So, let's see if we can do that quickly.
46:12Hi.
46:13Can I get a seat reservation for...
46:19No standing ticket?
46:20No.
46:20No standing ticket?
46:21No.
46:22Do you know what the next one is?
46:23Next one is time for standing ticket.
46:26No seat.
46:27Okay.
46:28We will think about it.
46:29We'll come back.
46:32That's annoying.
46:33That was a really good train.
46:33So, we could wait 45 minutes and seemingly take the same one, is what she said.
46:38Well, I mean, the thing that we could consider is going together challenge here.
46:41Whereas going north for steel, collecting all the stations, and being in the right position...
46:46And getting this challenge is a 55-point challenge.
46:49Okay.
46:49Let's keep moving that way.
46:51Okay.
46:51So, should we try to get that ticket?
46:53Yeah.
46:54We get a seat reservation for...
46:57Okay.
46:58No seats.
46:59Okay.
47:05All right.
47:06So, we've got to wait about 40 minutes now.
47:08We are waiting a little while to take the express train now, but that'll be the highest
47:12ratio of stations claimed per minute, I think, of the game so far.
47:18Hopefully.
47:19Does this look crazy?
47:21It's us chatting back to back.
47:22So, this is it?
47:29Is it?
47:38Yes.
47:47That's bad.
47:48All right, Ben.
47:48We are about to arrive at the station.
47:53This station is both a low and high speed station.
47:57So we should five it.
47:58I think we should five it.
47:59I mean, we're doing basically the same thing they're doing.
48:01We both want to make it inconvenient for the other team to take high speed rail.
48:17We've managed to find every challenge that involves a mountain.
48:20Yeah, it's not really what I want.
48:22Maybe we can store our bags here.
48:24Let's keep an eye out for lockers.
48:29See lockers?
48:31I don't.
48:32Yeah, no lockers.
48:34It's okay.
48:34Look, Amy's trying to kill us and she will succeed.
48:37See that?
48:38Yeah, see, I don't like the look of that.
48:40We're going to that.
48:40That is not good.
48:43Basically, it's just a straight shot down this way.
48:45Okay.
48:49Okay, we're about to get on the train.
48:51We don't really have enough budget to comfortably do double deposits.
48:54No.
48:54Given how many stations we're about to pass through.
48:56No.
48:56Should we just do minimum deposit on this route?
48:59I think minimum deposits.
49:01I think minimum.
49:01I'll be a lot.
49:05More standing room.
49:07Yeah, this feels luxurious.
49:10Yeah.
49:11A whole, like, three square feet to yourself.
49:13A whole space?
49:14Some standing room.
49:14Yeah.
49:15We have an hour on this.
49:17About an hour, yeah.
49:19Settle in.
49:30Ben, what are they up to?
49:32Are they still just waiting at Taichung Station?
49:34They're going north.
49:36Are they not going to that challenge that's right next to them?
49:39No.
49:40That's crazy.
49:41I bet they'll stop and cinch you and then do the steal.
49:43There's a ton of stuff around Taipei now, so.
49:46Yeah.
49:47Okay.
49:48Well, we're coming up on it here.
49:50I think the pin is in front of that.
49:52Yeah.
49:53That looks awesome.
49:54Hi, everybody.
49:55We have made it to the site of this challenge.
49:57And we have the envelope here.
49:59Adam, would you like to do the honors?
50:00I'd love to.
50:01I've been reading all these envelopes.
50:05Estimate Monkey Mountain.
50:11See a predictable number of monkeys.
50:13You are now at the base of Shoshan, otherwise known as Monkey Mountain.
50:17You have 40 minutes to ascend and explore the mountain, and you can earn two chips per monkey spotted.
50:23But you must call your shot before you begin your ascent.
50:26Research is permitted.
50:27If you fail to spot as many monkeys as predicted, you earn nothing, and this challenge has failed.
50:32Two coins per monkey.
50:34Monkeys.
50:35Monkeys.
50:35That seems low to me.
50:38That suggests that we would see a lot of monkeys.
50:40Right.
50:41That implies to me that there must be a lot of...
50:42It says we're free to research.
50:44What it sounds like is that it's a hiking trail...
50:48And there's monkeys.
50:48...where you see the monkeys.
50:50I'm just...
50:51I'm looking up monkey.
50:54Monkeys of the Monkey Mountain.
50:56Okay.
50:57I'm looking at a video.
50:58I'm seeing all kinds of monkeys, dude.
51:00Look at how many monkeys...
51:01Are people, like, clipping their monkey highlights?
51:03Well, but look, just in this shot, there's, like, 12 monkeys.
51:07So it seems possible maybe there's a ton.
51:09I think that we have the opportunity here to go big.
51:14I am willing to take the risk because I do think that it, like, doesn't really make sense to guess,
51:19like, 20.
51:20No.
51:21Because I think that it's just as likely that we see, you know...
51:2440.
51:2540.
51:26Right.
51:26And just as likely that we see none.
51:28I think we should say 40 and we should hurry up because we want to get a train out of
51:33here and not too long.
51:3440 is the number that they, like, use in the Bible to be, like, a lot.
51:38It's true.
51:39That's them being, like, a bajillion.
51:40All right.
51:41Listen.
51:42We are calling our shot.
51:44We are going to see at least 40 monkeys.
51:48Our shot has been called.
51:53Hi, there, and thank you so much for watching on Freaking Nebula.
51:57If you watch on Nebula, it means that we actually can keep making the show.
52:01It's actually very important to us, and that's why we're here to thank you.
52:04How many monkeys do you think there are going to be?
52:06100 million thousand.
52:08That's not even a real number.
52:10No, there's going to be two.
52:11You're cooked.
52:12You're cooked.
52:13Okay.
52:14Later on podcast, you should listen to it because I'm going to talk about how cooked they're going to be
52:18on Monkey Mountain.
52:18And a bunch of other stuff.
52:21I think it's really interesting because there's always so much that doesn't make it into the episode and we like
52:25to discuss.
52:25And so much going on in our minds.
52:28I would say a lot in this season.
52:30Definitely a lot in this season.
52:31A lot of that strat.
52:33Yeah.
52:33So go listen to that exclusive to you on Nebula.
52:35It's available to you already.
52:36Ben, what else should they watch or listen to?
52:39I would recommend going to check out Lindsay Ellis' newest video essay about South Park, about, like, the media ethics
52:47of South Park.
52:47A great, nostalgic video essay.
52:51Very funny.
52:52Very interesting.
52:53Yeah, if you like a video essay, no one does it like Lindsay.
52:56So go check that out.
52:58Also on Nebula while you're here.
53:00Thanks for watching on Nebula.
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