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Jet Lag: The Game - Season 17 - Episode 02: Shoot the Gap
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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
00:08for getting control of the board.
00:10Mike and I have mostly stayed near Taipei, not claiming quite as many stations as Ben
00:14and Adam, but spending a little bit more to reinforce this part of the map and really
00:18lock it down.
00:19Ben and Adam, on the other hand, have continued much further down the west coast, claiming
00:22a 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, earning
00:29enough chips for them to keep heading south.
00:32The problem for them, though, is that the new challenge that just generated is a steal
00:36that'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, or we
00:45can backtrack to this challenge over here, which Ben and Adam failed this morning.
00:49Because they failed, its reward got boosted, but that also suggests that it's probably
00:53pretty 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
01:00own time.
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?
01:12Oh, 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.
01:20We 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
01:46the thing that 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.
01:56We can't get there.
01:57Actually, we can't get there by the end of the day.
01:59Oh, is 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
02:11we 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, and we're still positioned well to go for the steal later.
02:23I'm, look, if you think we can go accomplish a challenge today, have us finish the day in
02:31the lead with chips, 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.
02:49How?
02:50How?
02:51How?
02:52How?
02:53Good joke.
03:00Made it back to the station.
03:02Oh, I'm feeling it.
03:04Yeah.
03:05So 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.
03:13There's the tofu rocks.
03:15They might be trying to try this.
03:16Do you think if they are going for the tofu rocks right now, I think they are going to be
03:21very 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 points than us.
03:35They 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.
03:55We'll see you next time.
04:23So follow the signs for the high speed rail?
04:25Yep.
04:26HSR.
04:27Oh, look at this.
04:29Teaches 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.
04:53Oh, yeah.
04:55Heck, yeah.
04:59I have to go vroom.
05:00No, hi.
05:01Vroom, vroom.
05:02It's about to go doop.
05:03Yeah, I guess it is electric, but we need to make some decisions.
05:07And what we could do is let the next stop on the fade pivot to pause it down.
05:10We can bring that to 10.
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 10 to give ourselves a five
05:24-chip margin.
05:25It's going to create an arms race.
05:26The whole game's an arms race.
05:28Okay, I do like aggression.
05:30Yeah, we want to take that.
05:31Okay.
05:32I 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 10 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, we'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 the train to go to the tofu rocks.
06:47And if they are staying on this.
06:49Look, I would just love it.
06:54Maybe Michael Downey is really good at memorization, Mark.
06:57Look, I'm sorry.
07:15I'm sorry.
07:15We are going to win.
07:21We are going to win.
07:32We almost didn't get off.
07:34Look at this!
07:36Okay, I think we're going over there.
07:38On 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.
07:51Very fitting.
07:52What do you think they learned there?
07:53How do I kind of 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, which means they have gotten on
08:09for the tour.
08:11A surprisingly risky move.
08:13Again, I think that the challenge is possible, but I think it's possible.
08:16I think that if I had approached it differently, that would have been a better challenge.
08:21It's very possible, and 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 be there.
08:38It seems like on the other side, it drops you off really far.
08:40I think this has saved us like 20, 30 minutes each way.
08:43We may have timed this to perfection, Sam.
08:46Yeah.
08:47End of the day, sun 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.
09:10Oh, yes.
09:11Okay.
09:12There 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, and then we can pull
09:18the 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.
09:31Yeah, they went to a different station, and they crossed the Tofu Rocks to get there.
09:36Which 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.
09:43We wish them the best of luck.
09:44I don't know.
09:45Okay.
09:45Well, this was worth $40.
09:48We weren't interested then.
09:50Ben and Adam failed, so it got a 50% increase, making 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
10:15before they cross.
10:16Once they begin their attempt, if they step on the wrong rock or deviate from the path
10:20in any way, they are incinerated, and the challenge is failed.
10:24So we're going to get a route.
10:26Yeah.
10:27So we 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, two 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.
10:40That's really not much.
10:41This is hard.
10:43I 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?
10:55Sure.
10:55There's nothing saying we...
10:56Like, I could give you a fake...
10:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:59Let's do that.
10:59Let's do it.
10:59La 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 I'm going to give you two minutes, and then we'll test
11:11it.
11:11Ready?
11:12You want me to come?
11:13That's his route.
11:14All right.
11:14Let's try it.
11:15Ready?
11:15Yeah.
11:16Go.
11:16Four right.
11:18One, two.
11:19Angle right.
11:38Welcome to the challenge pin was just, like, a couple blocks away.
11:44Look at this.
11:45They have a cool statue of pears, I think.
11:49You got a pears 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?
12:00Well, then, the challenge pilot is at the McDonald's.
12:04This is where the pin is, Benjamin.
12:07Okay.
12:07Let'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.
12:39You are great at tasting stuff.
12:42Yeah, I'm ready.
12:43You know, in fact, bring me the hardest item.
12:45Well, Amy decides what the item is.
12:47All right, Benjamin.
12:48I'm going to go and purchase for you an item.
12:51Okay.
13:06One, two, three.
13:08One, two, three.
13:09Attempt it?
13:10Yeah.
13:11One, two, three, four.
13:17Two, three.
13:25Now, I'm going ahead five.
13:29Three, four.
13:32Somewhere here.
13:34Yeah.
13:35Left.
13:36Down to here.
13:38Then backwards one.
13:41Then over.
13:47And then on the...
13:53Let's 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...
14:02Not too good.
14:02Not overconfident.
14:03You're right.
14:04The practice is worth it.
14:05It's a balance.
14:06I mean, look...
14:07We can do this.
14:08Night herons!
14:09Night herons!
14:10Okay, I'm going to go back.
14:12All right, Ben.
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 can.
14:28Sure.
14:29And it can go big.
14:37Oh, yeah.
14:38So, there's something crispy, crunchy in there.
14:41You know, something's been fried.
14:42There are 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.
14:55I'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.
15:10I'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 blocked mushrooms.
15:33I'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.
15:51We got 30 chips for this.
15:55Okay.
15:57All right, guys.
15:58We need to quickly generate a new challenge.
16:00Let's see what they are, shall we?
16:02Okay, so the first challenge is back up in Taipei.
16:08Okay.
16:0950% steel.
16:10So there are two steels on the board.
16:12Yeah.
16:13And they're closer to, actually, both of them.
16:16Yeah.
16:17Okay, we just got new challenges.
16:19Oh, my God.
16:20Is that another?
16:22Another 50% steel.
16:24North!
16:25It's in Taipei.
16:27It's in Taipei.
16:28Let's go.
16:29Two steels 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.
16:37So they'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.
16:45So let's get back to the station.
16:46There's a train, actually, Ben, in nine minutes.
16:50Yeah, let's go.
16:51Let's 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.
17:05Okay, so one, two, three, four.
17:07Starting there.
17:08Oh, back to right three.
17:11Angle backwards.
17:12One, two, three, four.
17:13Hard left.
17:14One, two, three.
17:15One, two, three.
17:17One, two, three.
17:17Do another press.
17:18Left one.
17:18Left three.
17:19One, two, 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.
17:27I 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.
17:33We're back in it, buddy.
17:34I'll tell you this.
17:35We have 50 chips in 53 stations.
17:38They have 45 chips in 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 worrying about that.
17:48No, no.
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're going to fail.
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.
18:20Amy's pretty diabolical.
18:21It's probably harder.
18:22That's why we love her.
18:24You ready?
18:25Ready.
18:26Three, two, one.
18:29Oh, this is 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.
18:42Well, 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.
18:57I'm ready.
18:57Go in this way.
19:20I'm sorry.
19:21You missed one.
19:26Which one?
19:26That does 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.
19:34I didn't know.
19:35That was trickier.
19:36Like, clearly you were good at it, and 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.
19:48Oh.
20:06Hello.
20:08Welcome to Tainan.
20:09Just as we were pulling in, received a text invisibly from Sam Denby.
20:13Failed.
20:16Let's go.
20:18Huge waste of time, boys.
20:21And that is a sweet way to end today.
20:24We should check what the new challenges are.
20:26Here's challenge one.
20:27Yeah, it's pretty near them.
20:29Okay.
20:29Well, that's a 50 coin.
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.
20:49Yeah.
20:49Let's see if we can figure out where it might possibly be.
20:52So, I do need to enter one more.
20:54So, it's towards them.
20:56From here, it's not very far.
20:57Yeah, that might be a first move.
20:59And then we go...
21:00And then Taipei.
21:01Taipei.
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.
21:13Yeah.
21:14Yes.
21:14It is about to be the end of the day.
21:16Are we ready?
21:18There we go.
21:19There we go.
21:20Okay.
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.
21:30Alas, it is 5.30.
21:32It is.
21:33So, this beautiful 7-Eleven will be our ending point.
21:36Day one.
21:36This oil is going to be so huge, though.
21:38We're going to steal all their coins.
21:40All 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.
21:46Good night.
21:46Good night.
21:47Well, now we are going to go to a really nice hotel because the conversion rate is really favorable to
21:52the U.S. 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 tomorrow 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 strategies.
22:15Mike and I are planning to use the looming threat of the steal to keep Ben and Adam off balance,
22:19but 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 immediately dumping
22:28ships as they try to claim the remaining open territory.
22:31How will it all go?
22:32Let's find out.
22:34Good morning.
22:36Our train is pulling in.
22:40It's here.
22:42It's 728.
22:43And it's 728.
22:44We can leave this spot in about two minutes.
22:48The conductor is, like, looking around.
22:50We just need to, like, look, you know, look like you're on your phone.
22:53You're trying to figure out if this is the right station.
22:56Okay, 15.
22:57All right, now I'm starting to feel kind of open.
22:585, 4, 3, 2, 1.
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 because 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 because we have some juicy steels on the
23:41board.
23:42Yeah.
23:42The reason we're not going for the steel in Taipei right now is that something involved with the challenge doesn't
23:47open until 10.
23:48Right.
23:50So 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 to 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, we do have to decide if we want to fortify
24:07any 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 it.
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.
24:25We'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.
24:32Because again, we'll be in our territory.
24:34And we can move freely.
24:35All right.
24:36Let's do it.
24:36Let's fortify.
24:37Let's put down two on each.
24:38And 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.
24:58But Michael just keeps taking the camera.
25:01And look, I'm not complaining.
25:02Because 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.
25:33So you get off first.
25:35So 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 lag tip did not work.
25:43Go, Sam.
25:43Go, go, go.
25:44They'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.
26:26Now...
26:26At least not yet.
26:27They're definitely encroaching further on our turf.
26:32Oh, yeah, it's beautiful.
26:34Oh, really?
26:37Oh, yeah.
26:38Should we thumbnail these?
26:39Thumbnail.
26:40No, it's not even good.
26:42It's not even working.
26:43It's not even good.
26:44Okay.
26:45All right, let's start stopping.
26:46Yeah.
26:54All right, where was it?
26:56It was right over here?
26:57It's there.
26:58It's by that nativity scene.
27:01All right, Benjamin.
27:02Let's see what our challenge is.
27:05Be alone in Xinyang.
27:12Be alone in the Xinyang district.
27:15Blurring strangers' faces is expensive.
27:17It's time to be alone.
27:19You must film one team member for 15 minutes straight with no other human beings or vehicles
27:24entering the frame.
27:25This team member must be at least one-eighth of a mile away from the camera, and the camera
27:29cannot be zoomed in at all.
27:31You get one attempt.
27:32If anyone else enters the frame after you start rolling, this challenge has failed.
27:35Let's look at a map and see if there's any spots that look...
27:39Yeah, like how far do we need to go to be really not...
27:43If you like look on the other side...
27:45Okay.
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, but it's 50 chips.
28:04I mean, it'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, right?
28:22Like, this is what I'm talking about.
28:24If you just went over there, but I went, right?
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.
28:39Yeah, I agree.
28:40I agree.
29:03Welcome 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.
29:13You know, Sam, I do.
29:14I do miss croissant.
29:15Oh, we should have some.
29:20Vending machine has trains.
29:23Oh, my gosh.
29:24See, we can get the high-speed rail.
29:28We've got steam trains.
29:29Oh, those are hefty.
29:30They're all packaged.
29:32That'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'd 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 do a failed another river thing.
29:46They're going to 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.
29:59Do the trains keep getting better?
30:00Look how cool this thing looks.
30:02Cool livery, too.
30:02I like the silver bottom.
30:10Cool.
30:11All right.
30:11So the stations on this line, do we want to do...
30:14I think...
30:15Just minimum.
30:16Yeah.
30:17Minimum chips down on each of these stations.
30:19Yeah.
30:19And keep flexible.
30:20Yeah.
30:21I don't think any of this is vital or blocking much.
30:24You're right here.
30:32I mean, there are people...
30:34Oh, that's pretty cool.
30:34Look at that temple.
30:36It's beautiful.
30:37We're working on it right now.
30:38Wow.
30:39Well, 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.
30:46I 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?
30:55All right.
30:56Be careful.
30:57Yeah.
30:58Yeah.
30:58This is good.
30:591x lens this way.
31:03Cramed down here.
31:05And I'll stand over there.
31:07You take the camera.
31:08I'm going to walk over there.
31:09I might have to, like, take my shoes off and kind of wade.
31:13All righty.
31:14Good luck.
31:16Whoa.
31:16Oh, 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, it's pretty mucky.
31:37No, I definitely can't do that.
31:38Hook up.
31:39New plan.
31:40New plan.
31:43New plan.
31:51So, welcome to Taichung.
31:54Wow.
31:55Oh, there's a station.
31:57Wow, there'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, yeah.
32:10All right.
32:10Well, they're still challenging, seemingly.
32:12Okay.
32:12So, it's a, seemingly a pretty long one.
32:15All right.
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.
32:30Oh, there are stairs.
32:32Oh, 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, yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:59I see you.
33:00Yeah.
33:00I see you for sure.
33:02Yeah, okay.
33:02This is easily 200.
33:04This is, like, more like a quarter mile, because 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, basically,
33:14the grass.
33:15Yeah, yeah, just angle it down.
33:16So, now, I go back to one.
33:20Oh, man.
33:22I mean, look, 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.
33:36But just through Zoom.
33:37There's Adam.
33:39And now, we're going to take it down here.
33:46And look, unless we run into a real maniac here, no one else is coming into this frame.
33:52All right, I'm going to start the timer.
33:54Go for it.
33:55Ready?
33:56Yep.
33:5715 minutes starts now.
34:01All right, well, 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.
34:21Play boba blow darts.
34:28Play boba blow darts.
34:30Welcome to Chong 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 shop before you play.
34:50If you run out of boba before reaching your predicted number,
34:52then you earn nothing, and this challenge is failed.
34:55Oh, no.
34:56Oh, yes.
34:57Oh, no.
34:57Well, let's start by ordering some boba.
35:00How about let's order two, because I want one for myself.
35:03Yeah.
35:03Wow, it's beautiful.
35:06Ooh.
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.
35:48Hey, hello?
35:4830 seconds left.
35:49Almost there.
35:51All right.
35:51All right, here we go.
35:59And that's that.
36:03Benjamin.
36:04All right.
36:04We've earned 50 wonderful chips.
36:08And 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.
36:35Okay, where's the other one?
36:36The other one is...
36:38It's back up north.
36:39It's in, like, Sinshu.
36:40They can get to Sinshu on the high speed, too.
36:43Yeah, these 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.
36:55The other one is back in the direction we want to go.
36:57That's literally where we just were.
36:59My one fear with this is it coaxes them north.
37:01I mean, I think it'd be a mistake to try to go up past them.
37:05No, I think they've got to.
37:06We've still got to go to Taichung, 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 Taichung.
37:22Look, there's a train in 20 minutes down to Taichung.
37:26We need to get on it.
37:26All right, let's get out of here.
37:29F***.
37:31Not what I like to see.
37:32No!
37:33Ten.
37:34Take out number 45.
37:37Okay, let's walk.
37:39All right, we'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.
37:51No, I think 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.
37:59All right.
37:59Boba 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.
38:10That was a ball.
38:11Okay, dog clip this.
38:13My gosh, look at this little doggy.
38:15Look at these dogs.
38:16Look at these dogs.
38:17Oh, they love smelling the exhaust from coming from that car.
38:20Hi, doggies.
38:21Just to bring it up.
38:50Just to bring it up.
38:51Let's go.
38:52Let's book to Pingtung because we need to get a reservation.
38:57Hello.
38:57Oh, we want a book on the Limited Express to Pingtung.
39:02Xinying to Pingtung.
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...
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 won't call our shot ass.
39:47All right, I need to get rid of all this ice.
39:49So we've had a boba ball counting challenge before.
39:52Everybody out.
39:54All right, make clips of 10.
39:555, 6, 7, 8, 9.
40:00No.
40:02No.
40:03No.
40:03No.
40:04Those were bigger balls, but also a bigger drink.
40:08So 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.
40:25Right.
40:25That's way too much.
40:2610?
40:26That would do us.
40:27Or do we, because 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, with no practice.
40:36Yeah.
40:37I don't want to be too risk-averse, but 8, I tend to think that we're either going to
40:41get 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.
40:5310.
40:54How about 10?
40:5410.
40:55Even 10.
40:56Okay.
40:56All right, let's set up 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 did 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, you 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 disgusting.
41:32That is pretty gross.
41:35Oh, that hit my finger.
41:38I 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 the map is going
41:58to change.
41:59Here's the thing.
42:00We don't actually have to decide yet.
42:02No, let'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.
42:20We'll be on this for a while.
42:33Oh, I hit my thumb.
42:36Oh, 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.
42:48Okay, we can get this.
42:49Left-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.
43:18This is like my big moment.
43:20Oh, s***.
43:21Oh, 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 100.
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 is the next call of your shot get overly lucky.
44:11No.
44:11We got our momentum back.
44:12We're back in this.
44:14That 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.
44:26It's getting juicy.
44:26What's annoying now is that they aren't closer.
44:29I'll take 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 Calcian.
44:48Oh.
44:49What is it?
44:50It's a 45% 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 Calcian.
44:59We definitely want to get out of Calcian so that we can boost our balance before we hit
45:02the multiplier.
45:03Boom, boom.
45:04But this does, I think, clarify for us that we definitely just want to go to Calcian.
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
45:25our 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.
45:35And 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
45:45side of the city.
45:46Yeah.
45:46I mean, we just generated 30 chips.
45:48If we go down and drop one on each station, that's 20 stations.
45:53We'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.
46:00The one thing is, since apparently express trains are the only ones we need seat reservations
46:04on, so we've got to find someone at the station.
46:07So let's see if we can do that quickly.
46:12Hi.
46:13Can I get a seat reservation for a...
46:20No standing ticket?
46:21Do you know what the next one is?
46:27Okay.
46:28We will think about it.
46:29We'll come back.
46:32That's annoying, because that was a really good train.
46:34So 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 place,
46:46And getting this challenge is a 55-point challenge.
46:49Okay.
46:50So let's keep moving that way.
46:51Okay.
46:51So should we try to get that ticket?
46:53Yeah.
46:54We'll 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.
47:19Hopefully.
47:20Does this look crazy?
47:21It's us chatting back to back.
47:47All right, Ben.
47:48We are about to arrive at the station.
47:53This station is both a low and high-speed station, so 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.
48:21Yeah, 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.
48:33It'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.
48:41That is not good.
48:43Basically, 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.
48:57Should we just do minimum deposit on this route?
48:59I think minimum deposits.
49:01I think middle oil lock.
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.
49:44There'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.
49:58And 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.
50:14You 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
50:22spotted, but 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.
50:33Two coins per monkey.
50:34Monkeys.
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 where you see the monkeys.
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?
51:04Well, but look.
51:04Just 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.
51:34Okay.
51:3540 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.
51:41All right.
51:41Listen, we 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?
52:06One hundred million thousand.
52:08That's not even a real number.
52:10No, there's going to be two.
52:11You're cooked.
52:13You're cooked.
52:14Okay.
52:14Layover podcast, you should listen to it because I'm going to talk about how cooked they're going to be on
52:18Monkey Mountain and 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, and 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.
52:36Then what else should they watch or listen to?
52:38I would recommend going to check out Lindsay Ellis' newest video essay about South Park, about the media ethics of
52:47South Park.
52:48A great, nostalgic video essay.
52:52Very funny.
52:52Very interesting.
52:54Yeah, if you like a video essay, no one does it like Lindsay, so go check that out.
52:58Also on Nebula while you're here.
53:00Thanks for watching on Nebula.
53:02Bye!
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