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Jet Lag: The Game - Season 17 - Episode 03: Spinning Out
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00:00Hello and welcome back to episode 3 of our 5-day race to claim all the train stations in Taiwan.
00:05We're only halfway through day 2, but the map is already starting to fill up fast.
00:09Last episode, Mike and I made the risky decision of backtracking through our own territory
00:14to get to a challenge that Ben and Adam failed yesterday, and we... also failed.
00:19Fortunately, things turned around for us pretty quickly when some new challenges dropped on the map right where we happened
00:23to be.
00:24We knocked one out right away, earning 30 chips, and now we're on our way back north on an unclaimed
00:29line.
00:29Locking down new stations and further fortifying the top of the map for our team.
00:34Ben and Adam have continued heading south, making it all the way down to the major city of Kaohsiung.
00:38They're about to start a call-your-shot challenge at Monkey Mountain,
00:41where they predicted that they're going to see 40 monkeys in 40 minutes.
00:45If they see any fewer monkeys than that, they'll earn nothing.
00:48But if they can pull it off, they'll walk away with 80 chips in a prime position
00:52to claim a lot of untouched territory on the East Coast.
00:55So, let's see if they can do it.
00:58We are calling our shot.
01:00We are going to see at least 40 monkeys.
01:04Our shot has been called.
01:06Our timer will start when we step on...
01:09To the trail.
01:10To the trail.
01:11That's... I like... I like... It's a monkey a minute.
01:13A monkey a minute.
01:14A monkey a minute, Benjamin.
01:15Let's go see some monkeys.
01:18Oh, God.
01:20These are very uphill.
01:21Have they had to do any challenges where you have to go uphill?
01:25I don't think they have.
01:27Why are we getting all of them?
01:51Oh, we're about to pass the roundhouse.
01:55Oh, I love them.
01:57Which is the other one?
01:58Oh, yeah.
01:59This is where they harvest the wind.
02:02Oh, they grow it.
02:03Right.
02:04And they have to harvest it at the end of the season.
02:10Perfect.
02:12Woo!
02:13Welcome to Henshub.
02:13The challenge is at a zoo.
02:17Oh.
02:18So it's got to be another animal once.
02:20We've been on a bit of a roll with animal challenges,
02:22which is not normally how it's been with jet lag for me.
02:24So something's different this season.
02:27Hopefully we keep that up.
02:30We've dropped off our bags at the lockers.
02:33Feeling free.
02:34And the sunshine means it's a good time.
02:37The jet lag hat.
02:38Don't forget to check out the website for merch.
02:40Oh, this is the cutest station we've been in yet.
02:43It is.
02:44And I'm going to be honest, it is nice not having a backpack on.
02:48We should do this more.
02:50We can do it without just jumping.
02:52Oh, wow.
02:53I'm ready for the zoo.
02:55Oh, God.
02:55I really wish there had been lockers.
02:59It's so steep.
03:01Oh, my God.
03:07You can see how high we've gotten.
03:10Yeah.
03:12Oh, my God.
03:13There's more.
03:16This is not right.
03:20What they're doing to us.
03:25All right.
03:26Well, the stairs are gone.
03:27But, Ben, we are seven minutes in, and we are at zero monkeys.
03:31But we made it up here.
03:33It's true.
03:34We made it up, which surely has got to be a huge part of the battle.
03:37Oh.
03:38Oh.
03:39We got one monkey.
03:41Are there any other monkeys?
03:46There are no other monkeys around?
03:48No, that was just one.
03:49Maybe everyone hates that one.
03:51Well, this is very damaging to our theory that they're going to be in huge groups.
03:55Ten minutes in, one monkey.
03:58One monkey.
03:58Not very good.
04:00Look at the...
04:01Just scooters everywhere.
04:05It's a railroad park.
04:08These three are front ends of trains or locomotives.
04:11That's a steam train locomotive.
04:13Hey, Michael, that's another train.
04:17All right.
04:19Animals.
04:20Zoo to the left.
04:22I think they're turning left up here.
04:25Oh.
04:26Got it.
04:26Oh.
04:28Oh, there's one.
04:31Okay.
04:32That's two.
04:33Do you see more?
04:34Well, I heard some rustling.
04:35Because there's a little baby one there.
04:38Hi, baby.
04:38Oh, my God.
04:40That baby is so cute.
04:42Okay.
04:42That's three.
04:43Okay.
04:44Four.
04:47Four.
04:48Oh, that's five.
04:52Oh, Adam.
04:57There.
04:58That's six.
05:00Okay.
05:00Can you get enough?
05:01Did you?
05:02There's two babies.
05:03It's back.
05:03Oh, there.
05:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:04Okay.
05:06Seven.
05:09Okay.
05:10That's eight.
05:12There's another...
05:13Oh, nine.
05:16That's nine.
05:33Nine's pretty good, so we're on track.
05:34Should we keep going?
05:36I mean...
05:36I think we should keep going up.
05:37Okay, maybe let's pop down this little trail.
05:39Yeah, yeah.
05:45No.
05:47This does not seem very fruitful.
05:49I'm not really hearing the rustling.
05:51Yeah.
05:52Okay, you want to go back?
05:53That's abandoned us.
05:56I think we just...
05:57Just keep going.
05:58Yeah, this way or that way?
05:59I think let's keep going this way.
06:00We just need to find another pocket of monkeys.
06:03What do you think about this?
06:05Maybe.
06:06Oh.
06:11No.
06:12No.
06:14I don't hear any rustling.
06:18I like that.
06:19All right.
06:20It's like worse.
06:22Okay.
06:26Okay.
06:27No.
06:29I feel like we need more of the bigger trees.
06:32Yeah.
06:32Maybe we should have stayed in that area where we've seen so many.
06:35And we're hitting a bit of a monkey dry spot.
06:38Oh, I see monkeys.
06:40Oh, is it just an outdoor free zoo in the park?
06:43Maybe this is the free section of the zoo.
06:46How do the monkeys not get out?
06:47Oh, maybe that's the entrance.
06:50Okay.
06:51Here, I'll film you.
06:52So, our challenge.
06:54Drum roll, please.
06:58Catch an animal eating.
07:04Catch an animal eating.
07:06Welcome to Sinshu Zoo.
07:08Within 20 minutes of entering the zoo, get footage of an animal eating.
07:12You may not feed the animal yourself and may not consult any online feeding schedules.
07:16If you do not find any eating animal within 20 minutes, this challenge is failed.
07:21Okay.
07:22We have a little bit of experience with that yesterday.
07:24Yeah.
07:24At the cat village.
07:25So, what I want to do is go to the Starbucks over there and film a human eating.
07:29Like, that's in the zoo there.
07:31There's people sitting at a table eating right there.
07:34I would argue that we've completed the challenge right now.
07:38The audience, however, would not accept that.
07:41Because the audience, for some crazy reason, does not think that animals are humans.
07:44Aren't humans animals?
07:46Under any definition, humans are animals, right?
07:49Humans are animals.
07:51God damn it.
07:52It's probably our oversight.
08:00The audience believes we're looking for something different.
08:03Yeah.
08:03Which is fair.
08:04I do understand it.
08:06All right.
08:06Before we go in, let's strategize.
08:08I'm kind of feeling like big animals that munch on vegetarian animals.
08:14Yeah.
08:15Panda?
08:15Like llamas.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Sheep.
08:17Goats.
08:18Yeah.
08:19Because they just, like, munch on leaves constantly.
08:21Do you want to, like, speed walk through?
08:24Yeah.
08:24Okay.
08:24All right.
08:25Okay.
08:25Go on.
08:29Oh, there's another monkey.
08:32That's 10 right there.
08:33That's 10 right there.
08:35Okay.
08:36Oh.
08:37I heard wrestling.
08:38I heard wrestling.
08:39Yeah.
08:40Up in the tree.
08:40You see it?
08:41No.
08:43Oh, yep, yep.
08:4411.
08:46Okay.
08:46That's 11.
08:47Okay.
08:47Oh, baby.
08:49Baby.
08:51Okay.
08:5212.
08:54Okay, wait, wait.
08:5513.
08:55Two more.
08:56Yep.
08:5814 there.
08:59See those two?
09:00Yep.
09:0315 and 16.
09:05Oh, we're doing great.
09:07Definitely in a good monkey zone.
09:1016.
09:1016.
09:11We've definitely entered the monkey zone.
09:14Oh, oh, oh.
09:1517.
09:1817.
09:20You get that one?
09:21There's another one.
09:22Okay.
09:2217.
09:23So this is 18, right?
09:25Yeah, but I definitely hear ones in here.
09:27That's 18.
09:29We're now 18 minutes in with 18 marks.
09:32We need to find another one.
09:34Oh, yep, yep.
09:35There's two up there.
09:36Nice.
09:38One, two.
09:40Okay, so that puts us at 20.
09:41Oh, oh, there's two babies.
09:44Yes.
09:46Double babies.
09:48Yep.
09:48Two babies.
09:49That's 22.
09:50Oh, oh, I think that's another one.
09:53Yeah, yeah, there's a third baby.
09:55Okay.
09:57Okay, 23, Ben.
09:5923.
10:10He's still going to be a lot here,
10:11a lot better at this than I am,
10:12so I'm mostly kind of trusting your eye.
10:21It seems like this.
10:24Is that, no, actually, wait.
10:27Shushan open air viewing platform.
10:29It's honestly kind of hard to tell
10:30which way is going to be better.
10:31This way is closer to the monkey rocks.
10:34I think this way is going to be better.
10:37Okay, we got 15 minutes left, Ben.
10:39Okay.
10:40We just need another, like, really good...
10:42I know.
10:43...pocket of monkeys.
10:44We need 17 more monkeys.
10:47It's honestly crazy how close this might turn out.
10:49Okay.
10:50Let's start and then look at the map.
10:51Not monkeys.
10:52All right, ready to start?
10:54Grazing animals, yes.
10:55Serengeti.
10:56Serengeti.
10:57Hippo pony deer.
10:58I feel good about those.
10:59Yes.
11:00I think they're far corner.
11:02Not bears, not tigers.
11:05So let's go to the far corner?
11:06Yeah.
11:06Okay, so we follow, like, this way.
11:07Okay, let's go.
11:09Oh, they're right here.
11:10Where's he eating?
11:10Right there.
11:11Are you kidding me?
11:12I'm not kidding.
11:13Right away.
11:14Oh, my God.
11:17Look at that.
11:18They're eating.
11:19He's eating right here.
11:24Oh, yes.
11:27Oh, it's a mama.
11:27Thank you, mama.
11:28It only took us 20 seconds.
11:31Oh.
11:32Sam, are we back?
11:36Not fully.
11:38We are back-er.
11:39We're back-er, baby.
11:41Oh.
11:42Oh.
11:45We just unlocked another challenge.
11:47A new challenge on the map.
11:48Yeah, so let's generate that.
11:49Oh, no.
11:51It's right down there.
11:52It's, like, worst possible location for us.
11:54Yeah, it's not in our map quadrant.
11:56This makes me think that it might be time to beeline it for Taipei.
12:00I think so.
12:00Get in the area of the steel, and as they rack up all these chips, collect as many stations
12:05as we can on the way.
12:07Express would be good.
12:08There's one in 26 minutes that we can try to get tickets for, because I think that would
12:11take us on a line where we'd have to take some of the airs, but, you know.
12:16Well, that's even better.
12:18Are we going a productive way?
12:20I think so.
12:28Um.
12:31It's hard to tell what's going to be better.
12:33I think this is going to be marginally better.
12:40Oh, my God.
12:42Oh, it's a monkey drove.
12:44Oh, my God.
12:45That's so many monkeys.
12:46One, two.
12:48How many monkeys is that?
12:49Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
12:55eighteen, nineteen.
12:58That's enough, Ben.
13:02The monkey balloons of the century.
13:06Oh, my gosh.
13:09That is 80 chips.
13:12Wow.
13:12In the bank.
13:13Wow.
13:15Wow, wow, wow.
13:17That's a lot of monkeys.
13:19Okay, let's get the hell off Monkey Mountain.
13:21Yeah.
13:22Oh, they found, they got 80.
13:2580?
13:2680 on Call Your Shot.
13:27Wow, good for them.
13:29We went conservative.
13:30They went big.
13:31I mean, at least that's more that we can steal from them later, hopefully, but still.
13:35What's the new challenge?
13:37The new challenge is 110 chips.
13:39Holy moly.
13:40Yeah.
13:41It's, um, it's up.
13:42It's like at the end of a mountain line.
13:45This one is worth 110 coins?
13:47Yeah, that one takes a really long time to get to, which I imagine is why.
13:51Okay.
13:52It's worth that much?
13:53Does that change our calculations at all?
13:55Honestly, I don't think so.
13:56I think that the multiplier is going to be huge for us now.
14:00Yeah.
14:05Okay, well, we made it off of Monkey Mountain.
14:08What are they up to?
14:10Ooh, they got 55 chips at the Sinchu Zoo.
14:14Damn.
14:15Oh, f***.
14:16All right, let's see what, uh, what the next challenge is.
14:20All right, it's a 50 chip challenge.
14:22Yeah.
14:23Oh, it's close.
14:23Oh, it's close to us.
14:25Nice.
14:26I mean, theoretically, it's on the way to the multiplier.
14:30Oh, it's even closer.
14:31These are like two stations apart.
14:32I think that we do this, right?
14:35More chips to multiply.
14:36Just push, just push our chips up even more and then we multiply.
14:39We just got to find something to spend the chips on.
14:41Well, yeah, we can't just be sitting with an insane balance when there are two Steels on
14:46the board, one of which they're quite close to.
14:48This means to me even more reason for us to start fortifying this line on our way to the
14:55next step.
14:56Yeah, I agree.
14:56That's good if, like, we've kind of got Kaohsiung under our control.
15:01It's not a great vibe for two white people to come to Taiwan and talk about how they're
15:05taking parts of it under their control.
15:08I'm sure they're delighted to have us be in charge of Kaohsiung.
15:12We would do a great job.
15:14Heck.
15:15Heck.
15:16Two it.
15:17How many stations do we got to go to get to this next challenge?
15:21Uh, it's like 19.
15:23I think we 2X them.
15:24I feel good about 2X.
15:26It's like, you know, we've just thrown down some sludge, you know?
15:30Slurred down some what?
15:32Some sludge.
15:33Oh, some sludge.
15:34Yeah, dude.
15:35That's like a way to sort of think about it.
15:36It's like, oh, they can't go through there.
15:39There's some sludge.
15:40Shoot, man.
15:41There's sludge there.
15:42I really am worried about...
15:44Yeah.
15:44Can we check where they are?
15:45Are they on their way to Taipei?
15:47Because I'm...
15:47What we got to do is we got to keep an eye out.
15:49Back to the station quickly.
15:51And hopefully we can catch our express train.
15:54I think it's probably worth it.
15:55Knowing that if they're going for the multiple right now,
15:58they're going to beat us regardless.
15:59Right.
16:00So as opposed to doing high-speed train,
16:02which would then...
16:03We would miss all the stations in the middle.
16:05It's definitely worth flipping the stations.
16:06But it could get us there faster.
16:07Yes.
16:08But these are decisions that will matter.
16:11Oh, yeah.
16:11It's just hard to know what was right in the moment.
16:13No, we are into the game now.
16:15The audience will tell us in the comments.
16:16They'll... yeah.
16:17They'll tell us how we were wrong in the moment.
16:19Well, we're about to find out in the next four minutes
16:21of how we screwed up, probably.
16:23Yeah.
16:27No, they're still at the station.
16:28We don't know which way they're going yet.
16:30Okay.
16:32So we transfer twice.
16:34Three stops here.
16:35Then we transfer to the Limited Express.
16:38Then we transfer again.
16:39Okay.
16:40But it's all very efficient transfers.
16:52Then I have some bad news,
16:54which is that I just realized
16:57that the train that we're supposed to get on
16:58is a Limited Express,
16:59which we need a reservation for.
17:00It leaves in six minutes.
17:02I actually don't even know
17:02if you can get a reservation six minutes before.
17:05But we're going to go to a counter and try.
17:07Okay.
17:07We need to find a ticket counter.
17:10Probably out here.
17:11Okay.
17:15Oh, I didn't worry.
17:18I didn't worry it was jammed.
17:20All right.
17:21Take a counter.
17:21Pray for a seat reservation.
17:23Hello.
17:24Hi.
17:24Can we get two seat reservations for this train?
17:27I do not think our odds are good, actually.
17:30Let's start looking at other options
17:32if we can get on this train.
17:34There's a fast local train at 126.
17:37Okay.
17:37So we would lose about 40 minutes.
17:40Not great.
17:40Anyhow.
17:42You want a book, uh,
17:44you want a express?
17:47Come on, dog.
17:49Come on, dog.
17:51Oh, sorry.
17:52Sold out.
17:53Oh, sold out.
17:55Any standing?
17:56No, no standing.
17:57Sold out.
17:59He's doing this.
18:01Okay.
18:02Okay.
18:02Okay.
18:05Hell yeah, dude.
18:05That's platform 1A.
18:10Okay.
18:11Platform 1A.
18:12Three minutes.
18:14Here we go.
18:15Wine 1A.
18:21Okay.
18:32I'll say them letting me reserve a seat three minutes before the train comes.
18:37That's some advanced technology.
18:39That's crazy.
18:49When's the next one?
18:50109.
18:51109.
18:51It's only 20 minutes later.
18:53So let's at least get the things.
18:54Yeah.
18:55We can just decide.
18:58Okay.
18:59So no seats.
19:00These trains are just packed.
19:01Yeah.
19:02But we'd have to wait until 109 to take that.
19:06Is that worth it?
19:06You're saying the other option is go to the other station and take a high-speed rail?
19:10Yes.
19:11But not flip the stations on the way?
19:13Yes.
19:13And we would need to decide like right, right now.
19:17I think we should flip the stations.
19:19We want to have as many stations as possible.
19:21Sure, they can flip it, but it makes it twice as expensive.
19:23Three minutes to flip a bunch of stations because that's a two-point swing.
19:27Yes.
19:28Because they lose them.
19:29And we sort of start to build the north as our zone.
19:33Yes.
19:33And I think that might be how we shape up is the north is ours, the south is the fuel.
19:37And there is potentially a scenario in which them gaining more of a balance before we seal
19:42this pool.
19:42Yep.
19:43I think it's worth it for 35-minute difference.
19:46Yeah.
19:47Okay.
19:47Let's do that.
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20:19Oh, this is a great standing room.
20:22I'll come here because you can see down to the tracks.
20:26Awesome.
20:28Drop it.
20:55They were waiting around at Sinshu for quite a while.
20:58They're on the move.
20:59They've finally left.
21:00What are they doing?
21:01It's the low speed.
21:02Look.
21:03Oh, they're taking our territory, these bastards.
21:06It's going to cost them.
21:07But that is annoying.
21:09Yeah, that flips.
21:10I mean, that flips a lot.
21:11I mean, that's like, what?
21:12Like, 18 stations or something.
21:14And you've got to keep in mind it's a two-point swing for everyone that they flip.
21:17Right, right.
21:18I think that's actually going to put them in the lead.
21:20That hoists.
21:21Oh, that hoists.
21:23It's okay.
21:23We're going to flip it all back.
21:25Oh, of course.
21:31And this also, Ben, means that they are headed to Taipei where the steel is.
21:35So things could be about to get very, very dicey.
21:43You know, it really is a good reminder that having a station is just not being the little
21:48state yards.
21:49These stations aren't loyal at all.
21:51We paid them a whole chip to be in our territory.
21:55And they said, you know, it's good until someone comes along with two chips.
22:00I'll tell you that, like, it makes me more interested and, like, we should be fortifying
22:04more.
22:04What do you think about if we started putting down five right now?
22:07I mean, we're only going to hit two stations on the way to the next challenge, but I think
22:11we should still.
22:13Hopefully, we can get on another train after this challenge.
22:17And keep shedding.
22:18And keep dropping chips before they are able to do the steel.
22:23Because also, again, I will say, they could fail it.
22:27They could.
22:28Hey, they could.
22:29The steels are designed to be very difficult.
22:33Oh, I'm starting to get norbus.
22:51All right, Mike.
22:52I have a collection of bad news.
22:55Okay.
22:57Thing number one, the train's delayed.
23:00And I checked, there must be an issue with the line, because, like, all the trains out
23:06of this station are stopped.
23:08They're all stopping here.
23:09We're just, like, and they're putting down fives.
23:11Are we getting Deutsche Bahn in Taiwan?
23:13I don't think we're there yet.
23:15I don't think we're there yet.
23:17But this could be the start.
23:20Oh, we're going to open this door.
23:24I don't know why people are getting off.
23:26Um, that's not a good sign.
23:29Let's go with the door.
23:31We're trying to go to Taipei.
23:32Oh.
23:33Okay, it's delayed?
23:34Yes.
23:35Yeah.
23:36Do you know how long?
23:38I don't know.
23:38No.
23:39No one knows that.
23:40Okay.
23:40Okay.
23:41It's nothing.
23:42Normally.
23:42Not normally delayed.
23:44Just a jet lag special.
23:46Yeah.
23:47Yeah.
24:00All right, Ben.
24:01We got, uh, 25 minutes to do this challenge and get back.
24:05Okay.
24:05It's seven minutes away.
24:07So not a lot of time.
24:18A little speed walk.
24:20It's a jet lag classic.
24:22I mean, we have, uh.
24:23That Monkey Mountain.
24:24Yeah, the Monkey Mountain.
24:26I think running is really not on the menu post-Monkey Mountain.
24:29Oh.
24:29Ben, I will point something out to you.
24:32They have been stopped for quite a while.
24:34Okay, that's good.
24:35I think that their train might be delayed.
24:37Anything that can slow them down from getting to that steal is, yeah, fine by me.
24:42You're going to close it?
24:43Don't, don't, don't, don't celebrate yet.
24:46Don't celebrate yet.
24:47Don't tempt fate.
24:49Come on.
24:50Come on.
24:52Come on.
24:55Come on.
24:56Why are the doors closed?
24:58But then we no go.
24:59You tempted fate.
25:00I, fate was happening.
25:03No.
25:03I didn't tempt it.
25:04You have, you have, you need to, you clearly don't have enough jet lag.
25:07I have no chill, Sam.
25:10It's not moving still.
25:12I think I see what looks like a challenge location.
25:16That looks like it's where we're headed.
25:21It is at the Rainbow Steps, Benjamin.
25:24Fabulous.
25:25Okay.
25:25Are you ready to find out what our challenge is?
25:28I am.
25:29Got our envelope right here.
25:30Our challenge is demonstrate synesthesia.
25:39Demonstrate synesthesia.
25:40For the purposes of this game, each step on the Rainbow Steps will represent a different color.
25:44The bottom blue step will represent light blue.
25:47The middle will represent medium blue.
25:49The top will represent dark blue.
25:50And so on.
25:51One team member will be given a number of color assignments.
25:54For each, they have 30 seconds to think of one word to convey the right color to their partner.
25:59Their partner must go to the right step to put in their guess.
26:02They must successfully get five of seven correct or the challenge has failed.
26:06Who wants to be who?
26:08I feel like your brain works faster than my brain.
26:12Maybe.
26:13I feel like you're going to come up with better words.
26:15Okay.
26:16I can try it.
26:17I'm really scared.
26:19Ready, Ben?
26:19I'm ready.
26:20Dijon.
26:23Um.
26:24Dijon.
26:27To me, this, this mustard would be dark yellow.
26:34Ben, that is correct.
26:36Yeah.
26:37Next one is, um.
26:47Ah.
26:48All right, let's, come on.
26:50Be, be, be so for real right now.
26:52Oh, come on.
26:52That's it.
26:53Here we go.
26:53That's it.
26:54There we go.
26:55That's it.
26:57Here we go.
26:58All right.
26:59Well, that was a delay.
27:01I think that was about 30 minutes.
27:03Just enough time for them to accumulate more chips before we steal.
27:08Yeah.
27:11Yeah.
27:12Yeah.
27:13Yeah.
27:13Yeah.
27:15Yeah.
27:15Yeah.
27:21Mint.
27:22A mint leaf is dark green, but like the flavor I feel like is most often associated with light green.
27:31It's kind of a toss up in terms of what you mean, but I'm going to go light green.
27:36Ben, that is correct.
27:37Okay, great.
27:38Sorry.
27:39I knew that was a problem with mint, but I couldn't think of anything better.
27:42No, it's okay.
27:42Okay.
27:46Ocean.
27:48Ocean.
27:49Like in my mind, I imagine oceans as being like dark blue, but I also think that there's a lot
27:57of things that are dark blue and oceans could ostensibly be medium blue.
28:02And that's a lot harder to think of a word for.
28:05So maybe this is, maybe I'm overthinking it, but I'm going medium blue.
28:10And you nailed my exact thought process.
28:13Yes.
28:14Okay.
28:16Um, a peach.
28:18Peach.
28:18Peaches would pretty reliably be in the sort of pink family.
28:23So I'm going light red.
28:25Light red is correct.
28:26Okay.
28:26We only need one more and we have three more tries.
28:29We're doing really good.
28:31Our brains are linked up.
28:32Sprout.
28:33Sprout.
28:34Sprout.
28:34To me, if I'm imagining a sprout, like if I imagine like a sprout emoji, I think that's just like
28:40pretty middle of the road green.
28:44So I'm going medium green.
28:46It was light green again.
28:48Ah, I couldn't reuse the word.
28:50Yeah.
28:50Okay.
28:51We just got to get one of these next two.
28:54Um.
28:57Lemon.
28:58I suppose a lemon could really fall into any of the three yellows.
29:01But again, if I'm imagining a really classic lemon, that is just, it's basically this color.
29:07It is medium yellow.
29:09Medium yellow.
29:10Let's go.
29:11All right.
29:14Let's go.
29:15Let's get out of here and get to that multiplier before they can get our asses.
29:19All right.
29:19Let's kick it.
29:20We got eight minutes and it's a seven minute walk.
29:23Okay.
29:23Beautiful.
29:37We've been at this station a while too.
29:39Yeah, that, so that's, that's news number one.
29:42We've been waiting at this station for a little while.
29:45We just got news from Adam.
29:47Oh.
29:47They earned 50 that fast.
29:50They earned 50 chips.
29:52And they just got there.
29:54I mean, in fairness, we just did that, but.
29:56But they did it, so it's bad.
29:57Yes.
29:58They just bring up a new challenge on the board.
30:00Yeah, let's check.
30:01F***ing hell.
30:03Is it near them?
30:04It's near them.
30:04Oh my gosh, it's so near them.
30:06Oh, I mean, that steel is literally like exactly where they are now, I think.
30:11Oh God.
30:12Oh my God.
30:13It's like right there.
30:14Right where?
30:16We might want to get off.
30:17Here, wait, take this.
30:18We could take the metro to it from here.
30:21Let's go.
30:21Wait, wait, wait, wait.
30:22Let me, let me double check this.
30:34Let's go.
30:34I cannot believe that steel.
30:37I mean, they are just outside of Talion City.
30:42It feels pretty singly inevitable that they are going to steal some of our coins.
30:48Let's go steal their coins.
30:50Because this train isn't moving.
30:51No.
30:52Who knows how long we'll be here?
30:53It's a 17-minute walk, and then it's, like, a 15-minute train.
30:56Let's go.
30:57Do we do it?
30:58Yeah.
30:59Okay.
31:00I think this makes sense.
31:02Because I think what this can do, maybe, is take enough balance from them
31:07to stop them from going up the East Coast.
31:12Yeah.
31:13Which I think we want.
31:15Of course we do.
31:18Nice.
31:19This is pretty.
31:20Okay, classic jet lag chaos.
31:22If we hadn't been delayed, we would have been past this point,
31:25and we wouldn't have come back and done this.
31:27Yeah.
31:28We were literally at the station that transfers to the line
31:31to get to this challenge in, like, 30 minutes.
31:35You see?
31:36Sometimes bad luck is good luck.
31:39Sometimes.
31:40Or it's just jet lag game flips all the time.
31:44It really does.
31:58Where are they?
31:58I think they might still be stopped.
32:00No, they got off the train.
32:02I wonder if they're transferring to, like, a metro or something to get to that steel.
32:07That must be what they're doing.
32:08Yeah.
32:08So, our next stop on this route, we're going to go for the multiplier.
32:12Is there any argument to be made that we shouldn't do it because it will give them more?
32:17No, no.
32:17Because here's the thing.
32:19The steel would give them half of our chips.
32:21And I would say that there's about a 50% chance that they succeed.
32:25So, our expected value on these chips right now is still 75%.
32:30I think we just have to really hope that they fail.
32:33Things are getting dicey, I would say.
32:35It's exciting, at least.
32:37It is.
32:37I hope.
32:38Are you having fun?
32:39Are you having fun watching the show?
32:41I hope you're enjoying the show.
32:43I hope you're enjoying watching us get really stressed out on the show.
32:46I feel like things were a little too chill for a while.
32:48But, you know, it doesn't have to be stressful for you.
32:51You could pause, go get some popcorn.
32:52Hey, get a little bit of popcorn.
32:53You know, a little bathroom, make a refreshing beverage.
32:56Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
32:57And just really take it at your speed.
32:59We can't take it at our speed.
33:01No, our speed has to be very fast.
33:03Our speed has to be the highest.
33:05Very, very cute street.
33:08Taiwan's been great.
33:10Clean, safe, colorful, tasty and delicious so far.
33:15So tasty.
33:17Okay, we'll enter this up here.
33:18Take the train towards Taipei Main Station.
33:21But we're only going four stops.
33:24Oh, I hope it's an easy steal.
33:26This will be juicy.
33:29I'm trying not to get too ahead of myself.
33:31This could be the single highest points that we get.
33:36That'd be like 60 plus.
33:37And you have to keep in mind that you really have to consider it twice that.
33:40Since they lose.
33:41Exactly.
33:42So it'd be like 120.
33:46Could be time.
33:48Could be the move.
33:49Challenge hot mode.
33:51Uh-oh.
33:52Now you need business.
33:55So you never know where we're going to be next in jet lag.
33:58I like the purple.
33:59The lilac is, uh...
34:01It's very soothing.
34:02Very calm.
34:03I don't want to be soothed.
34:04I want to take, like, smelling salts.
34:05You want to get ramped up.
34:06Yeah, we want.
34:07Red train.
34:08I mean, I really should pack smelling salts for one season.
34:12Sure.
34:14You don't use those for hockey?
34:16No.
34:16Really?
34:17I get angry enough just wanting to win.
34:20Okay, fair enough.
34:21Yeah.
34:40This challenge, whatever it is, is at the station.
34:44Let's go find out what it is.
34:55This is interesting.
34:56It's like it's pear-themed.
34:58I've been seeing a lot of pears.
34:59Pear, pear.
35:00There's pears over there.
35:02It's a giant train.
35:05Challenge is...
35:08Become a spin-top champion.
35:11Hmm.
35:16Become a spin-top champion.
35:18Taiwan has a long history of competitive top spinning.
35:21You must construct your own spin-top using any materials you can find
35:25and get the top to spin on its own for at least 30 seconds.
35:28You cannot use anything that would already be considered a spin-top.
35:31You may practice spinning your top for up to five seconds,
35:35but you only get one official attempt.
35:37If the top doesn't spin for at least 30 seconds,
35:39this challenge is failed.
35:42Um, I reckon that we can probably do that if we can gather the right materials.
35:51Wow, we just need some stuff.
35:53Yeah.
35:54There's like a store right here.
35:56So it looks like a store with stuff.
36:02Okay, well, frustratingly, they do have actual spin-tops,
36:05which we are not allowed to use.
36:07I mean, the yo-yo is interesting.
36:10Yeah, I feel like we want something to have like a point to spin on.
36:14This is kind of interesting.
36:15This?
36:18That's closer.
36:20Right?
36:21That could spin.
36:23Like this is maybe even a little more pointed.
36:25That egg?
36:26Yeah.
36:27There's hardware stuff over here.
36:28We should go check it out.
36:29Lots of good objects here.
36:32Could it be as simple as just find a disc like this?
36:36Yeah.
36:37Push a pin through it, like a thumbtack, right?
36:40We pushed a thumbtack through it.
36:42And then?
36:43Then just turn, spin it.
36:45This disc is like interesting to me.
36:47This disc is interesting to me.
36:48Let's find this, these.
36:51Let's just start here and see what we can do.
36:55This is...
36:57All right.
36:58Let's film where there are not a lot of children.
37:00I think it looked like there was some spots for...
37:03Area back there.
37:05Yeah.
37:19All right.
37:19We want to be quick because we want to be...
37:21We want to take a train out of here.
37:23If we can get a train in about 45 minutes, I checked.
37:26Yeah.
37:27We can get to Taipei with an hour left in the day.
37:29If we miss that train, I doubt we have enough time based on the next frequency.
37:34Can we drop our bags here?
37:36Yeah.
37:39All right.
37:40Let's go.
37:41Go fast.
37:42We can move.
37:45If we fail the steel...
37:47Yeah.
37:47It still stays on the map and it still goes up by 50%.
37:50Ooh.
37:51So like, a failed steel is dangerous.
37:54So we really want to get this right.
37:56Yeah.
37:57So it's like, this is true, true lock-in time.
38:01The hat is on backwards.
38:02I am locked in.
38:04Where are we?
38:06Like an outdoor mall.
38:07It's so busy.
38:08Okay, this bridge is the spot.
38:10Here you go, Sam.
38:12Okay.
38:15Complete a jellyfish census.
38:21Complete a jellyfish census.
38:23Go to the jellyfish room at X-Park Aquarium.
38:26One at a time, each team member will enter the jellyfish room and have 15 minutes to count
38:30the total number of jellies in the room.
38:32No collusion or discussion about counting methods is permitted.
38:35Once both team members have their estimates, compare your answers.
38:38If the estimates are not within 25% of one another, this challenge has failed.
38:43So now we have to find an aquarium.
38:45Yeah, it's in here.
38:47It's on this side.
38:47We've gone from an outdoor mall to a food court.
38:49Where the f*** is this?
38:51X-Park.
38:51To the left?
38:52Here, here, here.
38:53I fear there's going to be a lock.
38:55There's going to be a lock.
38:56It's going to be busy.
38:57This is...
38:58I'm really worried about failing this because this is...
39:00It leaves the door wide open for Ben and Adam.
39:03And it's totally a failable lock.
39:05Hi.
39:05Can we get two adult tickets?
39:07Two adult?
39:08Yeah.
39:08This would be a good place to spin.
39:11We could sit here.
39:12Be good to spin on the pair?
39:13Yeah.
39:14Okay.
39:14All right.
39:14So we've got some lovely objects here.
39:17We don't know exactly what all of them are.
39:20This disc interests me.
39:22But it's not stable, right?
39:24But I think if we could modify it...
39:26If it had a point.
39:27...to be stable.
39:28And so what I'm thinking is...
39:29If we push a pin through.
39:30If we do the push pins through it, then that is...
39:33That's a...
39:34That's a damn top, basically.
39:36Something approximating one, at least.
39:41We just need to break through this.
39:43This plastic is shockingly strong.
39:46Now it's through.
39:50Well...
39:51Oh, did it break?
39:52Wait.
39:53But wait.
39:53Maybe that's good.
39:54Wait.
39:54Oh, s***.
39:56Maybe it's perfect.
39:57Oh, my God, then.
39:59Maybe we just did it.
40:00I...
40:00It was done by accident, but we...
40:02We stuck that in there, and then we broke this off.
40:06Two, three, four, five.
40:09It's a little unstable.
40:11Let me see if I started it from the bottom.
40:14One, two...
40:15Oh, that's nice.
40:16Yeah.
40:17Four, five.
40:18That's nice.
40:18Ooh, it's got a real space-age look to it.
40:22Real low to the ground.
40:24Are they at the location of the steel yet, by the way?
40:28Let's look.
40:29It looks like they're at the site of the steel.
40:31Well, here's hoping they blow it.
40:39Okay.
40:40That's an impressive tank.
40:41This is not the first time I've speedrun an aquarium on jet lag.
40:45Half of the challenge is getting out of this frickin' maze.
40:48We'll flip.
40:49We'll flip.
40:49Sam, sharks.
40:50Trying to get out of here.
40:52This is kind of like the worst nightmare.
40:54We need to find these frickin' jellyfish.
40:56I don't know if we have the time.
40:58Well, as in to make that train.
41:00Oh.
41:01Focus on this first.
41:02Focus on this.
41:03We need to give this to the best shot.
41:04Yeah.
41:05Let's not stress about that train anymore.
41:07No.
41:07Just do this properly.
41:09Yeah.
41:09And then we'll make it if we make it.
41:12That's just...
41:18Cool.
41:19It's dinner.
41:19They're under a crab.
41:21Sea of fluid jellyfish.
41:24Okay.
41:24We're here.
41:25We've made it.
41:26Oh, my gosh.
41:27This is it.
41:28Okay.
41:29Who wants to go first?
41:30I can go.
41:31Okay.
41:31You go.
41:32Okay.
41:3215 minutes.
41:35Here we go.
41:35Oh, my gosh.
41:37This is crazy.
41:39We have one tank, two tanks, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
41:46They look to all have the same amount.
41:50Okay.
41:52This is crazy.
41:53This is crazy.
41:54The warped glass makes it so hard.
41:57Two, three, five, six, seven, eight, four, five, six, eight, two, one.
42:05I think I counted 125 in this.
42:10The problem is the spherical, the 3D.
42:13I can't tell depth.
42:15One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
42:19I think this has about 100.
42:22And the other one had about 100 to 125.
42:25The way it curves, it warps and they disappear and then reappear.
42:30I feel like I'm going cross-eyed.
42:32I think it's this.
42:33I think I got to grab it by this.
42:35I think, yeah, the nub, yeah.
42:38You know, just nice and easy.
42:42I mean, here's the thing, though.
42:44In a world where we do it now and we succeed, we get 61 chips.
42:48We go up to 199.
42:50Then if they succeed, then they would steal 89 chips from us, putting us at 109.
42:54If we waited.
42:55I think we end up at 109 either way, maybe?
42:58Because it's just multiplied, right?
43:01You're looking at me like I know math.
43:03Because if that's the truth, then we should wait.
43:05Because they would get less?
43:07Yeah.
43:07We should wait.
43:09We just have to make sure that we do this before we get on our next train.
43:13Yeah.
43:13Well, they're still at the aquarium, but the next train headed east out of here is leaving
43:19in like 10 minutes.
43:2110 minutes, so.
43:21I want to wait until the last second to do this.
43:24Okay.
43:25So I think let's just wait in the station.
43:27Oh, look.
43:28Maybe we can do it here next to this cool guy.
43:30What is this guy?
43:31They have this little mascot around here.
43:33He loves pears.
43:35Yeah, they love pears here, I guess.
43:44Okay.
43:45I think I'm just going to pick a number.
43:46They all look like they're about the same.
43:49They all have about the same number of jellyfish.
43:54About the same.
43:56This one, they're just bigger.
43:58I don't think they have more.
44:00I've gotten basically between 100 and 125 jellyfish per tank.
44:05Nine tanks times 125 jellyfish gives me a total of 1,125.
44:12Plus or minus 25%, like 800 to 1,400.
44:17So, do I just say 1,125?
44:21Or would he guess I've done 100 times nine tanks, which is 900?
44:26So he'd be on the lower end, but maybe I should go a little lower.
44:291,100.
44:32Blocking in my guess.
44:351,100 jellyfish in this room across the nine tanks.
44:44Okay, should I go?
44:45So I'll hand you the camera.
44:46Good luck.
44:48Okay, here we go.
44:50Here we go.
44:51Eight of these cylinder tanks.
44:52I'm in this big struggle today.
44:54They look like they have the same amount.
44:56Okay, I'm going to start by trying to get a count here.
44:581,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
45:02Okay.
45:03These guys over here, I kind of think they have roughly the same number.
45:07So I think I could average the amount.
45:11That was a similar count.
45:13Like, at least with my method, which is far from accurate.
45:45I'm liking the consistency.
45:47That's the same way that I think.
45:51I've never been so anxious.
45:52I feel like a dad standing inside a hospital waiting for his baby to be born.
45:57This is my guess.
45:58So that's the plus 25 and the low, below 25%.
46:02So we've got our numbers.
46:04My guess is...
46:09900.
46:11Yeah!
46:12We're good!
46:13We got it?
46:17We got it!
46:19We got it!
46:20I'm so happy about that one.
46:23That was...
46:24Oh, my God.
46:25I forgot to steal!
46:26We got a steal!
46:30How are you feeling about your chances?
46:32I feel okay.
46:34Oh?
46:34Oh, Sam has sent a message with Invisible Ink.
46:36The steal was successful.
46:37But we waited.
46:39That is still really bad, though.
46:41That is...
46:41That is, in fact, devastating.
46:43I feel like I sort of didn't react to how bad it was just because I was excited that it
46:47happened now.
46:48Because we have 137 chips, which means that they have now taken 61 of them.
46:54So this is a 122-chip swing.
46:59So I'd say this is pretty, uh, pretty really bad.
47:03This is not a good way to end our day.
47:09All right.
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