Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1294345-20141206104537/@comment-1294345-20141211144926

Bwburke94 wrote: The gender markings and double-columns are unnecessary, all we need is to state their official placements and give various notes.

Here's a plain-text version of the key - underlined text is for things that only apply to certain editions of the Race.

Dark Green means that this team won the leg without use of the Fast Forward. Red means that this team checked in last and was eliminated from the race. Purple means that this team checked in last but were saved due to a non-elimination leg or use of the Salvage Pass/the Save. Orange means that this team checked in next-to-last. Light Green means that this team claimed the Fast Forward and didn't check in last. Some sort of text about penalties Gold/silver/bronze on the final leg? The Roadblocks performed by team members are listed in the order their names are given.

Notes: Light green overrides all colors except for red/purple, so Joe & Bill are shaded purple on Leg 10 of TAR1 despite using the FF. On Leg 1 of TAR10 and Leg 2 of TAR19, two teams were eliminated, so both are shaded red and the third-to-last team is shaded orange. There are no red/orange shadings on the first half of a superleg. Yours too have too much conventions. There is no need to indicate a use of a FF without finishing first, nor a color for a second-to-last finish. Linked footnotes would indicate penalties or other pertinent information. I still want to back up with my proposal because it is the most straightforward presentation of finishes. The additional colors were needed, not for artsy purposes. Having too much unnecessary colors would give a random user seizures.