Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1294345-20141206104537/@comment-5561359-20141211210933

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. I agree with what you have stated and I think that this color scheme also makes sense but I have two things. One, the light green (in my opinion) should be used despite the place the team checked in (remember both Dennis/Andrew and Bopper/Mark used the FF and came in last). Two, use of the Save or the Salvage Pass probably should be a lighter purple to distinguish it from non-elimination legs (or add some kind of note?). I don't mind getting rid of the yellow colors. However, in Leg 10, Joe/Bill didn't use the Fast Forward. They used in Leg 9 when Nancy and Emily were eliminated (check Wikipedia or watch the episode) so your color change doesn't apply there.