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The Heart Room / Re: "Funky" Temple Game Calls/Rulings
« on: January 28, 2015, 02:47:13 PM »Did anyone ever figure out if Jason cheated in this temple game in Smashed Printing Plate? In his temple game, he and his opponent had to toss newspapers into a bin while riding one of the "bucking horses". Well, while the Purple Parrot boy fell off the horse, some people say that Jason shouldn't have been allowed to throw the newspapers into the bin until the PP boy was back on the horse. Yet, he continued to do so anyways. Is there any official ruling whether Jason was allowed to do this or not? Because I don't recall other episodes that use this temple game like Jason's game.
I know Poseidon and Empress Eugenie had the bucking horse game, but those ones had the players holding onto it without falling off. If the player did fall off in that temple game though, the horse was stopped until the fallen player got back on.
Olmec's rules stated that contestants were to "throw newspapers into the bin. If you miss, throw another one. If you fall off your horse, get back on and keep going." There was no mention of waiting for your opponent to get back on, so Jason didn't "cheat" by continuing to throw newspapers. This was the only temple game that used the "bucking horses" in a way that did not solely require contestants to hold on, so they probably did not think to include a rule clarifying this. You'll often find that when a moat crossing was too quick and easy/slow and challenging, or when a temple game has something "unexpected" or "ambiguous" happen, they would clarify or modify it in subsequent episodes.