imagine you went to go running in the morning, and there's these two guys at your usual track. one is clearly recording the other, who is wolfing down donuts before sprinting around the track over and over even after he threw up. finally, he collapses on the ground. his friend, without any context, says "Are you ready to go to Italy?"
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 here's a scenario: person 1:i think we accidentally murdered someone You: if it makes you feel any better we're going to be leaving the country immediately Which is not a great scenario but it is one
That's honestly what annoyed me most about the connect4 videos. They put the rule in that they wouldn't know where the other team was until they claimed the state.. but he knew what state they were in and recognized the airline gate..so he knew exactly where they were going. I know wasn't exactly against the rules but to me.. it still feels a little cheap and unsportsmanlike. I'm not crazy about him starting it up again in this series. But what do I know.. this is still an extremely entertaining video series.
@@coltonpiano7969 Right. I imagine everyone having positive and negative traits. eg: Sam: + Brain is full to the brim with airline trivia + Can use thorough knowledge of airlines to spy on opponents - Lazy - Overconfident Adam: + Not afraid to do the hardest of challenges - Unlucky
@@Dsgreenly also, ben and adam knew that sam would almost certainly take the flight to phoenix in connect 4 so they were able to screw up his plan a bit so both sides can predict what flight the other is on
@@EpicGamerzism they were hoping that he'd go there, but they didn't know for sure. Sam straight up looked at the flights and saw that there was only one flight going to a state they needed. But apparently I'm the only one that feels this way so I'll shut up. I'm not knocking the series.. I'm genuinely excited for the rest of the episodes.
But have you heard all of the conspiracys that they are one entity? It would break those conspiracy theorists to learn that they are difrent. They woild likly revolt or something.
Sam: They have a huge advantage, we have jobs and they have more free time to strategize Also Sam: *spends who know how many hours making a spreadsheet of all transatlantic flights*
Adam: “Sorry to all the nice people at McCarran park who’s afternoons I’ve ruined.” Ben: “If it makes you feel any better we’re going to be leaving the country immediately.” Oh god Ben I love you 💀
It's so funny to see how Sam is already on his way to Europe and also correctly guesses which flight the other folks are going to take, while they have no clue at all where Sam and Joseph even went initially.
I'm an air traffic controller in Miami and I work the flights coming from Cancun to Europe as they cross over south Florida. So happy to help keep Sam and Joseph safe as the make their way around the world!! Go team Jam!! (Joe and Sam)
i just wanna say: Thank you! Thank you Sam and Team! I loved the first series and I'm sure I will love this one too! I'm worried tho, are you losing money with these? But thanks for your effort on making good high quality content on UA-cam even outside of this Game and giving creators alternatives with Nebula. And also thanks for giving me a series after Ryan Trahan.
It’s incredible to think that, despite the number of times Ben has got drunk in the name of Jet Lag, Adam is the only one who’s tactically chunned so far 😂😂😂🍩🍪🤮
Glad that Jet Lag: The Game is back - and fitting that this came out while I was on a trip to Melbourne - though I think we all agree that the security queues in airports across the world are ridiculous. Nevertheless, this challenge reminds me of another challenge that Ryan Trahan did, I was too bothered to watch it because Wendover is far more interesting and informative for me. *SECRET MESSAGE:* _Ben and Adam are at a severe disadvantage. Who knew that low-cost, leisure-focused charter flights are the cheapest way to get to Europe (or to North America) and yet they don't show up on Google Flights? As shocking as this is, the airline (TUI) that Sam and Joseph (RealLifeLore) were on to leave Cancun was predominantly featured in a Wendover episode about why low-cost, long-haul airlines failed. How did Ben and Adam not picked this up while planning for this challenge - especially that they were the channel editors - was utterly astonishing, which proves that in a race around the world, not only you need to be the fastest, but also you need to accomplish this in the cheapest way possible. And that is on top of other unforeseeable circumstances (Remember the delayed flight towards the end of the Connect 4 challenge?) they need to anticipate and that they must exceed the set distance required to complete the race._ _So in summary, they got cocky the last time they tried to beat Sam. Now they had their backs in the wall and it is in the first episode of another Wendover travelling challenge. It's about time that Ben and Adam deserves a challenge victory over Sam, so good luck trying to find their way out of Milan..._
TUI shows up on Google Flights just without the price tag. IMO the best strat would have been to fly to Vegas, do a challenge in the morning and get the afternoon Condor flight to Frankfurt. Then do another challenge in Frankfurt before getting a flight to literally anywhere in Asia.
great video. Feel bad for Ben and Adam about security, Bridge security has saved me soo many time flying out of DIA. North and South security is just notoriously slow. Either way can’t wait for more episodes cause it’s a very interesting season so far.
Well, I don't expect that there'd be police officers carrying handcuffs just waiting for him at the airport. But if there were, that would be great content.
The Denver airport line was because they evacuated the airport because a tornado touched down on one of the runways, so people had to go through TSA again.
Damn, I can't believe the airport was able to get back to operating after one of their runaways was struck by a tornado, even if it missed the terminals
As someone who lives in Denver, I’ve noticed the line at DIA is always ridiculously long during the off hours, but once they get some more staff in during the day (starting at around 8-9) it usually clears up a bit
Was so pumped to see this in my UA-cam feed! I loved the last series you did, and I think the different system this time with the money & challenges is pretty neat. Excited for the next video!
Can you guys do another state connect 4, you guys put a lot of effort into these kinds of videos and that makes it truly special. I’ve been on UA-cam for 16 years now and I haven’t seen anything like it. Thanks for the good content!
You should watch the uk BBC series race across the world if you like this kind of thing, theres 3 series and its a similar thing (very british and far less planned)
This Channel is bound to grow it’s very well edited and a cool concept. This wasn’t the first Jetlag video I saw and when I heard Sam‘s voice for the first time I was going crazy trying to figure out who it was lol
The first season pretty much served as a promo for Crime Spree, which is not free to watch ... however I wonder how the ROI for this season works out since this episode barely made $200 in adsense and there's no obvious sponsors (besides the Curiosity bundle clip)
@Jonathan de Kock That's a sample size of one :3 What you said is what I pointed out right away at the beginning. however that doesn't work out quite as well if the content is not exclusive. Do the math based on your own estimations, pretty sure the conclusion will be it doesn't check out. My guess is the total revenue isn't supposed to cover the costs, but just a bit of funding for something they wanted to do anyway (:
Great game and video! I really think it would benefit from some route randomness such that pre-planning a route is made impossible or very difficult. For example when the actually starts, each team gets one or two cities (with +- equally strong connections/average prices) that must be transited through along the way. Eg. Cologne, Germany and Split, Croatia. This could be extended to an Asian city, only discovered by the teams upon reaching Europe, that they must go through. Penalties for failing a challenge could also include another mandatory stop. Rewards for very difficult challenges (maybe location dependent - eg Pastry Mile in Baku in 12 minutes) could be giving your opposing team another mandatory stop eastwards from where they are. Or forcing them to miss their next booked flight/take their next flight in business class. Etc etc. Hope to see more of these games! Well done.
Ahoj, I just watched your series. Thanks for your series! ### Strategical questions: What makes me puzzle: Why do you sprint off at the beginning to the airport? I would think that for three resons it would be strategically better to start with a challenge straight away, if you do not have a very good reason to get a specific flight which is departing soon (one team had that weekly flight to Thailand planned, that might be a good reason to just head off, but the other did not have a detailed plan, just ideas what could be done). Reasons: * You are right in town. Most challenges can easier be completed in town than at the airport. So, when you are already in town and just do a challenge now, this saves time to actually get from airport to town and back. * If you do more than one challenge within 300 miles, the challenges are less worth. So ideally whenever possible you want to do a challenge at each new place and evenly distribute challenges. So, a good reason to do one straight away before the first long distance trip. * If you do a challenge first, you take it away from your opponents. So you should have an incentive to do challenges early. And regarding the proof of onward travel as an entry requirement in many countries: Does this always have to be a flight? E.g. from Milano you can get cheaply to Austria or Switzerland, by train (also local train!) or long distance bus. I think much cheaper than a spontaneous flight to Paris. I don't know about Sinfapore, but it seems Malaysia is just close by. So why did you just consider airplanes? Is this the only allowed mid- and long distance transportation in the game? Regards!
According to an airport worker who I once asked about it, that thing where they make you pick up your boarding pass in person has to do with not having any checked luggage. They basically want every passenger to visit an agent at some point, and if you check your bag that's good enough. But if you don't have a bag to check, they sometimes make it so you can't check in online so that you still interact with a person at the airport.
You did it. You finally convinced me to get a curiosity stream/nebula subscription. Been hearing the ads for eons and you guys finally convinced me I had to subscribe so I can watch your videos. Congratulations 🎉
Publishing a video about Cancun while in Cancun is the best coincidence possible. Forget about all the crazy stuff that happens in a game; I think this beats all of it.
I'm surprised neither team considered flying to Frankfurt on Condor from Vegas or Phoenix, although likely it was due to distance requirements and possibly price as well considering they were allowed to do research beforehand.
I would love if you could add subtitles. As a non-native speaker, some of the things are a lot harder to understand with background noise and masks and all that than a video produced in a professional recording setting is.
Ok so this video just got recommended to me and I was so shocked to see the face of the voice of many science/educational videos I randomly “watch” in the shower
Love the video! This inspires me to do something like this with my friends. One little improvement you could make is to leave the lower thirds (text on the left bottom) on for a bit longer in future seasons. It was really hard for me to read (not english native) it during the video. Maybe it was intentional idk, but i think it could improve the already great quality.
This reminds me of the time I was leaving the air Force Academy and went from Colorado springs to Denver which is a quick flight, but there was a huge layover due to a storm. I got to Denver 5 minutes before my flight boarded and was across the entire airport. I ran so fast through that airport and probably caused so much concern. I got to the gate and the Denver flight was pushed by another 2 hours for a storm. Luckily got home on time.
14:34 Everyone else on that track is just lookin at Team Bam and thinkin "What the hell are these two doing!?" xD Poor Adam tho, he is a winner in our hearts always; just for this run alone. Also, i hope that challenge card got deleted from future cards for the sake of not killin Adam again
This show is the closest thing we can get to Where in The World is Carmen San Diego from the 90s! It’s my new obsession, and I love it! The Connect 4 show was good, but taking it international brought it to a whole new level! Please keep making this content. I finally went over to Nebula today just to see the next episode and can’t wait for the next one! I would love to see this expanded in the future to include travel and geography vloggers as guest contestants. Would be a great way to get the word out too 😉 Keep up the great work!
In the 1970s a team of journalists circumnavigated the world in 80 hours, with stop overs in cities to make reports. It really helped they were in a Concorde specifically tasked with it (publicity event). 10 or so years later it did it in under 30, stopping only to refuel.
Ya know I gotta hand it to Adam, I have a very small stomach so eating all those pastries would be a huge challenge no matter how hungry I am, in addition to running a mile I think I’d die.
I’ve learned that it’s not about being smart, it’s about just being focused and going fast. Adam and been have won almost all of them, and the only reason they didn’t win connect 4 is the rental car screwed them
It wasn't just the rental car though, they would have lost anyway due to Avis being closed and having to rent with Hertz instead because Sam pulled an instawin card.
My prediction/ advice (?): 1. If the Thai flights are missed, both can try and make their way to Athens (can take Wizz Air/Ryanair/Easyjet directly) or to other Greece cities such as Paphos or Thessaloniki and make their way to Athens. (may cost around 60 to 200 USD/2 ppl) 1a. Then they could take the Scoot Athens-Singapore service. 1b. Flights to or through Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, or Japan are impossible as border restrictions constrain. For reference, these options are cheaper pre-pandemic and can be wisely used if these borders are fully opened. A stopover through Korea as the border is opened for tourists (not restricted to group tours) will be possible if the video is taken in June. 1c(a). There are no direct flights from Thailand or Malaysia to USA/Canada. Flight options from Vietnam are minimal (although possible) and expensive. 1c(b). From Manila, it is possible to reach Vancouver, San Francisco, or Los Angeles using Philipine Airlines. This is a cheap option costing the players 1600 USD for 2. 1c(c). From Seoul, it is possible to reach Dallas with just 1200 USD for 2 using American Airlines or Korean Air. 1c(d). From Singapore, it is possible to reach Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, or San Francisco using Singapore Airlines or United for 1600 USD. 2. Other options include reaching Abu Dhabi or Jeddah using Wizz Air or Pegasus and could take Air Asia X or Cebu Pacific to Manila or Kuala Lumpur. Alternatively, the route via India is possible with Indian or Middle Eastern budget carriers, through a stopover (visa required), who can continue their journey to South-East Asia. From New Delhi alternatively, both players could take Indian Airlines to Seoul for 800 USD. Singapore could also be reached cheaply from Dubai or India. If they reach Bangkok using the Thai flight or Singapore using Scoot, connecting to Manila and Singapore is cheap just needing around 90 USD. Connecting to Seoul requires around 350 USD using Air Asia X. In order to gain mileage and do challenges through it, I recommend using budget carriers wisely in SE Asian countries between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, or Indonesia. Flights are extremely cheap like Ryanair in Europe costing a maximum of 80 USD for 2 but the cost of living and transportation is a lot cheaper.
1. Also, The team who traveled through Cancun is at a disadvantage if they wish to take the Thai flight from Paris, as budget carriers are not available on this leg and both High-Speed Rail or inter-Europe flights from KLM or Airfrance can be very expensive. As we heard from the news, AMS airport was in total chaos in the past weeks. Not sure how this team would get through Amsterdam. Budget carriers also do not exist from Amsterdam or Netherlands in general and the nearest airport they will need to go to should be Eindhoven. Then they could make their way away from it. This could also handicap them if they wish to take advantage of Scoot or through Europe. On the other hand, Milan is one of the if not the busiest or most convenient hubs if not London Stansted/Luton for all 3 or more budget carriers. It will be much easier for this team to make their way out.
1. Also, The team who traveled through Cancun is at a disadvantage if they wish to take the Thai flight from Paris, as budget carriers are not available on this leg and both High-Speed Rail or inter-Europe flights from KLM or Airfrance can be very expensive. As we heard from the news, AMS airport was in total chaos in the past weeks. Not sure how this team would get through Amsterdam. Budget carriers also do not exist from Amsterdam or Netherlands in general and the nearest airport they will need to go to should be Eindhoven. Then they could make their way away from it. This could also handicap them if they wish to take advantage of Scoot or through Europe. On the other hand, Milan is one of the if not the busiest or most convenient hubs if not London Stansted/Luton for all 3 or more budget carriers. It will be much easier for this team to make their way out. 2a. Locating in Milan could easily give the team a cheap advantage as they could invest early for "distance traveled" before the late game. They could easily hop onto an EasyJet flight to Morocco, Egypt, Iceland, or the Spanish Atlantic islands and around 6000km is gained for around 120USD. 2b. Same advantage can also be used (even better) for the Amsterdam team to and from Egypt using Easyjet and around 8000km can be gained for 200 USD. They could also get to Dubai using Transavia and gain 11000km for 350 USD. Alternatively, they could also get to Dubai this way and continue to India or SEA. 3. This could therefore enable the team from using the KLM direct flight from Amsterdam to Seoul using 1200 USD and could also satisfy distance requirements.
Ben and Adam are my faves!!! Poor Adam on that pastry mile challenge. It's not looking good for them but somehow, I think they're going to pull a victory out of defeat. Go Ben & Adam!!!!!
Joseph Pisenti, "The Only Person I Know Crazy Enough to Agree to Do This" Sam Denby, "Really Needs You to Subscribe so He can Edge Out Joseph" 15 seconds in and I'm already losing it.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 That would be especially ridiculous since those two sound _completely_ different ... while HAI and RLL _totally_ sound the same so I wouldn't even know how not to confuse them!
Lol, Ben & Adam choosing to go to Sam's most hated airport. Also, Joseph looks a lot different than I remember from one of his irl videos he has done a few years ago.
Gosh, I feel so bad for Adam. That was so sad to see him like that, he’s my favourite but Ben always is that guy who doesn’t want to do anything. Poor Adam 😢
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imagine you went to go running in the morning, and there's these two guys at your usual track. one is clearly recording the other, who is wolfing down donuts before sprinting around the track over and over even after he threw up. finally, he collapses on the ground. his friend, without any context, says "Are you ready to go to Italy?"
thank you this is the funniest mental image i can possibly imagine
It would be a joy to have something this interesting happen in front of me
Imagine if someone replied "I was there that afternoon lmao"
This is why I love living in NYC, I wouldn’t even give this a second guess.
lmao in nyc no one would even care
Even as an aviation enthusiast I don't have the dedication that Sam does to make a *spreadsheet of every transatlantic flight from the U.S.*
I wonder if it is accessible anywhere!
@@smokingspitfire1197 I mean there is a list of Wikipedia, thats a good starting point
"If it makes you feel any better, we're going to be leaving the country immediately." is my new favorite line
I would love a scenario in which I can use that line.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 here's a scenario: person 1:i think we accidentally murdered someone
You: if it makes you feel any better we're going to be leaving the country immediately
Which is not a great scenario but it is one
@@indominusrex1652 💀
@@indominusrex1652scenario 2: person 1:I think the group chat just got leaked.
You:if it makes you feel better we are leaving the country immediately.
Sam's uncanny ability to always know which flight Ben and Adam took returns
That's honestly what annoyed me most about the connect4 videos. They put the rule in that they wouldn't know where the other team was until they claimed the state.. but he knew what state they were in and recognized the airline gate..so he knew exactly where they were going.
I know wasn't exactly against the rules but to me.. it still feels a little cheap and unsportsmanlike. I'm not crazy about him starting it up again in this series.
But what do I know.. this is still an extremely entertaining video series.
@@Dsgreenly I see it more as an earned skill. He's not cheating to know where they are, just using his knowledge and deduction skills
@@coltonpiano7969 Right. I imagine everyone having positive and negative traits. eg:
Sam:
+ Brain is full to the brim with airline trivia
+ Can use thorough knowledge of airlines to spy on opponents
- Lazy
- Overconfident
Adam:
+ Not afraid to do the hardest of challenges
- Unlucky
@@Dsgreenly also, ben and adam knew that sam would almost certainly take the flight to phoenix in connect 4 so they were able to screw up his plan a bit so both sides can predict what flight the other is on
@@EpicGamerzism they were hoping that he'd go there, but they didn't know for sure. Sam straight up looked at the flights and saw that there was only one flight going to a state they needed. But apparently I'm the only one that feels this way so I'll shut up. I'm not knocking the series.. I'm genuinely excited for the rest of the episodes.
If you need contestants for a season 2, THE VLOGBROTHERS ARE READY. -John
omg that would be awesome
+
That will be so goooood
Yes! Vlogbrothers and airports, this is meant to be.
Isn't this already season 2? 🤔
Ben and adams are the comedic duo with goblin energy travelling across the world that I always wanted but didn't knew I did.
Couldn't have put it into words better myself :-) meaning goblin in the most respectful way possible of course!
@@cheaterman49"goblin" is surely one of the greatest mark of honor that can be bestowed on man to be sure.
@@realityapostasy2158 Hahahahahaha as long as they agree it's fine I suppose :-D
"Ben and adams"
inspired by Ben & Jerry's
Doesn’t one of them write the HAI vids?
Sam from Half as Interesting and Sam from from Wendover should go head to head in one of these challenges. Really want to see who comes out on top
Sam will win!
But have you heard all of the conspiracys that they are one entity?
It would break those conspiracy theorists to learn that they are difrent.
They woild likly revolt or something.
I guess they'd have to have a mirror to see each other eh
Sam of Nebula wins
That'd be a pretty sick april fools video
Joseph hopping up and down in that opening scene absolutely cracks me up. So much more enthusiastic than me
Damn Real Engineering, I always thought you were more of a engineering nerd untill I saw the last series
@@Gabrocol I actually hate engineering. I just do this for the clout
@@RealEngineering my perception of reality has been shattered
@@RealEngineering Based
@@RealEngineering have you thought about making videos about racoons instead? it might be more interesting
Dude that pastry mile was brutal. That needs more of a reward.
Even having done track in high school and being able to run a sub 5 minute mile that pastry mile sounds like absolute hell to do.
That's the stuff of nightmares imo
I'd have trouble eating 4 donuts in 15 minutes, much less running a mile at the same time
And why did they choose CAKE DONUTS??
should have REALLY taken lighter pastries lol
Pe humblebrag
Rooting for Ben and Adam. It's about time they finally win one.
Although they're not off to a great start, but hey, everyone loves an underdog.
I agree I love there attitude so much I really wanted them to win last time
It always seems like Ben and Adam always have the best plan but are the unluckiest.
I don’t like them, they’re kinda annoying, and Sam is way better! Always rooting for him!
@@boarbot7829 ok boarbot 78
@@boarbot7829 me when I'm wrong
Adam is a fucking trooper for that pastry mile. God damn that was brutal
The red velvet donuts were a bad idea. There's no way I would have eaten that much red velvet.
@@ReelPodcasts If you're going to have to eat that many donuts while exercising, get raised donuts that aren't so dense.
@@ReelPodcasts right. I’d be picking something as light as possible
@@ChrisHockman Yeah, it would've been smart to go with something like a rugelach that's made for you to eat multiple at once.
Yeah, they literally just picked the worst possible pastry they could for that challenge and made it 10 times harder on themselves
Sam: They have a huge advantage, we have jobs and they have more free time to strategize
Also Sam: *spends who know how many hours making a spreadsheet of all transatlantic flights*
Adam finishing the pastry mile was incredible, give that man a medal
Adam: “Sorry to all the nice people at McCarran park who’s afternoons I’ve ruined.”
Ben: “If it makes you feel any better we’re going to be leaving the country immediately.”
Oh god Ben I love you 💀
I laughed out loud at that
Can’t keep up that “Adam and Ben aren’t famous thing much longer! Haha. Those two are absolute gems.
Ben’s commentary and the timing of it during Adam’s mile KILLED me. I’m so sorry Adam
Especially with the video cutoffa
FIRST episode and one of the contestants is already in real physical distress. Now THAT'S content
It's so funny to see how Sam is already on his way to Europe and also correctly guesses which flight the other folks are going to take, while they have no clue at all where Sam and Joseph even went initially.
I'm an air traffic controller in Miami and I work the flights coming from Cancun to Europe as they cross over south Florida. So happy to help keep Sam and Joseph safe as the make their way around the world!! Go team Jam!! (Joe and Sam)
Sam and Joseph: it's so hard to navigate around this airport!
Meanwhile Adam: *literally dying*
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Wow, wasn't expecting another series so soon - what a treat!
i just wanna say: Thank you! Thank you Sam and Team! I loved the first series and I'm sure I will love this one too! I'm worried tho, are you losing money with these? But thanks for your effort on making good high quality content on UA-cam even outside of this Game and giving creators alternatives with Nebula. And also thanks for giving me a series after Ryan Trahan.
I think they have a sponsorship from Nebula, but I am not sure. Also the 2nd episode is on Nebula
@@FireSpeed-fi5um Maybe I confused it. But wasn't there a platform he helped build up or even founded?
@@fabi6688 Yes, but I'm sure money can still be used from Nebula subscriptions to fund a series that brings more people to the platform
@@itsKyuhl Well either way, he helped build it and it helps creators. :)
@@fabi6688 Yes, that is nebula
It’s incredible to think that, despite the number of times Ben has got drunk in the name of Jet Lag, Adam is the only one who’s tactically chunned so far 😂😂😂🍩🍪🤮
I had a feeling FAI was some air/aviation organization, but for a brief moment, I had wondered if it meant Full As Interesting
Finally, we found it...
It’s the French version of the U.S.’s FAA referenced in an HAI vid from 2018
Ben and Adam absolutely need their own channel or need to host some videos, I would watch the hell out of that!
Same
Glad that Jet Lag: The Game is back - and fitting that this came out while I was on a trip to Melbourne - though I think we all agree that the security queues in airports across the world are ridiculous. Nevertheless, this challenge reminds me of another challenge that Ryan Trahan did, I was too bothered to watch it because Wendover is far more interesting and informative for me.
*SECRET MESSAGE:* _Ben and Adam are at a severe disadvantage. Who knew that low-cost, leisure-focused charter flights are the cheapest way to get to Europe (or to North America) and yet they don't show up on Google Flights? As shocking as this is, the airline (TUI) that Sam and Joseph (RealLifeLore) were on to leave Cancun was predominantly featured in a Wendover episode about why low-cost, long-haul airlines failed. How did Ben and Adam not picked this up while planning for this challenge - especially that they were the channel editors - was utterly astonishing, which proves that in a race around the world, not only you need to be the fastest, but also you need to accomplish this in the cheapest way possible. And that is on top of other unforeseeable circumstances (Remember the delayed flight towards the end of the Connect 4 challenge?) they need to anticipate and that they must exceed the set distance required to complete the race._
_So in summary, they got cocky the last time they tried to beat Sam. Now they had their backs in the wall and it is in the first episode of another Wendover travelling challenge. It's about time that Ben and Adam deserves a challenge victory over Sam, so good luck trying to find their way out of Milan..._
TUI shows up on Google Flights just without the price tag. IMO the best strat would have been to fly to Vegas, do a challenge in the morning and get the afternoon Condor flight to Frankfurt. Then do another challenge in Frankfurt before getting a flight to literally anywhere in Asia.
Coming back to this season, it's funny that Ben and Adam are introduced as "from not being famous", now that they're famous because of this very show.
Awesome timing! I just finished binging the first challenge set after discovering the channel this morning!
great video. Feel bad for Ben and Adam about security, Bridge security has saved me soo many time flying out of DIA. North and South security is just notoriously slow. Either way can’t wait for more episodes cause it’s a very interesting season so far.
I will always root for Ben & Adam idk their personalities got me hooked
I hope Joseph remembers that he should avoid Thailand, since that video about the lèse-majesté law could get him in prison.
I forgot about this! Can't wait for their run from the police
Please explain!
Well, I don't expect that there'd be police officers carrying handcuffs just waiting for him at the airport. But if there were, that would be great content.
The ultimate challenge; escaping the Thai police and successfully claiming asylum in a neighbouring country
What’s the story here?
The Denver airport line was because they evacuated the airport because a tornado touched down on one of the runways, so people had to go through TSA again.
Damn, I can't believe the airport was able to get back to operating after one of their runaways was struck by a tornado, even if it missed the terminals
It looks like this was filmed back in May (also at 6am). The tornado at DIA was in June and the afternoon.
I've been to Denver Airport with no tornado evacuation. The line was still ridiculously long
As someone who lives in Denver, I’ve noticed the line at DIA is always ridiculously long during the off hours, but once they get some more staff in during the day (starting at around 8-9) it usually clears up a bit
Wow. That airport really is cursed, huh?
Was so pumped to see this in my UA-cam feed! I loved the last series you did, and I think the different system this time with the money & challenges is pretty neat. Excited for the next video!
Can you guys do another state connect 4, you guys put a lot of effort into these kinds of videos and that makes it truly special. I’ve been on UA-cam for 16 years now and I haven’t seen anything like it. Thanks for the good content!
I think they said something about one season being a connect 4, but with European countries. I think that’d be pretty cool
You should watch the uk BBC series race across the world if you like this kind of thing, theres 3 series and its a similar thing (very british and far less planned)
@@psychlops924 that’ll be cool as well but isn’t the borders a bit messy? That’s why they didn’t do east USA.
@@theobrigham thanks I’ll check it out
@@psychlops924 Connect 4 with europen countries can be done in 3 hours though XD, or even less
hyped to watch season 2 over the summer!
Me too
YESSS
Wow, now this is ambitious. Keep going with amazing content!
So glad Ben and Adam are in this season. They're really fun to watch! Even if they have 0 subscribers!
This Channel is bound to grow it’s very well edited and a cool concept. This wasn’t the first Jetlag video I saw and when I heard Sam‘s voice for the first time I was going crazy trying to figure out who it was lol
I love the way you just jump into these and explain it as you go. The pacing is so well done.
That last lap with only 2 minutes left and 4 pastries. That's honestly impressive
Tom Scott would also be great on this challenge
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I dunno. Tom prefers to be scripted. Matt Grey, the bouncyst man on the Internet, though, might be up for it.
Ah, the joys of travelling with a passport that doen't require visas everywhere....
This was absolutely my favorite season. But coming back and watching this now and seeing how far these guys have come is absolutely insane
This could very well be the first time anyone has ever flown to Cancun and not left the airport
Lmao, Ben and Adam are sooo much fun. They need to have some subs.
It is incredible how this content is free to watch
The first season pretty much served as a promo for Crime Spree, which is not free to watch ... however I wonder how the ROI for this season works out since this episode barely made $200 in adsense and there's no obvious sponsors (besides the Curiosity bundle clip)
@Jonathan de Kock That's a sample size of one :3 What you said is what I pointed out right away at the beginning. however that doesn't work out quite as well if the content is not exclusive. Do the math based on your own estimations, pretty sure the conclusion will be it doesn't check out. My guess is the total revenue isn't supposed to cover the costs, but just a bit of funding for something they wanted to do anyway (:
The cuts when Adam was throwing up had me dying. So excited for this series
The second one was faked ... still funny tho :3
@@misatzu The second one? As in you think he threw up and then decided to fake throwing up again??? What???? 😂
@@Bisonrulz16 as in the 2nd gag was blurred false barf
@@Bisonrulz16 anybody understood it except 1 🤡
@@misatzu my dude? You came back 3 separate times across an hour to reply to me? Are you okay LOOL
Great game and video!
I really think it would benefit from some route randomness such that pre-planning a route is made impossible or very difficult. For example when the actually starts, each team gets one or two cities (with +- equally strong connections/average prices) that must be transited through along the way. Eg. Cologne, Germany and Split, Croatia.
This could be extended to an Asian city, only discovered by the teams upon reaching Europe, that they must go through.
Penalties for failing a challenge could also include another mandatory stop.
Rewards for very difficult challenges (maybe location dependent - eg Pastry Mile in Baku in 12 minutes) could be giving your opposing team another mandatory stop eastwards from where they are. Or forcing them to miss their next booked flight/take their next flight in business class.
Etc etc.
Hope to see more of these games! Well done.
Those are great suggestions!!
I fully second this!
Ahoj,
I just watched your series. Thanks for your series!
### Strategical questions:
What makes me puzzle: Why do you sprint off at the beginning to the airport?
I would think that for three resons it would be strategically better to start with a challenge straight away, if you do not have a very good reason to get a specific flight which is departing soon (one team had that weekly flight to Thailand planned, that might be a good reason to just head off, but the other did not have a detailed plan, just ideas what could be done).
Reasons:
* You are right in town. Most challenges can easier be completed in town than at the airport. So, when you are already in town and just do a challenge now, this saves time to actually get from airport to town and back.
* If you do more than one challenge within 300 miles, the challenges are less worth. So ideally whenever possible you want to do a challenge at each new place and evenly distribute challenges. So, a good reason to do one straight away before the first long distance trip.
* If you do a challenge first, you take it away from your opponents. So you should have an incentive to do challenges early.
And regarding the proof of onward travel as an entry requirement in many countries: Does this always have to be a flight?
E.g. from Milano you can get cheaply to Austria or Switzerland, by train (also local train!) or long distance bus. I think much cheaper than a spontaneous flight to Paris. I don't know about Sinfapore, but it seems Malaysia is just close by. So why did you just consider airplanes? Is this the only allowed mid- and long distance transportation in the game?
Regards!
According to an airport worker who I once asked about it, that thing where they make you pick up your boarding pass in person has to do with not having any checked luggage. They basically want every passenger to visit an agent at some point, and if you check your bag that's good enough. But if you don't have a bag to check, they sometimes make it so you can't check in online so that you still interact with a person at the airport.
That man photo bombing in the background and then holding back his smile as he tries to play it cool is my spirit animal
17:20
Sam has got so many jobs, he’s running the jet lag channel, wendover productions, and he’s an editor for half as interesting? That’s crazy
And Extremities, I think, but he stopped uploading. He's also chief content officer of Nebula and has a stake in that.
Wait until they find out about ryanair
One suggestion - extend the episodes by 10mins to be 30mins, you have so much content and the show is AWESOME!
Now they’ve already expanded it to 40-45 minutes long XD
adam deserves a gold medal for that pastry mile
Running a mile isn’t bad. Eating 4 donuts isn’t bad. Eating 4 donuts while running a mile is insane!! Respect 😂
You did it. You finally convinced me to get a curiosity stream/nebula subscription. Been hearing the ads for eons and you guys finally convinced me I had to subscribe so I can watch your videos. Congratulations 🎉
Is it just me or these game shows are just brilliant? I just hope that they're all also having fun for real and not just exhausted and burnt out
Tbh I would love to participate in these
“if we do win this race it will be well earned” [adam vomits video cuts]
Holy...! Sam teaming up with the Real Life Lore guy? Two of my favorite UA-cam channels together!
Publishing a video about Cancun while in Cancun is the best coincidence possible. Forget about all the crazy stuff that happens in a game; I think this beats all of it.
I'm surprised neither team considered flying to Frankfurt on Condor from Vegas or Phoenix, although likely it was due to distance requirements and possibly price as well considering they were allowed to do research beforehand.
I’m so happy I found this channel. Your content is so amazingly entertaining to watch. Stellar job!
Always hashtag team Ben and Adam
Challenge: Clean up all of Adam's vomit in Brooklyn.
This channel should explode, such great videos.
for the pastry mile I got so scared when he picked large donuts and didn't imediately look for macaroons or something
I would love if you could add subtitles. As a non-native speaker, some of the things are a lot harder to understand with background noise and masks and all that than a video produced in a professional recording setting is.
They have them on Nebula. Not sure why they didn't get uploaded here.
Ok so this video just got recommended to me and I was so shocked to see the face of the voice of many science/educational videos I randomly “watch” in the shower
Love the video! This inspires me to do something like this with my friends.
One little improvement you could make is to leave the lower thirds (text on the left bottom) on for a bit longer in future seasons. It was really hard for me to read (not english native) it during the video. Maybe it was intentional idk, but i think it could improve the already great quality.
I think the only one being *intentionally* short was the "Vomit cut available on Nebula" insert lol
"Adam from not being famous"
"Ben from not being famous"
LMFAO
Fun to see you guys back in action! I only wish that you had explained the rules a little bit better in the beginning.
13:03 he says "I only". He was probably going to say "I only want water" but started drinking before he could finish the sentence.
Sounded like "baloney"
the pastry mile is the most devious challenge in jet lag history oh my god whoever came up with that is evil
The first person to get convicted of speeding was only going 8 mph
This reminds me of the time I was leaving the air Force Academy and went from Colorado springs to Denver which is a quick flight, but there was a huge layover due to a storm. I got to Denver 5 minutes before my flight boarded and was across the entire airport. I ran so fast through that airport and probably caused so much concern.
I got to the gate and the Denver flight was pushed by another 2 hours for a storm. Luckily got home on time.
Wendover Productions and Real Life Lore in a seires together on camera is wild. I never thought I'd see the day
14:34 Everyone else on that track is just lookin at Team Bam and thinkin "What the hell are these two doing!?" xD
Poor Adam tho, he is a winner in our hearts always; just for this run alone. Also, i hope that challenge card got deleted from future cards for the sake of not killin Adam again
This show is the closest thing we can get to Where in The World is Carmen San Diego from the 90s! It’s my new obsession, and I love it! The Connect 4 show was good, but taking it international brought it to a whole new level! Please keep making this content. I finally went over to Nebula today just to see the next episode and can’t wait for the next one! I would love to see this expanded in the future to include travel and geography vloggers as guest contestants. Would be a great way to get the word out too 😉 Keep up the great work!
This puts the Amazing Race to shame, and I love that show! This is the best series on UA-cam!
In the 1970s a team of journalists circumnavigated the world in 80 hours, with stop overs in cities to make reports. It really helped they were in a Concorde specifically tasked with it (publicity event).
10 or so years later it did it in under 30, stopping only to refuel.
ADAM INSANE THATS MILE CHALLENGE WAS BRUTAL BUT HE DID IT AMAZING!!
Ya know I gotta hand it to Adam, I have a very small stomach so eating all those pastries would be a huge challenge no matter how hungry I am, in addition to running a mile I think I’d die.
Y’all’s ideas are amazing! Great video as always guys !!
I’ve learned that it’s not about being smart, it’s about just being focused and going fast. Adam and been have won almost all of them, and the only reason they didn’t win connect 4 is the rental car screwed them
It wasn't just the rental car though, they would have lost anyway due to Avis being closed and having to rent with Hertz instead because Sam pulled an instawin card.
This has quickly become my new favourite show on the Internet.
My prediction/ advice (?):
1. If the Thai flights are missed, both can try and make their way to Athens (can take Wizz Air/Ryanair/Easyjet directly) or to other Greece cities such as Paphos or Thessaloniki and make their way to Athens. (may cost around 60 to 200 USD/2 ppl)
1a. Then they could take the Scoot Athens-Singapore service.
1b. Flights to or through Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, or Japan are impossible as border restrictions constrain. For reference, these options are cheaper pre-pandemic and can be wisely used if these borders are fully opened. A stopover through Korea as the border is opened for tourists (not restricted to group tours) will be possible if the video is taken in June.
1c(a). There are no direct flights from Thailand or Malaysia to USA/Canada. Flight options from Vietnam are minimal (although possible) and expensive.
1c(b). From Manila, it is possible to reach Vancouver, San Francisco, or Los Angeles using Philipine Airlines. This is a cheap option costing the players 1600 USD for 2.
1c(c). From Seoul, it is possible to reach Dallas with just 1200 USD for 2 using American Airlines or Korean Air.
1c(d). From Singapore, it is possible to reach Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, or San Francisco using Singapore Airlines or United for 1600 USD.
2. Other options include reaching Abu Dhabi or Jeddah using Wizz Air or Pegasus and could take Air Asia X or Cebu Pacific to Manila or Kuala Lumpur. Alternatively, the route via India is possible with Indian or Middle Eastern budget carriers, through a stopover (visa required), who can continue their journey to South-East Asia. From New Delhi alternatively, both players could take Indian Airlines to Seoul for 800 USD. Singapore could also be reached cheaply from Dubai or India.
If they reach Bangkok using the Thai flight or Singapore using Scoot, connecting to Manila and Singapore is cheap just needing around 90 USD. Connecting to Seoul requires around 350 USD using Air Asia X.
In order to gain mileage and do challenges through it, I recommend using budget carriers wisely in SE Asian countries between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, or Indonesia. Flights are extremely cheap like Ryanair in Europe costing a maximum of 80 USD for 2 but the cost of living and transportation is a lot cheaper.
1. Also, The team who traveled through Cancun is at a disadvantage if they wish to take the Thai flight from Paris, as budget carriers are not available on this leg and both High-Speed Rail or inter-Europe flights from KLM or Airfrance can be very expensive. As we heard from the news, AMS airport was in total chaos in the past weeks. Not sure how this team would get through Amsterdam. Budget carriers also do not exist from Amsterdam or Netherlands in general and the nearest airport they will need to go to should be Eindhoven. Then they could make their way away from it. This could also handicap them if they wish to take advantage of Scoot or through Europe. On the other hand, Milan is one of the if not the busiest or most convenient hubs if not London Stansted/Luton for all 3 or more budget carriers. It will be much easier for this team to make their way out.
1. Also, The team who traveled through Cancun is at a disadvantage if they wish to take the Thai flight from Paris, as budget carriers are not available on this leg and both High-Speed Rail or inter-Europe flights from KLM or Airfrance can be very expensive. As we heard from the news, AMS airport was in total chaos in the past weeks. Not sure how this team would get through Amsterdam. Budget carriers also do not exist from Amsterdam or Netherlands in general and the nearest airport they will need to go to should be Eindhoven. Then they could make their way away from it. This could also handicap them if they wish to take advantage of Scoot or through Europe. On the other hand, Milan is one of the if not the busiest or most convenient hubs if not London Stansted/Luton for all 3 or more budget carriers. It will be much easier for this team to make their way out.
2a. Locating in Milan could easily give the team a cheap advantage as they could invest early for "distance traveled" before the late game. They could easily hop onto an EasyJet flight to Morocco, Egypt, Iceland, or the Spanish Atlantic islands and around 6000km is gained for around 120USD.
2b. Same advantage can also be used (even better) for the Amsterdam team to and from Egypt using Easyjet and around 8000km can be gained for 200 USD. They could also get to Dubai using Transavia and gain 11000km for 350 USD. Alternatively, they could also get to Dubai this way and continue to India or SEA.
3. This could therefore enable the team from using the KLM direct flight from Amsterdam to Seoul using 1200 USD and could also satisfy distance requirements.
Ben and Adam are my faves!!! Poor Adam on that pastry mile challenge. It's not looking good for them but somehow, I think they're going to pull a victory out of defeat. Go Ben & Adam!!!!!
Man the amount of times sam has correctly predicted the travel patterns of the opponents is insane
Joseph Pisenti, "The Only Person I Know Crazy Enough to Agree to Do This"
Sam Denby, "Really Needs You to Subscribe so He can Edge Out Joseph"
15 seconds in and I'm already losing it.
Ben:"You're an inspiration" Adam:"UAGHHHH"
If Adam and Ben had a channel I would definitely watch it
Same, just found this channel and they are the reason I'm binging
Did anyone else notice when it showed their names how wendover had his subscribers count at 5.95 mil when he only has 3.5 mil??
Looks like another fun series! Excited to see the rest!
This is Mr Beast challenges for adults … deserves much more views
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Tbh I remember when I thought HAI and RLL were the same so these 2 on the same team is kinda cool.
Ha, that's ridiculous. Next you're gonna say HAI and Wendover are the same.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 That would be especially ridiculous since those two sound _completely_ different ... while HAI and RLL _totally_ sound the same so I wouldn't even know how not to confuse them!
Been looking forward to this one! Loved the first series and I’m confident this will be even better!!
Lol, Ben & Adam choosing to go to Sam's most hated airport.
Also, Joseph looks a lot different than I remember from one of his irl videos he has done a few years ago.
They never went to Newark Airport tho...
Gosh, I feel so bad for Adam. That was so sad to see him like that, he’s my favourite but Ben always is that guy who doesn’t want to do anything. Poor Adam 😢