Stage One Time Limit

[chackpop]

I voted Strict, even though the Americans had plenty of time, atleast 5 people crawled to the finish with less than 3 seconds.

[quasikoz]

At first I thought lenient when I was watching ANW2, but now watching the rest of the competitors run it I thought it was fair.

[wolf4537]

Hard to believe that 130 seconds barely made a few people pass stage 1. I'd say next time they make it 135 seconds.

[jfeathe]

I said very strict. The first 3 obstacles move at a snail's (har-har) pace and left so little time for everything left. People who seemed to fly through still only barely finished.

[TCM]

I'm actually saying OK. It did what it did: affected enough by the speed of the slower obstacles to make you rush and if you let it get to you, you failed. Sure, all but David, Brian, Travis, and Kouji were in the red, but it made it more exciting to see the near-fails.

[YoDaUO]

I think it was all right. Lee and Okuyama almost timed out though! Imagine if they did..... Only americans in stage 3...

[scnoi1217]

I liked it, wasn't too crazy like 19 or 22 but wasn't very lenient either.

[dudesky1000]

Not entirely sure... not many people fell victim to the clock this time around, but from the American's results I'd say it should probably stay the same. TBH they crushed the first stage and if the time limit were decreased there would be NO leeway for error on the Warped Wall or final ladder.

[obakemono]

It's fine. If it can be crushed by 25 seconds, there's nothing wrong with it. People were just moving slowly and getting hung up in the nets.

[bigblind168]

Perfect. Allowed for dominance, a solid middle groud and rushes to the finish line for great televison! Keep it around 130 if the same 1st stage returns or maybe lower it to 129 128, maybe even 125? but it was perfect IMO

[yamfriend]

It was OK if you ask me. I think a lot of people who think it was strict though aren't realizing that a lot of the faster competitors fell early on in Stage 1, so without them it seemed much stricter than it really was. I would've liked to see 135 seconds instead though because then we would've had at least 3 more clears (Kawahara,

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Shane Daniels

, and that one biker dude in the 60s who timed out by a split second). So although the time wasn't horribly strict, it wasn't that lenient either; hence why I said "OK".

[cole77000]

I thought the time limit was perfect. So... yeah. What they said ^

[Deleted]

I think people went slower with these new obstacle. Next tournament, people should clear faster.

[davidcampbell]

Jan 2, 2011 10:28:30 GMT -5 obakemono said:

It's fine. If it can be crushed by 25 seconds, there's nothing wrong with it. People were just moving slowly and getting hung up in the nets.

22 seconds.
Yeah it's tough, because if you didn't shortcut the swing you'd generally be in the red. Remember Shane timed out again as well and he was training to go faster than he did last time.
I think the time was ok, but an extra 5 seconds would have been ok too, and let a few more people into stage 2.

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Jan 2, 2011 17:34:44 GMT -5 davidcampbell said:

Jan 2, 2011 10:28:30 GMT -5 obakemono said:

It's fine. If it can be crushed by 25 seconds, there's nothing wrong with it. People were just moving slowly and getting hung up in the nets.

22 seconds.
Yeah it's tough, because if you didn't shortcut the swing you'd generally be in the red. Remember Shane timed out again as well and he was training to go faster than he did last time.
I think the time was ok, but an extra 5 seconds would have been ok too, and let a few more people into stage 2.

Also. David. You f***ing own. Just wanted to let you know.

[RobbyMac]

It should stay the same....

[xig28]

the time to me was great. honestly cant complain and hopefully if nothing is changed for the next tournament they should keep it that way but doubt it