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Post by m4tt3r0x on Sept 4, 2013 14:56:44 GMT -5
The ANW5 Jumping Spider doesn't even compare to 19/26's difficulty from what I could see. You can hit the trampoline just the same without a longer run up and the walls were no where near far away as 19/26's...
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Post by Buster1920 on Sept 4, 2013 16:20:22 GMT -5
Two, I'm getting really irritated with the whole "Hey, a demoralized contestant. Let's interview them!" First with Andrew Lowes, and now with Flip! I completely agree, For Jenn to go to Flip and talk to him while in the state he was in was completely uncalled for. They should have let him have his "private moment in hell" (arsenette quote) before bugging him about where he went wrong. The only interview besides Andrew Lowes' that did not last 35 seconds.
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Post by tkdchamp2021 on Sept 4, 2013 21:44:57 GMT -5
I completely agree, For Jenn to go to Flip and talk to him while in the state he was in was completely uncalled for. They should have let him have his "private moment in hell" (arsenette quote) before bugging him about where he went wrong. The only interview besides Andrew Lowes' that did not last 35 seconds. Even flip gave her a "are you kidding me?" look.
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Post by baronbk on Sept 4, 2013 22:37:26 GMT -5
Jenn didn't have control over when she talked to people or what she said. If you're going to be upset at someone, be upset at the producers.
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Post by KinnikuBanzukeÜberAlles on Sept 4, 2013 22:48:22 GMT -5
When I see the SASUKE trampolines, they look like they have a bigger surface area for contestants to bounce off of. The ANW ones look like they have a smaller area for contestants to hit.
How different are the trampolines in ANW compared to the ones in SASUKE?
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Post by thebobmaster on Sept 4, 2013 22:52:24 GMT -5
Jenn didn't have control over when she talked to people or what she said. If you're going to be upset at someone, be upset at the producers. Agreed. That's why my initial post said "they", not "she". Jenn Brown handled it about as well as anyone in her position could. I blame the producers for putting her in that position.
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Post by VeryCoolAlan on Sept 5, 2013 13:46:31 GMT -5
Yea she looks pretty awkward when interviewing them lol.
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Post by whothehellami on Sept 5, 2013 17:49:28 GMT -5
When I see the SASUKE trampolines, they look like they have a bigger surface area for contestants to bounce off of. The ANW ones look like they have a smaller area for contestants to hit. How different are the trampolines in ANW compared to the ones in SASUKE? They're not all that different in terms of size but the bounce you get off the US one feels much greater
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Post by whothehellami on Sept 5, 2013 18:55:19 GMT -5
Obstacles aren't absolved from having potential design issues, and ANW has had several up to this point. An obstacle with an obstacle design error obviously is still passable, but that design error doesn't give everyone a fair chance. EXACTLY. When you have THAT many fails, including several people like Flip who can usually ace the obstacle, there's something screwed up with the way it's built. There was LESS run-up to the tramp and MORE distance between the tramp and the entrance to the obstacle compared to last year, and to me the space between the walls even looks wider than last year too. So it's broken because its hard? Keep in mind that 21 people beat stage 1 which is pretty darn good. And as far as several guys like Flip failing so something must be broken, what about the rookie guys that beat it? Are they just lucky? All it proves is that no one is exempt from failing any obstical
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Post by tkdchamp2021 on Sept 5, 2013 19:18:15 GMT -5
Obstacles aren't absolved from having potential design issues, and ANW has had several up to this point. An obstacle with an obstacle design error obviously is still passable, but that design error doesn't give everyone a fair chance. EXACTLY. When you have THAT many fails, including several people like Flip who can usually ace the obstacle, there's something screwed up with the way it's built. There was LESS run-up to the tramp and MORE distance between the tramp and the entrance to the obstacle compared to last year, and to me the space between the walls even looks wider than last year too. Even Nagano failed the Jumping Spider after he cleared it in 19. If someone usually clears the obstacle, it doesn't mean they'll clear it every single time.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 5, 2013 20:04:11 GMT -5
When I see the SASUKE trampolines, they look like they have a bigger surface area for contestants to bounce off of. The ANW ones look like they have a smaller area for contestants to hit. How different are the trampolines in ANW compared to the ones in SASUKE? They're not all that different in terms of size but the bounce you get off the US one feels much greater I think that difference is mainly the type, in Japan they use the elastic bands kind of trampoline, ANW they use the metal spring kind. Speaking of those I dunno about the Midoriyama kind (or even for other regionals parts like the Jump Hang Kai or Flying Nunchuks) but the kind before the SL is really springy... Almost crashed into the bar when I tried lol
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Sept 6, 2013 7:53:41 GMT -5
This is back to back years where roughly 50% of the people went out on the jumping spider. Crazy and it looked like on the last night some had problem with grip on the shoes and the plexiglass j jumping spider is easy
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Post by whothehellami on Sept 6, 2013 11:01:06 GMT -5
They're not all that different in terms of size but the bounce you get off the US one feels much greater I think that difference is mainly the type, in Japan they use the elastic bands kind of trampoline, ANW they use the metal spring kind. Speaking of those I dunno about the Midoriyama kind (or even for other regionals parts like the Jump Hang Kai or Flying Nunchuks) but the kind before the SL is really springy... Almost crashed into the bar when I tried lol They're all the same as the ones used for the SL transition.
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Post by Philip on Sept 6, 2013 11:02:32 GMT -5
I think the reason why many of us are upset about the Jumping Spider is because of how many people failed it. Makes me wonder if they told everyone about the differences from previous years.
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Post by whothehellami on Sept 6, 2013 11:35:10 GMT -5
I think the reason why many of us are upset about the Jumping Spider is because of how many people failed it. Makes me wonder if they told everyone about the differences from previous years. In the Stage 1 walk through they go over everything, they do the best they can to inform us on what we're up against
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Post by higeboshi on Sept 6, 2013 13:30:50 GMT -5
They're not all that different in terms of size but the bounce you get off the US one feels much greater If they're the same as the samplers they had set up in the waiting area in Denver, that bounce is * insane* if you're not accustomed to it. I was seriously expecting around half the bounce I got, especially since I was just doing an initial check and not intending to commit to a jump.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 6, 2013 15:37:04 GMT -5
As of ANW4 the warmup trampolines give more bounce than the ones on the course (this was the case in Dallas at least), dunno about this year.
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Post by gtoneko on Sept 6, 2013 19:29:00 GMT -5
Finally got caught up with it all, and yeah, with all that's been happening with the JS, unless we were all at the course itself to do it, we can't really say whether it was a fluke, or just the one thing that happens with even the All Stars, mental lapse.
If I had been on the main course itself, no matter who you are, I'd be nervous as crap, and next thing you know, despite my best efforts, there's going to be that one lapse of concentration that can make or break my chances.
No one is immune to that. The All Stars faced that problem time and time again, from the original courses, to the Shin-Sasuke period, even now with the Rising courses.
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Post by UnrealCanine on Sept 7, 2013 13:11:00 GMT -5
I really wish the announcers would shut the hell up about the time. 60 seconds at the warped wall is no reason to panic
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Post by scutros on Sept 7, 2013 16:52:08 GMT -5
I still think the ANW 5 jumping spider is more difficult. After watching some of the Sasuke 19 video, the JS is alot higher but also looks closer. I think having to get alot of distance on their jumps is whats throwing off some of the runners in ANW 5, its hard to get high and far on the same jump.
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