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Post by ekkerb11 on Jul 1, 2016 16:43:31 GMT -5
I wasn't there but I have heard of a few of the events...
1. Peg Board (obviously) 2. Flying Shelf Grab (they now can make it further than 14 feet) 3. Mega Wall 4. Invisible Ladder (not sure if this is a speed race or like how high they could get. I'm hearing it was held in the stage 4 tower, so I'm confused why that wasn't the actual Stage 4 (changes it up from a rope climb) 5. Hourglass Drop (hey you gotta have one luck based event, it's Vegas!) I think they either move the bridges further away laterally, or they lower the trampoline... 6. Cliffhanger (just a rumor)
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Post by DonalM on Jul 1, 2016 17:43:13 GMT -5
I wasn't there but I have heard of a few of the events...
1. Peg Board (obviously) 2. Flying Shelf Grab (they now can make it further than 14 feet) 3. Mega Wall 4. Invisible Ladder (not sure if this is a speed race or like how high they could get. I'm hearing it was held in the stage 4 tower, so I'm confused why that wasn't the actual Stage 4 (changes it up from a rope climb) 5. Hourglass Drop (hey you gotta have one luck based event, it's Vegas!) I think they either move the bridges further away laterally, or they lower the trampoline... 6. Cliffhanger (just a rumor)
No Salmon Ladder?
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Post by mayhudson on Jul 1, 2016 21:22:02 GMT -5
I wasn't there but I have heard of a few of the events...
1. Peg Board (obviously) 2. Flying Shelf Grab (they now can make it further than 14 feet) 3. Mega Wall 4. Invisible Ladder (not sure if this is a speed race or like how high they could get. I'm hearing it was held in the stage 4 tower, so I'm confused why that wasn't the actual Stage 4 (changes it up from a rope climb) 5. Hourglass Drop (hey you gotta have one luck based event, it's Vegas!) I think they either move the bridges further away laterally, or they lower the trampoline... 6. Cliffhanger (just a rumor)
Why do you think the hourglass drop is luck based?Genuinely curious.
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Post by cole77000 on Jul 1, 2016 23:44:45 GMT -5
Why do you think the hourglass drop is luck based?Genuinely curious. Mainly had to do with the fact that trampolines in general can widely vary in how they respond to impact and the competitors didn't get much time to train the one ATS set up last year. The luck then comes from whether or not you took the right guess on how to hit it because one didn't have a lot of information to go off of going into it. Custom trampolines in general are tough to judge on how they are going to respond. A nice other example is the original Sasuke jump hang/jumping spider trampoline which uses elastic bands where many use springs. Causes the trampoline to bottom out suddenly. David Campbell went into it in detail for his Sasuke 22 interview.
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Post by Al Bundy on Jan 21, 2017 8:12:20 GMT -5
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Post by arsenette on Jan 21, 2017 23:41:43 GMT -5
Cool! Thanks for letting us know! ♥
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Post by arsenette on Feb 3, 2017 9:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by Al Bundy on Feb 3, 2017 18:18:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 12:06:53 GMT -5
Promo has been posted. Will air on February 20.
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Post by matt723894 on Feb 8, 2017 14:39:23 GMT -5
Looks way more complicated then last year. Will this be a 3 hour special? Or will they fail to try to cram it all in?
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Post by ekkerb11 on Feb 8, 2017 18:53:06 GMT -5
Lots more challenges. I saw a balance/speed challenge with the platforms, an hourglass drop and invisible ladder as 3 new challenges. Getting rid of the jump hang would still be two extra challenges. So yeah, hopefully it's 3 hours
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Post by matt723894 on Feb 8, 2017 19:02:41 GMT -5
Lots more challenges. I saw a balance/speed challenge with the platforms, an hourglass drop and invisible ladder as 3 new challenges. Getting rid of the jump hang would still be two extra challenges. So yeah, hopefully it's 3 hours You can also see Jessie flip and nic coolridge wearing matching grey and pink uniforms. This suggests a possible third team, possibly one of Kristine?
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Post by Paragus on Feb 8, 2017 19:18:15 GMT -5
Lots more challenges. I saw a balance/speed challenge with the platforms, an hourglass drop and invisible ladder as 3 new challenges. Getting rid of the jump hang would still be two extra challenges. So yeah, hopefully it's 3 hours You can also see Jessie flip and nic coolridge wearing matching grey and pink uniforms. This suggests a possible third team, possibly one of Kristine? If you look closely during the shot of Jessie Graff jumping towards the Flying Squirrel, it actually says "Team Kristine' on her back.
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Post by Eclipse on Feb 8, 2017 20:00:33 GMT -5
Lots more challenges. I saw a balance/speed challenge with the platforms, an hourglass drop and invisible ladder as 3 new challenges. Getting rid of the jump hang would still be two extra challenges. So yeah, hopefully it's 3 hours It was explicitly stated in the Ninja Warrior Nation post above that it was two hours. So I'd presume two unless they make a mistake (although they're an official fan site, aren't they? So unlikely)
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Post by Messup434 on Feb 8, 2017 23:00:37 GMT -5
My first thought is how awesome it is that this is back and they've expanded it so much . But then my next thought was it would have to be at least three (maybe even four ) hours. Because looking back at last year, they chopped up the Giant Jump Hang to bits and cut out two full matches in the team competition (meaning the wrong team won ). Now with two extra challenges and an extra team in the team competition, it's hard to understand what they're thinking keeping it at two hours. I hope they'll at least "While you were away" Snake Run and Hourglass Challenges if they have to do any, because those are either too easy or mostly luck
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Post by matt723894 on Feb 10, 2017 20:21:07 GMT -5
Heard some more about the team comp. the teams were 3 people each, so that effectively means they have 1 less competitor in the team comp. teams are: Matt: Chris w naj and Jessie L Akbar: grant Neil and Meghan Kristine: flip nic C and Jessie graff.
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Post by thatoneuser on Feb 20, 2017 17:04:19 GMT -5
Don't forget, this airs tonight at 8 on NBC!
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Post by TCM on Feb 20, 2017 17:48:02 GMT -5
Don't forget, this airs tonight at 8 on NBC! I honestly didn't remember until this thread was updated
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Post by penguincatfish on Feb 20, 2017 22:02:38 GMT -5
Akbar said Drew better go Super Saiyan! Then later Matt called him a Super Saiyan!
It's confirmed. Drew is both the Real Life Ninja and now Real Life Super Saiyan.
edit - I misheard Matt's "Super Sonic" as "Super Saiyan". However, Akbar did say "Drew Drechsel better go Super Saiyan on this one" followed by yelling "SUPER SAIYAN ON THE SUPER SONIC" twice.
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Post by matt723894 on Feb 20, 2017 22:16:08 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but fast forwarding 3 full challenges is just not ok. I don't care if it's on YouTube, you can't fast forward three challenges. Also, I think it's time to axe the team competition. No one cares about it and it only exists to put the women on stage 3.
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