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Post by Badalight on Sept 17, 2008 18:10:36 GMT -5
The gap is probably rounded down. or something, because it's not 1 meter no matter how you look at it.
It's possible they made the final jump easier than the pipe sliders, because the final ring itself is a lot more challenging, and the rest of stage 3 is killer,s o it's kind of like a lucky break.
but it still seems further than 3 meters.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 18:17:22 GMT -5
So what was up with the Log Grip anyways? People can't push it to start anymore and when you hop on it it gives a small drop and then its go time, Were people having that much trouble starting it?
And while I will admit the Last Notch is higher on the Salmon Ladder, it is NOT the same old Salmon Ladder, they added a notch to it and made the pipe heavier, Levi said in his interview said it felt different. Plus the fact the Bar has been redesigned too, with the Heavier bar I don't think it'd be fair making people do that last jump with that weight bar, people had trouble with the light bar on that last notch *remembers Sasuke 19*.
And whats different about the Jumping Spider, it definitly seems defferent, I think they made the last pad closer than in the other 3, when people jumped off it looked different like people are just dropping down standing.
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Post by obakemono on Sept 17, 2008 19:15:52 GMT -5
I'm almost 100% the Salmon Ladder structure is the same. It looks identical from pictures and it would've been a pain for them to remake it. The weights on the bar are I think intended to keep it on the Stick Slider, with the side effect of making it harder.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 19:19:03 GMT -5
I never said complete redesign, they just added one notch, thats a simple proceedure.
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Post by obakemono on Sept 17, 2008 19:22:19 GMT -5
The old one had seven notches. The new one has seven notches.
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Post by Badalight on Sept 17, 2008 19:24:22 GMT -5
It's not that hard to make changes... it's not liek they keep the same exact obstacles year after year, they remake em if they have to.
It does honestly lok like that final gap is shorter, I mentioned that in the chat room when I first saw the salmon ladder.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 19:25:47 GMT -5
Then how come the Final Notch is not as long as it was before?
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Post by obakemono on Sept 17, 2008 19:26:40 GMT -5
Picture proof first. Then discussion.
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Post by Badalight on Sept 17, 2008 19:27:40 GMT -5
By the way... did you notice on the glidign ring that Nagano was stuck at the end?
Why do you think that is?
it seems like he got caught on something, and at the very last jump he got past it but fell.
Is there a notch to hold teh ring in place so you can build momentum without having to worry about going backwards?
Seems like it.
Even if there wasn't a notch I don't think you'd go backwards very easily.
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Post by obakemono on Sept 17, 2008 19:30:08 GMT -5
Yeah he was stuck like two inches from the end. If it doesn't lock in place it would be really hard to swing it, because you wouldn't go backwards but you would twist sideways like Nagano was doing. Still a really tough jump but not as impossible as I first thought when I saw it, as you'll get decent distance from the swing. The course testers must pass it loads of times before it gets on the real course anyway.
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Post by Badalight on Sept 17, 2008 19:37:10 GMT -5
I guess it kinda shook when it locked into place, and nagano was too tired to hold on.
if he had held on just wining doens't take very much arm strength... you have to hold on which will drain you a bit, and he wouldn't have beaten teh final stage but we would've been able to see it! ah well... next time I guess.
Soo close! If I ever got that close, there would be no way I'd let go off that ring.
He still did awesome though.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 19:37:42 GMT -5
Even when locked in place you're still going to go sideways.
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Post by obakemono on Sept 17, 2008 19:48:56 GMT -5
Isn't the idea of it locking it in place to prevent that? If it didn't lock it still wouldn't go backwards, so the lock would make no difference.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 19:52:09 GMT -5
I would assume it would twist. I mean watch it once Nagano falls, its still turning but its locked into place.
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Post by dwizzo on Sept 17, 2008 19:54:39 GMT -5
Soo close! If I ever got that close, there would be no way I'd let go off that ring. :rolleyes:
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 19:56:36 GMT -5
If I ever got that close, there would be no way I'd let go off that ring. Easier said than done. I admit I have a 80/20 chance I'd meet my match there.
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Post by Badalight on Sept 17, 2008 20:28:19 GMT -5
Soo close! If I ever got that close, there would be no way I'd let go off that ring. :rolleyes: You have no idea of my skill level. I never said I could get to the final ring, because I know I can't. I said if I did get tot he very end I wouldn't let go on sheer will power alone. I "rise to the occasion" that's my motto, when it matters I bring it! And if I'm that close to my destiny, to the finals tage, there's no way i'd let go of that ring. I never said I'd land it either, I just said I wouldn't let go, I'd build up momentum and jump, if I didn't make it oh well, at elast I didn't give up.
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Post by Yojimbo on Sept 17, 2008 20:34:58 GMT -5
Although those are very valoruos comments, there are time when the body simply fails. There are people like Nagano that give absolutly everything until they can't. Its different when you really discover there are places you can't go yet.
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Post by The Chief on Sept 17, 2008 20:46:55 GMT -5
So, moving on, you think that they'll change the First Stage?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 17, 2008 20:48:11 GMT -5
Its seem to do its job quite well, I think eventually the Pole Maze is going because its taken out the least ammount of competitors of the obstacles.
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