A Neat Suggestion

[jfeathe]

This is going to be hard to explain, but bear with me.

Everyone knows the first stage has a time display at the end of the course. My suggestion is that they integrate a timekeeper into the course itself.

This is how I think they could do it:

The producers would install frequent, evenly spaced lights throughout the entire course. For example, they would install airplane emergency style lights on both sides of the carpet pathways between obstacles. On obstacles themselves, they can stream carnival style lights over obstacles or install them into the obstacles themselves.

Before the run, all of the lights are off. When the timer begins, the lights begin turning on one by one from the beginning of the course all the way to the end so that the entire course is lit up by the end of the 120 seconds.

Since the first stage is rougly 330 feet long, they could install 120 lights 2.75 feet apart. Each second a new light would turn on signalling how far along the competitor needs to be.

It would be visually exciting and streesful for the competitiors.

I usually don't make outlandish suggestions but I just thought that would be cool.

Did that make sense to anyone??

[jfeathe]

Basically to clarify, it would be very similar to the MXC/ Takeshi Castle timer on "Dash to Death" except it would be:

1.) constatly turning on lights, not a moving timer

2.) it would be semi-integrated into the course instead of hovering above it.

[yamfriend]

I always thought of something along these lines, but I like how the timed stages are already...it just seems unnecessary and, as you said, stressful on the competitors...it's hard enough in the first place, and I don't want 5 or less people passing Stage 1 because of this.

Feel free to disagree...if you dare.

[bigblind168]

imagine this is how we found out the trio of failure has ADHD

[VenusHeadTrap]

Sasuke it self is really a very raw experience and isn't modern or comfortable, it's raw. Really it's just several obstacles put over a dirt road, and muddy water. It's really a very raw experience and isn't modern or comfortable. The way I see it is this lighting idea would be more suitable for an indoor event that's more staged, not an outlandishly gritty course like Sasuke. This lighting idea would be too hard to see in daytime opposed to nighttime, probably more lighting problems would occur than the specialists already have.