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Post by arsenette on Jun 6, 2010 14:50:59 GMT -5
The focus of Wipeout is not how it is in Sasuke so by it's very nature it's going to be different. This is also why it's a rip of Takeshi's Castle completely. Takeshi's castle was all about destroying the people in the most humiliating way possible for laughs. Sasuke is built like a competition where the performer is the star and not the obstacles entirely. They don't change as often by comparison because they build a playing field for competitors to rise to then up the ante when it's beaten. That's why there are All-Stars and favorite competitive people. Wipeout and shows like it are an ever revolving door since the obstacles are really the main focus of the show and not it's people. This is also the reason why I don't like the show. I like the human aspect of Sasuke.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2010 15:05:11 GMT -5
The focus of Wipeout is not how it is in Sasuke so by it's very nature it's going to be different. This is also why it's a rip of Takeshi's Castle completely. Takeshi's castle was all about destroying the people in the most humiliating way possible for laughs. Sasuke is built like a competition where the performer is the star and not the obstacles entirely. They don't change as often by comparison because they build a playing field for competitors to rise to then up the ante when it's beaten. That's why there are All-Stars and favorite competitive people. Wipeout and shows like it are an ever revolving door since the obstacles are really the main focus of the show and not it's people. This is also the reason why I don't like the show. I like the human aspect of Sasuke. I guess its what you prefer than. I prefer obstacles, don't get me wrong, I love seeinq Nagano and them, but seeing a new challenging obstacle (Or even a regular non-challenging obstacle like the Bridge Jump) makes me more excited.
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Post by arsenette on Jun 6, 2010 15:08:23 GMT -5
Yeah that's what it is with me. I don't excited out of inanimate objects. I get excited when someone beats them and continues to do well with other obstacles. I guess it's like people who love staring at buildings.. That's why I call myself a people watcher.
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Post by intelligentinfer on Jun 7, 2010 8:14:32 GMT -5
The obstacles are very dangerous too. Remember what the sucker punch did?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 7, 2010 13:54:55 GMT -5
The obstacles are very dangerous too. Remember what the sucker punch did? Hundreds of Nut Hits?.. wasn't Wipeout supposed to be cancelled after some incident where a contestant died afterwards due to heat exhaustion or something like that? Because IIRC, there was a thread on here that said that (can't find it anymore for some reason). If I remember correctly he had a pre-existing condition he didn't mention and was taken to a hospital and died there. Now if only M9/TBS looked at this site more for obstacle ideas from all of us... ;D Shown in the 25 Navi of their course brainstorming. And also said 1000 times of what ideas people had for their own 25 course..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 14:57:01 GMT -5
The obstacles are very dangerous too. Remember what the sucker punch did? There not that dangerous.... Until someone gets permanently hurt, there's nothing "dangerous" about it.
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Post by TCM on Jun 7, 2010 17:19:07 GMT -5
The obstacles are very dangerous too. Remember what the sucker punch did? There not that dangerous.... Until someone gets permanently hurt, there's nothing "dangerous" about it. So for anything to be considered dangerous on the show, they have to damn near die from it? Because that's what you're pretty much implying.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 17:50:55 GMT -5
There not that dangerous.... Until someone gets permanently hurt, there's nothing "dangerous" about it. So for anything to be considered dangerous on the show, they have to damn near die from it? Because that's what you're pretty much implying. If someone were to get hurt on the show, it would've happened by now. The fact that no one has gotten hurt yet implies that its pretty safe. Like taking a pill, where 300 people before you took it, and no one got any serious side effects. Could it still be "dangerous" or is it now "safe" because so many people before didn't get any side effects. Is riding an airplane safe? I mean, sure, many people have survived, but still, there's the BIG RISK that it'll crash. But I still wouldn't consider it "dangerous" Sorry for replying to your 1 sentence bite sized post with a fatty king sized post. >_>
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Post by quasikoz on Jun 7, 2010 18:21:50 GMT -5
Just because every obstacle on Wipeout is padded doesn't make it safe. Any obstacle course will have a sense of danger. The difference is in the liability agreements contestants sign to do these shows.
That being said, I love some of these obstacles on Wipeout. That vertical-spinning-cheese dip pot at the very end would make an awesome first stage obstacle! It wouldn't take much to redesign any Wipeout obstcale to make it a Sasuke first-stage obstacle.
Just celebrate the differences. After all, this is the only new stuff we're going to get until Sasuke 26.
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Post by VxJasonxV on Jun 13, 2010 14:52:00 GMT -5
If someone were to get hurt on the show, it would've happened by now. The fact that no one has gotten hurt yet implies that its pretty safe. (1) We already have a rumor about a contestant dying. Pre-existing condition or not, that kinda points to some kind of inherent danger. The environment in which the show takes place to is part of the equation. (2) I'm pretty sure the guy in season 1 that fell BETWEEN the Big Ball and the stand it's in got pretty hurt. Not hurt enough to stop, but pretty hurt. (3) Some of those Wipeout Zone catapult entries happened way bad, like, belly flop or flat back. Surely you know how bad entry even from a low level into a pool is? Imagine doing that at 30 miles an hour. Again, it hasn't stopped anyone, at least not at that point, but I'm SURE there's been injuries. Now, if we're talking broken bones, that's a different story, but even this last episode (the blind date), I'm sure some those bowling pins from the clowns hurt, I'm sure the "baseballs" (rubber dodgeballs) in the money stage hurt, and people diving for a platform and missing, hurts. The lady that didn't complete any obstacle, but hit the side of the landing pad every time? Padded or not, crunching your body up like that in a dead stop has GOT to hurt.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 13, 2010 18:24:29 GMT -5
OK.. No one bump the topic..... But since everyone kept talking about it I found it.. sasukemaniac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=1579And reading the CNN article G4fan linked.. There are some things to note, He did have knee pain which is probably all the course did (Shortness of Breath might have been by the course too).. He was taken to a hospital after that, and from there transfered to another hospital, He did have a pre-existing condition. Note the dates: That's 17 days of a gap. So yes he did experience knee pain and probably the shortness of breath both probably caused by the course.. but when he died of the stroke that was too far away for the Wipeout course to have actually caused it.. Hopefully this post sheds some light onto the subject so all of us will stop arguing about it..
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Post by arsenette on Jun 23, 2010 2:49:26 GMT -5
I actually saw Wipeout this weekend in full again after a long delay (I think I saw it when it first came out and then turned it right back off). It was Father's Day and we all gathered around and put something on TV to add as background noise and have the kids watch.. and what's funny is that most people I saw it with got bored very quickly when they kept getting up and going.. especially the final 2 sets. They kept saying "after a while if they suck that badly.. why the F are they giving them money and we are watching?".. LOL They summed up my feelings exactly.
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Post by 2D2Will on Jun 23, 2010 12:08:38 GMT -5
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 23, 2010 12:57:44 GMT -5
This is online right? I tried to see it (Well the recording on DVR since I wasn't home) but there was a bunch of rain here and I have satellite so....
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Post by TCM on Jun 23, 2010 12:58:01 GMT -5
At this point I watch Wipeout to provide me the opposite side of Sasuke: nothing but hillarious (and painful) wipeouts. The Johns commentary helps because these two tend to just know what to say in order to make a simple wipeout seem funnier then it was. In other words, I love Wipeout.
About that game show article, not surprised at Millionaire being number 1, that will likely never change unless the next big game show franchise comes along. Deal or No Deal could have done it, but imo the reason the UK version is staying (last I checked) and the US version is pretty much dead is because of the extravagance of it. The surrondings always to me took more priority than the actual gameplay itself sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I loved DoND, but when it became syndicated (aka what it should have been in terms of finding a connection with people you barely know and hoping they win big instead of trying to be as greedy as you can as what was with the primetime version) that's when I loved it the most.
Wipeout is surprising only because Wipeout is only 2 years old and at number 3 already. I'm also more surprised that Jeopardy isn't where I expected to be (in place of Wipeout), but I guess because it's the longest-running series on the list its popularity has been declining in the past few years (I suspect Ken Jennings having some kind of influence on it as well lol).
Once again my slightly off-topic post is more than the one on topic.
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Post by Gavo on Jun 23, 2010 13:08:20 GMT -5
I didnt really like the qualifier, the only good new obstacle was the last one, Double cross was amazing (also pretty similar to overdrive) liked bruiseball better then in the blind date episode and the new zone is better than the BD one the only thing I didnt like was the paint and I think that may of been a once-off thing.
So in short great start to the season cant wait for the next episode (which according to the wipeout facebook page is tomorrow)
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 24, 2010 18:03:47 GMT -5
liked bruiseball better then in the blind date episode and the new zone is better than the BD one the only thing I didnt like was the paint and I think that may of been a once-off thing. Probably because it was actually relevant to the competition over it being a bonus. And there were some parts of the new one that were better than that one but some parts of the preview one was better (And also I actually wanted to see someone beat that rib-cage obstacle) Yeah, I looked and it is tonight.. If one day was a special day and the other one was the regular I want it to be Thursdays.. I'm not even home at 8 on Tuesdays XD
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Post by TCM on Jun 24, 2010 22:28:42 GMT -5
Hey JP, still think anyone from Sasuke can go through the course without getting wet/muddy?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2010 22:38:30 GMT -5
Hey JP, still think anyone from Sasuke can go through the course without getting wet/muddy? I STILL haven't watched it yet. IS IT REALLY THAT HARD!? I need to watch it, but my Mom is watching her damn soaps >_>
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jul 1, 2010 18:59:27 GMT -5
Apparently that two new Wipeouts a week wasn't a one time thing because it says theres a new one about to come on
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