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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 8, 2010 14:10:30 GMT -5
Pretty much... And they got a plexiglass Spider Walk instead of that one from ANW1
And supposedly the semifinals have a trampoline to Salmon Ladder to Gliding Ring/Circle Slider then the same net climb.. Someone post a non-facebook picture of that thing.. XD
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 8, 2010 21:56:55 GMT -5
In case anyone was wondering.. And because I don't have any other ANW2 news that hasn't been posted..
EDIT: Oh, Oti also said this
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Post by TCM on Aug 8, 2010 23:26:40 GMT -5
In case anyone was wondering.. And because I don't have any other ANW2 news that hasn't been posted.. EDIT: Oh, Oti also said this 1. G4 puts the bridge the wrong way on purpose 2. Doesn't allow other people to fix it the RIGHT way 3. Thus people get screwed or unfairly easy Excuse the language of the picture, but I really can't put it any other way: I feel the need to clarify: I was a fan of G4 from 2003-2007, so I not a fan of the way G4 has been as of late. I'm remembering the GOOD days the company had.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 8, 2010 23:30:06 GMT -5
I expected a lot of problems with the bridge.. heck.. they had it in Sasuke and it didn't always work right. Seeing this one and how they placed it I figured it wasn't going to go right. I heard more injuries this year as well. I still believe the bridge should have been higher and above water. That alone would have cut down on the injuries.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 8, 2010 23:33:37 GMT -5
I expected a lot of problems with the bridge.. heck.. they had it in Sasuke and it didn't always work right. Seeing this one and how they placed it I figured it wasn't going to go right. I heard more injuries this year as well. I still believe the bridge should have been higher and above water. That alone would have cut down on the injuries. Also in the comments of that vid.. I heard someone cracked their head open failing the bridge.. What other bridge-involved injuries have there been besides everyone smacking into the side of it?.. Maybe if G4 managd to have set the bridge up right we wouldn't have had all these problems.. Why couldn't they just add weight to the bottoms of the blades so it would still tilt and be failable but people could correct themselfs?... Maybe I shouldn't make another course vid.. I think they misunderstood that "Running Drop" obstacle I had..
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Post by Badalight on Aug 8, 2010 23:35:38 GMT -5
Also, Unclesam death by X-bridge. Good news is he is seemingly totally okay, and already looking forward to ANW3.
Damn, some of my favorite people are failing... still havn't heard anything about Stratus.. he's the only person left that I REALLY want to see make it.
Dude's been trying since ANC1 for christ sake... give him a chance.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 8, 2010 23:36:22 GMT -5
I honestly think it was designed wrong.. so to change it at that late of a stage would have been to replace it .. and that couldn't happen so they were kinda stuck. I hear a lot of people got hurt specifically there (obviously not exclusively there) some more serious than others. I'm wondering how it's going to change overnight though. They have to run the top 30 over that thing again tomorrow.. Will be difficult knowing what happened though. I'm sure with that being closed it's something we can't discuss even if we did find out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2010 23:36:40 GMT -5
I was only there for about 3 hours (My family wanted to leave so whatever)
but to Oti's comment, I could've sworn that people were allowed to go either way.
So if the bridge was sightly tilted to the left, you could go on the obstacle in that way, and it would tilt back to it's normal position before continually tilting downward.
Hopefully that made sense. Probably didn't.
But than again, I was there on the 2nd day, they probably changed it up by than or something.
Happy about Oti, sucks he didn't make the next round though.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 9, 2010 0:30:00 GMT -5
Btw Juice I loved your name for the bridge "Fail bridge".. I'm calling it the F bridge now mwahahahha ehem.. Anyway Jason put up on the G4 boards a good explanation for those who weren't there as to why the bridge was screwed up. Makes sense now after reading it: forums.g4tv.com/showpost.php?p=2621787&postcount=132
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2010 0:35:56 GMT -5
Lol yeah "F Bridge" I like it Honestly, I'm tired of any letter followed by Bridge. They all ended up being fail, and this one is the worst out of all of them. I feel bad to whoever failed it because of the wind. That really sucks. Next time they should just put a simple log there. Seriously, G4 needs to stop with these balancing obstacles. 2 fails in a row. Quit trying and just put a damn log there.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 9, 2010 0:40:27 GMT -5
Fuster Cluck Bridge But yeah I feel bad for that too I think the part about what Oti was talking about where the Salmon ladder is badly placed.. that should be interesting if we get reports tomorrow. So F-bridge problems .. I wonder if they will change it AGAIN tomorrow..
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Post by thebra on Aug 9, 2010 0:43:24 GMT -5
Yeah, here's a pic of the "x-bridge" prior to the padding. When I saw it then, I wasn't terribly worried about the obstacle. The next day, when I saw it again, I got really nervous about it. I was one of the many victims of this very sketchy obstacle.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 9, 2010 0:48:26 GMT -5
Damn.. you too? Gaaaaaaaaah.. so yes the F-bridge as I now officially dub it.. (LOL) took a LOT of people out.. especially people we know on the forums. Although Oti passed it.. he left part of his spleen on it I think. Btw are you sharing your pics as an album? I'd love to see the rest of them if you can.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 9, 2010 0:57:34 GMT -5
And it wasn't just that pic.. It was the same way in Oti's vid of them setting up.. Screencap for proofI like the fact you're calling it F-Bridge (MUCH easier to type than "Cross X-Bridge of Blades" XD ).. I think you're spelling it wrong.. it should say "F'd Up-Bridge"
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Post by arsenette on Aug 9, 2010 1:06:20 GMT -5
Btw Ryan Cousins if ya'll remember him (his parkour name is Cloud) is currently in 5th place going into tomorrow.
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Post by TCM on Aug 9, 2010 1:07:40 GMT -5
I find it a problem that they made the pads so that its stuck at a "T" (although I think I'm wrong in that assumption and they just left it like that too be lazy), and if it turns because of the wind it's considered the act of a deity not everyone believes in.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 9, 2010 1:07:43 GMT -5
Didn't he clear in around 42 seconds? And he's 5th?... Dayumn..
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Post by arsenette on Aug 9, 2010 1:09:38 GMT -5
Didn't he clear in around 42 seconds? And he's 5th?... Dayumn.. Well that video I posted of some guy I didn't know/recognize had 40 seconds and he missed the wall once... so yeah it's tight up top. I figured people who made it are well under a minute.
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Post by thebra on Aug 9, 2010 1:10:22 GMT -5
I actually didn't take many pics aside from the day prior to the the competition. Pretty much switched to video after I captured the Tarzan swing testing. On the day of the Prelims, My girlfriend and I recorded various runs. Mostly of people who I had met or people that I knew about from either the forum or their entry vids.
By the way, here's my run:
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Post by arsenette on Aug 9, 2010 1:13:44 GMT -5
Thank for sharing Jason btw did you take pics of Nagano other than the day before? Granted.. you got a pretty sweet pic that wouldn't have compared to the autograph line how about any of the other guys? any of those? (Oh! feel free to post this on the videos/pics thread)
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