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Post by yamfriend on Dec 15, 2010 23:36:29 GMT -5
4 Things:1.) Just saying.. though I knew it before.. whoever thought of only timing up to the WW was retarded.. Salmon ladder success/fail should have been part of the equation on who passed to the top 15.. just sayin' 100% agree. It should've definitely been by how far you got into the Salmon Ladder. If someone beat the Warped Wall by 50 seconds but failed to even reach the Salmon Ladder, they'd still get a higher position than someone who beat the Warped Wall by 51 seconds and failed to reach the last rung of the Salmon Ladder. That makes no logical sense and it probably robbed a few guys from reaching Boot Camp like they deserved. 2.) Yeah the whole "dramatic reality show" thing with Boot Camp is sort of annoying, but they're getting the job done pretty well so I won't complain that much. 3.) In regards to the "Sasuke 26 Obstacles" thread, they showed some new segments with Alison tonight. One that really stood out to me was how the new 3rd Stage 3 obstacle was shown to the RIGHT of the UCH's ledges during the semi-finals episode (only thing I can guess about this is that they have a symmetrical/reversed copy of the UCH on the back of its front side, which doesn't really make much sense... ). 4.) WTF WHERE DID JIMMY SMITH GO?!? I NEVER SAW HIM AT BOOT CAMP!!!
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 15, 2010 23:43:09 GMT -5
3.) In regards to the "Sasuke 26 Obstacles" thread, they showed some new segments with Alison tonight. One that really stood out to me was how the new 3rd Stage 3 obstacle was shown to the RIGHT of the UCH's ledges during the semi-finals episode (only thing I can guess about this is that they have a symmetrical/reversed copy of the UCH on the back of its front side, which doesn't really make much sense... )
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Post by arsenette on Dec 15, 2010 23:45:09 GMT -5
LOL I'm passing popcorn reading the scathing reviews already up by some of the East Coasters on both FB and G4 boards.. this is going to be long week for G4..
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Post by TCM on Dec 15, 2010 23:45:30 GMT -5
i hate how they're making a reality show out of this. honestly, ANW is nothing other than a means to get onto sasuke for us. if a whole team gets eliminated, then g4 clearly isn't thinking about this the right way. g4 pisses me off yet again. This is a spoiler tab....read at own risk. Considering pictures we have seen, that's pretty much impossible for a whole team to have been eliminated. I doubt G4 would bring other people just to watch if you're not a competitor or on the staff. Not after that issue with Aaron. 1.) 100% agree. It should've definitely been by how far you got into the Salmon Ladder. If someone beat the Warped Wall by 50 seconds but failed to even reach the Salmon Ladder, they'd still get a higher position than someone who beat the Warped Wall by 51 seconds and failed to reach the last rung of the Salmon Ladder. That makes no logical sense and it probably robbed a few guys from reaching Boot Camp like they deserved. While I agree....keep in mind so many failed the Salmon Ladder. Assuming you have like 1 spot left and multiple guys failed the exact same placement, how would you break the tie? Asking them to run the course again would be overkill plus they have a schedule they have to at least TRY to uphold. The system they used was the only thing I could see happening. That made it even more strategic; do you get to the Warped Wall fast so if you don't clear you'll still get a top 15 spot? Or do you pace yourself and go for the clear not just for pride, but because you're not expecting 15 clears?
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Post by Badalight on Dec 15, 2010 23:51:58 GMT -5
I don't believe it was ever an inconvenience to g4 to have Aaron there, it was just some board members that got a little pissed.
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Post by arsenette on Dec 15, 2010 23:58:04 GMT -5
I don't believe it was ever an inconvenience to g4 to have Aaron there, it was just some board members that got a little pissed. No but the repercussions were enormous. G4 no longer can take guests outside of the competitors (not even their own families as they used to before) and they changed the entire security protocol in Sasuke once M9/TBS found out.
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Post by TCM on Dec 15, 2010 23:59:08 GMT -5
Chalk it up to some of us being jealous, I know I did get pissed because IMO that's not how to do things. I commend him for getting to Japan on his own dime, but at the very least don't go on the internet and explain you're going to try to sneak look the course by climbing a tree or any other means. It was always meant to be a private, invite-only affair. He didn't do it the right way and that rubbed some of us the wrong way. But if you want to continue with this talk, either PM me or make a thread so this one doesn't get off-track. Also, G4 may not, but you never know...M9/TBS might've. Edit: In other words, what Arsenette said, just more drawn out
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Post by Badalight on Dec 16, 2010 0:01:50 GMT -5
Yeah, lets NOT get back into this conversation again.
Only 3 more people will be eliminated. Looks like we'll get at least SOME of our favorites there.
Out of the "new people" that I havn't really seen before... this Brent guy has probably the most potential.
Thomas Hall really needs to go... I hope he's not in the top 10, but the only way to eliminate him is for David's team to fail, which I don't want.
Man I am so torn when cheering for these guys.
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Post by arsenette on Dec 16, 2010 0:07:23 GMT -5
Well that's the problem I have with this show.. if they did the course and the slowest, weakest, etc. were eliminated without the Survivor drama it wouldn't be an issue.. but that element is really effing up the show. I agree it's hard to cheer for them simply because they have to make the decisions as well.. that's.. just not Sasuke.
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Post by r3dcomet on Dec 16, 2010 0:08:18 GMT -5
Sorry to ask but who is Aaron? I think I missed that one.
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Post by TCM on Dec 16, 2010 0:09:48 GMT -5
The one's I'm cheering for currently are: Levi, Brian, David, Travis, Pat and Evan. I like Rich and Shane, but I like these guys a BIT more.
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Post by RobbyMac on Dec 16, 2010 0:10:21 GMT -5
Let's hope Thomas Hall won't signup for this board so he won't have to see how bad he's being bashed. LOL.
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Post by arsenette on Dec 16, 2010 0:10:30 GMT -5
Sorry to ask but who is Aaron? I think I missed that one. The guy that payed his way to be a spectator in Sasuke without being invited. G4 had a story on him during Sasuke 22. He managed to get in at the last minute but he was going with the intent of crashing and got a reprieve at the last second. That topic started a war during that time so it's one of those .. don't touchy conversations.. especially since thanks to that incident .. it will never happen again.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 16, 2010 0:13:06 GMT -5
Sorry to ask but who is Aaron? I think I missed that one. ultimatesk8er or something like that... He said he was going to go to Sasuke 22 and if they turned him away he'd just climb a tree and watch, He got in through David though... He can be seen a few times watching too... for example.. or Technically he wasn't supposed to be there... Now let's not bring this whole issue up again...
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Post by arsenette on Dec 16, 2010 0:20:32 GMT -5
Still reading the reviews on twitter, FB and G4.. they are going to have their hands full.. a lot of people turned off the show when boot camp came up.. There is still 3 more hours to show of boot camp..
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 16, 2010 0:27:53 GMT -5
Still reading the reviews on twitter, FB and G4.. they are going to have their hands full.. a lot of people turned off the show when boot camp came up.. There is still 3 more hours to show of boot camp.. I'm speaking as a DirecTV user so.... Was it really that bad?...
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Post by arsenette on Dec 16, 2010 0:33:31 GMT -5
Still reading the reviews on twitter, FB and G4.. they are going to have their hands full.. a lot of people turned off the show when boot camp came up.. There is still 3 more hours to show of boot camp.. I'm speaking as a DirecTV user so.... Was it really that bad?... Depends if you like reality series and Survivor... Personally as a person who fell in love with Sasuke BECAUSE it wasn't survivor.. I take note on how I'm hating Boot Camp. Anytime you have to vote your own teammates, etc. etc. that goes with Survivor.. I have an issue with. It's no longer qualies for sasuke.. it's G4 trying to cash in and failing on the spirit of the show. Then again.. they failed on the semi's as well with the rule changes on who gets to go ahead .. if they get to a wall fast.. and that's halfway through the course... /facepalm.. Even THAT though I wasn't having an issue with.. but this.. I'm having major issues with. I feel bad for the guy who had to go through this.. this is not what they signed up for.. they just wanted to go to Japan.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 16, 2010 0:38:41 GMT -5
Ah... Then I'm guessing I'm going to have to call Hatsune Miku over and work on an mp3 or two ain't I? (And if ANYONE context breaks that I'm going to kill whoever said it ) And I was hearing it was 3 teams.. I don't understand the point of teams in this like.... at all..... Couldn't they just have everyone go do everything with no teams and no penalties or anything and just drop the bottom 5 people from the 15? Although admittedly this does sound better than ANW1's finals considering the fact it's at least Sasuke related.....
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Post by arsenette on Dec 16, 2010 0:45:38 GMT -5
Concept was this. 15 were broken down into 3 teams each. Start off with picking ONE member from each team to do a small challenge.. the loser's team all get punished where they have to do an arduous task in 103 degree heat while the others get to train on the next obstacle course they have to do. The 2 punishments were pulling water from .. a well? and bringing it down for everyone (think 2 buckets and a pole over your neck/shoulders) down a mountain to the obstacle course. The 2nd punishment was moving bales of hay. Everyone does the obstacle course (times are collective by team not individual). Team scores are tallied and the slowest team gets to pick 2 of their own to face off elimination. 2nd round was identical though this time since one was short a person the team with only 4 had to pick someone to do it .. twice.. .. then rinse and repeat.. pick 2 people in the slowest team to go to elimination. The Elimination was a rope climb. The last elimination selection was dramatic since there was a fight between them.. so the top timed team had to chose the person to go to elimination.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 16, 2010 1:28:05 GMT -5
Yes I established that... forgot to mention someone in the chat was giving me a play-by-play, But I didn't actually SEE it so I don't know how well it turned out..
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