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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2010 23:57:49 GMT -5
I saw a few ANW wipeout, and people seemed to get hurt on the Cross Bridge/X-Bridge/Bridge of Blades/What ever the hell you wanna call it. Anyway they always crashed into the padding, but a few people hit the beams. One guy hit his head hard enough to make it bleed.
You know I think that ANW might be a little more dangerous than SASUKE because I've never seen anyone bleed that hard. No one's really bled on the SASUKE course except Brett, and he injured his foot before than.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 14, 2010 0:08:46 GMT -5
The obstacle was poorly designed.. They had the big wood corner so exposed.. And they obstacle was set up wrong since it was supposed to be an X... I think it's just a dangerous obstacle and not a dangerous show.. would you call Sasuke dangerous just because the rope glider injured 5 people? Or is it the fault of the Rope Glider...
.........This was a rhetorical question...... Answer is Rope Glider's fault...
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Post by roy on Dec 14, 2010 6:54:11 GMT -5
^ I agree, and the x-bridge really was nothing like the X bridge in 24. It was a lot more difficult than they meant it to be.
From what I could see, the supports weren't even fully covered, were they?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 14, 2010 12:01:40 GMT -5
^ I agree, and the x-bridge really was nothing like the X bridge in 24. It was a lot more difficult than they meant it to be. From what I could see, the supports weren't even fully covered, were they? No they weren't, that's what I was talking about, They should have padding over the supports at the top of the platform just like the real Cross Bridge and X Bridge had. Hell had those been there that guy wouldn't have busted is head open on it... |
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Post by Straticus on Dec 14, 2010 17:33:36 GMT -5
They looked pretty padded to me when I ran across it but definitely the edges could have used more since thats what took the guy out. I was in the stands when I saw him hit his head, the camera didnt show a good angle on it. When he fell backwards from almost landing on the platform, his head went straight into the edge as it was spinning around. Had it been over water he probably wouldn't have hit it, but they should have taken the edges into account.
Any other injuries were from the rope swing, blisters like last year or twisted ankles from all the jumps. Mostly bruised egos and crushed dreams though!
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Post by VenusHeadTrap on Dec 14, 2010 20:31:34 GMT -5
Mostly bruised egos and crushed dreams though! Brett  What I don't get, and I almost made a thread about this, what was their justification for not having water beneath the Bridge of Blades? |
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Post by Oti on Dec 14, 2010 20:55:15 GMT -5
No justification as far as I know. I'm guessing it's because the pool would've had to be huge, not to mention it'd be very shallow. The bridge was already fairly close to the ground compared to the other obstacles and they had mats sprawled out 20+ feet in all directions.
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Post by yamfriend on Dec 14, 2010 23:02:13 GMT -5
IIRC didn't G4 show some guy who completed the preliminaries course (don't know if he was in the top 30 though) who was interviewed afterwards because his hand was bleeding? Because I'd say that would go along with the common "blisters/calluses/torn skin" injuries.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 14, 2010 23:32:56 GMT -5
I would GUESS it was from Jumping Bars, that or the Rope Swing..
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Post by Oti on Dec 15, 2010 0:23:13 GMT -5
Blackie Chan hurt his hand on the Rope Swing, I believe.
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Post by davidcampbell on Dec 15, 2010 4:32:14 GMT -5
The nets on Sasuke are mounted to metal pipes with star bolts and edges you could easily roll into. The Thing that prevents injuries on Sasuke is the gradual buildup of difficulty so that only an elite athlete who can clear the Jumping Spider will ever face the Slider Jump for example.
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Post by Badalight on Dec 15, 2010 8:05:53 GMT -5
Don't forget about Constatine who hit his head on the metal bars during the spider walk portion of the spider jump!
The thing I didn't like about ANW were the wipeouts of the day. All of the ones I saw were very similar. They were just people wiping out and flipping after they failed the jumping bars
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 15, 2010 11:52:38 GMT -5
The nets on Sasuke are mounted to metal pipes with star bolts and edges you could easily roll into. The Thing that prevents injuries on Sasuke is the gradual buildup of difficulty so that only an elite athlete who can clear the Jumping Spider will ever face the Slider Jump for example. I know I shouldn't be telling you this since you were actually there on a course with one of the obstacles I'm using as an example but... I think you just mean that for the Rope Ladder at the end of Stage 1, If you look at the Jump Hang or Slider Jump it seems to be a pole that's not metal (Like a strong wood it looks like) and they just mount the net with each loop changing through where on the pole it goes. But yeah, with the Rope Ladder it doesn't really matter if it has exposed metal (as long as it's rounded and we know it is) considering the only people who make it there are going to be coordinated enough to not hurt themselves on it.. Not to mention that you're climbing up the damn thing so you shouldn't be going fast enough to hurt yourself bad if you do fall on it Don't forget about Constatine who hit his head on the metal bars during the spider walk portion of the spider jump! That was a complete G4 fail there... They shouldn't need those crossbars up top and if they somehow did need them at least make them higher up from the competitors... The thing I didn't like about ANW were the wipeouts of the day. All of the ones I saw were very similar. They were just people wiping out and flipping after they failed the jumping bars Uhhhm.. That's true on real Sasuke too.. We just don't see it because the people who can get to the Jumping Bars are too good to fail there... But go watch Nagano's stage 3 run from 14, He literally backflips when he can't hold onto the bar.. And as for the "wiping out" I assume you mean the trampoline fails right? If you think that's dangerous, You didn't see 25 did you? People kept failing the Circle Slider like that.. Hell.. Hioki Masashi belly-flopped the damn thing.. |
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Post by Oti on Dec 15, 2010 13:02:04 GMT -5
It doesn't matter how the courses are designed. Anyone can get hurt on anything. Accidents happen. This time it was a random "no name" competitor, but it could have easily been Brian, Levi or even Nagano. Yes, skill affects this, but no one is exempt from mistakes and accidents.
I also don't really hold the Spider Climb support bars against G4. I did at first, but looking back on it, the people who hit their heads shouldn't have been so high up to begin with. I think the best way to solve this would be for G4 to mount the supports higher up next time and the competitors to climb lower.
The highlighted wipeouts are all similar because those are pretty much the only interesting ones. The rest were people slipping off the steps, falling off the Rope Swing platform, tripping on the bridge, slipping from between the Spider Climb walls and failing to get up the Warped Wall in three tries. It got old fast.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 15, 2010 13:50:34 GMT -5
It doesn't matter how the courses are designed. Anyone can get hurt on anything. Accidents happen. This time it was a random "no name" competitor, but it could have easily been Brian, Levi or even Nagano. Yes, skill affects this, but no one is exempt from mistakes and accidents. Oh I get that.. I'm all for that the Cross X Bridge of Blades should have had padding right at the wood at the top, But in that post there I was talking about the actual Rope Ladder obstacle at Sasuke being fine as it is, I mentioned it because David brought it up. I also don't really hold the Spider Climb support bars against G4. I did at first, but looking back on it, the people who hit their heads shouldn't have been so high up to begin with. I think the best way to solve this would be for G4 to mount the supports higher up next time and the competitors to climb lower. Now what I was hearing since they recorded that the walls were all slick with peoples sunscreen covered hands going all over that thing right? I assume everyone was up so high so they wouldn't slip off, But yeah... G4 still needs to make those crossbars higher so people don't smack their heads even if they're at the top of it.. Well I remember in this one youtube video there was one guy who fell in trying to grab the rope, that would have been interesting to watch, But yeah... I get what you're saying |
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Post by Badalight on Dec 15, 2010 14:50:09 GMT -5
The nets on Sasuke are mounted to metal pipes with star bolts and edges you could easily roll into. The Thing that prevents injuries on Sasuke is the gradual buildup of difficulty so that only an elite athlete who can clear the Jumping Spider will ever face the Slider Jump for example. I know I shouldn't be telling you this since you were actually there on a course with one of the obstacles I'm using as an example but... I think you just mean that for the Rope Ladder at the end of Stage 1, If you look at the Jump Hang or Slider Jump it seems to be a pole that's not metal (Like a strong wood it looks like) and they just mount the net with each loop changing through where on the pole it goes. But yeah, with the Rope Ladder it doesn't really matter if it has exposed metal (as long as it's rounded and we know it is) considering the only people who make it there are going to be coordinated enough to not hurt themselves on it.. Not to mention that you're climbing up the damn thing so you shouldn't be going fast enough to hurt yourself bad if you do fall on it That was a complete G4 fail there... They shouldn't need those crossbars up top and if they somehow did need them at least make them higher up from the competitors... The thing I didn't like about ANW were the wipeouts of the day. All of the ones I saw were very similar. They were just people wiping out and flipping after they failed the jumping bars Uhhhm.. That's true on real Sasuke too.. We just don't see it because the people who can get to the Jumping Bars are too good to fail there... But go watch Nagano's stage 3 run from 14, He literally backflips when he can't hold onto the bar.. And as for the "wiping out" I assume you mean the trampoline fails right? If you think that's dangerous, You didn't see 25 did you? People kept failing the Circle Slider like that.. Hell.. Hioki Masashi belly-flopped the damn thing.. No Rider... I am talking about the segments in ANW titled "Wipeouts of the day" or something of that sort. They showed what they believed to be the best wipeouts, and both of the ones they showed that I saw were just random fails where people back flipped off of the jumpings bars. When you have people like constatine and the guy busting his head open, I don't know why they put those in... especially TWO of them. |
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Post by RiderLeangle on Dec 15, 2010 15:49:44 GMT -5
It was "Warrior Wipeout" just like in the NW ones wasn't it? And you're right.. They didn't make any sense.. Although admittedly that one Rope Swing guy from ep 1 DID have an interesting to watch fail, Although they really didn't need to make it a segment as much as they replayed it in recap segments..
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Post by VenusHeadTrap on Dec 15, 2010 16:18:13 GMT -5
It was "Warrior Wipeout" just like in the NW ones wasn't it? And you're right.. They didn't make any sense.. Although admittedly that one Rope Swing guy from ep 1 DID have an interesting to watch fail, Although they really didn't need to make it a segment as much as they replayed it in recap segments.. Don't forget about Constatine who hit his head on the metal bars during the spider walk portion of the spider jump! The thing I didn't like about ANW were the wipeouts of the day. All of the ones I saw were very similar. They were just people wiping out and flipping after they failed the jumping bars It's not quite supposed to be MXC's "Most painful eliminations of the Day" because it's funny to see those random people get hurt, just not our friends in California. But you probably knew that. |
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Post by Oti on Dec 15, 2010 18:37:02 GMT -5
Now what I was hearing since they recorded that the walls were all slick with peoples sunscreen covered hands going all over that thing right? I assume everyone was up so high so they wouldn't slip off, But yeah... G4 still needs to make those crossbars higher so people don't smack their heads even if they're at the top of it.. I didn't think of that, good point. They should clean the walls every few runs or something. As far as I know, only people who failed the Spider Climb have complained about this, though. Sunscreen, water, dust... There's always something to blame for the slippage!  |
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