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Post by Philip on Apr 28, 2012 8:49:53 GMT -5
One last off-topic post to answer Rider Please stay on-topic... 11 pages is a bit much. Ok. But why did you have to give me a warning level?
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Post by wrestlingfan55 on Apr 28, 2012 11:12:13 GMT -5
I hope someone beats that stage 3. I want to see if it's humanly possible. It's definitely possible. The only American I can see clearing it is Brent Steffensen. Yuuji would definitely clear. He's simply the best. Ryo would clear. I think Hashimoto could clear it. I'm not completely sure about his endurance. We know he can get to the UCH.
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Post by sentinel on Apr 29, 2012 18:24:06 GMT -5
Rumor speculation: The thing that throws me about the rumor that not many passed Stage 1 and few/nobody passed Stage 2, is how the hell could that be possible when, unlike in past years, there were almost 100 actual legit contenders? It's not like the majority of the competitors were celebrities or joke contestants like in real Sasuke. That's the main thing that makes me doubt those rumors, especially since I also heard Stage 1 was barely different from 27's Stage 1, which was (relatively) very easy.
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Post by Badalight on Apr 30, 2012 0:01:12 GMT -5
Rumor speculation: The thing that throws me about the rumor that not many passed Stage 1 and few/nobody passed Stage 2, is how the hell could that be possible when, unlike in past years, there were almost 100 actual legit contenders? It's not like the majority of the competitors were celebrities or joke contestants like in real Sasuke. That's the main thing that makes me doubt those rumors, especially since I also heard Stage 1 was barely different from 27's Stage 1, which was (relatively) very easy. I've already explained this. Since there are 100 athletes competing this time, that means a lot of less prepared people are going to get in. Before you had pretty much the 10 best people. Now you have quite a few who can easily sneak their way in since you've got 100 people competing. It's not the 10 best anymore, so the results arn't going to be as good.
Also, qualifiers are obviously not as hard as the real thing. Just because they could qualify doesn't mean they are ready for the full course.
Sasuke does have a lot of joke competitors, but they also have some series athletes. New stars, all stars, vets, muscle musical, STQers, etc. They have quite a bit of talent in Sasuke, all things considered. Most of them arn't competing for their first time.
Also, even though the course obstacle wise is similar to 27, small tweaks can make a huge difference. Imagine if the jumping spider was like the one from 19, for instance.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 30, 2012 18:28:25 GMT -5
Tester vid, Mostly stage 1, some stage 2
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Post by dudesky1000 on Apr 30, 2012 18:43:30 GMT -5
That's an AWESOME find Rider!! It looks like they shortened the rope of the HPA and the made the Metal Spin ropes longer than Japan's. Also the distance of the Jumping Spider doesn't seem very big.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 30, 2012 18:48:49 GMT -5
The HPA looks like they modified the rope between testings, compare early in the vid to later, I think they shortened it because of how long it is. Jumping Spider looks the same, and the structure of the Metal Spin is the same, it's just lower so it seems longer since they gave it more room to hold onto...
Also things to note, it looks like the Spin Bridge balls are padded (Which may cause issues because of them being a softer surface to step on as opposed to the hard plastic or whatever it was we had, and it looks like like the DSL has the safety lines and weights that the G4 Salmon Ladders have had since they were introduced in ANW2
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Post by arsenette on Apr 30, 2012 22:39:08 GMT -5
Glad that they shortened the ropes.. my body cringed when I saw that they celebrated dragging their feet along the water as a "clear"..
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Post by RedHerring on Apr 30, 2012 23:07:53 GMT -5
Question: (Although this has probably been answered and I'm pretty sure I know what answer I will get) Do you have to be 21 to be a tester for the course? How does their whole tester selection process take place anyway?
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Post by arsenette on Apr 30, 2012 23:24:36 GMT -5
Question: (Although this has probably been answered and I'm pretty sure I know what answer I will get) Do you have to be 21 to be a tester for the course? How does their whole tester selection process take place anyway? I assume yes on 21. For the most part I've noticed that the testers have been picked by those who failed in the prelims. Those who are not competitors of the finals but showed promise either in that competition or in the past. Like in the case of Stratis (who is not in the video iirc) who was stage 3 Sasuke but did not get out of prelims in ANW4.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 30, 2012 23:34:35 GMT -5
Glad that they shortened the ropes.. my body cringed when I saw that they celebrated dragging their feet along the water as a "clear".. Yeah I hated that too... These testers didn't know wtf they were doing it seems... >waist deep in water but still gets on platform >"I DID IT!" I don't like how low the Metal Spin is though... Although based on this spoiler vid already posted before they raised the chains compared to testing..
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Post by davidcampbell on May 1, 2012 2:04:09 GMT -5
Red Herring: Testers are generally picked by the stunt/build company. There are no hard rules about being 21, but if you're not 21 then you obviously never competed before, so they'd have to have a good reason to pick you as a tester. Often the testers are people that work for the stunt co. Along with some of the more skilled fails from tryouts. Maybe make a tryout vid to be a tester lol!
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Post by milktruck on May 1, 2012 8:05:14 GMT -5
In miami, the Miami Freerunning guys were testers (that werent competing)
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Post by baronbk on May 1, 2012 13:30:31 GMT -5
From what I heard, there was a rule that full time (paid) testers can't compete next year. Don't know if they were past competitors or not (besides Strat and Bernardo obviously).
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Post by rawise on May 1, 2012 15:03:24 GMT -5
Strat already said that he made sure he did not get paid so that he could indeed compete next year.
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Post by RedHerring on May 2, 2012 0:06:46 GMT -5
Red Herring: Testers are generally picked by the stunt/build company. There are no hard rules about being 21, but if you're not 21 then you obviously never competed before, so they'd have to have a good reason to pick you as a tester. Often the testers are people that work for the stunt co. Along with some of the more skilled fails from tryouts. Maybe make a tryout vid to be a tester lol! Heck, I might. The whole 21 years thing is killing me. Like, I literally die inside everyday.
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Post by arsenette on May 2, 2012 0:24:07 GMT -5
Red Herring: Testers are generally picked by the stunt/build company. There are no hard rules about being 21, but if you're not 21 then you obviously never competed before, so they'd have to have a good reason to pick you as a tester. Often the testers are people that work for the stunt co. Along with some of the more skilled fails from tryouts. Maybe make a tryout vid to be a tester lol! Heck, I might. The whole 21 years thing is killing me. Like, I literally die inside everyday. .. Unless I'm missing something.. you are listed as being 23.. unless that's wrong?
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Post by arsenette on May 2, 2012 7:37:44 GMT -5
LOL as expected.. video was taken down Not bad.. 2 days
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Post by Philip on May 2, 2012 9:20:55 GMT -5
LOL as expected.. video was taken down Not bad.. 2 days Damn, I was actually thinking about downloading the video. Rider, where are you?
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Post by RiderLeangle on May 2, 2012 11:21:40 GMT -5
>_> <_< >_> <_< *me runs away*
Sorry... I didn't get it either :<
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