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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 21, 2013 19:26:53 GMT -5
Question though... Did anyone catch what ob5 is actually called?
the name I (sorta) knew it as specifically referred to the chain aspect (along with the rings) so I dunno what it's even called lol
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Post by dragonbkm on Apr 21, 2013 21:22:09 GMT -5
5th ob was called the ring cross.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 21, 2013 21:28:13 GMT -5
Ah, thanks. The other day it was Ring Chain or Chain Ring or something (I think Ring Chain), that name works even better even if not for the switch to ropes
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Post by VeryCoolAlan on Apr 21, 2013 21:46:37 GMT -5
Has there been an Original ANW obstacle? Or are they all from Sasuke?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 21, 2013 21:50:21 GMT -5
Has there been an Original ANW obstacle? Or are they all from Sasuke? ANW has had 3-4 (depending on perspective on one) original obstacles in its history. The Rope Swing from ANW1 and 2 was never in Sasuke. The Nunchuk swing thing from Venice was new. The Ring Cross from our Baltimore regional And the spider slider thingy from Venice which is sort of like the Cross Slider so that's a perspective thing if it's considered new or just heavily modified... Also Venice had the Rope Maze from VIKING, technically that was never in Sasuke but technically it's not an ANW original.
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Post by dragonbkm on Apr 21, 2013 23:43:22 GMT -5
Okay, here's some random info as it comes to me: While I was sitting watching 105 guarenteed competitors I got bored & started recording fails for every competitor. Once I got to runner 78, I could no longer feel my toes & my teeth were chattering, so I took a break. So for the 1st 78 runners, here's the obstacle fail/results breakdown:
Sept. Steps: 5 Downhill Jump: 16 Prism Tilt: 4 Hazard Swing: 12 Ring Cross: 20 Warped Wall: 3 Clears: 18
No real issues with the steps(unlike Venice). Most of the downhill jump fails were early, so the competitors saw what not to do(pagoda where we waited was right in front of the 1st 2 obstacles) All of the prism tilt fails were epic(more later...), hazard swing fails mostly resulted in ppl not knowing how to swing, then rushing the jump to the net instead of waiting a few more swings(front flips). Ring cross separated the men from the boys. Even if you have excellent grip strength, if your technique was poor, you would not be able to recover here. The 2 ropes were slippery and gave(stretched) a little when grabbing & the gap from the 1st rope to the 2nd(higher) ring was far(roughly 5ft). Warped wall was not a problem this year.
Total clears for round 1 was 21(i might be off 1 here since I took a small break but then got info from other competitors about how they did). Since there were midwest competitors I've never trained with I don't know everyone's names. So here goes(semi-finalists):
Tony Torres!(training partner & Alternate Routes co-owner, slightly biased, ahem) Chris Digangi Brandon Mears Andrew Karson Tim Schieff Jamie Rahn Brian Wilczewski Elet Hall(fastest time, easily) Mike Bernardo Travis Weinand Adam Grossman Justin Conway Michael Silenzi Mike Needham(only walkon of 6 to clear) Michael Pericoloso The other 15 I don't know the names, just faces. That's enough for now.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 22, 2013 0:00:21 GMT -5
Now was that guy who had too much momentum and ran off the platform counted under fails on the Prism Tilt? Also I note you're calling ob4 Hazard Swing, did they decide to fix the name on that? On thursday it was called "Swing Jump"
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Post by dragonbkm on Apr 22, 2013 0:17:58 GMT -5
No, it's probably still swing jump, I just couldn't remember that so I put the sasuke name. Yes, since he came up a bit short on the jump, lol
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Post by TCM on Apr 22, 2013 0:56:55 GMT -5
I don't think people should automatically have a spot in this year's run because of something they did last year. If that were the case we would hardly see any new faces and the audiences/viewers would get tried of seeing the same competitors each year. It wouldn't be fair to new competitors trying for a spot when you have "ANW's returning competitors that made it X far" taking up slots. It's fair the way it now. Send in a video. If we (ANW) like you, you're in. If not, walk-on/try again next year. And yet, when certain people are nowhere to be found/fail early, plenty of people get vocal about it. That's not just applicable to ANW either. But this thread isn't the discussion for that, not to mention this discussion has taken place plenty of times here and elsewhere.
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Post by dragonbkm on Apr 22, 2013 9:00:08 GMT -5
Some other noteworthy things during 1st round: Bull Bullard-failed ring cross Jet(his fellow globetrotter)-broken ankle on landing from the prism tilt(it was a far drop) Luis Moco-failed ring cross Chris Wilczweski-failed ring cross Jesse Villareal-failed ring cross Bradley Smith-failed Downhill Jump Noel Reyes-failed Downhill Jump
Prism Tilt fails- 1 guy had so much runup to the takeoff platform he overran it and fell off before jumping to it. Patrick Hall jumped on it, had to grab the sides to level it out, but then never let go until he was upsidedown & fell off. I believe it was 3 women that made it to the ring cross but I believe all failed on the transition from 1st rope to 2nd ring.
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Post by dragonbkm on Apr 22, 2013 9:27:52 GMT -5
Semi-finals They ran the runners in random orders at times to reduce the amount of height adjustments for the body prop. 1st two runners were Travis Weinand & Brandon Mears, both 6'5"-6'6". At the end though, they ran top times, so I couldn't tell you who had the higher order in the opening round. Travis Weinand-failed body prop Brandon Mears-failed Salmon ladder John(don't know)-failed warped wall Steve(don't know)-failed salmon ladder Chris Digangi-failed salmon ladder Adam Grossman-failed body prop Mike Bernardo-failed rumbling dice(lached to landing platform but fell short of landing it) Elet Hall-blazed through the 1st 6 obstacles again, but failed the 1st jump of salmon ladder Tim Schieff-failed body prop Andrew Karson-failed warped wall Tony Torres(pains me)-failed downhill jump Jamie Rahn-cleared Dan Galiczynski-cleared(top time) Brian wilczweski-cleared Mike Needham-failed body prop Overall, here's the rough obstacle fail breakdown- Downhill Jump-2 Warped Wall-3 Salmon Ladder-8 Rumbling Dice-2 Body Prop-5 Clears-10 So if they only take top 15(who knows) then the cutoff point was completing the rumbling dice, if it's top 25(no wildcards) then it's clearing the warped wall. The salmon ladder was marked off at the 5th jump(6th rung) but it was not required you go that high, just recommended for a short reach to the rumbling dice. At least 4 ppl reached to it from the 4th jump(5th rung). I wish i knew more names, especially 1 guy who blew the course away. He only had the 3rd best time, but that's because he was literally strolling through each obstacle. He swung on one arm for the ring cross(easily). He did the body prop and literally took his time placing his 2nd hand on the body prop when moving over. I assumed he was showing off at that point. Flew up the spider climb. At no point did he appear taxed or have to rest. He was also definitely asian american. Someone message me his name if you know who I'm talking about. Dan's time was about 4 min. flat Brian w. was 4:08 Random asian(2nd coming of Yuji)-4:15
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 22, 2013 10:43:24 GMT -5
{Spoiler} Some other noteworthy things during 1st round: Bull Bullard-failed ring cross Jet(his fellow globetrotter)-broken ankle on landing from the prism tilt(it was a far drop) Luis Moco-failed ring cross Chris Wilczweski-failed ring cross Jesse Villareal-failed ring cross Bradley Smith-failed Downhill Jump Noel Reyes-failed Downhill Jump
Prism Tilt fails- 1 guy had so much runup to the takeoff platform he overran it and fell off before jumping to it. Patrick Hall jumped on it, had to grab the sides to level it out, but then never let go until he was upsidedown & fell off. I believe it was 3 women that made it to the ring cross but I believe all failed on the transition from 1st rope to 2nd ring.
{Spoiler}Actually there's an error there, Bull didn't fail the Ring Cross, he failed the Swing Jump, he tried to rush through the course and failed trying to jump for it on his first swing
Also as a tester you can't believe how guilty I felt after Jet's injury, I really should have mentioned how solid that platform is when you drop to it
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 22, 2013 10:49:51 GMT -5
Semi-finals Spoiler They ran the runners in random orders at times to reduce the amount of height adjustments for the body prop. 1st two runners were Travis Weinand & Brandon Mears, both 6'5"-6'6". At the end though, they ran top times, so I couldn't tell you who had the higher order in the opening round. Travis Weinand-failed body prop Brandon Mears-failed Salmon ladder John(don't know)-failed warped wall Steve(don't know)-failed salmon ladder Chris Digangi-failed salmon ladder Adam Grossman-failed body prop Mike Bernardo-failed rumbling dice(lached to landing platform but fell short of landing it) Elet Hall-blazed through the 1st 6 obstacles again, but failed the 1st jump of salmon ladder Tim Schieff-failed body prop Andrew Karson-failed warped wall Tony Torres(pains me)-failed downhill jump Jamie Rahn-cleared Dan Galiczynski-cleared(top time) Brian wilczweski-cleared Mike Needham-failed body prop Overall, here's the rough obstacle fail breakdown- Downhill Jump-2 Warped Wall-3 Salmon Ladder-8 Rumbling Dice-2 Body Prop-5 Clears-10 So if they only take top 15(who knows) then the cutoff point was completing the rumbling dice, if it's top 25(no wildcards) then it's clearing the warped wall. The salmon ladder was marked off at the 5th jump(6th rung) but it was not required you go that high, just recommended for a short reach to the rumbling dice. At least 4 ppl reached to it from the 4th jump(5th rung). I wish i knew more names, especially 1 guy who blew the course away. He only had the 3rd best time, but that's because he was literally strolling through each obstacle. He swung on one arm for the ring cross(easily). He did the body prop and literally took his time placing his 2nd hand on the body prop when moving over. I assumed he was showing off at that point. Flew up the spider climb. At no point did he appear taxed or have to rest. He was also definitely asian american. Someone message me his name if you know who I'm talking about. Dan's time was about 4 min. flat Brian w. was 4:08 Random asian(2nd coming of Yuji)-4:15 I don't think there were 10 clears, I think it was only like around 5ish, and I know at least some Rumbling Dice fails made it to Vegas.
I probably shouldn't say this but on the SL on thursday, they originally had wanted people to get to the marked notch before being allowed to move on (when they went over the rules they were talking about having to make it up there) but after the Rumbling Dice was proving to be so difficult they were just advising us to go for it
Also random asian was a beast, I was afraid no one was going to complete the course and when he did it was just amazing seeing that it could be done, was almost like when Yamada Koji cleared stage 1 in Sasuke 19
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Post by nehcney on Apr 22, 2013 12:56:37 GMT -5
Some beautiful reporting here! Interesting that they had to tweak the rules for salmon ladder, because I know that rule screwed up quite a few competitors in Venice.
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Post by Tico on Apr 22, 2013 13:52:54 GMT -5
I don't think people should automatically have a spot in this year's run because of something they did last year. If that were the case we would hardly see any new faces and the audiences/viewers would get tried of seeing the same competitors each year. It wouldn't be fair to new competitors trying for a spot when you have "ANW's returning competitors that made it X far" taking up slots. It's fair the way it now. Send in a video. If we (ANW) like you, you're in. If not, walk-on/try again next year. And yet, when certain people are nowhere to be found/fail early, plenty of people get vocal about it. That's not just applicable to ANW either. But this thread isn't the discussion for that, not to mention this discussion has taken place plenty of times here and elsewhere. I was only responding to what someone posted in this topic, but I understand.
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Post by arsenette on Apr 22, 2013 14:11:23 GMT -5
Oh we understand Tico That's been a hot topic for years honestly> I think TCM was trying to nip it in the bud because we've have heated discussions on it that have derailed many a thread in the past. Thanks everyone for the reports! Hope the injuries on this one (just like Venice) are healed quickly
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Post by FallRisk911 on Apr 22, 2013 15:42:36 GMT -5
Question though... Did anyone catch what ob5 is actually called? the name I (sorta) knew it as specifically referred to the chain aspect (along with the rings) so I dunno what it's even called lol Official name was "Circle Cross"
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Post by nehcney on Apr 22, 2013 18:55:16 GMT -5
Can anybody report if wet obstacles were a problem in Baltimore?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Apr 22, 2013 21:51:47 GMT -5
Can anybody report if wet obstacles were a problem in Baltimore? As a spectator it seems they weren't really a problem, not many people went out on the steps and most of the fails on ob5 were due to technique (TBH I didn't find it difficult but it was somewhat different). I'm glad they changed the tubed chains to ropes though, that would have been impossible wet Hope the injuries on this one (just like Venice) are healed quickly Completely agreed, I only saw 3 injuries happen though. The globetrotter which was already mentioned, some guy looked like he pulled a muscle on the Swing Jump net and someone cut open their leg dismounting the Rumbling Dice (he wasn't hurt bad though, looked like more of a skin issue) Question though... Did anyone catch what ob5 is actually called? the name I (sorta) knew it as specifically referred to the chain aspect (along with the rings) so I dunno what it's even called lol Official name was "Circle Cross" Thanks
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Post by baronbk on Apr 22, 2013 23:09:32 GMT -5
The wetness in Venice was mostly due to condensation and mist coming off the ocean. I wouldn't suspect it would be an issue in any of the other cities really.
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