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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 19, 2014 4:33:26 GMT -5
Ok I probably missed this sorry if I did...WTF is Cannonball Alley? One of their obstacles using those Atomik Holds they love this season, that name refers to the one after the Salmon Ladder in Venice that has the bigger balls that get progressively smaller, don't know if that's the same name for whatever version is in Stage 3 or even what the setup of them is
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Post by thatoneuser on Jun 19, 2014 6:40:06 GMT -5
re: Arsenette Spoiler I believe the Ukranian that you were talking about might be Yev Kouchnir, who competed last year in Vegas. Granted, that's purely speculation and I've been known to be wrong before.
Spoiler The Ukranian you're all referring to has a first name of Vadym. Don't know his last name. This guy? Vadym Krasneko?
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Post by tgf2k on Jun 19, 2014 14:25:21 GMT -5
{Spoiler}The Ukranian you're all referring to has a first name of Vadym. Don't know his last name. This guy? Vadym Krasneko?
Yeah, that's him.
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Post by KinnikuBanzukeÜberAlles on Jun 19, 2014 16:46:29 GMT -5
A. Smith & Co. has some really screwed up rules.
When one team has the same number of stage clears as the other two teams combined, and ends up with 0 points for that stage, it just seems seriously FUBAR'd to me.
Until I know how much control NBC exerts over ANW, I blame the majority of the series' incompetence on Mr. Smith because ANW was consistently incompetent in its non-SASUKE production even before the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger.
I will, however, give 100% of the blame to NBC for not replacing A. Smith & Co. after ANW4. They have to go.
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Post by dudesky1000 on Jun 19, 2014 20:18:06 GMT -5
A. Smith & Co. has some really screwed up rules. When one team has the same number of stage clears as the other two teams combined, and ends up with 0 points for that stage, it just seems seriously FUBAR'd to me. Until I know how much control NBC exerts over ANW, I blame the majority of the series' incompetence on Mr. Smith because ANW was consistently incompetent in its non-SASUKE production even before the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger. I will, however, give 100% of the blame to NBC for not replacing A. Smith & Co. after ANW4. They have to go. The problem is that NBC is not the one funding and putting together the program. A. Smith & Co. is. Without them, the show doesn't happen unless some higher production team can buy them out.
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Post by greenday61892 on Jun 24, 2014 9:26:58 GMT -5
If you guys that are so pissed at NBC and this show–so far as to basically say they can't do anything right.... why are you still watching? And if you're not, why are you still discussing it? Wouldn't the logical thing to do be to just not involve yourself in the thing you so despise?
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Post by RobbyMac on Jun 25, 2014 14:48:10 GMT -5
If you guys that are so pissed at NBC and this show–so far as to basically say they can't do anything right.... why are you still watching? And if you're not, why are you still discussing it? Wouldn't the logical thing to do be to just not involve yourself in the thing you so despise? Everyone likes to complain.... including myself because it feels good inside. They keep saying they won't watch but inevitably, they either will or go out and get spoilers so they won't have to watch. So they still want to know what happens.
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Post by TCM on Jun 25, 2014 15:23:38 GMT -5
I don't watch live, which is what NBC cares more about, as a television network. In addition, my love of the original source, and the fact that ANW does get some things right, is why I stay involved. If someone does something wrong, they should be called out on it. Just being there isn't enough; whoever is running it should run it properly so that people aren't complaining. From the accounts posted here, this event somehow was run poorer than last year. If someone says they will do something such as scale the obstacles so that the smaller Japanese competitors aren't unfairly screwed because the obstacles are built for larger people and then it turns out that wasn't the case and chances are was the complete opposite, that's poor management. Same goes for the situation with Asa and getting DQ'd for something others weren't. Can only imagine how NBC's going to spin that. It's the same problem that allegedly plagued Denver with one competitor being DQ'd while Paul Kasemir supposedly did the same mistake and even was aware of it happening, but nothing was said so he was allowed to continue and complete the course, although he was digested so we won't get an on-screen run of Paul's, which some say is proof. In this case, surely Asa and the other competitor have to be shown considering the format?
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Post by tgf2k on Jun 25, 2014 22:37:40 GMT -5
Same goes for the situation with {Spoiler}Asa and getting DQ'd for something others weren't. Can only imagine how NBC's going to spin that. It's the same problem that allegedly plagued Denver with one competitor being DQ'd while Paul Kasemir supposedly did the same mistake and even was aware of it happening, but nothing was said so he was allowed to continue and complete the course, although he was digested so we won't get an on-screen run of Paul's, which some say is proof. In this case, surely Asa and the other competitor have to be shown considering the format? {Spoiler}Asa was not DQ'd. He was told mid-obstacle to touch all of the balls, and gassed out from having to adjust. I'm not saying that's any better, but it is important to note that he wasn't DQ'd outright.
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Post by arsenette on Jun 25, 2014 22:43:56 GMT -5
I think it's the unevenness of the rules enforcement that was the problem in that. Not just here but in ANW in general. It's frustrating to watch and have the competitors suffer for it. IMO obviously.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 26, 2014 4:06:38 GMT -5
Same goes for the situation with Spoiler Asa and getting DQ'd for something others weren't. Can only imagine how NBC's going to spin that. It's the same problem that allegedly plagued Denver with one competitor being DQ'd while Paul Kasemir supposedly did the same mistake and even was aware of it happening, but nothing was said so he was allowed to continue and complete the course, although he was digested so we won't get an on-screen run of Paul's, which some say is proof. In this case, surely Asa and the other competitor have to be shown considering the format? Spoiler Asa was not DQ'd. He was told mid-obstacle to touch all of the balls, and gassed out from having to adjust. I'm not saying that's any better, but it is important to note that he wasn't DQ'd outright. Based on that I assume you mean much like what happened with the Rope Maze in Venice last year where people tried to move on and then were being told they had to go back and finish the Salmon Ladder before they could move on and ended up failing because of that?
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Post by tgf2k on Jun 26, 2014 14:32:39 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Asa was not DQ'd. He was told mid-obstacle to touch all of the balls, and gassed out from having to adjust. I'm not saying that's any better, but it is important to note that he wasn't DQ'd outright. Based on that I assume you mean much like what happened with the Rope Maze in Venice last year where people tried to move on and then were being told they had to go back and finish the Salmon Ladder before they could move on and ended up failing because of that? Correct.
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Post by thomeboy on Jul 29, 2014 0:14:37 GMT -5
its annoying hearing people on here get so frustrated for american ninja warrior not scaling obstacles. Scaling obstacles? Are you kidding me?!?! I would never watch again if they did something like that. The obstacles are designed in a way where short people have huge advantages (upper body obstacles) by being light weight and other obstacles where tall people have huge advantages (jumping spider, jumping bars, etc) by being tall.
If 5'0 kacy catanzaro can do the regional finals obstacles then...
Asa - 5'6 Shingo - 5'6 Ryo - 5'3 Kanno - 5'5 Morimoto - Couldn't find his height but I'm sure hes between 5'3 to 5'6
they should be able to also.
Imagine the backlash when someone 5'1 becomes the first American Ninja Warrior during the first year they have scaled obstacles.
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Post by Amber on Jul 29, 2014 0:50:19 GMT -5
its annoying hearing people on here get so frustrated for american ninja warrior not scaling obstacles. Scaling obstacles? Are you kidding me?!?! I would never watch again if they did something like that. The obstacles are designed in a way where short people have huge advantages (upper body obstacles) by being light weight and other obstacles where tall people have huge advantages (jumping spider, jumping bars, etc) by being tall. If 5'0 kacy catanzaro can do the regional finals obstacles then... Asa - 5'6 Shingo - 5'6 Ryo - 5'3 Kanno - 5'5 Morimoto - Couldn't find his height but I'm sure hes between 5'3 to 5'6 they should be able to also. Imagine the backlash when someone 5'1 becomes the first American Ninja Warrior during the first year they have scaled obstacles. It's not like the course was built just for people who are 5'0....
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Post by RobbyMac on Jul 29, 2014 1:02:41 GMT -5
Oh I hope so. Not to mention the fact that Vegas is currently harder than the real Mt. Midoriyama in Japan.
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Post by arsenette on Jul 29, 2014 1:22:46 GMT -5
They didn't scale it down (as was supposed to happen via a TBS contract) if that's what you guys are complaining about. Nothing changed from the ANW final to the Special. All of them were identical and not tweaked.
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Post by tgf2k on Jul 29, 2014 23:09:58 GMT -5
Oh I hope so. Not to mention the fact that Vegas is currently harder than the real Mt. Midoriyama in Japan. There's an obstacle called the crazy cliffhanger that's laughing at this statement.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Jul 29, 2014 23:22:02 GMT -5
Oh I hope so. Not to mention the fact that Vegas is currently harder than the real Mt. Midoriyama in Japan. There's an obstacle called the crazy cliffhanger that's laughing at this statement. Now I question which one is worse... UCH or CCH... Vegas is still in the Shin version of SASUKE almost. Not the RISING version.
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Post by arsenette on Jul 29, 2014 23:31:43 GMT -5
There's an obstacle called the crazy cliffhanger that's laughing at this statement. Now I question which one is worse... UCH or CCH... Vegas is still in the Shin version of SASUKE almost. Not the RISING version. That is a obstacle speculation thread conversation and does not belong in a results/spoiler thread.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Jul 29, 2014 23:45:17 GMT -5
Yes I understand. We'll refocus. So... any ideas as to when this'll be aired?
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