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Post by RobbyMac on Jul 8, 2014 0:10:37 GMT -5
Eh it was easier than you think. When you grabbed it with the ropes that supported it, it was doable. I saw 2 people do it.
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Post by Jings on Jul 8, 2014 1:22:49 GMT -5
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Post by jams on Jul 8, 2014 1:30:54 GMT -5
Eh it was easier than you think. When you grabbed it with the ropes that supported it, it was doable. I saw 2 people do it. I haven't watched this episode yet, but grabbing those ropes was supposed to be against the rules. Around 3:40 in this video they go over the rules for Cannonball Alley...
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Post by thebobmaster on Jul 8, 2014 16:52:09 GMT -5
As usual, I'll be posting the finalists, as well as some further thoughts. 1. David Campbell: Finished, 5:53.96 2. Kevin Bull: Finished, 5:59.40 3. James McGrath: Failed Body Prop, 2:52.43 4. Dustin Rocho: Failed Body Prop, 3:39.87 5. Thaddeus Robbeck: Failed Cannonball Alley, 2:36.91 6. Alan Connealy: Failed Cannonball Alley, 2:44.24 7. Dorian Cedars (YAY!): Failed Cannonball Alley, 3:23.82 8. Vadym Kuvakin: Failed Cannonball Alley, 3:28.04 9. Derek Nakamoto (YAY!): Failed Cannonball Alley, 3:36.27 10. Alex Kane: Failed Cannonball Alley, 3:36.70 11. Travis Brewer (YAY!): Failed Cannonball Alley, 3:41.85 12. Brian Kretsch: Failed Cannonball Alley, 3:42.00 13. Kyle Cochran: Failed Cannonball Alley, 4:11.14 14. Robert Ing: Failed Cannonball Alley, 4:11.95 15. Ben Melick: Failed Cannonball Alley, 4:17.50 And now, other thoughts... Wow, talk about your brutal obstacles. We all know what I'm talking about. I loved Kyle Cochran's line about being a "type one diabadass" during the pre-commercial break trailer. I winced when I saw Justin Taylor's ankle injuries. Ow... David Campbell's The Godfather? I thought that was Shingo Yamamoto. I was in awe at Kevin Bull's run. That trick off of the Cannonball Alley was awesome to behold. Why the hell did they start in the MIDDLE of Alan Connealy's run? All in all, a bit of a boring episode to watch, thanks to that one factor.
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Post by midoriyamanosaru on Jul 8, 2014 20:39:27 GMT -5
Just finished watching the Venice Final for the second time. I liked the show very much. The bird's eye view shot (from the blimp?) was awesome.
Not sure this is the right place to ask, and also not sure if someone has asked the same kind of question before, but I have one regarding the regulations. I thought that "the furthest at the fastest"? means that the guy who has reached the particular point of the particular obstacle at the fastest time gets ahead of other competitors who also have reached the exact same point at the slower time. I'm talking about Cannonball Alley. I thought grabbing the second ball of CA solidly meant something even after a fail at the third ball. But unless you complete the obstacle, it's all recorded as reaching CA, isn't it? And only the time grabbing the first ball of CA matters, does it? If that's the rule, it's a letdown to me.
By the way, does someone else noticed other than me that Kevin Bull was wearing a black shirt with Sasuke (with Kanji,) "佐助" on front in the promo video? That was cool.
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Post by kangaroo on Jul 8, 2014 22:27:52 GMT -5
I'm sorry! I'm just a sucker for obstacles that have solid fail rates and don't just function as energy wasters. Yet at the same time it needs to be balanced that third ball was a little to big imo I think they need to shrink it just a tad and it can still be a challenge.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jul 8, 2014 22:42:03 GMT -5
Not sure this is the right place to ask, and also not sure if someone has asked the same kind of question before, but I have one regarding the regulations. I thought that "the furthest at the fastest"? means that the guy who has reached the particular point of the particular obstacle at the fastest time gets ahead of other competitors who also have reached the exact same point at the slower time. I'm talking about Cannonball Alley. I thought grabbing the second ball of CA solidly meant something even after a fail at the third ball. But unless you complete the obstacle, it's all recorded as reaching CA, isn't it? And only the time grabbing the first ball of CA matters, does it? If that's the rule, it's a letdown to me. The farthest the fastest rule always meant time of completion of the last obstacle, it's not about progress in the obstacle but it refers to how far you got prior, which is why you saw people not even worried about clearing and were just rushing to clear the Salmon Ladder in a good time. Yeah I do feel they should break things down more to completion of obstacles but in a way I understand why they went with that way of ruling it from the start, much easier to keep track of
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Post by Amber on Jul 8, 2014 23:02:46 GMT -5
Not sure this is the right place to ask, and also not sure if someone has asked the same kind of question before, but I have one regarding the regulations. I thought that "the furthest at the fastest"? means that the guy who has reached the particular point of the particular obstacle at the fastest time gets ahead of other competitors who also have reached the exact same point at the slower time. I'm talking about Cannonball Alley. I thought grabbing the second ball of CA solidly meant something even after a fail at the third ball. But unless you complete the obstacle, it's all recorded as reaching CA, isn't it? And only the time grabbing the first ball of CA matters, does it? If that's the rule, it's a letdown to me. The farthest the fastest rule always meant time of completion of the last obstacle, it's not about progress in the obstacle but it refers to how far you got prior, which is why you saw people not even worried about clearing and were just rushing to clear the Salmon Ladder in a good time. Yeah I do feel they should break things down more to completion of obstacles but in a way I understand why they went with that way of ruling it from the start, much easier to keep track of Yeah, but they use the progress on the obstacle in USA vs Japan.. they need to use it in city finals.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Jul 8, 2014 23:11:43 GMT -5
David Campbell's The Godfather? I thought that was Shingo Yamamoto. EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING! XD The US Godfather and his Japanese counterpart the way I see it.
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Post by gt4dom on Jul 9, 2014 11:16:07 GMT -5
Who the hell is James Mcgrath???
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Post by baronbk on Jul 9, 2014 19:31:36 GMT -5
Snubbed again! Haha, I think I can lay claim to "Most Fast Fowarded American Competitor". Luckily a friend filmed it, so if you wanted to see how I got to the Canons, here ya go!
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Post by Oti on Jul 9, 2014 22:43:05 GMT -5
Thank you for one stepping those steps.
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Post by kangaroo on Jul 10, 2014 0:38:39 GMT -5
Snubbed again! Haha, I think I can lay claim to "Most Fast Fowarded American Competitor". Luckily a friend filmed it, so if you wanted to see how I got to the Canons, here ya go! Nice run was that third ball as big as it looked on TV it look super hard to grab ?
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Post by baronbk on Jul 10, 2014 8:50:02 GMT -5
Yeah it was difficult to grab, but I rushed it because my hand was on top of the eyelet on that Canon. I was only the second person to get there, so I was worried about getting DQ'd. Later in the night, when no one was clearing, people were pretty much allowed to cheat.
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Post by RobbyMac on Jul 10, 2014 13:17:30 GMT -5
Yeah it was difficult to grab, but I rushed it because my hand was on top of the eyelet on that Canon. I was only the second person to get there, so I was worried about getting DQ'd. Later in the night, when no one was clearing, people were pretty much allowed to cheat. Told everyone I saw people cheat towards the end.
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Post by midoriyamanosaru on Jul 11, 2014 18:58:24 GMT -5
Not sure this is the right place to ask, and also not sure if someone has asked the same kind of question before, but I have one regarding the regulations. I thought that "the furthest at the fastest"? means that the guy who has reached the particular point of the particular obstacle at the fastest time gets ahead of other competitors who also have reached the exact same point at the slower time. I'm talking about Cannonball Alley. I thought grabbing the second ball of CA solidly meant something even after a fail at the third ball. But unless you complete the obstacle, it's all recorded as reaching CA, isn't it? And only the time grabbing the first ball of CA matters, does it? If that's the rule, it's a letdown to me. The farthest the fastest rule always meant time of completion of the last obstacle, it's not about progress in the obstacle but it refers to how far you got prior, which is why you saw people not even worried about clearing and were just rushing to clear the Salmon Ladder in a good time. Yeah I do feel they should break things down more to completion of obstacles but in a way I understand why they went with that way of ruling it from the start, much easier to keep track of I agree. Some obstacles like Pole Maze are certainly hard to brerak it down, but Cannonball Alley was an obstacle to be able to break it down and to be able to keep track of progress easily.
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Post by UnrealCanine on Jul 17, 2014 15:27:30 GMT -5
Cause watching everyone breeze through the early obstacles gets boring real quick?
I'm also confused by Evan's time
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Post by thebobmaster on Jul 17, 2014 17:23:42 GMT -5
Cause watching everyone breeze through the early obstacles gets boring real quick? I'm also confused by Evan's time True. My confusion was more due to wondering why not just digest him if you aren't going to show his full run. Either show the run, or don't. Don't show half the run with no context. At least, that's how I feel about it.
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Post by yamfriend on Jul 17, 2014 19:20:21 GMT -5
On SASUKE, the same thing is frequently done in the first three stages, and especially for fails. It's probably done in order to keep viewers' interest (as it's been said, people don't like to see repetitive runs over and over again), as well as to make sure there's enough time accounted for such that the "most noteworthy moments" which the TV station staff feel deserve to be shown during broadcasts are fully shown.
I personally don't mind either TBS or NBC showing parts of a run, as long as the end result is shown as well (clear or fail).
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