Las Vegas National Finals Official Thread (June 24 & 25)

[Amber]

Jul 2, 2015 10:32:17 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Jul 1, 2015 23:16:20 GMT -5 Amber said:

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{Spoiler}If they hype Kacy even though she didn't qualify and fails the 2nd obstacle I'm gonna be piissseeed...

Prepare to be "piissseeed"

Well, then it'll be like watching a normal ANW episode for me. They always find a way for me to cringe each episode lol

[c0balt]

she will be mentioned and they will show her run because audience base is so big, but I don't think it will be the annoying extent that they have pushed her. If they are smart they will spread out the love between the other 3 girls that can legitimately compete.

[thebobmaster]

Jul 2, 2015 14:25:22 GMT -5 c0balt said:

she will be mentioned and they will show her run because audience base is so big, but I don't think it will be the annoying extent that they have pushed her. If they are smart they will spread out the love between the other 3 girls that can legitimately compete.

I think that's what annoys me the most about the Kacy hype train. Not that she doesn't deserve her fanbase, but the fact that ANW editing ignores Michelle Warnky and Meghan Martin when they aren't competing while shoving Kacy into every region they can get away with irks me.

[Deleted]

Jul 2, 2015 15:14:36 GMT -5 thebobmaster said:

Jul 2, 2015 14:25:22 GMT -5 c0balt said:

she will be mentioned and they will show her run because audience base is so big, but I don't think it will be the annoying extent that they have pushed her. If they are smart they will spread out the love between the other 3 girls that can legitimately compete.

I think that's what annoys me the most about the Kacy hype train. Not that she doesn't deserve her fanbase, but the fact that ANW editing ignores Michelle Warnky and Meghan Martin when they aren't competing while shoving Kacy into every region they can get away with irks me.

I know right? But, it just may become the Yamada crying in 10 of ANW footage.

[tgf2k]

Alright, as promised. And heeeeere we.....go.

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STAGE ONE:
Piston Road (same as last year) >
Propeller Swing (tramp to propeller to rope) >
Silk Slider (improved landing pad) >
Jumping Spider (wall-width nerfed big time) >
Sonic Curve (think one side of quad steps set in a half-circle leading up to a halfpipe attack rope) >
Warped Wall >
Coin Flip (circular pads held up by ropes that would flip if not stepped on in the center) >
Triple Jump (ramp to three laches ending at the final climb).

Clears (in RUN order, w/ time remaining out of 2:30.00):

#1 Unknown (San Pedro): 4.91
#14 Dustin McKinney: 7.48
#16 Ryan Stratis: 14.79
#23 Jo-Jo Bynum: 22.83
#24 JJ Woods: 32.74
#25 Travis Rosen: 26.06
#27 Neil Craver: 22.42
#28 Drew Dreschel: 40.58
#29 Shaun ? (Orlando): 21.11
#30 David "Flip" Rodriguez: 29.34
#35 Anthony Scott: 10.90
#37 Daniel Gil: 39.14
#39 Abel Gonzalez: 16.24
#40 Unknown (Houston): 4.56
#43 David Yarter: 0.52 (slowest clear)
#44 Brent Steffensen: 52.12 (fastest clear)
#46 Unknown (Houston): 16.99
#47 Tremayne Dortch: 1.97
#50 Unknown (Houston): 33.79
#56 Dustin Rocho: 1.42
#57 Unknown (Venice): 9.59
#62 Kevin Bull: 49.74
#66 Unknown (KC): 27.50
#68 Unknown (KC): 20.22
#69 Brian Arnold: 22.85
#70 Carson ? (KC): 18.47
#72 Unknown (KC): 51.06
#73 Unknown (KC): 10.48
#78 Issac Caldiero: 20.74
#80 Ian Dory: 5.87
#81 Lance Pekus: 23.66
#82 Jamie Rahn: 13.81
#83 Geoff Britten: 24.66
#85 Joe Moravsky: 36.18
#87 Mike Bernardo: 19.03
#89 Mike "Deadpool" Myers: 29.71
#91 Brian Wilczewski: 16.37
#92 Unknown (Pittsburgh): 1.99

NOTABLE FAILS (in run order w/o number):

James "the Beast" McGrath: Jumping Spider
Sam Sann: Propeller Jump
Kacy Catanzaro: Propeller Jump
David Campbell: Coin Flip
Ben Melick: Sonic Curve
Jessie Graff: Warped Wall timeout
Nick "Modern Tarzan" Coolridge: Jumping Spider
Meghan Martin: Warped Wall timeout
Paul Kasmir: Triple Jump
Michelle Warnky: Jumping Spider
Elet Hall: Jumping Spider (he told me after the fact that his shoulder popped on entry and he bailed on purpose to prevent injury).
Adam "Megaman" Grossman: Sonic Curve (injured his back exiting the jumping spider).

Clears: 38
Fails: 62

Fails by obstacle:
Piston Road - 5
Propeller Jump - 17
Silk Slider - 4
Jumping Spider - 19
Sonic Curve - 7
Warped Wall (timeouts) - 4
Coin Flip - 2
Triple Jump - 4

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STAGE TWO:

Rope Jungle (pretty much the same as last year) >
Double Salmon Ladder to bar (there was a stationary bar between the ladder and bridge due to an angle change in the course this year) >
Unstable Bridge (same as always) >
Butterfly Wall to rope climb (same as last year, rope climb was taller) >
Roulette Row (spin cycle from Venice, except the chandeliers were MUCH larger and there were only 2x) >
Wall Lift.

ALL results in RUN order (decided by Stage One clear time...I might've mixed a couple up, clears w/ time remaining out of 2:30.00):

#1 David Yarter -- Unstable Bridge
#2 Dustin Rocho -- Unstable Bridge
#3 Tremayne Dortch -- Unstable Bridge
#4 Unknown (Pitt) -- Salmon Ladder
#5 Unknown (Houston) -- Rope Jungle
#6 Unknown (San Pedro) -- Unstable Bridge
#7 Ian Dory -- CLEAR, 14.44 remaining
#8 Dustin McKinney -- Rope Jungle
#9 Unknown (Venice) -- Salmon Ladder
#10 Unknown (KC) -- Unstable Bridge
#11 Anthony Scott -- Unstable Bridge
#12 Jamie Rahn -- Roulette Row
#13 Ryan Stratis -- Salmon Ladder
#14 Abel Gonzalez -- CLEAR, 9.83
#15 Brian Wilczewski -- Roulette Row (nice moment where Chris jumped in the water to splash around with Brian when the run was over, like last year)
#16 Unknown (Houston) -- Unstable Bridge
#17 Mike Bernardo -- Roulette Row
#18 Carson ? (KC) -- Roulette Row
#19 Unknown (KC...Jason?) -- Roulette Row
#20 Issac Caldiero -- CLEAR, 24.13
#21 Shaun ? (Orlando) -- Unstable Bridge
#22 Jo-Jo Bynum -- Salmon Ladder
#23 Neil Craver -- Salmon Ladder
#24 Brian Arnold -- Roulette Row
#25 Lance Pekus -- Roulette Row
#26 Geoff Britten -- CLEAR, 27.52
#27 Travis Rosen -- Unstable Bridge
#28 Unknown (KC) -- Roulette Row
#29 David "Flip" Rodriguez -- Roulette Row
#30 Mike "Deadpool" Myers -- Roulette Row
#31 JJ Woods -- Roulette Row
#32 Unknown (Houston) -- CLEAR, 19.28
#33 Joe Moravsky -- CLEAR, 20.42
#34 Daniel Gil -- Roulette Row
#35 Drew Dreschel -- CLEAR, 17.43
#36 Kevin Bull -- CLEAR, 29.23
#37 Unknown (KC) -- Unstable Bridge
#38 Brent Steffensen -- Unstable Bridge :/

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STAGE THREE:

Window Washer (unofficial name...basically two handles on pulleys that rotated a disk down an angled pipe, hard to explain) >
Inclined Doorknob Grasper >
Floating Boards >
UCH/CCH (same UCH as old, but with more gaps in the rails, CCH was kind of a joke, catch rail was basically a handrail over 2 inches thick) >
Floating Poles (Floating Boards but with poles, one dropped when you got on it) >
Hang Climb >
Halo Crossing (plates hanging from poles that could be crossed w/ both hands and/or feet) >
Flying Bar.

ALL results in RUN order (order preserved from Stage two):

#1: Ian Dory -- 3rd Flying Bar.
#2: Abel Gonzalez -- UCH up-transfer.
#3: Issac Calidero -- CLEAR.
#4: Geoff Britten -- CLEAR.
#5: Unknown (Houston...Jeremiah?) -- CCH transfer.
#6: Joe Moravsky -- CC transfer.
#7: Drew Dreschel -- Hang Climb
#8: Kevin Bull -- UCH down-transfer.

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STAGE FOUR:

75-foot rope climb (two-foot platform was given at the start to make it an even 75). 30 second time limit.

#1 Geoff Britten -- CLEAR, 0.65
#2 Issac Caldiero -- CLEAR, ~3.50

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Quick opinions:
- Time limits for Stages 1 & 2 were so stupidly long. Need to make that harder, yo.
- Time limit for Stage 4 was good.
- Geoff Britten better get something for his accomplishments, because the way the post-event wrap was going, it looked like he's gonna get boned hard.
- ANW needs to start letting its competitors keep their hardware (a.k.a., I'm pretty sure Issac didn't get to keep the trophy they had him hold up at the end).
- If I never have to hear Noah Kauffman howl at wolfpack members again it'll be too soon.

That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to ask me questions here if you'd like.

[Amber]

Jul 2, 2015 23:27:25 GMT -5 tgf2k said:

Alright, as promised. And heeeeere we.....go.

SPOILER: Click to show

STAGE ONE:
Piston Road (same as last year) >
Propeller Swing (tramp to propeller to rope) >
Silk Slider (improved landing pad) >
Jumping Spider (wall-width nerfed big time) >
Sonic Curve (think one side of quad steps set in a half-circle leading up to a halfpipe attack rope) >
Warped Wall >
Coin Flip (circular pads held up by ropes that would flip if not stepped on in the center) >
Triple Jump (ramp to three laches ending at the final climb).

Clears (in RUN order, w/ time remaining out of 2:30.00):

#1 Unknown (San Pedro): 4.91
#14 Dustin McKinney: 7.48
#16 Ryan Stratis: 14.79
#23 Jo-Jo Bynum: 22.83
#24 JJ Woods: 32.74
#25 Travis Rosen: 26.06
#27 Neil Craver: 22.42
#28 Drew Dreschel: 40.58
#29 Shaun ? (Orlando): 21.11
#30 David "Flip" Rodriguez: 29.34
#35 Anthony Scott: 10.90
#37 Daniel Gil: 39.14
#39 Abel Gonzalez: 16.24
#40 Unknown (Houston): 4.56
#43 David Yarter: 0.52 (slowest clear)
#44 Brent Steffensen: 52.12 (fastest clear)
#46 Unknown (Houston): 16.99
#47 Tremayne Dortch: 1.97
#50 Unknown (Houston): 33.79
#56 Dustin Rocho: 1.42
#57 Unknown (Venice): 9.59
#62 Kevin Bull: 49.74
#66 Unknown (KC): 27.50
#68 Unknown (KC): 20.22
#69 Brian Arnold: 22.85
#70 Carson ? (KC): 18.47
#72 Unknown (KC): 51.06
#73 Unknown (KC): 10.48
#78 Issac Caldiero: 20.74
#80 Ian Dory: 5.87
#81 Lance Pekus: 23.66
#82 Jamie Rahn: 13.81
#83 Geoff Britten: 24.66
#85 Joe Moravsky: 36.18
#87 Mike Bernardo: 19.03
#89 Mike "Deadpool" Myers: 29.71
#91 Brian Wilczewski: 16.37
#92 Unknown (Pittsburgh): 1.99

NOTABLE FAILS (in run order w/o number):

James "the Beast" McGrath: Jumping Spider
Sam Sann: Propeller Jump
Kacy Catanzaro: Propeller Jump
David Campbell: Coin Flip
Ben Melick: Sonic Curve
Jessie Graff: Warped Wall timeout
Nick "Modern Tarzan" Coolridge: Jumping Spider
Meghan Martin: Warped Wall timeout
Paul Kasmir: Triple Jump
Michelle Warnky: Jumping Spider
Elet Hall: Jumping Spider (he told me after the fact that his shoulder popped on entry and he bailed on purpose to prevent injury).
Adam "Megaman" Grossman: Sonic Curve (injured his back exiting the jumping spider).

Clears: 38
Fails: 62

Fails by obstacle:
Piston Road - 5
Propeller Jump - 17
Silk Slider - 4
Jumping Spider - 19
Sonic Curve - 7
Warped Wall (timeouts) - 4
Coin Flip - 2
Triple Jump - 4

*******************

STAGE TWO:

Rope Jungle (pretty much the same as last year) >
Double Salmon Ladder to bar (there was a stationary bar between the ladder and bridge due to an angle change in the course this year) >
Unstable Bridge (same as always) >
Butterfly Wall to rope climb (same as last year, rope climb was taller) >
Roulette Row (spin cycle from Venice, except the chandeliers were MUCH larger and there were only 2x) >
Wall Lift.

ALL results in RUN order (decided by Stage One clear time...I might've mixed a couple up, clears w/ time remaining out of 2:30.00):

#1 David Yarter -- Unstable Bridge
#2 Dustin Rocho -- Unstable Bridge
#3 Tremayne Dortch -- Unstable Bridge
#4 Unknown (Pitt) -- Salmon Ladder
#5 Unknown (Houston) -- Rope Jungle
#6 Unknown (San Pedro) -- Unstable Bridge
#7 Ian Dory -- CLEAR, 14.44 remaining
#8 Dustin McKinney -- Rope Jungle
#9 Unknown (Venice) -- Salmon Ladder
#10 Unknown (KC) -- Unstable Bridge
#11 Anthony Scott -- Unstable Bridge
#12 Jamie Rahn -- Roulette Row
#13 Ryan Stratis -- Salmon Ladder
#14 Abel Gonzalez -- CLEAR, 9.83
#15 Brian Wilczewski -- Roulette Row (nice moment where Chris jumped in the water to splash around with Brian when the run was over, like last year)
#16 Unknown (Houston) -- Unstable Bridge
#17 Mike Bernardo -- Roulette Row
#18 Carson ? (KC) -- Roulette Row
#19 Unknown (KC...Jason?) -- Roulette Row
#20 Issac Caldiero -- CLEAR, 24.13
#21 Shaun ? (Orlando) -- Unstable Bridge
#22 Jo-Jo Bynum -- Salmon Ladder
#23 Neil Craver -- Salmon Ladder
#24 Brian Arnold -- Roulette Row
#25 Lance Pekus -- Roulette Row
#26 Geoff Britten -- CLEAR, 27.52
#27 Travis Rosen -- Unstable Bridge
#28 Unknown (KC) -- Roulette Row
#29 David "Flip" Rodriguez -- Roulette Row
#30 Mike "Deadpool" Myers -- Roulette Row
#31 JJ Woods -- Roulette Row
#32 Unknown (Houston) -- CLEAR, 19.28
#33 Joe Moravsky -- CLEAR, 20.42
#34 Daniel Gil -- Roulette Row
#35 Drew Dreschel -- CLEAR, 17.43
#36 Kevin Bull -- CLEAR, 29.23
#37 Unknown (KC) -- Unstable Bridge
#38 Brent Steffensen -- Unstable Bridge :/

**********************

STAGE THREE:

Window Washer (unofficial name...basically two handles on pulleys that rotated a disk down an angled pipe, hard to explain) >
Inclined Doorknob Grasper >
Floating Boards >
UCH/CCH (same UCH as old, but with more gaps in the rails, CCH was kind of a joke, catch rail was basically a handrail over 2 inches thick) >
Floating Poles (Floating Boards but with poles, one dropped when you got on it) >
Hang Climb >
Halo Crossing (plates hanging from poles that could be crossed w/ both hands and/or feet) >
Flying Bar.

ALL results in RUN order (order preserved from Stage two):

#1: Ian Dory -- 3rd Flying Bar.
#2: Abel Gonzalez -- UCH up-transfer.
#3: Issac Calidero -- CLEAR.
#4: Geoff Britten -- CLEAR.
#5: Unknown (Houston...Jeremiah?) -- CCH transfer.
#6: Joe Moravsky -- CC transfer.
#7: Drew Dreschel -- Hang Climb
#8: Kevin Bull -- UCH down-transfer.

****************************

STAGE FOUR:

75-foot rope climb (two-foot platform was given at the start to make it an even 75). 30 second time limit.

#1 Geoff Britten -- CLEAR, 0.65
#2 Issac Caldiero -- CLEAR, ~3.50

******************

Quick opinions:
- Time limits for Stages 1 & 2 were so stupidly long. Need to make that harder, yo.
- Time limit for Stage 4 was good.
- Geoff Britten better get something for his accomplishments, because the way the post-event wrap was going, it looked like he's gonna get boned hard.
- ANW needs to start letting its competitors keep their hardware (a.k.a., I'm pretty sure Issac didn't get to keep the trophy they had him hold up at the end).
- If I never have to hear Noah Kauffman howl at wolfpack members again it'll be too soon.

That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to ask me questions here if you'd like.

Damn dude, thanks for telling us this!

[evan]

tgf2k dude you are the best!

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{Spoiler} is the unknown from Venice that failed Salmon Ladder stage 2 Alvaro Campos (JR) or Sam Goldstein?(thought to ask in case their name sounds familiar). Thanks brother. 

[evan]

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{Spoiler}I expected less people to fail the jumping spider this year. Every ninja gym has one. Was it any different from last years?

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{Spoiler}perhaps these guys need to start climbing/bouldering if they are not already

#2: Abel Gonzalez -- UCH up-transfer.
#6: Joe Moravsky -- CC transfer.
#7: Drew Dreschel -- Hang Climb
#8: Kevin Bull -- UCH down-transfer.

[tgf2k]

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I believe the unknown-Venice was Grant, the Hawaiian flight-attendant/surfer dude. I couldn't recognize him until they mentioned him during the all-star competition (wherein he was one of the rookies...the other being Daniel Gil).

The jumping spider was MUCH easier than years' previous. Lower point of entry, thinner chute. The nerves will get ya, that's how it goes.

[vaughngk]

Jul 3, 2015 4:58:18 GMT -5 tgf2k said:

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I believe the unknown-Venice was Grant, the Hawaiian flight-attendant/surfer dude. I couldn't recognize him until they mentioned him during the all-star competition (wherein he was one of the rookies...the other being Daniel Gil).

The jumping spider was MUCH easier than years' previous. Lower point of entry, thinner chute. The nerves will get ya, that's how it goes.

Do you have any information on USA vs the World and or the all star information you might be willing to share. Of course they would go on the other threads but I and probably a few other people would like to know the format and results of those specials if you know what happened.

[tgf2k]

Sure, I'll make a post. I don't have really detailed results for those comps but I do know what happened.

[thatoneuser]

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I swear I remember seeing that David got to the 3rd Stage but failed the Halo Crossing because he was looking at the Flying Bar. I wonder what the confusion was. Anyway, you're awesome! Thank you so much!

[c0balt]

Jul 3, 2015 8:42:35 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

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I swear I remember seeing that David got to the 3rd Stage but failed the Halo Crossing because he was looking at the Flying Bar. I wonder what the confusion was. Anyway, you're awesome! Thank you so much!

I said third coin flip, not third stage.

[evan]

Jul 3, 2015 4:58:18 GMT -5 tgf2k said:

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{Spoiler}

I believe the unknown-Venice was Grant, the Hawaiian flight-attendant/surfer dude. I couldn't recognize him until they mentioned him during the all-star competition (wherein he was one of the rookies...the other being Daniel Gil).

The jumping spider was MUCH easier than years' previous. Lower point of entry, thinner chute. The nerves will get ya, that's how it goes.

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{Spoiler}
thanks, he is a cool guy, happy for him, I competed with him at apex norcal a few days before Vegas.

yea, it's crazy that the jumping spider was easier yet 19 people failed.

[evan]

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{Spoiler}I'm very happy that someone from Venice region (Kevin) made it all the way to stage 3 and also was part of team USA. Despite his successes Kevin is humble and one of the nicest ninjas I've met. Is this the furthest someone from Venice region has been to in ANW ? (not Sasuke)

[brockriebe6]

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The unknown guy from houston that made it to stage 3 was most likely Jeremiah (Jeremy) Morgan. He is honestly a beast he put up the fastest time in Houston finals and Dallas finals last year. 

[m4tt3r0x]

Jul 3, 2015 13:44:32 GMT -5 evan said:

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{Spoiler}I'm very happy that someone from Venice region (Kevin) made it all the way to stage 3 and also was part of team USA. Despite his successes Kevin is humble and one of the nicest ninjas I've met. Is this the furthest someone from Venice region has been to in ANW ? (not Sasuke)

I think Brent qualified in the Venice region in ANW4 and made it to the Hang Climb in Stage 3, so no.

[evan]

Jul 3, 2015 17:13:42 GMT -5 m4tt3r0x said:

Jul 3, 2015 13:44:32 GMT -5 evan said:

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{Spoiler}I'm very happy that someone from Venice region (Kevin) made it all the way to stage 3 and also was part of team USA. Despite his successes Kevin is humble and one of the nicest ninjas I've met. Is this the furthest someone from Venice region has been to in ANW ? (not Sasuke)

I think Brent qualified in the Venice region in ANW4 and made it to the Hang Climb in Stage 3, so no.

I didn't know Brent was in Venice in anw4. I'd prefer if there was loyalty in the region that a competitor competes/represents, like the districts in The Hanger Games , but I know it's not up to the competitors.

[greenday61892]

Jul 2, 2015 12:42:21 GMT -5 Amber said:

Jul 2, 2015 10:32:17 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Prepare to be "piissseeed"

Well, then it'll be like watching a normal ANW episode for me. They always find a way for me to cringe each episode lol

Then why do you still watch?

[Amber]

Jul 4, 2015 9:34:01 GMT -5 greenday61892 said:

Jul 2, 2015 12:42:21 GMT -5 Amber said:

Well, then it'll be like watching a normal ANW episode for me. They always find a way for me to cringe each episode lol

Then why do you still watch?

Well for one there's nothing better to do at 8:00 PM on a Monday night so I watch a show that I used to enjoy but now annoys me. Plus, it's also fun to nitpick ANW episodes (Yes, I do it with Sasuke too) when you watch them and count what they do wrong. If you think that's bad, you've just damaged the foundation of these guys Plus the fact that I've been watching every episode the minute it came on for 5 years straight... it's not fun to ruin tradition. But my favorite reason of them all: because I can if I want.