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Post by SasukeForever on May 13, 2016 20:36:43 GMT -5
Bit of side information for this thread--I won't be there, due almost exclusively to the fact that (as multiple sources inside production told me) they're going to be busing people to/from the course again this year a la Pittsburgh. Hopefully that'll have changed since I heard it back in March during ATL filming, but for now, be prepared for the busshitstorm again. Well to be fair Rider "may or may not" be going
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Post by RiderLeangle on May 13, 2016 20:54:16 GMT -5
Honestly looking at google there seems like a lot of places nearby to park and be close enough to walk there, I know I walked back to the parking lot in Pittsburgh on the 2nd night
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Post by blah123 on May 16, 2016 14:26:08 GMT -5
Another one bites the dust.. Dan Galiczynski. Bummer because he has total victory potential. Posted on FB that he did not get a callback and will not attempt the WOL.
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Post by thatoneuser on May 16, 2016 17:43:11 GMT -5
Calls are done. If you didn't get one, better luck next year. OR... you could get your butt to Philly because the walk-on line is probably already starting
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2016 18:24:38 GMT -5
Calls are done. If you didn't get one, better luck next year. OR... you could get your butt to Philly because the walk-on line is probably already starting Well I have Philadelphia cheese spread, if that counts.
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Post by higeboshi on May 16, 2016 18:26:17 GMT -5
you could get your butt to Philly because the walk-on line is probably already starting I think it actually started a couple of days before OKC, at least. (Sheesh.)
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Post by jork122 on May 16, 2016 20:32:33 GMT -5
Justin Kydd and Brian Wilczewski also got snubbed. There's something really going on with ANW this year.
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Post by ekkerb11 on May 16, 2016 20:39:05 GMT -5
Justin Kydd and Brian Wilczewski also got snubbed. There's something really going on with ANW this year. Brian Wilczewski?? That's crazy.
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Post by RiderLeangle on May 16, 2016 20:44:32 GMT -5
I was salty about not getting the call myself, but this is f'ing ridiculous... All these vets getting snubbed...
(Also if they were using the excuse giving some other people a chance, they still are doing it wrong since they passed up on getting the most crowd and tv friendly run they could have ever asked for...)
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Post by thatoneuser on May 16, 2016 20:44:41 GMT -5
Justin Kydd and Brian Wilczewski also got snubbed. There's something really going on with ANW this year. Super weird about Brian, especially since Chris got a call. Something is very unusual about all this. EDIT: Could we rule out that some applications just flat out weren't viewed due to the high volume, and some vets got screwed on RNG?
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Post by arsenette on May 16, 2016 21:29:24 GMT -5
Sounds to me though that they are just purging old to get the new. It's in their marketing in just about every video I've seen so far.
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Post by ekkerb11 on May 16, 2016 22:27:17 GMT -5
Sounds to me though that they are just purging old to get the new. It's in their marketing in just about every video I've seen so far. Which videos might I ask? Because the few promos I have seen had tons of one-liners from veterans.
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Post by arsenette on May 17, 2016 4:43:36 GMT -5
Sounds to me though that they are just purging old to get the new. It's in their marketing in just about every video I've seen so far. Which videos might I ask? Because the few promos I have seen had tons of one-liners from veterans. There is a thread on all of them so far.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 5:44:06 GMT -5
I think what NBC are doing is they're trying to "start fresh" this season after there was TWO total clearances last time round. But it's still a real shame to hear about fan favourites missing the cut. Bit of a dick move by NBC in my opinion but I ain't the one on the telephone. (by that I mean the person giving out invitations to the lucky ones who get to run)
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Post by GlobalNinjaFan on May 17, 2016 13:15:31 GMT -5
I know I'm gonna get crap for saying this, but I think NBC are right, but ONLY IN PART. It is a good thing that they want to try and bring in new competitors, especially with the fewer number of regions this year. But since they don't seem interested in having more runs, something has to give. Could it have been handled better? Yes. Did Veterans like Brian and David deserve to get turned away? Of course not. It could have been handled much better. But the simple concept of having many fresh competitors in the competition pool after TWO TOTAL VICTORIES is not a bad thing.
After each total victory in Sasuke, new competitors have risen up to take on the new era. Imagine if Takeda wasn't invited in 5 because TBS simply invited back 100% competitors from tournament 1-4. We need new faces. It is just a question of how deep do you cut, how many chances do the same people (not people like David, mind you, but people who fail early on in Vegas or drop out in City Finals) get at the expense of the new, and what you want overall moving forward.
It could have been handled better. And more minor recurring competitors could have been cut/moved to other regions. But overall, what they are doing is not wrong or even a bad thing for the show.
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Post by cole77000 on May 17, 2016 14:26:22 GMT -5
I know I'm gonna get crap for saying this, but I think NBC are right, but ONLY IN PART... ...But overall, what they are doing is not wrong or even a bad thing for the show. A centrist opinion stated with acknowledgement of situational nuance? This is madness I tell you! Yeah. Pretty much this.
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Post by marsllama on May 17, 2016 15:53:34 GMT -5
I totally respect their right to cut some long-serving competitors, I just think their choices are odd. Some people I've spoken to have had callbacks two or even three years in a row and never gotten to the city finals.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 16:04:44 GMT -5
Somehow this thread about a regional finals being held in a city with a fetish for cheese spread has turned into a discussion about why NBC are complete idiots for not inviting fan favourites LOL
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Post by thatoneuser on May 17, 2016 19:17:15 GMT -5
You know, Team Ninja Warrior said Brian is located in California now, and recall David Campbell didn't get called from that region either. Maybe just the LA region is weird? (Or different people were in charge of each region and they had miscommunication?)
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Post by thebobmaster on May 17, 2016 20:19:56 GMT -5
Now that there are more and more "snubs", I think NBC is just trying to kickstart "a new generation", bring in the new blood. I find it quite odd that Chris was picked and not Brian, but if it's true that Brian relocated to Cali, that may have more to do with it. After all, that seems to be where a fair chunk of the "shock" cuts were made, with the obvious exception of Noah Kaufman.
Honestly, I have issues with how NBC is handling things, but at some point, they need to look to the future, and with a victory in 7, this is as good of a time as any. I just wish they had been able to do so better somehow...but at the same time, I struggle to think of how NBC could have let, say, David go without piling wood up, tossing on lighter fluid, and waiting for the torches.
TL;DR-I'm hopeful that NBC knows what they are doing, but they could have been less clumsy about it.
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