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G Rope
May 7, 2009 13:07:18 GMT -5
Post by GregPuciato on May 7, 2009 13:07:18 GMT -5
I've been looking through threads for information about this, but i can't find any...
What is the g-rope?
what's different about it... is it a bungee type material? does anybody even know for sure?
the UNCLI guys should spend less time with the cliffhanger and more time with ropes, IMO.
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G Rope
May 7, 2009 16:08:44 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 7, 2009 16:08:44 GMT -5
Replacing the Final Rope in the 18th competition the competitor must climb a 10m rope that is suspected to be a Bungee Rope, thus why the name was changed. It is suspected that when the competitor climbs the rope it bounces and is pulled down in order to make the climbing process slower. The rope is attached to some wires at the top of the tower thus making the Bungee Theory logical. The rope is no longer cut if the competitor runs out of time due to the Heavenly Ladder being put into place.
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G Rope
May 7, 2009 16:20:22 GMT -5
Post by GregPuciato on May 7, 2009 16:20:22 GMT -5
so basically we still don't know, but we think it's a bungee rope.
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G Rope
May 7, 2009 16:22:12 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 7, 2009 16:22:12 GMT -5
Yeah thats what most of us seem to think its just that it did not work that well on Yuuji since he was so light so really he was the perfect person to climb this thing.
One thing that is concrete for sure is the G rope is DEFINATLY thicker than the previous final rope.
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 16:52:50 GMT -5
Post by davidcampbell on May 11, 2009 16:52:50 GMT -5
Really? The rope thickness looks about the same to me. About the same as what I practice on at home.
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 17:02:30 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 11, 2009 17:02:30 GMT -5
well it certainly looked thicker than the one Nagano climbed I will try snapa comparison pic !
EDIT ive took a pic but can someone host it for me?
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 17:35:19 GMT -5
Post by The Chief on May 11, 2009 17:35:19 GMT -5
I'll host.
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 17:40:52 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 11, 2009 17:40:52 GMT -5
email sent with the pic the ropes are slightly different if nothing else someone else might get some even clearer shots at some point.
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 17:46:57 GMT -5
Post by The Chief on May 11, 2009 17:46:57 GMT -5
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 18:18:43 GMT -5
Post by alphabater on May 11, 2009 18:18:43 GMT -5
not much difference from that pic
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 18:22:26 GMT -5
Post by Oti on May 11, 2009 18:22:26 GMT -5
Yeah... they look the same...
After watching the final stage attempt in 22 again, it doesn't really look like he's bouncing around. It looks no different than a rope climb - and he's not very good at climbing ropes.
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 18:28:51 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 11, 2009 18:28:51 GMT -5
It looks thicker to me on TV maybe its Yuuji who is so small who knows regardless the real test will be when someone like Nagano makes it there.
If they just lower the time to 30 - 35 regardless of the rope its will be the hardest final of the 3 and I see no one clearing it for a long time as it is though if there really is Nothing about the rope at all then I can only assume they put a leniant time on to perhaps induce a win? For tv sake kinda thing.
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 18:43:19 GMT -5
Post by RiderLeangle on May 11, 2009 18:43:19 GMT -5
 Sorry, bit of WYS going on here with a Den-O pic from a while back  |
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 18:48:33 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 11, 2009 18:48:33 GMT -5
why would they change the name without a reason though? Hmm that line sounds familier from 21! I got one more pic to show of the actual thing what the G rope is fitted to anyone know if the previous one was hung on a similar thing?
(Just sent it to Chief to upload it) Clearly the rope itself IS just a rope with no real mods but check out the white thing that its fitted to does anyone think that looks like a bungee stretch or is it similar to how the final rope was hung?
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G Rope
May 11, 2009 20:13:44 GMT -5
Post by Captain Obvious on May 11, 2009 20:13:44 GMT -5
My theory -- The G stands for "God".
Reasoning -- Theme / flavor. In the Sasuke 22 broadcast, they made a big deal of the unveiling of the new Final Stage as expected and hoped. The first part was to recap the previous incarnations of the Final Stage, and unless I'm mistaken, they just referred to the "Spider Climb" portion of the second version of the Final Stage by name. I posit that this third version of the Final Stage is meant to have more of a theme than the first version (and really, second also). To that end, I'm thinking the G Rope is simply an agnostic-friendly naming to keep the "climbing to the heavens" theme.
Just a theory.
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G Rope
May 12, 2009 9:53:59 GMT -5
Post by jfeathe on May 12, 2009 9:53:59 GMT -5
Like I've said before, I think it's a normal rope but with a small, black bungee attatched to the very top of it. Anyway, I don't think it accomplished its intention.
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G Rope
May 12, 2009 10:06:54 GMT -5
Post by Oti on May 12, 2009 10:06:54 GMT -5
Captain Obvious... that's the best idea I've heard for the rope so far.
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G Rope
May 12, 2009 10:28:55 GMT -5
Post by The Chief on May 12, 2009 10:28:55 GMT -5
 Obvious is probably right...obviously. |
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G Rope
May 12, 2009 11:04:14 GMT -5
Post by SRW on May 12, 2009 11:04:14 GMT -5
I at one point wondered if the G mean't god rope well I called it that sarcastically going with the Heavenly Ladder beneath it.
But then I thought surely theres got to be more to it than that.
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G Rope
May 12, 2009 23:56:57 GMT -5
Post by Captain Obvious on May 12, 2009 23:56:57 GMT -5
(picture with an arrow pointing above the G Rope) Obvious is probably right...obviously. I don't quite understand. I see the arrow you've drawn in pointing to the thing connecting the G Rope to the structure, but are you saying that you do or do not believe the connector is some sort of bungee? |
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