DIVISION 2 - COMPETITION # 2 - POLL CLOSED!

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 21 Nov 2004 20:51

POLL IS NOW CLOSED! Thanks to those who voted. The Division 2 leaderboard will be updated shortly with these results. The results are as follows:

Tom Mosher
40% [ 26 ]

Rob Johnson
21% [ 14 ]

Rory Dawson
21% [ 14 ]

Cole Hobson
7% [ 5 ]

Henry Griese
4% [ 3 ]

Joe Kulacz
1% [ 1 ]

Ryan Seath
1% [ 1 ]

Okay folks, here is round 2 of the division 2 competitions. Please watch ALL the videos and vote for the best one taking difficulty, creativity and execution into account.

NOTE: We tried a round not allowing people to talk about the combos and whatnot while the vote was on, so this round you ARE allowed to talk about the combos while the vote is on. Feel free to dissect the combos, and say who you voted for and why. However, don't let what people say influence your opinion too much. Please vote for which combo YOU think is best

Videos are in order received:

Rob Johnson
Assasin > Dimwalk > Pdx Whirl
http://www.footbag.org/media/311/RobJoh ... -24-04.wmv

Joe Kulacz
Pixie ss clipper > Blur > Atomsmasher
http://www.footbag.org/media/523/Joe%20 ... on%202.wmv

Cole Hobson
Atomsmasher > Atomsmasher > Double Legover
http://www.footbag.org/media/516/coleho ... 2comp2.wmv

Rory Dawson
Muted Pixie Clipper > Gyro Mirage > Double Legover
http://www.footbag.org/media/396/RoryDa ... 2comp2.WMV

Ryan Seath
Dimwalk > Ripwalk > Blur
http://www.footbag.org/media/516/ryanse ... ition2.wmv

Henry Griese
Pixie Legover > Smear > Ducking Butterfly
http://www.footbag.org/media/515/HenryGSick3.WMV

Tom Mosher
Fairy Butterfly > Blizzard > Pixie Whirl
http://www.footbag.org/media/319/tommos ... -comp2.wmv

HG · Post by HG » 21 Nov 2004 20:58

tom youu rock

qphox · Post by **qphox** » 21 Nov 2004 21:15

Hmmm...Rob's Combo is awesome.

Rory's was cool because he never DLOs.

..and I liked Tom's too, because it's ALL different concepts!
Fairy Butterfly Stepping Illusion Pixie Whirl.

Tough vote.

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 21 Nov 2004 21:24

qphox wrote:Hmmm...Rob's Combo is awesome. Rory's was cool because he never DLOs.

..and I liked Tom's too, because it's ALL different concepts!
Fairy Butterfly Stepping Illusion Pixie Whirl.

Tough vote.

Kevin .. Why didn't you put a video in?

Its no good when the defending number 1 spot will have to lose his crown due to inactivity!

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 21 Nov 2004 21:28

Kevin's combo was more of open quality.

qphox · Post by **qphox** » 21 Nov 2004 21:33

Oh snap no sandbaggin' for me yo!

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 21 Nov 2004 21:37

qphox wrote:Oh snap no sandbaggin' for me yo!

Oh, you're up to open level health already? Awesome.

Get it in before the deadline ... Anssi's lone video needs some company in division 1.

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 21 Nov 2004 22:08

This round was great. It was much harder to decide.

By the way, did I miss something? I thought there was no commenting allowed until voting was over.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 21 Nov 2004 22:22

Brad - Read the notice at the beginning of the thread.

I personally liked Cole's due to the control with which the moves were executed. The rest were either not quite as difficult or not quite as controlled. Rob's was definitely a close second, if not equal. Props to both of you. As to Tom's, that's a really cool combo, but it seemed like you could have gotten it much more controlled. Call me partial to style and control, but I think that's what matters most. And despite all of that, atom>atom>dlo is still a pretty bomb combo.

BTW - What kind of shoes, Cole? Some sort of ClimaCool variant?

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 21 Nov 2004 22:32

Hahahaha...duuuuuuhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 21 Nov 2004 22:40

Splint wrote:This round was great. It was much harder to decide.

By the way, did I miss something? I thought there was no commenting allowed until voting was over.

Um... Yes Brad you did! Read the first post!!

[edit]I take too long to reply - there were no comments after my quote when I started writing this[/edit]

I decided to vote for Rob J - but it was very close. All the combos looked really good. I would put my top three as Rob, Tom, Rory. Rory definitly had the most stylish looking combo - but in my opinion sick 3 is the "sickiest 3 moves you can hit in a row" - ie. it's all about difficulty and not really about style at all. Obviously you need to hit the combos well. I think Rob just nudged out Tom because Rob looked more in control than Tom. Tom's was definitly an awesome combo and it was very close in choosing.

Didn't Henry hit the exact same combo that Ryan hits last round? It's an ok combo - but so many people hit things like that (especially me) that it doesn't have much "wow factor"

I think the pause in Henry's new combo definitly hurt it but the fact that he looks so young definitly makes up for that

Cole's combo was good - I actually thought it looked too easy. Not that that influenced my voting but I think he could probably hit something harder. Cole was probably 4th in my book.

I was a little dissapointed with Joes combo - I know he can hit much bigger, harder moves. - Like with Ryan's - I think he's hurt by the fact that the hard part of his combo - blur>atomsmasher is such common combo - yes it's hard but we see it all the time.

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 21 Nov 2004 23:29

Jeremy wrote: Didn't Henry hit the exact same combo that Ryan hits last round? It's an ok combo - but so many people hit things like that (especially me) that it doesn't have much "wow factor"

Yea it was either that one or nothing, i figured, that one was better.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 21 Nov 2004 23:49

Hey Everyone,

I was really rushed to get that in on time, it was actually a late assignment.

I took two seconds to make a better moviem here is the link

http://www.footbag.org/media/319/tommos ... 2remix.wmv

Enjoy!

edit: Kevin has told me that it is stupid to post a second video.

I feel like I am getting shit from the teacher, I'm not trying to up my mark, I just had some footage and wanted to make a fun movie because I had the idea to make this movie today with this music and I was waiting for some footage to come along and bing! there it was - new movie. It just also happens to be my sick three. can't we have fun with these?

edit 2: I also thought the one from the other side had more control and looked better in general. ok fine, it was two adds off.

edit 3: I have never hit any of those links before that clip!

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 22 Nov 2004 03:59

Nagasake wrote: BTW - What kind of shoes, Cole? Some sort of ClimaCool variant?

They are the Original Climacool ... Same ones that Jere Linnanen uses I believe. I got them off Ebay.

Anz · Post by **Anz** » 22 Nov 2004 04:57

mosher wrote:I took two seconds to make a better moviem here is the link

What. The. Fuck.
I swear that's Felix Z. beatboxing in that vid!

well... that's not best from him. I hope you asked permisson to put that in the vid, 'cause if you didn't he's gonna get mad. Don't ask why - he's Stone Cold!

Anyway - porps for the combo, it was sick indeed.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 22 Nov 2004 09:36

Of course it's not him!

and of course I would ask permission before doing something rude like that..

Ahem.. Here is the new version with different music:

http://www.footbag.org/media/319/tommos ... 2remix.wmv

Anz · Post by **Anz** » 22 Nov 2004 09:56

oh yeah... it's not him... sorry!

Shredster · Post by **Shredster** » 22 Nov 2004 10:41

Uh oh...

It seems like I'm going to be caught in the middle again between divi 1 and 2 since I think i could do slightly better than 2, but definatly not good enough for 1...

All of these combos look really really good! I will look at the videos soon!

HG · Post by HG » 22 Nov 2004 13:30

What moron voted for me?

I voted for tom because it had some nice links and fairy butterfly rocks

Shredster · Post by **Shredster** » 22 Nov 2004 19:53

Henry, eliminate the long pause after your pixie legover and your combo will look much more impressive.

Tough one between:

Mosher and Rory (because the muted pixie clipper > gyro mirage looked cool)

I'll let you guys guess on who I voted for.

EDIT: To herny G...

Props on that combo anyways

Forgot to include that in my first sentence.