UPSB v4

Tournaments & Ladders / UPSB Team Tournament -> Finals

  1. Mats
    Date: Thu, Mar 1 2012 12:51:08

    So the UPSB Team Tournament finals are here. The final will be WXYC vs Advanced Direction. Themes this round: Battle 1: Technical - Worth 1 point Battle 2: Doubles video with theme creativity - Worth 2 points Battle 3: Solo - Worth 2 points. Battle 4: No theme - Worth 1 point. Battle 5: Consistency Trick List - Worth 1 point. Line-ups are due 15th March at 11:59pm GMT and the videos are due 30th March at 11:59pm GMT. Further theme info Battle 1: Theme here is technical. The most technically difficult combo will be the winner. The winning combo should be well executed and contain difficult tricks. No other restrictions. Battle 2: Doubles video with theme creativity - The video must feature two pen spinners and each spinner must spin for at least 15 seconds of the video. The most creative doubles video will be judged the winner, with other aspects such as editing, technical difficulty and smoothness taking a smaller role. Battle 3: Solo - One member of your team makes a solo video. It must include at least 1 minute of pen spinning and can have as much running time beyond that as you like. Someone from your team (or multiple people from your team) must edit the video.. You cannot get anyone outside of the team to contribute to the video. The pen spinning must all be done by ONE pen spinner from your team, but the editing may be done by anyone. Battle 4: No theme, no restrictions. Battle 5: Consistency trick list - You must do all of the following tricks. Whoever does all the tricks with the least drops will win. The tricks must be filmed in this order and in one un-edited shot. You may stop the pen and adjust it between each trick. If both participants do the trick list with no drops, whoever does it in the fastest time will win. Please provide a slowdown version of the combo as well as one at original speed. Trick list

    Spoiler 1: Double Thumbaround (Thumbaround -> Fingerless Thumbaround) 2: Thumbspin 3.5 3: Ringaround 4: Basketball Spin 1.5 5: Middlearound Harmonic x2 (Middlearound -> Middlearound Reverse x2) 6: Fingerpass x5 OR Fingerpass Reverse x5 (starting in 12, finishing in 12) 7: Thumbspin 3.0 8: 2p2h Backaround (both hands doing a backaround at the same time)
    Videos are due 30th March at 11:59pm GMT. Line-ups Technical: Xound vs Alvaris Trick list: Yanos vs Juminuwo Doubles: Wish and Chobi vs Xzelph and Miyat No theme: Ram vs Crinix Solo: Vortex vs Ivabra

  2. RaM
    Date: Thu, Mar 1 2012 13:09:35

    nice theme concepts! :)) gl ad

  3. PenVirus
    Date: Thu, Mar 1 2012 15:28:36

    yeah nice theme concepts! Gonna watch this round

  4. crinix
    Date: Fri, Mar 2 2012 08:28:46

    1: Double Thumbaround (Thumbaround -> Fingerless Thumbaround) 2: Thumbspin 3.5 3: Ringaround 4: Basketball Spin 1.5 5: Middlearound Harmonic x2 (Middlearound -> Middlearound Reverse x2) 6: Fingerpass x5 OR Fingerpass Reverse x5 (starting in 12, finishing in 12) 7: Thumbspin 3.0 8: 2p2h Backaround (both hands doing a backaround at the same time)

  5. Mats
    Date: Fri, Mar 2 2012 11:10:52

    crinix wrote: 1: Double Thumbaround (Thumbaround -> Fingerless Thumbaround) 2: Thumbspin 3.5 3: Ringaround 4: Basketball Spin 1.5 5: Middlearound Harmonic x2 (Middlearound -> Middlearound Reverse x2) 6: Fingerpass x5 OR Fingerpass Reverse x5 (starting in 12, finishing in 12) 7: Thumbspin 3.0 8: 2p2h Backaround (both hands doing a backaround at the same time) http://rlv.zcache.com/impossibru_sticker-p217268160122202756zvfp8_400.jpg
    Haha don't worry. You are allowed to drop! It's just whoever messes up the least!

  6. RaM
    Date: Sat, Mar 3 2012 14:12:46

    Mats wrote: Haha don't worry. You are allowed to drop! It's just whoever messes up the least!
    im curious about thumbspin 3.5 and thumbspin 3.0 HAHAHA

  7. Ivabra
    Date: Sun, Mar 4 2012 09:51:26

    the trick list is ridiculous ... basketball spin is impossible & I don't understand the two thumbspins in the same combo.. at least if there was a tumbspin 3.0 reverse it would be better ^^

  8. Elune
    Date: Sun, Mar 4 2012 10:33:48

    I believe it's allowed to TS 3.0 on one hand and TS 3.5 on the other hand ;)

  9. Abyss
    Date: Sun, Mar 4 2012 11:31:35

    mats is a fucking thumbspin addict =.=lll

  10. Chobi
    Date: Sun, Mar 4 2012 16:35:41

    Mats wtf were you smoking when you thought of battle 5 lol

  11. Far
    Date: Sun, Mar 4 2012 19:25:06

    I aint even in the finals. But, DAFUQ DID I JUST SAW? BATTLE 5? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? Dude, lay down the weed. You've been smoking weed too long, haven't you?

  12. RaM
    Date: Mon, Mar 5 2012 13:05:01

    Far wrote: I aint even in the finals. But, DAFUQ DID I JUST SAW? BATTLE 5? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? Dude, lay down the weed. You've been smoking weed too long, haven't you?
    yes. pretty cool themes except 5.

  13. Mats
    Date: Mon, Mar 5 2012 19:53:59

    Ivabra wrote: the trick list is ridiculous ... basketball spin is impossible & I don't understand the two thumbspins in the same combo.. at least if there was a tumbspin 3.0 reverse it would be better ^^
    The trick list is ridiculous. Your are supposed to really really struggle at best and drop a few times more likely when doing the list. I put two thumbspins in there because they are a trick everyone in this competition can do, but that are very hard to do consistantly, making them perfect for a consistancy challenge. Battle 5 was actually inspired from a manipulation called kendama, in which they often have competitions of this format (doing lots of tricks with minimal drops) called 'kensistancy'. Edit: Oh and it's not a combo. You can reset the pen between every trick, just like it says in the first post. @RaM

  14. Mats
    Date: Sun, Mar 11 2012 20:21:34

    Line ups are due in just four days!

  15. Alvaris
    Date: Mon, Mar 12 2012 18:38:43

    not many people can do basketball spin though, lol

  16. Kari
    Date: Mon, Mar 12 2012 19:09:00

    Alvaris wrote: not many people can do basketball spin though, lol
    You have until the 30th so just go learn the trick.

  17. Mats
    Date: Wed, Mar 14 2012 03:35:31

    Kari wrote: You have until the 30th so just go learn the trick.
    Exactly. You just got told by Kari @Alvaris :p

  18. Mats
    Date: Sun, Mar 18 2012 03:43:39

    No line up received from WXYC. WTF are you guys doing???

  19. Alvaris
    Date: Sun, Mar 18 2012 15:55:41

    @Chobi

  20. Chobi
    Date: Sun, Mar 18 2012 16:00:53

    idk i sent it man

  21. Mats
    Date: Sun, Mar 18 2012 16:17:18

    Okay, the lineups are: Technical: Xound vs Alvaris Trick list: Yanos vs Juminuwo Doubles: Wish and Chobi vs Xzelph and Miyat No theme: Ram vs Crinix Solo: Vortex vs Ivabra Good luck to both teams! Does anyone want to call any winners on these? I reckon there are some tough to call battles in there.

  22. Chobi
    Date: Mon, Mar 19 2012 03:28:21

    Technical: Xound vs Alvaris Trick list: Yanos vs Juminuwo
    I kinda expected both of these. Pretty insane, looking forward to the result. Didn't expect Ivabra as the solo guy, since he recently made his "Reach For The Moon" solo lol Good luck, AD!

  23. Mats
    Date: Sun, Mar 25 2012 03:08:41

    5 more days until videos are due!

  24. miyat
    Date: Sun, Mar 25 2012 04:37:47

    Will it be judging or public voting as always? @Mats

  25. Mats
    Date: Mon, Mar 26 2012 11:34:07

    miyat wrote: Will it be judging or public voting as always? @Mats
    Public voting for four of the battles. The one in which you have to get through the trick list in the least drops will have an obvious winner and will not need voting.

  26. Mats
    Date: Thu, Mar 29 2012 14:46:20

    Videos are due TOMORROW!!!

  27. Mats
    Date: Fri, Mar 30 2012 13:08:36

    Yo yo yo yo yo videos are due TODAY! In fact, they are due in JUST UNDER 12 HOURS!

  28. King
    Date: Fri, Mar 30 2012 14:02:16

    You should mention the spinners. Or not. Idk.

  29. Yanos
    Date: Fri, Mar 30 2012 15:40:54

    /edit ayt

  30. Alvaris
    Date: Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:44:51

    Sorry, won't be able to send on time. 'll only be able to send within around the next 16 hours or so

  31. Mats
    Date: Sat, Mar 31 2012 02:50:13

    Yo yo videos missing! Send send send! If you send late, I'm taking 2 votes off for every 24 hours. Let me know if you cannot make your video for whatever reason. Would be nice to get this final battle up and find our champion!

  32. Mats
    Date: Sat, Mar 31 2012 12:35:48

    Ok, got 3 more vids. You got until 11:59pm BST on April 2nd to hand in any late vids, then the finals are being posted up!

  33. crinix
    Date: Sat, Mar 31 2012 13:32:14

    What if our video is uploaded at youtube before the deadline but submitted to you lately? Like mine; it is public at youtube for 10 days yet I completely forgot about sending it to you. Care to respond? @Mats

  34. RaM
    Date: Sun, Apr 1 2012 03:33:32

    /sent already

  35. Mats
    Date: Mon, Apr 2 2012 10:02:18

    crinix wrote: What if our video is uploaded at youtube before the deadline but submitted to you lately? Like mine; it is public at youtube for 10 days yet I completely forgot about sending it to you. Care to respond? @Mats
    Sorry, didn't see this. I will say that is fine. 12 hours to go on the extended deadline!

  36. spinford
    Date: Fri, Apr 6 2012 17:47:18

    @miyat I support you =)

  37. crinix
    Date: Wed, Apr 11 2012 22:31:30

    What about solo? Ivabra should have sent it to you already. But I don't see any thread.

  38. Switcher
    Date: Sun, Sep 2 2012 23:38:25

    wow :)