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Contender Rrrrready (new Gladiators wire)

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Metro_Nome 14 Apr 8:36am, 14 Apr 2025 8,066 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome I have to say legend is very popular in this house!
Raetomic Kitten 14 Apr 10:01am, 14 Apr 2025 12,652 posts	Quote Pin Raetomic Kitten I'm enjoying his development as a heel, I must say. Viper is still far too 2 dimensional.
DaveG 16 Apr 4:31pm, 16 Apr 2025 571 posts	Quote Pin DaveG I hate the changing room stuff, but my 9 year old loves it. I don't think the eliminator really works. The finalists were the ones very quick at it. The men's winner was off in 5 seconds in Duel every time. The eliminator rewards agility, climbing and speed, but not strength. The skills needed to be good at events like Duel, Gauntlet and Atlaspheres don't feature at all, so we end up with fast slim people going through, and the tough muscular people losing out. I'd change the aerial slide (which does nothing) to a drop slide, and make space for a new tasks, such as pushing a huge bounder 10 metres. I think something that requires raw strength would bring back the balance a little more.
Raetomic Kitten 16 Apr 5:22pm, 16 Apr 2025 12,657 posts	Quote Pin Raetomic Kitten Good points! Yes, something like moving/carrying an awkward weight would level the playing field a bit.
JamieKai chameleon 17 Apr 12:27am, 17 Apr 2025 20,521 posts	Quote Pin JamieKai chameleon Yup, like wall lifts like I mentioned in the last page. For me I'd keep the zipwire but change the balance beam to something strength-based and push the travelators back a bit more. I watched some old episodes back a few weeks ago and it's clear the arena in Birmingham was bigger, as the course had a little more space to breath - in Sheffield it's just packed tightly together.
Dave A 11 May 1:49pm, 11 May 2025 24,651 posts	Quote Pin Dave A We’ve been for a climb at our climbing wall this morning. Athena was in, again, with her parents. I spoke to her dad briefly and he mentioned her training. Up until the last series the female Gladiators have been doing the wall from a standing start right at the foot of the wall. The men, Nitro in particular, have a running and jumping start, which gets them going quicker. She was practicing the run and jumping start start as away of improving for next series.
Dave A 11 May 1:50pm, 11 May 2025 24,652 posts	Quote Pin Dave A The next time she is in and a kid in there asks for a photo with her with a muscle pose I’m going to ask for one too.