Results: Thomas Genon Wins Hall of Dirt

Mar 30, 2014 at 8:01
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  • 184 7
 Alright PB editors, we'll try this one.. more... time...

DON'T POST SPOILERS IN THE F*CKING HEADLINE! - It makes the "REPLAY" feature completely useless and you are ruining the race/contest for all of us who couldn't watch the event live!

Every other sports-related site has figured this out and never post spoilers directly on the front page, but PB keeps f*cking it up over and over again... Why?
  • 25 4
 ^ This.
  • 40 35
 calm down bro
  • 11 5
 Seriously though, it doesn't piss you off when you look forward to an event that you can replay (the glory of rewind/fast forward to watch your favourite racer do an incredible feat) only to see that the winner is already posted??? People who give a damn about their sports don't care about seeing the result, joy is in the process my friend.
  • 11 0
 ^^^^ THIS! Imagine if TV stations put up spoilers of sports games that were shown in delay, as is often the case. No-one would watch. So idiotic to put results in headlines!
  • 9 24
flag ninjaty (Mar 30, 2014 at 16:43) (Below Threshold)
 boo-hoo, pinkbikers doing what they do best Rant and complain.
  • 9 1
 @ninjaty It's not a complaint to just complain for the hell of it. It's bitching because the douche who posted the results ruined an entire event for people. Screw it, let's just post up the result for a massively anticipated sporting event 20 minutes before it's done while we're at it. Whatever happened to "hall of dirt results!" As the headline?
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flag sofarider1 (Mar 30, 2014 at 17:54) (Below Threshold)
 Doesn't matter anyway. Shit is boring.
  • 4 9
flag ninjaty (Mar 30, 2014 at 18:17) (Below Threshold)
 @vroomvroompartystarter: It is kinda complaining because of the hell of it. Dude this is free content. The fact that you pay nothing to have all the latest news in an sport that we all love and you piss and moan that the editors screw up your experience of sitting on your ass watching aka not riding is kind of ridiculous. Show some class. Thanks Pinkbike for the hard work.
  • 1 4
 Have any of you ever read the news? Results are in the headlines everyday for all sorts of sports. If you miss the Super Bowl or the Stanley Cup there is no avoiding knowing the result almost as soon as it's over (granted those are on a different scale). Sure it's not awesome if you really want to watch the replay like it's live, but that's life.
  • 1 4
 lol blame the internet
  • 4 0
 Thank you Nygaard. Thank you.
  • 5 0
 ninjaty, nothing is free. Secondly, they ask for your time in order to advertise their sponsors to you. Thirdly, the idea that if something is free it is immune to critique is utterly, utterly moronic.
  • 1 4
 It's a good thing you cleared that up @redrook. You have not made one point I don't agree with...Free lunch? no such thing. Pinkbike promoting sponsors to you? true. Although, I can't remember the last time I received a bill in the mail for my PB membership, so it's probably a good thing there are sponsors. Having the freedom to "critique" (because there are not enough of those people out there) fine, to each his own. But there is a difference in critique, constructive feedback (you can hit "contact" at the bottom of this page), and complain which is what has been clearly displayed in this thread. Again, show some class.
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flag taquitos (Mar 31, 2014 at 8:48) (Below Threshold)
 Why is this such a big deal? It's like a bunch of first graders wining.
  • 4 0
 Saying "don't post spoilers in the title of the article" seems to be pretty constructive feedback to me ninjaty.
  • 4 0
 Ninjaty that is perhaps the dumbest logic I've ever heard. There's a comment section right here for a reason. Not every comment has to be kissing ass. Not posting spoilers is the most basic thing for a sports blog, and that's EXACTLY what Pinkbike is.
  • 4 0
 Just because you don't care about having the replay ruined doesn't mean that other people aren't allowed to care ninjaty. Grow up mate. Love how you got in some dig about having "class" at the end there, to try to hide the fact that you have none of your own.
  • 7 1
 Some of the judging, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Still stoked that its FMB time again though.
  • 8 2
 sunday, a red bull, nice weather and FMB CONTESTS, i love summer
  • 9 0
 Summer?
  • 1 0
 yes in austria it's now warm
  • 1 0
 yes, it's so warm here !
  • 9 5
 Antoine Bizet is the winner for me.
  • 4 3
 Same here, I've got no idea how could the Genon win with the sim[ple 3-table on the first jump...
Still, he showed some impressive shit...
  • 3 2
 back no hand, double back, front. Enough said.
  • 11 0
 On paper it seems like Bizet should have won, but you have to remember that style and amplitude play a big role in the scores, which Tommy G clearly has the upper hand with in my opinion.
  • 8 1
 Paul is on it. Plus, Thomas had way better variety other than just flip, flip, flip...
  • 2 3
 Yeah, I know the Bizet isn't actually the steeziest guy in the circuit, but honestly 3-table?
If it was for example the 3-whip, flipwhip etc. I would agree with the judges completly, but U've got to admit that the level of risk in Bizzys run was way hiogher than in the Thomas' run.
I'm totally aware of the fact that not only the tricks matter, but if U got asked before the comp how would the 96/100 point run look like, I'm sure that there would be no 3-table on the first jump. And that's my point- even though it's amplitude and execution was perfect this trick was impressive 8 years ago...
  • 3 0
 I was at the stadium and i can tell you the 3 table was f*cking impressive. I hate most of the decisions by the fmb judges and they even made strange scores that day in qualifing but the top 3 finals were okay. Genon made better tricks on 3/4 jumps and i think i didn't see anyone else three that first big jump. I saw about 6 double flips at that jump out of 2 riders.
  • 2 1
 All of Genon's runs were super dialed, looking forward to his season. Bizet's doubles are always perfect. Bummed Granieri and Messere couldn't ride, sick event
  • 2 0
 it's a pity thelander wasn't riding Frown
  • 2 0
 I missed the whole thing..... was planning on watching Frown
  • 1 0
 did anyone notice lecondgy in the background of the last jump why the fuck wasnt he riding!!!!
  • 3 2
 what happened with Godziek ?
  • 4 0
 Crashed on run one with a backflip-cliffhanger and opted out of run two. He looked alright after the crash, probably just playing it safe.
  • 3 1
 Empty stadium
  • 1 0
 ThomasGenon obviusly.
  • 2 5
 ....and it begins!
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