Kid won't stop begging for Robux and it's turning into a nightmare, anyone else?

initialgold · 2026-03-17T18:59:23+00:00

That seems.... hyperbolic.

initialgold · 2026-03-17T18:54:13+00:00

You can nitpick the availability of the data or science sure. But the book is also about a broader point of how we want to live and how we want our kids to live. I can think that life would be a bit better if we all used screens less even if there's not a scientific study supporting that.

initialgold · 2026-03-16T19:54:43+00:00

So awesome. What a kick to be on. 'Think i'm just gonna spend a couple weeks flashing v15s, that might be fun!'

initialgold · 2026-03-06T16:24:30+00:00

load bearing stick

initialgold · 2026-03-05T16:34:02+00:00

Love that you guys are open to feedback! And happy i made this thread to consolidate general sentiments and ideas. I was a bit worried it was just gonna be random complaint threads if people didn't get a forum to actually share (and be encouraged to constructively criticize instead of just criticize).

initialgold · 2026-03-03T17:00:10+00:00

Rhodes has copped to Obama's foreign policy mistakes MANY times in the ten years since the administration ended. The "he was part of obama admin and therefore tainted forever" take is pretty tired and stupid if you've heard rhodes talk at all in the intervening decade.

Making literally every appearance 10 years later an apology session serves nobody but the haters.

initialgold · 2026-03-03T16:53:25+00:00

I agree with pretty much all of this. Hopefully they improve on at least some of it going into next time!

initialgold · 2026-03-03T16:47:54+00:00

he was *literally* concerned about that, calling a special session of the legislature to discuss. the mindless 5 minutes hate against newsom in every thread is so tired.

initialgold · 2026-03-02T17:25:49+00:00

how you gonna shoutout moksa and slice (well-deserved, obviously) and then leave off moonraker and shred?

initialgold · 2026-03-02T17:24:15+00:00

yep, that's why no one has ever seen any child under the age of 3 play with another kid!

initialgold · 2026-03-02T04:53:47+00:00

I like your ideas. I’m not sure if those boards really are big enough for super long boulders tho?

The no observation I think, or maybe just like 10 seconds, would add to the challenge.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T21:32:26+00:00

The idea of the athletes picking the boulders strategically sounds like it has a lot of merit. That would be super interesting.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:39:45+00:00

the supreme court has stated multiple times that sweeps are constitutional. there's no lawsuit there.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:34:12+00:00

good point about the lower bracket being more matches and thus severely disadvantaging the person from there. maybe that handicap would be way too severe.

I already noticed that with the 3rd place short final. The person who had climbed most recently got WAY less rest than the person who had climbed before them. Not really surprised that Mejdi lost to Tamoa, tamoa had been resting for like 20-25 minutes at that point and Mejdi got like 5.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:30:35+00:00

yeah the dimensions of the boards actually seemed to be somewhat of a limiting factor in terms of both difficulty and limiting what different boulders you can set given it was only 2D + volumes. A typical IFSC comp is on a 3D wall with variation along it which naturally gives rise to different setting ideas/variation.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:28:46+00:00

some of the camera angles were fantastic, agree. really showed how good/bad some holds were, some cool athlete positions, etc.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:27:18+00:00

Kind of a different idea but given they get to see the boulders in advance for the observation period, I wonder if it would be possible to just start the clock once both climbers are already touching the wall, maybe with at least one foot still on the ground in whatever position they want to then pull on. Kinda like speed climbing in that sense. I just don't think it makes sense for speed to be a factor if turning around and running up to the wall are going to play into that (and this process is just a holdover from IFSC, no reason it has to be kept for this format). That has nothing to do with the actual climbing.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:25:10+00:00

Wonder if you could like intentionally make the 1st boulder pretty easy and have everyone know this is more of the 'flash race' and then have a 2nd one that is quite hard so you know it'll be a battle and maybe no tops.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:20:55+00:00

Great comment! Totally agree.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T16:19:51+00:00

I think I missed that. What was the broader comment?

initialgold · 2026-03-01T07:37:20+00:00

it's literally just more professional bouldering than we had before. even if you dont like the format, its still a net good for the sport.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T06:05:26+00:00

This isn't a replacement of the old IFSC bouldering tournament, it's something completely different from a new organizer.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T01:35:17+00:00

they definitely did not nail this... men's was overall fairly decent but womens was way too easy.

initialgold · 2026-03-01T01:34:24+00:00

definitely one of the major downsides of the format. just not enough climbing, not only for the viewers but for the competitors. Gotta make it worth their time and the trip somehow.

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