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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Disgusted on March 16, 2006, 11:40:32 AM
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Shawn, is it true that Vince Taylor wrote you a letter asking you too take all references away as to him competing in your show because he is not competing in it?
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i heard vince taylor and shawn ray hooked up at the arnold
;D
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Actually it was Vince Comerford and not Taylor.
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I am the one doing all the design work and removed Vince when he said he was no longer doing the show. We did the same thing with Mary Lado and Luke Wood since they are both no longer doing the show. We added Jenny Lynn to the materials because she is doing the show. It had nothing to do with him or any other competitor asking to be removed. The risk you take by having competitors as part of the marketing materials.
LIFT
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With all those names dropping out it is gonna be a 3rd tier show :-[
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I got it!!
:o :o :o :o
Deer Saun,
I cannt do da shew animore, i gon be tyered afftur I beet Lee and Fancis in Ustrailyea. Sorri bro, I haf to take pictoors for Pinnace cince we losted a bodyboolder. Enywayz, holla at ur boy.
Luv,
Vince "MAsters OlymPia Champ" Taylor
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I am the one doing all the design work and removed Vince when he said he was no longer doing the show. We did the same thing with Mary Lado and Luke Wood since they are both no longer doing the show. We added Jenny Lynn to the materials because she is doing the show. It had nothing to do with him or any other competitor asking to be removed. The risk you take by having competitors as part of the marketing materials.
LIFT
Hmmmm, So you're saying that Vince never wrote Shawn a letter ?? Better check your sources.
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i think hes saying vince is a retard
or writing in a way shawn can understand ;D
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Hmmmm, So you're saying that Vince never wrote Shawn a letter ?? Better check your sources.
Since you so in the know why don't you share the letter with us.
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I got it!!
:o :o :o :o
Deer Saun,
I cannt do da shew animore, i gon be tyered afftur I beet Lee and Fancis in Ustrailyea. Sorri bro, I haf to take pictoors for Pinnace cince we losted a bodyboolder. Enywayz, holla at ur boy.
Luv,
Vince "MAsters OlymPia Champ" Taylor
wasn't this the letter?
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Since you so in the know why don't you share the letter with us.
Why? I'm not trying to get you to believe me nor do I care.
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Then why start a stupid meaningless thread when you clearly don't have the facts?
digusted with disgusted
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Then why start a stupid meaningless thread when you clearly don't have the facts?
digusted with disgusted
Listen Mr expert before you made a complete fool out of yourself instead of just a partial one. Vince wrote Shawn a letter about him using his image on a poster in a show he would not be competing in and I asked Shawn to reply on it's authenticity, when in fact I know it happened. Then you come on here and start spewing your verbal crap about what you think you know that has nothing to do with what I posted. Go to bed!!!
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So, with Vince out, what does this mean for kamali?
Not a damn thing, since Kamali would finish dead last either way. ;D
Hey goatbrains, is it true that your Persian wife wanted to bang King when he lived in Tyson's Corner and that's why you hate him???? Dude, get over it. Seriously, get on with your 30 something pathetic life. :-[
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Listen Mr expert before you made a complete fool out of yourself instead of just a partial one. Vince wrote Shawn a letter about him using his image on a poster in a show he would not be competing in and I asked Shawn to reply on it's authenticity, when in fact I know it happened. Then you come on here and start spewing your verbal crap about what you think you know that has nothing to do with what I posted. Go to bed!!!
Okay Mr. Getbig IV - I'll spare you from any further embarassment and let Shawn speak on it since you think I live under a rock and don't know what I'm talking about.
Care to tuck me in? :-*
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Okay Mr. Getbig IV - I'll spare you from any further embarassment and let Shawn speak on it since you think I live under a rock and don't know what I'm talking about.
Care to tuck me in? :-*
No, you can tuck yourself in and since when does Shawn ever speak the truth. ;)
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Disgusted, please try and get your "Facts Straight!"
I personally received confirmation from Vince regarding his desire to compete in Colorado. I then proceeded to hook him up with interviews with Flex Wheeler at MD and Muscle Mag Int. When those Interviews hit, you'll see Vince's personal references to his Comeback in Colorado.
After the ASC, Vince informed me that after 3 years off, he'd need more than 7 months to prepare for these young guys! I excused him from the show, as he wanted to go to Australia and compete there which is his perogative.
That being said, I informed Lift Studios to REMOVE references to Vince Taylor competing in Colorado. Vince at no time asked me to Remove his Image from our Printed Material. The show will go on, the line up is very competitive and we will build in this show like nobodys business in the coming years!
Peace & Love
School is OUT!
S. Ray
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Disgusted, please try and get your "Facts Straight!"
I personally received confirmation from Vince regarding his desire to compete in Colorado. I then proceeded to hook him up with interviews with Flex Wheeler at MD and Muscle Mag Int. When those Interviews hit, you'll see Vince's personal references to his Comeback in Colorado.
After the ASC, Vince informed me that after 3 years off, he'd need more than 7 months to prepare for these young guys! I excused him from the show, as he wanted to go to Australia and compete there which is his perogative.
That being said, I informed Lift Studios to REMOVE references to Vince Taylor competing in Colorado. Vince at no time asked me to Remove his Image from our Printed Material. The show will go on, the line up is very competitive and we will build in this show like nobodys business in the coming years!
Peace & Love
School is OUT!
S. Ray
I see, so he needed more time. Yep, makes perfect sense that he would enter the Australian show next week then to wait till May and do your show. ::) It was nice of you to "excuse" him.
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Disgusted, please try and get your "Facts Straight!"
I personally received confirmation from Vince regarding his desire to compete in Colorado. I then proceeded to hook him up with interviews with Flex Wheeler at MD and Muscle Mag Int. When those Interviews hit, you'll see Vince's personal references to his Comeback in Colorado.
After the ASC, Vince informed me that after 3 years off, he'd need more than 7 months to prepare for these young guys! I excused him from the show, as he wanted to go to Australia and compete there which is his perogative.
That being said, I informed Lift Studios to REMOVE references to Vince Taylor competing in Colorado. Vince at no time asked me to Remove his Image from our Printed Material. The show will go on, the line up is very competitive and we will build in this show like nobodys business in the coming years!
Peace & Love
School is OUT!
S. Ray
That is a pretty good looking poster. What you use to make this Lift?
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That is a pretty good looking poster. What you use to make this Lift?
Never used photoshop I take it?
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I got it!!
:o :o :o :o
Deer Saun,
I cannt do da shew animore, i gon be tyered afftur I beet Lee and Fancis in Ustrailyea. Sorri bro, I haf to take pictoors for Pinnace cince we losted a bodyboolder. Enywayz, holla at ur boy.
Luv,
Vince "MAsters OlymPia Champ" Taylor
Dear jaejonna,
You are totally disrespectful and seem to be a total jackass...just my opinion!!!!
Lisa
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You've been listening to Jimmy's conspiracy theories again, huh? ::)
busted!
doh >:(
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Never used photoshop I take it?
No actually I do use photoshop. Was just admiring it. Takes a lot of effort to make something like that.
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You've been listening to Jimmy's conspiracy theories again, huh? ::)
I don't like Kamali for the same reason a lot of people don't like him... he's a douchebag.
Hope this helps.
Bro, you need to forgive your wife for wanting to hook up with King and you also need to forgive King. Remember, he turned her down, so he actually did you a favor. Maybe deep down that is what is bothering you, the fact that he turned her down and you feel like you are with someone who chose you as second best. Actually, if a guy turned my wife down I might feel that maybe she is not as special as I thought, but everyone is different and maybe she was just not King's type. I guess this could make anyone feel inferior, but you can't hate King forever because of something your wife did. Let it go now or it will ruin your marriage. This happened years ago and I'm sure your wife is over him. Forgive both of them and yourself. Time heals bro.
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er disgusted .... its common knowledge on these boards that goatboy aka george vandamia is a total fucking fruit so i really doubt hed care if his woman hit on king .... a more likely scenerio is king rejected goatboys advanceses!
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Other than the incredible MARCUS HALEY (who appears twice in Shawn's list of competing athletes AND twice in the promotional poster), will anybody else be competing in this show? Because garrettdowning.com reports that Garrett is also skipping out on the show.
Hmmm...
Vince out
Luke out
Garrett out
Markus out
Dennis out
Lee out
Victor out
Gunter out
Dexter out
Gus out
Mustafa out
Jay out
Ronnie out
Wait a second...
IS THIS THE FIRST PRO DIVISION SHOW????
Marcus Haley v. Phil Heath v. Vinnie Galanti?
My money's on Phil!
Special "PDI: Miami" Ed
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Other than the incredible MARCUS HALEY (who appears twice in Shawn's list of competing athletes AND twice in the promotional poster), will anybody else be competing in this show? Because garrettdowning.com reports that Garrett is also skipping out on the show.
Hmmm...
Vince out
Luke out
Garrett out
Markus out
Dennis out
Lee out
Victor out
Gunter out
Dexter out
Gus out
Mustafa out
Jay out
Ronnie out
Wait a second...
IS THIS THE FIRST PRO DIVISION SHOW????
Marcus Haley v. Phil Heath v. Vinnie Galanti?
My money's on Phil!
Special "PDI: Miami" Ed
Talk like that will get your post deleted.
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Before & After.
And everyone jumped on me when I suggested the fans might be getting jipped >:(
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er disgusted .... its common knowledge on these boards that goatboy aka george vandamia is a total fucking fruit so i really doubt hed care if his woman hit on king .... a more likely scenerio is king rejected goatboys advanceses!
Geroge Van who? No wonder he's depressed. :(
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Before & After.
And everyone jumped on me when I suggested the fans might be getting jipped >:(
That's a classic!!!! ;D
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I mean, remember the hatred?
People yelled, said I should show respect, accused me of making shit up when I said the fans that pre-bought their show tickets and plane fare months ago were getting ripped off.
Crystal clear from minute one that Shawn's wallet was the only thing he cared about- catering to sell early tickets and not worry about athlete contracts- and that this show was a one-time deal.
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Geroge Van who? No wonder he's depressed. :(
Jimmy thinks my name is "george". Just like everything else, he's got that wrong too. ::)
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Jimmy thinks my name is "george". Just like everything else, he's got that wrong too. ::)
Go to bed with your wife bro.
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I'm sure the show will be great fun, but it looks like it will go down as the all-time worst IFBB line-up ever to step on stage.
Forgot a few:
Melvin out.
Troy out.
Anyone who's already qualified for the Olympia...out.
Still in:
Craig Richardson
Marcus Haley
Chris Cook
Roc Shabazz & Rodney St. Cloud
Derik Farnsworth
Questionable:
Phil Heath
Darrem Charles
Ahmed Haidar
Doubtful:
King Kamali
Hopeful:
Jeff Long
Greg Rando
Special "Good Night and Good Luck" Ed
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I mean, remember the hatred?
People yelled, said I should show respect, accused me of making shit up when I said the fans that pre-bought their show tickets and plane fare months ago were getting ripped off.
Crystal clear from minute one that Shawn's wallet was the only thing he cared about- catering to sell early tickets and not worry about athlete contracts- and that this show was a one-time deal.
Yes you did. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmm. ::) ;D
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Maybe it's time to change his name to 240wasRight.
SE
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I'm sure the show will be great fun, but it looks like it will go down as the all-time worst IFBB line-up ever to step on stage.
Maybe now Shawn will invite Jocelyn Pelletier to compete for comic relief.
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Well just got the new poster. Field is getting low. I figure Pelliteir and Chic will be fighting it out for the overall. To bad the prize money and new Hummer had to be changed. But should be a good show. This might be a good one for our buddy bug Mike Arvilla to enter. He would take the overall hands downs. To bad the prize money won't cover the costs.
OMG!!!! I dyin. Hey Keith, is the Hummer really gone?
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Well just got the new poster. Field is getting low. I figure Pelliteir and Chic will be fighting it out for the overall. To bad the prize money and new Hummer had to be changed. But should be a good show. This might be a good one for our buddy bug Mike Arvilla to enter. He would take the overall hands downs. To bad the prize money won't cover the costs.
LOL!!! I just might pay to see those guys on a stage!
SE
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OMG!!!! I dyin. Hey Keith, is the Hummer really gone?
Shawn is still giving away a hummer.
But it's not the kind you're thinking of...
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20? I'll do it for free :)
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Shawn is still giving away a hummer.
But it's not the kind you're thinking of...
and to think that Shawn invitied me to his show. Now I know why. :-X
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You guys are being a bit harsh...
Shawn told me Steve Reeves is the guest poser.
How long will it be before the sponsors start pulling out and the show is cancelled? Over/Under anyone?
Special "TeamKamali.com" Ed
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First of all - Vince Taylor doesnt want to guest pose. Fine. Strategically, he thinks that the Australian Pro Show might garner him a coveted third place to compete in the Olympia, or at least place higher than he could in a pro show staged in the U.S. at this moment. Perhaps he can do well at the Master's event coming up very soon too, competing against Bob Cichicerillo and others. That is his prerogative. But Vince first said that he would compete at the Colorado Pro and then he changed his mind.
So in comes Melvin Anthony, winner of the best posing award for the last few years, to guest pose at the Colorado Pro. Great! While Vince Taylor may think he is the best poser, it looks like Melvin Anthony will get the glory on this. It would be interesting to see these two do a routine against each other, but Vince just doesnt want to come to Denver.
Adela Friedmansky, winner of the 2006 Fitness International, will also guest pose!
As for the contestants, the lineup is what is expected of the late springs / early summer shows. You have Phil Heath making his debut, and many are scared that he is going to be the rookie of the year cleaning up house in Colorado. You have Bill Wilmore also coming in strong here, scaring other veterans.
Darrem Charles, Marcus Haley, George Farah, Kris Dim, and more coming up as the show gets closer. Should be a great show.
But lets get one thing straight. What is important here is that you have people like Shawn working hard to get more pro shows with more prize money into the hands of the competitors, instead of sitting back and complaining about the lack of pro bodybuilding shows in our industry.
So regardless of what you think, intense support should be recognized to those that put their time and effort in a show.
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You have Bill Wilmore also coming in strong here, scaring other veterans and Darrem Charles, Marcus Haley, George Farah, Kris Dim, and more coming up as the show gets closer. Should be a great show.
You did not actually use the names Wilmore, Charles, Haley, Farah, Dim and Great in the same sentence did you??
Ron, sometimes you rock. And sometimes you roll...over.
Special "AC/DC" Ed
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I feel sorry for Shawn
Almost ;D
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Ed, wanna buy a 2007 Lexus?
A 2007 Lexus??? How could I afford that? What do I look like - a 41 year old Master's competitor?
SE
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Well, you'll be paying him $500 after the NY pro, so that'll help. ;D
Thought you wanted in on that bet???? I can scrape up another $500 just for you.
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Ron, sometimes you rock. And sometimes you roll...over.
I tell you, at my weight, it is much easier to roll over now... but wait a few more months, and it would be harder to just roll over.
Jokes aside - support for any pro show is needed - because if the bodybuilding community does not - there may not be a lot of them in the future...
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I tell you, at my weight, it is much easier to roll over now... but wait a few more months, and it would be harder to just roll over.
Jokes aside - support for any pro show is needed - because if the bodybuilding community does not - there may not be a lot of them in the future...
Ron, to be serious here for e sec. I think that Shawn has brought some of this on himself. For years he burned bridges and look how he comes on here and talks about other competitors. Not very professional at all! Now he is suffering for it. If the competitors truley respected him they would come. But alas, he will come back on here later and make a feeble attempt with a witty remark and will never learn. Now that he needs to count on his fellow bodybuilders and fans, well you see now what is happening.
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240,
No consecutive posting. That will get you banned for life.
SE
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And another thing. Everytime Shawn posts, even when it's not about his show he shows that ever changing poster. How many freaking times is he going to change the cometitors on it? BTW, this is the FIRST time I have ever said anything about the poster.
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240,
No consecutive posting. That will get you banned for life.
SE
Special Ed, I hardly recognized you without your famous signatures
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Well - usually I get the lineup for a show only 2-3 months before the actual show. Even if the Arnold, I think the list came out late December, early January. Shawn started to promote this show 6-9 months in advance, and put out names that were implied to him and many of us that they would compete in the early summer shows (Colorado and NY Pro and Niagra Pro).
Have we seen the NY Pro competitor list yet or the Niagra Pro competitor list yet? No... but there is a lot of speculation on who will compete...
All shows, including the Ironman, have a tentative list of who will appear (remember Dexter, Cormier, Benfatto, Charles)... so because Shawn is giving us a tentative list, and is updating it whenever possible, we give him a hard time. That should be that way.
Yes, Shawn has got to be one of the most contraversial, outspoken ex-competitors out there. I like that. Makes it much more interesting, one way or the other. And yes, Shawn has argued with others - such is life.
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In all fairness to Shawn, if he required competitors to sign contracts, he'd be waiting a looooooonnnnnnnngggg time to sign up anyone. I don't think the smaller shows can get away with requiring pros to sign contracts guaranteeing their appearance.
If the contest list continues to shrink and gets down to two or three guys, I think Chick just might be able to win this thing (assuming the other guys are Farnsworth and Pelletier). And Pelletier's got to be salivating at the possibility of picking up a paycheck for a 3rd place finish! Who knows who else might come out of the woodwork if the names keep dropping out. Maybe off-season guest-poser Melvin Anthony takes 2nd without dieting at all! Perhaps Ahmed Haidar takes home Best Poser.
Special "Fair and Unbalanced" Ed
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Well Ron, Vince is wrong. I think he should do the Denver Pro cause he'll easily place at least 3rd, since it appears their may be only 3 or 4 competitors. And you know Pellitier won't place to high. I'm telling all the pros who thought they could never be in the Olympia should enter the Denver Pro. The chances are very high you'll be in the top three and maybe Overall. I forgot about Vince. He now has a chance to be in the Olympia.
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ONLYME'S poster was the best...."AN OLD HUMMER"...LMFAO
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When were the tickets for the colorado pro on sale from? Anything before that is negligable really.
Try to remember that this show is probably going to run at a loss. I think its a tad bit unfair to be persuing this quite too far. Fact of the matter is if you go you're going to have fun and if shawn wanted to make money he'd just never would have put it on.
Vince has a chance at getting 3rd at the aus gp but with rockel arriving and branch and lee gunning for top spot he might have made a mistake.
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Well just got the new poster. Field is getting low. I figure Pelliteir and Chic will be fighting it out for the overall. To bad the prize money and new Hummer had to be changed. But should be a good show. This might be a good one for our buddy big Mike Arvilla to enter. He would take the overall hands downs. To bad the prize money won't cover the costs. This could be Chic's first Pro win. Good Luck
excellent onlyme LOL love that car!
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Practically every show does not have all those that were 'advertised'. It is not exactly an art show where you have to haul out some paintings and put them up...when dealing with human beings one must account for the variables. The recent Arnold, which is a top class show, did not have everyone they advertised. Cormier, Dugdale, Dennis as well as Debbie and Jenny were out in the women....and Jenny Lynn was plastered all over their poster for months.I am sure we all recall the infamous Olympia where there was no Lee.The San Fran had no Dex or Darrem as listed. Majority of shows don't have all the competitors that are listed....the Colorado Pro is really no different there.
PS - LOL @ poster Keith ;D
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can we take this thread to the competition board. wee shawn ray gettin free publicity. cheers
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Let Shawn live, he is trying to give his BB community another show, another chance to make some money in the industry. He can't help it if these dudes are all flakes. Its the same with every show... there is always someone who is suppose to compete then doesnt.
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Wow this post has gotten long and it's about to get longer...
First off I don't agree or disagree with how the show has been progressing
A few simple facts....99% of all get biggers have never gotten themselves at a body weight of less than 5% and 99.9% of all GBers have never and will never step on a stage.....
Do you guys know how hard it is to truly prepare for A show or for some, multiple, it is severely draining both mentally and physically? Do you really know how hard it is to peak for multiple shows?
Lets look at this, Lee Priest and Branch Warren, 2 names whom I believe were on the original poster. They have done 2,3,4 shows each thus far, all pretty much consecutively. This is 15-20 weeks of following the strictest regimen of eating, dieting and training. You guys try going this long without having a slice of Pizza, Hamburger or Ben and Jerry's. Lets face it, some of you guys can;t even go 4 minutes without putting this stuff down your throats.
Both Lee and Branch and a few others already have their qualifier for the Olympia under their belt. Why do another show i:e the Colorado Show. I am sure Shawn did approach these guys last year saying "Hey I'm putting on a show, you in". Of xourse all these guys said yes, not knowing how they would place on 06. And if I know Shawn, he knows where these competitors are coming from......
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Wow this post has gotten long and it's about to get longer...
First off I don't agree or disagree with how the show has been progressing
A few simple facts....99% of all get biggers have never gotten themselves at a body weight of less than 5% and 99.9% of all GBers have never and will never step on a stage.....
Do you guys know how hard it is to truly prepare for A show or for some, multiple, it is severely draining both mentally and physically? Do you really know how hard it is to peak for multiple shows?
Lets look at this, Lee Priest and Branch Warren, 2 names whom I believe were on the original poster. They have done 2,3,4 shows each thus far, all pretty much consecutively. This is 15-20 weeks of following the strictest regimen of eating, dieting and training. You guys try going this long without having a slice of Pizza, Hamburger or Ben and Jerry's. Lets face it, some of you guys can;t even go 4 minutes without putting this stuff down your throats.
Both Lee and Branch and a few others already have their qualifier for the Olympia under their belt. Why do another show i:e the Colorado Show. I am sure Shawn did approach these guys last year saying "Hey I'm putting on a show, you in". Of xourse all these guys said yes, not knowing how they would place on 06. And if I know Shawn, he knows where these competitors are coming from......
Your angle is wrong, people aren't criticising the pro's for pulling out, they are criticising shawn for insinuating they would be there.
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Shawn's silence is deafening.
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I am sure Shawn did approach these guys last year saying "Hey I'm putting on a show, you in". Of course all these guys said yes, not knowing how they would place on 06. And if I know Shawn, he knows where these competitors are coming from......
I know you guys aren't blaming the pros but if Shawn really wanted to be shady he could continue to dupe us all in saying that Lee, Branch, Vince etc were doing the show. Instead he has given everyone a play by play of who is no longer doing the show. If you are not happy with the list then don't go..Case closed!
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Shawn's silence is deafening.
Maybe this is all just a calculated effort by Shawn to come back and qualify for the Olympia one more time. I'd like to know if anyone on getbig.com has bought tickets to this fiasco.
Special "The Lion's Denver" Ed
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Wow this post has gotten long and it's about to get longer...
A few simple facts....99% of all get biggers have never gotten themselves at a body weight of less than 5% and 99.9% of all GBers have never and will never step on a stage.....
Do you guys know how hard it is to truly prepare for A show or for some, multiple, it is severely draining both mentally and physically? Do you really know how hard it is to peak for multiple shows?
I think what is scary is that no one has disputed my statistics.....
As for Shawn be silent, anyone ever think it is 7:30 in California
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The only one he "talks" about is your boy Klownmali. ::)
Buy your wife some roses. ;D
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Just maybe, Shawn knew this and planned this so he can enter his own contest and win. With the confirmed competitors he has now (ref: new poster) he has a pretty good chance of taking at least 3rd. Also, if you notice on his poster just above the names he listed, he did not say the following competitors, he said "Superstars Like" that could mean and male human. So he covered his ass.
So Shawn now that I showed everyone you covered your ass can you please write something. Are you and Chic on a conference call with Kovacs trying to get him to enter.
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i dont understand why more big name pros are not doing shawns show. its got more money than the ironman, sf...etc....is it the timing? why would luke drop out of shawns show and do the new york...where the money discrepency is large for the top finishes. the new york show, now thats a 3 tier show. with alot of the big names already qualified for the o, i guess there looking for a break. i persoanlly think branch should come in and take his 30 grand. im actually looking foward to phil heath competing. kamali should just do the show in the event he thinks he can get in shape just to accept some sort of check from shawn. i would love to see the stage with them two on it as shawn hands him the winners check. just kamali in shawns show probably increases ratings. anyways...just rambling.....at least shawns trying to increase the money in bodybuilding. and i personally hope the show does well.
peace
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I think what is scary is that no one has disputed my statistics.....
As for Shawn be silent, anyone ever think it is 7:30 in California
I think people are probably ignoring you, having already pointed out that you brought irrelevency to the discussion. Everybody knows its hard to compete, nobody (aside from you) knows how this relates to a direct discussion with shawn on mentioning people who will not be there.
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Are you sure it wasn't this Vince that wrote the letter
HA, If I was him and entered a show and sucked that bad I would have to enter another show just to show people that I could come in not sucking as bad as before. Then people could say "Hey Vince, you suck, but not as bad as before". ;D
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First of all - Vince Taylor doesnt want to guest pose. Fine. Strategically, he thinks that the Australian Pro Show might garner him a coveted third place to compete in the Olympia, or at least place higher than he could in a pro show staged in the U.S. at this moment. Perhaps he can do well at the Master's event coming up very soon too, competing against Bob Cichicerillo and others. That is his prerogative. But Vince first said that he would compete at the Colorado Pro and then he changed his mind.
So in comes Melvin Anthony, winner of the best posing award for the last few years, to guest pose at the Colorado Pro. Great! While Vince Taylor may think he is the best poser, it looks like Melvin Anthony will get the glory on this. It would be interesting to see these two do a routine against each other, but Vince just doesnt want to come to Denver.
Adela Friedmansky, winner of the 2006 Fitness International, will also guest pose!
As for the contestants, the lineup is what is expected of the late springs / early summer shows. You have Phil Heath making his debut, and many are scared that he is going to be the rookie of the year cleaning up house in Colorado. You have Bill Wilmore also coming in strong here, scaring other veterans.
Darrem Charles, Marcus Haley, George Farah, Kris Dim, and more coming up as the show gets closer. Should be a great show.
But lets get one thing straight. What is important here is that you have people like Shawn working hard to get more pro shows with more prize money into the hands of the competitors, instead of sitting back and complaining about the lack of pro bodybuilding shows in our industry.
So regardless of what you think, intense support should be recognized to those that put their time and effort in a show.
Why in the world does a pro show need a guest poser. The competitors, riped, dry and ready are the posers we want to see. Not some out of shape BB who needs a few more bucks. If you need a guest poser, what to the contestants look like. I can see a natural show or an NPC show having guest posers, but I think the money paid to the guest should be put into the prizes the competitors get. We'll have enough posers.
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but Vince just doesnt want to come to Denver.
Interesting that Vince would rather fly across the ocean to compete for an O invite against a TOUGHER lineup at the Aussie, than stay in the US and pick up an easier placing without facing Branch or Lee.
Vince must really not like Shawn Ray.
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I'm trying to understand why anyone would post a pic of themselves looking like that. That pic will be around the internet boards forever.
Just like this one: ;D
We should buy him a " I don't suck as bad as before" T-shirt. ;D