That's because he is doing the Masters O this weekend

Yep I'm in Atlanta now. Wife is competing and a couple of friends are too.  Plus its nice getting out of Jersey since we've had a hurricane and snow in the last 2 weeks and I've been without power for 2 freakin weeks!

John was a great guy.  He helped train me and my wife from 04-06 and we judged in NJ with him from 03-08.  Gonna really miss Kemper.  R.I.P John Kemper

Ronnie didn't smoke Flex in 98 at all. I was at the show and was sitting very close and it was very close between Flex and Ronnie. It could have gone either way.  Amazing that Hulkster calls it bad judging when ultimately it was the judging that placed Ronnie first 

So then would that mean that if someone won a show they wouldn't be allowed to compete again until the Mr O?  Otherwise if a competitor won say 6 shows, then another won 3 and another 3 you would only have 3 Mr O competitors.

I gotta say that he should've been 6th and Ben Paluski should've been 4th.

No way Long will place higher than House. 

NAH the Ronnie vs Dorian crap ruined this place WAY before the Nasser crap.

That may be true but Jay looks alot better in that shot than Ronnie.

98 is better than 99.  98 and 99 are better than 03.

One of the ugliest physiques of all time and one of the men credited with ruining bodybuilding.

Sorry pics show he is drier in 98 and better conditioned.  98 and 99 the only years he looked decent.

No the camera isn't FACT!  Guess what? Being there isn't FACT either. It's an opinion no matter how you try to spin it.  1000 people can see a pic of Ronnie and say wow he's got a great physique. That's their opinion only. When I see Ronnie I see an ugly physique that is just a mix bag of big body parts (except calves) and some of the worst abs in bodybuilding.  That's MY opinion and I've seen pics, vids and seen him in person on stage.

And I'm here to educate you on what an opinion is. 

Is it just me or do all these guys look bad?  I actually like Libatore in these pics the most and he wasn't in the first 2 comparisons.  Melvin has no legs, Grigori's waist is HUGE and has gyno, Freemans legs lack seperation. Bad quality right there.

Pics and vids only prove to you that he was better in 99.  To other people that see them the pics and vids prove otherwise.  Who is right? Everyone cuz the sport of bodybuilding is based on opinions. The criteria that the judges supposedly go by is VERY subjective.  It's not like gymnastics or diving where you have to hit specific moves correctly.  It's all opinions.

Actually schmoe my question is relavant.  I asked if you have ever competed because you claimed that the day of the show is when people have the most clear view of how they look.  So I asked if you ever competed because if you have then you never would of made that comment because you certainly are not the most clear headed at that moment.  All you ever really see that day is what's wrong with your physique. You constantly pick yourself apart. It's only weeks or even months later that you see how you really looked that day.  The sadest thing is you schmoe. Your obsession with Ronnie is just creepy.

WOW your blind love is amazing. Have you ever competed?  I have and I guarantee you that you do not have any clear thoughts of how you look right after a show. You are tired, dehydrated, and not thinking clearly at all.  With all the drugs running through your system (and I guarantee Ronnie is as big a gear user as they come) you don't think clearly at all.  So you can look back at pics and come to the conclusion that 99 was his best but Ronnie can't go back and look at pics and say 98 was his best??  You are an idiot schmoe boy.  But I will say you are right if you think 99 is his best.  Oh and ND is right about 98 being his best and Neo is right about 03 being his best and if someone think 2000 was his best they are right. Do you know why schmoe? Because it's all just an opinion.  Honestly Ronnie has an ugly physique regardless of the year.  But in this sport its all opinions and none are wrong.  That's why Joe Weider was nuts when he wanted bodybuilding in the Olympics.  You can have an Olympic sport where they winner wins based on an opinion. 

Right but 3 other times he said 98 was better. Again it's an opinion.  And obviously you agree that everything is just an opinion as you don't agree with Ronnie when he said 3 times 98 is better. You honestly think he hasn't looked at pics and vids of both shows?  Get off it Hulky girl.  You think 99, Ronnie goes back and forth between 98 and 99 and, some say 01.  It's all an opinion and there is no right answer.  Pics can be interpreted differently by alot of people. So go back to jerking off to your 99 Ronnie pics.

Horrible bodybuilder. 

The only thing the pics prove is that in YOUR OPINION 99 was his best.  The whole sport of bodybuilding is about opinions. This is why any time a winner is announced you hear people bitch for the next 4 weeks about how this guy got screwed and that guy got a gift.  You LOVE Ronnie and that's fine but it's YOUR OPINION that he looks better in 99.  Don't pull that "well people can say King Kamali looks better than Ronnie but that doesn't make them right" shit. My 13 yr old does that.  When comparing the truly best in the world peole will have different opinions and just because it's different than yours then it doesn't make them wrong.  Hell in that 99 pic you CONSTANTLY post I think Cormier looks better than Ronnie. Ronnie just has an ugly physique mostly due to his horrible 4 pack abs.  My opinion there Hulky boy.

Sure it is.  You fanboys got a million excuses as to why Ronnie looks bad.  Face it he truly took the torch Dorian passed him and ruined bodybuilding.  He's just a big mass of bodyparts.

Yeah right side bigger than the left.  Ugly physique and continued to ruin bodybuilding after Yates started the downfall.

Cormier has better quad seperation (Ronnie's are just bigger) Cormier's waist is smaller and his abs are WAY better.  Cormier's chest is better.  Overall Cormier's physique flows much better. Ofcourse from the back things could be different but I'm only going by that particular pic.  Ronnie does have wider thicker lats.

Cormier looks better in that shot than Ronnie despite being smaller.