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Re: Bob Chic- What changes can we expect this year for the major contests?
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2012, 12:55:51 PM »
Wow I didn't know that. I thought they changed the rules to make them wear the thongs. Why all of them wear that I don't know. I'll be wearing some similar to arnolds day.

You do realize people thought Arnold was gay, 40 or so years ago, right!?

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« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2012, 12:56:46 PM »
The trunks have nothing to do with it. People in Arnold's day thought his trunks were just as "gay porno", as you claim today's trunks are.

Besides, the men's physique competitors have shorts that go past their knees. What's the excuse for that one?

The change that I don't like is the rule that only the winners of the "small" shows qualify for the Olympia. That makes no sense, especially if you're trying to make the Olympia better.

Case in point, Brandon Curry didn't win a pro show. Yet, at the O, he beat FOUR GUYS who did (Yamagishi, Nunn, Richardson, and Alves). Heck, Richardson barely cracked the top 15; Alves placed "16th".

Don't like it myself, for a variety of reasons.   Suggested we have one PERSON qualify at each show....not just the winner.  hopefully, we won't run into a issue is one guy ends up winning 2-3 shows...

if we find it doesn't work, well take a look at it....nothing is set in stone, but we needed to do something so we don't have anymore than 15 or so qualifying at the olympia.

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« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2012, 12:56:54 PM »
this is a good example of what i mean, some guy i found on youtube, now that is some real intensity if you ask me, looks about to die then does another rep and another


Nice to watch but I put that horrible music out.....

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« Reply #28 on: February 08, 2012, 12:58:15 PM »
bob is ronnie coleman a cool guy?

can he beat you at arm wrestling?

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Re: Bob Chic- What changes can we expect this year for the major contests?
« Reply #29 on: February 08, 2012, 01:01:33 PM »
Natties train harder because they have to...

training hard can be fun sometimes though

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« Reply #30 on: February 08, 2012, 01:22:52 PM »
Don't like it myself, for a variety of reasons.   Suggested we have one PERSON qualify at each show....not just the winner.  hopefully, we won't run into a issue is one guy ends up winning 2-3 shows...

if we find it doesn't work, well take a look at it....nothing is set in stone, but we needed to do something so we don't have anymore than 15 or so qualifying at the olympia.

Back in the day, people were complaining about how few competitors there were during the late 90s and early 2000s (just 13 guys were in the 2000 Olympia). Lack of competitors supposedly meant that they weren't valuing the Olympia; that is, the number of top competitors who qualified but sat out made the show weaker.

On a different note,

- Why did they change the rules that the Mr. Universe winner no longer qualifies for the Olympia?
- The lifetime Olympia qualification for any former Mr. Olympia has been gone since 2003, correct?

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« Reply #31 on: February 08, 2012, 01:38:15 PM »
Back in the day, people were complaining about how few competitors there were during the late 90s and early 2000s (just 13 guys were in the 2000 Olympia). Lack of competitors supposedly meant that they weren't valuing the Olympia; that is, the number of top competitors who qualified but sat out made the show weaker.

On a different note,

- Why did they change the rules that the Mr. Universe winner no longer qualifies for the Olympia?
- The lifetime Olympia qualification for any former Mr. Olympia has been gone since 2003, correct?

no one was complaining, but the idea of the Olympia is that he best of the best qualify...not the 20-25 guys we've had over the last few years...increase in shows and subsequent number of qualifying spots explains it.  there is always a rate of attrician of guys who opt out, get injured, sick,etc....that's a given.

Rules changed when there was no longer a Universe affiliated...the Universe became the team Universe, which we don't even have a team for anymore...

any former Mr. O has a lifetime pass....with the approval of the pro league.  Of recent times, none have ever requested entry.

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« Reply #32 on: February 08, 2012, 01:49:14 PM »
no one was complaining, but the idea of the Olympia is that he best of the best qualify...not the 20-25 guys we've had over the last few years...increase in shows and subsequent number of qualifying spots explains it.  there is always a rate of attrician of guys who opt out, get injured, sick,etc....that's a given.

Rules changed when there was no longer a Universe affiliated...the Universe became the team Universe, which we don't even have a team for anymore...

any former Mr. O has a lifetime pass....with the approval of the pro league.  Of recent times, none have ever requested entry.


That means that, even thought he's sitting 2012 out, Dexter Jackson doesn't have to compete in 2013 to qualify for that year's Olympia. I thought they changed the rule, when Samir Bannout was contemplating another comeback while looking absolutely awful.

Unless I'm mistaken, the Team Universe became a pro qualifier, because the Universe was constantly being held in Muslim countries that weren't all that US-friendly. So TU class winners couldn't go to compete for a pro card.

There still is a separate World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships (also or formerly known as the Mr. Universe). It used to be that all the class winners qualified for the following year's Olympia. For example, Ronnie Coleman won his pro card at the '91 Universe, which qualified him for the '92 Olympia (where he placed "16th"). When they brought back the overall champion in '95, as there was none from '91 to '94, all the class winners got pro cards but only the overall champ qualified for the Olympia.

I asked that question, because when Dennis Wolf hit the scene, he was talking about his preparation for a pro show to qualify for the big O. I was confused, because I thought he already qualified by winning the 2005 World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships (or the Universe). But, someone told me that winning the Universe doesn't qualify you for the Olympia anymore.




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Re: Bob Chic- What changes can we expect this year for the major contests?
« Reply #33 on: February 08, 2012, 01:53:12 PM »
That means that, even thought he's sitting 2012 out, Dexter Jackson doesn't have to compete in 2013 to qualify for that year's Olympia. I thought they changed the rule, when Samir Bannout was contemplating another comeback while looking absolutely awful.

Unless I'm mistaken, the Team Universe became a pro qualifier, because the Universe was constantly being held in Muslim countries that weren't all that US-friendly. So TU class winners couldn't go to compete for a pro card.

There still is a separate World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships (also or formerly known as the Mr. Universe). It used to be that all the class winners qualified for the following year's Olympia. For example, Ronnie Coleman won his pro card at the '91 Universe, which qualified him for the '92 Olympia (where he placed "16th"). When they brought back the overall champion in '95, as there was none from '91 to '94, all the class winners got pro cards but only the overall champ qualified for the Olympia.

I asked that question, because when Dennis Wolf hit the scene, he was talking about his preparation for a pro show to qualify for the big O. I was confused, because I thought he already qualified by winning the 2005 World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships (or the Universe). But, someone told me that winning the Universe doesn't qualify you for the Olympia anymore.





That is Correct, winning the universe does not qualify for the Olympia.  The only universe out there is either amateur or some other federation...

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« Reply #34 on: February 08, 2012, 01:53:17 PM »
The change in qualification rules not only keeps the Olympia at a more elite status, but it also helps the circuit shows.  The theory is that more top guys will do the smaller shows in an effort to qualify for the O.  Everyone knows how last year's line-ups were very 3rd tier looking through the summer.  

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« Reply #35 on: February 08, 2012, 02:39:49 PM »
That is Correct, winning the universe does not qualify for the Olympia.  The only universe out there is either amateur or some other federation...

Let me clarify. I was referring to the IFBB World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships, which was once known as the IFBB Mr. Universe. The Team Universe used to be a qualifier for that show. The class winners at the TU formed a team that went to the World Championships. If they won their weight classes there, they got pro cards.

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« Reply #36 on: February 08, 2012, 03:18:43 PM »
Let me clarify. I was referring to the IFBB World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships, which was once known as the IFBB Mr. Universe. The Team Universe used to be a qualifier for that show. The class winners at the TU formed a team that went to the World Championships. If they won their weight classes there, they got pro cards.

you are correct....they got pro cards, like ronnie did.  no, it is not an Olympia qualifier

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« Reply #37 on: February 08, 2012, 03:42:53 PM »
you are correct....they got pro cards, like ronnie did.  no, it is not an Olympia qualifier

But why the switch? Why is it that the IFBB World Amateur Bodybuilding Champion (or Mr. Universe, for ease of typing) no longer qualifies for the Olympia?

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« Reply #38 on: February 08, 2012, 04:01:37 PM »
But why the switch? Why is it that the IFBB World Amateur Bodybuilding Champion (or Mr. Universe, for ease of typing) no longer qualifies for the Olympia?

It hasn't qualified anyone for the Olympia since the old days...REALLY old days...like the 70s.  since the  80s, I'm pretty sure it just got a pro card, but never a O qualification

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« Reply #39 on: February 08, 2012, 04:06:25 PM »
Why doesn't the Olympia go to Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan, or Egypt?  The bodybuilding fans around the world would love to see these guys at their peak and I will bet you will sell more tickets to the show as well, the US is not the only place on the map.

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« Reply #40 on: February 08, 2012, 04:10:15 PM »
It hasn't qualified anyone for the Olympia since the old days...REALLY old days...like the 70s.  since the  80s, I'm pretty sure it just got a pro card, but never a O qualification

 what about the stupid special invites ?

I hope they never bring that back, just seemed to me like a slap in the face of the other pros who didn't qualify but still tryed too

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« Reply #41 on: February 08, 2012, 04:15:18 PM »
Don't like it myself, for a variety of reasons.   Suggested we have one PERSON qualify at each show....not just the winner.  hopefully, we won't run into a issue is one guy ends up winning 2-3 shows...

if we find it doesn't work, well take a look at it....nothing is set in stone, but we needed to do something so we don't have anymore than 15 or so qualifying at the olympia.

The company man, IFBB stooge and patsy finally spells it out in print: "We will do this and we will do that."

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Re: Bob Chic- What changes can we expect this year for the major contests?
« Reply #42 on: February 08, 2012, 04:39:32 PM »
Why doesn't the Olympia go to Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan, or Egypt?  The bodybuilding fans around the world would love to see these guys at their peak and I will bet you will sell more tickets to the show as well, the US is not the only place on the map.



Fear of bombings?   :D

Once these locations have an IFBB pro show, it would make them more of a logical location for a big show like the Olympia.  Don't think that the Olympia will ever leave Vegas though.  It is too profitable in that location and is much easier and cheaper to organize in the same location every year.  (Why do you think Arnold holds his show in Columbus year after year?)

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« Reply #43 on: February 08, 2012, 04:40:32 PM »
what about the stupid special invites ?

I hope they never bring that back, just seemed to me like a slap in the face of the other pros who didn't qualify but still tryed too

haven't been any of those since Wayne's departure...and won't be.

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« Reply #44 on: February 08, 2012, 04:42:15 PM »
Why doesn't the Olympia go to Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan, or Egypt?  The bodybuilding fans around the world would love to see these guys at their peak and I will bet you will sell more tickets to the show as well, the US is not the only place on the map.



for many reasons...

why isn't the Super Bowl anywhere else?  same for the "world series"...which seems to only include USA and Canada?

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« Reply #45 on: February 08, 2012, 04:43:14 PM »
bob can you guys bring back the posing trunks of arnolds day?


the glittery thongs are making it look like gay porno to a non suspecting outsider

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« Reply #46 on: February 08, 2012, 04:43:58 PM »
Fear of bombings?   :D

Once these locations have an IFBB pro show, it would make them more of a logical location for a big show like the Olympia.  Don't think that the Olympia will ever leave Vegas though.  It is too profitable in that location and is much easier and cheaper to organize in the same location every year.  (Why do you think Arnold holds his show in Columbus year after year?)

I agree, it makes it easier and cheaper to organize having it in the same place, but it gets old going to the same venue year in and year out.  I'd like to see it move around again.  

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Re: Bob Chic- What changes can we expect this year for the major contests?
« Reply #47 on: February 08, 2012, 05:06:49 PM »


given the size of the fatty you date, I can see where you might think that's a thong...

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« Reply #48 on: February 08, 2012, 05:08:20 PM »
given the size of the fatty you date, I can see where you might think that's a thong...
dont be so defensive

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« Reply #49 on: February 08, 2012, 05:09:40 PM »
dont be so defensive

Don't be so queer