Regarding the Olympia Webcast!

[Stavios]

Flex may have stretched the truth on the whole ninja thing.

But completely alienating the entire online bodybuilding fanbase for a one-time paycheck?  Who is he, Bill Phillips?

No way Flex was involved in something so shady.  Must be a small technical issue.  I am sure that he'll be online tonight after the show.  And I'm sure that instead of showing guilt by censorship and deleting these threads, he'll address our concerns.

I'm SO sure of it that I'm clicking 'notify' at the bottom of this screen, and I encourage you all to do the same.  I'm really looking fwd to hearing the explanation, and assurance that it's safe to buy tomorrow's webcast.  

Monster sarcasms 

[Beener]

This olympia screen is more frozen than Paul Dillet's epic statue routine.

[G o a t b o y]

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[240 is Back]

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Flex, if you read this-

Adding a second 64 MB of RAM to that 386 you're running will seriously take that webcast to the next level!

[G o a t b o y]

Flex, if you read this-

Adding a second 64 MB of RAM to that 386 you're running will seriously take that webcast to the next level!

386??  I thought he was using one of these:

[240 is Back]

Load "*",8,1

run

[CQ]

Great camera work there!

Nice to cut into Tracey's fitness routine to show some crap backstage.

Good work!

[Stavios]

are you saying that this was the worst contest coverage to ever be presented, CQ ?

[CQ]

are you saying that this was the worst contest coverage to ever be presented, CQ ?

No Stavios, it is just great! How dare you suggest otherwise!

The fact that my screen has blacked out during the ex-champions fitness routine, considered to be of the best routine queens out there is great!

Better still - here is the message I get now!

"Due to problems with the line from the event location, we are switching to a high capacity satellite feed. This will be live momentarily. Our apologies for the delay"

And I nothing but a black screen.

Honestly, this is some quality coverage here!

[240 is Back]

I am just sooooooooooooo glad that Hardbody had the guts to be honest with all of us.

The way that he put it all on Embarq took some serious bravery.  Bravo!

[Stavios]

Lets find some ways to boycott the IFBB so they get the less money possible from us

[Bones]

- first, your webcast sucks big time !
it keeps frozing every 3 seconds even at the 100k
- second, that blonde girl piss me off she should just shut up so when can see the competitor
- third, this is the worst quality ever for a webcast, the free ones at BB.com were better

I hope your compagny goes bankrupt

thanks for wasting my time bastard

  Hey if it makes you feel any better ...I have box seats and the view isn't much better...the competitors look like ants...the big screens that they have set up makes everyone look washed out...Pay per view was the bomb (well...almost)...I would much rather watch it on TV if I had a choice.

[DR. NO]

ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEBCAST THE PICTURE WENT OUT.

THEN I STARTED GETTING THE DODGER GAME.  BUT WITH THE OLYMPIA AUDIO.  VERY CONFUSING.

[Old-Skool]

Flex owes everyone a kiss.....everyone likes a kiss when they get screwed! Mr.O brought to you by "Atari" and "Ms. Pac Man".

[Anal Iceman Lubeth]

flex, i want my money back.   do the right thing man. you didnt get enough equipment to deal with all the sign ups.  its gonna suck more tonight 

[CQ]

Honestly, if I was Flex /Hardbody I would refund the monies to those that ask even though they are not legally liable to.

Having had my own company for over a decade, I realize the importance of not pissing people off. Old adage - a pleased customer will tell 1 or 2 people, an unhappy customer will tell 15 people.  Word gets around. If Hardbody/Flex care at all about their business reputation it would be more financially prudent to return say $1,000 than have such momentous damage to their rep which will negatively impact all their future endeavours.

[240 is Back]

Honestly, if I was Flex /Hardbody I would refund the monies to those that ask even though they are not legally liable to.

Having had my own company for over a decade, I realize the importance of not pissing people off. Old adage - a pleased customer will tell 1 or 2 people, an unhappy customer will tell 15 people.  Word gets around. If Hardbody/Flex care at all about their business reputation it would be more financially prudent to return say $1,000 than have such momentous damage to their rep which will negatively impact all their future endeavours.

Right - All 3 of them are the public faces of the company, and therefore they either get really good, or really bad, press from the quality of the webcast.

*IF* it was indeed the fault of Embarq, then hardbody should pull refund the customers and sue embarq for not delivering what they promosed.  IF Embarq did fulfill their end, then it means Hardbody didn't purchase the best program and would be at fault.

At the end of the day - IF hardbody does blame embarq, then refunds to fans should be automatic.

[G o a t b o y]

If it was told at the onset, that there may be difficulties and bandwidth issues, I might not have been so peeved.

Ninjas stole Flex's bandwidth!

[CQ]

Guys, you know I am a computer moron, can you give me an idea of how much setting up a webcast costs? I am quite curious.

[240 is Back]

a grand plus bandwidth?

tre would be the man to ask.

[G o a t b o y]

Guys, you know I am a computer moron, can you give me an idea of how much setting up a webcast costs? I am quite curious.

$300? 

[G o a t b o y]

tre would be the man to ask.

$12.95/month? 

[torquemada]

It's going to be interesting what Flex's response is.  He's been made the marketing "face" of Hardbody; now we'll see if he has any real say-so.  If he's truly comitted to his newfound ideals, he'll come out and take some resposibility and try to offer unsatisfied customers something.  If not, it makes you wonder how much of the old Flex who shot the house up and told his fans to piss off is still lurking in Ken Wheeler.

I do wonder just how much clout he has in this.  He's not CEO or CFO.  He's the guy that the magazines still interview and promotes the company. 

Of course, I'd feel worse for him if he hadn't told everyone who'd listen how he blew everything he ever made in bodybuilding.













Those leased cars did have bad ass sound systems though...

[Triple-H_2005]

Hardbody Entertainment can suck my balls.

The incredible shitty option of the webcast wasn't even available.  I tried to get on for over 30 minutes and kept getting re-routed to a page that said "Error in generating License.  Please try again."  Well, after about 10 attampts to give Flex and Co. my money, I realized it wasn't going to happen.    Not only that, but there was no way to contact any type of help desk for customer support.

So, in closing...  Flex, I realize you are not the main man, but let the higher-ups know that they ruined the O for a lot of people by taking away our PPV option.

Hardbody Entertainment, purveyors of crappy prejudging and terrible online connections.

Now somebody get the red-ass and delete my thread.

[CQ]

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