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    The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30 (and Champs vs. Pros Discussion Thread)

    Kicks off Tuesday, July 18th.



    Despite the title, it's not porn. Yeah, I'd watch that, too. $1 million prize pool is the current rumor, nearly three times Invasion's pool ($350k).

    Cast List:

    GUYS

    Ammo

    Bananas

    Cory

    CT

    Dario

    Darrell

    Derrick H.

    Derrick K.

    Devin

    Hunter

    Jordan

    Leroy

    Nelson

    Shane

    Tony

    GIRLS

    Amanda

    Aneesa

    Ashley M.

    Britni

    Camila

    Cara Maria

    Jemmye

    Jenna

    Kailah

    LaToya

    Marie

    Nicole R.

    Simone

    Tori

    Veronica

    * * * * * *

    All right, who is in for fantasy?

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    Hype thrusters at maximum levels!!!

    And holy shit! Is this the quickest turnaround time for a season?

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    I'm in, fa sho.

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    The format for their season is 5 teams of 6? I'm not going to try to watch that frame by frame, but that's what it looks like based on their pictures on the wall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vil View Post
    The format for their season is 5 teams of 6? I'm not going to try to watch that frame by frame, but that's what it looks like based on their pictures on the wall.
    Maybe so. I'm sure it's pretty easy to find spoilers for that kind of thing on the web, which I would be fine knowing, but it's hard to find those without seeing elimination spoilers and that kind of thing, which I try hard to avoid, so I tend to just stick with the official MTV stuff.

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    Yeah, not going to really go digging around for that stuff. It could also be kind of like Free Agents which wouldn't be bad. I don't remember how good or bad that format worked out in general, but throwing in that randomness versus just having "last place goes into the duel, first place immune/picks their opponent" would be a huge step up over the 2nd half of last season.

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    On Champs vs. Pros, I was really surprised at how well the champs did vs. the pros in the football tug-of-war three-way. I guess CT is the second biggest guy there and Darrell the third, so it really came down to those two vs. Shawn, and in the elimination, the champs had the benefit of experience, whereas the pros were seeing it for the first time. I wasn't shocked Wes won, but was surprised at how close Ashley came to Lolo, who I expected to knock her out of the park.

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    Yea, I expected the girl champs to get ran out the arena on the tug of war. The guys surprised me though. I guess when you break it down with CT and Darrell being 2 and 3, it makes sense. Especially since Wes is probably #4 in terms of size/strength. So it was 1, 5, 6 vs 2, 3, 4. I'm glad the twist was champs vs pros in the elimination.

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    Pretty solid cast. Let's hope the format is legit.


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    So many of those cast pics are so terrible. This is hilarious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vil View Post
    So many of those cast pics are so terrible. This is hilarious.
    Right? Cara Maria looks very dirty, but the wrong kind of dirty. Why is she the only one who is physically filthy? Veronica looks just uncomfortable. And then there's Ammo...

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    That food and basketball challenge to get to the final was bullshit on so many levels.

    I felt it was silly how close to the basket the line was. Make it at least a little difficult so there's a possibility that someone can catch up. Most of the dudes were jumping from the line to the basket like a freakin lay up.

    What's the point of a eating challenge if you can just stuff food in your mouth and throw it up? The people that won on the Pro side just threw up the most.

    That was bullshit that Lindsey threw up on Louise's plate essentially DQ'ing her. Like come on.

    The final was meh. Wish they would put up some kind of divider for the puzzles so other teams can't just copy a team that's completing theirs.

    When are we drafting for XXX?

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    I had no idea last night was the season finale of Champs vs. Pros. I was only half paying attention when the challenge ended, and thought it was basically the end of the episode, particularly when they inserted a mini-5 minute challenge with Ashley K and Shane vs. Zach and Laurel. And damnit, Ashley, why'd you freeze up?

    And then they come back and start the final, and I check the time, and realize there's still 20 minutes to go. Caught me off guard. I was expecting three more weeks of this (except 4th of July, I guess) to go right into Dirty 30.

    Quote Originally Posted by Valisk View Post
    That food and basketball challenge to get to the final was bullshit on so many levels.
    This wasn't a standard challenge, obviously. It was eased up for both time and difficulty, as well as minimizing any chance of injury to the pros. The whole season was that way - note the lack of falling challenges.

    Quote Originally Posted by Valisk
    That was bullshit that Lindsey threw up on Louise's plate essentially DQ'ing her. Like come on.
    That bugged me too. Lindsay went on to win, aided (at least in part) by puking on Louise's plate. She didn't mean to, but still... That sucks. Again, something Louise might have powered through if it was for her money, but that whole thing sucked.

    The gameplay this season was also different - I think there's no way CT volunteers to let Wes go in the final if the prize money was his, and many of the champs weren't playing with the same intensity they normally do. Nor does Cara just off handedly give $$$ away to Wes and Camila.

    I didn't mind the season, but it definitely felt like a Challenge Lite. Wouldn't mind seeing a couple of the Pros come back and compete on the real challenge, although I'll be surprised if they do. I particularly wouldn't mind seeing more of Tia Blanco - she is gorgeous.

    When are we drafting for XXX?
    I have only heard back from you and Moss, so I don't know if Xno or Headspace are still in.

    I'm most likely going to be in Omaha early next week, so will get back late next week or that weekend. I will probably start up the draft at that point. I will probably have to use WNBA scores to determine draft order, which is amusing to me for some reason. If things go south and I don't go to Omaha, I'll probably start that up sooner.

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    That was kind of a dumb way to get to the end, but whatever. This mini season did more right than wrong and that's something I haven't been able to say about this show for years. Camila bombing again is always a silver lining to her making the final.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byrd View Post
    This wasn't a standard challenge, obviously. It was eased up for both time and difficulty, as well as minimizing any chance of injury to the pros. The whole season was that way - note the lack of falling .
    I just wanted the line to be pushed back to free throw distance for the girls and three point distance for the guys

    And food challenges usually come down to who can throw up the most. There should be a time penalty for throwing up.

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    Well, since my Beavers choked against Moss' Tigers this weekend, I'm not in Omaha this week. Still no word from Headspace or Xno, I'll send out another e-mail. I'd like to get started this week or so, since we have 30 to draft from.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byrd View Post
    Well, since my Beavers choked against Moss' Tigers this weekend, I'm not in Omaha this week. Still no word from Headspace or Xno, I'll send out another e-mail. I'd like to get started this week or so, since we have 30 to draft from.
    Man I responded to the first email instantly. Cmon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headspace View Post
    Man I responded to the first email instantly. Cmon.
    My bad. I forgot which real name went with which user name. Must be Moss we're waiting on then.

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