Article 15572 of 15575, Thu 06:31. Subject: Stage Dive Score Chart (repost) From: meachen@med.wcc.govt.nz (meachen @ Wellington City Council, Wellington, New Zealand) *THE STAGEDIVE SCORE CHART* *************************** This chart will help you accurately judge any stagedive at a show. Descriptions of the following dives appear after the chart. Remember that most divers MAYBE get 30 points in a whole show.... HEIGHT ABOVE CROWD (ft) +=====+=======+======+=======+=======+========+===========+ DIVE | 0 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 6-10 | 11-20 | 21-40 | 41+ | =======+=====+=======+======+=======+=======+========+===========+ Feet | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ Cat | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ Swan | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 25 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ Back | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 28 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ Bomb | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 38 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ F. Flip| 4 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 35 | 40 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ B. Flip| 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 45 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ Heli | 10* | 15 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 50 | -------+-----+-------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ * If you do a heli from 0ft you deserve this score "Height above crowd" measured at height of dive The dives: Feet - Feet-first. Lamest, also hurts a lot of people if you're wearing combat boots (uncool). Most first-timers are feet-firsters. Cat - Jumping forward, arms and legs spread, facing the crowd, like a cat does when tossed in the air. The vast majority of divers fit this category. Swan - A real swan dive, with feet together and arms spread behind. Usually takes a lot of height to perform well. Back - like a swan but back-first. Aim is critical; miss the crowd and you're in serious pain. Bomb - Just like the "water-bomb" dive in a swimming pool, the idea to clear away as big a hole as possible. Effective in eliminating jerks. Timing critical - if you're seen by the crowd, it's over; The only one to get corked will be you. F. Flip - Forward flip. Usually done from higher stages with tight security; the trick is to get your feet away from the bouncers as soon as possible, hence the need for the forward flip. B. Flip - Back Flip. Rarer than the F. Flip, usually done in haste due to radically changing crowd positions. Also requires greater gymnastic skills. Heli - So named because of it's helicopter-blade-like twist, this dive gains the most points for sheer level of difficulty. The idea is to get your body whirling like a helicopter blade. Warning-highly dangerous, but looks incredible. Best done from very high altitiudes. Bonus Points: ------------ Add 2 points per dive for wild screams / arm-leg gestures. A cat dive resulting in a handstand on the crowd adds 5 points. Dual-diving with a partner gains 5 points each. Negotiating your way to the top of a monitor speaker stack and diving from there - add 5 points. Diving on a bouncer (takes guts) - add 10 points. Somehow getting to the light rack above the stage and diving from there gains you 15 additional points. Penalties - --------- Landing on another diver, subtract 2 points. Misdirected dive into "curious onlooker" portions of the crowd - minus 5 points. Diving on a performer onstage - uncool! Minus 10 points. -- X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: The NIRVANAnet(tm) Seven & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Taipan Enigma 510/935-5845 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408/363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 510/527-1662 Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 801/278-2699 The New Dork Sublime Biffnix 415/864-DORK The Shrine Rif Raf 206/794-6674 Planet Mirth Simon Jester 510/786-6560 "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X