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NavySonicShell

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  1. Redesign of BKT's Sexy. (Might be old but I never saw it here)
  2. Paypal lets you pay in any currency and it will convert over on the other person's end.
  3. Dude Sylar is awesome. If you like heavier stuff then I'd really recommend more of their music. I actually found out that their current touring drummer is from my local scene, so that's kinda cool. -------------------------------------------------------------- On a side note, I've really been getting into Wage War and Make Them Suffer Lately.
  4. Not my fault you guided me to a Metallica song for the name.
  5. Like I said about the containers, those haven't been used in the way you're talking about since 2011, so they don't have anything to do with the tires. Getting cars is more expensive than you'd think because a junk yard doesn't want to sell whole cars. They can make way more money parting them out piece-by-piece, so the prices are more than you would think. Cutting back on paint wouldn't nearly account for the cost of adding many more cars, and I doubt that the dirt would because FELD already owns all the dirt that they use and they store it near the venues year round so that they don't have the reoccurring cost. As for the happy medium, I think that the BKT's are probably close to as grippy as FELD wants them to be without it being too risky about the stadium floors and the dirt flinging. Ukraines were barely any more "grippy" towards the end of their life at FELD than the BKT's. I could be wrong, but I doubt there's any other reason FELD would shave down their tires this significantly. 2015 Ukraine Tires (shaved) 2016 BKT Tires
  6. Man, I finally got to one of these first. Post 'Em.
  7. Well, the actual reason that they dropped all those things is totally different. Cars and buses are mostly because of how much more expensive it is to get the proper vehicles from junk yards. If they can cut 20+ cars down to under 10, they actually save quite a bit of money. Besides, ever since 2010, Monster Jam's tracks have been utilizing cars less and less up until when the first all dirt tracks started appearing in 2014 (i.e. Oakland), before BKT's had even been made. As far as containers, they haven't been used for anything other than backflip ramps since the first one at World Finals 12, and are still used as of this year for that same reason (Backflip ramps at World Finals 17). Campers are mostly gone because of the danger that they caused. The stray parts that came off when they collapsed had actually flown into the stands a few times so Monster Jam cut them. All this has to do with the safety and cost efficiency of the show, rather than the BKT's. Most all of this actually happened before BKT's came along anyway. So why do they use them? Yeah they have a weak sidewall, everyone knows that, it could be better. However, they have a contract with BKT requiring them to be used for sponsorship reasons, and they can't just say "no" without having to take large legal steps that aren't worth it. And just to throw it out there, the reason they have such small treads/handle poorly is because the big cleated tires (Firestones/Ukraines) were actually so grippy that they would throw dirt and rocks into the stands in some instances, and were also causing damage to the stadium floor in a lot of cases. Monster Jam actually disallowed the cleated tires from running before the BKT's became mandatory for this reason. Any cleated tires had to be shaved down. You can tell if you look at the treads of Ukraines toward the end of FELD's use with them. They were significantly shaven down compared to how they used to be.
  8. I wouldn't be taking any credit for it. Everyone involved in running it has more to deal with in life now and lack the time to bother running a league. I mean I make Pizza at $8.50/hr for goodness sake (and college, y'know). Plus you can only take the frustration and stress and everything so long before you decide it's not worth it. That's why I dropped out of participating in and helping with events on this site. Too much to deal with in life and too much to deal with here.
  9. So what deals are you finding. I wanted to get a Canon 7D Mark II this year but I didn't have a job for the past moth and cant afford that. On the other hand the EVGA GTX 1060 3GB cardis $170 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KU2CIIY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER What deals did you all snag?
  10. If a truck is still in the yearbook it's simply because they still own the right to the truck's name. There's still a possibility of that truck coming back at any point in the same way Backwards Bob came back after being "retired."
  11. Yeah sure I'll post. At Louisville in 2014 Morgan Kane's then girlfriend (now wife) gave me a Morgan Kane hat. I had ordered it but It never shipped. Same event Morgan rolled the truck and said he'd give me spikes off of it, but ended up having to mail them. I got five and a few hero cards. Also Coty Saucier gave me a Coty Saucier shirt because he's a cool guy. that also came with some hero cards.
  12. If you like anything even remotely similar to post-hardcore, metalcore, metal, or really just rock, you could really get into Softspoken. They are fukin lit
  13. I don't think she got it. It sucks because I know if she wasn't stuck in Stomper she'd be awesome. I think part of it is that she's currently going to school to be a radiologist, which would be hella tough to keep up with on a Monster Jam schedule. Hm. Familiar name......
  14. The problem isn't that you used multiple colors, it's just that the colors you have chosen don't compliment each other at all, and are very harsh on the eyes. I'd recommend using a color scheme generator if you are looking into using more than one color (except shades/tints of black and white) Coolors is a site that will generate color schemes at random for you, good for if you haven't had any ideas on what to do yet. Paletton is nice for when you already know a color you want to use, and it can give you the proper RGB values to complement or contrast that chosen color. You can even paste the RGB code of the exact color you are using and it will generate something for you.
  15. I don't know how you came to this conclusion. If you watch this video, even for under a minute, you will hear Obama say that he spoke to Trump, congratulated him on winning, and invited him to the White house to ensure there is a smooth transition between presidencies. Overall he actually has some pretty great things to say in this video.
  16. Do you have a source on this? I don't even think that this is possible...
  17. I mean hey, it's been a while since the last sh!tposting storm happened. Maybe it's about time. On Topic: I'm just glad the election's over tbh xD. I'm sick of constant campaign ads.
  18. That sounds way more likely, I wouldn't be surprised if they had some sort of BKT stuff thrown on it regardless though.
  19. Well those aren't really BKT's. I think they're the tires the truck has been sitting on forever with BKT sprayed on them. And why? probably a contractual obligation of some sort.
  20. So seriously no one has brought up the classic, "Jimmy Creten's saying don't do it!"
  21. The Triple Threat tours are solid, the Arena tours are a bit lackluster, but that's really to be expected. Should be some good east and west coast shows. Hell, the arena tours aren't even that bad in comparison with some of the line-ups I've seen.
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