Explanation of the Olympia Qualification System (How rules work from now on)

[tsiparlanaeht]

Olympia Qualification Series Announced by the IFBB Pro League



Something had to happen. Last year, during and before the Olympia, it was realized that way too many competitors were being qualified to the best and most elite contest of the year, resulting in 28 competitors just in bikini alone on stage. And crowding what should have been just the top 15-18 competitors only.

The fact that more contests were held during the year, and the top three (sometimes the 4th if the top three were already qualified) were getting in created a contest with a lot of bodies on the stage. So the IFBB went to the other extreme, and passed a rule that said starting in 2012, only the winner will be qualified to the Olympia. But what started to occur is that if the winner was already qualified, or if a top competitor was going to compete, then no one thought they would have a chance even to get into the Olympia. Now things have changed.

On March 13th, the IFBB Pro League announced that they had created the IFBB Pro Olympia Qualification Series, which will consist of a point based system which will determine who will be able to compete in the Olympia, for all six IFBB pro divisions that have contests there. This was great news to many of the competitors that saw very little hope. Such great news that quite a few of them were overjoyed at this news!

Even better news was that the announcement that the top five competitors with the highest point totals will qualify to compete at the O! Yes, we are going to see a frenzy of competitors vying for those top five positions. Now things are going to be even more exciting that we thought.
So how does this point system work… well, here we go.

If you win a show, you get nothing. No points. What would you need them for. You qualified! You are in! You can dance, jump, scream, yell, go to Disneyland, but you are definitely going to be on that stage come Olympia weekend. Also, the top five at the prevision Olympia are automatically qualified, as they should be. If you are one of the top five in the world, you can stay in the big dance without worrying. The points started in 2012, and there are varying types of tiers, depending on the contest. Here is the points system.

Tier 1 – The Arnold Classic Contest: 2nd place – 8 points. 3rd place – 7 points. 4th place – 6 points. 5th place– 5 points

Tier 2 – The Sheru Classic, and the Arnold Classic Europe. 2nd place – 6 points. 3rd place – 5 points. 4th place – 4 points. 5th place – 3 points

Tier 3 – the New York Pro. 2nd place – 5 points. 3rd place – 4 points. 4th place – 3 points.
5th place – 2 points

Tier 4 – the other IFBB Pro competitions. 2nd place – 4 points. 3rd place – 3 points. 4th place – 2 points. 5th place – 1 points

http://www.getbig.com/headlines/2012...bb-pro-league/

[TTimmerman]

aka you better win a show or you'll have to compete entire year to scramble points? ouch

[TLF84]

So your gonna have mass competitors compete in many shows to try qualify for the O and come Olympia time they might be burnt out and look like ass on stage ..... Are they looking for quality or just reducing quantity **** the ifbb are a bunch of old clueless men that need to move the fuk on let Shawn ray take over LOL

[wala]

^^ This

So a guy thats only worthy of 4th-5th place at normal shows, does every show in the season coming away with a decent amount of points, enough for him to qualify for the O

Meanwhile, we have someone like, lets say Brandon Curry, who is 10x better than this other guy who's got an average physique. He competes a couple of time buts gets 2nd place at decent shows, he clearly deserves to be on the O stage, but because this other guy has more points, he technically must be a better bodybuilder as he has more points?! WTF?

And so how does Curry guarantee himself a stop on at the O? He has to do ANOTHER show and maybe ANOTHER after than.. so the IFBB has made a guy who is a good bber, has great potential, would look awsome with extra mass in the right places (only achieveable by taking time off from competing lots) compete throughout the year to ensure he gets his O place.. all because he narrowly missed a 1st place at a show due to whatever reason..

This means we are gonna see not all of the TRUE top 15 (or whatever) bbers in the world at the Olympia..

[Groggery]

This means we are gonna see not all of the TRUE top 15 (or whatever) bbers in the world at the Olympia..

Inb4 Dan Hill and Sean Allen sneak up into the O.

[wala]

Inb4 Dan Hill and Sean Allen sneak up into the O.

Or Branch!

Wait wut?

[Groggery]

Or Branch!

Wait wut?

If these rules actually manage to be an inconvenience to him i'd laugh my ass off.

[wala]

If these rules actually manage to be an inconvenience to him i'd laugh my ass off.

I dont think they will tho will they? He's already qualified?

[Groggery]

By constantly placing first in every show he enters, can't imagine how that happened.

[wala]

By constantly placing first in every show he enters, can't imagine how that happened.

lol dont forget tho

Branch plus a weaker, burnt out physique = Better placings under IFBB judging.

These rules are definitely in his favour

[BlackNumero]

Please don't tell me that its top five at the Olympia now..that would be the biggest dick slap to Dennis Wolf...

[wala]

Please don't tell me that its top five at the Olympia now..that would be the biggest dick slap to Dennis Wolf...

Technically speaking, Wolf qualified last year in 2011... this new top 5 at the O is to start with this new system which has come into play only this month, but back dated to just the start of 2012? So by that analysis, he should be ok??

[BlackNumero]

Technically speaking, Wolf qualified last year in 2011... this new top 5 at the O is to start with this new system which has come into play only this month, but back dated to just the start of 2012? So by that analysis, he should be ok??

No, Wolf did not qualify last year. They made it very clear that starting in 2011 only the top 4 qualified. Wolf at the Sheru said he actually wanted to take the year off.

[BlackNumero]

By the end of the summer the rules system will look something of this nature

[Groggery]

By the end of the summer the rules system will look something of this nature

Eventually it will all come down to this

[Groggery]

If i was good with PS i'd shop Branch and Cutler's faces on that thing.

[BOUNTYHUNTERMK2]

By the end of the summer the rules system will look something of this nature

Or possibly like this....

[mrusa85]

Or possibly like this....

Oh man! That was hilarious! Describes the new system perfectly... until it gets revised in a few months.

[tsiparlanaeht]

Bump so more people can familiarise themselves with it.

[TLF84]

At the end of the day ifbb and their judges all suck dick for skittles

[BartPimpson]

At the end of the day ifbb and their judges all suck dick for skittles

Talk about tasting the rainbow