From: bret@tfd.COM (Bret Weinraub)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: slamming
Date: 3 Nov 92 18:42:05 GMT
Organization: Twenty-First Designs, Wash, DC

This as an addendum to the slam-dancing discussion we had here recently:

(reposted from metal@metal.EBay.Sun.COM)

                ***************************
                *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.
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