Keep some ammonia handy when you check your mailbox, just in case you faint from the shock!

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"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres, 41, after her 2nd medal at the 2008 Olympics

Okay...now there's NOTHING on IceNetwork for the Adult Nationals! I mean, NOTHING!

Wheeee! doubletoe, I know the jumps weren't what you wanted, but your skating was awesome! No wonder you got a champ medal later on Patty P was totally awesome too!

My skating looked as good as it felt. But with slo-mo, I can see why the double was downgraded. Definitely fixable, though.

Hope everyone else's comes soon. I was kind of the squeeky wheel, so I got oil first.

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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." -- Unknown

Icenet now has NO Adult Nationals videos up. The link is dead. What's up with that?

Just chalk it up to PROGRESS!&(*@!$##%&___+(&&%##$@!@~

Maybe IceNetwork is updating the whole entire list... And I guess its safer to put out the link while they are being updated so just in case there are mistakes

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I thought this may have been the case as well. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

OMG, you mean you ACTUALLY got your video?! LOL! Thanks for the praise, and please know that it is mutual! I sure wish I had been able to borrow one of your kick-@$$ axels that day! I also wish we'd had a chance to break open that bottle of red in the parking lot. . . it was a little cold, though.

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"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres, 41, after her 2nd medal at the 2008 Olympics

Well, after an email to CG Video and the chair of Adult Mids, I know have my DVD! Quality is sort of iffy (it skipped a couple times, and the camera lost me during my footwork and I *know* I'm not fast enough for that to be happening ), but I've got it.

Now I just need to get my AN sweatshirt and DVD and I'm set. (sounds like people are starting to get them now, hmm? I'm hopeful!)

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שלום לעולם תמיד

AN Chicago is back up on IceNetwork, but nothing has been added to the original footage posted. Nothing new...

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You will be happy to know that ALL of the AN DVDs are now in the mail and on their way to you. Thank you for those of you who have been patient. I know it's been tough. Thank you.
Mitchell & Deb
Keep smiling!

What an amazing response!

Within 5 days of responding so vehemently to my scathing post, stating they were a "couple of weeks" away from completing and mailing DVDs of our performances, Local Motion has completed and mailed all their orders.

Sadly, consumers often have to get ugly and demand and fight to receive what we have paid for and deserve.

Cheers!

It seems to be in epidemic proportions these days in this country. As I said in an earlier post, it has almost become impossible to get anything done anymore the first time, without having to do it several times, without having to scream and yell. Service in this country has completely and totally gone down the tubes. I try to purchase as little as I can now just to avoid having to do a transaction with anyone, which inevitably turns into a nightmare...not great for the economy...you know what I mean...

Yes, for the past 5 days, I have worked 16 hours each and EVERY day to produce the DVDs with the event name and scroll, since there were several requests to receive the DVDs quickly and I did my best to get them out as quickly as I could after being alerted to this skating forum chat board and knowing how upset and frustrated many of you were. Am I asking you to feel sorry for me? No way. However, I think that in general, people say things in e-mails or chat boards that they would NEVER say to someone's face, and I think we need to think about how these writings affect people.

Yes, we are still a ways out from completing the menu-driven DVDs, and once again, for the umpteenth (is that really a word?) time, I apologize profusely for the long wait.
Deb

I live in Western NY and my DVD arrived yesterday (Saturday).

While I am thrilled to have the DVD, and I can now see my event that has not yet been posted to Ice Network - it is BEYOND frustrating to try to watch my own skate repeatedly. While you can jump forward or backward to the start of a "chapter", within those segments (or just watching any DVD from the start) I cannot fast forward or back up. So (for example) if I'm the last skater in a "chapter" the only way to see my skate is to watch that entire chapter of 5 or 6 skaters. (No, chapters don't correspond to skate groups - warmups for new groups happen in the middle of chapters; but that's neither here nor there).

While yes, I like to watch the whole group, I really use these DVDs/videos to inform improving my own skating. So I tend to watch my program over and over again - picking it apart. Which is next to impossible to do with this DVD.

I have used both Windows Media Player and Real Player so far.

I'd like to get a DVD with just my own performance(s) on it. Preferably, I'd like to be able to fast forward, back up, and slow-mo through that too - but I'll take just my own performances at this point. Would this be possible? I'll call directly to see if you could send me this.

--Sara

Saras,

It might be helpful to go back and read this thread to understand why you received a DVD without Chapters to take you to your own skate. In a nut shell, that's what was taking Local Motion so long...that is, dividing everything into Chapters (all the bells and whistles.) Local Motion said that they would include a form in with the DVD that you just received, where you can request an additional DVD with all of the Chapters at no additional charge for this second DVD. This was my understanding of it (Local Motion posted this message on this thread.)

Sorry, that you are still not up on IceNetwork--I know how frustrating that is, because my event was in the second group postings, and that was an awful long time to wait to see what our program looked like.

I have read the previous postings by Local Motion. There are "chapters" on the DVD - but they don't link to individual skaters, just groups of skaters. The detail provided by Local Motion in previous posts here wasn't all that clear about what "chapters" are.

There was no note in the box of DVDs. Had there been, I would have posted about it above - instead of wondering whether I can call them and ask for a better DVD.

My freeskate is up on IceNetwork at least - just not my interp.

since when is scrolling forwardsd and backwards through a digital video a bell and whistle rather than a basic feature? I have never not been able to do that on a dvd, or a vhs for that matter ROFL. Sometimes, I have to wait until the whole group downloads from IceNetwork to be able to do that - but once it's downloaded and resident in my video viewing software - I should be able to scroll forwards and backwards.

I'll call them directly. I am not saying anything here I wouldn't say in person. I have had my share of vents - but I tend to try to be pretty rational in print. This whole experience is just frustrating - had I known, I would NOT have spent the money on the DVD, since what's up on IceNetwork is more useful for my purposes.

Yey, I just got mine right now - I cant wait to go home and watch it

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I didn't think it was possible to make DVD's that WOULDN'T scroll forwards and backwards when you "fast-forward" and "re-wind". AMAZING!

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"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres, 41, after her 2nd medal at the 2008 Olympics

I just got my DVD today, but I haven't watched it yet. Based on what some of you are saying above, this may be one of the very few times that I'm happy that I went first up in my group.

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Whatever!

it totally depends if you're first in your "chapter". I *was* first in my group. My group just happens to start partway through a chapter (near the end). Like I said, the chapters have little rhyme or reason.

I'd be curious if others can scroll through the videos or if they can simply bop back to the start of a chapter.

Sara

Well actually i was first up in my entire (open) event, so I oughta be okay. Not my favorite position to be in though.

Sorry to hear that the DVD's aren't scrollable in any case.

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Whatever!

Yup - you're right - in this case, that'll probably work And yes, it's a hard place to skate ...

part of me is really hoping that my DVD is the anomoly and everyone else can scroll to their heart's content.