Pat Bertoletti repeats in Knoxville Krystal qualifier
from krystalsquareoff.com
1. Pat Bertoletti 48
2. Arturo Rios 35
3. Juris Shibayama 34
4. Larry McNeil 28
Updated 9/18 1:02 pm – full results are available
The liveblog of the webcast is available after the jump
6:06 – The webcam has started and it appears that Bubba Yarbrough is sitting in the front row. I am getting a frame or 2 per second.
6:15 – a woman in blue is now blocking the camera which is still pointed at the audience.
6:16 – now we see the stage.
6:38 – the burgers are being brought out – the camera is at the end of the table which will make it difficult to see the center.
6:41 – the contest starts – the audio sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher
6:43 – Pat Bertoletti has 23 burgers 2 minutes in
6:45 – Bertoletti has 29 halfway through
6:48 – the video & audio have frozen on me
6:50 – restarting the browser did not restart the webcast
7:11 – results from Bubba Yarbrough via Bob Shoudt comment
1. Pat Bertoletti 46
2. Arturo Rios 35
3. Juris Shibayama 34
4. Larry McNeil 28
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Bob said (Registered February 25, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 6:09 pm
It is Bubba, I just talked to him.
Bob said (Registered February 25, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 6:46 pm
I lost sound !!!!!
beautifulbrian said
September 17, 2006 @ 6:50 pm
I thought that PC technology had improved to the point where we would not have to be subjected to frame by frame and freezups. I thought that was for people that still had dialup The cam froze on me with 3 or 4 minutes left. This is worse than the Jet Raider Heidi game in 1968
The_Hangman said (Registered August 30, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 6:50 pm
The webcam froze on me too
THE TRUTH HURTS said
September 17, 2006 @ 6:53 pm
To the asshole that left the post that the krystal site kicks ass , . its shit ass if a live feed no matter how shitty it is dies on you with a few minutes left in a contest The site sucks!
Bob said (Registered February 25, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 7:04 pm
pat 46
35 rios
dr 34
larry 28
Bob said (Registered February 25, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 7:05 pm
word is that the krystal people were working on the camera but could not fix it in time. I still love them as no one else is even trying to do this. the previous numbers came from Bubba
The_Hangman said (Registered August 30, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 7:08 pm
Todays webcam was like watching the two football teams line up for the final play to break the tie and win the playoffs with only 2 seconds left on the clock.
Just before the snap, the commercial comes on. Afterwards the reporter says did you see that. This win will go down in the record books as a classic.
We await to see who won, how many and if any records were set.
The_Hangman said (Registered August 30, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 7:23 pm
Results posted from KrystalSquareOff Website
Pat Bertoletti ate 48 Krystals to claim his second consecutive Knoxvile title. Arturo Rios came in second with 35, and Juris Shibayama finished third with 34.
SuperPaul said
September 17, 2006 @ 7:27 pm
Webcam – not what we hoped for, BUT Krystal – a great sponsor that is putting more effort, and money, and giving us more information and pictures of this event than any eating contest that has ever proceeded it…..Nathan’s may be the most publicity now, but the Krystal folks are making great strides….Rome wasn’t built in a day – I know they will get that webcam fixed!!
I can’t wait til this upcoming weekend, and, yes,Brian, that’s my first shameless plug of the Atlanta qualifier!!
The_Hangman said (Registered August 30, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
I agree with with “Triple B”. Krystals is trying and my hats off to them.
I look forward to seeing what hat design and warpaint “Triple B” Bone Breaker Barlow, AKA SuperPaul, will be wearing next week in Atlanta.
Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)
September 17, 2006 @ 9:50 pm
In Krystals defense I want to say a few things
I’ve spent 15 years in graphic design/IT and I have to tell you that the investment that Krystal has made in their website (fully active Flash with embedded video walk through), Video Feed, and Texting is pretty significant. Please realize that these are being broadcast from a fairgrounds……an empty freaking field with tents on it that horses crap on for 10 months out of the year…..and a DIFFERENT fairgrounds each week!!!!! Electric is run out, but I cant even imagine how they are piping the video back to the streaming server. It’s impossible to get a solid connection at most of these places. There are HUNDREDS of things that could go wrong, and I’m impressed they could get anything consistant. I’ve set up texting software, and they pay for EVERY text that is sent out.
Moreover they are putting the effort out beyong any other sponsor and are making it fun by tracking the contestants, winners and wildcard. Everybody in the finals will win SOMETHING, and that is really appreciated considering what we all spend in training and travel.
I have faith these guys will work out the bugs as they seem committed to the contest and the eaters so please be patient…especially when we’re being treated with respect….but they better damn well fix it for the Atlanta contest so I can see Super Paul put the SMACKDOWN on the rest of the eaters!!!!!!WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Mr Wright said
September 17, 2006 @ 10:10 pm
Steakbellie i can agree with most of what you have said but with all that taken into condideration i believe that the viewers would be just as content to watch a Krystal clear tape delay of the contest which i think could be arranged by the tech people as opposed to having to be subjected to a live freeze frame webcam that has major glitches that need to be worked out. What do you think the public would prefer? a tape delay digital masterpiece or a live frame by frame freezup that is inaudible and unwatchable
Mega Munch said
September 18, 2006 @ 8:06 am
Agree with Super Paul that Krystal is still, by far, the best sponsor on the circuit in terms of the amount of effort they’re putting into these events and how much they’re embracing the sport.
That said, I’ll nitpick a little here. The angle of the last webcam was bad. From the end of the table? Everyone knowns there’s nothing worth watching on the ends of the tables (trust me, that’s where I usually eat). Though to Steakbellie’s point, it is a fairgrounds and a makeshift stage, so it’s probably not possible to set up a webcam just anywhere.
High tech said
September 18, 2006 @ 9:20 am
You people make this more complicated than it reallly is. . All they are using is one of those 40 dollar webcams and trying to get a feed into the world wide web which is not easy unless you are using state of the art equipment. They would be better off uploading the footage from the cam onto a laptop then downloading it to the website . So whats the big deal it wont be live but 5 or 10 min later. It will look like a streaming video with high quality , I think that is much better than what we have been accustomed to
LadyLenore said (Registered August 14, 2006)
September 18, 2006 @ 9:29 am
Congratulations to Pat, Arturo and all the other eaters who participated!
Way to go!
Bubba said (Registered January 8, 2006)
September 18, 2006 @ 10:17 am
Mr High Tech,
Actually they use a digital camcorder a Sony I think.
Ray The Bison Meduna said
September 18, 2006 @ 11:43 am
Congradulations Pat on your Krystal and Kolache Victories.