Traveling circus starts on 1.1, and there is a pretty big gap of skill level and a lot between 1.1 and 1.2. was there ever a 1.0? THEY ARE HIDING STUFF FROM US.
Technically the pre-Traveling Circus videos that played a big role in the direction TC went were the Pterodactyl Blood/Bogart bonus edits which were made around 2005/2006ish.. Here's a few if you haven't seen em
I have never been to gore /claim but I have a couple gape buds who went there this year who most likely did the "are you pro?" "can you backflip?" type deal.