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Post by bigblind168 on Jan 2, 2011 14:39:39 GMT -5
Well Miyazaki and Kawahara have failed stage 1 again. Shocker. /sarcasm
Well these guys are thought to go deep every tournament. and well frankly neither of them have ever cleared stage one (witht the exeption of miyazaki in sasuke 21, but i think that was a fluke).
So are these guys over-hyped and overrated or do they just choke under the preasure of being thought of as a good competitor?
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Post by Badalight on Jan 2, 2011 22:35:35 GMT -5
Kawahara is really good, except he seems to ALWAYS have trouble on time. I also think he'd do pretty good on stages 2 and 3. He has really bad luck. The thing that made me like him the most was when I found out he almost beat stage 1 in Sasuke 19.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jan 2, 2011 22:39:51 GMT -5
Miyazaki I kind of expected to fail the Rolling Escargot, if he could fail the Devil Steps he didn't stand a good chance there..
Kawahara has good potential... He beats all the obstacles most of the time but he really needs to work on his speed... He pretty much walks between obstacles and takes a break before each one...
Hell.. had he not taken 3 tries on the Soritatsu Kabe he would have finally made it to stage 2 probably...
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Post by chackpop on Jan 2, 2011 22:52:09 GMT -5
Kawahara has the record for most Rope Ladder time ups...
Miyazaki is good, Third Stage in 21 and almost beat Stage One in 22.
He's just not good with tough new obstacles, (he fell on the HPA in 20 but beat in afterward.
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Post by UnrealCanine on Jan 5, 2011 14:19:09 GMT -5
I feel Miyazaki is overhyped
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Post by jfeathe on Jan 5, 2011 16:31:43 GMT -5
I think anyone who can make it to the third stage is pretty damn good.
Kawahara blew it yet again. He never really fails anything, he's simply not fast.
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Post by quasikoz on Jan 5, 2011 16:39:30 GMT -5
Kawahara didn't fail anything, but he did take a while on the Warped Wall.
I'll place him right next to Shinya Kishimoto as a really strong, athletic guy who'd do well in later stages, but isn't fast enough to beat the 1st stage.
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Post by Badalight on Jan 5, 2011 17:35:50 GMT -5
Shinya hasn't been shown to be slow... The furthest he's gotten is the 3rd obstacle.
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Post by TCM on Jan 5, 2011 17:43:55 GMT -5
Shinya hasn't been shown to be slow... The furthest he's gotten is the 3rd obstacle. Exactly, no way to determine his speed yet. Immense potential....if only his luck would change. Kawahara is the definition of choker. Miyazaki would maybe do better if he more consistent in his appearances, though 3rd Stage in his 2nd appearance is impressive. The guy won 3 Pro Sportsman competitions, he has skill. Plus, the guy failed the Escargot this time, which took out guys more talented than him. |
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Post by mikessssssss on Jan 5, 2011 17:45:03 GMT -5
Shinya screwed up on the dome steps and got caught out, just like lots of others, on the Escargot; so we don't know how good he is yet - what we do know is he has great upper body strength.
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Post by xig28 on Jan 10, 2011 2:22:41 GMT -5
Shinya screwed up on the dome steps and got caught out, just like lots of others, on the Escargot; so we don't know how good he is yet - what we do know is he has great upper body strength. from the t.v. shinya looks like those super short muscular guys that would have trouble with reaching the jumping spider walls and warped wall, but hopefully he does well the next tournament. his videos give him a lot of potential |
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Post by japantv1210 on Jan 10, 2011 19:54:12 GMT -5
I think both Kawahara and Miyazaki have great potential. I don't really expect Miyazaki to go extremely deep, but I expect him to at least clear the first stage since he has great lower body strength. But, he doesn't really have the upper body endurance to do well in the current second and third stages IMO.
And for Kawahara, it's almost the complete opposite for me. I expect him to go deep if he could clear the first stage. So I guess they're both over-hyped to a degree.
As for Shinya, who managed to get into the discussion, I think he's kind of like Kawahara too. He'd do great if he could clear the first stage. I do think he chokes a bit though on the first stage as I believe he should perform a lot better on it. So he's a bit overhyped and a bit of a choker IMO.
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Post by thatoneuser on Jan 11, 2011 19:42:04 GMT -5
Admittedly, look who failed the Rolling Escargot. (And then who ALMOST failed) We shouldn't bash Miyazaki for being overrated, we haven't for Kanno, Takahashi, Jun Sato, or Yamamoto and they all failed the same obstacle (even if they have cleared recently). Let's not overreact to one hard obstacle.
Kawahara on the other hand just has the COMPLETELY wrong idea and goes crazy slow through the course. As soon as he picks up the pace I expect him to clear.
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Post by bigblind168 on Jan 11, 2011 21:34:24 GMT -5
Admittedly, look who failed the Rolling Escargot. (And then who ALMOST failed) We shouldn't bash Miyazaki for being overrated, we haven't for Kanno, Takahashi, Jun Sato, or Yamamoto and they all failed the same obstacle (even if they have cleared recently). Let's not overreact to one hard obstacle. Kawahara on the other hand just has the COMPLETELY wrong idea and goes crazy slow through the course. As soon as he picks up the pace I expect him to clear. Yamamoto is an all-star and does well. Kanno has been to the final recently, cleared stage 1 in 25 and always does well (save here and 20) Takahashi well... really? Sasuke 23-25 he was dominant. He had a slip up here. Sato once again in young but consistantly clears stage 1 So the guys u just mentioned are explected to go far, and tend to do so. they do well consistantly. Miyazaki is expected to do well and only did well once. |
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Post by scnoi1217 on Jan 11, 2011 22:01:25 GMT -5
Kawahara did better in 26 than he did in 23. He was going fast and wasn't taking much time between obstacles which was his major problem in 23. His big problem was taking 3 attempts at the Warped Wall. Had he cleared that in 1 attempt, he would have enough time to finally clear.
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Post by baronbk on Jan 11, 2011 23:42:06 GMT -5
I think I'm a choker and overrated, or does this discussion not include ANW people?
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Post by RobbyMac on Jan 11, 2011 23:48:33 GMT -5
I don't think anyone who failed the uh "bridge of blades" can be considered a choker. You were 1 of what at least 10 athletes with high sasuke potential who failed it? Now overrated? I don't know. Only if you think so I guess. =P
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Post by Oti on Jan 11, 2011 23:49:23 GMT -5
Would you like a serious response to that, baron? I like to think I have a reputation for telling it how it be.  |
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Post by arsenette on Jan 12, 2011 2:54:44 GMT -5
No offense.. but isn't this a discussion about Sasuke competitors?
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Post by baronbk on Jan 12, 2011 8:51:33 GMT -5
No offense.. but isn't this a discussion about Sasuke competitors? Well that's why I asked. I'm actually curious about ANW people so I'll make a new thread then so this one can be pure haha. |
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