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Post by RobbyMac on Jun 11, 2011 16:45:03 GMT -5
He won't be given a 90 if he even made it....
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Post by thatoneuser on Jun 11, 2011 17:32:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure if Brent will be given in the 90's. After all, he was digested for all three stages so Japanese audiences already forgot about him.
Also, let's not freak out about Paul not getting in the commercial. They wanted three names and they picked the top two (David and Brent) and then the most commonly known (Brian). I'm more curious if they'll mention Levi not competing.
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Post by RobbyMac on Jun 11, 2011 18:05:36 GMT -5
Of course they will. Poster-boy for America will be spoken about. I'm more psyched about this year becuz we have way less info about Prelims than last year.
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Post by RobbyMac on Jun 11, 2011 21:09:19 GMT -5
The following was on facebook:
Tre Sussy Vaughn: "The first thing I did when I got back from my trip was play street fighter 2 and beat the livign sh*t out of E. Honda..."
LMAO
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Post by ansem120 on Jun 12, 2011 2:43:45 GMT -5
I'm not sure if Brent will be given in the 90's. After all, he was digested for all three stages so Japanese audiences already forgot about him. Brent will be in the 90s, as will Paul. They finished 4th and 5th overall in their respective debuts, and there aren't many people who deserve higher numbers currently. You only have Yuuji, Nagano, Okuyama, En Zhi, Brian and David who should get higher numbers because of their recent performance. And since virtually everybody else worth mentioning failed the Rolling Escargot, why not put them in the low 90s?
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Post by RobbyMac on Jun 12, 2011 3:54:05 GMT -5
No chance.... Takeda returning.... Hiromichi Sato more than likely getting a 90. Yamada and Akiyama possibly? Shingo Kanno and Kongu will get higher numbers than the others. Maybe David and Brian get 90s but not Brent nor Paul.
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Post by Lennon on Jun 12, 2011 10:25:11 GMT -5
Yeah, there's no way they'll put more than one american in the 90's. It'll probably just be Brian Orosco, even if he didn't get as far as Brent and David. Then MAYBE a couple more american's in the 80's. That's just my guess anyway.
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Post by ansem120 on Jun 12, 2011 13:10:42 GMT -5
Yeah, there's no way they'll put more than one american in the 90's. It'll probably just be Brian Orosco, even if he didn't get as far as Brent and David. Then MAYBE a couple more american's in the 80's. That's just my guess anyway. It's not unheard of to put multiple Americans in the 90s in the same tournament. (Sasuke 21 with Levi #99 and Henry Cejudo #92, as well as Sasuke 22 with Levi #91 and PAT #98) David is in the 90s, no doubt in my mind. You can just tell M9 sees a world of potential in the man. I mean, personally, I have David as #95 in 27. Again, at the moment, there's only so many people you can rightfully put above David in terms of true potential on the course. And one more thing, you can bet they will be playing up the Amerika vs. Nippon storyline in 27, so why would they relegate the strongest players (Sans Brian) on the "rival team" to the low to mid-80s? It just doesn't add up.
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Post by Badalight on Jun 12, 2011 13:21:56 GMT -5
Yeah, there's no way they'll put more than one american in the 90's. It'll probably just be Brian Orosco, even if he didn't get as far as Brent and David. Then MAYBE a couple more american's in the 80's. That's just my guess anyway. I'm the opposite, depending on who goes of course, there is no way they won't put 2 americans in the 90's. If david, brent, paul, and brian all return, at least david and brian will be in the 90's.
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Post by UnrealCanine on Jun 12, 2011 13:40:41 GMT -5
90. Sato 91. Brian 92. Brent 93. David 94. Kongu 95. Takeda 96. Hashimoto 97. L.E.C. 98. Okiyama 99. Nagano 100. Yuuji
Possible Final 11
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Post by thatoneuser on Jun 12, 2011 15:41:00 GMT -5
DAVID CAMPBELL FOR #100... jk
In full honesty, crap can still happen at boot camp. You never know, David's team could ignore "the spirit of SASUKE" and kick David out because he's better than everyone and then have a freak muscle cramp on the Rope Climb.
...You just don't know.
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Post by scnoi1217 on Jun 12, 2011 18:33:15 GMT -5
Definitely in the 90s/100: Urushihara Nagano Lee Enchi Hashimoto Okuyama Kenji Takeda (if there) Shingo Iketani (since he cleared and is a big name is definitely going to be in the 90s if he competes)
Hiromichi I could see in the 90s as well and if there are any big name Olympians/celebrities, they could get a spot there too. Kanno could still get a spot even though he didn't do well. Honestly though, I see him with an 80s number.
That would leave either Brian or David in the 90s, maybe both if there is room. Brent could get a number in the low 80s while Paul Kasemir I could see with a number in the high 70s.
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Post by Badalight on Jun 12, 2011 18:46:29 GMT -5
Btw, I wonder how they chose the american's numbers in 26.
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Post by yamfriend on Jun 12, 2011 18:50:21 GMT -5
Btw, I wonder how they chose the american's numbers in 26. I'm still wondering WHAT WERE the American's numbers in 26 (if 7 of them even had any, that is).
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Post by scnoi1217 on Jun 12, 2011 18:58:02 GMT -5
Btw, I wonder how they chose the american's numbers in 26. Well Brian was number 1 cause he was the most well known. David, Shane, and Travis were returning competitors, so they ranked them based on how far they got in their first appearance. The other 6 is a toss up and I guess was based on what someone either at G4 or TBS/M9 thought were the most likely to clear. I understand Adam L. at 10 since he was given his spot and Partrick at 9 but the other 4 places are arguable. Most likely, Travis didn't actually get a number, but ran between 82 and 83. Since he was #4 American, it's unlikely that any of the Americans that competed before him got numbers either.
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Post by sentinel on Jun 13, 2011 2:01:56 GMT -5
Regarding the boot camp discussion from a page or two ago, I actually liked it as well, for two reasons.
The main one was that I felt I got to know the competitors a little better. When I first started watching Ninja Warrior, I really didn't/couldn't get emotionally invested at all, because to me, everyone was just 'random Asian guy.'
The more you get to know the people, the more you root for them, the more you care. Takeda's slow fall near the end of Stage 3 on Sasuke 24 would be mostly meaningless to the ultra-casual viewer, but to people who know him, who know his history, it was devastating. Boot Camp made me care because they became more like people rather than anonymous athletes.
The other reason I liked it, which is more minor but still valid, is that the whole Rocket/Patrick situation was actually sort of riveting. I remember when I first saw it, I was rooting for Rocket SO damn hard because he was obviously deserving of going to Japan, and if he hadn't gone it would have been absolutely insane. I know some people viewed that whole thing as a major flaw, and I understand that point of view, but it had me enthralled by that rope climb.
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Post by sentinel on Jun 13, 2011 2:07:47 GMT -5
Also, looking through the list of 15, I feel like half the people going to Boot Camp are going to be Trevor Vaughn types. Nimble and quick athletes that excel at the first stage and have a small change of getting through the 2nd, but would really have no chance at getting through the third... or even reaching the UCH.
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Post by snowy on Jun 13, 2011 12:29:57 GMT -5
Btw, I wonder how they chose the american's numbers in 26. I'm still wondering WHAT WERE the American's numbers in 26 (if 7 of them even had any, that is). Same here, and that's one of the reasons I think this line of speculation regarding the Americans might not matter. I either didn't watch or didn't pay attention to the G4 airing of Sasuke 26 (they DID air it by now, didn't they? ) Did the USA competitors wear numbers on that broadcast?
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Post by arsenette on Jun 13, 2011 12:36:40 GMT -5
G4 didn't include the Americans in the NW26 broadcast...
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Post by snowy on Jun 13, 2011 14:10:37 GMT -5
G4 didn't include the Americans in the NW26 broadcast... Now that's a shame, but not surprising. But that's old news for those of you who pay attention to such things, so I'll leave it at that. I'll be the one over in the corner trying to catch up
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