What do you think is the best ever...

[richie137]

With the 25th Sasuke/Ninja Warrior tournament in the books through G4... to commerate this milestone, I am thinking of doing a best of series (like the sasuke awards about last year here), I am thinking what is the best and worse ever throughout the history of sasuke various categories through out its history.... I think it is proper because of 25 tournaments now in the books...

The rules as follows I want the top moments in each category and the best one in that specific category. The categories are

Best Competition:
Worse Competition: (only the worse ever, leave that to one)
Best Moment from the show's history (best one)
Worse Moment from the show's history (worse one and only one)
Best Obstacle (top 10 obstacles)
Most Difficult Obstacle: (only one)
Worst Obstacles (top 5)
Most Disappointing Competitor (who should have done better)
Most Surprising
Best Young Performer (best under 25 years of age)
Best Debut
Best and Worse Wipeout (top 5 in each category)
Most Shocking Moments
Most Controversial Moment
Most Thrilling Finish (that could be in any stage)
Best Celebrity
Best Female
Best Athlete (professional)
Worse Competitor
Best Competitor (non-all star)
Best Foreigner
Best All-Star

And of course what is what is your all-star team from each generation... from sasuke 1-4, 5-17, 18-25 and all-time limit each to ten from each category....leave that for you guys to discuss

Well I hope this will help out here is my list to get an idea what I want to see... I left on spoliers incase anyone missed ninja warrior or sasuke 25 and do not want to know about it...

well enjoy it list and comment away...

SPOILER: Click to show

Best Competition: (In no particular order...)
Sasuke 4 (akiyama's victory), sasuke 17 (nagano's victory), Sasuke 24 (yuuji's victory), sasuke 12 (nagano's near miss), sasuke 20

Worse Competition: (only the worse ever, leave that to one)
Sasuke 19

Best Moment from the show's history
Nagano's victory speech (17), Akiyama's Passing (4) (tie)

Worse Moment from the show's history: Tough one to answer the Yamada's Glove DQ

Best Obstacle (top 10 obstacles)
Shin Cliff Hanger
Ultimate Cliff Hanger
Jumping Spider
Jump Hang
Warped Wall
Body Prop
Unstable Bridge
Metal Spin
Slider Jump
Pipe Slider

Most Difficult Obstacle
Ultimate Cliff Hanger

Worst Obstacle
Circle Hammer, Big Boulder, Delta Bridge, Rope Junction, Arm Bike

Most Disappointing Competitor (who should have done better)
Wakky, Genji Sudo, Mark Witmer, Kitagawa (rugby player), Terek

Most Surprising (Unexpected): Kinnikun Nakayama (11), Travis Schroder (4), Yuta Adachi (17), Hitoshi Kanno (22), Yuuji Urushihara (22)

Best Young Performer (best under 25 years of age, no all-stars please) Nagasaki, Kanno, Hashimoto, Levi, Jun Sato

Best Debut: Levi in 20, Jovtchev in 8, Terek in 17, Lee in 17.

Best and Worse Wipeout (top 3 in each category)

Best: Naoki Iketani in 20 (Flying Chute), Matsunaga in 21 salmon ladder, and Yamada in Slider Jump

Worse Wipeout yamamoto fall in rumbling dice, yamada's fall from pipe slider, sato's fall in jumping spider

Most Shocking Moments: Nagano's fall in 19 at the flying chute, Yamada's failure at 14, Omori's failure in 4

Most Funniest Moment (only 1) guy losing his pants and falling into water in (19 i believe)... laugh my butt off

Most Controversial Moment
Yamada Glove Disqualification

Most Thrilling Finish
Akiyama's first stage victory in (9 or 10, cannot remember), Jordan Jovtchev first stage victory in 8, Orosco first stage victory in 21

Best Celebrity
Akira Omori, Kane Kosugi and Kinnikun Nakayama

Best Female
Yuko Mizuno, Chie Nishimura, Mika Izumi, Rie Komiya and Luci Romberg

Best Athlete (non-all star and has to be an professional)
Daisuke Miyazaki, Mastunaga, Terek, Levi and Jordan Jovtchev

Worse Competitor: Aoki, Harashima (hang-glider), Mr. Octopus and Ijima (Bruce Lee)

Best Competitor (non all-star and non-forigner)
Kong Takasahi, Okuyama, Shinji Kobayashi

Best Foreigner
Jordan Jovtchev, Kane Kosugi, Lee En Chi, Levi, Travis Alan Scheroder

Best All-Star
Nagano, Takeda and Yamamoto

All-Star Team

Sasuke 1-4

Omori
Hasegawa
Yamamoto
Miura
Yamada
Akiyama
Tanaka
Schroder
Kawashima
Kosugi

Sasuke 5-17
Takeda
Shiratori
Nagano
Yamada
Yamamoto
Nagasaki
Kobayashi
Kosugi
Iketani
Jovtchev

Sasuke 18-25
Nagano
Takeda
Sato
Okuyama
Kong
Lee En Chi
Levi
Yuuji
Hashimoto
Orosco

All-time
Nagano
Akiyama
Yamada
Takeda
Shiratori
Yamamoto
Yuuji
Kosugi
Omori
Nagasaki

[artyfowljr]

Best Competition: Sasuke 23
Worse Competition: Sasuke 19
Best Moment from the show's history : Sasuke 17, Nagano's Kanzenseiha (more specifically the celebrations after )
Worse Moment from the show's history : Sasuke 21, the Grinding Ring
Best Obstacle : Jumping Spider, Warped Wall, Cliffhanger (v.3, Shin and Ultimate), Salmon Ladder (both versions), Jump Hang, Pipe Slider, Body Prop, Unstable Bridge, Cross Bridge, Curtain Cling, Jumping Bars
Most Difficult Obstacle: Warped Wall
Worst Obstacles : Shoulder Walk, Net Bridge, Grip hang (Delta Bridge??), Circle Hammer, Rope Glider
Most Disappointing Competitor : Katsumi Yamada
Most Surprising: Yuuji Urushihaara (and Hironori Kuboki as second)
Best Young Performer : Shunsuke Nagasaki
Best Debut : Jordan Jovtchev
Best wipeout: Hamid Sultanef, Sasuke 9, Konuki Taro, Sasuke 3, Tomoya Haga Sasuke 21
Worse Wipeout: Bunpei Shiratori Sasuke 14, Katsumi Tamada Sasuke 11, Shingo Yamamoto Sasuke 7 and with no doubt Makoto Nagano in Sasuke 25. Besides the whiff, which is so humili
Most Shocking Moments : Shingo Yamamoto Sasuke 22 and 24, Makoto Nagano Sasuke 24
Most Controversial Moment : again, Sasuke 21 the Grinding Ring
Most Thrilling Finish (that could be in any stage): Any Stage 2 clear from Yamamoto
Best Celebrity: Wakky
Best Female: Lucy Romberg
Best Athlete (professional): Daisuke Miyazaki
Worse Competitor: Toyoisha Ijima
Best Competitor (non-all star): Yoshiyuki Okuyama
Best Foreigner: Brian Orosco
Best All-Star: Makoto Nagano

[chackpop]

I don't see how the Circle Slider was a bad obstacle...

[yamfriend]

Aug 16, 2010 14:56:32 GMT -5 chackpop said:

I don't see how the Circle Slider was a bad obstacle...

She said Circle Hammer buddy.

As for my list:

Best Competition: Sasuke 23
Worst Competition: Sasuke 20
Best Moment from the show's history: Akiyama's final-moment Stage 1 clear in Sasuke 11
Worst Moment from the show's history: Takeda's dragged-out failure on the Spider Flip in Sasuke 24
Best 10 Obstacles: Warped Wall, Cliffhanger (especially v3, i.e. the one from 9-17), Jump Hang, Salmon Ladder, Metal Spin, Pipe Slider, Wall Lifting, Spider Walk (all versions), Body Prop, and Circle Slider
Most Difficult Obstacle: Ultimate Cliffhanger
Worst 5 Obstacles: Rope Junction, Hang Move (4th Stage 3 obstacle from Sasuke 2 and 3 IIRC), Bungee Bridge, Delta Bridge, and Log Slope (2nd obstacle in Sasuke 17's Stage 1)
Most Disappointing Competitor: I dunno...I'll just go with Yeo Hong-Chul I guess
Most Surprising Competitor: Yuuji Urushihara
Best Young Performer: Shunsuke Nagasaki
Best Debut: Koji Yamada
Best 5 Wipeouts: Naoki Iketani in 21, Koji Hashimoto in 23, Jun Sato in 23, Hamid Sultanif in Sasuke 9 (go 36 seconds in), and (I hate to say it) Minoru Kuramochi in Sasuke 15 (there are plenty of other great ones, but I don't know their names/can't find footage of them on YouTube )
Worst 5 Wipeouts: Shingo in 21, Katsumi Yamada in 6, Akiyama in 9, Nagano in 21, Bunpei in 18
Most Shocking Moments: Nagano in 19, Urushihara in 23, and Akiyama in 6 are my top 3
Most Controversial Moment: Katsumi Yamada's disqualification in Sasuke 12
Most Thrilling Finish: Takeda in 5 (Stage 1), Shingo in 23 (Stage 2), and Akiyama in 11 (Stage 1)
Best Celebrity: Kane Kosugi
Best Female: Chie Tanabe (because no other woman has ever cleared Stage 1, even if she did so in Sasuke 2)
Best Athlete: Yoshiyuki Okuyama (if he doesn't count, then I'd say Daisuke Miyazaki)
Worst Competitor: Yasuo Aoki
Best Competitor (non-All-Star): Kenji Takahashi
Best Foreigner: Li En Zhi
Best All-Star: Makoto Nagano
1-4 All-Stars: Akira Omori, Ken Hasegawa, Eiichi Miura, Katsumi Yamada, Shingo Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Akiyama, Kane Kosugi (can't really think of 3 more good ones)
5-17 All-Stars: Toshihiro Takeda, Shingo Yamamoto, Makoto Nagano, Katsumi Yamada, Bunpei Shiratori, Shinji Kobayashi, Shunsuke Nagasaki, Naoki Iketani, Daisuke Nakata, and Koji Yamada (too bad I can only have 10, because there's a couple other great choices here, which includes Akiyama, Jovtchev, Kane, and several others )
18-25 All-Stars: Makoto Nagano, Toshihiro Takeda, Levi Meeuwenberg, Yuuji Urushihara, Hitoshi Kanno, Yoshiyuki Okuyama, Kouji Hashimoto, Li En Zhi, Jun Sato, and Brian Orosco
All-Time All-Stars: Makoto Nagano, Toshihiro Takeda, Shingo Yamamoto, Katsumi Yamada, Bunpei Shiratori, Kazuhiko Akiyama, Kenji Takahashi, Kane Kosugi, Yuuji Urushihara, and Koji Yamada

[YoDaUO]

Best Competition: Sasuke 17
Worse Competition: 19
Best Moment from the show's history : Nagano winning
Worse Moment from the show's history : Mr Sasuke in 24
Best Obstacle (top 10 obstacles) This isnt in any order.. Unstable Bridge, Jump Hang, Cliff Hanger, Jumping Spider, Pipe Slider, Metal Spin, Hang Climbing, Spider Flip, Wall Lift, Salmon Ladder.
Most Difficult Obstacle: Pipe Slider
Worst Obstacles : Propeller bars, Slider Jump (yeah yeah), Circle Hammer, Tarzan Rope/Climb, Heavenly Ladder.
Most Disappointing Competitor : Mark Whitmer
Most Surprising : Yuuji Urushihara
Best Young Performer : Shunsuke Nagasaki
Best Debut : Jordan Jovtchev
Best and Worse Wipeout : I never understand this how can a wipeout be good or bad???
Most Shocking Moments : Nagano 24, 25, Yamamoto in 6,8,9,16,20,22,23, and 25. Akiyama on Quintuple Step. Takeda on Jumping Spider, Bunpei in 17, Urushihara in 25.
Most Controversial Moment : ??
Most Thrilling Finish : Akiyama in Stage 3, sasuke 4.
Best Celebrity : Sato Hiromichi
Best Female : Rie Komiya
Best Athlete : Jordan Jovtchev
Worse Competitor : Aoki
Best Competitor : Kongu
Best Foreigner : Jordan Jovtchev
Best All-Star : Bunpei Shiratori Nagano.

[richie137]

Aug 16, 2010 14:56:32 GMT -5 chackpop said:

I don't see how the Circle Slider was a bad obstacle...

Oops I meant Circle Hammer, you are right, this is what happens when you type in the middle of the night.

[intelligentinfer]

Best Competition: 24
Worst Competition: 18
Best Moment from the show's history: Nagano in 17, Takeda's stg 3 clear(when that happens)
Worse Moment from the show's history: Nagano in 12
Best Obstacle: Cliff Hanger, SCH, UCH, Pipe Slider, Body Prop, Skywalk, Warped Wall, Flying Chute, Sending Climber, Spider Walk
Most Difficult Obstacle: Pipe Slider
Worst Obstacles (top 5):Arm Bike, Net Bridge, Reverse Conveyor, Spinning Log, Rope Glider
Most Disappointing Competitor: Yasuo Aoki, Octupus
Best Young Performer (best under 25 years of age): Kanno Hitoshi
Best Debut: Jordan Jovtchev
Best Wipeout: Nagano in 15 and 25, Urushihara in 22, Adachi and PAT in 17
Worse Wipeout: Takeda in 24, Nagano in 21 and 24, Urushihara in 25, Travis in 4.
Most Shocking Moments: Nagano in 10,19,20,24,25, Yamada in 7, Shingo in 4,6,7,8,9,10,20,22 , Akiyama in 6 and 13.
Most Controversial Moment: Nagano in 18(SCH) and 23(Slider Jump)
Most Thrilling Finish (that could be in any stage): Kanno, Nagasaki, Kongu, Takeda (when that happens)(stg 3)
Best Celebrity: Kane Kosugi
Best Female: Nishimura Chie
Best Athlete (professional): Lee Enchi
Worst Competitor: Yeo Hong Chul
Best Competitor (non-all star): Lee Enchi
Best Foreigner: Lee Enchi
Best All-Star: Takeda Toshihiro, Nagano Makoto, Yamamoto Shingo
All Star Team:
1-4: Yamada, Yamamoto, Omori
5-17: The six, Kane, Kobayashi, Yamada Koji
18-25: The six, Urushihara, Kanno, Hashimoto,
All time: The six
Can I add something else?
Best Stage: 2nd

[Badalight]

You just reminded me of the Sasuke awards I never finished.

Whoops

[thatoneuser]

Oh God, do I have to do this? *NO!* But I am anyway.

Best Competition: SASUKE 23
Worst Competition: SASUKE 19
Most Iconic Moment (mixed the two): Kane Kosugi's rain-soaked failure in SASUKE 8
12 Best Obstacles (So what, I picked 12): Jump Hang, Slider Jump, Jumping Spider, Reverse Fly, Soritatsu Kabe, Unstable Bridge, Salmon Ladder, Metal Spin, Wall Lifting, Altered Cliffhanger, Pipe Slider, Tsuna Nobori.
Most Difficult Obstacle: Ultimate Cliffhanger
5 Worst Obstacles: Rope Junction, Pole Bridge, Pole Jump, Hurdle Jump, Maruta Kudari
Most Disappointing Competitor: Minoru Kuramochi (see: VIKING)
Most Surprising: All of SASUKE 4: Omori/Yamamoto fail early, 37 clear Stage 1 after only 13 before, Akiyama of all people earns kanzenseiha.
Best Young Performer: Shunsuke Nagasaki
Best Debut: Jordan Jotchev in 8
Most Shocking Moments: Isn't this the same as Most Surprising?
Most Controversial Moment: Nagano in 23, no question
Most Thrilling Finish (that could be in any stage): Akiyama struggling at the end of 4's Third Stage (thought I'd say 11?)
Best Celebrity: Hiromichi Sato (C-c-c-combo breaker!)
Best Female: Chie Tanabe
Best Athlete (professional): Yoshiyuki Okuyama
Worst Competitor: abstain
Best Competitor (non-all star): Yuuji Urushihara (he SHOULD be an All-Star)
Best Foreigner: (tie) Levi Meeuwenberg and Li En Zhi
Best All-Star: Shingo Yamamoto. (Wut.) 25 attempts later he's still kicking a**.

Some categories I added:

Best Comedian: Kinnikun Nakayama
Best First Obstacle: Jyunidantobi
Best Altered Sasuke Introduced Obstacle: Jump Hang
Best Shin-SASUKE Introduced Obstacle: Shin-Cliffhanger
Best Kanzen Renewal Introduced Obstacle: Double Salmon Ladder

Here's the Top 10 Wipeouts. *UPDATED 8/23/10*
10. Bunpei Shiratori, SASUKE 15, Balance Tank
9. Travis Allan Schroeder, SASUKE 4, Pipe Slider
8. Makoto Nagano, SASUKE 24, Jumping Spider
7. Toshihiro Takeda, SASUKE 23, Spider Flip
6. Katsumi Yamada, SASUKE 6, Pipe Slider
5. Shingo Yamamoto, SASUKE 7, Spider Climb
4. James August Eddy, SASUKE 20, Jumping Spider
3. Jun Sato, SASUKE 23, Salmon Ladder
2. Kuniki Taro, SASUKE 3, Yueru Hashi
1. Machamacha, SASUKE 16, Rokudantobi

And now my All-Star Teams.

Original SASUKE First Team
Captain: Akiyama Kazuhiko
Katsumi Yamada
Shingo Yamamoto
Ken Hasegawa
Akira Omori

Original SASUKE Second Team
Captain: Tatsuya Yamamoto
Yoshihito Yamamoto
Kane Kosugi
Hikaru Tanaka
Eichii Miura

Altered SASUKE First Team
Captain: Makoto Nagano
Bunpei Shiratori
Toshihiro Takeda
Katsumi Yamada
Shingo Yamamoto

Altered SASUKE Second Team
Captain: Shunsuke Nagasaki
Kane Kosugi
Shane Kosugi
Shinji Kobayashi
Naoki Iketani

Shin-SASUKE First Team
Captain: Yuuji Urushihara
Kenji Takahashi
Yoshiyuki Okuyama
Koji Hashimoto
Li En Zhi
*cough*

Shin-SASUKE Second Team
Captain: Makoto Nagano
Levi Meeuwenberg
Hitoshi Kanno
Yuuji Washimi
Daisuke Miyazaki

Ah what the heck, let's do an all-time course. My only requirement is that it had to be in place for at least three tournaments.
FIRST STAGE
1. Rokudantobi (16-17,19-22)
2. Rolling Maruta (3-17,25)
3. Yueru Hashi (1-7)
4. Jump Hang (5-17,25)
5. Halfpipe Attack (19-24)
6. Soritatsu Kabe (5-17,19-25)
7. Slider Jump (22-24)
8. Tarzan Rope (3-9,13-25)
9. Rope Climb (3-17)

SECOND STAGE
10. Chain Reaction (7-17)
11. Salmon Ladder (18-24)
12. Unstable Bridge (23-25)
13. Spider Walk (7-17)
14. Metal Spin (14-25)
15. Wall Lifting (1,3-17,19-25)

THIRD STAGE
16. Rumbling Dice (9-15)
17. Body Prop (5-17)
18. Lamp Grasper (9-12)
19. Shin-Cliffhanger (18-24)
20. Jumping Bars (14-24)
21. Curtain Cling (13-17)
22. Spider Flip (18-24)
23. Pipe Slider (2-17)

FINAL STAGE
24. Spider Climb (5-17) 12m
25. Heavenly Ladder (18-24) 9m
26. Tsuna Nobori (1-17) 9m

Also we need to talk about "worse" vs. "worst"... "Worse" means the less preferable option of the two. As in "What obstacle is worse, Rope Junction or Swing Ladder?" However, "worst" means the overall least preferable option (just one but can be modified to be more than one). For example, "What is the worst obstacle of all time?" means the singular least preferable obstacle ever created *cough*Rope Junction*cough*. However, it can also be used like "What are the five worst obstacles of the Shin-SASUKE era?" whereas the answerer would be prompted to respond with five answers.
*insert You Just Got Learned*

[Gavo]

Best Competition: Stuck between 8 & 23, going to give edge to 8
Worse Competition: Sasuke 20
Best Moment from the show's history (best one). Nagano finally winning
Worse Moment from the show's history (worse one and only one). Takeda on the spider flip in 24
Best Obstacle (top 10 obstacles)
1. Jump hang
2. The new final obstacle of stage 3.
3. Double Salmon Ladder
4. Ultimate cliffhanger
5. Shin cliff hanger
6. Spider flip.
7. Pipe Slider.
8. Jumping Spider.
9. Slider Jump
10. Unstable Bridge
Most Difficult Obstacle: (only one). Ultimate cliff hanger
Worst Obstacles (top 5)
5. Jumping bars
4. Arm Rings
3. Pole maze
2. Bungee Bridge
1. Swing Ladder
Most Disappointing Competitor (who should have done better). Katsumi Yamada
Most Surprising. Hiromichi Sati
Best Young Performer (best under 25 years of age). Hitoshi Kanno
Best Debut. Jochtev in 8
Best and Worse Wipeout (top 5 in each category)
Best. 5. Shingo in 22 (For the comedy)
4. Nagano 25
3. Iketani/Haga in 21
2. Harashima 15
1. Levi 25

Worst
5. Yamada 6
4. Takeda 24
3. Bunpei 14
2. Balance Bridge nut shot guy.
1. Yamada 11
Most Shocking Moments. Takeda in 25
Most Controversial Moment. Kongu's final stage in 24 ( I blame the guy at the top)
Most Thrilling Finish (that could be in any stage). Jochtev in 8
Best Celebrity. Hiromichi Sato
Best Female. Masami Yusa
Best Athlete (professional). Okuyama
Worse Competitor. Aoki
Best Competitor (non-all star). Yuuji Urushihara
Best Foreigner. Li en zhi
Best All-Star. Nagano

And of course what is what is your all-star team from each generation... from sasuke 1-4, 5-17, 18-25 and all-time limit each to ten from each category....leave that for you guys to discuss

1-4
Akiyama
Yamada
Shingo
Omori
Miura
Hasegawa

5-17
Nagano
Takeda
Shingo
Bunpei
Yamada
Nagasaki
Koji
Asaoka
Jochtev
Iketani

18-24
Urushihara
Kanno
Nagano
Takeda
Li
Kongu
okuyama
Levi
Hashimoto
Sato

All time.
Akiyama
Nagano
Urushihara
Takeda
Shingo
Yamada
Bunpei
Shunsuke
Kanno
Kongu

[richie137]

that is OK, this one actually was inspired from the Sasuke awards, who you made and I applaud you for it, without that it would have been this kind of discussion... plus you guys are little more insightful.

Aug 17, 2010 22:29:26 GMT -5 Badalight said:

You just reminded me of the Sasuke awards I never finished.

Whoops

[richie137]

This is pretty damn good... I loved this one, well posted and even more welcomed additions... One of my favorites personally.

Aug 17, 2010 23:05:41 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Oh God, do I have to do this? *NO!* But I am anyway.

Best Competition: SASUKE 23
Worst Competition: SASUKE 19
Most Iconic Moment (mixed the two): Kane Kosugi's rain-soaked failure in SASUKE 8
12 Best Obstacles (So what, I picked 12): Jump Hang, Slider Jump, Jumping Spider, Reverse Fly, Soritatsu Kabe, Unstable Bridge, Salmon Ladder, Metal Spin, Wall Lifting, Altered Cliffhanger, Pipe Slider, Tsuna Nobori.
Most Difficult Obstacle: Ultimate Cliffhanger
5 Worst Obstacles: Rope Junction, Pole Bridge, Pole Jump, Hurdle Jump, Maruta Kudari
Most Disappointing Competitor: Minoru Kuramochi (see: VIKING)
Most Surprising: All of SASUKE 4: Omori/Yamamoto fail early, 37 clear Stage 1 after only 13 before, Akiyama of all people earns kanzenseiha.
Best Young Performer: Shunsuke Nagasaki
Best Debut: Jordan Jotchev in 8
Most Shocking Moments: Isn't this the same as Most Surprising?
Most Controversial Moment: Nagano in 23, no question
Most Thrilling Finish (that could be in any stage): Akiyama struggling at the end of 4's Third Stage (thought I'd say 11?)
Best Celebrity: Hiromichi Sato (C-c-c-combo breaker!)
Best Female: Chie Tanabe
Best Athlete (professional): Yoshiyuki Okuyama
Worst Competitor: abstain
Best Competitor (non-all star): Yuuji Urushihara (he SHOULD be an All-Star)
Best Foreigner: (tie) Levi Meeuwenberg and Li En Zhi
Best All-Star: Shingo Yamamoto. (Wut.) 25 attempts later he's still kicking a**.

Some categories I added:

Best Comedian: Kinnikun Nakayama
Best First Obstacle: Jyunidantobi
Best Altered Sasuke Introduced Obstacle: Jump Hang
Best Shin-SASUKE Introduced Obstacle: Shin-Cliffhanger
Best Kanzen Renewal Introduced Obstacle: Double Salmon Ladder

Here's the Top 10 Wipeouts.
10. Levi Meeuwenberg, SASUKE 25, Slider Drop
9. Travis Allan Schroeder, SASUKE 4, Cliffhanger
8. Makoto Nagano, SASUKE 24, Jumping Spider
7. Toshihiro Takeda, SASUKE 23, Spider Flip
6. David Campbell, SASUKE 22, Slider Jump
5. Shingo Yamamoto, SASUKE 7, Spider Climb
4. James August Eddy, SASUKE 20, Jumping Spider
3. Jun Sato, SASUKE 23, Salmon Ladder
2. Kuniki Taro, SASUKE 3, Yueru Hashi
1. Machamacha, SASUKE 16, Rokudantobi

And now my All-Star Teams.

Original SASUKE First Team
Captain: Akiyama Kazuhiko
Katsumi Yamada
Shingo Yamamoto
Ken Hasegawa
Akira Omori

Original SASUKE Second Team
Captain: Tatsuya Yamamoto
Yoshihito Yamamoto
Kane Kosugi
Hikaru Tanaka
Eichii Miura

Altered SASUKE First Team
Captain: Makoto Nagano
Bunpei Shiratori
Toshihiro Takeda
Katsumi Yamada
Shingo Yamamoto

Altered SASUKE Second Team
Captain: Shunsuke Nagasaki
Kane Kosugi
Shane Kosugi
Shinji Kobayashi
Naoki Iketani

Shin-SASUKE First Team
Captain: Yuuji Urushihara
Kenji Takahashi
Yoshiyuki Okuyama
Koji Hashimoto
Li En Zhi
*cough*

Shin-SASUKE Second Team
Captain: Makoto Nagano
Levi Meeuwenberg
Hitoshi Kanno
Yuuji Washimi
Daisuke Miyazaki

Ah what the heck, let's do an all-time course. My only requirement is that it had to be in place for at least three tournaments.
FIRST STAGE
1. Rokudantobi (16-17,19-22)
2. Rolling Maruta (3-17,25)
3. Yueru Hashi (1-7)
4. Jump Hang (5-17,25)
5. Halfpipe Attack (19-24)
6. Soritatsu Kabe (5-17,19-25)
7. Slider Jump (22-24)
8. Tarzan Rope (3-9,13-25)
9. Rope Climb (3-17)

SECOND STAGE
10. Chain Reaction (7-17)
11. Salmon Ladder (18-24)
12. Unstable Bridge (23-25)
13. Spider Walk (7-17)
14. Metal Spin (14-25)
15. Wall Lifting (1,3-17,19-25)

THIRD STAGE
16. Rumbling Dice (9-15)
17. Body Prop (5-17)
18. Lamp Grasper (9-12)
19. Shin-Cliffhanger (18-24)
20. Jumping Bars (14-24)
21. Curtain Cling (13-17)
22. Spider Flip (18-24)
23. Pipe Slider (2-17)

FINAL STAGE
24. Spider Climb (5-17) 12m
25. Heavenly Ladder (18-24) 9m
26. Tsuna Nobori (1-17) 9m

Also we need to talk about "worse" vs. "worst"... "Worse" means the less preferable option of the two. As in "What obstacle is worse, Rope Junction or Swing Ladder?" However, "worst" means the overall least preferable option (just one but can be modified to be more than one). For example, "What is the worst obstacle of all time?" means the singular least preferable obstacle ever created *cough*Rope Junction*cough*. However, it can also be used like "What are the five worst obstacles of the Shin-SASUKE era?" whereas the answerer would be prompted to respond with five answers.
*insert You Just Got Learned*

[TCM]

Best Competition: No preference but if I have to choose......Sasuke 24
Worse Competition: Sasuke 19
Best Moment from the show's history: Yuuji shaking the hands of the All-Stars in attendance -- officially "Passing the torch"
Worse Moment from the show's history: Can't get any worse than ending on Stage 2
Best Obstacle: No particular order: Jumping Spider, Cliffhanger, Pipe Slider, Circle Slider, Metal Spin, Unstable Bridge, Soritatsu Kabe, from Viking: Heartbreaker, Rope Maze, Swing Mast
Most Difficult Obstacle: In Sasuke: UCH, in Viking: Rope Maze
Worst Obstacles: Swing Ladder. Nothing else compares.
Most Disappointing Competitor: Akira Omori
Most Surprising: Naoya Tajima
Best Young Performer: Shunsuke Nagasaki
Best Debut: Jovtchev in 8 definitely
Best and Worse Wipeout: No preference
Most Shocking Moments: Nagano in 24, All-Stars in 22, Kane in 8's final, Jovtchev in 8's first and final
Most Controversial Moment: Nagano in 12
Most Thrilling Finish: Brian's comeback in 25
Best Celebrity: Kane Kosugi
Best Female: Chie Tanabe
Best Athlete: Nagasaki again
Worse Competitor: Pants Guy lol
Best Competitor: Yuuji Urushihara
Best Foreigner: Kane Kosugi
Best All-Star: Takeda

[chackpop]

Aug 17, 2010 23:05:41 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Top Ten Wipeouts:

9. Travis Allan Schroeder, SASUKE 4, Cliffhanger

6. David Campbell, SASUKE 22, Slider Jump

Travis didn't fail the Cliff Hanger and David didn't fail the Slider Jump.

Techinaclly they aren't wipeouts.

[thebobmaster]

Best Competition: Hard to say...but I thought 24 was a really good tournament.
Worse Competition: Sasuke 19. I enjoy contestants struggling on the show, but not to the point where 98% of them fail the first stage, and the only survivors fail the second obstacle of the second.
Best Moment from the show's history In my opinion, controversy be damned, Yuuji Urushihara's total victory in Sasuke 24.
Worse Moment from the show's history The Levi Meeuwenberg Warped Wall flip. Need I say more?
Best Obstacle: In no particular order
1. Double Salmon Ladder
2. Warped Wall
3. ORIGINAL Wall Lift (none of this "gap big enough to fit Lee Enchi" crap)
4. Jumping Spider
5. Shin Cliffhanger (Hard, but not "Oh my God, what the hell is that" like the UCH)
6. Rolling Log (Love that obstacle, for some reason)
7. Slider Jump (Liked the Pipe Slider and the Jump Hang. This was both)
8. Pipe Slider
9. Metal Spin
10. Spider Climb+Rope Climb (Final Stage, 5?-17)
Most Difficult Obstacle: UCH.
Worst Obstacles:
1. Shoulder Walk
2. Rope Climb
3. Swing Ladder
4. Rope Junction
5. Balance Tank in Sasuke 24 (better in 25)
Most Disappointing Competitor Akiyama in Sasuke 9 (failed the Quintuple Steps? Really?)
Most Surprising: Makoto Nagano in Sasuke 24
Best Young Performer Shunsuke Nagasaki. Seriously, that guy was a beast
Best Debut: Levi Meeuwenberg, Sasuke 20
Best and Worse Wipeout
Best: Shingo Yamamoto in 22 (falling off the plank leading to the Warped Wall from the HPA), Yukio Iketani in 1 (swinging hammers), Yukio Iketani in 20 (Log Grip), Yukio Iketani in 24 (Log Grip), Yukio Iketani in 25 (Bridge Jump). I hate Yukio Iketani, so seeing him fail is a pleasure.

Worst Wipeouts: Katsumi Yamada in 6 (Landing on the mat of the finish line in the third stage, then falling off sideways), Hiroaki Yashizaki in Sasuke 2 (faceplant on the finishing line of the Pipe Slider), unknown in Sasuke 2(whoever had the middle wall on the Wall Lift slam on their stomach), unknown in Sasuke 4 (Nut shot by the Balance Bridge. Ouch), Yoshiyuki Okuyama in 23 (Spider Flip hand grind)
Most Shocking Moments: Jordan Jotchev clearing stage 1 in Sasuke 8 with no time on the clock
Most Controversial Moment: Sasuke 23, Slider Jump, Nagano.
Most Thrilling Finish: In my opinion, Brian Orosco's 1.2 seconds remaining victory on the Second Stage in Sasuke 25.
Best Celebrity: Monkikki!
Best Female: Rei Komiya. And not for her cleavage. Well, not JUST her cleavage.
Best Athlete: Yoshiyuki Okuyama.
Worse Competitor: Aoki.
Best Competitor: Yuuji!
Best Foreigner: Lee Enchi
Best All-Star: Nagano

[The Chief]

Best Competition: 18, having the new course
Worse Competition: 19
Best Moment from the show's history: Akiyama winning
Worse Moment from the show's history: 19's end
Best Obstacle: shin cliff-hanger, Cliffhanger Altered, Salmon Ladder, Circle Slider, Rolling Maruta, Jumping Spider, Soritatsu Kabe, Jump Hang, Wall Lifting, and the Pipe Slider
Most Difficult Obstacle: Ultimate Cliff Hanger
Worst Obstacles: Rope Junction, Hill Jump, Stick Slider, Kudari Lamp Grasper, Bungee Bridge
Most Disappointing Competitor: Katsumi Yamada
Most Surprising: Yuuji Urushihara(guy goes to the final after 2 tournaments and wins after 4? Yeah, he's a shock.)
Best Young Performer: Sato Jun
Best Debut: Ōmori Akira, SASUKE 1
Best and Worse Wipeout: later...
Most Shocking Moments: Nagano in 22
Most Controversial Moment: Nagano in 23, Levi in 25
Most Thrilling Finish: Nagano in 21
Best Celebrity: Ōmori Akira
Best Female: Rie Komiya
Best Athlete (professional): Nakata Daisuke
Worse Competitor: Sakata Toshio
Best Competitor (non-all star): Nagasaki Shunsuke
Best Foreigner: Levi M.(not even gonna try)
Best All-Star: Toshihiro Takeda...until the 3rd.

[thatoneuser]

Aug 18, 2010 21:37:54 GMT -5 chackpop said:

Aug 17, 2010 23:05:41 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Top Ten Wipeouts:

9. Travis Allan Schroeder, SASUKE 4, Cliffhanger

6. David Campbell, SASUKE 22, Slider Jump

Travis didn't fail the Cliff Hanger and David didn't fail the Slider Jump.

Techinaclly they aren't wipeouts.

Sorry I meant Pipe Slider on Schroeder, and I'll fix David's

[intelligentinfer]

Why does everyone posted that the toughest obstacle is the UCH if almost everybody thinks that it will be conquered in 26?

[chackpop]

Aug 23, 2010 20:30:33 GMT -5 intelligentinfer said:

Why does everyone posted that the toughest obstacle is the UCH if almost everybody thinks that it will be conquered in 26?

Because only a dozen people at most can beat this thing and the training they needed was huge.

[yamfriend]

Aug 23, 2010 20:30:33 GMT -5 intelligentinfer said:

Why does everyone posted that the toughest obstacle is the UCH if almost everybody thinks that it will be conquered in 26?

I'm pretty sure that a fairly good amount of people on here (myself included) don't think it's going to be beaten for another few tournaments. Pretty much what chackpop said, as well as few other good reasons (i.e. those few people are still going to need to qualify to get into Sasuke 26, then have to clear Stage 1/Stage 2/first 3 obstacles of Stage 3 before reaching, THEN have to have retained enough stamina to beat it).