It has no function!

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Brick Climb. Unfailable, annoying, just plain useless. I was glad when it was replaced with the killer Salmon Ladder.

[Zorn]

Surprised no one mentioned the Wall Climb

[thatoneuser]

Hariyama - It causes no drama

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Brick Climb and Wall Climb DID have a purpose though. To get rid of time on the clock.

And we can debate on what's an obstacle and whats not an obstacle, but the Log Drop thing in Sasuke 1 & 2 is more of a pathway.

Even if it was an obstacle, it did serve a purpose by quickly getting the competitor at the correct ground level to start the final ascent.

Dec 28, 2010 20:08:14 GMT -5 jfeathe said:

Dec 28, 2010 18:40:46 GMT -5 yamfriend said:

That pole thing before Free Climbing in Sasuke 1 and 2. I don't even think it was possible to fail there.

If you even want to consider that an obstacle!!

The Chain Swing was an absurdly easy obstacle but I still think it would be a perfect First or Second stage obstacle. I always imagined it as a replacement to the Swing Ladder when it was there.

People would treat the Hang Move like the Rope Junction or Tarzan Ropes. They could've just replaced the Swing Ladder with the Rope Junction.

[TCM]

Dec 28, 2010 20:27:02 GMT -5 @iamsofakingcool said:

Brick Climb. Unfailable, annoying, just plain useless. I was glad when it was replaced with the killer Salmon Ladder.

It wasn't an obstacle....and like JP said....it was simply a time waster. Seriously, there's Sasukepedia for a reason.

[intelligentinfer]

Pole Bridge - although it eliminates people this is not Kunoichi

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Dec 28, 2010 21:49:36 GMT -5 intelligentinfer said:

Pole Bridge - although it eliminates people this is not Kunoichi

Why? Just because it's a balance obstacle?

In my opinion, Sasuke needs a few more balance obstacles. Sasuke isn't JUST an upper body competition, it should involve every aspect of human skill, including balance.

[intelligentinfer]

In my opinion, balance obstacles should be in timed stages. It's a good obstacle, but in the wrong stage. Think what will happen if it's in stage two as the last obstacle. Not as epic as the wall lifting but less will get into stage 3.

[UnrealCanine]

True. Stage 3 used to be the upper body strenght challenge. Now stage 2 is turning into it

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Dec 28, 2010 22:14:22 GMT -5 intelligentinfer said:

In my opinion, balance obstacles should be in timed stages. It's a good obstacle, but in the wrong stage. Think what will happen if it's in stage two as the last obstacle. Not as epic as the wall lifting but less will get into stage 3.

You have to remember, back in Sasuke 1 and 2, the 3rd stage wasn't necessarily solidified as a upper body obstacles stage. Just obstacles that didn't involve time limit.

That obstacle, (Although yeah, a competitor would take a while to pass it) isn't bad because it has that same "Oh s*** he could fail at any moment" feeling that the 3rd stage had.

It was an exciting obstacle imo, and it could've only been done had it been slow. I like balance obstacles that take 5 seconds to complete, but this one was exciting because it took like 30-60 seconds to complete.

[supersheep]

Pole Bridge would be great in Stage 1 or 2. I've even put things just like it on my courses, but 3rd stage it feels out of place.
I think people could have gone faster with a reasonable success ratio if they were timed.

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Dec 28, 2010 21:06:06 GMT -5 TCM said:

Dec 28, 2010 20:27:02 GMT -5 @iamsofakingcool said:

Brick Climb. Unfailable, annoying, just plain useless. I was glad when it was replaced with the killer Salmon Ladder.

It wasn't an obstacle....and like JP said....it was simply a time waster. Seriously, there's Sasukepedia for a reason.

It was still something you had to complete to go on.

[TCM]

It was just a path. You have to get past that inclined plank to get from the HPA to the Soritatsu Kabe, should we call it an obstacle just because Shingo slipped?

[HarlequinKnight]

Dec 29, 2010 0:12:52 GMT -5 supersheep said:

Pole Bridge would be great in Stage 1 or 2. I've even put things just like it on my courses, but 3rd stage it feels out of place.
I think people could have gone faster with a reasonable success ratio if they were timed.

Initially I didn't like the idea of having the pole bridge in the first two stages. But thinking that people would HAVE to take their time makes it a great time sink. Imagine the pole bridge leading up to the old school rope climb at the end of stage one.

As for no function obstacles, how about the ledge walk? Not a bad idea, but implemented terribly, it didn't give anyone any sort of trouble.

[SasukeAnimator]

Dec 29, 2010 1:06:15 GMT -5 TCM said:

It was just a path. You have to get past that inclined plank to get from the HPA to the Soritatsu Kabe, should we call it an obstacle just because Shingo slipped?

On a random note that was the first Sasuke run I ever saw.

[RiderLeangle]

I'm sure that the Tackle Machine has to have less function than the Narrow (Which both coincidentally had the same spot on the course for), I mean the Narrow had a chance to be failed and did waste some time, Tackle Machine didn't slow down any of the 3 competitors to attempt it (Lets ignore the fact all 3 of them were All-Stars.. They weren't at the time and one of them was on his first time competing) and there was no way to even possibly fail it... Worst that could happen would be a tech problem and you time out but since the obstacle f***ed up you'd probably get a re-run anyways..



You know with alot of these obstacles we're talking about in this topic... $#!+... They make the Rope Junction look like a Function Factory!
(And I'm going to get hate-mail for this.. but the Rope Junction wasn't a bad obstacle... It was just in the wrong place at the wrong time... Put it on a timed course and it'd be a good time waster or you could get people trying to go too fast and f***ing up, Put it in relatively the same place on the early days of Sasuke you'd be seeing fails on it.. If it was in Sasuke 2 and not Sasuke 24 we would have been seeing some wipeouts on it... But instead it came too late and the skill level to make it there was too high for it to be an obstacle XD )

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Dec 29, 2010 17:06:10 GMT -5 RiderLeangle said:

I'm sure that the Tackle Machine has to have less function than the Narrow (Which both coincidentally had the same spot on the course for), I mean the Narrow had a chance to be failed and did waste some time, Tackle Machine didn't slow down any of the 3 competitors to attempt it (Lets ignore the fact all 3 of them were All-Stars.. They weren't at the time and one of them was on his first time competing) and there was no way to even possibly fail it... Worst that could happen would be a tech problem and you time out but since the obstacle f***ed up you'd probably get a re-run anyways..



You know with alot of these obstacles we're talking about in this topic... $#!+... They make the Rope Junction look like a Function Factory!
(And I'm going to get hate-mail for this.. but the Rope Junction wasn't a bad obstacle... It was just in the wrong place at the wrong time... Put it on a timed course and it'd be a good time waster or you could get people trying to go too fast and f**king up, Put it in relatively the same place on the early days of Sasuke you'd be seeing fails on it.. If it was in Sasuke 2 and not Sasuke 24 we would have been seeing some wipeouts on it... But instead it came too late and the skill level to make it there was too high for it to be an obstacle XD )

It would have been better in Stage 1,, don't you think? Time limit pressure would get it.

[RiderLeangle]

Dec 29, 2010 17:18:49 GMT -5 @iamsofakingcool said:

Dec 29, 2010 17:06:10 GMT -5 RiderLeangle said:

I'm sure that the Tackle Machine has to have less function than the Narrow (Which both coincidentally had the same spot on the course for), I mean the Narrow had a chance to be failed and did waste some time, Tackle Machine didn't slow down any of the 3 competitors to attempt it (Lets ignore the fact all 3 of them were All-Stars.. They weren't at the time and one of them was on his first time competing) and there was no way to even possibly fail it... Worst that could happen would be a tech problem and you time out but since the obstacle f***ed up you'd probably get a re-run anyways..



You know with alot of these obstacles we're talking about in this topic... $#!+... They make the Rope Junction look like a Function Factory!
(And I'm going to get hate-mail for this.. but the Rope Junction wasn't a bad obstacle... It was just in the wrong place at the wrong time... Put it on a timed course and it'd be a good time waster or you could get people trying to go too fast and f**king up, Put it in relatively the same place on the early days of Sasuke you'd be seeing fails on it.. If it was in Sasuke 2 and not Sasuke 24 we would have been seeing some wipeouts on it... But instead it came too late and the skill level to make it there was too high for it to be an obstacle XD )

It would have been better in Stage 1,, don't you think? Time limit pressure would get it.

uhhhhhm...

Dec 29, 2010 17:06:10 GMT -5 RiderLeangle said:

Put it on a timed course and it'd be a good time waster or you could get people trying to go too fast and f**king up

Unless you weren't talking about the Rope Junction but the Tackle Machine wouldn't do any damage in stage 1 either..

[jfeathe]

Dec 29, 2010 17:25:04 GMT -5 RiderLeangle said:

Dec 29, 2010 17:18:49 GMT -5 @iamsofakingcool said:

It would have been better in Stage 1,, don't you think? Time limit pressure would get it.

uhhhhhm...

Dec 29, 2010 17:06:10 GMT -5 RiderLeangle said:

Put it on a timed course and it'd be a good time waster or you could get people trying to go too fast and f**king up

Unless you weren't talking about the Rope Junction but the Tackle Machine wouldn't do any damage in stage 1 either..

The only place it might work would be the last second stage obstacle. But it's really too "un-Sasuke-like" to work anywhere. It seems they really put a lot into that obstacle- they whole setup was elaborate and they even had those cool sparks/firworks shoot out as it moves along the track.

[supersheep]

Rider you failed the Tackle Machine once.... you tell me if it has a function.