SASUKE 30 is over!

[Anshin]

SASUKE 30 is OVER!

SASUKE 30 has officially come to an end! We would like to thank everyone that joined us in tonight’s broadcast, as well as to those involved in setting up the stream for our fellow SASUKE fans. In addition, we would like to thank Tokyo Broadcast System for continuing to support SASUKE, as noted by events such as the SASUKE ASEAN Open Cup which took place earlier this year in Malaysia.

Tonight, we saw successes and failures from competitors new and old. For the sake of spoilers, none will be posted here, now or in the future. If you would like to know more about the competition, or were unable to join us and missed it entirely, please message a staff member for information on how to watch the competition again. For those of you that are interested in SASUKE’s legacy, we will also need help in documenting SASUKE 30 over at our free and open-source wiki, Sasukepedia.

Also, on a side note, American competitor Drew Drechsel will take your questions via Twitter! Send him a tweet @ninjadrew with the #RealLifeNinja hashtag and he will answer as soon as possible! Please be respectful of Drew, all other competitors, and TBS / Sasuke.


In other news regarding the broadcast, we broke a few records this morning, thanks to all that showed up to make it possible :)

Below accounts for only the official Sasuke Maniac channels, pages, accounts, etc.
Live Stream - 476 concurrent viewers, and 131 in the chatroom.
Forums - Most Users Online (registered and logged in) - 283 (up from 196).
Facebook Page - 953 Likes, up from 941 likes.
Twitter - 145 Followers, up from 136 followers.
Google+ Page - 14 Followers, up from 9 followers.

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How to Watch – Stream Information:
The live stream broadcast of Sasuke 30 will be available at both SasukeManiac.com and the Sasuke Maniac Forums. The streams will begin 30 minutes before the scheduled Japanese broadcast, so that everyone may prepare for the live events.

The live streams will be available at the following locations:

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In order to view the stream, you will need Adobe Flash installed on your computer or device.

If you can watch videos on YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch.TV, Crunchyroll, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc – you are ready for the broadcast :D

If not, please click here to download Adobe Flash Player. If you are using Google Chrome, Flash is already installed.

Having Problems? Try these troubleshooting options:

Update Browser
We recommend viewing the stream on an up-to-date version of Firefox or Chrome.

Go here to get the latest version of Firefox or Chrome. One benefit of Chrome is that it already has Adobe Flash installed by default.

If for some ungodly reason you need to use Internet Explorer and are having issues, there are further Internet Explorer specific troubleshooting steps here.

Install and Update Adobe Flash
Go here and follow the steps outlined on that page to make sure that you have an up to date version of Adobe Flash Player installed. Do this on the same computer and browser that you are trying to watch the stream on.

Further Issues? Contact us.
Post your issues here, or contact one of the Sasuke Maniac Staff members on the forums.

SASUKE 30 – Broadcast Information
For liveblogging via Twitter, please use #Sasuke30 or #SasukeRising (or both :P)

SASUKE 30, officially 「SASUKE2014」夏 (lit., Sasuke 2014 Summer), is set to air on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 6:57pm (18:57) JST, going until 10:48pm (22:48) JST; on TBS in Japan.

SASUKE 30 is the actual competition. All 100 competitors compete and roughly about 75 of the competitors are shown in one way or another. The broadcast shows just about everyone, including any international competitors, depending on how well they did. The broadcasts are typically anywhere between 2 to 6 hours long, but definitely moves quickly. This competition specifically will be 4 hours long. For those who have never seen the original Japanese broadcast, it is very different from the American produced license, Ninja Warrior. SASUKE contains a wealth of dramatic music, competitor intros and bios, and lots of suspense right in the middle of runs (you’ll see what we mean). Competitors are generally shown in order of their number, starting from #1 and moving through the First Stage to #100. The show is likely to be shown in primetime in Japan, which means early morning for the USA (as early as 2am Pacific and 6am Eastern) and a little bit later in the day for Europe (closer to mid-day).

Japanese Broadcast – SASUKE 30
Broadcast information for Japanese locals, particularly anyone who receives TBS through their local cable provider in Japan.

• Channel – Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
• Date – Thursday, July 3, 2014
• Start Time – 6:57 PM (18:57) JST
• End Time – 10:48 PM (22:48) JST
• Duration – 4 hours

International Viewers - SASUKE 30
Broadcast information for anyone not living in Japan and will be watching online with us :)

If your timezone, location, or a location near you (in the same timezone) is not shown, click here to see all the timezones in the world.

UTC/GMT – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 9:57:00 AM

United States of America

• Honolulu, Hawai’i (HAST) – Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 11:57:00 PM (Midnight-ish)
• Anchorage, Alaska (AKDT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 1:57:00 AM
• Los Angeles, California (PDT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 2:57:00 AM
• Denver, Colorado (MDT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 3:57:00 AM
• Chicago, Illinois (CDT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 4:57:00 AM
• New York, New York (EDT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 AM

European Union

• Western Europe (UK, Portugal) (WEST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 10:57:00 AM
• Central Europe (Paris, Berlin, Rome) (CET) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 11:57:00 PM (Noon-ish)
• Eastern Europe (Athens, Bucharest, Istanbul) (EET) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 12:57:00 PM

Asia & Pacific Islands

• Jakarta, Indonesia (WIB) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 4:57:00 PM
• Beijing, China (CST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 PM
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (MYT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 PM
• Manila, Philippines (PHT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 PM
• Singapore, Singapore (SGT) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 PM
• Taipei, Taiwan (CST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 PM
• Seoul, South Korea (KST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 6:57:00 PM
• Tokyo, Japan (JST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 6:57:00 PM

Oceania (Australasia)

• Perth, Australia (AWST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 5:57:00 PM
• Darwin, Australia (ACST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 7:57:00 PM
• Adelaide, Australia (ACST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 7:27:00 PM
• Sydney, Australia (AEST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 7:57:00 PM
• Wellington, New Zealand (NZST) – Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 9:57:00 PM

[Anshin]

Updated broadcast times to account for the 3 minute forward bump. See you all tonight

[blt024]

possibly wanna add in there having an ad-block of sum type

[peytonblitz]

I have an idea if you don't have ad-block just open the stream in two different tabs at different time. After that just watch one of them and mute the other until you get an ad. If you get an ad just switch over to the other one and you won't have the ad on that one. Just do that each time an ad comes up. Hope this helped I did this last year during 29 and I remember it working.

[Anshin]

Excellent idea for those who don't want to install addons/plugins/extensions to their browser! Thanks for the tip!

For anyone that doesn't mind installing an extension/plugin/addon/etc, having just one ad-blocker over the other doesn't always work. For example, I used to use only Adblock Plus; and mid-way through stream, I'd still get an ad interrupting the broadcast. However, a combination of AdBlock and Adblock Plus has made it so I never see an ad, ever

So, pick your method of viewing carefully. Do you not mind ads interrupting your broadcast? Would you like to watch without ads but don't want to install an extension? If you want to install an extension, should you install only one? Or maybe more than one?

Again, personally, I recommend installing both "AdBlock" and "Adblock Plus" (actual spellings of the Chrome extensions).

[wolf4537]

I'm actually in Japan as we speak guys, I'm going to Mt. Fuji today, I think I'll be back to catch the end of Sasuke hopefully

[urgentemente]

Just wanted to say , have fun everyone who can watch it live, gutted I can't join in this time around (can't really try and watch it in work, even tho a few of the other IT guys ,including my boss, were watching World Cup streams the past 2 weeks!)

For anyone whom this will be their first time watching live.... enjoy! It's quite a different experience (much better IMHO ..) to watching the english language edited version(s), even the mad adverts are part of the experience (I have still got an image of a girl opening a car boot and a load of oranges rolling down the hill from last year in my mind!)

Enjoy everyone

[Kninja]

So bummed I couldn't make the live stream! Any chance of a replay that we can live stream again?

[yamfriend]

Jul 3, 2014 9:15:17 GMT -5 Kninja said:

So bummed I couldn't make the live stream! Any chance of a replay that we can live stream again?

Not a problem, I honestly didn't make it either due to oversleeping.

Regarding a replay of SASUKE 30...PM me (or one of the other mods/admins) about that when you have a chance.

[Anshin]

In other news regarding the broadcast, we broke a few records this morning.

Live Stream - 476 concurrent viewers, and 131 in the chatroom.
Forums - Most Users Online (registered and logged in) - 283 (up from 196).
Facebook Page - 953 Likes, up from 941 likes.
Twitter - 145 Followers, up from 136 followers.
Google+ Page - 14 Followers, up from 9 followers.