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Post by dyer on Jun 16, 2015 21:22:30 GMT -5
last tournament, he got to stage 2, but was unfortunately disqualified on the swap salmon ladder. now he's 43, and as good shape as he is, not many 43 year olds clear the 1st stage, let alone the second stage. now, lets say he gets to stage three in this tournament, even though its quite unlikely for his age. we don't know how he'll do on most of the stage three obstacles, since he's never done them before, minus the pipe slider. for a moment, lets pretend that nagano makes it all the way to the pipe slider somehow, someway. the last time he attempted the pipe slider was nine years ago. I know he's practiced the jump, but the question remains, can he clear the pipe slider at 43 years old? I don't think he could do it, in my opinion, but it could be possible. I think he would come up short here, like he did in sasuke 9. so i'm curious, can he still clear the pipe slider? or is he ultimately to fail here if he somehow manages to make it past all of the obstacles prior to the pipe slider?
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Post by TCM on Jun 16, 2015 21:47:23 GMT -5
The current one looks a tad closer than the one in 17 (different camera angles when someone is at the end so can't be too sure). If he has the technique and stamina to get there, I don't see why he wouldn't have a fighting chance.
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Post by Amber on Jun 16, 2015 22:05:16 GMT -5
I doubt it, I don't see him making it that far in the first place.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 16, 2015 22:22:41 GMT -5
I mean I don't see him clearing the CCH or a a good number of the current stage 3 obstacles, BUT if he did hypothetically make it to the Pipe Slider, I think he would still be able to do it, it has been a while but it's more technique than anything and I don't see him forgetting it after doing it so many times
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Post by dyer on Jun 16, 2015 23:32:53 GMT -5
true, assuming he manages to get to the pipe slider in the first place. i still think he would fail though, like bunpei shiratori in sasuke 16. I think he'd get a good jump, but he would fail, at his age.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Jun 17, 2015 0:39:45 GMT -5
Nah he's been training his butt off something's gotta give. It's gonna be the course when it realizes Nagano is back to give it another try. At least IMO. So yeah if he gets to the pipe slider he's gonna clear it with general ease
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Post by m4tt3r0x on Jun 17, 2015 2:42:38 GMT -5
Good question. The bar doesn't seem to move back as much to me, or maybe the New Stars are just so good that they make it seem that way. But either way I think he'd clear that particular obstacle, just not the two right before it.  |
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Post by SRW on Jun 18, 2015 19:16:53 GMT -5
He would clear it easily along with the stage I might add.
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Post by wrestlingfan55 on Jun 18, 2015 21:53:46 GMT -5
Assuming he isn't too fatigued from the rest of the stage (that's another discussion in itself), then yes I think he'd clear it.
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Post by SasukeSprinter2.0 on Jun 24, 2015 18:23:06 GMT -5
Theoretically, I don't think Nagano can make it that far, but if he tested it out, for example, I think he could. The reason is because if anyone has watched Sasuke 11,12, or 13, he makes a really big jump onto the mat, he would do it so elegantly. Although I don't think it would be the same, I still think he would be able to complete the Pipe slider
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Post by arsenette on Jun 25, 2015 14:42:16 GMT -5
Btw for the record the "stopper" is not a lock so if you don't have proper form you will slide back. Just wanted to dispel the rumor.
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Post by Amber on Jun 25, 2015 14:45:00 GMT -5
Btw for the record the "stopper" is not a lock so if you don't have proper form you will slide back. Just wanted to dispel the rumor. I swear that happened to Yusuke in 29... right? Might've been Nagasaki in 17 as well... |
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Post by arsenette on Jun 25, 2015 14:49:10 GMT -5
During the m9 era the had a stopper for the gliding ring so people could use it to swing on the ring. For some reason people automatically assumed the same stopper was used for the pipe slider. It's nowhere near as pronounced so not sure why the rumor is persisting years later. Especially seeing others pass the obstacle and being forced to have proper form.
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Post by Shuberb674 on Jun 25, 2015 15:14:49 GMT -5
Whatever stopping mechanism there was in the pipe slider, it was minor, yes.
Unlike the bar glider in 27. Now that was a LOCK!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 11:57:26 GMT -5
Whatever stopping mechanism there was in the pipe slider, it was minor, yes. Unlike the bar glider in 27. Now that was a LOCK! Well, the second half of the Bar Glider had a slight upward slant, so if they didn't have that lock, odds are the competitor would've slid back down to the first track. The Pipe Slider had a small bump in the track, not effective enough to stop the pipe from sliding back. |
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