swicky
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Post by swicky on Jul 19, 2015 11:28:40 GMT -5
If you were in charge of lining up the elite competitors (high 80s and 90s start positions) for the next Sasuke, how would you do it? And I also made a poll for #100!
Here is my list (from 88 to 100) 88 - Hioki 89 - Ragivaru (Wreath man) 90 - Kenji 91 - Shingo 92 - Takeda 93 - Yuuji 94 - Ryo 95 - Tomo 96 - Drew 97 - Asa 98 - Kanno 99 - Nagano 100 - Morimoto
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Post by Not-so innocent Bystander... on Jul 19, 2015 13:49:19 GMT -5
Nah, give someone else a shot at 99. I get Nagano is the most iconic person ever, but he hasn't earned 99 for years now...
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Amber
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Post by Amber on Jul 19, 2015 14:03:34 GMT -5
Yusuke deserves it 100% There's honestly no excuse for him to not to get #100
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 14:20:53 GMT -5
My final 10:
100 - Yusuke Morimoto 99 - Yuuji Urushihara 98 - Makoto Nagano 97 - Hitoshi Kanno 96 - Ryo Matachi 95 - Shingo Yamamoto 94 - Kazuma Asa 93 - Ragivaru Anastase 92 - Drew Drechsel 91 - Tomohiro Kawaguchi
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Post by StrykerX7 on Jul 19, 2015 14:41:26 GMT -5
86 - Shinya Kishimoto 87 - Shunsuke Nagasaki 88 - Ryo Matachi 89 - Toshihiro Takeda 90 - Shingo Yamamoto 91 - Wreath Man 92 - Tomohiro Yamaguchi 93 - Masashi Hioki 94 - Kenji Takahashi 95 - Drew Drechsel 96 - Kazuma Asa 97 - Makoto Nagano 98 - Yuuji Urushihara 99 - Hitoshi Kanno 100 - Yusuke Morimoto
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Post by arsenette on Jul 19, 2015 15:57:43 GMT -5
If history repeats itself with Inui putting the finalists, etc. from the previous year in higher numbers, there's no reason why Morimoto who won the damn thing wouldn't be #100. Besides, the last time he wore #100 he successfully passed the 1st stage. The rest of the list is anyone's guess as this year's top 3 all got slaughtered in the 1st essentially throwing off the list for next year.
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Amber
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Post by Amber on Jul 19, 2015 16:00:26 GMT -5
If history repeats itself with Inui putting the finalists, etc. from the previous year in higher numbers, there's no reason why Morimoto who won the damn thing wouldn't be #100. Besides, the last time he wore #100 he successfully passed the 1st stage. The rest of the list is anyone's guess as this year's top 3 all got slaughtered in the 1st essentially throwing off the list for next year. And I feel that Nagano should have been guranteed #100 in 18 and not had to do that marathon. The guy won the whole thing the previous tournament and I feel he deserved the luxuries of it.
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Post by arsenette on Jul 19, 2015 16:05:30 GMT -5
If history repeats itself with Inui putting the finalists, etc. from the previous year in higher numbers, there's no reason why Morimoto who won the damn thing wouldn't be #100. Besides, the last time he wore #100 he successfully passed the 1st stage. The rest of the list is anyone's guess as this year's top 3 all got slaughtered in the 1st essentially throwing off the list for next year. And I feel that Nagano should have been guranteed #100 in 18 and not had to do that marathon. The guy won the whole thing the previous tournament and I feel he deserved the luxuries of it. You are talking about an event that happened 8 years ago with a different production team. This is why I said Inui since he was rehired in 2012. Different way of determining the numbers now. They don't use M9 logic.
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Post by Miko on Jul 19, 2015 16:28:09 GMT -5
Nagano is and will always be Mr. 100. I will not be amazed if he gets #100 over Morimoto.
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Post by Amber on Jul 19, 2015 18:29:57 GMT -5
And I feel that Nagano should have been guranteed #100 in 18 and not had to do that marathon. The guy won the whole thing the previous tournament and I feel he deserved the luxuries of it. You are talking about an event that happened 8 years ago with a different production team. This is why I said Inui since he was rehired in 2012. Different way of determining the numbers now. They don't use M9 logic. Yeah, ik that but I still feel Nagano deserved #100 in 18 no matter what, but yeah that was 8 years ago and what's done is done.
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Post by Alzy on Jul 19, 2015 19:33:31 GMT -5
If they go off 31's results then the last six should be: 95: Hioki Masashi 96: Drew Drechsel 97: Asa Kazuma 98: Kawaguchi Tomohiro 99: Kanno Hitoshi 100: Morimoto Yusuke
I'd have Kong at 94, the All-Stars in the early 90s, Ryo / Yuuji at 89-90 and Kishimoto / Nagasaki / Ragivaru in the high 80s
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Post by arsenette on Jul 19, 2015 20:54:10 GMT -5
They go by objective rather than subjective. Yuuji is the 2 time champion and he crumbled under the pressure. Nagano literally held the show for 10 years but with him retiring they NEED to have someone new. Morimoto was a gift from the Gods for Sasuke's future. While I'm a HUGE Nagano fangirl, he is not happy with the pressure of being on a show that should have progressed past his presence. His heart is not in it. Why continue on forcing him to do things he doesn't want to? Morimoto winning was the best compromise since not only did he do well with 100 (unlike Yuuji) but is also the current reigning champion that hasn't been promoted as such. Ya'll have to realize that once Nagano is gone the show has to find a way to continue. You may be gone but I'll still be here. I'm still hoping they don't cancel the show as I have a lot more favorites than 1-2 people.
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Post by Amber on Jul 19, 2015 21:07:52 GMT -5
Yeah, when you think about it and that a lot of us on here feel the same way, I realized we're only a forum with like 3000 accounts on it, and only a fraction of those are active/lurk, and many being foreign and that gives us little say about the show. I do agree that they realllyyy needed Yusuke on this one. They needed a champion in general to keep people tuning in, and I think for the new era people will look at Yusuke with #100 and knowing that they saved the best for last.
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Post by Philip on Jul 19, 2015 22:12:23 GMT -5
It would be idiotic not to put Morimoto at 100. HE WON!
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Post by gt4dom on Jul 19, 2015 22:57:47 GMT -5
As long as Morimoto is 100, Nagano, Yuuji, Kanno and Ryo are 96-99, then good guys from last tournament 86-95. Shingo and Takeda early 80's, then the rest it doesn't matter too much.
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Post by Eclipse on Jul 23, 2015 14:14:51 GMT -5
I do see Ryo and Yuuji dropping to low 90s after this years flop. I also can't see Drew getting 95 or higher. Not because Drew is a bad competitor, but I feel like it's unlikely they'd put a foreigner in the very top. As long as Shingo, Takeda and Nagano compete I expect they'd get 90s positions, not for skill, but for popularity.
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Post by YGK on Jul 24, 2015 7:49:41 GMT -5
Morimoto gets 100. Period. Hopefully back to the third stage too with that 100.
About drew, I think he deserves low to mid 90s. He's managing the pressure well, so it just comes down to his performance on the course physically.
Wreath man should get 90s start position too. Will be very interesting seeing him handle a big change in the situation. But I don't think he would overthink it so that would work in his favour.
I think it will be usual high numbers for Asa and kanno, but yuuji and ryo will probably be taking a step back. Like I said they have to navigate this new situation in sasuke and elevate their performances.
Nagano is a big question mark for me.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Jul 24, 2015 10:26:44 GMT -5
Morimoto is sure to get #100 only because his last performance. One thing is certain. He can take the pressure a lot better than Yuuji (and maybe Nagano) can so he'll do alright. Kanno, Asa, Kawaguchi, and Takahashi take 96-99. Hioki and Wreathman will be in the upper 80's. Nagano will probably be the FIRST all star to go so as he isn't carrying the weight of any others failing before him so... 92? Anyways Takeda at 93 so he isn't copying Shingo and Shingo will take 94 just so suddenly the pressure is on him which we know he CAN carry the show (SASUKE 7). But it was so long ago... Anyways Yuuji and Ryo are 90 and 91. 100: Morimoto 99: Kanno 98: Asa 97: Kawaguchi 96: Takahashi 95: Drew (if invited again) 94: Shingo 93: Takeda 92: Nagano 91: Yuuji 90: Ryo 89: Hioki 88: Wreathman Just IMO.
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Post by Madze on Jul 24, 2015 11:15:50 GMT -5
Morimoto is sure to get #100 only because his last performance. One thing is certain. He can take the pressure a lot better than Yuuji (and maybe Nagano) can so he'll do alright. Kanno, Asa, Kawaguchi, and Takahashi take 96-99. Hioki and Wreathman will be in the upper 80's. Nagano will probably be the FIRST all star to go so as he isn't carrying the weight of any others failing before him so... 92? Anyways Takeda at 93 so he isn't copying Shingo and Shingo will take 94 just so suddenly the pressure is on him which we know he CAN carry the show (SASUKE 7). But it was so long ago... Anyways Yuuji and Ryo are 90 and 91. 100: Morimoto 99: Kanno 98: Asa 97: Kawaguchi 96: Takahashi 95: Drew (if invited again) 94: Shingo 93: Takeda 92: Nagano 91: Yuuji 90: Ryo 89: Hioki 88: Wreathman Just IMO. I hope thats the way iz gonna be
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Post by SasukeForever on Jul 24, 2015 15:53:23 GMT -5
100. Morimoto 99. Wreath Man Rest I don't care lol
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