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Post by wolf4537 on Jun 15, 2016 10:25:01 GMT -5
Here it is How the hell can anyone complete this? All I can say about this is WTF!!!!!!!
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 10:40:29 GMT -5
Looks like the Inui-ATS talks have bled over into Vegas too. New cliffhanger has two jumps here as well. Just I don't think the second one drops. Ah so a non-mechanized version in the USA. I expected as much. Both shows ran into the same issue where they started to run out of obstacles. I figured with the tick tock/double pendulum in the regionals/1st stage there would be a more substantial one later on with regards to the Cliffhanger itself. ATS was safer just doing the jumps than adjusting the ledges.
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Post by GlobalNinjaFan on Jun 15, 2016 10:40:39 GMT -5
My thoughts on the Sasuke portion: 1) I love the idea of Akiyama playing Super Mario. 2) Akiyama still looks AMAZING for his age. I know he is only 43, but seriously, he looks ten years younger. Benefits of a hugely physical lifestyle I suppose? 3) Akiyama slipping was sad due to his eyesight obviously and inexperience on the new steps. Sad but not a surprise. It was that or Rolling Hill IMO. 4) Does Yamada where the same goddamn outfit every day? Does he ever change from his black tank top? I preferred the look with the Tracksuit Bottoms. 5) Akiyama should have been 100 and Yamada 99. Considering the shaky ground and thin ice Yamada is still on, I'm surprised that he had the balls to ask and that Inui/TBS F-ing GAVE IT TO HIM. Plus y'know... Akiyama is a champion. 6)I get that TBS loves the shot of Yamada crying, but seriously, they need to get some new footage of him. Taken in context that shot has a completely different tone/feeling. 7) Even though I am a Yamada fan in my own strange way... that was completely pathetic. THE STEPS ARE CLEARLY DIFFERENT IN SIZE/SPACE BETWEEN THEM! WHY WOULD YOU USE THE TRIED AND TESTED SASUKE RYTHM, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ROLLING HILL RIGHT AFTER? T'was a damn shame, although I'm glad he has once again stepped foot on course. I don't know the shape he is in right now, but he could have done better. If he had used his damn head instead of trying to bulrush through he could've made it all the way to the Double Pendulum/Warped Wall.
Overall a thoroughly entertaining special!
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Post by GlobalNinjaFan on Jun 15, 2016 10:42:05 GMT -5
Looks like the Inui-ATS talks have bled over into Vegas too. New cliffhanger has two jumps here as well. Just I don't think the second one drops. Ah so a non-mechanized version in the USA. I expected as much. Both shows ran into the same issue where they started to run out of obstacles. I figured with the tick tock/double pendulum in the regionals/1st stage there would be a more substantial one later on with regards to the Cliffhanger itself. ATS was safer just doing the jumps than adjusting the ledges. It isn't just that. Maybe due to design/technical reasons, ANW refuses to put any motorised obstacles on their course. I don't think we have EVER seen one and it explicitly states in the design contest no motors/mechanics.
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Post by TCM on Jun 15, 2016 10:42:58 GMT -5
This is sorta a cross reference with the information on the General Sasuke 32 thread but there are some videos up (the show aired an hour ago) that had the first stage line up. I EXPECT FOR THE VIDEO TO BE DELETED.. You have to skip all the way to the end to see the full First Stage confirmation. This is not the full program. Once someone finds that, it will most likely be posted on the other thread since it has Akiyama and Yamada. EDIT: Someone uploaded JUST the Sasuke portion (videos removed from quote for length) There is little more satisfying than to see Yamada just dive straight into the Rolling Hill. Did he not see HG's perfect run at it? Stop at the fourth step (although his was a recovery), jump on it from there. I will be shocked if that doesn't engulf competitors. And wow, on the Tick Tock, you have to shimmy to the side in order to have a chance (while you keep swinging). Double Pendulum, you can just drop down.
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 10:43:43 GMT -5
Oh could you cut and paste that on the general so we can talk about the obstacles specific in this thread? I know that was the risk of putting the video up on both. I'd like if possible for people to discuss the obstacles specifically on this thread and the rest of the stuff on the other.
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 10:49:47 GMT -5
Ah so a non-mechanized version in the USA. I expected as much. Both shows ran into the same issue where they started to run out of obstacles. I figured with the tick tock/double pendulum in the regionals/1st stage there would be a more substantial one later on with regards to the Cliffhanger itself. ATS was safer just doing the jumps than adjusting the ledges. It isn't just that. Maybe due to design/technical reasons, ANW refuses to put any motorised obstacles on their course. I don't think we have EVER seen one and it explicitly states in the design contest no motors/mechanics. Ah I didn't know that actually. Strange though.. maybe because they know they break more often than not? LOL There is little more satisfying than to see Yamada just dive straight into the Rolling Hill. Did he not see HG's perfect run at it? Stop at the fourth step (although his was a recovery), jump on it from there. I will be shocked if that doesn't engulf competitors. And wow, on the Tick Tock, you have to shimmy to the side in order to have a chance (while you keep swinging). Double Pendulum, you can just drop down. I remember Akiyama talking about this in passing going "yeah I had no idea what I was doing".. LOL No one told him how to clear it and he just attacked it like regular steps. Yamada reminded me of the boneheaded Takeda maneuver from last year where he completely shrugged off what others did and thought he could just power through only to find out that the gap was too wide. I'm curious how any of them would have done with the hill. I know if Akiyama got to it he'd take his time on the back side of it and would have cleared. Pendulum platform is a wee bit further than you think it is..
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Post by RiderLeangle on Jun 15, 2016 10:50:57 GMT -5
I don't know about you, but I was amused seeing Yamada attempt the Quad Steps like they were Godantobi and just failed incredibly lol Also I really wish they put this on Nintendo Network or something Also Double Pendulum looks super easy compared to the Tick Tock because of the lack of a jump from the bar to the cylinder It isn't just that. Maybe due to design/technical reasons, ANW refuses to put any motorised obstacles on their course. I don't think we have EVER seen one and it explicitly states in the design contest no motors/mechanics. Fun fact, this was in the Pre-ATS days but ANW actually did have one motorized obstacle, sort of... NBC let G4 reuse a piece from American Gladiators for the first ANW and it was that motorized cylinder obstacle, they had it set up with the motor but they were having some kind of issue with it so they ended up just leaving it turned off for competition, however with the obstacle still in place and the motor turned off, we got the biggest joke obstacle in history
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Post by GlobalNinjaFan on Jun 15, 2016 10:59:55 GMT -5
Now I finally know how people wanting to see Yamada clear/casually seeing if would clear felt year after year watching 15+ tournaments with no clear. Still, that was his earliest fail to date if we consider it "official". Shame too, he had never failed the first obstacle before now.
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Post by m4tt3r0x on Jun 15, 2016 11:02:50 GMT -5
Now I finally know how people wanting to see Yamada clear/casually seeing if would clear felt year after year watching 15+ tournaments with no clear. Still, that was his earliest fail to date if we consider it "official". Shame too, he was the only All-Star bar Nagano to never fail the first obstacle. I don't think Bunpei has.
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Post by ekkerb11 on Jun 15, 2016 11:09:11 GMT -5
Hold on. Couldn't ATS just make a lowering cliffhanger ledge by using counterweights attached to the truss with a stopping point? Don't really understand why it NEEDS a motor unless it's moving against gravity.
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 11:09:52 GMT -5
Hold on. Couldn't ATS just make a lowering cliffhanger ledge by using counterweights attached to the truss with a stopping point? Don't really understand why it NEEDS a motor unless it's moving against gravity. Sasuke's goes up and down on it's own on a motor.
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Post by yamfriend on Jun 15, 2016 11:30:17 GMT -5
That's an interesting video, as the public finally had a chance to see how the new obstacles work in action. Now that we've seen them be tackled (pun intended ), it makes me feel fairly confident that we will witness at least a few shockingly early failures in the First Stage alone. In terms of the Akiyama and Yamada, props to the two of them (as well as the six celebrities) for trying out 32's First Stage in both Super Mario Maker and real SASUKE, and for being good sports during this program (especially considering how the former two did, in conjunction with the track record most casual viewers are familiar with for the two of them from their early SASUKE performances). It was also hilarious how Yamada beat Super Mario World and cheered like "Woo-hoo, I've finally achieved Kanzenseiha". Also, hooray on Box Girl being blurred during Akiyama's fluff piece. I assume that was for fan approval copyright reasons? They tend to do that for such clips on the JET broadcasts as well. Lastly, this is probably something I should know, but what exactly is ATS?
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 11:35:58 GMT -5
Lastly, this is probably something I should know, but what exactly is ATS? ATS are the obstacle course builders for American Ninja Warrior among other shows.
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Post by GlobalNinjaFan on Jun 15, 2016 11:48:27 GMT -5
Lastly, this is probably something I should know, but what exactly is ATS? ATS are the obstacle course builders for American Ninja Warrior among other shows. Just to clarify, ATS were part of Eccholine but branched off?
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 11:59:54 GMT -5
ATS are the obstacle course builders for American Ninja Warrior among other shows. Just to clarify, ATS were part of Eccholine but branched off? ATS was previously hired by Eccholine to build but broke off now that they knew they could cut out the middle man to make their own money. They go straight to TBS to cut off everyone else (including NBC) from building some of the spin off courses worldwide. Eccholine hired a new build team. Inui/TBS is the last of the factions and only got 2 recently. So yeah.. ATS is a force to reckon with.
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Post by GlobalNinjaFan on Jun 15, 2016 12:12:07 GMT -5
Just to clarify, ATS were part of Eccholine but branched off? ATS was previously hired by Eccholine to build but broke off now that they knew they could cut out the middle man to make their own money. They go straight to TBS to cut off everyone else (including NBC) from building some of the spin off courses worldwide. Eccholine hired a new build team. Inui/TBS is the last of the factions and only got 2 recently. So yeah.. ATS is a force to reckon with. So Eccholine is now officially out of the ninja warrior building loop?
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 12:16:36 GMT -5
ATS was previously hired by Eccholine to build but broke off now that they knew they could cut out the middle man to make their own money. They go straight to TBS to cut off everyone else (including NBC) from building some of the spin off courses worldwide. Eccholine hired a new build team. Inui/TBS is the last of the factions and only got 2 recently. So yeah.. ATS is a force to reckon with. So Eccholine is now officially out of the ninja warrior building loop? No they are on their own. There are 3 factions. Eccholine, TBS/Inui and ATS. Right now ATS is king with a lot more regions than the other 2 combined. That said.. we are waaaaaay off topic. LOL Either way hope that helps. Now you know why I can't keep up with all of this and won't be doing more of this. That world is spinning way faster than I care to. I'll stick to Sasuke Japan and walk away from the rest.
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Post by Philip on Jun 15, 2016 12:24:15 GMT -5
I'm glad ATS and Inui are on good terms and respect each other. ATS isn't the enemy, the shot callers are lol.
Sasuke with ANW's budget would be even more awesome than it already is
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Post by arsenette on Jun 15, 2016 12:31:54 GMT -5
I'm glad ATS and Inui are on good terms and respect each other. ATS isn't the enemy, the shot callers are lol. Sasuke with ANW's budget would be even more awesome than it already is God.. Sasuke with 1/2 of ATS' budget..
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