The next obstacle to go

[chackpop]

I think if any obstacle is going to removed, its going to be the circle hammer. Also, the halfpipe might be removed soon.

[bigblind168]

circle hammer and steps

steps- time we needsa new first obstacle
hammer: didnt have as good sults as pole maze

[obakemono]

Circle Hammer will probably be gone next time. It's not very interesting nor is it very difficult, I imagine it'll be another of those one shot obstacles there used to be so many of.

Next to go I'd imagine would be the Half Pipe Attack. It's getting kind of boring, it takes up far too much space and I don't think it's eliminating its fair share.

[Ninja Chris]

I'm going with the 'other' option.

I'd personally like to see the 'Stick Slider' be replaced with a 'Pipe Slider'. That way, when they reach the top, they still have some physical work to do before they drop.

[chackpop]

Besides the Swing Ladder, I don't see many stage 2 obstacles being removed. But if the pipe slider replaces the stick slider, it won't be the first time the producers suprised me.

[Lennon]

Is this for 23? If so, I don't see them changing anything in the first stage. Not until at least 24.

[chackpop]

Apr 11, 2009 16:16:26 GMT -5 Lennon said:

Is this for 23? If so, I don't see them changing anything in the first stage. Not until at least 24.

Yes lennon this is for sasuke 23. The circle hammer will most likely be replaced for being boring and not taking many people down. There's always the halfpipe and steps being replaced too.

[Lennon]

Well I'm sorry, it was not stated that it was for 23. So I had to ask. Even if it does look obvious to some.

But I do have to agree. If they DO change anything, it should and probably will be the circle hammer. JEEZ was that thing boring. I'd rather have the pole maze then that any day of the week.

[SuperTiger]

Well I believe the steps have got to go, the only thing it does is take out the joke competitors, we need a new obstacle thats more interesting. The Quintuple Steps are harder than that piece of crap. The Circle Hammer is boring but it is better than the pole maze, the way i see it they take out around the same amount of people per tournament, yet this is more of a time waster. I believe the Halfpipe Attack is a great obstacle, however it makes the first stage seem longer and less interesting. It takes up to much space and obviously based on the producers making the slider jump, there capable of finding a obstacle that is better and takes up less space.

[alphabater]

the warped wall has to go no one had a problem with it and they flew past it i think they have to replace it with a harder obstacle

[scnoi1217]

No obstacle will be changed in the First Stage for Sasuke 23. The First Stage finally has a perfect balance between time limit and obstacles and this First Stage was the most exciting one since Sasuke 17. So, no change.

[SuperTiger]

Apr 11, 2009 19:38:08 GMT -5 @alphabater said:

the warped wall has to go no one had a problem with it and they flew past it i think they have to replace it with a harder obstacle

Well the reason, no one failed it, is b/c in the last few tournaments they have been skipping the competitors that have failed the warped wall. A lot of people failed it in 22, however there runs were either cut of fast forwarded to make the first stage go faster and more exciting.

EDIT: This is just me, but i'd like to see a different version of the escape ladder in stage 1, similar to the one from kunoichi, but harder, however i'd cut the time to like 105 under that criteria.

[scnoi1217]

Apr 11, 2009 19:58:18 GMT -5 SuperTiger said:

Apr 11, 2009 19:38:08 GMT -5 @alphabater said:

the warped wall has to go no one had a problem with it and they flew past it i think they have to replace it with a harder obstacle

Well the reason, no one failed it, is b/c in the last few tournaments they have been skipping the competitors that have failed the warped wall. A lot of people failed it in 22, however there runs were either cut of fast forwarded to make the first stage go faster and more exciting.

EDIT: This is just me, but i'd like to see a different version of the escape ladder in stage 1, similar to the one from kunoichi, but harder, however i'd cut the time to like 105 under that criteria.

Then no one will clear Stage 1. The Escape Ladder took what 20 seconds to complete? Plus, with the time limit that low and the obstacles the same before it, no one would probably even reach the ladder before they timed out.

[SuperTiger]

Apr 11, 2009 20:01:13 GMT -5 scnoi1217 said:

Apr 11, 2009 19:58:18 GMT -5 SuperTiger said:

Well the reason, no one failed it, is b/c in the last few tournaments they have been skipping the competitors that have failed the warped wall. A lot of people failed it in 22, however there runs were either cut of fast forwarded to make the first stage go faster and more exciting.

EDIT: This is just me, but i'd like to see a different version of the escape ladder in stage 1, similar to the one from kunoichi, but harder, however i'd cut the time to like 105 under that criteria.

Then no one will clear Stage 1. The Escape Ladder took what 20 seconds to complete? Plus, with the time limit that low and the obstacles the same before it, no one would probably even reach the ladder before they timed out.

True, maybe like 110 seconds maybe, it seems faster than the Tarzan Rope to the Escape Ladder, i mean i can climb a ladder like that in like 12ish seconds and im sure someone like nagano can climb it faster....the girls are a lot slower at that anyway...BTW, it took Miyake 16 seconds to get up a 5 meter ladder, so i imagine they can scale it a lot quicker

[scnoi1217]

Yea, that's true.

Going back to the Warped Wall. I'm not sure if they changed it or not. From 19 and 20, no one could do that whole run up and do the WW without stopping thing. But in 21, everyone did that. It also seemed like people were barely grabbing the top of the thing in 20 and then doing a pull up, while in 21 and 22 everyone was smooth through that obstacle. Either the curvature of the obstacle was changed (to make it longer) or people know that its coming and know how to beat it. I hope that it's the latter.

[talledega7]

Maybe its just the camera angle, but I think the starting platform for the Warped Wall looked a little taller in 22 than in 21. And if that were true, you would be able to get a little more momentum coming down than before. Obviously, that was a bit different for Takeda et al. who had done the runner, but still.

[Homeslice]

I say no change. And right now I see no reason the Half Pipe Attack should be removed. It is a hard obstacle, and it has eliminated its fair share of competitors - look at Sasuke 20 when it wiped out a good chunk of the field, if not nearly half. And I think it's a fun and exciting obstacle to boot. But that is just me.

Maybe the Circle Hammer might not last too long, but right now I say no changes.

[Captain Obvious]

I think that the First Stage as it is currently set up can afford to change the second obstacle to something similarly weird and not particularly difficult every tournament.

It's not meant to eliminate serious competitors. It's for the contestants like Hang Glider Guy and Olivia Munn to give them more than just 6 steps and a splash. Changing it each tournament will keep things a little more interesting, and I think it's just the new "Butterfly Wall / Log Slope".

[Lennon]

Even the butterfly wall looked more interesting though. And it was just funny to see people jump and ram into the side of it, hanging on for dear life.

[Gavo]

Sextuple steps have been there for years and only the worst people fail there(even oliva passed it in 22). and the circle hammer the only people that I can remember it taking out is oliva and one of the people with nocchi